Child raising advice.....
ok no children for me yet but from my experience with them in life and in teaching...here is my advice..
Patience is a virtue....having children will grant you saint-hood if you maintain your patience :)
Support your children...emotionally, physically, monetarily
Push your children...to do better, to work harder, to give everything they've got
Know your children...as much as they will let you
Show them everything...tell them everything...be honest with everything....
Give them all the expereinces you can
Love them unconditionally....
Trust me it makes a WORLD of difference. I see it everyday.
Here i am with my "couch partner". I'm wearing my Delaware sweatshirt and grey pants and some sweet slippers. I'm still wearing these clothes from working out. Eww, i know, i'm a scumbag. Thats why Dan is sitting so far away. :) Here we sit on our couch where we have eternal butt prints each with a laptop on our laps and the remote between us....it's a fine life. :)Wow...ok who insspires me. Really, anyone who works hard and enjoys life inspires me, because thats what i strive for in life.
On a note of accomplishment, i passed my certification exam to be a Teacher of the Deaf. Weeeee!!!! Bring on the jobs! please....pretty please....with sugar on top....i promise i'll do a super good job. :)
Amanda has tasked me with talking about my best friend and my favorite memory with them. I have a hard time with the word best friend. I don't really have one. I mean yes...Dan is my "best friend" and if you want to know how i truly feel about him refer here. :)
But in talking about my best friend i feel I have MANY. These are the people that make me laugh, who i trust, who i can sit and watch tv with without saving to say a word, share a good meal with or even just call up for no reason other than jsut to say hi.
So now a memory....To be honest with you my favorite memory with all my best friends is yet to come. It's going to be on 10/10/09. Dan and I are getting hitched, and it's going to be my most favorite day ever...i get to marry my "best friend" and I get to have all of my best friends there with me. Can't wait...it's going to be one hell of a party.
Better get on the Bird Bandwagon....Everybody's doing it!
I was watching the girls the other day and decided I needed a snack. Knowing Maeve i made sure to bring her a snack too. It was baked cheetos for me and goldfish for maeve. I brought out the little cup of goodies and made sure it was clear that the goldfish were for her and the cheetos for me. We both went on our way and watched diego with our said snacks until I decided i wanted a goldfish. I asked Maeve if i could have one....she sweetly nodded probably thinking "she won't really do it". Sure enough I took a goldfish out of our community bowl and put it in my mouth. This next few seconds was in slow motion. Maeve went into blind rage. She initially screamed "noooooo" and sure as shit she thrust her hand into my mouth. INTO MY MOUTH! I'm not sure if she was trying to save the soldier or if she was just so mad that I ate one of her goldfish she wanted it back. Either way I was so surprised that she did that i immediatly broke out in laughter. Mistake number 2 on my part. Maeve got piiiiiissedd. This was no laughing matter. She starred my down with a look of death. I quickly compsed myself and told her I was very sorry and offered her one of my snacks. There was a period of akward silence between us as we watched the end of Diego. We both finished our snacks and went about the rest of our day together. 
