I did it!

[judy]

I'm pretty much caught up on 4WT. Some happy things happened, some sad, and some funny.

So now, I'll catch you up on what I've been up to. I was up at my daughter's Easter weekend and we had a lovely time. I missed going to church with them because there was trouble with the dogs and I didn't want to get caught in Easter Sunday traffic. I did get to buy the children their Easter outfits, which I love to do.

We celebrated my birthday when I got there, cake, singing and all. I'm waiting for Steve to get to sending me pictures. I had wanted a canary because I love their singing, (remember those songs you all hated that I wanted you to compare) but Jessie couldn't find one, and so I walked into the kitchen and there on the table was the sweetest little yellow and green parakeet in a pretty white cage! The girls and I sat down to decide on a name. Mackenzie, Jessie and I liked Fiona (from Shrek), but Kassidy liked Sunshine. Her name is now Fiona Sunshine and I promised to call her by both names all the time! I think they're boys actually.

I was kind of disappointed to tell you the truth. Parakeets are social, need attention, want to fly around the house and live for about 15 years! They're about as smart as a 2 or 3 year old child according to one website. Not liking to have one animal of a species by itself, I went out 2 days later and bought Skye, a beautiful white parakeet. They really get along and sit side by side, touching, on the perch. They play and chirp and are just the cutest things! I will buy them a bigger cage soon so they have room to play. So now I love them and I'm very happy.

I can't bring my animals to Jessie's anymore. She has 3 Malamutes - she's planning to become a breeder if everything works out. I love her dogs, but Malamutes are hard wired to hunt small mammals. Yorkies certainly fit that bill and Belle went for Gracie. She could easily kill here not even meaning to, so I'll put them into Dr. Dan's for a couple of days when I go there. He's Jessie's vet and wonderful.

The birds will have to stay home since Jessie's cat had little Fiona Sunshine in her mouth running to hide and eat her when Steve heard the bird screaming. He rescued her and we all told him he was a hero! Long story short - her animals want to eat my animals.

I was really busy with "stuff" when I came home - Who remembers what? Then, my computer caught a lot of viruses. My anti-virus program had expired and I didn't know. My computer guy decided that it was so infected that it would be best to uninstall Windows and reinstall a new one. He saved almost all of my stuff. I can't figure out how to get Photoshop. It's on my hard drive and on my
flash drive, but I'm afraid I need the CD to get it up and running. I don't have the CD! I've been setting up my programs again, which is time consuming, but fun.

The next day, it wouldn't turn on because little Gracie had chewed through the cord. All in all between the two, including the cost of the new adapter, it cost $240! Not happy!!!

Then my mp3 player fell into the dogs' water bowl - I found a possible way to fix it online. I hope it works or I'll have to get a new one. I'm not touching anything electronic for a few days!

My realtor has found some places to go look at. I have to call her tomorrow and see when. I'm excited!

I was observed yesterday during my teaching at Kingsborough. I'm very upset because my last several observations were Excellents. I have students going into the English Dept. to see when I'm teaching so they can sign up for my class.
This is my last semester there because I'm going to move, and I wanted to leave on an "Excellent" note. I got a Satisfactory because my teaching technique, plans, etc. were great, but only about 3 or 4 students had read the assignment!
One girl had the nerve to stroll in at 9:40! So, the lesson was going nowhere since nobody knew anything about the article. My observer was concerned that this is what always goes on in my classes. I told him it wasn't, and he decided that I should email all of them that I'm going to give a quiz on the next reading assignment at 9:00 next week, worth 5 points of their grade. He wants me to periodically do this. I'm upset because this is college and that's how you deal with these kinds of issues in high school. I also don't know if I'm going to be there next week - I may be condo hunting. I feel like I have loved this job for years, and am not leaving on high note. I retired from teaching high school!

Sorry for the very,l very long update, but I needed to vent. There's not much more doing. I have a dog trainer coming next Wednesday to help me straighten out Max who is as stubborn as can be and doesn't always come when I call him. Gracie Leigh is tethered near me in the middle of pee pads because her training went down the drain after spending so much time up at my daughters. They have 5 dogs and I think she got really confused by the smell of marking by the 4 male dogs.

That's about it!

[janc]

Wow, you are a very busy girl! I taught elem. and middle school. I think teaching college would be very different. It was so nice that you bought another bird so the first has company. Parakeets are such sweet birds. Good luck getting Gracie Leigh back on her potty plan. Mine are on a permanent plan and so far it's a failure! Haha. Hope you have a rather quiet week.

[katcarasella]

You've been a busy little bee. I'm sure you'll leave on an excellant note, not to worry, when you're the best it shines through. Sorry to hear about the pottie problems, I had the same issues when I got back from Cali, but the 'girls' are back on track again. Good luck with the dog trainer!
Fiona Sunshine and Skye will bring you lots of joy, I'm sure.
I've decided not to take my furbutts to my dtr's in Wisconsin anymore, I get to stressed worrying about them with Sammy, her Rottie, he's a big old sweetie, but they want to chase him around and he's a bit of a klutz, I'm afraid they'll get stepped on.
Computor problems, hmm, I bet you were having withdrawals without it. so glad all turned out well, except for your wallet.
I'm sure you're looking forward to finding the new place.
Well, I've gone on enough and I'm sure you're tired of reading.
Have a nice evening, glad you're back.

[Forgivenmom5]

Sorry for all the problems Judy but sounds like you had a good time with your family. Good luck with the realtor.

[Marilyn]

Judy, it's so nice to hear from you and find that all is well except for the expense, of course. Very happy to have you back!!!

[pope1982]

Glad to see you back and caught up. Sorry to hear about your close call (go Steve! ) and MP3 player misfortune. And congratulations are in order for all the exciting new developments... as well as a happy belated birthday.

Can we see pictures of the newest additions please?
I had a yellow and green parakeet named Johnny growing up

[Mandy]

Judy it's nice to hear from you!! Congrats on you new adittions, and you know, we want to see pics
Sorry to hear you had comp. problems, and now your MP3, but i'm sure that will be solved soon

[Janet]

So Judy.....what else happened....LOLOLOL


Just kidding!!


I'm glad you have the little birdies, but they will have to go to another room where they can not get out if I ever get to NY. They are probably very pretty...so you know you'll have to post pictures. We use to have a blue parakeet when I was little.

Poor little Gracie almost eaten by a big bad Malamute. She could probably take her if she's anything like her mama Judy..LOL Hope she didn't have too bad experience with Belle.

Now I know I would be going nutso without a computer. Just don't think it would be something I could recover from..lol. I need it..I have to have it! Not too many things I want to go in dept for, but if something ever happened to my computer, I'd go charge me a new one.

Glad you up and running again so you can be here with us.

[AngieDoogles]

Judy, it's always tough to get caught up when you've been away for a few days. We sure have missed you! I'm glad your computer is working again. Give Max and Gracie kisses from me and tell them I said to behave and mind their momma!

[DianaB]

Wow!! You've been dealing with alot!! I'm glad that your computer is up and running again though!!! You were certainly missed!!

It does sound like it's time to leave the pets somewhere else when you go to visit your daughter. You'll be able to enjoy your visit more and not stress over the pets.

I was going to ask how your condo hunting was going. I was hoping that since you were gone for so long that you'd found something!

Sorry that the recommendation wasn't what you were wanting. Maybe if you do the quizes they'll up your recommendation. Good luck!!

Glad that you're back on-line!!!!

[judy]

I just ordered a new mp3 from eBay. Mine has gone and drowned and I just don't have the patience to go bargain hunting. I upgraded a bit too.

I'm over the observation - I may give them a quiz, but I have to speak to my realtor.
I think she wants to go look at some condos next Saturday. If not, I'll go along with this quiz. Maybe twice.

I was venting to my friend Gail and I told her that he started to annoy me - he was a little whiny like some male teachers can be, and way too serious for my taste.
He wanted to know what grade I gave them if they missed an assignment. I said a zero, an F.

To which he said, with his brow creased, "An F is worth 6 points, you know. Is it a zero or an F?"

Enough said.....Gail and I just started laughing when I told her that.

[Gina]

Hey Judy, Welcome back it was nice chatting the other day. Good luck with house hunting any questions feel free to ask me . Glad you had a good time at your daughters.. sorry about the rest of computer problems and so...

[goofywife]

Wow, you have a lot going on. Poor babies, I hope they settle back in your home rules again soon.

[DianaB]

You know that we're all waiting patiently for pictures of your new little friends!!!!