Summer is almost over

A lot has happened since May! I finished my Master's degree in Educational Administration and was able to get the promotion I was hoping for where I teach. I am very proud about that. I am excited to start this new chapter in my career! My dream of taking the summer off went out the window when I was promoted, however. It was a good thing, though. I was able to train for two weeks with the woman that was leaving the position. She was very kind and helpful in giving me good tips and information that will help me do my job and do it well. THANKS, KARI!!! I am looking forward to the new school year with an anticipation I have not felt for a while now. Wish me luck! Happy rest of the summer to all the teachers and students out there! School will be starting again really soon!
See ya!

Cindy

visit my web site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cindyblankenship/

I HAVE been working too hard!

I noticed tonight that I only get the chance to post to my blog once a year. As I said a year ago that means I am working too hard. I am taking the summer off after finishing my Master's degree this year. Maybe I will have some time to do the things I really enjoy in my free time. I may actually HAVE some free time for a change. I have a whole list of things I want to accomplish this summer. Hopefully I will get at least part of the list done. Happy summer to all teachers out there!

Cindy

It's been waaay too long!

I've been too busy lately to blog, can you believe it? My daughter got married and moved out/bought a house/moved in-that took about 8 months of our time. My son bought a house/moved out. That was at the same time my daughter was doing all that. We have done a lot of work on the kids houses as well as ours-that kept us REALLY busy. Fun with home improvements-yeah. Now I'm teaching summer school again. I swore after last summer I wouldn't do it again. I am doing it again. I haven't done much in the way of genealogy research lately. I've done some small things but nothing that was really on my "to do" list. Maybe I'll get a chance soon. I will be finishing up my Master's Degree this year finally. I've only been trying for about ten years. I will be done in May. Yahoo. Well, gotta go. Hope it isn't a year until I do this again. That means I am working tooooooo hard. See ya.

Cindy

What was I thnking!!??

Well, it is summer break again and I have chosen several projects to do while I'm off work. Oh, wait. For the first time in 30 years I have agreed to teach summer school. What was I thinking!!?? I have stripped the wallpaper from two bathrooms and repainted one of them. I have been trying out the spong painting technique using 3 shades of paint and a sea sponge. It looks really nice. I also added a nice decorative shelf in the bathroom as well. It will be my guest bathroom when the kids finish moving out this summer. I am starting the painting process on the second bathroom today. I have to work really quickly and get it done because I have agreed to teach the last half of summer school. I finally feeel like doing something inside the house (NOT cleaning technically) and I don't have my whole summer break to do it. Oh well. It'll be FUN to go to work for three weeks. It will get me out of the house. It will probably save me from stripping the wallpaper in the family room!! YEAH! That is going to be an awful job when I get to it. Maybe next summer? Who knows. Well, gotta get to work. I'm doing this instead of my favorite hobbies. It has really surprised my family I think. Always need to keep them on their toes LOL. See ya!

Cindy

Time Flies Again!!

Well, here it is...Spring Break 2008 already. I haven't blogged in 8 months. It's been a pretty bad year, though. Job is great, kids are great, but family deaths and illnesses have been rough this year. Hopefully things will get better. I'm going to rest, clean (the dreaded C word-oh no!!) and maybe later in the week I'll have something happy and or nice to say. In reference to my last post about the DAR-I have been accepted as a member. YAHOO! I have located another 4 or 5 ancestors that served in the Revolutionary War and will be checking those men out in the near future. It would really be great if I could find a woman ancestor that helped out during the war. I would be especially excited about that find! Well-gotta get going. I'm still in my jammies the first day of break and it's getting a bit late in the day for that. HAPPY AND SAFE EASTER TO ALL!!

See ya!

Cindy

Summer is here again!!

WOW! I feel like I've been in a time warp! I feel like the school year had just started and now it's over already. I've been off school for a couple of weeks now and have been trying to get back to my genealogy and other hobbbies.

I have finally been able to make my application to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution or DAR for short. I have documented my fathers family all the way back to the beginning of the United States. Since today is Flag Day I just wanted to take to opportunity to mention all the members of my family that have served in the military for our country in defense of that flag. Take a visit to my family web site at Rootsweb to see the information about them. Here's a link:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cindyblankenship/index.htm

During the time I was documenting the patriot that I am using to enter the DAR I was able to find three other direct ancestors that were also in the Revolution. I've been able to do that thanks to the kindness and generosity of other people researching the same family. So I'm also publicly thanking them now as well.

Well, I need to get back to my cleaning. As you can tell from my previous posts it is a never-ending job. Today I'm cleaning up my computer files. I have a tendency to create MANY documents and JPEG files but never take the time to file them correctly so I can locate them again. I am taking several hours out of my day to fix that mistake. Hopefully I can become more organized. HA! Happy Flag Day! See ya!

Cindy

Good decisions!

I have been so busy lately I haven't had time to blog-so here is the news since October. Good news-I REALLY enjoy my job! I like the people I am working with. They are all very nice and helpful. It's nice to know there is a place where people care about their students AND co-workers. I've been out to lunch and dinner with a few of my favorite folks from my old job. They are about the only thing I miss from there. I do miss seeing my students, though. It's tough when you have them for several years and then watch them grow up and really bloom! Bummer. Well, I hope to have the opportunity at my new school as well. Bad news-my father-in-law had been very ill for a while and was in and out of the hospital and the nursing home. He finally gave up and stopped all of his treatments and medications. They had been too much for him and was in pain. He wasn't the same person we had known in the past. It was very hard to watch, having seen my parents go through similar circumstances before they passed away. He passed about five weeks ago. I still wish we had spent more time together but we all do our best and still end up having regrets. Something more to think about, I guess. Perhaps we should all take more time to spend with people that are important to us. Well, that's all for now. I have to get ready for school tomorrow. My little special friends run me ragged, but it is wonderful to see the progress they make. Talk to you soon! Visit my website at Cindy Blankenship's Family Site on Rootsweb. Google it and I'll be the first site that comes up. Thanks!

Cindy