Gift from My Hubby

This gift came in yesterday, and boy I can't wait to learn how to play it!!!! I am reading Piano for Dummies, and I also have the eMedia Piano and Keyboard Basics software. Now I just need to fight Leigh off of the bench...lol!

After staying up super late last night (as noted in our Yahoo blog), we've been trying to do our best to rest today. I'm fighting off the urge to take a much-needed nap at the moment, so I've been reading "Piano for Dummies" and have learnt a few piano notes just by reading the book already. Leigh bought me a digital piano(dp) for my upcoming bday. We finally decided My dp should be coming in the mail sometime soon, so I'm eager to learn as much as I can before it arrives. Plus, I've gone a bit mad in ordering music left and right.

I cooked Chuck Pot Roast, Boiled Potatoes, and Maple-Glazed Carrots for dinner tonight. Those two plates belong to Leigh...lol!...not really, one's mine. Hehe. Well, Friday's already here, and it truly doesn't feel like a week has passed by at all---that's the scary bit. I feel as if only a few days have passed, yet the calendar indicates otherwise. We're just now getting settled in to have a nice quiet evening at home--most likely watching television and surfing the net during commercials.

Three Generations of Strong Women....

I arranged this photo frame with black and white photographs of my Mom, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother. I was going to place a photo from my childhood in here but decided that I'd rather have my Great-Grandma's photo. This frame will be hanging in our living room after I screw some eyelets onto the edge of the frame and string some maroon ribbon to give it a feminine touch.

I am also wanting to get a frame showing three generations of Leigh's family. I think it would be lovely to have such a display of our families in our living room.

Now that the 2007-2008 school year is finally over, I have been trying to concoct a list of Summer Goals to accomplish before I return back to work. I am referring back to my original New Year's Resolutions to help guide me. So far, here
is my list, which is a work in progress:
1. Read 20 books.
2. Complete at least two home projects:
a) print photos and decorate with photo frame mini-project and b)paint and decorate the living room/kitchen.
3. Exercise between 4-6 times each week.
4. Drink more water!!!!!
5. Actually work on perfecting an uplifting morning routine.
6. Do some arts and crafts. Learn how to crochet...and actually paint again!
7. Study a foreign language.
8. Go on a mini-vacation.
9. Keep my garden alive and flourishing instead of lifeless and brown.
10. Go out fishing as often as possible.

Hopefully, I'll be able to integrate these goals in our daily life in addition to visiting Mom and working in the office with Leigh. Hopefully, I
will complete these goals and more. :)

"School's out for summer school's out forever school's been blown to pieces
No more pencils no more books no more teacher's dirty looks yeah" Er....wait, I'm a teacher...lol!



Anyway, today was the last day of our school term so now it's holiday time! Weeeeeee! Well, I still have school tomorrow but it's more of a workday so it'll be a day full of labeling classroom items as well as just doing a little bit of cleaning. I am completely and utterly exhausted as I type, but I'm still on an adrenaline rush from going out to the cinema. My hubby took me to see "Sex and the City", which is one of my most fave television shows that has been made into a movie. As to how he felt about it, I tell all about it in the yahoo blog. Let's just say that he saw more of the inside of his eyelids than he did of the big screen! LOL!

Workin' for the Weekend...or Weekend of Work????

Well, our intention of having a "weekend getaway" was not made into a reality because of something unexpectedly happened so Leigh had to work for about 4 or 5 hours on Saturday. And I WAS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER! I know that it wasn't Leigh's fault, and it was the fault of two individuals whose miscommunication created a few hours of chaos. But, after that was ironed out, we managed to salvage the remainder of the weekend.

We visited Mom in the afternoon, and she ate heartily at dinnertime even though she had been a bit under the weather due to suffering from allergies as well as having an eye infection, which the docs are still monitoring. We also surprised Mom with a gift: an animated doll that babbles, gurgles, cries, breathes, and sucks on it's pacifier. Plus, the doll even opens it's eyes and closes them as well (when it lays down). Mom loved it to bits---she was talking, cuddling, kissing, and rocking it in her arms lovingly. It was beautiful to see Mom so thrilled with the doll because her nurturing nature took over.

Even though most people in the United States have the day off tomorrow for Memorial Day, both Leigh and I have to go to work. (Grumbles.) But, on the other hand, I only have SIX MORE DAYS OF WORK before my hols begin. I'll be off for the months of June, July, and most of August. WOOHOOOOO!



Yet, I won't be a full-fledged Summer Bum because I'll be working part-time at Leigh's office. Plus, I'll be dashing across town to go visit Mom at the nursing home to keep the workers there on their toes. They've been keeping Mom in bed for too long, and that behavior of theirs is going to stop. According to what they told my sister, they put Mom in bed three times a day (for two hours each time!) That's practically the entire day!!!! Soooo, the Director of the Facility will be getting a phone call from me. Plus, I'll be documenting my observations this summer, so if they don't dot their i's or cross their t's , there will be the WRATH OF JOANN to contend with! I don't want perfection. I just want quality service for the elderly. Everyone in this predicament wants that!
I had also wanted to volunteer at the animal shelter in town, but between visiting Mom and helping out at the office, I do not know if I'll have any time left to do this. In addition, Leigh has encouraged me to volunteer at this shelter if that's what I want to do, but I do think that he feels a tad worried about me being in the presence of cute, fuzzy animals seeking a home.
Loverboy singing "Workin' for the Weekend":