A Few Things...

How's your Christmas season going?

I wish I could say that mine was going as I had planned but we all know that never happens!

I really wanted to be doing all these fun and meaningful activities but then I had to go and get sick.  And now Lee's sick.  I'm am hoping and praying it's not going to cycle through the kids!  

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I'm also a little bummed that as of last night I had a 98% in my Critical Thinking class and as of tonight it's down to an 84%.  I totally bombed one of my papers because I didn't leave myself enough time (and I didn't work on anything this week because I was sick).  

Oh well. 

 I guess a 4.0 is over-rated.  :(
JUST KIDDING.
I just got an email from my teacher saying she made a mistake and entered a 27 instead of 127 so I'm still at an A.  Yay!  I didn't think it was THAT bad of a paper.  :)

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I'm trying to finish some Christmas presents.  I won't share those just yet.  Not that they're super exciting, it's just that some of who I'm making them for read this blog and I'd hate to ruin any surprise.  

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I've been experimenting with Subway Art.  Here's a couple of my samples:

I'm not 100% sure what I think of them.  I think I need a lot more practice drawing on the computer.  I want to make one for each one of my children with their names and things about them.  

I think that could be cute. 

 We'll see if I get around to that!

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Jake FINALLY called tonight.

I'm gonna ring his neck when he comes home Thursday!

Turkey.

No one can be too busy to call their mother at least once a week!

I'm just saying.

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I'm applying for a job tomorrow. (If it's posted.)

I got an inside tip on a job opening and I'm kinda nervous but I'm going to try.

I'll let you know if anything comes of it.

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Primary kicked my butt today!

I went up to just sit with some of the kids while the teachers went into a training meeting and all I have to say is 

WHOLEY MOLEY!

I totally worked up a sweat.

The kids were crazy.

Yes, they were.

Some were having a hard time sitting and instead decided to jump around and even try to escape.

Yeah, it's been a while but this was bad.

The nursery kids that will be starting Primary in January came in and only one of them knew what a chair was for.  Good luck Sunbeam teacher!

Then, after that, I rushed around trying to find the podium and microphone for the Relief Society room and got even more hot.  Seriously, I literally worked up a sweat.  That shouldn't happen at church!

Anyway, I started fanning myself and luckily I wasn't asked if I had hormone problems this time!

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I'm pretty happy that Emma and Max (yes, Max too!) are excited about reading lately!

Max is actually ahead of his reading for his literature responses for school which is a shocker.  Normally he's finishing up the book at the last minute.  (I guess he comes by that trait naturally?  Hmmmmm.)

I think all this reading is expanding Emma's vocabulary.  

She told Max today,

 "That's a clever idea, Max!"

What 6-year-old uses the word clever anymore?

It was cute.