Lists

I like lists.  

I like crossing tasks off my lists.  

I like looking at my lists.  

Oh my this feels good! 

 It was a crazy semester! 

Tuition

I just paid my last grad school tuition payment!  

Yippee! Yahoo! Horay!

Spring Break 2013

 After a couple of CRAZY weeks I decided that I needed to get away from my life ... to take a break!

 The McPhie's was the perfect place for my escape. 

I had a weekend full of sun and cuddles and relaxing.

I am lucky to have a family that loves me and allows me to love them.  

A break is just what I needed. 

*Favorite moments*

• Ezra scores $17 in the Easter Egg hunt ... the other two $7!
• " Ezra, "Getting a husband isn't that hard.  You just pick a boy that you have a crush." 
• Ewan diving into the wrapping paper ... deliriously happy!
• Hobby Lobby shopping with my sister
• Color by numbers -- The Last Supper 
• The warm sun on my skin
• Lots and lots of kisses and hugs from my babies!

Friday Photo

Mesa Temple Easter Pageant with the McPhies.

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Dockers and Pocket Protectors

 The waiting and the wondering has come to an end! (finally!)

It is time to get myself  tan Dockers -- the gear of an official 

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL!

Yep!

  That's right!

 This year of hard work (oh my goodness this was a hard year!) has paid off!

  I have been offered a job as an Assistant Principal at a high school.

  I am so excited!

Art teacher to administrator ... how did this happen?

One Day At A Time ...

10 Days:

1 Thesis Project Report completed and turned in.

1 Bestie has a Heart Transplant

1 Praxis taken and Passed (Praxis = State licensing test)

7 job interviews

Life Lesson Learned: 

Take it one day at a time!

Sometimes that is too much and you have to take it one event, task, or moment at a time.

I CAN do hard things!

  Mostly because tapping out is not actually an option.

Change of HEART!

Thursday morning I received this text!  I am pretty sure I just stared at my phone for a while before running  out in the hall to call my Bestie.  Was this really happening?  Yep! 

KIM WAS GETTING HER HEART! 

What a perfect day for Kim to get her heart.  It was sunny and beautiful and Pi (or pie to us) day.

I got to go spend a couple hours with her before the surgery.  We laughed and giggled like we do.  But mostly it was just very surreal.

I want to personally thank Kim's donor and donor family.  Because of their selfless decision during a time of grief and mourning I get to keep my Bestie!  Thank you most definitely does not seem adequate!  But for now ..

THANK YOU!

you can follow Kim's journey and recovery on FB