Especially during this time, I am lucky to have my job as a teacher and as a mother. I’m thankful that we have jobs, that we are not ill, that I can be creative, and that I can be a leader for my students and son that count on me. There are so many that don’t have jobs, are essential workers, have someone they know affected by the virus or have lost someone, or have tons of kids at home while they juggle work. I’m not even naming them all- I know there are so many affected by this in so many countless ways. So I am starting my day out by thanking them and thinking of them. I am here to show up as best I can for my family and my kids (students) because that’s my job. They are counting on me and I am so incredibly grateful for that opportunity. I share the positivity to honor them!

John was pretending today to be a delivery worker. And I overheard him say, “now, you have to wipe that off because it has germs on it.” It’s cute, funny, and serious all at the same time. A reminder to me that he’s always watching.

I stayed up way too late reading. I’m in the middle of a George Washington documentary which has been fascinating. And some romance novel which is probably dumb but makes me happy. Made the morning routine harder but did it anyway with my exercises.

OH. Today is the day the Titanic sank 108 years ago. Here’s some facts for you.

The musicians played for two hours and five minutes as the ship sank. 

It was 882 feet long. 

She had two sister ships: The Olympic and the Britannic. Britannic later became a hospital ship and was sank during World War I. Olympic was the one built first and only one to not sink. She was scrapped in 1935. 

3 million rivets were used (a mixture of iron and steel).

20 horses carried the main anchor. 

01 – the yard number given to the Titanic when her keel was laid down (‘Harland and Wolff Yard No. 401’).

1514 out of 2224 people died in the sinking of the Titanic. Not enough lifeboats for all on board and not all completely filled. 

5 watertight bulkheads were breeched. The bulkheads only went to E deck. Not all the way up which is why it started to go down by the bow. 

Thomas Andrews, the ship’s architect was on board and went down with the ship. He was 39 years old. (Handsome and brave fellow)

In other news, I made some good foods last night (pork tenderloin and potatoes), took a very cold walk (looks to be a repeat today), and had got some meaningful work done for school. Look at that epic track! Good job on your trains JM. Gas is 97 cents! Wow.

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It is one of my best friend’s birthdays today. Happy birthday Katie!!! 🙂 Hope you have a great day. Miss you.

Have a great Wednesday! Keep warm.

Good morning! I don’t have many photos or much to say today because yesterday I spent a lot of time working on some stuff for my students. That took most of the day. But here’s some cute photos of John “stretching” with me after my exercises this morning!

Aww. Today hope to finish up the lesson schedule and check in with the kids. I am also planning to spend some quality time with this kid. 🙂

From the morning quote jar, “Take every chance you get in life because some things only happen once.”

Can’t trust that day. 🙂 Trying to stay focused and productive. Quite cold and windy. I stayed to the routine but it was difficult this morning. In positive news, we had a wonderful Easter/Birthday weekend. More than anything, I am thankful we are still healthy and were able to celebrate as best we could.

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Last night’s stroganoff was most excellent and we will have left-overs today! John got a haul from the Easter Bunny and Joe got to watch his birthday request of Star Wars. Aunt Jody- John’s heart turned out pretty good!

Today I am reviewing my habits and seeing what I can do to tweak them. Bit of thinking. Have to record a video for my students (the first part is done, just need to finish the second). A bit more correspondence and odds and ends to do.

In case you didn’t get to check out my sweet video, here ya go. Admittedly you can see my rabbit in this video (in Harvey, only Jimmy Stewart sees the rabbit), but only I can see him dance! I highly recommend that movie by the way if you like old movies. In fact, I think I will watch it again this quarantine. It’s perfect.

Well, I need to get back to work. Hope you have a good week!

Happy 37th, Joe! Here’s some photos of our celebrations so far. Beef stroganoff tonight!

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And it’s Easter! We watched church first. Excellent service if you want to check it out!

Pilgrim Lutheran Easter Service

Yesterday we did some Easter photos outside since the weather was a bit better. This morning the Easter Bunny came! After church we had some mimosas and cinnamon rolls! Fancy breakfast. John Michael got a real glass (no champagne for him) and got to use a cloth napkin. Big day!

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Joe got a sweet back massager! John likes it.

Check out this video below. Good jams.

My brother is so talented.

I want to see that movie by the way. Lovely outside and have to enjoy it! Tonight we get some sort of snow, rain, something. Next week isn’t going to be good weather-wise either. Sweet. So, gotta live it up today. Yesterday was a busy day. John Michael and I worked on tracing letters in sugar, played the memory game, painted pictures, dyed Easter Eggs, made salt dough foot impressions, made bunny paintings, took a walk, and just stayed busy!

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Aunt Jody gave us the ideas for the bunny paintings and salt dough! Thanks Aunt Jody! (Will post the salt dough creation when that is done!)

This morning we enjoyed the beautiful weather and I also made some open faced breakfast sandwiches.

Joe’s birthday is tomorrow and of course Easter,  so we worked on some preparations for both today. Made some birthday cookies and got some Easter photos done.

We also FaceTimed with Nana Lynn and Papa D while they smoked their pork shoulder! We are soon to FaceTime with Grandma Lu and Grandpa Mike. Maybe some games with Aunt Christie and Uncle John later.

Tomorrow we will see if the Easter Bunny comes to our house, watch some church online, have mimosas and cinnamon rolls, and then later stroganoff for Joe’s birthday/Easter dinner. And presents for Joe!

In random news, clearly this is needed to measure the temperature of the bed…

Have a good evening friends!

 

 

“Act the way you want to feel.” – Gretchen Rubin

You got it Gretchen. Definitely had to do that today. The weather is back to gloomy and cold. Tired. But, I got up and did the routine on this Good Friday. And well, she’s right. It flipped my mood around. After I exercised I felt stronger and after I got ready, I felt happier. Did some thinking and journaling with my cup of coffee before John Michael popped his little head up. Then came online to a really nice little article the Eagle Herald posted. 🙂

Eagle Herald Article

In other news, the basil is starting to sprout Lynn Fay! The other ones will take longer. John Michael is over the moon about the little plants. He looks at them everyday.

Yesterday was pretty good. But the weather was weird. Welcome to the midwest. It went from the sun shining, to wind blowing, to snowing, to sleeting, back to sun shining. Just wait 15 minutes if you don’t like the weather. Definitely cold and brisk throughout though.

Look at this cuteness. Delivering waters I guess.

While driving yesterday, JM and I drove over the Fox River on the WI-172 bridge. He said, “but mom! This isn’t the big green bridge! That one is my favorite!” Me too buddy.

Today we are going to dye Easter eggs and work on writing letters in sugar. We might do some reading, painting, and building. More of the usual. Tomorrow we make Easter/Dad’s Birthday cookies! Will try to do some work videos and work on a photography project for mom’s book. JM is trying to be very good and he wants the Easter Bunny to come. Have a Good Friday!

Been running this kid (and dog) around for days. Does he (the kid) ever run out of energy? The answer is no. 🙂 Whew it is brisk today! Steve Beylon said there is a disturbance. No thank you. Snow showers??? “Candy coating” of snow he says possible. That’s heavy! (Told ya I was gonna put that back into my daily speech!) Best movie of all time. You’re welcome.

Blustery on our morning walk. Pilates this morning. Burgers tonight for dinner. A bit of work in between. Gotta drop off an instrument on the curb at the music store (not going in, don’t worry.) Will devise a way to dye John’s Easter eggs tomorrow or Saturday. Not too shabby of a day thus far. Keeping it real.

It’s Thursday. Let’s go!