Tomorrow will be my last day taking a college course. I cannot tell you how excited I am. I have been waiting for this day for five long years. I mean I have been going to school every fall and spring semester as well as a summer session for each and every one of these years. I tell you what; I don’t know what I will do with my time once I graduate here in two weeks. Ha, who am I kidding I know exactly what I will do; I am going to enjoy my husband, kids, and my life in general.
Not only will this be my last class, but I will also end my internship this week. So far I have taught in kindergarten, first grade and currently in a fifth grade classroom. I have experienced quite a change from the younger grades up to fifth grade. The kids are different, the content is much more involved, and basically it is just all around different. Even though fifth grade has been a new experience for me, I have really enjoyed the kids. I have also enjoyed reading to my class. Currently, I am reading “Edward’s Eyes” by Patricia MacLachlan. This is quite a good book. We are only on chapter four, but it is a quick read and I can’t wait to finish it.
So here I am about to finish up the last weeks before I graduate….I am going to be a University of Arkansas graduate in two weeks. I just can’t believe it, someone pinch me please! This is where I am at, at this point in my life. There are no words to describe my emotions, but I will put it to you like this…this is just another one of the ways I enjoy my life!
Monday, April 26, 2010
I'm in the Band
I may not have mentioned this in my introductory blog, but I sing in a band. I joined last June so it has only been ten months. At the time there were five members, Patrick-lead guitar, Steve-vocals and guitar, Larry-bass, Diana-drums, and me-vocals. We called our band Suckerpunch Railroad. We did som practicing and play a lot of small gigs here and there but we never quite sounded like a cohesive unit. Months past, we recorded a demo CD and then I got extremely busy with school and I decided to take a few months off.
During those few months that I took off the drummer, Diana was not playing in the same style we wanted so we let her go and searched for a new drummer. It took awhile, but now we finally found a new drummer. His name is Bob and he is just fantastic!
The first practice that Bob attended was the first practice I attended some I had taken a break a few months back. I wanted to get a feel for his style and see if it matched with ours. It did and he instantly clicked with all of us. At that point we started working on new younger and hip songs and we have been going strong ever since.
Last Wednesday we played our first gig as a newly formed band. We play for the Freedom Power Sports bike night which is held at Beef ‘O Brady’s. We had to have a name so we could tell everyone who we were when we played this gig. So we sat down and tried to think of something creative. Let me tell you, it is harder to come up with a good name than you would think. In the end we decided on “3750”. I don’t care for this name, but I wasn’t thinking of anything else much better so I agreed. If anybody has any great names they would like to suggest I am more than willing to hear them. We are a mix of classic and alternative rock. Only three more days until band practice…this is just another way I enjoy life.
During those few months that I took off the drummer, Diana was not playing in the same style we wanted so we let her go and searched for a new drummer. It took awhile, but now we finally found a new drummer. His name is Bob and he is just fantastic!
The first practice that Bob attended was the first practice I attended some I had taken a break a few months back. I wanted to get a feel for his style and see if it matched with ours. It did and he instantly clicked with all of us. At that point we started working on new younger and hip songs and we have been going strong ever since.
Last Wednesday we played our first gig as a newly formed band. We play for the Freedom Power Sports bike night which is held at Beef ‘O Brady’s. We had to have a name so we could tell everyone who we were when we played this gig. So we sat down and tried to think of something creative. Let me tell you, it is harder to come up with a good name than you would think. In the end we decided on “3750”. I don’t care for this name, but I wasn’t thinking of anything else much better so I agreed. If anybody has any great names they would like to suggest I am more than willing to hear them. We are a mix of classic and alternative rock. Only three more days until band practice…this is just another way I enjoy life.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Grilling with the Kids
What a glorious weekend I just experienced, it is so nice to have gorgeous weather and a lack of wind! This past weekend my two nieces came in town for a visit. We played outside at my house all day Saturday. While Joe was at work, I played with the kids yet; I did not get any homework finished. I decided that was just going to have to be ok. It is not too often that my kids have their best friends (their cousins) in town.
While we were outside, I decided to become the “grill master”. Of course this had to be kid-friendly grill food, so I decided to make hamburgers for lunch and since we were still outside at dinner time I grilled chicken wings for dinner. I will say the burgers turned out fantastic, but the wing rub I used turned out to be too spicy for five children under the age of seven. That is ok though, they all loved the strawberries and whipped cream I gave them as a side.
Anyway, around lunch time as I stood behind the grill, cooking away, Kaiden started yelling… Mommy, Mommy look. I turned around and there he was riding his big “five year old” bike without training wheels. This was neat to watch because he had been trying to ride sans training wheels on his new “big kid” bike for at least a month now.
Grilling, hanging with my favorite kids in the world and watching Kaiden learn to ride a bike without training wheels is another one of the ways I enjoy life.
While we were outside, I decided to become the “grill master”. Of course this had to be kid-friendly grill food, so I decided to make hamburgers for lunch and since we were still outside at dinner time I grilled chicken wings for dinner. I will say the burgers turned out fantastic, but the wing rub I used turned out to be too spicy for five children under the age of seven. That is ok though, they all loved the strawberries and whipped cream I gave them as a side.
Anyway, around lunch time as I stood behind the grill, cooking away, Kaiden started yelling… Mommy, Mommy look. I turned around and there he was riding his big “five year old” bike without training wheels. This was neat to watch because he had been trying to ride sans training wheels on his new “big kid” bike for at least a month now.
Grilling, hanging with my favorite kids in the world and watching Kaiden learn to ride a bike without training wheels is another one of the ways I enjoy life.
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