So its official (it's actually been official for a while) but I'm sick! Like really sick, like it started as a headache and slowly moved it's way down my body to my lungs of fire kinda sick. My head aches, my eyes ache, my nose is plugged, my ears are plugged and my throat feels like fire. It's like I'm a dragon, radiating heat with every breath. Delightful right?
I didn't call sick into work once this week. I probably should have and my co-worker keeps telling me how much she feels sorry for me (thanks!). My ECE friends in the summer kept saying... "you'll get sick in September, just you wait!" it's like they cursed me. No, they just knew the in's and out's of preschool life. 20 snotty nosed kids in one class times four, it was bound to happen.
In other news, I've got a 7 hr college class tomorrow and I can't skip it. I'm sure my classmates will appreciate my coughing! And my phlegm :)
Happy Friday!
N.
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sickly & busy...
Went to a wedding yesterday, it was beautiful and I know the extended family quite well so the after wedding party was lots of fun. Cam and I got home at 2am.
Then this morning... Not fun!
- woke up with a cold, stuffed nose, headache and watery eyes
This week...
- coffee date with best friend
- start of night classes (college) and therefore homework
- desperately need to clean house
- desperately need to pre-make dinners and freeze them
- anticipate my cold getting worse
- party day for threes and fours at end of week
Hard week ahead! But I'm sure nothing that a little blueberry tea and a bubble bath won't fix :)
N.
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Then this morning... Not fun!
- woke up with a cold, stuffed nose, headache and watery eyes
This week...
- coffee date with best friend
- start of night classes (college) and therefore homework
- desperately need to clean house
- desperately need to pre-make dinners and freeze them
- anticipate my cold getting worse
- party day for threes and fours at end of week
Hard week ahead! But I'm sure nothing that a little blueberry tea and a bubble bath won't fix :)
N.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Hubby loves me!
Hubby came home yesterday with these gorgeous flowers! It was so sweet of him. I absolutely love it when he surprises me like that.
See, pretty right?
N.
See, pretty right?
N.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Monday morning thoughts!
There are going to be some mornings like today where I do not want to get out of bed. I think that's perfectly normal, especially if one is just starting out in their career choice and feels inadequate. I know that I'm doing well, I know because my supervisor/fellow teacher had said this numerous times already. And W&T doesn't expect their assistants to be the all around experienced teacher until their 5th anniversary in the company.
So for crying out loud breathe Colie! Finish your delightfully delicious cup of coffee and enjoy your day today. And at the very least remember, at 4pm you get to see Alissa anyways :)
Happy Monday!
N.
So for crying out loud breathe Colie! Finish your delightfully delicious cup of coffee and enjoy your day today. And at the very least remember, at 4pm you get to see Alissa anyways :)
Happy Monday!
N.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Nothing could compare...
My first full week as an official ECEducator was hectic, exhausting, and crazy, with lots of random happenings including a bee sting, nose bleed and a child accidentally stabbing her self with scissors as she fell off her chair. YIKES!
Yet, when I was talking to a gorgeous blonde, blue eyed four year old girl yesterday I thought to myself "if I wasn't here, I'd be home doing nothing that compares in significance to this job." What else would I do with my time if I wasn't at work? Probably a whole lot of nothing. Therefore, no matter how hard, exhausting, or down right crazy this job gets. Spending my life and time doing ECE is exactly what I should do. Nothing else can compare.
I want babies again! Haha, after a long talk with Camy yesterday we both came to the conclusion that at the end of our lives if we didn't have children then we'd regret it. It's worth the chaos, and it will be the greatest thing we could do with our time, love, money and energy. I just made it abundantly clear that if we are having 3 or 4 then I want at least a three year gap between #2 & #3! I don't want three or four under five years old! No way!
My health mindset has begun to change. I just want to eat healthy and stop obsessing over loosing X amount of weight in X amount of time. I just want to treat my body with respect and focus on the creator of my life. I want to focus on God and the cross. That's most important to me, and therefore, it's where my focus should lie.
Other than running some errands today, this weekend will consist of yoga pants, hopefully some wine, this book (AMAZING! by the way), and a nice long bubble bath. I love having my weekends back and the feeling of fall in the air is making me a very happy girl :)
Happy Saturday :)
Blessings, N.
Yet, when I was talking to a gorgeous blonde, blue eyed four year old girl yesterday I thought to myself "if I wasn't here, I'd be home doing nothing that compares in significance to this job." What else would I do with my time if I wasn't at work? Probably a whole lot of nothing. Therefore, no matter how hard, exhausting, or down right crazy this job gets. Spending my life and time doing ECE is exactly what I should do. Nothing else can compare.
I want babies again! Haha, after a long talk with Camy yesterday we both came to the conclusion that at the end of our lives if we didn't have children then we'd regret it. It's worth the chaos, and it will be the greatest thing we could do with our time, love, money and energy. I just made it abundantly clear that if we are having 3 or 4 then I want at least a three year gap between #2 & #3! I don't want three or four under five years old! No way!
My health mindset has begun to change. I just want to eat healthy and stop obsessing over loosing X amount of weight in X amount of time. I just want to treat my body with respect and focus on the creator of my life. I want to focus on God and the cross. That's most important to me, and therefore, it's where my focus should lie.
Other than running some errands today, this weekend will consist of yoga pants, hopefully some wine, this book (AMAZING! by the way), and a nice long bubble bath. I love having my weekends back and the feeling of fall in the air is making me a very happy girl :)
Happy Saturday :)
Blessings, N.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
I came home from work today and realized "holy crap, kids are hard work!" and I don't mean just to teach. I had this moment of clarity where I looked at my life and understood that if I have a kid then this peace and quiet I come home to will never be again. My life would forever change and I would have a soul to take care of all the time. I would be the one at home saying "walking feet" and other type of ECE positive terms/language constantly.
Yah, um.... That freaks me out!
I said to cam, "I dunno if I want kids now." he was stunned. I don't blame him, I've been pestering him for years to get me pregnant. Yikes!
In other news: I'm getting so damn frustrated, depressed and hopeless in the health department of my life. I feel like there will never be a day when I will over come this.
What a hard day it's been today
N.
Yah, um.... That freaks me out!
I said to cam, "I dunno if I want kids now." he was stunned. I don't blame him, I've been pestering him for years to get me pregnant. Yikes!
In other news: I'm getting so damn frustrated, depressed and hopeless in the health department of my life. I feel like there will never be a day when I will over come this.
What a hard day it's been today
N.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
I love my job!
I'm exhausted, we are doing gradual entry for the three year old classes and that means the same 1 hour class times 4! There are twenty children in each class and so we split them in half and do 10 for the first hour and the other 10 for the second hour, we then get a hour break and do it again for the afternoon. This was the second day of our gradual entry, Thursday is the full 20 for 2 hours!!!! I'm sure I'm going to need a nice hot bubble bath Thursday night with a very easy dinner and an early bed time.
But quite honestly, I LOVE it! I do not feel like it's a job. I actually feel like I'm doing something that means something. Not just serving grease like I did at mcdonalds or putting up signs and counting tills like I did at IGA. I'm educating and investing in the lives of children. I get big hugs, and wipe away tears, hold the hands of little ones, play and sing songs. I get to smile all day, hear about some very interesting facts about transformers, Mario and the princesses. I get to do show and tell and gasp in excitement and amazement at every opportunity. I also have all the sudden memorized 80 names, and that's without the use of name tags!!!
I love what I do. I know I am where I am supposed to be and I am honored to get to spend my time with the children in my classes.
It's the four year olds again tomorrow and I wonder what will happen. I'll be sore, I'll be exhausted, I'll be happy to get my hugs, see the smiles and hear all about the many happenings in the world of the fours.
Maybe there won't be tears tomorrow, here's to hoping :)
N.
But quite honestly, I LOVE it! I do not feel like it's a job. I actually feel like I'm doing something that means something. Not just serving grease like I did at mcdonalds or putting up signs and counting tills like I did at IGA. I'm educating and investing in the lives of children. I get big hugs, and wipe away tears, hold the hands of little ones, play and sing songs. I get to smile all day, hear about some very interesting facts about transformers, Mario and the princesses. I get to do show and tell and gasp in excitement and amazement at every opportunity. I also have all the sudden memorized 80 names, and that's without the use of name tags!!!
I love what I do. I know I am where I am supposed to be and I am honored to get to spend my time with the children in my classes.
It's the four year olds again tomorrow and I wonder what will happen. I'll be sore, I'll be exhausted, I'll be happy to get my hugs, see the smiles and hear all about the many happenings in the world of the fours.
Maybe there won't be tears tomorrow, here's to hoping :)
N.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Missing Camy
Cam is away at a youth leader retreat this weekend so I'm home all by myself. I usually get to wake up every Saturday morning to a nice, perfect, hot cup of coffee and a smiling hubby. This morning I woke up alone to no coffee and no smiling hubby. I really do miss him
However, I did manage to make a decent cup of coffee.
N.
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However, I did manage to make a decent cup of coffee.
N.
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Puppy love
Our family dog Riggs had torn a ligament in one of his back feet and had surgery last Friday to repair it. It was a whole lot of drama that surrounded his diagnosis and treatment. Especially because of a ridiculously stupid vet who told us incorrect information that may have lead to us loosing him. Once we got the correct information we made the choice to ensure he'd get the help he needed.
So here is the cutest photo of our dearest Mr. Riggs
N.
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So here is the cutest photo of our dearest Mr. Riggs
N.
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Monday, September 05, 2011
choices
I won't go into much detail out of respect for my husbands family, but there has been a discussion surrounding my in-laws decision to not own a cell phone and us kids (all of cams siblings) wanting them to get one. You see, my father-in-law has diabetes and my mother-in-law doesn't drive. Therefore, if they were on the road and there was an emergency where my FIL needed medical help asap, MIL couldn't help what-so-ever! Their oulook is that they have gone 37+ years without a cell and therefore, do not need it. God will be with them, they have faith and that's all they need.
Now, I am a christian just like my in-laws and extended in-law family, and I absolutely believe that God is with us and that God hears our prayers and that we should have faith in Him alone. I also believe, and hence the title of this post, that we make choices that dictate the outcome of our lives. I believe that my grandfather got cancer and died at 79 because he smoked and his choice to smoke caused the cancer to develop, grow and kill him. I know that my grandfather was a God fearing man, I know that he prayed and had a stronger faith than most men I know. I believe that God allows us to make choices for ourselves, and if those choices walk us down a road of suffering and death, then God will be there giving us peace and holding our hands while we suffer. But I do not believe that God will always take that suffering away, we made our choices, we walk our own roads, we get the benefit of having Him (God) there with us along the way. The same is true of my grandmother who ate herself into diabetes and heart disease and then died from a stroke. She made the decisions that lead her down that road and God was with her willingly to the end. She was also a God fearing woman, she also prayed fiercely and full heartidly. It was her actions that caused the outcomes in her life.
I understand where my in-laws are coming from, but I believe that if they continue to choose to not protect themselves with something as simple as a cell phone for "just in case" then when that emergency happens (and it will because shit happens in life). The outcome of that emergency will be reflective of the decisions they made. God will be there holding their hands with them, but I am not sure that God will deliver them from the outcome.
This whole debate has got me thinking a lot about the decisions I am making in my own life and what am I chosing to do that could lead me down a path I do not wish to walk in the future. Am I eating myself into sickness and disease? I already have a list of conditions I suffer from that I do not want to see grow larger. What if I chose to make changes? What would those changes look like, and I actually sit down and listen what is God going to ask me to do to better my life? The life He has so graciously granted to me.
It's food for thought, that's for sure. Do not judge me on my theology, I may hold a diploma from a Christian Institution but I am not a theologist. You may agree or not, that is entirely up to you. I just hope that you take a moment to analyze your own choices and be at peace with them and their outcomes.
Blessings, N.
Now, I am a christian just like my in-laws and extended in-law family, and I absolutely believe that God is with us and that God hears our prayers and that we should have faith in Him alone. I also believe, and hence the title of this post, that we make choices that dictate the outcome of our lives. I believe that my grandfather got cancer and died at 79 because he smoked and his choice to smoke caused the cancer to develop, grow and kill him. I know that my grandfather was a God fearing man, I know that he prayed and had a stronger faith than most men I know. I believe that God allows us to make choices for ourselves, and if those choices walk us down a road of suffering and death, then God will be there giving us peace and holding our hands while we suffer. But I do not believe that God will always take that suffering away, we made our choices, we walk our own roads, we get the benefit of having Him (God) there with us along the way. The same is true of my grandmother who ate herself into diabetes and heart disease and then died from a stroke. She made the decisions that lead her down that road and God was with her willingly to the end. She was also a God fearing woman, she also prayed fiercely and full heartidly. It was her actions that caused the outcomes in her life.
I understand where my in-laws are coming from, but I believe that if they continue to choose to not protect themselves with something as simple as a cell phone for "just in case" then when that emergency happens (and it will because shit happens in life). The outcome of that emergency will be reflective of the decisions they made. God will be there holding their hands with them, but I am not sure that God will deliver them from the outcome.
This whole debate has got me thinking a lot about the decisions I am making in my own life and what am I chosing to do that could lead me down a path I do not wish to walk in the future. Am I eating myself into sickness and disease? I already have a list of conditions I suffer from that I do not want to see grow larger. What if I chose to make changes? What would those changes look like, and I actually sit down and listen what is God going to ask me to do to better my life? The life He has so graciously granted to me.
It's food for thought, that's for sure. Do not judge me on my theology, I may hold a diploma from a Christian Institution but I am not a theologist. You may agree or not, that is entirely up to you. I just hope that you take a moment to analyze your own choices and be at peace with them and their outcomes.
Blessings, N.
Sunday, September 04, 2011
Camping fun!
This weekend we took off to chilliwack (just outside abbotsford) for a camping trip with cams work. His boss put on a whole trip with all the fixings, yesterday was golf. I lost miserably... But proudly made it to the 13th hole, and today is just a day to relax.
As hubby demonstrates so well...
I named this guy Jimmy... Cute little cricket
Soon enough we will be back home to reality and I'll be in the classroom with a bunch of kiddies :)
N.
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As hubby demonstrates so well...
I named this guy Jimmy... Cute little cricket
Soon enough we will be back home to reality and I'll be in the classroom with a bunch of kiddies :)
N.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
For the love of staff meetings
I went to my very first W&T staff kick off today. Turns out that they love me (and the rest of their staff of course!)
I mean take a look...
Yes, you're right that's a very pretty in purple Lululemon bag that belongs to ME!
I love my job, this preschool company is the bestest ever :)
N.
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I mean take a look...
Yes, you're right that's a very pretty in purple Lululemon bag that belongs to ME!
I love my job, this preschool company is the bestest ever :)
N.
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Preschool beginnings
Take a peek...
It may look a bit bare, but this classroom will soon be full of eighty lovely children in four separate classes. Awaiting play, education, social fun and field trips! And I get a front row seat through all ten months of fun, fun, fun!
I'm getting more excited with each passing moment. Right now it's lunch break and I'm slowly drinking my coffee... Thankful for the opportunities this job will bring. I am truly happy :)
Blessings, N.
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It may look a bit bare, but this classroom will soon be full of eighty lovely children in four separate classes. Awaiting play, education, social fun and field trips! And I get a front row seat through all ten months of fun, fun, fun!
I'm getting more excited with each passing moment. Right now it's lunch break and I'm slowly drinking my coffee... Thankful for the opportunities this job will bring. I am truly happy :)
Blessings, N.
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