Facebook

Okay, so I had my first confrontation on facebook today over something totally ridiculous. I swear people can get some real courage when they don't have to look at you face to face.

So, I wrote a comment to a note that someone wrote, you know those 25 random things note that have been going around. Anyway, on her note she said that she has always dreamed of becoming a teacher. I said, that she should totally do it and that if public school had more great teachers like I know she would be, it would be better off. And to let me know when she got her degree so Ben and Grace could be in her class. The comment was meant to encourage a woman to pursue her dream of teaching, not to slam the teaching profession of which I am a part of and plan to return to once the kids are in school.

So this girl who I don't know, how convenient for her, writes she doesn't like confrontation, but has not trouble expressing how she feels and goes into this diatribe about how the best people she knows are teachers and they work so hard (like I don't already know that), and if society would embrace teachers, kids would be better off.

Obviously this tirade was meant for me in regards to my comment. So in the interest of clarifying what I meant I wrote back that I know there are great people in public school, and just like there are great people, there are also those that aren't and I simply wanted to encourage Katie to pursue her dream.

What I didn't say in the interest of being rational was, Hey, get off your high horse, I was and still plan to return to being a teacher and while I have worked with some amazing women I have also worked with some women that I would never want to teach my kids and if you think every person who enters into the teaching field is a gem who society should embrace then you have lost your mind. I don't even want to mention all the teachers in the news who have not been above reproach and all the women who have been in the field so long they are resistant to change even though it may be better for our children. My note was meant to encourage HELLO, how about you do the same.

Or maybe a simple BITE ME would have worked too.

MIA

So I know that I have been missing in action this month, but it has been CRAZY!! I have had school stuff with Grace, regional conference for Premier, and helping Peter with Life Builders. All my pistons are running and I am beat . . . but in a good way.

So here is what has been going on (I am sure you are dying to know, edge of your seat right?):
Peter and I and Life Builders is expanding, he has an office in Riverview, Brandon, and Bradenton now! We are so excited about new opportunities that God is opening up and continue to pray for his hand of blessing on the counselors and Life Builders as they go out into the community.

Peter is going on a trip to California to visit the largest Christian Counseling Center in California! They are going to give him the tour and talk with him about what they do, how they became so successful, and all those type things. He is totally excited about it. I know it is going to be really great to see a picture of what Life Builders could be in our community.

I contemplated scaling back my Premier business to go back to teaching, but after thought and regional rally, I decided not to. I do miss teaching alot, but I really do enjoy being a part of Premier and doing home shows, and I make good money with a super flexible schedule, so I am going to stick with it and press on through this year. My goal is to make designer which is 7 sponsored jewelers and 36 home shows. It is definitely doable and I am super excited to give it a try, Premier is a really awesome company and I really love my fellow jewelers and my upline is fantastic . . .so I am making strides in the right direction.

I am thinking about teaching preschool at BSBA where the kids go to school. It would be 3 mornings a week so I could feed the need to teach and have my little class without a full time classroom. I also would still get to be home when my babies are home which is the most important part of all. That was the biggest reason why I decided to continue with Premier, I get to work in the evenings and any schedule I want so I can work when Peter is home instead of them being in daycare or with a sitter.

Grace had Donuts with Dad and made him a faux wood pencil holder from an aluminum can. She was so proud of it and was dying to give it to him. When I asked her about how it was she informed me that the donuts were so awesome and tasty. Peter told me later that she ate the entire donut . . . quickly.

Peter and the kids went to Michigan were Ben was a ring bearer in a wedding, he looked so stinkin' adorable in his little suit, nothing like 5 below and 12 inches of snow to make you appreciate Florida and its sunny climate.

As for the 5K, I still don't know about it. I haven't quite started running . . . at all so my guess is I might have waited too long to get my butt in gear.