We're NOT going back east next week to see our families.
The corporate headquarters of the school I work for is not paying me my overlap checks until mid-July: a week after we planned to leave. Those overlap checks were to pay me for the old teacher contract I had which overlapped the pay period of my new IC contract.
Those overlap checks were our vacation money.
Which won't come until after vacation.
I really wanted to see VPJWS.
I really wanted to see Eli who's not even born yet but will have been which is why we planned our trip for July.
I just miss my family.

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...

I Married a Rock Star

Anybody know what this is?

Storm's comin'...

My New Project

ABCs of Me

A- Age: 36 1/2
B- Bed size: queen or loveseat when I snore
C- Chore you hate: all of them all the time: putting away laundry
D- Dog's names: um...CHARLIE?!?!?
E- Essential start to your day item: KLOVE in the car; coffee
F- Favorite color: right now, red or gray
G- Gold or silver: white gold
H- Height: a whopping 5'2"
I- Instruments you play: used to play piano
J- Job title: teacher turned Instructional Coach
K- kids- 1,568 that have passed through my classroom doors
L- Living arrangements: Kory, Charlie, me...big house; lots of rooms to clean
M- Marriage: going on 8 months
N- Nickname: Kraft; JKlo in olden days
O- Overnight hospital stay: Sleep lab that proved I do not have sleep apnea; I just snore like a grizzly bear in December
P- Pet Peeve: inconsideration
Q- Quote from movie: "Sloth love Chunk"
R- Right or left handed: right
S- Siblings: 1 brother and 1 sister, and a million brothers and sisters-in-law
T- Time you wake up: ugh, 5:45 AM
U- Underwear: yup; I wear them often
V- Vegetables you dislike: brussel sprouts
W- Ways you run late: well, I run late, walk late, drive late, arrive late
X- X-rays: MRI of ovaries and the Lightsaber ray; that one was FUN
Y- Yummy food you make: lemonade cake
Z- Zoo animals- zebras

I borrowed this from mynotsohurriedlife blog. Have fun!

I Love Summer

Found it!

Yay, me! I found my missing sock that I accused Charlie of eating!
As an English teacher, I pride myself on my selection of exact, precise diction, so I was rather disappointed to find I had not chosen the right word to define the disappearance of my sock.
Let me tell a story.
When I was putting Charlie in his kennel out last night, a peculiar smell assaulted my nostrils and a curious color and texture stained his flannel blanket. When I pulled his bedding out, a trail of vomit followed. And tucked deep inside the blankie he so cherishes was my once white yet now orangey-brown sock. Covered in slime and gastric juices.
Charlie did not, in fact, EAT my sock; he swallowed it. Whole. And then puked it up.
I made Kory throw it away.

The list...

1. oranges--with peel
2. dried sticks from maple tree
3. feces from unknown animal
4. asparagus
5. Irish Spring
6. bits of paper, staples included
7. tinfoil with dried barbeque sauce
8. one recently used, dirty gym sock

This is not my Walmart list or even a compliation of items found strewn around the house and yard. It's not even a collection of items at the bottom of my trash can.

It IS, however, a recently updated list of things Charlie has eaten.