From Wisniewski to Wilson..

Wow, I need to blog more.  I need to take more time out to reflect on what's going on in my life, but Michael and I have had recent adventures that demand a little blog time.... We've been talking about getting the house on the market for awhile now, and we've finally had some things happen that have really helped us make a positive turn and get 'our butts in gear' (as my mom would say).  My fortune cookie from Chinese take-out has proven to bring us some good luck, and I hope it continues! Big Dreams!!!!  In the last week, we've met with a realtor and despite Michael's 'jump in' attitude, I had to 'put my foot down' and say, "Things have got to be done around this house before I let anyone take pictures!"  We've been working on small projects here and there, but last Wednesday we finally decided to take on some bigger projects.  Why we waited until the start of the school year? I'm not sure... nor do I ask questions a...

I'm not sure whether to say "I can't believe it's already almost April," or "Wow, it's only April?!?" 2012 as already brought many exciting happenings (notice the trying to make this positive!!!)!   I'm continuing to battle the hand injury. I've definitely become accustomed to the nice contraption on my hand. It's becoming part of me, while I've gotten used to it, I couldn't be happier to start taking this thing off a little more. My physical therapist told me today he hopes that the doctor will allow me to start taking it off a little bit. So please say extra prayers for this as the healing appears to be doing well. I'm missing being as active as I was, and I can feel my body hating me for the pounds I'm gaining... walking is just not doing the trick, so I will be working hard this summer!!!!  Despite the hand issue, I'm now battling a lovely cough and I'm fearing the annual sinus infection is dwelling.. here...

A lot has happened over the last couple of weeks, but I need to keep a promise I made to my readers about our trip to Minnesota.  Three weeks ago, Michael and I made the trip to Minnesota to see our dear friends Kari and Mike.  Ever since we planned the trip, everyone we have told about it has told us we were CRAZY for travelling to Minnesota in winter.  Somehow we managed to pick the mildest winter in years... as we prepared to leave we packed for COLD but I could tell Michael was worried about being able to use all of our cold gear.  I secretly said a prayer in hopes of a cold trip and a day of ice fishing. Luckily, our flight was out of Louisville so we were able to stay with Elisabeth the night before the flight (saving us an extremely early wake up).  We loaded up to go to the airport (much later than planned) because we received a phone call that our flight had been delayed.  On our way to the airport, we received some information that our flig...

The Story of the Thumb! Wow!  What has started as a pretty miserable Tuesday has carried on to be a pretty big production in the life of Kate.  At this point, I can't help but laugh everytime I look at my thumb, and got a this quote kind of sums up how I feel about my left thumb after not being able to use it correctly the last week: How Did This Happen? I didn't really go into the details in my last blog, because as I stated before, despite being melodramatic as my mom would say, I didn't think it would be that big of a deal.  The night before, I made fudge for my students for Valentine's Day.  Being in a rush, I was careless and really didn't think about pouring the fudge directly into the pan without greasing it or lining it with anything.  So, of course the fudge stuck!  As I woke up to a glorious snow day, I started cleaning the mess, and seeing if I could recover any of the fudge.  I cut it into squares, then stabilizing...

So Today has not been the day I imagined... that's for sure. Normally snow days are a day of happiness for this teacher, but many times throughout the day I thought, "Things would be different if I worked today." I'll recap the days with the positives and negatives: I started my day being able to sleep in, it was actually a good night of sleep, despite being wide awake at 4 am.  I began trying to catch up on laundry and cleaning up my baking mess from the night before.  My 'cleaning' started with a completely chewed up box (happy valentines from Bo) and ended up with careless use of a knife, and I sliced my thumb.  Now my mother would tell you I'm being overdramatic (I am my father's daughter), but it scared me.  I was bleeding a lot, it wouldn't stop (it still really hasn't), and I had this image of me spending my day off in the ER waiting to get stitches.  My mom came over and took a look at it, helped me attempt to bandage it up and I...

Oh, it's a new year.... time for new year's resolutions. I am pleased to say that I stayed true to most of my resolutions in 2011, and because they have not always been easy, I'm trying to hold them steady in 2012.  I want to continue to stay active, continue to be cautious about money, I want to continue to create a balance between work and home, the list continues on and on.... but I couldn't put it better than this quote:   "Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."  ~Hal Borland Nicely put.. especially since so many of my resolutions this year are continuations of what has been going on recently in my life.  2011 was a wonderful year, but our future is so bright and I have lots to look forward to in 2012. Michael's Future is so Bright... he has to wear shades :) When I started this blog, I had full intentions of keeping it as current as possible.  I got amazing feedb...