What a productive Monday!
I made a work "to do list" for this
last Monday of April and guess
what? I checked off more than
half of my list!! We are in the middle
of a re-structuring at my YMCA,
translated that means there is a lot
to be done;) I am working on the
child developement side of the restructure.
This means that it involves a lot of special
little people and their supportive families:)
I made a dent in the week and didn't even
break a sweat!! Bring it on Tuesday, let's see
what you've got;)

I LOVE Sundays!!!

Because of this guy:)

Sunday is our day to

do "stuff". We always

start our Sunday with

church followed by

breakfast, usually at

Panera. Then the day

is ours to do whatever we

want!!! This is one reason Sundays are so much fun!

That and I get to spend the whole day with such a fun guy:)

This photo was taken on a Sunday last May, we were at the

Rock Island Arsenal lock and damn 15.

Tuesday, I love you!

For the simple reason that this week I
have a day off in the middle of the week!
A couple weeks ago I accepted a new
position at work. Now I not only teach
preschool to the best group of 4 & 5 year
olds ever, but I also run our child development
center. Yes, I am the boss. Is it fun, ummmm
no. Do I come home every night so tired my hair
hurts, yes. Will I be the change that makes our
child development center the best place to be,
you bet I will;) It's hard work and some days I
question the reason I ever said yes to any of it,
but in the end I know that the children & families
we serve will be better for all that I have done!
So, I have a Wednesday off......to sleep in and
maybe even go shopping:)

What a great way to start a Saturday!

This is how I spent some of my

Saturday:) Our YMCA participated

in Healthy Kids Day by putting on a

morning of games, healthy foods, & fun!

I did my part by doing some fantastic

face painting, which happens to be one

of my hidden talents;)

I met some great kids and parents &

worked with some of the most

dedicated co-workers around!!

Just wanted to give a shout out to

our wellness super star who put

our event together - way to go

Lancer, you did it!!!!

Thank goodness for Fridays, like this!

After a busy week it was nice to get off
work early and spend some time with Ryan!
We headed down to Main Street to do a little
shopping and to have lunch. After spending some
quality time at Twin Oaks(making a few scrappy
purchases), we had lunch at Toad's while we watched
the Cubs game. A great lunch & the Cubs won the game!
Now as for the rest of the weekend - tomorrow I will be
lending my face painting skills to our annual Healthy Kids
Day at the YMCA. It is sure to be a good time and I do love
to face paint:) Then fingers crossed that I get to head into the
scrapnook for some much needed play time!!

Are you there blog.....it's me,Julie!

I am not a blogger, I try to be a blogger, but I am not!

When I first started this blog, I promised myself that I

would post daily. If any of you have followed my blog, you

know that this is not so! I then tried blogging weekly,

then monthly, but then I decided that the reason I have not

had blog success is because my life is just not interesting enough.

There, I've said it, I think that I lead a boring life!!! Then a funny

thing happened, I started to just live my life and now I realize that

I'm not as boring as I thought! You won't find me on the cover

of In Touch any time soon, but I do have a good time:)

So, I guess you can say that I am back & ready to blog my

heart out about my amazingly happy life with this crazy guy!!