If you're a bird, I'm a bird

The book that came out in 2007 titled Eat Pray Love has inspired me to make my summer motto: Knit Read Run.

We did the 5K this morning at 8:00am. The rain held off for it. I finished in 47:17 which is probably my worst time ever. Putting on 30 lbs. and not running will do that to you. My mom did really well (38:00). My husband and dad walked and finished just over 50 minutes. I'm going to get back out there this summer.

I took my parents to play disk golf on Saturday and they did a super job! They have adventurous spirits!

My parents are visiting for 3 days. They should be here within the next 30 minutes. I have been slowly cleaning the house the last couple of days. Good thing Joe decided to cook dinner tonight instead of going out because it is getting ready to storm. I'm going to pick some last minute flowers to put in the bathroom before they get here.

What I have been working on: I sold two pairs of baby booties to a dear friend. She wanted them for baby gifts for her co-workers. My goal is to finish my mom's sweater this summer so she can wear it this fall/winter. I am also going to make a shawl for my friend's birthday. I got the yarn today online for $3.60 a skein!! I'm excited and nervous about my mom's sweater. It is looking good, but I'd hate for it not to fit when I am finished. I want it to be something she can wear and love. This is the shawl I am going to attempt. If mine looks half as beautiful I will be pleased. Off to clean the house to get ready for my parents' visit tomorrow! RLWH

I consider Monday, May 24th, the first day of summer vacation. I had to go in for several hours to finish up my checklist before I could leave for the summer. You would not believe how much has to be done after the students are dismissed! I had to move my classroom to another location, but couldn't move in because another teacher had to love her things. She is not returning so she literally had to clean out and pack up her years of teaching because she is teaching at UGA this summer. My stuff is just sitting in a work work room right because she still wasn't out when I checked yesterday. I have a new position which I am pumped about. I will be an Early Intervention teacher for Grade 4. I will teach 11-16 students reading and math 6 times a day. These students are below grade level and did not pass the state test. It will be like a small class size, but I will not have the responsibility of a homeroom teacher because I will get them from their regular class for small group, dir...

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I have 13 more days of school. Several of those will be designated for Field Day and Talent Show. One day is also a full day of some teacher training that I have to attend. My brother and his wife had their baby on April 14th. I made it to SC for the birth. It was a beautiful event! I have one pair of booties to make before June. I want to work on my mom's sweater so that will be finished before fall/winter. I want to make some things for me too. I am trying to read more. I just bought three new books last weekend. I actually have cleaned out my bookcase so I can trade people books that I do want to read. Joe and I will celebrate our 1 year anniversary in June. We also have two weddings the following two weekends. June is going to be a busy month. I have a list of to-do's day so I just marked one off the list! RLWH