just when you thought.....

got back to work on Monday and it was FRRREEEEZING!! geez.....ok. that said, I finally took my coat off and then 5th grade came in. I was in a big hurry that morning and didn't want to do my hair....so I put it up and put this darling headband on that Emily made for me. I had SO many compliments on my hair. A 5th grade girl told me I looked like Madonna! ha! (hair toss) wow!
thanks for being the light in my very cold, cold day!

so.....

went to see Drowsy Chaperone 3 times in less than a week!! (yeah...it is THAT good) Never having seen the show...only clips of the Broadway one with Sutton Foster...I couldn't believe how genius the show is! As I went for the 3rd time, I paid attention to people in the audience and their reactions. Everyone had this sloppy grin on their face. Ha! Now THAT'S entertainment! Thanks Hale Theater for this production! (OH! and it helped that Ames had the romantic lead!! yeah!) Thanks for being the light in my week!!

Bit of Sunshine!

So...there is this adorable little miss in the 4th grade. Everytime she sees me at school, she stops to wave at me and smile her amazing smile. She is such a little sunshine and I just want to put it in my pocket! Thanks, Mere for being the light in many of my days!

1st Graders!

O my goodness! I love 1st graders so, so much! Today they were most certainly the light in a very dark day! And for very good reasons.... 2 reasons to be exact. Reason one: A very sweet 1st grade girl told me that I was the "best teacher of all." What? really? Hmmmm. That's ok. I will definitely take the compliment, as I really needed that today! So, thank you Alia. You were most certainly the light in my day today! And the 2nd reason.....is quite funny. 1st grade again. We were talking about the difference between fiction and non-fiction. I read a book to them that explains the difference. Then I asked "What is fiction?" One little boy responded, "it's when you have to fix something that someone else breaks." Love. It. Tons of light just in that one class!!! Thank you 1st graders for being the light in my world!

Been awhile!

ok....so this summer has been long and hard but then my only granddaughter, Nona, came to stay with me for two weeks just before school started. Being that I am, for the most part, alone all the time and spending a ton of time driving to Provo and Spanish Fork,....this was so awesome! We are so much alike in the things that we like. She loves to watch movies- I love to watch movies! She loves Sonny With a Chance- I love Sonny With a Chance! She loves to shop for clothes- I love to shop for clothes. You get the picture!! We were driving to Provo to hang out with Alyssa and we got talking about books (another love that we share). She was telling me that she really doesn't need pictures in her books anymore. She loves chapter books. Then she said, "I just think people need to use their imaginators to help them not to have pictures." Boy, I was laughing inside! How true is that?! People...use your IMAGINATORS!!!! Thanks Nona for being the light in my summer!
(oh yeah....and, Nona..."check it out"! ha!)

My mamasita!

I have been spending quite some time down at my moms and listening to her remember her times with my dad. She has been very nostalgic about it all..talking of little things that she always took for granted. For instance, how he always set the table for her, how he let her walk ahead of him when they went walking because she walks really fast, how she would make things and he would clean up, how he would sing to her....and she now feels bad cause she always told him to stop cause it was embarrassing and now she wishes he were there to sing to her. . It really has made me think of how short this life is that we have. It is built of precious little moments in time. This past week it has been driven home that I shouldn't let anything stand in the way of what really matters. My sweetie and my family. Sometimes...well, actually, most of the time...I feel like I am drowning. But times like today I see a little glimmer of light. So...even at age 83, my mom is still teaching me life lessons! Thanks mom...you have always been the light in my day!

The light of my horrible,very bad day

Ok.....so I was sick all day Monday....even resorted to sleeping on the bathroom floor cause it was closer to the commode. Yeah...it was THAT bad! By 5 pm I knew I had a rehearsal that night. An important one because it was cleanup time. I thought...how can I make it there? Also, the director had her baby early....yeah like 3 months early! And there are major complications. SO, I knew full well that the assistant director was counting on me. I called and told her what I was feeling like but that I was planning on coming. My legs felt wobbly like melted jelly and my head was buzzing. I was shaking all over, but I was determined! I went to rehearsal and told the kids not to come near me! Ha! We were going over our "boys" number, in the which I wanted to put girls twirling across at certain times. I had one little girl doing it and she said "like this?" as she twirled across the floor so perfectly. I thought, "man! This little girl lights up my life!"
so...Elsie, thanks for letting your light shine and being that small flame! You totally rock my world and made me feel a whole lot better!
And that's the light in my world....