Yay- emails

Hey there, sweet job on the email thing... now I will be less of a blog slacker! I was going to post last night, but April decided it was higher priority for me to do the address list for the bridal shower etc. Yeah, I didn't like the all pink either, but I didn't have the heart to tell April!

I'm at work now, just talked to Tracy... she says we should just invite all her cousins and aunts on the list to the bachelorette party, and that prob next to none will come. April- I'll send you an email with details!

I've been really busy with wedding stuff, work, and such. May was nuts, we were gone pretty much every weekend. Vegas was awesome (and expensive)! Florida was fun, Scott really enjoyed it too. Peter & Christy's wedding was pretty high brow, but it was also very nice. Allison & Prabu's wedding was a lot of fun. April would have loved it cuz they didn't hardly play any slow songs the whole night. Their dance floor was bumpin' like a night club. I almost felt bad for the older people, they looked bored!

I'm going to look for my plane tic soon for Labor day weekend, I will probably try to fly in on Friday afternoon or something, I haven't asked for that day off yet, so I probably should. Then I'll go out on Monday. Does that work for ya'll?

OK- I gotta work now, laters!
~KT

Figured it was you :)

Grey = much better! Anyhow, I do like that it emails everyone the posts now (or at least I assume it does since both posts came to my email today).

Don't feel like a loser, April! Much easier for me to say, I know.... Are you still considering PTA? I think it would definitely be a good choice, because with most careers healthcare-wise, you're practically guaranteed a job. We'll talk tonight :)

Liz

I'm the culprit.

I decided to change the blog up a bit add a little pizzaz. Well its official....I'm a loser....I got the ole "all positions are filled" letter from BG. One more thing that I tried to do down the gutter. Whats next??? Anyone else want to plan my career for me?

April

yuck!

Who made the blog this awful pink scheme...blech! LOL! (and you can't see the titles unless you roll over the space under the date for some reason....)

KT...you're a blog slacker!

Liz :)

AWESOME!!!!

I'm so glad for you....I know this is something that has been frustrating you for awhile. Now you will be able to relax a bit and enjoy the summer. That's cool that you were able to find plane tix and get a car. I'm glad everyone is able to come....I don't think it would have been the same without Eric and the kids. So are there any thoughts on you comeing to the bridal shower in August???? I would love to see you :)

Congrats and love ya

April

Congratulations!

That's really great news, Jenna...I'm so excited for ya! If I could pick a grade to teach, it would probably be 2nd or 3rd...that'll be a lot of fun :) I got the photos of Riley...too cute! Also great news that you were able to get plane tickets & rent a car.

Any news from anyone else?

Liz

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!

You are now talking to the new 2nd Grade Teacher at Lindsay Holy Family Schools! http://www.lhf.esu7.org/
WHOOHOO! I've finally gotten an elementary position!!! I'm SO excited. Of course it's at a Catholic school that doesn't offer any extra benefits (insurance, etc.) but I do get a stipend to help with that; which I will just add to my salary and we'll take Eric's insurance. But I won't be taking a huge pay cut, I will actually be making about the same as what I was making @ Elkhorn Valley until I finish my Master's in Reading. I'm going to go back to the school today to sign the contract and get my keys and probably start setting up my room :) Ahhh, this feels good girls!
P.S. *****April & Liz **** Plane tickets apparently have been taken care of (Eric did this already without me knowing about it) and we'll be renting a car as well. So, I guess we'll just meet you there!

Good luck!

Hopin' something works out with all those jobs, Jenna...we'll be thinking about you! Anyhow, hope your anniversary was nice & that Emma had a good 2nd birthday :)

All quiet on the western front

So far, not a whole lot new going on except I'm not in school and lovin' every minute of it!

I have had several job interviews, but no job, yet. I had an interview @ Elgin high (English teacher w/speech) and they wound up taking a former teacher who lives closer. Yeah, it's a lot of bull spit, but I got over it. I have had a job interview last week for a 5th grade teacher position, which is in a small Catholic school, which wouldn't pay very well and it was kind of a farther drive (about 45 minutes) so if I'm offered the job, I may have them just wait a while so I can go to a couple other interviews. I have 2 Thursday, both at a Catholic school - one as a head teacher and the other is for an elementary teacher, but I don't know which class yet. I got a phone call this morning for an interview at a school about an hour away, but it pays pretty well so I'm going to that one on Friday morning. Wish me luck! I need it!

ditto flowers

I really like the flowers too! Nothing cool going on in my life LOL!

April

Flowers!

I'm really loving the bouquet you sent us the photo of, KT! That's kind of what I was thinking you were thinking (if that made any sense...LOL!). Anyhow, I really like the lilies, especially with the orange roses :)

What's everyone up to? I've been working for days on end now, with a really bad day Sunday night/Monday AM. We had really bad thunderstorms Monday around 5am & the elecricity went out at the hospital after a lightning strike. The emergency power should kick in by 1o seconds, but it was like 30 seconds & we were all in the basement (no windows!) in the pitch black, just waiting. Anyhow, the main hospital came back like it was supposed to, but our building didn't (lab's in the basement of the children's hospital)... We had only like 1/3 of the lab working from 5am - 11:30 am (I was at work from 9pm - 11:30 am!). Phones & computers were all out & most of our instruments were out, too (very bad when you're a level 1 trauma center on a holiday weekend)....we did have lights at least! Basically, our emergency power failed & the back-up Uninterruptable Power Supply failed, too...a clusterf*ck of sorts :)

So, that's my excitement for the week :)

Liz

Happy Birthday!!!!!

TO the Birthday Girls!!! :)

Whoops!

It seems some stuff my mom offered to mail for me never made it out of her work totebag. So, Jenna, there's something coming for you & for Eric. KT, did you & Scott both get something in the mail from me??? I think that stuff actually got mailed. Gay! The worst part was the bill for my orthodontist that didn't get mailed & is now 3 days late....

Liz

Happy Mother's Day!

Hope you had a nice mother's day, Jenna! I went out with my family for brunch at the Findlay Inn. I'm working this weekend, so I thought it would be easier to stay up for brunch & then go to bed, instead of having to get up early for dinner. Anyhow, it was good food, but the server was really slow with everything. We didn't get home until an hour after I had planned to be in bed, which left me with about 6 hrs to sleep. Then, when we got home, our electricity was out. So, my mom had a lot of fun trying to get AEP customer service on a Sunday... They ended up getting the power back on around 6 (a transformer apparently blew up back on the golf course). However, I couldn't get to sleep until then because I'm so used to sleeping with my fan during the day...it was too quiet/stuffy. I think I ended up with about 3 1/2 hours of sleep. Ahhh...'nuff whining...hope you all had a little nicer day :)

What's everybody up to? Hope you had fun in Vegas (it was last weekend, right?), KT!

Liz

I agree!

I'm with April on at least thinking about the driving idea, especially if that would mean you could come for the bachelorette/shower weekend. It would be really nice for all of us to get to be together more than once this year :) Anyhow, I think it's a good idea, too, to wait on making any decisions until after the teacher situation is figured out. I think teaching high school English would be great! If you think you'd enjoy it & everything works for you, I would definitely apply. Keep us in the loop on all of that :)

Liz

ditto awwww!

First.....I miss everyone!!!

Second....sad that you might not be able to bring the kids to the wedding. I think it might be worth your while to really think about driving. I dont think it would be that bad. You could do it in 2 days so you could stop midway and rest and it would be cheaper. Especially if that would make it so you could come to the shouwer/bachelorette party weekend because we never got to do one for yours and I think it would be fun for all of us to be able to be together for Katie's. No pressure but it just wouldnt be the same without you Jenna.

Third...I think high school english would be fun. But you know me I will always prefer high school to the younger grades. I think you should apply....and if offered and everything fits for you then you should definitely do it.

As for me....nothing new on the BG front yet.

April

Yeah I know

Yeah.....I think that it would make my dad fairly upset that he wouldn't be able to see them either. I'm not so sure I really want to do the whole car thing because it would be so long for them. I don't know, I may ponder it over a while. If we drive, I may be able to even make the bachelorette party & shower work. I think I would like to see how the whole teacher thing works out first before I make any difinitive choices.

What do you all think about me teaching high school English -- it's a dual credit course, so I think that means I would be teaching like an AP class too??? I would also have to be the speech coach, but I would like that. I just wanted some input.

Awww....

Oh, that is disappointing, Jenna! I hope you guys will be able to find a way to make it work to bring everyone...I'd really like to be able to see all of you (I'd especially like to see Riley again since he's growing so fast!) and I know you won't want to be away from them all during the trip. I do understand with the price of tickets being so high, though. When he drove us to the airport, Eric did mention the whole driving idea. I think it could work, but I understand not wanting to be cooped up with 2 pretty little kids for 14 hours. Hopefully you'll get a teaching job...which I'm assuming would help the situation a little? Keep us informed about what's up :)

Liz

A little depressing.....

So Eric and I did some window shopping on some plane tickets for October. Because Emma will be 2.5 we will wind up having to buy a ticket for her. Well, we discovered that will be about $1000 alltogether. It would only be about $600 if it were just Eric & I. At this time, they're a little over $300 but with taxes it'll be about $400. Anyway, Eric is thinking that he doesn't want to spend that much, considering our future is unclear at this point. He suggested that we drive, but I do not want to spend 14 hours in the car with a 1 year old and a 2.5 year old...I think that would suck. So.....at this point we're thinking it may just be me coming to the wedding. I know it's kind of depressing to think about that, especially for me being without my family. At this point I think we'll wait and see what happens. Just thought you'd all like to know what we're thinking.

Baptism

Hey peeps! Hope everyone had a good weekend...I was working... Anyhow, Jenna, did you see if Riley fits into Eric's baptism outfit right now? I know that doesn't guarantee a fit in 3 weeks...LOL...but at least we'd have an idea. :) It would be nice if he could wear Eric's, but if it doesn't fit, let me know so I can do some shopping for one that does. :)

Bye!
Liz