Fashion: Grading on a Curve

I am super excited to be back at a High School and cannot wait to get started with the students.

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Hello evereyone,

These are just the last few days of March…. Work outfits…

We also went to the Tulip Farm on Saturday morning and it was a great outing with our girls. Beautiful flowers, Ben got some amazing pictures of the flowers.

I am also considering changing a few things on my blog and the direction I will take it… Hopefully, I can make the change soon.

Stay tuned!!!

XOXO,

Hello everyone,

We went to the coast for part of the Spring Break this year. It was nice and relaxing, but really cold. We walked on the beach, collected pebbles, reflected on all that is going on in my life, prayed, and relaxed.

While at the Timeshare, I got to do some coloring and some bible journaling too. That was good for my soul too. This was probably one of the quietest spring breaks I have ever had and it was ok.

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This was the first time I realized the difference in one year.

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Hi everyone,

I know I have been gone for a few weeks, so what happened was this… Lucas started with some cold symptoms one day, we tested him and it was negative. Two days later, I started having symptoms so I tested and you probably have guessed, we all tested positive. A whole week of all four of us stuck in the house. Ben and Thomas had very little symptoms. Needless to say, Ben was like a caged bear, bored out of his mind.

I, on the other hand, was pretty sick and in bed for a few days. I was required to stay home from work for ten days while Ben was able to go back after 5 days. Interestingly enough, I lost my sense of smell the day before going back to work. I had never imagined how much this sense is needed. It was so weird to not be able to smell anything. Thankfully, it is slowly coming back and I can now smell some things again.

COVID can really take it away from one, thankfully, I have been fully vaccinated for over a year and had my booster back in November so I was not nearly as sick as I could have been. It looks like everyone is getting this darn virus now and it is getting harder and harder to protect oneself, so at least I was not as sick as I could have been.

Now we are all back to our normal lives, going about our business. It was interesting to go through the whole process though. Since we actually tested at a laboratory we got phone calls from the Department of Health and had to answer all kinds of questions four different times. They really are trying to keep track of the cases that pop up.

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XOXO

Hello everyone,

Lulu wanted to be part of the pictures this week. At least she knows how to pose for the pictures. This week was interesting, very few kids left in person and some staff members also out. This new variant of COVID has gotten ahold of a lot of people.

On the weekend we went out and restaurants were really struggling. One had a 2 1/2 hour wait, another only had half of it open because they only had one waiter and two cooks. They even closed at 4 for lack of people. Many still think this is because of the unemployment people get paid, but this time around, I think it is more about people being sick. It is so sad to see what is happening.

Lines everywhere, signs of ‘Help Wanted’ in every window, people running low on patience. So sad… 🙁

Well, let’s see what the new week brings us…

Hello everyone,

I have found that bright pink is my color. I hove the pictures where I am wearing these bright pink shirts. Even though this was a rainy, gloomy week, I decided to wear bright colors as much as possible. I did wear black for Mass day to be a little more subtle.

The green skirt is my own creation with fabric I brought back from Ghana a couple of years ago. On these pictures I can see myself a bit smaller, that is a nice feeling. It has taken me a while to get to this point.

On another note, this was a difficult week, the numbers of cases of COVID are going up really fast and we had a weird week at school. These are strange times and I am still hoping for more normal days.

I will be prayer for better days and easier weeks ahead…

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Hello everyone,

Over Thanksgiving break I made this Barbie Doll House. It was a lot of fun and I gave it as a gift to my colleague’s daughters since I don’t have any girls.

I made most things. The only thing I bought were the tubs, toilets and chairs. The rest was all made with repurposed materials. Cardboard boxes, scraps of wood, paper clips, beads, craft paper, fabric, etc.

I watched lots of videos and others who had done similar things and made my own. The whole house is three-stories high and has two suites, a living room, a dining room and a kitchen. Hope you enjoy the video and pictures.

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Hello everyone,

So this Christmas break we did something different. We went to Maui and spent a few days enjoying the sun and the beach. My mother had been dreaming of going to the beach and during winter it was really just a dream. So here we are in the water enjoying an afternoon in the ocean. It is a dream come true to do this on December 23rd… It took us back to our time in Brazil when we always went to the beach at Christmas time. Too bad it was so short…

I have to say I love the pictures with these sunglasses. I wish I could take all my pictures with them 🙂

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