So, i find it hillarious when I come home and find paw prints on the kitchen table. This tells me three things. First, I left something good on the table. Second, Beau is not as innocent as I thought. And, last, but most important, my table is really dusty. Do I use it? Evidently, not as much as you would think.

Sleep Over!!

Nanah and Poppie are out of town, so the Boys got to come over to my house for a sleepover. We are having lots of fun. Schein'nnee says there are too many boys, but who cares about what she wants? This is my party!!

Summer Update

School's Out!!

So it is time to reflect on things and figure out what is coming this summer.

I am taking two classes this summer. If I can do three classes in the fall, I will have only two left. I can do those in the spring and I will have finished my degree in Educational Leadership. Then I need to take a test and get a job. Then I am a principal. I am kind of exctied because I see a light at the end, but nervous because it is so close. Oh well, I will take what is handed to me and make everyoe think that I know what I am doing.

Beau and Schein'nnee are doing good. They are currently being visited by their cousins, Hoover and Dyson. Not really sure cousins are the best relation, but it sounds better that uncles. Hoover and Dyson on my parents pups. Beau is not too sure, but he seems to be ok. Schein is left out because she is a girl and doesn't like to play like the boys.

My surgery went well. The Keith is out and I am doing great. I have realized that, as great as food is, I don't really need to eat as much as before. Now to spend more time at the gym to excerise. I am hoping to break the 210 make this summer and keep it below there. Who knows?!

I miss Roary. She was so great!

I miss Roary. She was such a good sister.

In Memory...

Ahroarah Monster has passed. Her spirit has moved on.

Feb. 25, 2002-May 11, 2009

The Zookeepers Health

So, I have been working with my doctor to figure out what is going on with my "heartburn" that I have been experienceing for a long time. After lots of doctor visits, the current diagnosis is that I have gall stones. I have a surgurens appointment to get it removed. I have named it Keith. I am hoping to keep it for memories.

I have had my red spot removed. The doctor had is looked at to see if there was more to take out. They were able to get all the cancer removed the first time. That makes me very happy. So I am currently cancer free. But will have a two inch scar on my neck. The picture below is the wound after the surgery. This was done on March 20, 2009. I get to have the stitches removed on April 3rd. There are 15 stitches on the outside. But there are internal stitches that will take a couple of months to dissolve.

ugh....the weather is changing...its getting hotter...

i am hungry...where is the zookeeper???

guess i am going to sleep in the corner where its cool.

Roary

so the other dogs are driving me crazy. the backdoor neighbor is trying to come into my territory. i am trying to scare him away, but he just is not listening. guess i need to be more aggressive with my request. then roary says the weather's changing and the crazy zoo keeper is opening the front door. now i got to protect the front. boy oh boy those people need to stay away from my yard. i warn them but that crazy lady eeps yelling at me. doesn't she understand, i am trying to keep our home safe???

Schein'nnee

so the zookeeper has been keeping close to the zoo recently. i think she misses me. although she has wierd hours. up earl and gone late in the day. then she stays away till way after the sun goes down and dinner time as passed. when she comes home she feeds us and goes to bed. i miss her a lot. i just want to be near her. i try but she groans at me llike she hurts. so i stay close but not touching. the girls just ignore her like always but i am concerned that she's ok.

i am hanging out in the backyard cuz i am not sure what's going on. i am not feeling well. the zookeeper is trying to help me, but she is not sure what is going on. she's going to have to take me to that place where they stick things where they don't belong.

BeauBeau

So, its the middle of March and I have not up-dated the blog.

the past month and half has been crazy! i went to NY for SnoFun. but before i went, i got sick. it was the stomach, heartburn pain that has been happened before. So i went to the doctor and got put on medicine for a possible ulcer. Had a great time at SnoFun. Definately interested in returning in the future. i don't have pictures of me there. But I fell on my a** in the snow. it was great!!

On the medical side, i have been to the doctor more often in the past month and half then in my whole life. I went to Urgent Care for the heartburn thing. Then did a follow-up with a PCP. This doctor was awesome. She talked to me and listened to what I was saying. Then she looked at my redspot and got mad. She referred me to a dermatologist for possible skin cancer. She prescribed me some medicine for the heartburn, which she thinks is an ulcer. I am not happy about that, but content that there is a simple solution. I followed up with the dermatologist. He did a biopsy on my redspot and another spot on my shoulder. I am calling him on Monday to find out the results. he is not concerned about the shoulder spot, but thinks the redspot in cancer (although not melenoma). When I have the final report, I will post the results here. I go back to my PCP on Tuesday for a physical. I am hoping to have her take care of some back pain that I have had for a couple of weeks. Other then all the medical stuff, I am doing well.

We just went to Spring Break. I taught a WSI class for Surprise. It was a good class. i am glad it is done. I look forward to the summer. I am demoting myselcf to an Assistant Manager and only working during swim lessons, hoping to focus on Adaptive lessons. We will see how things roll when the time comes.

Beau, Schein'nnee, and Roary are doing great. Beau has been klingy this week, but that has a lot to do with my schedule changing. Schein'nnee is content to get the love when ever I give it out. Roary has her space and doesn't seem to be affected by my presence. I hope to have some pictures up next week. But there are not a lot of stuff going on.

The zoo is calling. They say, "It's time for bed." so i am signing off and going to bed.

Schien'nnee, my half-shaved dog.

January Up-Date

As Jimmy Buffett says, "Weather is here, Wish you were beautiful." The weather has been amazing, considering it is January and we are in the middle of winter. We have had some 85 degree days last week and now it's sprinkling. Things are going well here.



Beau was suppose to have his 6 month check up for his Valley Fever, but I wasn't able to take him. I will soon. He is running out of meds. He looks good and isn't having an issues right now. His cheek bump is returning, so he will be on some anti-inflamitory meds to get that gone.



Schein'nnee is great. She got a hair cut yesterday. She was able to sit through the entire body so there is no piecemeal with her hair cut. She's prancing around like a princess. She thinks she's sexy. I will try to post some pictures in the next week of this hair cut.



Roary is lazy as ever. She has to be in the same room as I am in. I think she is tired of having company and wants to make sure that I am her person. She got a bath yesterday. She hates to get wet. She did good. Didn't try to jump out of the tub or shake off the water. And now she smells good!



I am doing good. I had to move classrooms at school. We are getting a new teacher and that teacher gets my room. I moved back to the room I was in before. The challenge is to fit 13 sixth graders in the room at a time. The room is roughly a 10 feet x 10 feet room. So it's small. The old room was about 20 feet x 20 feet. January has been very busy. Outside of moving rooms, a lot of my students's IEPs are due. I am typically on top of the paperwork, but this year in general has been bad. I am not prepared for meetings at all. Oh, well. Legally, an IEP is suppose to be developed at the meeting with the team. Most special education teachers bring in a proposed IEP and then tweek it at the meeting. It makes the meetings go faster.

My Goals for the year are doing okay. This is my january up-date without pictures. I need to figure out my camara cord. I can't seem to find it. I haven't looked at scholarships yet. It is on my list for today. I am keeping up with my cleaning plan except I end up doing the jobs all on Saturday.

Well, that's about all that is happening now. I will hopefully post some pictures this week.

From the land of Booger Butts, Baby Girls, and Honey Mosters!

Well, its the new year. The dogs are laying around the house. Just chillin'. Roary has decided to be a Kling-On and follows me everywhere. Beau is hanging out in the sun, taking a nap. And Schein'nnee, she's sleeping on the bed. This is the only time that she gets the bed to herself. I know that she enjoys it.

The New Year always brings promises of change and delights. I am not impressed with making resolutions and trying to keep them for the year. I do not have the stick-to-it-ness that the idea requires. I am good for about a month, but then who really can keep up with the "I will do this or that". I think its better to say that there are things you want to do and then make plans to do that with the understanding that sometimes life throws you a few monkey wrenches. On this note, I think that I want to plan for three college classes, keeping my house clean, and blogging monthly. That sounds pretty good.

My plan for the college classes with include finding and applying for grants and scholarships. Then taking the classes. I think I can do the classes in the summer so that will be for time.

My plan for keeping my house clean will continue what I have been doing. My plan from the past is to have each day of the week assigned to a room. Then I have to do the chore on that day, otherwise I spend the weekend doing it. I also have tried picking up after myself. This plan seems to be working. So I will continue with the next step being to do the chore as soon as I get home or before I get to watch my shows. When I come home, I turn the TV on. So if i turn the radio on instead, maybe that will deter me from becoming a couch potato.

My plan for blogging will be monthly. I want to keep myself up-to-date on my life. I sometimes become forgetful. This way I can remind myself what is going on and then use the posts to help with my Christmas Letter at the end of the year. I will also try to put up new pictures of the dogs and myself. The dogs don't change much, but I may be.

Well that's it for now. Signing off from the land of Booger Butts, Baby Girls, and Honey Monsters!