Joyful Journey- Day Six

It's Tuesday and that means it's American Idol night. I'm really enjoying it this season. Adam, Kris and Danny are my favorites. I'm glad Scott had a good night.

I love the radio station I listen to here. It is part of the American family radio stations based here in Phoenix. A husband and wife team up for the morning show. Chris and Emilee provide a lot of fun and good times. They have a segment where they give the audience a mind bender to answer. Usually you can win cd's or something. I shared today's mind bender with my class. I had only one student figure out the answer. All of them enjoyed it so much, they wanted to come up with their own. It was a great way to fill time between our tests.

We made our monthly trip to Costco tonight. I love that store!!!! They didn't have our bagels, but that was okay. That place is always busy regardless of the day or time.

I want to wish a Happy Birthday to my uncle today. Ron, I hope you had a great day!!!

C.

Joyful Journey- Day Four

We had the opportunity to attend the Tempe Arts Festival today. He has a friend who was showing his glass art creations at the festival. It was a lovely day to be walking the streets admiring all the different artists' work. While I am not an artist, I felt very blessed to be able see others' work. I think I may have gotten some sun. Oh well, I was looking a little pasty. I was pretty tired when we left.

Afterwards, we made a trip to my parents to clean our car. It's always nice to start the week with a clean car.

My husband is fixing dinner tonight, so what more joy could I have. He is awesome!

Joy - Day Two

I am digging a little deeper today.

I was hoping to be joyful over a Kansas Jayhawks' basketball win tonight, but that was not meant to be. I can be joyful that they should be a great team next year.

I am joyful that I do not have to shovel a foot of snow tomorrow (sorry all my friends in Kansas). Shoveling sunshine is a whole lot more fun!!

I am joyful that my mom had us over for dinner tonight. It was nice not to have to fix something.

I am joyful that we both have jobs. While our jobs can be very challenging at times, it sure does beat the alternative. My class really enjoyed our report card celebration today!

Thanks for coming along with me on my joyful journey.
C.

Joy - Day One

Tomorrow is Friday!!!! It's also report card day. I have decided to celebrate both of these facts with a popcorn party. I am always looking for reason to have a party. In my devotion today, it talked about having joy in all circumstances. Daily I am challenged with this. Sometimes it feels easier just to be gloomy when times are tough. Well, that brings me to the popcorn party. We are down to our last nine weeks of this school year!!!! Surviving a nine weeks grading period is an accomplishment for sixth graders and teachers as well. Besides next week is state testing. Make note...class celebration next Friday to celebrate the end of testing.

This is day one of my joy blog. My goal is to find the joy in everyday life circumstances. Thank you for coming along in my joyful blog journey.

By the way, I was surprised by the behavior of my class today. All I can say is there is hope for the future after all.

C.

We had a great time over at my parent's. The meatloaf was very yummy. We were also able to see the pictures from their trip to Israel. It was very neat getting a glimpse of the ancient biblical cities. I think my favorite part was the Western Wall. Someday I would like to visit Israel and walk those ancient city streets.

My dad and brother brought back some special gifts for us. I received a Jerusalem cross. It has one large cross with four smaller ones around it. The four crosses symbolize either the four gospels or the four corners that the gospel went out to. The five crosses symbolize the five wounds of Christ.

We just made a run to Sonic. I knew it is 11, but it's always a good time for a strawberry limeade.

Have a wonderful Monday!!

It's time to go over to my parent's for meatloaf. My mom makes the best!! Hope everyone has a great night!!

Junior Mints and Dr. Pepper All In A Friday Night

Well, it's Friday night and I am watching Gilmore Girls. I have my Junior Mints and Dr. Pepper beside me, so all is lovely. I am in the middle of season 5 and it is so good. I will be a little lost when I finish the series. I can't believe I missed this show when it was on.

As of 10:30 tonight my family has returned from all their travels. My dad and brother were the last to get back. They were almost afraid they would not get into Phoenix tonight, but everything worked out. We made one last trip to check on Max and Mimi before my brother got home. I enjoyed taking care of them. Maybe they will miss us!

I'm trying to decide how to spend my last two days of spring break. I know what I should do, but working on school stuff doesn't sound very exciting. Monday morning will be here before I know it, so I better do some planning. I'm sure laundry and cleaning will be part of my weekend activities.

Thanks for listening to me chatter.
C.