Overwhelmed...

DISHES

I think my neighbors are bringing their dirty dishes over and stacking them in my sink.  There is just no way I have that many dirty dishes with the lack of cooking going on in this house!   Why should anyone have to face this on a sunny day?  The hilarious part of the story is I loaded the dishwasher and when I went to turn it on...nothing.  Are you kidding me?  First a fuel pump for David's truck and now this!  It is cutting into our Camping Experience 2011 funds.  So, I am currently on my first break from cleaning the kitchen...

LAUNDRY

Don't even get me started on the pile of clothes I need to fold.  It cannot even be considered a pile...maybe a mountain!  I just keep washing and drying...and piling.  It is to the point I almost have to run and jump to get it on the top.  haha  I am thankful I do not have to hang my clothes on a clothesline like my Grandmother did years ago.  That would take weeks!  All I know is, we must be the dirtiest family around here.  Just the socks alone make me teary eyed and in need of a trip to Wal-Mart to just buy new ones. 

FOURTH GRADE

I will be teaching 4th grade Language Arts this coming school year.  I am still going with the camping theme and trying to utilize many of the things I already have.  Of course I am making some changes just to keep things fresh.  I am excited about what is in store for me.  I want to make 4th grade a great year at Huntingdon Middle School.  Do you think they will appreciate my singing?  Do you think I am cool enough to hang still?  I want these kids to feel the love.  I have a passion for making kids love learning!  I cannot wait to see the looks on their faces when they get their first dose of me.  (makes me laugh out loud thinking about it)  Maybe I will sing parts of Black and Yellow the first day...that CERTAINLY would make a first impression. heeheeheehee <gasps for breath thinking about this>

I DO NOT WANT TO BE THAT 4TH GRADE TEACHER THEY ALL HATE!  I cannot wait to see who gives me the first hug.  Who I have to stare down first...haha...and give "the look".  Who asks too many questions...who works for the Carroll News-Leader...who is the heartbreaker...who is the shy kid that I pull out my bag of tricks with... 

Kinda funny to think about me having to brush up on my grammar skills.    I have always worried, just a little bit, about people reading my blogs and seeing all of my mistakes especially my high school English teacher who is my friend on Facebook who I love so very much and don't you just love this run-on sentence.:)  English teachers cringe at grammatical errors...I get that.  Just relax...I have only been focusing on letters and sounds of the alphabet so long but I'm bringing it back...stay tuned... 

TOO MANY LOOSE DOGS IN GLEASON

What is it about my walking route and random dogs trying to chew my leg off?  A little yappy ankle biter came at me earlier in the week.  One literally broke his chain last night and ran out to get me.  Once a BIG three-legged dog came after me.  Another time CUJO the killer dog came at me.  Lucky for me the next day was garbage day so I drug someone's garbage dumpster half way up their drive to fight him off.  And then I can never forget the old brown dog showing his teeth at me while walking up my street.  I ALWAYS pull my Aunt Nay between me and the dog coming at us...not very nice...I know.  I will work on that...promise.

ANNOUNCING THE 3rd ANNUALVAUGHN CAMPING EXPERIENCE  2011

OH meeee....every year things get more and more interesting at the lake.  This time will indeed be a crowd pleaser for stories I feel quite certain.  David watches television and gets on the Internet to entertain himself.  I have a wonderful backyard that he does not enjoy because of the heat.  THE VAUGHN CAMPING EXPERIENCE 2011 will bring DAYS together in a camper with no cable or Internet.  Not to mention a two year old to add to the drama...should be lots of fun.  We are all about making memories.  Hopefully, David will pack up a little patience on this trip.  heehee  I will be getting back on Diet Coke at least until this is over.

Better get with it around here...turning up the ipod to finish my chores inside.  Hope you are having a happy day:)