Nae’s Heart

So the last few days have been fun but very busy… It all started on Thursday night…

I was hanging out with Lori and we drove to Mission Viejo to pick up a package that UPS had attempted to deliver, but hadn’t left since no one was home.  After we did that we went back to her house and watched a movie.  I walked home around 10 and headed to bed.

Friday dawned beautiful and I had to work… I did my normal morning work and then headed upstairs to sub in Spanish… I know, what is Renae doing subbing in Spanish since she doesn’t even speak it?  Well the teacher left very good detailed instructions of what her students were supposed to be working on and how they were to act.  I managed just fine.  That night, James had a softball game and I went to freeze, ummm… I mean cheer, for him.  :) His team, The Goats, won, he ended up sliding at some point in the game and tearing the scab off his leg… It was a big scab on a sore he had gotten sliding the week before.  When we got home he cleaned it and we headed to bed.

Saturday dawned cloudy and rainy.  We headed to the church around 9 am for Cantata practice.  I didn’t get to sleep in like I normally do, but that is okay… We were at the church until 12:30 and then we headed to Chino so I could get my allergy shots.  Then James took me home and I took a 2 hour nap. He headed back to Bethel to work on some design stuff that had to be done by Sunday.  He arrived back home around 5 and we went to South Coast Plaza, which is a ritzy mall close to our house.  We walked around the mall for about 2 hours and then headed to Souplantation for dinner.  It was a great end to a busy day.

Sunday was a typically “normal” day… arriving at the church at 8 am, heading home after service for lunch and a nap, back at the church at 4 pm for choir practice, and back home to relax before work on Monday.

Monday turned out to be pretty laid back… I worked my normal hours and then headed home to do some laundry and then went back to pick James up from work and then back home for the rest of the night.

Tuesday, I worked all day.  I did my normal morning work and then covered a k-4 class in the afternoon.  After school I helped out by organizing some choir music and then went over to a friend’s house for dinner and a movie.  I went straight to bed when I got home at 10 pm.

Wow, finally to today, Wednesday!  Today I had a somewhat fun day.  I was privileged to go on a field trip with James’ 5th grade class.  We went to The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana.  Most of you would know it as the place with the big black cube off the 5 fwy.  It was a lot of fun and gave me a break from the “normal” work week.  I was able to take a 20 minute nap in the auditorium after we got back and so along with that and a White Chocolate Mocha from Starbuck’s I am ready for church.

I hope you have all had a great week so far!

So on our day off on Monday, which I blogged about, James took me out to dinner at BJ’s.  I like their pizza but I like their pazookie more.  We enjoyed some delicious pizza and a three pazookie sampler with Triple Chocolate, White Chocolate Macadamia, and Cookies and Creme.  It was all so good and I was so full.  We headed home and watched some more olympics and then went to bed… I woke up around 3:30am not feeling well.

I had the 24 hour flu and it hit me at 3:30am… not the most wonderful time to get sick, but then is there ever a wonderful time to get sick?  Needless to say on Tuesday I stayed home from work and spent the day sleeping… Thankfully I survived the day with only a fever and some aches… I still had a fever that night so I stayed home on Wednesday also.

On Thursday I was back at work in the swing of things… I still had to turn in my passport application since I had been sick on Tuesday and Wednesday.  So on Thursday afternoon I ventured to the post office to get things turned in… When I arrived I realized I didn’t have a copy of my driver’s license and so I had to get copies made and get my passport photos taken.  Thankfully I got everything done and turned in and was back at the school to take my Jr High girls to their volleyball game… We lost by only a few points which I think is good considering we didn’t have any practice this week.

Today, Friday, I have had a fairly normal day.  I am subbing in 4th grade this afternoon, but they are doing seatwork so it is an easy class… I do have practice with my girls and I think James has a softball game, but it is the weekend so I am okay with a busier evening.

I have been watching a lot of the olympics… being sick the beginning part of the week helped with that.  On Wednesday, I watched the very interesting sport of Curling, Yes you read that right, Curling… It is actually quite nail biting.  You slide the rock to get it to curl just right into Home.  The closest Rock at the end of the End wins a point.

I have also enjoyed figure skating, snowboarding, hockey, skiing, speed skating, etc… I happen to enjoy pretty much any sport.  I am looking forward to the many events still to come.

I have a super busy week next week with a normal day Monday,  a “Women in Sport’s” Seminar on Tuesday with some of the high school girls, a Jr High volleyball game at home on Tuesday evening, Jr High girl’s volleyball pictures on Wednesday, Church, a Jr High volleyball game at home on Thursday, and I don’t know of any special plans for Friday night yet…

Hope you all have a great weekend and a good week!

So in honor of President’s Day James and  I have the day off of work… We took some time to relax and then went to Aliso Viejo Canyon and took a 5 mile walk.  It was beautiful and very relaxing.  After our beautiful walk we did a little grocery shopping and are now home watching the olympics… I love the olympics and will watch as much of them as I can… Tomorrow we do have work and I have to apply for my passport for the Ladies Retreat in April.

I am not sure if James has other plans for tonight… but I would be content with staying home and spending time together.

Hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day

I love rainy days… Especially when it is a day off!  I am spending a very relaxing day with James and my parents.  We started off sleeping in and having a lazy morning with coffee and coffee cake! I have done 2 loads of laundry and we are going to be heading out to a few stores this afternoon.  We have plans for lunch and dinner… I am also going to be helping my mom make some jewelry and I will be finishing a set for my sister!

Hope you all have a great day off!

Well, the new year is here and it brought tiredness and work with it.  I am doing good, just tired from to many late nights on vacation and traveling.  On New Year’s Eve, James, Ruth, Daniel, and I stayed up playing Wii until midnight and then went out onto the porch to watch some of the fireworks across the bay.  We said our Happy New Years… finished our game and went to bed.  Mom and Dad had been up playing games with us but went to bed around 10.  It was a very nice and relaxing vacation.  We didn’t really go places, We did the whole “I am going to the mall, Does anybody else want to come?” We never all went the same place together.  It was much more fun to stay home and enjoy the time together.  We got home on Saturday night and have been going none stop ever since.

I have been back at work for 2 days and I am already getting some extra hours so that is nice.  I am also coaching jr. high girl’s volleyball and the first game of our season is on Thursday.  I am looking forward to it… I am also hoping for a winning season, but I don’t know if I will get that.  Yesterday was James’ 24th birthday.  One of his students brought him a cake and we went out to dinner with my parents, Tim, and Ruth.  TGI Friday’s has good food and after we had stuffed ourselves we got our dessert to go and headed to our house to play some Wii and hang out.  It was a great ending to my vacation.

I am back to being busy.  I have volleyball practice Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri from 3:45-5:00.  The extra time is nice for James since it gives him time to work on stuff at school and church.  I am also able to volunteer in the school office and I really enjoy that.

I hope you all had a great vacation.

Well… I am on Thanksgiving vacation and it has been fun but tiring all ready.  It started on Wednesday around 12:45 when we left Bethel and headed up to San Francisco.  James, Ruth and I had a good trip and it only took us 7 hrs and 42 min.  This means we made really good time seeing as it was the day right before Thanksgiving.  On Thursday morning we headed out to Oroville, which is where Grandpa Richardson lives.  We had a great afternoon eating turkey and pie, playing games, and really just being with the family.

We left Oroville at 10:00 at night… Yes, that late!  We arrived at the Vacaville Outlets at Midnight. It was packed and crazy.  Some of the stores had lines down the side of the building and lines around the whole inside of the store.  It was so much fun… we left the outlets at 3:00 and headed to the JC Penney at Hilltop Mall we arrived there at 4:00 and did a little more shopping.  We went to Nations for breakfast and then headed home to get a few hours of sleep before we did more shopping. It was 6:00 and we were all tired, but we were back up and headed out shopping again at 11:00.  We hit Target, Kohl’s, Fry’s and Wal-Mart.  We arrived back home at 4:00 and we are definitely having a lazy evening at home.  Ruth fixed dinner and we are watching a Christmas movie as a family.

Good deals you ask. Of course we got some good deals, but I can’t reveal any of them since that is classified information until Christmas.  James and I did get a 4′ Christmas tree, a tree topper, and some ornaments.  Our first Christmas tree.

Tomorrow we are going to be decorating for Christmas and James and Dad are going to a car show.  We are having a great time and have had many good laughs.  Like today in the car I opened a bag of gummi bears and the bag exploded sending gummi bears all over the backseat.  We picked up as many as we could find and then dad decided to flick them out the window while we were sitting at a stop light. So he did… I found out that my family gets crazy when they are tired.  Check out Pictures here

Yesterday Ruth and I took a mini road trip to Fresno.  It was Ruth’s 21st birthday and we were going to have dinner with Mom A.  Mom A was doing a WASC visit at a school there and she had Ruth’s car.  Since Ruth had Daniel’s car we  were switching vehicles and what better day then Ruth’s birthday.  We left my house at 10:30 am, grabbed some breakfast, and hit the freeway.

We had a great trip… Lots of laughter, fun, and coffee.  We hit heavy fog going through the grapevine but Ruth handled it like a pro. We decided that Pixley is a very interesting town name and that California cows are happy because the smog makes them high.  We also decided that we like the 99 better than the 5 because of all the houses right by the road.  We got to the hotel where Mom was staying around 3:00 pm.  Mom got there just after 3:45 and Mom and Ruth opened birthday presents.  We went and walked around the small mall there.  It made Montclair Plaza look hugongous. We went to Red Robin for dinner and then back to the hotel.  All of this took 2 1/2 hours, but it was a great time with mom.

We headed home at 6:15.  We stopped for Starbucks in Delano and made the rest of the trip with no stops.  We started the trip in a Ford Focus Wagon and ended it in an ‘09 Versa with 600 miles on it when we left Fresno.  We arrived back at my apartment at 10:30 pm.  It was an 8 hour day in the car… 4 hours there and 4 home.

I missed James but enjoyed having a day off and spending time with Ruth.  It was nice to be home and my bed felt so good.  Check out the pictures here

So today at school we had a slight scare… We had a gaseous smell on campus and evacuated all the classrooms.  For approximately 1hour we sat out on the far side of the parking lot and waited for the Gas Company to come and check it out.  Well, nothing was visibly wrong so all the kids went back to class.  It was the second time I have evacuated for a gas smell, except the first time it was real. It was a broken gas line on our campus.

Beside the exiting afternoon, this week has been fairly normal.  On Saturday we went to a wonderful wedding for some close friends of ours. On Sunday morning I wasn’t feeling the greatest but made it through church, that afternoon and evening I stayed in bed.  We had Monday off to celebrate Veteran’s Day, James and I slept in and had a relaxing day at home.  Tim came and visited us that evening, which was nice since he hadn’t visited us in a while and we hadn’t seen him since Oct 1.

Tomorrow I am working all day, I am subbing in Spanish in the afternoon. The reason: our friends that got married on Saturday, well the bride is the Spanish Teacher at Bethel. So she is on her honeymoon. I didn’t take Spanish in high school but I am hoping that she has a  very carefully laid out lesson plan.  I am actually not really worried about it I enjoy subbing every now and then.

Well my Saturday started out normal… sleeping in and enjoying a morning at home with James.  Around 10:00 we headed to Chino to get my allergy shots and then to wal-mart to pick up a few things and get a prescription filled.  We were home around noon and waiting for Ruth to come visit us.  Around 2:30 we got a phone call that Ruth had been in an accident.  She is okay but the car doesn’t look to good.  We went and picked her up and then followed the tow truck so we could clean the car out.  We headed home and then encouraged Ruth the go to Urgent Care just to make sure she was okay.  We had originally planned to hang out at the beach or the OC fair, but ended up at the Dr.’s instead.  After the dr.’s we grabbed some food and headed home.  We had a relaxing evening and then took Ruth back to Pomona.

On Sunday we had a great day at church.  The evening service was a prayer and praise service.  It was so refreshing to have a time of prayer and encouragement.  I love singing and praising the Lord.

I love the lazy feeling summer has… the sleeping in, sitting around the house, running errands at your leisure.

I babysat Emma and Elli yesterday morning and that was ton of fun. Then Ruth and I headed to Wal-Mart to get the oil changed on her car… that took about 2 hours… we got back to my apartment and hung out with my parents. James’ softball team, the Dirtbags, had a game so we headed to the park and a great time watching the Dirtbags…lose.  oh well they played a good game.  After the game we all headed back to the apartment for dinner and the Cosby Show!  I love that show!

Today, James and I have been enjoying the relaxing day at home.  We have plans for this evening but that is about it for today.  Oh I have to make a cake for our young marrieds activity tonight.

Yesterday was the first day of the OC Fair.  It is about 3 blocks from our apartment.  We haven’t been disrupted yet, but I am sure that will change.  WE will probably go next week. Hope you all are having a great summer!