God's Guidance Needed

Wow! What a crazy week. I think it flew by, while others thought it dragged on. It seemed like something was going on every night this week and I had very little down time. Yesterday, DeAnn and I participated in the Emma Creek Classic in Hesston and had a really good time. This is the largest women's 5K in Kansas. We saw many familiar faces. We came in at right under 45 minutes.

As I look ahead to the upcoming week, I feel like I have a very tough decision to make. On Friday, I got called to interview for a kindergarten position (hadn't even turned in my application yet!) and am interviewing Monday morning at 9:30. This sounds very appealing to me, except for the 35 minute drive. The other side of this decision is that something may still work out in Moundridge- one option is an At-Risk para position, which would keep my foot in the door. I'm praying for God's guidance and hoping that He makes it clear for me which one I should choose, if I'm asked to take the kindergarten position. I'm hoping that I will either love it or not tomorrow when I see the school. I desperately need the Easy Button to work, because I really, really dislike making decisions. I can't even decide where we should eat when we go out.

So, please pray for God's guidance in my life right now. I'll keep you updated when I know more.

A New Roof

We have been needing a new roof for months and we finally got it on this weekend. My family came down on Friday night and we started tearing off the old shingles bright and early Saturday morning. It was a beautiful day and we got a lot done. The storm clouds started rolling in around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. We kept on working until it started to thunder and lightning (and until we got the tar paper on the uncovered roof.) We continued today and got it finished around lunch time.

Thanks again to all those who helped (including the supervisors!).

Now, we've got to finish the siding!

A Day full of Tears :(

Well, the worst possible outcome happened today. In the back of my mind, I knew it was coming, but you cannot be fully prepared for this sort of thing. I know a lot of people out there are dealing with the same thing.


Our school board decided last night to cut two teaching positions at our school due to staggering enrollment numbers. So I slept absolutely "zippo" last night thinking about this and was nervous all morning. When you're the newby and don't have a position to fall into, what can I say?


When I got the instant message that the superintendent wanted to talk to me, I knew. So of course I was a blubbering fool and couldn't even ask the questions I wanted to ask. And on that note- why do you tell a person in the middle of the day???? I didn't want to hang around for my kids to go to lunch to get my things and go home, and I definitely didn't want to go in the room in the state I was in, and I really didn't want to make plans for the afternoon- so I had the principal get my purse and headed home for a couple of hours. Long enough to dry my eyes and gather my composure- just to lose it again at school when everyone started giving me hugs. I did fine once I got my kids back. It helped me keep my mind off of everything and they are always good for a laugh or two.


Another thing that helped me make it through the day was watching Andrew after school. We had tons of fun playing tractors, squishing playdoh and wrestling on the floor. He is too stinkin' cute!

So, what does God have up his sleeve for me in the future?

*Shaun says I can help on the farm, driving truck and bringing them lunch- not really what I went to school for 4 years for. If I was going to do that, I wouldn't have wasted my time on endless amounts of papers. He also says I can work at Pizza Hut and give him and Chris a discount. I said I'd charge double and expect BIG tips!

*Do I look for another teaching position?

*Do I go for the para position at the Middle School and take a 2/3 pay cut?

*Do I help start a preschool?

*Do I sit on my hiney (sp?) and scrapbook and quilt????? Now this kind of seems appealing! I don't think I can get away with that, b/c I would definitely spend a lot of money! I love to shop and if I had the time, who knows what trouble I would get in!

Please pray for me and the other person (who shall remain nameless in my post for now) affected by this cut. Pray that God will guide us in the direction He wants us to go and make it clear for us.

*And on a side note, I actually don't want the school year to end (I know surprising since I live for summer and always before I couldn't wait for the last day of school) because I don't want to leave the friends I've made at school and the AWESOME students. I will miss my kids SOOOOOOO much :(

Prayer NEEDED!

So, once again I'm back at the "asking for prayer" mentality. I just got back from the Board Meeting (might I mention that it is almost 11 o'clock) tonight and they decided to cut two teachers at the elementary school. This was the "don't even want to go there" plan, but that's where we're at. So, this means that two teachers will be notified this week, or sometime in the near future, that they do not have jobs next year. I may be one of those. So if this is the case I need prayer for what God's plan is for me. I absolutely love my job and the school that I am at. I don't want to look any where else for a job. I planned on staying in the school until I retired. I just want to live in my fantasy world where everything is all right and we can ignore the outside world. So, however you want to direct your prayers- I'll take them.

Off to bed, where I can dream of a perfect world............

Oh, the Memories!

On Saturday, we went fourwheeling around Manhattan at Randolph ORV park. We had a great time. I think there were 10 fourwheelers and 1 dirt bike. We couldn't of asked for a better day than we had on Saturday- wasn't too windy, wasn't snowing or raining. These are a few pictures from the day, if you want to see more, you can check it out on facebook.

Some of the 'gang' waiting while others did things they didn't want to do.

Some tried to stay clean, while.....

others didn't!

Jason getting a little help from Chad

My brother

Chad and Tara

Shaun tipping over the fourwheeler on my toe

Me catching some air on the jump down by the lake