Monday Musings

I realize as I start on my blogging journey that some people might know me in "right now" time, while others know me from "long ago" time. I am going to take this blog space to play catch up and pretty much give you a crash course in "Amy Lou".

*I am a mom, wife, baby daughter, and little sister.
*Mom to "Boy".
*He's 16 and a fully licensed driver who currently thinks that vehicles grow on trees and we should just go pick one.
*Wife to "Hubby #2". Yep there's great material there that will reveal itself in time.
*Baby daughter to the best parents in the world. Going on 47 years of marriage.
*I am the self-proclaimed black sheep of our family. I didn't behave well between Hubby #1 and #2.
*Plenty of stories there. Just give it time.
*Baby sister to "Juju" my partner in crime when it comes to shopping for bargains.
*I turned 40 last August.
*I am doing really well with the transition.
*I think.
*Minus the night of bad behavior at Pete's Piano Bar the night of the celebration.
*I am a Christian on a journey.
*You will see some of my blogs devoted to the book I am currently reading, "So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore".
*And after the experience at the last church I was a member of, you are dang straight Skippy. I don't want to go to "church".
*What I do want is a relationship with Christ.
*I am working on that.
*Slowly, but surely.
*I am an educator.
*18 years and counting.
*Same school.
*Same subject.
*And until this summer, I had occupied the same room for the past 16 years.
*My former neighbor and I think we were separated for causing trouble. (not really, but we like to laugh about it)
*I was moved to the end of the hall. Closest classroom to the door.
*Um, are they trying to tell me something?
*I love my job.
*I love my students.
*I am a hard-nose in the classroom.
*I own it.
*I have the highest expectations for my classroom and kiddos.
*I set the bar high because I believe the kids can reach it.
*Shoot for the moon, if you miss you will be among the stars.
*I mentioned in Blog 1 that the name for this came from Hubby. He refers to me as his "high strung skinny little wife" when talking about me to his friends/co-workers.
*I need to clarify the origin of the skinny part.
*It no longer applies.
*Back in '08 I had my 20 year high school reunion and I went OCD on losing weight.
*I lost a total of 17.
*All 17 are back and they brought a few friends.
*I need another reunion to jumpstart my weight lost program.
*Invite me to something.
*Just give me 3 months notice, please.

That's it for today. I'll be back in a few days with Thursday Thoughts.

live loved... (and I totally stole that phrase from my FF and her husband but until they copyright it and make me pay them lots of dollars, I am going to use it... thanks C & D)