nice...

apparently, my principal has been telling a lot of my coworkers that i am a great teacher.

she left me a note saying, "mrs. kotze, great lesson! you're kids are lucky to have you for a teacher!"

that would make anyone feel good. and, i for one, think it's kinda nice.

thanks mrs. pantuso!

um...stuff...i guess

• HEB brand egg nog might actually be better than gandy's. that might be the best news of my life since i can't find a stinkin' container of gandy's anywhere in this city.
  

• i brought my nice crystal stemware to san antonio so i could enjoy my egg nog in style. it's totally the best that way.
  

• lamb curry is delicious. life is good with a husband that can cook.
  

• sometimes after a nap, i feel even worse than i did before i laid down.

• i'm sick of all of the paper work involved in being a teacher. if i didn't have to always be entering the same information into a million different documents, i might actually be able to teach. I WANT TO TEACH! isn't that what i signed up for?

• thinking about landon and sarah's house in san angelo makes me super happy.

• i'm watching dog the bounty hunter right now. why? no clue.

• i'm ready for our house to sell. (is that right, ree?)

• if michael calls me and we get off the phone after a couple of minutes, he always calls back to talk a little more. it's cute.

• crystal loved her baby shower invitations. thanks jenny! (nov 17th)

• jules loves to go out on the balcony as long as the door is propped open with a flip flop.

• it's almost my sister's birthday. i wish i was going to be with her on that day.

• egg nog sounds really good right now.

• so does curry with rice.

• but not together. egg nog. then curry. yummo.
  

another observation

my principal came in this morning to observe me teach.

i wasn't overly nervous about the whole thing, so everything went smoothly. i had to call on a few kids to stay on task or whatever, but principals actually like to see redirection.

my last observation was done by my vice principal and when i got my paperwork back, everything looked great! she said i had done a great job and she was very impressed with my teaching style and my way with the kids. that's good...

my head stinkin' hurts now. i mean i could take 5 advil if i had them right now.

starring at the computer screen isn't really helping a whole lot...

to seph

i can't wait to hear about the walk. i prayed for you gals all weekend.

i cannot imagine how tired you are (that's why i haven't texted you yet this morning), so i hope your husband takes care of the baby one more day, and let's you sleep late. but, if i know you, you missed her so badly that you woke up with her. if so, maybe you'll have time for a nap.

i love you so much and am looking forward to your post about the 60 miles (holy cow!) you walked this weekend. i love you and i'm very proud of you.

mama's cookin'

need i say more?

no.

but i will anyway. marme cooked michael and dad's birthday dinners on sunday afternoon.

chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, cream gravy, corn on the cob, peas, butter rolls, and fresh brewed sweet tea. then she topped it off with a black forest cake (michael loves it!).

it was so delicious. i mean, stinkin' delicious! we stuffed ourselves big time. it was the most pefect meal ever created. there is nothing, nothing in this whole world, like mama's cookin'.

thanks marme! you're definitely the best!

happy birthday baby!

michael-

you are the love of my life. i can not even begin to imagine my life without you. you are an amazing man, a wonderful provider, a leader in our home. i am more in love with you now than i have ever been. i know that that is going to continue forever.

i am so proud to be your wife.

i hope you have such a wonderful birthday! i love you!

saturday morning comfort

i lay in bed yesterday morning, sleeping.

michael had awaken just a little earlier and was laying in bed quietly. he's recently begun a quest of reading the Bible in a year.

i began to hear the quiet turning of those oh-so-thin pages of the Bible.

my husband, was laying in our bed, next to his sleeping wife, reading the Word of God.

there is no better feeling in the world.

thank you, Jesus, for the blessing of a husband yearning to know you more.

i've been tagged

Seven things you never knew about me and now wish you didn't. Or as you put it...Seven strange/weird/crazy things about me:

1. I hate smacking gum and clicking pens. When I hear either of these annoying habits, it consumes me so much that I cannot focus on anything else. If someone behind me in church is clicking their pen, I lose all focus in the sermon and picture the person behind me totally obliviously, pen clicking with their thumb. When someone around me starts smacking their gum, I can do nothing but stare at them until they stop. Geez.

2. I never make my bed in the mornings, but I always make it before I go to sleep. I don't go as far as putting the throw pillows on the bed, but every inch of the sheets are straightened, pillows fluffed and cover pulled up and folded back smoothly. I then get in the bed and hardly move until the next morning.

3. I am in love with all things organizational. I can shop in an office supply store for hours. Pens, paper, notebooks, sharpies, file cabinets, rubbermaid containers, post it notes...I'm obsessed.

4. My shower routine has been the same for as long as I can remember: wet hair, shampoo (leave in), soap up, rinse shampoo, conditioner (leave in), shave, scrub feet with pumice, wash face, rinse conditioner, rinse face and body, turn off water, squeeze hair, towel off. Continually, making sure JAWS isn't coming up through the drain. Honestly.

5. I think pizza really is my favorite food. Remember when you were a kid in school and you were asked what your favorite food was? Most everyone said pizza. I think mine really is. I beg for it all the time. I think Michael is a little disappointed that my tastes aren't a little more refined.

6. I cannot stand the hamburger meat that looks like intestines. I will go to another store just to buy a different kind. Blah! That is so disgusting!

7. I drink pickle juice from the jar...a lot.

I tag seph and amy!

thanks for the tag, but...

it's gonna have to wait, crys.

i have just enough time to check the last two blogs before heading our to our Stallion Stomp (the school's fall festival and once a year fund raiser). i have to work our booth because my room mom couldn't get enough people to sign up. poor thing.

i'll be the master of...the pig races. (don't worry, they're toys)

i promise to post my tag as soon as i can this afternoon.

i laughed at every single one and could identify with at least one thing everyone wrote.

crys-i often have the typing thing going on as well. thank goodness though, it's not during every conversation.

just for the record...

defensive driving online, has to be so much worse than anything else.

you see, in person or on video, the defensive driving continues whether you're paying attention or not. online, there are elevendy-million slides all less than one minute (except for the 20 minute videos). when each slide is complete, you must hit the continue button.

the stupid thing does not go on without you. you have to sit through every stinkin' minute of the six hour training. yucko!

it took me all day, but thank goodness it's finally over.