Man, I must be getting boring..

I'm really not! I promise!

I can't get it all together! I haven't even sent my Christmas cards out yet, and last years cards were going to be New Years cards and they didn't even get sent last year! OHMY!

I can't believe the new year of 2009 is already starting! It just seems unreal to me. The years are going by too fast. I guess it is true the older you get the faster they go by.

Here are some of the things that have been happening in my life:

*I passed my OPTE teaching test! YAY!
*I have reconnected with a lot of my high school friends on Facebook.
*I am spending too much time on Facebook. LOL
*I have been subbing a lot at the middle school lately--and they actually like me, which I don't think is a wonderful thing all the time. I really don't let them get away with much!!
*My kindergarten class I subbed call me "Miss Muffin". My last name is "Huffman". LOL I loveee it!
*I need to finish painting the house.

We had a great Christmas. Brady got an IPOD Touch from Santa. :) so he was extremely happy.
I now have to run, need to take some things by the recycling place.
cc-ya

VOTE!!

Remember to go VOTE today!! Regardless of who you vote for, your vote counts! :):):)

I am tired!

Hello once again, I feel like there is no time for anything anymore. Last week I thought I was going to TRY to be organized for Halloween so Brady and I went to the mall in Joplin to look for his costume. We bought half of it and then Steve was going to go the next day and get the rest while I was at work. He drove up there and they wouldn't take a check, and since I had the credit card with me at school it was pretty much a wasted trip. After a busy day in kindergarten, and when I say busy---my gosh those kids are busy!! 20 five year olds to keep entertained. I know if it were my own classroom it would be a lot different and I kept telling myself "they are five" but it just seems so young!! Ok-on with my story.......after school on Thursday I drove straight to Spencer's to get the rest of Brady's costume then dropped it off at home and drove to the school to help decorate for the Halloween dance we were having to raise money for the show choir to go to NYC over spring break. I drove home threw on some bunny ears and painted a nose and whiskers on my face and that was the extent of my 5min halloween costume. The dance was great, there were a lot of kids and we raised a lot of money for our trip.
Tomorrow Brady is leaving to go to Tulsa for all district choir and he is spending the night. We had to go buy some new dress shoes, shirt and tie since at our church we dress very casual and he never wears all of this. We finished a while ago packing and I believe he is all ready to go. I am glad he told me about this yesterday and not tomorrow morning on the way to school. LOL
ttylllll!!

One more thing.

Had to add one more thing..........

Time: 7:55am Friday morning---he has to be at school at 8:00am for athletics.

Place: Living room

What: My son telling me that "today" is picture day and he forgot to tell me.

You can guess the rest...........

Hello!

I know, I have been terrible about blogging since I haven't written anything since June!

Here is what has been going on............
Summer went by way too fast. I worked the bike run along with the Ted Nugent concert. Alice Cooper was the next concert, I have to say it was really good. Very weird, but in a cool way.

I started this year working again at the school, but decided to sub instead. I am enjoying it this year, but plan on sticking to elementary and not the middle or hs. When I sub at the elementary level I get to teach.

We had a yard sale this weekend and I am so glad it is over. It is a lot of work, but when you make money for stuff you don't need anymore that makes it worth it!!

We are planning on going to NYC with the show choir group over spring break. I can't wait!! I have never been and am looking forward to it.

I will let you know in the next post what we will be doing.

been a long time.

Welp, can't believe it has been so long since I have blogged. I have been reading, but not writing.
School is finally out--I had been working in the special needs classroom as a teacher's aide in one of our elementary schools. It was very challenging but I ended up really loving it. The first two weeks I thought, "What am I doing?" and almost quit, but I stayed in there and it all worked out good. I miss my little guy I worked with very much and hopefully I will see him in Church this next Sunday!! I am having withdrawals. :)

Brady is keeping busy already. He is on a baseball traveling team but haven't had a game in awhile due to our wonderful, unpredictable weather we have been having. You have heard all about in Diva's blogs.
During the tornado that pretty much blew away Picher----my aunt and uncle's house in Quapaw, Ok, completely blew away--no walls--nothing. My grandparents lost their house too. Luckily my aunt and uncle were in Tulsa at the time it hit and they were not at home. My grandparents live just across the pasture from them, not very far, and my other uncle got them out of the house just in time--they had just woke up from a nap and had no idea what was going on. They left and their windows blew out of their house, a tree uprooted and went through their kitchen and it blew their front porch off and the back roof, and their barn. They saw my aunt and uncles house blow away. I thank God that my uncle got them out!!!

Brady is doing MLT this summer again, which he loves! They are doing Seussical the Musical this summer. He wants to be a Wickersham brother.
He has church camp next week and I got talked into helping with the girls for a couple of days. I haven't been to camp since I was probably 14, so this will be very new to me. I just hope there is air conditioning, lots and lots of it, and hopefully they all won't mind a little snoring.........

Well I promise I will be a better blogger. I messed mine up a couple of days ago and erased my links and then I gave up. I fixed it today so maybe I can keep it going.
ttyl :)

Please Vote!

Hello everyone!

The Bissell Corporation (makes vaccuum cleaners) has a contest going on - Bissell Most Valuable Pet Photo Contest. The Animal Welfare Society of Miami has a dog entered in this contest. The winner will win 10,000 for our animal shelter here in Miami, OK. If any of you have been to our shelter, you know it needs help VERY BADLY!!!!! We have only 16 runs for dogs, and limited cat capacity.

Please go to this link: http://www.bissell.com/Voting_Period_8.aspx and click on "Locating a specific pet" click on "Destiny" this is a DOG, not the cat, Destiny.

The pet # is 6640.
We need to have this vote from now until March 4. On that day our voting will be over for our part of the contest. There is only ONE VOTE per person. Hopefully Miami will have a chance to win!

MIAMI NEEDS A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER!!
THANK YOU!!
Shannon :)

I want my MTV!

OHMYGOSH! I can't take it anymore! We have been without DISH since Dec. 13th (when our electricity came on again.) We can't even get any kind of fuzzy local channel to watch. I would even take that! We called last week to get it fixed, which was supposed to be TOMORROW! And I was counting down the minutes, believe me, I am going INSANE! So, as I am counting down my minutes until I can watch The View tomorrow morning, or Days Of Our Lives at 1pm, they call me awhile ago and they overbooked our area! YA, RIGHT! They caught me off guard and I was trying to be nice so I said, OK January 2 will be fine to reschedule. Now I am pissed. I called Steve to tell him, but of course they just got a memo at work telling them no phone calls at all and they have a 3 minute clock on their phone. Don't people have anything else to think about? They already have cameras in the booth, and they record everything that is said, what more do you want? Ok, I am on a rant, I know BUT I AM SORRY I HAVE TO HAVE ME SOME TV!!!!!! We have watched too many movies lately and I want my TV! I already missed the Survivor finale.
What I am really doing right now is waiting for DISH to call me back so I can let them know that I need it done before Friday! I am not going to spend all of Christmas break with Brady and my husband with no TV. I can't even switch to cable tv because they can't come out until after the first of the year. AAAHHH!
Ok, so now an hour later I call them back and the people they have to fix DISH can't come out until Jan. 2! I called DISH network to make sure we would not be billed for the 3 weeks we have no TV. I'm not paying if I am not watching!
I have a feeling I will be blogging a lot in these 3 weeks. ....................................

Happy Birthday Trey!

I guess I have been on myspace more and more lately and neglecting my
blogger. Today (Dec. 6) was Trey's 2nd birthday. I guess I have been doing ok, cried a majority of the day, but trying really hard to do good.
I miss him tremendously and it is hard this time of year.

Happy Birthday baby! I love you and miss you bunches! muahhh!
Mommy :)

"R" rated movie adventure

Not having been to a rated "R" movie in quite a long time, my husband and I decide that it may, just MAY be ok to take our 12 year old son------if it is only language being the reason it is rated R. I really wanted to see this movie and there were 8-rated "R" movies showing at Joplin. What is with the industry nowadays??? I saw Diva, the kids and Diva's mom at Toys R' Us in Joplin yesterday. And Diva being the great mom she is was going to take her kids to see a movie suitable for kids. (We had already seen that one though) I told her I would let her know how the movie went............................well Kristin--it is definately NOT for kids! LOL! I asked the girl at the tickets why it was rated "R" she said for language and raunch. I thought well how much raunch could a Ben Stiller movie have? OH MY GOSH! Anyway she told us we could come out and get our money back or see another movie, but what do we do? Cover his eyes!!! It was a hilarious movie, but I missed parts because Steve and I were too busy trying to cover his eyes and ears. Now I know never, ever to take him to an "R" rating until he is old enough to go see it himself, without the parents, maybe when he is like 20.

thought I should add that no, he didn't see any of the raunch that went on. Don't want Diva to report me.............

OKLAHOMA!

If you are contemplating going to see "Oklahoma" at the Coleman, it is wonderful! absolutely wonderful! I love all the music and the actors are great! Brady is in it ( a small part ) but we have been to practice for weeks and this week is always exhausting. We get home at around 11pm and then I have to get up at 6am. If you do go see it take a walk up to the balcony, it is unbelievable!

I have been subbing all week in 1st grade. I love it!! I really do, I wish I already had my own classroom. It is hard subbing all week and then the next week I am not there and I miss the kids soooo much! :(

Gotta get to sleep!

Can't think of one.

Hey.
I haven't posted in quite awhile.
I subbed for Courtney for two weeks in Kindergarten. Man. Talk about a hard grade!! I subbed in first grade, and then next week I sub all week for 1st grade. I really love first and second.

My mom was in the hospital all last week, she had a very bad gall bladder attack last Sunday and ended up in the hospital until Thursday. She got to go home (if she promised to drink clear liquids, broth, jello and popsicles). She will be getting her gall bladder removed tomorrow morning (Monday) at 10am.

I have been kind of down lately, I know I need to get my medicine filled but we just haven't had the money lately and I need to make a doctor appt. and since I didn't get paid yet for subbing and now have to wait until October to get paid. Blah! My neighbors next door adopted a little boy--that his mother just let them have him practically. We want to adopt so bad!! I am getting the spare bedroom ready, I plan on pulling the carpet up this week and getting things cleared out, and I am going to start sanding the floors.

My sister's baby is due the 30th of Sept. she is having a baby girl. We are all so excited. I think she will come a little early though!!! Kyla's room looks so cute!

Talk to you soon, guess I need to get some sleep.
~Shannon

Do ya really wanna know?

I didn't think so! This is a GRIPE POST. If you don't feel like reading about my life, push the back button now. OK... My house is a total mess, it looks like a tornado went right through it. I get motivated to clean it is just hard when your cleaning around a husband and son playing XBox for hours upon hours. I can't stand the clutter. It is driving me insane. Wouldn't you think I would have help so I wouldn't be this insane, out of control person running around the house yelling and complaining? It is so peaceful when the house is clean, my blood pressure is stable and I have nothing, NOTHING to worry about except things that really need to be worried about.
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I took my test this past Saturday for teaching----because remember, I had passed one of them but still needed to pass the other. So I took it and it was totally different than the first one. I hope and pray I passed it! I need good news, but I have to wait 4weeks to get my results back. I could work in Kansas teaching right now with a 2yr provisional, but this year there was nothing around close available without moving away or driving an hour to school each way. There were a couple of Oklahoma jobs but I don't have my OK license and well you know how that goes. I will be subbing this year.
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Brady may be playing football this year for the first time. I would rather he just stick to a couple of sports--he already plays basketball and baseball, because I know all the help I get getting him to and from----I guess at least I don't have homework to worry about like I have for the last 3 years!!! Thank Goodness!!
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My mind is mentally exhausted so I am gonna go brush the teeth and wash the face and put my Olay wrinkle cream on so people will keep saying I look younger than I am. Ya, right! :)

Doggies for adoption

I decided to post two of the three wire haired terriers (all males) that we have for adoption at the shelter. They are sooooo sweet.
I want to take them home so bad. If you know someone who is interested let me know!!!

Thank You American Humane!

Flood of 2007

It has been a long week with the flood and all. I have been volunteering with the animal welfare society at the shelter all week. We were taking in pets of people that had been flooded and they had nowhere to take their animals. We had them out by our shelter but now they are moved to the NEO arena, which is soooo much better. We also took care of animals that were picked up during the flood. I have to note--we had 2 chickens there too and a parrot! :)

The American Humane came Thursday evening to help so we now have a break!! They are taking care of them now. I didn't have time to take many pictures but I will post what I have.

I have also been dogsitting my friend Cean's dog this week. She's a sweetie and we will be sad when she leaves! Their house was flooded, but they are cleaning everything up now. Thank goodness it wasn't any worse than what it was!

I found some aerial pics that Alyssa sent me. They show everything.

Stables

NEO College

Baseball fields

Wastewater plant

Poker Run weekend

I had a very busy weekend! I worked at Buffalo Run Friday night at the registration booth for the Bike Run. We passed out the shirts and pins for the bikers that had pre-registered early. I worked from noon-8pm. I finally got to sleep that night at around 1am when Brady--(who had already had a nap at his grandparents house)-- proceeded to wake me up at 4 in the morning because "he had been laying in bed for three hours and couldn't sleep" thanks for interrupting my sleep bray! I went and got in bed with him so he could fall back asleep-which he did, right away. I think I dozed a little and woke up at 5am. I had to be back to work that morning at 6:20. We had an awesome day! I just LOVE it! Bikers are so much fun to be around and are so nice! I even registered for a Harley they are giving away at Cowtown days in Baxter. fun fun fun!!! I worked until 1:15pm and then went to go blow up 45 helium latex balloons for a birthday party. My mom and I got that finished and then went to deliver them. I got back to work at 5pm and stayed until 7pm. Went and picked up Brady from the grandparents house and took him back to the carnival. I wanted to see who won some of the poker hands. I was so exhausted and really wanted to wait and watch Keith Anderson, but I was about to drop off the face of the earth. Which we ended up leaving around ten that evening.
All in all it was a great weekend! and I finally got some much needed SLEEEEEEP!

It is gonna be a LONG summer!

OH MY! Summer is here. Has it only been a week since school has been out? The boy down the street is gonna cause me to up my blood pressure medicine, I do believe! Ever have an irritating person constantly coming to your house to visit? at times they are not invited? and just pretty much knock and weasel their way in? everyday, sometimes 2-3 times a day? and show up wherever you go? and I could go on and on and on. It is going to be a long, hot summer.

We just ate at my favorite mexican restaurant, YUM! We celebrated my brother's birthday. We had cake the other day on his actual birthday, but it was a hurry up between baseball games day and was very fast and noone was able to visit. He turned 35! Oh, to be 35 again. Happy Birthday Derrel!!!

My little sis is showing and looks so cute! I am so excited they are having a baby girl!! They are going to be terrific parents! They are coming along great on their new house. The paint looks so good, it is inspiring me to finish our house. I may actually start painting again tomorrow. It would be great to finish the living room and start on the kitchen and laundry room and hallway. I want to repaint the bathroom a different color too. I painted it a light blue color to go with the shabby chic shower curtain I had bought at Target, but I am really not a blue person. I want to put new tile on the floor in a tan color and a pedestal sink and new toilet. I have it all planned if only I had my "new" job. This is my summer project.

I guess if I don't get a job for the next year I will substitute in Baxter and Miami elementary schools and then maybe when some of the teachers retire from Baxter next year, hope and pray I can get a position there. I love Lincoln school! I miss my kids! They pay better in Kansas. I think they pay $70 a day for non-certified and in Miami they only pay $35-$40 a day. Since I will have my diploma I will make more than all of this so it will be worth it. Can you tell I am excited to teach?

Graduation

Graduation went great. I still can't believe it is over!!! I still think I have some kind of project that's due the next day or that I'll be driving to Pittsburg everyday this summer. It still hasn't hit me that I am DONE! I posted pics on myspace. I have turned two apps in so far. I got my test results back, and I passed the writing PLT test but not the content. AHH!
I ended up with an in major GPA of 3.5625!!! YAY!

Something I wanted to share

I absolutely hate these things!!!

They always try to jump on me.... not away from me... ON ME!

Tomorrow, tomorrow, my graduation is tomorrow

I'm going to try this again. I tried to post three times yesterday and blogger kept messing my post up. So here goes again...

I have 15 hours 41 minutes 2 seconds until GRADUATION!!
Can you tell I'm just a little excited? I have only waited, what 23 years to get here? I ended up with a 3.1 GPA. That is counting the very awesome grades I received the last 2 1/2 years at PSU and the terrible grades I received back 23 years ago---which did not help my GPA at all. at all.
I had straight A's this year. YAY!
I would like to also brag on PSU. It is a GREAT school! I went to UCO in Edmond, which at the time was CSU (Central State University) which I hated.
Hope to post grad pics soon!