A New Addition

This afternoon the kids and I headed into town to wash the car, get some gas, pick up a bag of cement and one last post to finish off the fence.
Oh, and we just happened to see these two for sale, so we brought them home, too!

Welcome home to Lilly and Quinn.  Sister and Brother German Short Haired Pointers. 

Born April 9, 2012.

And oh so cute!!

The Passing Of Time

The passing of time always seems to amaze me.  When I want it to go by quickly it seems like it drags. When I want to slow it down and enjoy the moment forever it seems like it's gone in an instant.  The only thing I can count on is that it is always passing...whether it be slow or fast!

Based on the last time I posted to this blog, one might think that my time had ended.  Funny thing is that my life was a little chaotic and sitting down to add a post was a little far from the mind.  Adjusting to the arrival of my mom, finding out I may or may not have a job next fall, and of course, working on the various projects around the property took precedent over updating my family and friends on what has been going on in our little neck of the woods!

So, let's get caught up!

My mom's arrival has been great.  Of course we are all anxious for the addition to get started, but it looks as if this project is going to have to be postponed until fall.  So we are making the best of the situation and surprisingly we have only had one altercation during the past two months. 

 This little guy completed the fifth grade and will be moving on the middle school next year.  Way to go bud!

Mind you, that means for the first time ever, I will be in the building without my personal children present.  Back in 1998, I opened the school while pregnant with this beauty!

 

Hard to believe she's 13 now.

As for my job, after spending five long years fighting to have some some security and a permanent contract as a half time employee, I found out I will be gainfully employed by my school district for yet another year!  And much to my surprise, the district finally agreed to allow my job partner and I to share our first grade classroom for as long we were willing to do so!  Yes, they finally said yes and we no longer have to reapply for our job year after year.

 
And even better, they gave us back our seniority that we gave up when we decided to stay home to raise our young children.  The best part of this is that I have been teaching for 13 years in this district, and up until two weeks ago a first year teacher had more seniority in their position than I did in mine.  I am so grateful the district finally agreed to value my experience and loyalty that I have given for over 13 years.  Yay for job security!!!

And I know you are all quite curious to see some of the updates that we have made to the property, but let me just say this.  It is a work in progress.  The list of things to do seems to get longer and longer, and we have yet to actually complete one of them.  This is so not like us.  We are completers.  But for some reason, since moving out here, we seem to be incomleters.  Actually, I believe that since acquiring so much space it takes 5 times as long to get things done.  And while the list seems to be ever-growing, we are extremely close to completing what I would say is the grandest of tasks--the fence--which I will post about next time!