tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481906932320031512024-03-08T05:34:12.449-06:00Becoming Versedthe mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-76429214561688358432022-02-14T18:33:00.001-06:002022-02-14T18:34:16.677-06:00Deliver Me From Donut Day<p>Again, I haven't written in a while, but I don't want to forget this one. It's a doozy.</p><p>I work in an elementary school. I teach 3rd grade. We are coming out of a stupid pandemic. It is Valentine's Day. The parent teacher committee decided to have a "Donuts with Dudes" event this morning. A morning where the students' dudes are invited to come into the school building (something that there has not been much of over the last couple of years), and eat donuts with their kiddos. A very sweet activity.</p><p>The cafeteria also was serving donuts for breakfast. That's sweet, too.</p><p>One of my students was so happy that he got to have his donut with his dude and then visit the cafeteria to get breakfast there. He told me there were lots of kids partaking in the second round.</p><p>2 donuts</p><p>Lunch time rolls around. Guess what they were passing out with lunch? Why yes, leftover donuts. A little while later, I looked up to see so many children's hands raised. Why you might wonder. Well, staff was walking around with donut boxes handing them out. Sweet?</p><p>More donuts.</p><p>Time for our class party. Now, I love that the kiddos get to have class parties. I'm very grateful to have awesome "room parents" who plan the parties and families who love to help send in treats for the kids. we are very fortunate to have so many people willing and able to provide. Friday I had a parent email asking if they could bring donuts for the party. I knew the party was planned. I knew a little of the food plan, but referred her to the main planning mom anyway. </p><p>This year's treat plate consisted of: chicken nuggets, fruit, a cupcake, and (drumroll) a donut. </p><p>4+ donuts (and then some)</p><p>Then the children started opening their Valentines. So many sweets. I will explain through quoting a young lady in my class:</p><p>"So much candy! Can you believe all this candy?! So much candy!" over and over and over.</p><p>I am pretty sure she wasn't even counting the cupcake and donut.</p><p>The problem is that so much sugar does not make the children sweeter. I will spare you the details on what it is like dealing with so many sugared up children. Poor PE teacher, he got to have them directly after we were done. I wonder if they crashed during PE or after school.</p><p>As a life long giver of love through food, I can't believe I am going to type the next sentence. We cannot keep giving our kids so much sugar and call it love. We have been deceived. It's not sweet anymore.</p><p><br /></p>the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-51727012559419514592018-12-05T21:41:00.003-06:002018-12-05T21:41:59.007-06:00Little Answer to PrayerIt's been a very long time since I've written anything on here. I've been feeling the call to come back. I feel more in control of my time and life and I'm remembering how much joy this tiny domain had brought me. Last night, I thought I'd be losing it. After a few hours of trying to figure out how to pay for and renew becomingversed.com, I just couldn't get it done. I asked for help from my famiy. I asked other friends if they knew anything about Blogger and Google and GSuites. No luck. So, last night I said a little prayer and asked Him for help. Just a little one. I said, "I know it's probably silly, but I think you want me to come back to this and continue my little work. If that's what you want, please help me find a way to get this thing renewed and back on track."<br />
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Tonight I got inspiration. I was able to see what I was doing wrong, and fix it. Becomingversed.com is back up. I need to get back up. This little experience felt like a little nudge and being told, "Hey, I'm on your side, I helped you, Now get to work and help me."<br />
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With that, I will leave off, but I will be back soon.<br />
Love,<br />
the mrs.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one reminds me of a story I need to tell you about how I </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">stood up to leave church at the end of the meeting and </span>pulled a muscle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(FYI - the child that wrote this was very matter of fact when I tried talking to him/her about it- didn't seem upset at all. I believe no first graders were harmed in completing this assignment.)</span></div>
the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-41227547736377011282015-06-08T22:34:00.001-05:002015-06-08T22:34:48.496-05:00If this house was a pregnancy, we'd be donebut we're not, but we will be, someday. The builder would laugh every time I asked, but now he's told me that "before school starts" is a real possibility. Phew. Since it has been almost a pregnancy since pictures have been posted, here are a few: <br />
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Yes. There will be urinal(s). My mom thinks I'm crazy, but every person who has boys in their home has endorsed this decision. Every person that I've asked, that is and if you stay in our guest room, you get to look out these two windows. And I am not pregnant. And neither is the house.<br /><br />the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-43648380362330838262015-06-02T08:06:00.000-05:002015-06-02T08:06:46.249-05:00A First Grade Cat Post That Makes Me Laugh<br />
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It's no secret that I haven't been around lately as my life has become consumed by my wonderful family and a bunch of sweet little first graders.</div>
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Those firsties are sharing so much with me. Today it's laryngitis. Can you imagine working with a bunch of 6-7 year olds and not being able to talk to them! Crazy. Thankfully, they behaved pretty well - at least in the morning.</div>
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We are doing a "Christmas Around the World" unit this week and I get to present Christmas in Mexico to all four classes.</div>
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When I was giving my presentation for the first time today (to my own class), I became so emotional. You see, in Mexico (at least in what we are presenting to our first graders), Christmas is much more of a time to celebrate Christ. We talked about Los Posadas, luminarias, families being together and the traditions of putting out a nativity set and putting baby Jesus in on Christmas Eve.</div>
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Did you catch that? I got to talk to my sweet little ones (who I pray for every day that they might feel His love through me) about Him!</div>
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I got to tell them them how much I this time of year means to me and how I love my collection of nativities and I cried. </div>
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But I don't think they noticed. My voice had been crazy all day, the lights were out because the bulb in our projector for the presentation is super dim, and my heart was humbled by how my accident of getting to "do Mexico" showed me in such an incredible way that God wants all His children to know.</div>
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the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-49555721866546731902014-10-08T22:28:00.000-05:002014-10-08T22:29:35.096-05:00Two Weeks - Unbelievable Picture Catch Up :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Late night plan run.</div>
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The reason for the late night plan run. Glad we checked, because that floor vent might be too tempting a target to little boys using a certain fixture to the right.</div>
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The innards.</div>
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My incredible panoramic picture taking skills. </div>
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Our beautiful weeds that need to be cut down before they take over the property again.</div>
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Electric's coming (see little white flags). </div>
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It turned out to be just a little bit more moola to put in underground. Yay!</div>
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Our builder teasing me.</div>
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Beautiful sky. Beautiful roof line.</div>
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Big beams that will support our family. That's my watch put there for size reference.</div>
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Fireplace.</div>
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We will be safe in the <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/5.12" target="_blank">storm</a>! That's a big deal. We want our home to be a haven.</div>
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My someday room that I keep calling "the grandkids' sleeping porch," but since we don't have grandchildren and since I walked up there today and had an epiphany that really - this room is going to be my sanctuary. I'll be nice and share, but it's mine.</div>
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It will remain unfinished until we can get the house paid off.</div>
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I get to stop by here on my way home from work when time allows. Tonight, I just wanted to stay.<br />
<br />the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-7115630885888540372014-09-21T21:24:00.000-05:002014-09-21T21:24:17.194-05:00Sunday School - little mr. j's Primary talk that we wrote togetherlittle mr. j gave a talk today in Primary.<br />
We wrote it together.<br />
He spoke very clearly and enunciated his words and didn't look up the whole time and maybe didn't breath either.<br />
But it was great and I think we are a good team.<br />
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Living the Gospel Blesses My Family<br />J. E.<br />21 Sept 2014<br /><br />The Gospel teaches me to be a good person and be like Jesus and when I do that, it helps my family. A good person, who follows Jesus, makes choices every day that makes family life nice. <br /><br />For example, the Gospel teaches us to serve. Some ways I serve my family are: making my bed in the morning, helping unload the dishwasher, and helping clean the house. When I do these things, this gives the other people in my family a chance to get their responsibilities done and then we have time for fun. Sometimes I don’t feel like doing my chores, but I know I can sacrifice and play later.<br /><br />The Gospel also teaches us to be kind. Sometimes I don’t feel like being kind to my brother and sisters. Sometimes they make me mad. I try to be kind and forgive them and I try not to be annoying. It’s more fun when we all get along and are kind to each other. Some kind things my siblings do for me are: share, play with me, and listen to me when I talk to them about things that are important to me. <br /><br />We learn to be grateful in the Gospel. We focus on the blessings we have and not the wants we don’t have. We have a lot to be thankful for.<br />Doctrine & Covenants 59: 7 says, “Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things.” In our prayers, we should always talk to Heavenly Father about what we are thankful for before we ask for anything. This helps me remember that I have so much and have a better attitude and not want so many things.<br /><br />I can be like Jesus and bless my family by serving, being kind and being grateful. I am thankful that living the Gospel will get me to our family’s ultimate goal - being a family through eternity. <br /><br />In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-53014429555248388602014-09-21T00:46:00.000-05:002014-09-21T00:48:13.372-05:00Update. Again. Oh I miss writing.<br />
I was looking at the little thingy down there in the bottom right that lists the number of posts published each month/year. It's easy for me to correlate the slower pace of posting with what was happening in my/our life/lives given those particular months and years. Good things going on.<br />
A lot of "becoming versed" in situations that required privacy.<br />
A lot of prioritized activities and a lot of growing. <br />
So where we are now.<br />
We are still here.<br />
miss h is now a Mrs. M. and we've added a son-in-law that will get a blog name soon. They are living in a state near but not adjacent to us.<br />
miss s is a resident of another state and studying music therapy.<br />
little mr. b is quite a lot taller than me and in high school.<br />
little mr. j is happily reminding me that his birthday is very soon and I keep telling him, "Be quiet, you are not allowed to have your birthday this year or to grow up." He is happily ignoring me.<br />
my mr. ran a marathon today and has blisters on his feet. <br />
I have been taking pictures of our building progress, but the big news is:<br />
I've started a new adventure.<br />
I'm learning a lot.<br />
A lot, lot.<br />
And I'm tired and busy and happy. <br />
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I am in 1st grade again and I love it.<br />
Now I get to help a bunch of little ones on their life journey of becoming versed.<br />
And it's awesome. <br />
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An update.<br />
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Apparently an overconfident concrete/cement (?) truck spent some extra time out at the property.<br />
Wish I could've seen it being pulled out. Heard it was quite an ordeal.<br />
Glad our builder warned them not to go where they went, because their extra time did not turn into our extra time. And in the concrete world, time is money.the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-76163374216025741692014-09-04T22:08:00.001-05:002014-09-04T22:10:48.526-05:00Yesterday & Today Ap"pier"ances<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
The soil on our property is quite "loamy." Really it's like very fine river sand. There are also a few spots with natural springs. They discovered this while clearing the lot. It was HOT, HOT, HOT and there were spots that stayed muddy for days. At first the builder thought that we might just have some water pockets - water trapped in the sand because of the clay below - but when they didn't evaporate over time, he knew we had springs. Our friends a few hundred feet away confirmed this when they started telling stories about getting stuck in soft spots on their yard equipment.</div>
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Boy oh boy, do those holes bring joy to my heart! It's so very exciting! I was out there doing a very quick happy dance when I snapped these pictures.</div>
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I came across this picture from months ago - taken at a banquet honoring all the new eagle scouts in our district. Guess why we were there? :)<br />
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Our little cub scout came along to honor someone he looks up to very much.<br />
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While we were eating, I looked over and saw him cutting his meat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_manners" target="_blank">European style</a>.<br />
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We do not know where he learned this, but he is very proficient.<br />
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At dinner tonight he was sitting like a monkey with his food in his hands and sloshing milk onto his chair.<br />
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<br />the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-78812756681233634522014-07-09T19:44:00.003-05:002014-07-09T19:45:15.930-05:00From yesterday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The wild fires from a few summers ago ran through this property.</div>
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Sadly, a lot of trees died.</div>
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But there are some beautiful ones left</div>
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2. I need to wear different clothes/shoes when I'm walking out there.</div>
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9:30am ish </div>
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So little mr. b (who is now a lot taller than me) went on a 'trek' with his youth group (girls, too!!!) and a bunch of other congregation's youth groups. They were outside the whole time and needed some protection from the little critters. So I bought him this:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Loving this year's lost and found theme. Seriously. I really could've 'let out' these sleeves long ago. Very glad to have finally noticed. Especially since I've not exercised or eaten well the past 10 months. Oh well, at least the sleeves looked good for miss H's wedding festivities.) </span></div>
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the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-22054150921384800102014-05-21T22:09:00.000-05:002014-05-21T22:09:01.737-05:00Today was 8th Grade DayIt was not 2nd grade breakfast day.<br />
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And at 8th grade day, I got to go see a movie.<br />
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And while standing in the quiet 10:30am movie theater foyer talking with another mom and waiting for some 8th grader to buy something unnecessary, I heard this comment from a lone young man- who was not with our group and definately not an 8th grader.<br />
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"Woo Hoo, I'm not alone today."<br />
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And I thought,<br />
"I am glad it is 8th grade day and my life is my life and that I don't normally go see movies in the morning and that I won't miss the 2nd grade breakfast because I mixed my days up and that I have friends to stand around and talk to while waiting for some 8th grader to buy something unnecessary and most importantly - I'm glad we brought that young man some joy."<br />
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<br />the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-7048640689044617722014-05-12T22:49:00.000-05:002014-05-12T22:49:02.974-05:00Not CoolIf you get an email from me, you will get my automatic sign off that says something like, "I write, come visit if you'd like."<br />
(As I just typed it out, I think I will change it to, "I write, come read.")<br />
But today and yesterday, I deleted my little auto link off a few emails.<br />
I'm embarrassed I haven't written anything of substance for a very long time.<br />
I'm shy to share the feelings I've had over the last couple of years or so as the people associated with said feelings have feelings of their own.<br />
I'm shy to share the lessons I've learned through experiences with them and on my own.<br />
I haven't wanted many visitors around.<br />
There haven't been many visitors around.<br />
That needs to change.<br />
The sign off needs to change.<br />
I need to change.<br />
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School gets out for me this Thursday.<br />
I will see you after then.the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548190693232003151.post-43844188361442034002014-04-22T23:23:00.001-05:002014-04-22T23:25:00.693-05:00What I learned in the last 10 minutesPosting this more for me than for you.<br />
I'm 5 minutes 49 seconds into this podcast & already I've had quite a few moments of<br />
insight and clarity that I've been missing regarding personal revelation.<br />
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Apparently for years.<br />
It's looking that that's my 2014 theme.<br />
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Here's the link to what I was listening to and what I will be listening to again tomorrow when it's my quiet time:<br />
<a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/relief-society/questions-and-answers/6" target="_blank">conversation by Julie Beck on Mormon Messages</a><br />
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I'm off to read <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/11?lang=eng" target="_blank">D & C 11.</a><br />
(<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/introduction?lang=eng" target="_blank">Click here</a> for an explanation of 'D&C.') the mrs.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13203301805590370660noreply@blogger.com0