It's me, Charity

Whew! Look at me all caught up! Just in time for the New Year! When we last left off,  I was at the Farm with my nephews. Christmas Eve I got up bright and early again to get ready to head back to town to serve at my churches Christmas Eve Services. I was in charge of leading guest services for both services. I also had to run to both of our local police depts before church to drop off the cards my students had decorated for them and the treats i had made. That is possibly my favorite Christmas eve tradition! I love surprising them and how excited they get. Doing something nice for someone, when they don't expect it, is just really fun!  I made my deliveries and then arrived early at church. I waited by the fireplace chatting and got congratulated on my recent engagement by Pastor Dave. Except i'm not engaged. Or even dating. HA! We were both confused, but it became the joke of the evening. Bless his heart, he was excited for me. I would be too! HA HA HA! ...

 Whew! Last week was a WEEK!! But I made it through and I'm quite happy to be on the other side! Monday was super busy because it was the day before the recital! 9 lessons, and all the last minute plan for the worst prep. Tuesday dawned COLD and windy and SNOWY. Ugh. It was not ideal weather, but thankfully it didn't get terrible. I snapped this selfie in the parking lot at TSC waiting for Jboz and Bethanne to meet me so we could all carpool together.  That is one happy and now relaxed teacher!! I was starving by this point! HA! Jboz was my assistant for the 3'rd I think year in a row and once again I don't know what I would do without her!!  And my sweet sweet Bethanne! She is a senior this year and while I hope and pray this isn't her last year as our photographer, I thought it would be appropriate to do something special to acknowledge her. So Jboz and I put our heads together and did some sneaking around :) We managed to sneak in a bouquet of ...

So Apparently I took zero pictures on week 42 until the picture below Saturday, and Sunday's Selfie Sunday. Not sure what I did all week other than work, But apparently it wasn't noteworthy!  So this is random, but if you are as fascinated by Polygamy as I am, there is a 4 episode show on Netflix you need to watch! It's called 3 Wives, 1 Husband and BOY HOWDY. Hot Mess. I couldn't turn away. And had to text my fellow polygamy tv show loving friends to see if they had watched it.  Also, the guy pictured above looks like Em's husband and it was alternating hilarious and creepy.  It was a balmy 25 degrees outside as I was getting ready for church. It's Winter here in the Midwest apparently.  Post Church Selfie!  Since it's Winter it's only appropriate to listen to Christmas Music, RIGHT??!!!  That week was my time once again to visit my friends at the retirement home. I hung out on the Alzheimer's wing and we had a great...

 At the beginning of the week I got the most exciting item in the mail! A letter from my Snugglemuffin! His first real letter he has sent me!! So sweet! I may have gotten a tear in my eye after seeing my name on the envelope in his sweet little handwriting.  I ordered a Titanic Piano book, and it got lost in the mail, and then surprised me by showing up weeks after ordering it. I had to sit down and have some practice time with it. I LOVE the movie Titanic and had this book back in HS. I actually played two of the songs in it for my senior Piano Recital! I've had a fun time rocking out on the piano this week!  Thursday was a really sad day. The last day of Summer Schedule. I.e. the last day of me getting done teaching before 8 pm. Sniffles. I had plans to celebrate and do something fun that afternoon but those plans fell through so I continued my cleaning and organizing that I started on earlier in the week. (I realized Summer was almost over and I had done ZER...

 By this point I can barely remember two weeks ago, but here we go! Monday I was decked out in all green, in honor of Mason #masonsgotguts, this little boy in Texas who suffers from something I cannot spell. So just look up the hashtag above and you'll be informed! His family was donating a certain amount of money per person that wore green, so green it was for me!  That Wednesday I was in a funky mood and I decided what I needed to lift my spirits was NSYNCS Christmas station on Pandora.    Thursday afternoon I ran to Target to check out their back to school dollar spot. I didn't get what I was looking for but I did find a few cute items. And got a Coke Icee. I think the latter is my favorite part of Target trips! Anyways, as I was sitting at the light to leave I was behind this truck. Just read his bumper stickers and then his license plate. That's all I will say about that!  Sunday morning it was HOT as usual, so sleeveless it was for ...

Well! What a week last week was! I failed at taking pictures except for really one day, but you will understand why soon! And I got the most important day, so you know.. priorities.. Tuesday I was up and awake early, even before my alarm went off.  It was my day to head to a local nursing home that I play at, but even more exciting than that, it was the day my bestie was going to have her baby! I knew what time she had to be at the hospital, but other than that I really don't have much knowledge of c sections, or how long they take. None of my other friends have had that kind of birth, so I'm fairly well acquainted with the other process, not so much the c section process. I assumed it would be speedier. I. was. wrong. Y'all.. When we had passed the 4 hour mark I got NERVOUS. My hands were shaking, and I was just starting to have all the fears. I sat in front of my laptop and kept hitting refresh on her husband's fb page ever...

 Last week Monday started off with the first day of Summer Schedule!!! I was very excited to start being done teaching at a decent time each day! Monday was a bit crazy because I had 9 students that day, but I lived through it and was done before 8 pm so i call that a win!!  I never showed pictures of my finished organized little space, so i snapped one on monday. I love how this turned out!  Wednesday i was feeling good. Loving my schedule and not teaching 5 students back to back at the end of the day. Life was good. Until I got done with my last student and noticed it was warmer than normal in my house. I thought maybe i had bumped the temp up the day before ( it saves it when you change it) my ac was running so i started making dinner and putzing around. until i noticed it was getting really warm inside. check my thermostat, and it's now 77. uh oh. i open my back door, while my heart is sinking into my stomach, and am met with the sound of silence. not. good...