Knee Report

On Friday, the 21st, I had some surgery on my right knee to fix the miniscus. It was just an outpatient surgery, so counting time to pick up a prescription on the way home, we were gone about 5 hours. Anneke was my nurse and went with me and took care of me that day and night and then on Saturday, she went to Smithfield to pick up her girls for the entertainment for the day. They are definately entertaining and are so sweet and fun. The Lindhardts went home that afternoon. Andrea came in the early afternoon and she stayed until Monday morning. I appreciated Anneke and Andrea so much for their help and their company. My knee is doing great and physical therapy went fine and hopefully by the end of the week I'll be back to normal. The school sent me some flowers and so did Amy and Sam and Andrea and Brad. Anneke and Tom bought some groceries and the girls made sure that I had some meals in the fridge and freezer and they took great care of me.

Merry Christmas to me!

My sweet family already gave me my Christmas gift! It is a new 4 inch thick memory foam mattress topper and a luxurious mattress pad. I sink away into oblivion. I reminds me of a slow moving water bed. I love it and I love my kids for giving it to me. Thanks so much, guys!!!!

Readers' Theater

Today my class did a Readers' Theater about the Thanksgiving Story. They were so cute and so excited to do it and they got really good at it as we practiced. I invited the school psycologist, the principal, the refocus teacher, and two teachers who have student teachers in their classes and could get away, to come be the audience. It was one of those moments when I really love teaching. Third graders are so much fun. They read their parts with such enthusiasm and nice and loud. My favorite line was when Tyler said that the name of the Indian who befriended the Pilgrims was Squinto instead of Squanto. So cute.

All Prepared

Next Wed. there's only half a day of school, so in the morning my class is going to have a read-a-thon. I reminded the class that they'd need lots of books to read for 1 1/2 hours and that it might be a good idea to bring some books from home to read too. So this morning, the same little boy who I've blogged about writing me a song, came to school all excited because he had brought 2 books from home. Now you have to understand that this little guy reads at about a kindergarten level. He also has probably never been to church in his life. So it struck me so funny that the books he brought were The Christmas Box and the Priesthood and Relief Society manual of the teachings of Wilford Woodruff. He's all pumped up about reading them next Wednesday.

Happy Day

Ammon and Natalie got engaged Saturday, the 8th. I don't know any details about when the big day will be or anything, but I think it was cute how he involved his girls in the surprise. He bought flourescent poster board and cut out the letters, Will You Marry Me? and the girls decorated them and then he put them on top of the carport at her apartment. The only place she could see that from was the balcony of her apartment, so he got her out there and there were the words when she looked down. He also got down on one knee and made it official. I'm happy for them. They are a cute couple. So we'll all look forward to a wedding.

Wouldn't You Know It?

I had just bragged to someone how I hadn't been sick for so long or missed any school for any reason and then - first of all my legs started to ache so bad I could hardly stand it. They were also tingly and cold. So that made me think something was wrong with my circulation. It got too bad to stand, so I went to the doctor and found out that I'm real low on potassium in my body. He gave me potassium pills to build it back up and told me to eat bananas and potatoes and spinach. Okay then - I like bananas and potatoes. Tonight I was a good girl and ate a banana (complete with ice cream and choc. sauce on top of it). :) But my right knee is giving me trouble too and I have to have some surgery on it for a lateral tear in my miniscus. So I'm wearing a brace that I get real tired of and it makes me walk weird. But it does make my leg stable. Hopefully I can have the surgery earlier than Dec. 3rd, which is when it is scheduled. So just a little blip in the road.

Visitors

A week ago, Ammon had the girls for the weekend, so he came up here with them and also brought his friend, Natalie and her two boys, Dax and Tage. They spent Saturday night here and then they all went to church with me after which we had a wonderful (If I do say so myself) roast dinner. I enjoyed their visit.

Trick or Treat - Smell My Feet

What a fun Halloween. It started with a fun day at school and ended with about 20 trick-or-treaters that came to my house. I really enjoyed that. Three special little visitors came - Anna, Abbie and kate. That was so fun to have them show up. I was expecting them today, but not last night, so it was a surprise. So here are some pictures of The Little Mermaid, complete with red hair, a scarey witch with the cutest face you've ever seen and a beautiful snow princess.