I DID IT!!!

I finished my first 5K run this weekend. I ran in the Detroit Free Press 5K run. There were 2200 runners in my race and more than 16000 runners that morning in the various runs. It was completely overwhelming!
I completed in my best time ever. Here are my stats:

Distance 5K
Clock Time 40:48
Chip Time 39:08
Overall Place 1026 / 1919
Gender Place 582 / 1239
Division Place 92 / 148
City Dresden
State ON
Oallplace 1026
Divtotal 148
Sextotal 1239
Pace 12:36

Not terrible for my first try! 

Grade 1/2 Quote of the Day

We had an assembly today. I played the guitar as we all sang together. After the song was done, everyone was quiet and one of my grade one boys said, quite loudly, "Mrs. M! You're a Rock Star!" LOL Well, Thank you!

Making it Through with Half my Senses

My head is all filled up with nastiness.
I have a terrible head cold.
With that, my ears are ringing and plugged - so I can't hear.
My nose is stuffed up and my sinuses are burning - so I can't smell.
Not being able to smell affects my sense of taste.
I can see and feel...that's all...
And what I feel is pain in my head and my throat and my joints and...you get the picture.

Today's accomplishment is making it through the day.
I'm off to bed.

Quote of the Day from Grade 1 and 2

A group of Grade 2 boys were working together and I overhead their conversation. They were discussing girl colours vs. boy colours. They decided there was no such things, since boys and girls can like all colours. However, one student logically explained that it is different for babies. "When the bird brings the package, it is either pink or blue. If it's blue it's a boy. If it's pink it's a girl. That's how you know."

New Baby Bed

I made our new baby her new bed. I use two Pillows sewn side by side. Then I make a case out of berber fleece. I put a zipper in one end so that the case can come off to be washed. Our big dog has one already and they are great. Not too hard to make either. It is what finally did in my old sewing machine, though, sewing through 4 layers of berber fleece. Now this material is a bit thinner than the last stuff, but my new machine didn't even flinch! It was fantastic!