Time Keeps on Slippin'.....

I carved out some creative time recently. I need it for my sanity, to keep me on top of my game, and because I feel like I'm wasting some of the talents God's graced me with by not using them AT ALL.

So. Crafting or Blogging.

Week in Review: July 27 - August 2

Week in review! Gonna try to do this every week. We'll see (if you've stalked me for very long you know that my lofty goals for this blog very rarely come to fruition).

Sunday - After a crazy week before, we took some down time to visit with a friend and then hung around the house all day. I watched like 6 movies on Netflix (ok just 4). AND I did laundry. Yeah is was a pretty amazing day.

Monday - Back to work for the LAST WEEK OF 10 HOUR DAYS (which are really 11 but who's counting? ME, THAT'S WHO!)

Tuesday - Meh. It was Tuesday.

Wednesday - Wednesday is always my favorite day of the week because it is Community Group day! I so look forward to seeing my peeps every week! And as an added bonus, my very first shipment from Gwynnie Bee arrived. It contained a dress so hideous I was hysterical trying it on, a dress so fancy I had to "force" Joe to take me out, and a dress that I am in love with but won't be keeping cause with 70% off and then 50% on top of that it's STILL $40 :((

I'M FAMOUS!

Ok, not really. But I noticed that my web traffic was picking up and it was coming from...

DUN DUN DUN.....

PINTEREST!!!!!

WOOOOO I have made the big time now! Somebody pinned me on Pinterest!

Then I noticed I haven't actually added any new content since October. Oops.

BUT I have about a zillion pictures on my phone I need to upload and blog about so maybe I'll get those going. And I've got 5 or 6 drafts I could edit and publish. So for my new stalkers, WELCOME! (And yes, I am totally crazy)

Open Letter #24

Dear Coworkers Who Think I am Omnipotent,

Contrary to popular belief, I do NOT, in fact, have the answer to everything. I don't know why that kid is perpetually tardy. I don't know why your email will not let you add an attachment. I don't know why Susie's mom won't sign her reading log. I don't know why we are always out of printer ink.Oh wait, I DO know that one. 


I especially don't know why that kid is throwing up. I promise if you try REALLY hard you can figure out how to take a temperature too. You stick the thing in the ear, you push the start button, 4 seconds later it beeps, you look at the number. If it's 98.6 (+/- a degree), the kid does not have a fever. If they are saying their tummy hurts and you believe them, call mom to come get them. If they are throwing up all over the place, why are you taking a temp? No one cares if they have a fever IF THEY ARE PUKING! SEND THEM HOME!

Seriously, it's not like those germs just sit in the Trash Can, They Can Move,
Your Secretary Who is Not a Nurse and Can't Diagnose Kids

Letter to the Readers

Dear Reader,

First of all, humor me. I am pretending you exist and that I am not just writing this blog for the amusement of the magic internet faeries.

Before we go any farther, I thought there were a couple of things you might need to know.

I started this blog because there was never enough room on FaceBook to fully write an open letter. That and people tending to think said letters were directed towards them specifically, which is generally not true. I am a pretty sarcastic person by nature and sometimes I just need an outlet to get the snark out, ya know?!

Apparently, some people think I am funny. Or have a talent for writing. Or something. While those people may or may not have issues, I am choosing to think that I AM, in fact, funny and DO have a talent for writing. Take that, 11th grade English teacher who refused to give me an A no matter how good my papers were! "If it's not good enough to be published, I can't give you an A for it. A is for excellence."


It's possible I might have some stalker tendencies. I check my stats and get really excited when I have a page view that isn't mine. Yeah, I know. Anyway, if you ARE reading this, drop me a comment. You can remain anonymous if you REALLY want to. That will slowly drive me crazy, just so you know. Or crazier. Whatever.

I've made many attempts at blogging over the years but most of those have failed because the blog lacked direction. So I'm trying to keep the format of an open letter so the blog will have focus. This will probably change over time, but it's a start! And I've managed to keep it going this long!

Some things about me that you might not pick up on just due to the nature of this blog:

• I'm first and foremost a follower of Jesus Christ. He is my reason for everything in life. Please don't let the angrier of the posts fool you - I am committed to being daily molded to the image of Christ. That is another reason I started this blog; I noticed a creeping tendency to blurt things out and sometimes those things were inappropriate and/or hurtful. This blog is an outlet for me to get those things out of my system.
• I'm so incredibly blessed to be married to my wonderful husband. Every day I love him more than I did the day before.
• We have 2 great kids. I mean really great. Other people think their kids are great, and I'm sure they are, but ours are freaking great. I'm just sayin'. And they do not get their sense of humor from me. Or their use of sarcasm. I'll take full credit for their philanthropic tendencies and loving natures though.
• I work as a school finance and record keeping secretary at a public school in North Carolina with about 450 students. These kids are largely "from da hood" and live in poverty. This tends to lead to me using my "ghetto voice".
• I have a real passion for children and mental disabilities, both together and separately. This tends to come through in my writing. I may be prone to jumping up on my soapbox and going off when one of these hot button issues is pushed.
• I don't do secrets well. Or double lives. What you see is what you get. I'm not going to pretty it up to make myself feel better, though I do try to spare feelings when possible.

There's lots of other things about me, but I think they will probably show up in my writing. So anyway, I hope you are enjoying this blog and maybe you'll be inspired to write your own! And if you think one of those open letters is directed towards you, it's 99% likely that it's not. There's always that 1% though...