Today was a nice day.  The ride to work was nice.  How could it not have been nice seeing a hot air balloon was at the beginning of it and the sun was shining for most of the ride? The kids are getting squirrelly but that is normal for this time of the year!

Had dinner with my friend, Kerri.  She is nice and it was very fun to get caught up with her.  We ate burgers and then the awesome cookies that are in the photo below.  Yum.  Thanks Kerri!

Now I am enjoying the NBA Playoffs.  I am cheering for the Oklahoma City Thunder.  I just like that team for some reason.  Of course, I am also cheering for the Boston Celtics(and I would be cheering for the Utah Jazz but they are stinky!) even though Larry Bird is ancient history!

Today marks the first year anniversary of my wonderful Uncle Tom's passing.  He sure was special.  I decided to make today's list all about him.  I will write three of the many things I learned from him!

I learned from Uncle Tom:

  

     1.  To love everybody and to let those you love know that you love them.  He gave excellent hugs and kisses!  I always felt special and cared for around him!

     2.  Love your country.  You are lucky to be an American and have so many blessings because you are a citizen.  Honor those that have served in the military and be willing to thank those that have served.  

     3.  That humor is very important in life.  I still love his story about Wittenberg-Birnawood, WI.  Such a funny story.  His jokes made me laugh lots!

I miss my uncle, but I do know that I will see him again and what a party that reunion will be! :)

Delicious cookie.  Glad I had Kerri to share them with!

Rode the bike to school.  This was an accidental pic I took while getting the next pic!

Saw this cool balloon on the way to work this morning.

2nd Post of 31 Posts in May

Hi.  Here I am again.  The 2nd day in a row.

This month has started on quite a stressful note.  Yesterday, my mom called and left me a message.  I didn't think anything of it because it went like this: "Hi, Alice!  Checking in.  Call me back tonight."  To me that just meant mom was checking in and that I could wait a couple of hours to call her back.  Then I got home and my brother called.  Well, I knew something had to be up.  Erich told me that my dad was in the hospital and had a heart attack earlier in the day.  I finished with Erich and then called my mom.  My dad was doing well and was stable.  Today he was up and moving and will go home tomorrow.  I was up and down all day long.  Happenings like that make you realize how fragile life is.  Thank heavens he is doing better!  Whew.

 Cool JROTC formation in the Gym.

 The hand off of command!

Picture in 7th Hour

Other than that not a whole lot went on today.  School was good and there is only 17 more school days left, but who is counting?  One of my students was made Battalion Commander of our JROTC program.  I am pretty darn proud of her.  As always, there was a drawing during 7th hour of Health.  I love that class.  They are good to me.

No one game me suggestions for my list today.  I am hoping that you guys will take a moment and give some suggestions for the lists.  Today's list will be my wish list:

1.  World Peace.  Just kidding(not that world peace isn't a good thing).  I really wish I would be more organized and wouldn't have to spend half of my life cleaning up messes that would have taken thirty seconds to originally clean up.

2.  I wish I that I could be lazy and eat whatever I want and not gain weight.

The end.

Comments people...I am dying here.

May. The month of 31 Blog Posts

I am a bad blogger, so this month I have dubbed the month of 31 posts. Join in, if you feel the spark.

I thought maybe I would write a list for each day. Today, I will write a list of the best thing about me:

The best thing about me is that I am awesome. My nickname is Awesome Alice. I am funny and entertaining. I try to be positive and find the good in every situation and person. I even have an Awesome Alice cape. (Thanks Morgan!)

Any lists you, the readers, would like me to write? Leave a comment. I would love to honor your curiosities.

Cheers. And happy May!!

Pics of my plastic man(I am so very artsy, eh?) and a pic from the whiteboard.

Week. End.

Time is flying. I am okay with that seeing it is the tail end of the school year.

This weekend was pretty full. Friday was a Bills family birthday. Saturday was a sleep in kind of a day. The bathroom got cleaned and Reuben and I played tennis and ate at Red Ronin followed by a movie.

Today was about church and then dinner with the Bills. I like them. Josh, Reuben and I played family feud on the iPad. That is my kind of a party.

20 days left of school. But who's counting? This kid!

Here are some pics from hanging with the boys. I've been missing them lately. I also made that cool plastic guy. And the bumper sticker was seen on the way home from work. I agree. Real men do love Jesus!

Tired. Let me sleep.

Here are some pics from the engagement photo extravaganza from Saturday(just a little bit of a teaser.  I need to figure out which ones to actually use on the invites):

Having Fun Taking Pictures

It was exhausting!

I am starting to be very excited for the end of school.  This week is going fast yet is also seeming to drag.  I keep thinking it is later in the week when really it is only Tuesday.  Boo.

Not a whole lot happening.  Played some softball with some church peeps tonight.  It was fun.  I miss playing.

I also went to Weight Watchers.  It was fun.  I also wrote on the weight loss blog. I guess I was inspired!  Click HERE to read!