You asked for it !! Sorry Dwight I did it because I could. 

I made it look better 

Alicia 

Dad 

Mom 

April!

Well What do you think? I think I got a little carried away with the frame. Well this is me I thought I would try it. My very smart daughter did it first and so I started playing around with my print master and was totally surprized at what I could do with it. I should play with it more often. That's the first time I made a frame with that program and I didn't realize I could even do that. I free hand croped the picture and then put the background on and framed it turned out better than I thought it would

Frustrated at work part two.

Well the school nurse struck again. She comes over this morning and tries to explain how hectic her morning was yesterday, and that Marsha was suppose to go to the dentist that morning and she needed her to take her medicine before she brushes her teeth and goes to the dentist, (but wait... Now that I think about it she was still going to have breakfast before she goes to the dentist any way!?) So I'm not sure what her point was there. Complaining how she has these two student nurses to show around and then found out two more were coming and bla bla bla. She has so much on her plate. She told me she could feel my hands moving behind her and that's why she thought I was signing to Marsha behind her back. Finally she apologized kind of, She said something like I'm sorry but I thought you were signing. I should have handled it differently. I'm thinking duh no kidding. I had just cooked up some bacon for Marsha just before the nurse came, because we were having such a good morning and I said to Marsha, why don't you take your medicine before eating your bacon. Thinking I was being helpful. The nurse just looked at me and said it's my job to see that she takes her medicine. You are not responsible to do that, I will get her to take her medicine. I always do. I said I'm sorry I thought I was being helpful. Then she said that Marsha had been taking her her medicine for her earlier in the year and it was only lately that she has been refusing. Yeah, lately like the last 3 months or more. She claims that I just don't see her giving it to her. Well ok maybe she has found a way to slip it to her when I have my back turned cuz I'm usually with Marsha until she leaves to go to breakfast. Not to mention that the night person that eats with her at breakfast told me that she has to ask one of the older boys give it to her because she won't take it from the nurse. So it's OK for her to ask another student to give it to her but I can't even ask her to take it before she eats her bacon. By the way I was not going to hand it to her I was just trying to talk her into taking it from the nurse. With all that said there is yet more. After the nurse left the dorm. Nancy comes in at 7:30 to get the little kids ready and she told me this morning, that yesterday while I was still with Marsha in the bathroom, the nurse was telling her how rude I was signing behind her back and saying all these nasty things about me in front of the two student nurses. All she could think of was why is she telling me all this stuff in front of these nurses? It's so unprofessional. She said she was so mad at her that she wanted to confront her about it today. I said that's fine with me cuz I already gave her a letter telling her what I thought. Nancy also told me if it ends up going through my boss to let her know and she will stand up for me. This nurse is the only person that I butt heads with at work. I'm just happy I don't have to deal with her that much. Well it's Friday Yaaaaaaaaa!! I have two nights off and next week is a short week cuz it's spring break. Wow there is only 3 months left and school is out, that's just hard to believe. Wait that means there is only 1 month to go until Aprils birthday!!! Ohmygod !! She is getting old!! LOL
Gee I wonder what she wants for her birthday?? Suggestions anyone??

Frustrated at work

I was so upset when I left work this morning. Or would that be yesterday morning, I get so confused some times. Any way, I feel like venting. I was working with a student that can be hard to handle sometimes especially in the morning. She is special needs but she is also a teenager. Like many teenagers she prefers to sleep in some mornings well pretty much every morning and can be very uncooperative at times. Well yesterday started out that way, she wanted to sleep. I start waking the kids up at 6:30, breakfast is at 7:30. It was about 7:00 when Marsha started to get moving, I was so happy with her. She was doing what I asked her to do. We had just finished doing her hair and she was already dressed by about 7:20 and I thought this is good she will be on time for breakfast for a change. Well the school nurse came over to give meds which she does every morning and today she brought two nursing students from UND. I had just told Marsha that we should go to the bathroom to brush her teeth and as we were walking there to do that, the nurse stops Marsha and decides that she is going to introduce Marsha to these two girls. She had already introduced me so I walk past them to Marsha's room to get her stuff and walked to the bathroom, I held up the toothpaste and brush so Marsha would know that I had it and walked into the bathroom. So she is interested in only one thing. To brush her teeth. She was trying to get past these strangers to do that. The nurse stopped her and decided that this was a good time to give Marsha her medicine. The nurse stood in the door way of the bathroom and would not let Marsha through and told her she needs to take her medicine before she can go and brush her teeth. Marsha was getting mad and refused to take her medicine. This is not unusual she has not taken her medicine in the dorm for a very long time. In fact when I think about it, I can't remember ever seeing her take it in the dorm, She usually takes it over at breakfast in the dining room. Any way the nurse gives up on that idea and lets her through, but she stands in the door way in front of 3 hearing people and says, "You shouldn't sign to her behind my back when I'm trying to get her to take her medicine." I just looked at her and she walk away talking to her student nurses and said she was going to have one of them give her the medicine. I'm thinking whatever. I guess this doesn't make a lot of sense to most of you but it does help to write it out, in fact when I got home I typed up a letter to her telling her I don't appreciate being taught deaf etiquette in front of other people especially when I wasn't signing behind her back, and I have worked here more a lot more years than she has. I put it under her door tonight and she will get it in the morning. I'm sure when she comes over at 7:00 today she will be giving me the cold shoulder. Oh well it won't be the first time. Well I can't think of anything else to say. So until the next time. (The names have been changed to protect the innocent. ) Bye bye

Jordan says....

I am sitting here with Jordan. I asked him if he wanted to say anything on my blog and he replied yes. YOU MUST TRY THIS WWW.SONOFTHEMASK.COM THAT REALLY FUNNY FACE! BUT I SAW THE DOG IS WHITE NOW CHANGE INTO GREEN! That is what he has to say I'm sure it will be fun, Jordan is 9 years old and he knows what is fun. He is awake at 5:00 am because he has a hard time sleeping. So he comes out and keeps me company, I call him my little night owl.

Modern Technology

Ok so maybe this isn't the place for this but I don't think there are any rules about what you can write about and I thought this was hilarious!!

Modern Technology

OLE & LENA ARE VACATIONING AT THIS POSH RESORT IN DULUTH. OLE GOES INTO
THE SAUNA WHERE TWO FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN WERE SITTING NAKED.

SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND. THE GERMAN PRESSED HIS FOREARM AND THE BEEP STOPPED. OLE LOOKED AT HIM QUESTIONINGLY. "THAT WAS MY PAGER,"HE SAID, "I HAVE A MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN OF MY ARM."

A FEW MINUTES LATER A PHONE RANG. THE JAPANESE FELLOW LIFTED HIS PALM TO HIS EAR. WHEN HE FINISHED HE EXPLAINED, "THAT WAS MY MOBILE PHONE. I HAVE A MICROCHIP IN MY HAND."

OLE FELT DECIDEDLY LOW TECH. NOT TO BE OUTDONE, HE DECIDED HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING JUST AS IMPRESSIVE. HE STEPPED OUT OF THE SAUNA AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM.

HE RETURNED WITH A PIECE OF TOILET PAPER HANGING FROM HIS BEHIND. THE
OTHERS RAISED THEIR EYEBROWS AND STARED AT HIM. OLE FINALLY SAID...
"VELL BY GOLLY, VILL YA LOOK AT DAT, I'M GETTING A FAX"

Well here it is the last day of February

I must say I'm quite proud of myself. I was trying to put something on my blogg and I was having a hard time. I did finally find a way to fix my counter in the process of doing something else. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaa Me.
Well what I was trying to do is put my boobies names on my blogg and I did that too! The are named Silk and Satin, yea I can live with that. So now I'm just a bolgging fool cuz I'm learning all this cool computer stuff. But yes I have so much more to learn. Tonight at work it was quiet. I did have one student that sat up with me but she was not one of my regulars. She is 16 years old and while at home this weekend she watched a movie by the name of "The Grudge". I have seen previews of this movie and I thought I would like to see it. I like sifi movies, but this poor girl could not sleep for nothing. She laid on the sofa in the loundge and tried to sleep. I kept telling her to go to her bedroom and she would sleep better, but she said I'm not going in there alone. It's 5:00 am now and she decided to take a bath. There must not have been a shower scene or she would not have gone there either. She just kept telling me she can't stay in her room alone. I hope she didn't mean for the rest of the year. Well now I've done it since I sat here to type this 3 boys have awaken to ask for water. The last one is the stubborn one that likes to stay up. I guess I can be happy that he slept as long as he did. Well I better go. I have to check on Sarah and make sure she is not going to fall asleep in the tub, wow is she going to have a rough day today.

There was someone at my house last night and this morning. How do I know this? Let's see... There was strange clothes on the bathroom floor, there was an extra set of shoes at the front door, there was dirty dishes and some wrappings on the couch and.... oh yeah I saw a black car parked in the drive way when I got home from work this morning. I remember seeing someone different walk past me around supper time, She looked vaguely familiar, but it was so fast... OH yeah... Hi April Hope you had a good visit. LOL Hey so what did you think about working at that other motel?? Do you think it is something you can live with for a year or two? Any way I'm not going to pick on you any more. Maybe we will get more time the next time you come home.

Well Alicia saw Jodi again today, and her BP was up again so Jodi started her on some BP medicine. Maybe
this is why she is having headaches? Don't get me wrong when I say this... But I hope that's what is causing them. Why would I wish that. For one reason only. If that is what is causing them maybe this medicine will make them go away. She was told because of her heart problems there are no migraine medications that she is going to be able to take, to rid herself of these headaches. She went to work again today so I will not see her again until morning.

Tonight is my last night for work this week. So I have another 3 day week end. I can't believe that there are only 3 months left of school. Yes you read right. February is almost over and all that is left is March, April, and May. Wow! It's true what they say. "The older you get the faster time flies." It seems like the school year just started and it's actually almost over. Well not much more to say.

This is supose to be the moon. It kind of looks like a cookie? O Well 

Tonight there is a full moon.

OK I have never done any research. I have read a couple of articles, and I have seen it first hand. When there is a full moon it affects people and children. Just ask your local emergency room. Children are wilder and adults do some crazy things. I don't know why. I just know it happens. If I have a hard time sleeping and I check the calendar it is usually happening on a full moon. Last night the kids I work with were good. Not one of them got up not even for a glass of water. This morning they were running around like they were whacked. They just didn't know what to do with themselves. The full moon will actually be tonight. But it is not unusual for the effects to start the day before. I was checking and according to the farmers almanac the full moon is on the 23 on my calendar it is listed for the 24 so maybe that is why I noticed things the day before may the calandar is wrong I dont know which is right. Does it really matter? I dought it. But if you work with kids and they are starting to get wilder and you can't explain it next time check your calendar. If you had a really hard time sleeping and maybe had a weird dream check the calendar. No I'm not parinoid I have just seen it many time and I thought it would make a good blog. By the way did you know that there is a full moon blog?? Yeah I did a search for full moon and the second one was full moon blog I checked it out it wasn't really about the full moon but it looked interesting and I plan on going back and reading it later. http://www.almanac.com/astronomy/moondays.php Her are all the different kinds of moons I found it on another web pageI never heard of any of these moons Have you??? I know what a blue moon is . It's when there are two full moons in one month. Well I think I have educated you all enough for one day. Have a good one hey I should be in bed already. Good night.
January -- Moon after Yule
February -- Snow Moon
March -- Sap Moon
April -- Grass Moon
May -- Planting Moon
June -- Honey Moon
July -- Thunder Moon
August -- Grain Moon
September -- Fruit Moon (or Harvest Moon)
October -- Hunter's Moon (or Harvest Moon)
November -- Frosty Moon
December -- Moon before Yule