Spring is coming....

...the Indian paintbrushes are peeking through the grass, and the cute little purple flower thingys are out . Now the bluebonnets need to make their appearance.and spring will be here for sure. The caressing breezes and colorful flowers awaken the senses and make one come to life. The renewing of life begins its cycle again.

Mom's yard is looking good. She has azaleas blooming everywhere and Ray worked on her yard and now it is looking cute.

The Homestead is Underway

Ray is building a cedar post fence and is still working on the patio. Look at the results.

The fence is still in process, but here is what it looks like at this time.

Spring Break

Spring Break whirled through and left me dizzy and spent... but smiling.

Saturday Ray and I met Jamie, Scot, and Cody to bring Cody to the Homestead.

I f insihed reading the The Devil Wears Prada while Cody and Pawpaw spent all day outside.

Tuesday Lou, Dina, Lindsey, and Daniel drove in from Corpus. We barbequed steaks and enjoyed the evening. Daniel and Cody wore Cowboy hats and Cody had Pawpaws pipe.

The next day, we drove into Houston and braved the thunderstorms. Couldn't do much shopping, terrorized the mall and Barnes and Noble. Bought three books: Johnny Got His Gun, A Girl Named Zippy, and The Freedom Writers Diary. Finally we got everybody to hit the sack, including Lindz.

When they left to vacation a little more, Mamo and I drove Cody home. We had a visit with Jamie and Scot, then spent the night, and enjoyed a leisurely drive home.

Ray bought a satellite radio, and is enjoying the heck out of it. Everytime I hear a song I like, I write it down to download on my iPOD.

Saturday I recharged my batteries by scrapping all day long. I worked on Jamie's and Jodie's scrapbooks and created the layout for the spring scrapbook.

Sunday I will finsh chores and take all my books to prepare for UIL poetry and prose interpretation. Hope your break was great.

Love,

Glenda

Julius Caesar?

After a wreck, a rose sale, turning in grades, and preparing units for Julius Caesar and Raisin in the Sun, I feel more in control at school.

My students were not happy about reading Caesar, so I talked to the drama teacher and she loaned me a drum, a crown, boots, swords, and wigs.

Let 'em come... I'm ready for 'em... Et tu, Brute!!!

Grey's Anatomy-my favorite show!!

Time to watch Grey's Anatomy. Im not sure why I like this show so much; sometimes the Alzheimer's episodes are a little too much reality for me.

But I can relate to Meredith Grey because she seems to stumble through life....Learning things after the fact.

Wooo Hooooo TAKS is over!!

My feet are aching, and my body is too. Teachers had to walk and move around the students being tested, so I spent most of the day on my feet.
The kids worked hard, and the teachers were proud of them. Hopefully, their scores will be great, and the school's scores will go up.
Rice Consolidated's goal is to move up the rating scale.

Jodie-the Boatswain's Mate

Jodie serves on the USS John C Stennis. It is an aircraft carrier based in Washington. She "drives" the Stennis, brings in the anchor chain, helps with the moorings, pulls watch. Jodie's team helps transport supplies from a moving supply boat to the moving Stennis using cables, hooks, and rope.

The Stennis is in the Persan gulf, and she is "taking care of business" (Jodie's words) for her country. Ray and I are extremely proud of her.

In one card Jodie sent me , she said the days are slow and repetitive. She and the other sailors are bored and have read everything on the ship. Jodie asked for books, mags, cds, etc; she said the sailors share all their reading materials with each other. I sent out a request for reading materials to my colleagues at work, and I was overwhelmed and touched by the response. Materials have poured in, and I will have many packages to send to my daughter and the other sailors!!

Jamie awarded Junior Sailor of the Year

At this command, Training Air Wing-4, the main objective is to train new pilots for the fleet.
Jamie's typical day is mustering at 6:30am. She mans up the tower and radar 15 minutes, prior to the field opening. Jamie gets the "hard stand" posted, does roll call, lights up the air field when it's still dark, and checks the runway. Then she clears the runway.

How's that for a small town girl from the country?

The cold is getting old

The temperature is dropping, and I believe I have worn every cold weather outfit I have one hundred and eight times over. I lov e my chuka boots, but am ready to wear some cute shoes!!

I will never complain about the warm, balmy weather again if it ever returns. (yeah right)

Happy Valentine's Day

My Student Council members are in the middle of a rose sale. It has been crazy but fun. Hopefully, the amount of orders will correspond with the amount of flowers! Last year, I had to make an emergency run to HEB and buy more.

Mom is getting a flower basket, and Ray is getting videos. I am hoping for some flowers.