hair cuts and date night..

So, I got my hair cut for the first time since October I think.. It was after Katelyn was born, I took my sis with me so that she could watch Katelyn.. hmm so yeah like 6 months or so.. it feels good to be a little lighter and maybe my hair will be a little healthier.. 

Tonight is date night.. YAY.. I love spending time with my family, but it is nice to go out with my husband once in a while. We are going to see a play and have dinner.. Fried pickles please!.. 

I am looking forward to it.. And an exciting/fun weekend ahead.. Supposed to be warm and nice weather tomorrow. We have a get together for a cousins b-day and my graduation for EMU.. ! should be fun.. 

Z

rain rain go away

You have to love Michigan, snow last week, rain this week. except yesterday was supposed to be rainy and it was nice and sunny.. 

We took Katelyn to the Natural history museum. I can say she was not overly enthusiastic about it, but she was curious. We wanted to go to the zoo, but the forecast called for some severe weather midday so we decided an indoor activity was best... it was just nice to do something as a family. It has been a while, since it was hard to do during student teaching.. 

today the windows were coming but there are supposed to be periods of heavy downpours and the chalk won't set properly so we rescheduled... too bad I was up most of the night and up early for them to come.. 

Z

Officially done with student teaching.. and other things..

I officially passed student teaching and will be recommended for certification.. all GOOD!!.. 

The painter is almost done with the first floor.. not sure if I love the color in the back of the house.. it is more yellow than I had anticipated, but I can live with it.. we just won't be doing the accents we originally planned for.. The front of the house is a nice blue.. we will be adding a chair rail and another color to the dining room to add a little pop and separation to the living room/ dining room area.. 

So after a year and a half, the house is coming together and going to be more like OUR place.. no more faint almost indistinguishable pink left.. the only pink is in K's room!!!

it is sad however, when the painter gets to the house before you are up (and you get up at 5:45am) but he wanted to be done early today after missing Monday.. 

I am looking forward to the crazy weekend with Easter and family... 

have a safe holiday!

Z

It's been awhile..

I am back, and hopefully can keep this up with a little more frequency.. Student teaching is over.. YAY.. I took my certification exam which I think has not relevance to how much I know about science since I think about half of it was non-science related questions.. 

The downstairs is being painted this week.. I hope.. the painter came, prepped everything then got called to have more bloodwork for a procedure he is having after Easter.. Said he may be back today, but will definitely be back tomorrow.. Which means I can actually leave the house today.. 

Drawback.. IT IS SNOWING.. REALLY? it is April and it is snowing. UGH.. but then that is how it goes around here.. 

We were looking forward to barbecuing this week.. hopefully the weather gets a little more like spring.. 

Katelyn is rolling around exploring things trying to figure out how things work and taste.. Everything goes in her mouth.. so beware if she grabs your hand.. she has some sharp teeth... 

have a great day, Z

just 2 more weeks..

argh, the last few weeks have been hectic with teaching my unit and grading everything and trying to stay sane. Fortunately my unit is done.. now I have to figure out how to explain the discrepancy in test scores among the hours.. one hour had only 55% passing my test.. the obvious reason. they weren't paying attention when I gave the answers the day before and the quick pre-test review. Not to mention NO ONE retook the test when the opportunity was given. 

Unfortunately, I have to take some of the blame since I was unable to get some students to pay attention in class. Some didn't copy down the answers the day before. it is frustrating.. 

In other news, Katelyn is doing good, she had an ear infection and a bad cough. Both are going away now.. She is such a happy funny baby.. :) always doing fun things and yelling at me when I am not paying attention to her. 

Just two more weeks of student teaching.. I can't wait..