short day recap~and NO TV!

We had a beautiful day here! Played outside, went to the library, played outside some more...had softball practice, and finished up with dinner at home, and now off to bed!

And so the season officially begins

Softball and Tball are here! We have opening ceremonies for softball this morning, and then have to wait around for about an hour after it is done before our game starts. Then, we'll head home, maybe get one or two small chores done. Later it will be the first Tball game. Somewhere in the course of this day I will still need to get the grocery shopping done and a paper started!

Schoolwork and memories

I am so ready for this semester to be over. I love education, and used to say I would go to college for the rest of my life if I could afford it. I think my dream has changed. I am currently taking 2 classes (6 credit hours) for training in my profession. These Early Childhood classes are not intellectually difficult. There is definately a struggle in my time management habits that keep me from doing the work ahead of time.

I guess that makes me a procrastinator. Wait, was that a surprise? I already knew that...I think I finally realized that in my junior year of high school. I was taking Honors Chemistry with a very loony science 'professor'. We had to do a project on a chemical compound (that we chose). I can't remember what anyone else did..but I chose acne cream. Why??? I don't know, because I did not have an acne problem. I guess it sounded good. I waited until the night before, and I was supposed to be spending the night with a friend. Oh...we gorged ourselves on coffee from 7-11 and I can remember adding something like 12 packets of sugar to each cup. We(I) was up all night doing a really crappy job of making the poster and writing the paper. These were of course the days before the latest energy drinks. We had Jolt, but who could drink that nastyness? I think I presented my project the next day, and I vaguely recall getting a very low grade on it.

You would think I would learn from my past mistakes. Especially in these online classes, where we are able to work ahead if we desire. My problem is, so far, I have waited until the last moment for all my work~ and I am getting pretty good grades! I am certainly not asking to fail, but I do need to look within and make some changes to my study routines. I have until May 7th to finish all work. THen I am free for the summer!

That Moonrise Picture

I still can't get it to load in the other post...I don't know why. It was published in Sunday's paper...and I think it looked awesome. I cut it out and put it on my bulletin board.

Moonrise

I snapped a photo last month that is going to be used in the local section of our regional newspaper. I'm excited! There is no financial compensation...just the recognition of a tagline...but cool to say I'm a published photographer :)

There is a technical glitch in getting it uploaded right now...I'll post it here when I can!

Tax deadline day

was yesterday! I work with kids, and love it...but another love of mine is numbers. They just make sense. I am the person that has to make sure her bank account is not off by even a penny. I HAVE to find out why, if there is a difference! Fortunately, the bank account is right on at the moment. But this year was my worst year so far for slackness on doing my taxes. I'm usually done and filed before the end of the first week in February. Not this year! It was late March for me this year. I have been pretty burdened with other obligations, and I didn't want to make careless mistakes from being too tired, so it was put off for quite a while. That was not a good feeling. I have resolved to keep closer track of paperwork throughout the year so that it is not so overwhelming to get done next time around! (plus, one of my businesses ended this past year, and won't be on 2008 forms, and that saves so much work!)
Now if only my schoolwork would get done before the end of the semester:)

Fresh flowerbeds

Saturday turned out beautiful! (We were forecasted to have lots of showers.) I took advantage of a few moments that were not otherwise filled, and refreshed the front flowerbeds. I even got some help from Mr. Snippity in expanding a small section around the corner from this (under the waterhose connection). My mom was supposed to come out last week and help get it done, but she kept having conflicts. I am glad I got the opportunity to work it myself. I rearranged a few minor things...and it is pleasing to my eyes!