wogoman weekly - volume 3 issue 43 and 44

So I missed the second week in the life of the wogoman weekly. I think that is not really too bad. :) We are all doing wonderful. So not to worry.

Our big news here is that Tenille is officially in a Big Bed. I would not say it is a big girl bed. Her crib converted from a crib to a toddler bed to a full size/double bed. She looks so little in that huge bed. But it will last her a long time. She absolutely loves it. It takes her 5 minutes to "tuck in" all her animals that she can now take to bed with her. Tonight she asked me where her feet go. There was all that space and she didn't know if she could put them just anywhere. I told her yes and she was happy to know she could use all that room. Funny huh?

We did have a close call while working up in our "orchard" Tenille reached down to get a branch and there was another branch that poked her in the eye. Normally that is not too bad but it was a "Jesus tree" as we call them and the branch had huge thorns on them. She screamed that there was a bee in her eye. I held her and rocked her and there was no blood and no injury. Just a close call. She finally looked at me and said, oh the bee must have flown away.

Our pool is up to a warm 60 degrees. Just wait....someday it will be sunny. And then . .. we will be heating up. :)

Easter was wonderful. Unfortunately J had to work, but Tenille really got into it this year. She did several egg hunts and loved all the candy she got. We may have had candy for breakfast on Sunday. :) Not sure that is a good example but it was fun. We both felt sick that day and I can't imagine why! I took Tenille down to Krider Garden and we took a few pictures. She had such a great time.

The last picture is J teaching Tenille how to fish in the house. J got a barbie fishing pole in a white elephant exchange for Christmas. Tenille was very excited when she got a big fish.

On a funny note for me, I couldn't get into my room at school this morning. My lock broke. So after taking the door off the hinges (that didn't work) the janitors took the window out beside my door to open in. So weird and so happy I wasn't locked inside.

Well that is probably only half of what went on here, but it is all I can remember right now. Have a great week. Oh one last thing. We are now home-phone-less. If you want to call any of us, call the cell phones. :)

wogoman weekly volume 3 issue 42

Well a very long week if you can't tell. I went to Indy for a National Math Convention for three days and got back last night. J had a migraine which knocked him out while I was gone, and Tenille got to spend the night and my parents house. Crazy busy time and today is not looking much better. :) Tenille got to pick out "big girl" sheets for her bed at my parents house. She went with princesses. And she slept all night. :) maybe we need to make her big into the bigger bed here too.

Went out today to the final sale of the all the Camp Signing Hill property. So so sad. It just makes me sad and a deep way which is hard to describe. 40 + years of girls going out there and experiencing the woods. I learned to build fires, swim away from snakes, walk to the mess hall for meals, and in general just learned how to be a better person. Hopefully I can find somewhere that will do that for Tenille too.

At my conference I got to see some people from college and I won a from IPod Touch. :) They will have to mail it to me so when it comes I will let you know! :) So many great ideas and I can't wait to try this in the classroom. I got an email that my sub never showed up and that my kids were horrible. If anyone thinks teaching is easy or that a day off is easy, you don't have a clue. I'm so mad and my kids they are just lucky I have until Tuesday (the next day I see them) to calm down.

Pool is almost all done the cover was installed on Thursday. So nice. Can't wait for the water to warm up! Ummmmm I think that is about it. Hope your day is going well and you are enjoying your day.

Tenille and her new "big girl sheets" for her big girl bed!

wogoman weekly - volume 3 issue 41

Good Thursday afternoon all!

What can I saw, the biggest news around here is our pool. You would be hard pressed not to call it one now. We have steps, we have a ladder, we have a liner, and best of all . . .we have WATER! Now it is not full yet, but I am working on that. 2 garden hoses running 12 plus hours a day tends to fill it up. Tenille asks everyday if we can go swimming. She is so excited. We are trying to train her on the rules of the pool. Rule 1: you can't get in without mommy or daddy. Rule 2: you must wear your floatie at all times. Would you like to know her rule that she added? Rule 3: wear a swim suit. So there you have it. The rules for our pool by Tenille Wogoman.

Before

After

I hope you can all enjoy the "before" and "after" pictures. The before picture was taken at the end of July 2009 when we first looked at the house. The after picture was taken 20 minutes ago. Ahhh progress. We are slowly but surely bringing this house back to its "parade of home" state. We have heard that our house was a parade home way back when. Not sure if the parade of homes was around then but it is a noble idea. As for the inside, I've got some painting to do with the new trim that went in with the windows but my o my the outside is coming along. Don't you think?

Our spring break has been spent working around here. And a quick trip to pokagon with my family. I made two raised beds yesterday and I think I about killed myself. Even the muscles in my hands hurt. Boot camp, smoot camp! Trying running wheel barrows up hill to your garden when they are fulled with all sorts of stuff. The math teacher in me just can't help tell you the problems I have been working on here. First. . . how long will it take the pool to fill? That is a volume and rate question if I have ever heard one. Come on, everyone loves a good story problem. Second one, if you have 2 cows living in your barn and you don't clean out the stall, and you wait 2 years to remove the "leftovers on the floor" at what rate are those "leftovers" shrinking if you still have a good 6 to 8 inches in there? At least the stuff is dry and it will really help my garden beds, but o that is gross.

Tenille slept one whole night this week. I am so excited. That doesn't mean she didn't wake us up. It just means I didn't get out of bed. Mostly her dreams this week have been about kids at school. "Abbie pushed me down." "Wyland needs to go first." But there was also the "I want to play in the water!" She screams these things and you have to decide is she awake or still asleep. Most of the time her screaming will wake her up. She says she doesn't like to sleep. Too bad I do. :)

Got my first deals at garage sales today. 3 tops for Tenille, 2 pairs of pants, and 4 pairs of underware. total price $3.00 :) You might think that buying used underware is gross, but when you are Menards, looking at rain barrels and playground sets and your daughter doesn't make it to the bathroom in time. You just throw those things away and get more. I'm all for saving the environment, but no need to save those bad boys. J was the lucky one who got to deal with that. Ugh. But afterwards we couldn't get her off the swing set there. We are hoping to find a nice set for her for her 3rd birthday but there are so many choices. She of course wants the one with the curly slide. I keep thinking as long as you don't rip part of your hand off like my sister did on the slide, we are good to go and don't care about the shape. Next time you see Cari, ask to see her hand. I just remember the slide torn off the whole side but that it didn't bleed. Just lots of fatty issue. There Cari, I have told the world your story! :)

Hmmm think that is it. J is totally enjoying working at Eagle more. He gets to do different stuff everyday and that makes him so happy. You will all have to come admire the shed that he built all by himself. It is awesome. It houses the pump for the pool and will give us room for all the pool toys I am sure we will soon have. Well enjoy the last of your spring break. Hope you are doing well. :)

Tracy

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." ~ Margaret Atwood