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February 2005 News
feb
28
Counting our blessings
Posted by: Jennifer
Last week, I received a phone call at school. It was one of the
office administrators at the school board office asking me to come in
and meet the associate superintendent regarding my leave of absence.
So I made the appointment for today, not quite sure what this was all
about. It turns out the board wants to give me a continuing contract
- something that's a little unusual. Let me explain. Right
now, I have a probationary contract. Basically I have to prove
myself to be a worthy teacher before the board will give me a continuing
contract which will guarantee my job from one school year to the next.
With a probationary contract, the board and the school owe me nothing
as far as giving me a job when I return from my parental leave.
I would have to start over again looking for a job once I was ready
to go back to work. However, God is looking out for me, because
both the associate superintendent and my principal want me back at Gilbert
Paterson next year, and in order to do that, we're skipping a step in
the process and going straight to the continuing contract. Not
only that, but if I wanted to, I was told I could take the full school
year off and start fresh in Fall 2006. We'll have to see how finances
go before I make that kind of decision. Needless to say, Jose
and I are feeling very blessed right now. It is so nice to have
some job security, and to know that I'll be going back to a school that
I'm happy working at.
Bye for now
feb
27
5 more sleeps
Posted by: Jennifer & Jose
We get Sam in just five more sleeps. Jose and I are very excited,
as are our families. Paul is especially jealous, as he loves Basset
Hounds. We're just praying that Baby doesn't come too early!!
If Baby would be so kind as to be born right on the due date, Jose and
I would be infinitely grateful. We were in Medicine Hat this weekend.
We got to see many people we haven't seen in a while, it was great.
We also got to say goodbye to Pastor Raul Gurdian as it was his last
sermon as the pastor of the Medicine Hat Spanish Church. He is
moving up north and we wish him the best.
feb
23
How time does fly
Posted by: Jennifer
I can't believe it's been a week since I posted anything! Sorry
about that for those of you who are avid followers of our humble little
blog. The last week has been rather eventful. Claire and
Miguel came to visit over the weekend, and I got a new hairdo.
It really is true that hormones affect your hair when you're pregnant.
The colour that Claire put in wasn't nearly as dark as it should have
been, and the highlights weren't nearly as light as they should have
been. However, I'm happy with it. I got a nice cut too.
Claire got a little carried away with the bangs (they were supposed
to be layers!), but again, it turned out really nicely. I like
it, and I've had lots of complements on it. Jose got some highlights
put in his hair too. They look really good on him. It was
really nice to get a chance to hang out with them for a bit. We
had quite a good time. On Monday, we took them out to see our
puppy. He's just so cute!! The breeder said we can get him
a few days early so that he can get used to us and our house over the
weekend. Also on Monday, we found out my dad is getting re-married,
which came as quite a shock. I don't have any students this week,
which can sometimes be a nice change. Yesterday we had the middle
school mini conference, today was a PD day at school, and tomorrow and
Friday are Teachers' Convention. I think, other than that, nothing
much is new. I'm glad that it's already Wednesday, because it
means the weekend is nice and close.
Enjoy the rest of the week
feb
15
Happy Belated Valentine's Day
Posted by: Jennifer
I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day, and that you got to spend
it with loved ones. Jose and I kept it fairly low key. I
made a nice supper, and we took our time over it, and basically just
enjoyed the chance to spend some quality time together. We are painfully
aware that those days are going to be fewer and farther between after
the baby's born. Next Valentine's Day, we're going to need a babysitter
if we want to go out and do something!
Before Valentine's Day, we had a nice
weekend. We got to see both our mums. Mine came on Friday,
and we spent the day tootling around Lethbridge. She brought a
friend of hers who is an architect, and had never been to Lethbridge, so
we had a good time exploring the university, and getting a look at the
train bridge.
Jose's mom came on Saturday. Sadly, we
didn't get to spend as much time with her, because she was getting her
hair done. But we got to take her out for a belated birthday
supper, and she did look fabulous, so it was time well spent for
her. We spent the rest of the evening at Natalia's, watching a
movie while Natalia and Jose's mom made sushi. Jose was thrilled.
feb
11
New Baby!!
Posted by: Jennifer
No, Baby hasn't been born yet, we just wanted to freak people out a
little. However, there has been a new addition to our small, but
growing family. On March 8th, Sam, the Basset Hound will be coming
to his new home. He will be 8 weeks old when he comes here.
He is the spontaneous thing I was talking about in my post from this
morning. We went out to see these Basset Hound puppies because
Natalia wanted to go look. Jose would have written a cheque right
then and there, but I convinced him to at least talk it over.
His mind was made up, and it really didn't take much to convince me.
For those of you who think we're nuts, you could be right. I think
this is a good time to get a puppy. I'll have a year at home to
spend training him (I know, I'll have other things as well), and by
the time Baby is old enough to be moving around, he'll be trained to
go outside, and we don't have to worry about Baby eating little "presents"
off of the doggie papers. If you're still not convinced, look
at him!! He is TOO CUTE - so wrinkly and soft with his little
legs, and big ears.... I could go on and on. Besides, you can
look at the pictures. Click on them to see them bigger.
  
feb
11
Are we Crazy?
Posted by: Jennifer
I think we really have lost it. We say we're not spontaneous,
but we are. I'll post some pictures this afternoon and show you
what I mean.
feb
03
Winter is back
Posted by: Jennifer
I guess I shouldn't complain, seeing how it is February, but we are
experiencing some more winter weather. We got a bit of snow over
the weekend (not nearly as much as before though). Actually, it's
not so much the snow I mind, or even the cold. It's the fact that
I look like I've been stuffed into my winter coat that bothers me.
It still closes, but it's definitely not flattering, and it hurts my
vanity to go out in it. Oh well, less than two months, and then it
will fit normally again.
We did end up having a good weekend, as predicted. We didn't go
to Medicine Hat, but Jose's mum is coming here next weekend, so we'll
celebrate her birthday with her then. Speaking of celebrating,
Jose overdid the celebrating of boys' night on Friday a bit. Being
the spectacular wife I am, I picked him up, as well as his drunken buddies,
drove them all home, cringed only slightly as two of them (Jose included)
decorated the side of the car, and patiently put up with the "drunk
talk." (According to one person, on his list of top 10 people,
I'm #11 - how flattering). However, all four of them agree that
"boys' night rules!!" Jess and I had a much more civilized
time. "The Phantom of the Opera" was great, we had a
very nice supper, and a really good visit. I prefer our sort of
entertainment a whole lot more. Apparently at Ryan's end, she
was a pretty spectacular wife when he arrived home too. All I
can say is, they owe us.
feb
03
It's Friday
Posted by: Jennifer
Lately it seems that I start to get energy at the end of the week.
This week, it's due to having a much better sleep Wednesday night and
last night than I did at the beginning of the week. The wind has
just been howling, and it makes our siding creak, so I don't get good
quality sleep. Unfortunately, that tends to make me crabby during
the day, and I don't seem to have much patience for things. Some
people might say that's no different from usual, but I'm inclined to
disagree. Ah well. The wind has died down today, which makes
me happier, and I'm looking forward to the weekend. I'm going
to see "Phantom of the Opera" with Jess, then we're going
for supper while Jose and Ryan and who knows who else are having a boys'
night. Pizza, beer, and pool will be involved. Jose and
I may or may not go to Medicine Hat this weekend as well. It depends
on the weather. It's not looking positive. It would be nice
to go because it's Jose's mum's birthday on Sunday.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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