Mr. Sandman Bring Me a Dream

It's sad when even your dreams turn against you. I was having a dream this week that I was getting married, I'm at the temple and everything, I even knew who the groom was and did it happen? NO! The dream wasn't completely normal, there were definitely some random things popping into it but what do you take from this type of experience? Am I like pharoah of old or King Nebuchanezzar and my dream really meant something- that my singleness will be a perpetual state of my being or am I subconsciously obsessed with this guy (who is a great guy but not someone I have ever been out with)? The few people who might read this post will be thinking "Katelyn, why are you even stewing about this?" Well if you can't get away from the cares of the world when you are blissfully zonked out in a REM cycle when can you avoid them?

Snow! Snow! Snow! Snow!

For those fellow enthusiasts of the film "White Christmas," you can probably hear the star singing each of those words in your head.
I got a Christmas card from a friend today and I thought I should post since she specifically encouraged me to. I loved the pic by the way Kelli- I thought it would be of you on your travels, I am just grateful it wasn't showing some tropical beach because it has become frosty up here where I live. There isn't much new in my life, I don't know if I mentioned I am going to Zumba twice a week. It is so much fun! The woman who leads it is from Argentina and has so much energy that I can't believe it. I really enjoy it, but lately with the cold and since it gets dark earlier it has been a little difficult to want to go. Once I am there I am so glad I went but until I enter the building I am cringing at the thought of being out and about. I think that I am supposed to just hibernate like other animals during winter. All in favor say ME!
Not much info but at least an update.

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Okay I said I would post pics of my place soon, but soon is a relative term and I also haven't been able to take any pictures yet so we will see when that actually happens. I have never posted pictures to the blog and would have to figure out how before that happens too.
So things that have been happening since the last post. My house is more set-up, I have furniture, etc in and feel at home here. Serge and Jenny came to visit with their family at the end of my school year. It was so much fun. Their kids are adorable and every day when they went to bed I was drained of energy. I am now surprised that parents have any energy after their kids go to sleep.
Liza was a joy just to hold, at first she wanted her Mama all the time but about half way through the visit she would let others hold her when Mom was in the room. Jenny was obviously still the preferred person but Eliza would stay with you unless you got too close to Jenny.
I taught Annabelle the "Lobster Song" I don't know its real title but you use all sorts of seafood/water life terms in the song that sound like other words. For instance the first word in the chorus are, "Oh, I lobster, never flounder." Which translates to, "Oh I lost her, never found her." I had meant for Andrew to learn it but he seemed completely uninterested while Annabelle went for it wholeheartedly. I try to sing it with her when she gets on the phone now and she has sung along a little. Her hair is so curly, I love it. I must admit I used to look at the pictures on the blog and think that Jenny (and Serge) should do more with it and how cute it would be if she just spent the time to brush it thoroughly. I sincerely apologize Jenny, I would brush Annabelle's hair and it would stay looking like that for about 5 minutes before it would revert back to looking like it did before- curls that have a mind of their own. Obviously having straight hair I didn't understand the foibles of curly locks- and no matter how sleek or somewhat poufy her hair look like in pictures now I think it is cute.
Andrew is a "smarty pants" in generally the best sense of the term. He is an amazing reader for his age and loves numbers, knowing way too much for a child who hasn't even begun kindergarten. Just so you know Kelli (she is the only person I know that reads my blog when I post so I might as well give her a shout out) Serge has taught him about negative numbers and decimals. I really don't know what his teachers will think about him understanding that much about numbers but if nothing else it will give them something to talk about with their fellow teachers. I don't know if it is because he is: the oldest child, a boy, or part of who he is but sometimes being a "smarty pants" means he tries to be sneaky (or is just curious) and that can lead to trouble.
This is a long post and I need to go but I think you get the idea. My nieces and nephew are beautiful, smart, and all around amazing and I love them all so much.

Bye!!

If I Had a Hammer...

That song really makes me smile by the way, singing about a hammer and how you would use it. HeHeHe
Anyway it leads to my topic because I bought a house. Okay it is really just a condo so I don't have to deal with yard or outside maintenance but still I have bought a dwelling, and let me tell you there have been many hammers, screwdrivers, and tile cutters being used since that time. I am going to post pictures soon but I thought I'd let the one or two people who look at this know.

Is there a song out there about being sick?

I have a really bad cold. I tried to go to work today but finally realized that was not happening. I did go in for an hour or so to make my lesson plan but then left. Thankfully it is not strep just a virus, so the doctor gave me some medicine to treat the symptoms. I better get better quickly because I really don't want to miss school next week. We are having a special assembly.
On another track I may be buying a condo. Not all the paperwork is complete but I will make sure and post when/if everything ends up working out. I am going to go relax again and hopefully get better.
Night!

Gotta Dance!

My niece is apparently a dancing princess who rides her bike. I love my sister-in-law and brother's blog, I go through withdrawal when they don't post often enough. This week she has a video of my oldest niece dancing and singing about how much she loves her flip flops. If 'simple minds, simple pleasures,' is true then I must be the simplest of them all.

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better!

Last year my brother and I laughed about how we hadn't posted to either of our blogs for a long time. I finally posted but it has been almost a year since he has. I guess he won the blog neglect face-off.

School is kind of busy, it is hard to learn 400 new names and I am used to just a few more minutes to spend teaching my lesson so I am trying to adjust to that but I was looking forward to a bit of a challenge and I do have that so I better not complain too much. I really do enjoy being a librarian most of the time. I am sure all jobs have those things you'd rather not do but mine aren't that bad.

Kids say really funny things, the other day I had a student from a younger grade say that they knew their teacher wasn't coming to pick them up. I assured them that their teacher knew when their library time was over but again they protested saying they knew she wasn't coming because they could, "smell her." I know this teacher and they don't spray the perfume on exorbitantly and they don't skip on the bathing so I was very amused by the "smell her" comment; and like parenting there are times you can't laugh at what they say because you know it will encourage them or hurt their feelings so you just hold it in and laugh later.

Thanks Kelli for letting me know I haven't been completely forgotten in blogdom.