Happy 6 years!!!

That's right, on Sunday Brian and I celebrated 6 years of wedded bliss!!! We actually celebrated a little early, with a trip to Door County on Saturday. One of Brian's friends lives up there in the summer and owns an antique mall in Egg Harbor. So we met at the mall, got the full tour and went off for the afternoon of sight seeing. Bob took us around the scenic spots of Door County. While most of it was seen from the car, it was still a good time. It left us plotting our next trip to Door County, which would include a weekend stay this time to get everything done.

Sunday was church, shopping, and babysitting for friends while they stained their deck.

All in all, it was a great weekend with hopes of many more happy years to come!!

Summer School-Part 2

Summer School is over!!! As much as I enjoy teaching the little kids, this year was not as enjoyable due to the teaching staff I had to work with. Those of you who read Part 1 know that I was team teaching with 2 other teachers (P and A). I got along great with A, but P had a totally different teaching style, if you could even call it a style. It was more that she was downright lazy when it came to teaching. And she knew how to get the kids all riled up and excited, but really played no role in calming them down again.

So I am excited that summer school is over and hoping that P will not be teaching with A and I next year. We have voiced our frustrations to both the site coordinator and the summer school coordinator. The summer school coordinator was going to talk to P and let her know that there were some problems this year and that she will not be teaching at that school again, if she decides to return next year after their talk. I don't know what Gail is planned to tell her, but A and I are waiting for an e-mail from P expressing her anger at us!! We haven't got that yet, so I am not sure if Gail has talked to her or not.

Besides the teaching situation, I enjoyed the children once again this year. Most of the parents were not so bad either!! The children seemed to enjoy summer school and many of them are well adjusted to the kindergarten routine. Hopefully the kindergarten teachers will not have quite the problems at the beginning of the year that she has had in the past with kids from summer school. They usually ran around like they owned the room-which given P's teaching style is understandable. Hopefully A and I have provided enough structure for the kids to feel comfortable in the room and kindergarten, but not like the own the place. I feel that we did a nice job providing activities for them and letting them know what was off limits.

Now we just have to wait and see what next summer brings!!!

Wandering, Pooping Cocker

So, this is the latest in my neighborhood. A few houses down there is the Cocker, I believe his name is Patches from what i have heard. Well, Patches does not get leashed when he is outside and likes to roam into other peoples yards. A month ago, I caught him taking a poop on our front lawn and by the time I ran out there to scare him, he was done. Last week, we found more poop in the backyard. (Hmmm. wonder who it was from) yesterday I caught him in the back again, sniffing the trees. I yelled at the top of my lungs for him to go home, knowing that his owners were in their backyard, also knowing that they could care less. There have been other times where we have seen him wandering and had to shoo him home.

Well, Brian decided enough is enough and called the cops last night. They arrived at our house, talked to Brian about the situation and then went over to talk to Alice-the dog owner. Keep in mind, that other neighbors were outside and saw the cop talk to Brian and then walk to Alice's. I saw the 2 other them talking, then the cop left. Alice went to talk to some of the other neighbors that were also outside. I am pretty sure that none of it really phased Alice as she thinks she is "all that" anyway. But Brian decided that is was time to show her that she is not above the law and has to follow the same ones that the rest of us do.

I am not sure what is going to happen now or if any of the neighbors are still going to talk to us. I don't really care and figured it is about time that Alice gets taught a lesson.

Next time I see Patches in a yard that is not his, I plan to take pictures so the evidence is documented and Alice can not talk her way out of anything. The next time Brian sees Patches in our yard, he plans to trap it and call animal control. Hopefully there will not be a next time, but knowing Alice, there will be. Stay tuned!!!