to go my teaching blog to find out why I haven't posted in a while! I've been busy!

I can't wait to post some info from Anne's wedding in Georgia... where I am right now! More later... maybe some pictures too!

addicted.

Another addicting website...

inpired.

i wish I had found this site at the beginning of summer.... not the end.

BTW... thought I didn't blog much this summer? School has begun. It will get even worse.

Extreme Makover

It was an exciting day waiting for the family to come home and yell "move that bus" with them. I love this show. This experience just made me fall in love with it even more.
To learn more about the family and see pictures go to: Extreme Coventry Homes

They go to St. Luke parish - where my aunt and uncle go. They also gave them marriage prep classes before they got married! :)

Danielle and I posing in front of the new house the day of the reveal to the family
Michael the designer walks close by
Ed the designer unloads the bed he made for a member of the family
Ty walks toward the house

Reunion.........

The only boys with the last name of Gordon who get to pass down the family name
These are the brothers and sisters who are the reason for the almost 400 people!
Each brother and sister was given a color and all persons in that line wear that color. this is a portion of our purple family

God has a sense of humor.

So tonight, Jon Paul and I were talking as he was making chocolate chip cookies (he has a difficult time getting over a craving :) )... and I started to sing the late 80's tune (I think) "if you, want to call me baby, just go ahead now. if you like to tell me maybe, just go ahead now. if you like to buy me flowers, just go ahead now. and if you like to talk for hours, just go ahead now..."

He asked me, "Who sings that song?" (this is a game we often play)

I think. I make a few random guesses. No idea.

"give me a clue"

He thinks. "turning surgeons"

SPIN DOCTORS! I say.

"RIGHT!" he says surprised... though he shouldn't have been because it was a good clue...

I say "we'd be awesome teammates at the game Taboo!" He laughs and turns around to get the sheet of cookies out of the oven. I go to get the game "Taboo" to practice.

I ask him a stack of questions as he takes the cookies off the sheet and puts new ones on ready to bake.

He sits down, asks me some questions.

He gets to the next one, starts to laugh. I say "what?"

He says, "turning surgeons". No joke.

hard realization.

I have been pretty tough battling through this infertility problem. Today I realized that I know of 12 people who are pregnant (at least) and 11 (at least) people who have delivered babies within the last few months (6 within the last few days)... I am genuinely happy for these people... why wouldn't I want them to have what I want too? It's just been 5 years... and I am getting sad and hopeless at times.

I know...

It's always like this. I post very little during the school year (except on long days off due to snow when I have nothing else to do!)... and when summer comes, here I am... posting like crazy.
Well, my camera is broken, so picture taking has been minimal.
And I feel almost as busy as I do during the school year.


Pat Murphy, Jon Paul, Shelley and I all "ran into each other" in Steubenville this weekend. It was awesome to chat with these ol' comrades... and just reminisce and catch up. Oh, how I miss the good ol' days!

Feeling like a child again...

SNOW DAY! Who doesn't love a good snow day once in a while?

Snow Angels for Mary :)

Pounce was so cute in the tunnel of snow!

I guess I'm not going anywhere any time soon!

Gordon is MARRIED!