First Day of Puppy Training

Last night was Lakota's first puppy training class. She was excited.. and i was a little nervous. I should of had faith in my baby girl...but luke and i both thought she was going to be the worst puppy there. But she wasnt. She did really well :) I was a proud mama! We did get handed the lemon juice first by the trainer..and i thought oh no its all down hill from here..but it didn't. There were soo many dogs in the class (about 12)...all different kinds and sizes..and i may be just a little bit bias..but Little Lakota was by far the cutest one there!

This week we learned how to sit with release, stay, and laydown. She already kinda had those down..with a treat..but now we are working on it without a treat. So this week we will be working with her so that next week hopefully she'll have it down :) Im excited to see how this class can help us...however the trainer rained on my parade just a little when she said that she has only had one success story with huskies, and that was 4 years ago. Hopefully koters can be the next...bbbahah. We'll see.

All ready for her first day @ school.

lyss :)

St. Patricks Day Art Activities

Paper plate rainbow/pot of gold

I am lucky shamrocks

Handprint Rainbow

Lyss :)

Cut welfare not education

I tried the positive look on life and it was going really great..it was. Until i found out about the education cut and how PA is going on a salary freeze and they are suggesting schools to go on a hiring freeze as well. Now they are considering closing a few elementary schools . Im irritated...cut welfare not education. I did not go to school for 4.5 years and have 250$ + a month in school loans to be a daycare teacher.

Now what? Will the sub list be even more crowded? Will it be worth subbing? Will i even get called in? How long till i can do what i love. Its so hard because i knew it was going to be tough getting a job in this profession in this area....but the outlook is not looking to bright.

I know i need to stay positive. I heard of a few job openings up the mountain. But now my jump drive is not working that has my current resume, application, and cover letter on it. YAY oh the joys of trying to stay positive......

lyss :)

Softa table has arrived

Last week our sofa table finally arrived from overstock. Luke and I (meaning mostly Luke with a little bit of moral support) put it together immediately. We were so excited to get it together. Does this now make us lame home owners? I think so. Once it was together... i loved it! I couldnt wait to hang the mirror above it. Lukes aunt (who is the queen of coupons and deals and can even find a way for a store to pay her to buy stuff got it for us for....3$...yes 3 dollar bills. How? i cant remember. But i know it had to do with a 50% off sale, a coupon, and something else..but yea pretty sweet.

Anyways the other night we finally got the mirror hung with it. I am a little anal and the mirror was a tad and by tad the little bubble in the level was a weee bit not in the center. I made luke fix it because it drove me nuts. I think he was about to cancel the wedding and leave me with how particular i am. And i might have been a little (a lot) dramatic over the weee croockedness.

But its all done and i think it looks pretty darn cute and finally gives the awkward space behind the couch some purpose.
Lyss :)

Happy Belated Birthday Dr. Seuss

For Dr. Seuss's Birthday Birthday we made Thing 1 and Thing 2 hand prints. We also read some of my favorite Dr. Seuss books. I may or may not have about four of mine own. (For my future classroom of course ;))

All you have to do is:

Paint 4 fingers blue and the palm white (hair and face).
Then on the other hand paint the palm red and your thumb, pinki, and 2 other fingers red (leaving one not painted) For the body and feet.

(i may have accidentally forgot to paint the red palm the first time around and had arms and legs coming out of their faces.....)


lyss :)