Back in the subbing game

still not as much as I would like to be, but better then a sporadic call every few weeks. I subbed Wednesday-Friday last week and I have 3 more days set up for next week. I still don't have anything for this week, but it is only Tuesday. I wish I could get more teacher jobs instead of the parapro jobs, since they pay more, but I guess at this point money is money and I will take it however I can get it. (Short of having to go stand on the corner of College Ave. somewhere downtown)
Still no job leads for next year. I have sent in a few recent applications and am still waiting to hear back on them (or not hear back) I am sure that more will be coming up in the next few weeks as contracts come due and districts start working on budget things for next year. I am not going to totally worry until the end of August. I didn't get hired until the middle of August when we first move to the Fox Valley, so I know that a lot of schools are not in a real hurry to hire sometimes. I also have to decide how far I am willing to drive each day to work and how that drive would interfere with the hours i would work at Sylvan. But at this point I am willing to do about a 30 minute commute, one way.
Off to do more job hunting.

Successful Easter

As mentioned before, we had Easter dinner at our house this year. I would have to say that everything went pretty well. Brian's mom couldn't make it because she "won" the work lottery and had to work on Easter Sunday(Do people actually call with insurance questions on Easter?!?!) But Brian's dad was able to make it for a little while, my parents came up, Adam came in from school (probably more for the home cooked meal then the visiting), and my aunt came up from Fond du lac. I think that everyone had a great time, even if Brian's dad didn't come with an off button and talked pretty much from the time he got to our house until the time he left. That's okay, I spent most of my time in the kitchen preparing food along with my mom who brought pretty much everything that we would need for that day.
Overall a wonderful time spent with family.

Spring Cleaning???? Happy Easter!!!!!

Not sure if you can really consider it spring cleaning when it is snowing outside, but I am cleaning my house. Oh and not just the normal dusting and vacuuming. I have cleaned out closets, drawers, file cabinets, kitchen cabinets, and the normal cleaning as well. It is just so hard to think of it as spring cleaning. Does this mean I will have to do it all over again once we really get spring?!?! I won't be-once a year is enough for this kind of cleaning for me. And I probably wouldn't be doing it now if it weren't for the fact that we are having people over for Easter. Sure, I didn't have to clean out closets and cabinets, but as long as I knew I wouldn't be called to sub this week I couldn't think of a better time. So,, I have completed (almost)my spring cleaning in what would appear, to anyone reading this today, to still be the middle of winter.
I hope it stops snowing so that all our travelers can get here safely tomorrow. Not that any of the snow is really sticking, but with Mother Nature you can never be too sure.

I would also like to wish everyone reading a Happy Easter Whether you are cooking or someone else is doing the cooking, I hope you all have a wonderful time visiting with family and friends.
Off to do more cleaning:)

March goes out like a lamb

a cold wet lamb, but at least there was no snow. What a month March was!! I think we experienced all the seasons in 31 short days. (We even saw fall, with leaves blowing off our roof from last fall!) Gotta love Wisconsin. I mean where else can you experience at least 2, sometimes 3, seasons in one day? Now, when we should be having Spring weather, we are getting colder temps with a threat of snow over the next couple of days. I would much rather have the rain that we had all weekend-at least I don't have to shovel that. Sure, it makes the already large puddles of mud on the lawn every bigger, but then it also keeps the neighborhood children off the lawn. And if not, you can at least track them by the footprints left in the mud!:) Just kidding, we don't really do that. And the neighborhood children and pretty good about staying on the sidewalk, it is the neighborhood dogs that we have to worry about. If you ever see a story about flaming dog poop found on someones porch in Kaukauna, it was probably us:)

Menasha is on Spring Break this week, so I don't have to worry about any wake up calls. That is okay, because we have having the parental units (and an Aunt) over for Easter on Sunday and I could use the the free time to clean the house. I plan to spend a good portion of the week doing a huge spring cleaning of at least the first floor of the house-the basement is pretty organized and cleaned out. (Too bad I won't be able to open the windows, without freezing, to let all the dust that will be stirred up out of the house.) Oh well, life goes on and so do we.