Visitors!

My Mom and Dad arrived here safely this afternoon. I am truly blessed to have them willing and happy to come and help me. Dad likes the weather so much I'm not sure he'll ever go back to Utah. Well, except for the fact that if he stays here he can't plant his garden in Utah. That might get him to leave. He can't believe the news reports about our last rain/snow storm. Mom was happy to have Snuggles greet her so warmly. For not being a dog person, she sure loves Snuggles!

So, all is well here. I am working on the last of my lesson plans, but still don't have them finished yet. Two weeks worth is not easy. Plus I'm preparing for Outdoor Education and Parent Teacher Conferences which will hit within a week of my return to school. I'm very blessed to have Lynne Murphy, a retired teacher from Sundance, as my substitute. She'll stop by school on Monday so I can go over the plans with her. Then...my two week vacation begins! It'll be nice to be home while Mom and Dad are here.

Snuggles passed all her observations and is now a certified therapy dog! It is wonderful to see the joy she brings to so many people. I always knew she was just about perfect, and it's great to see how many people agree!

Surgery Date

I called the nurse this morning -- returning her call. My surgery will be Tuesday, January 26th, at 9:00am at Thunderbird Banner Hospital. For family out of town, that's about 59th Avenue and Thunderbird. I let the doctor pick the hospital and he picked that one. Trying to choose which hospital was stressing me out. :)

Snuggles had a good therapy visit today. The ladies loved him.

That's all for now!

I'm Learning

Apparently, I had the blog set up so you couldn't make comments without signing up. Go figure. I'm quite the novice at this. You should be able to make comments now, but if not, email me and I'll work on it again. Sorry Emmalee! I hear you can type all by yourself. You are SO grown up!

Snuggles had her first two observations for being a therapy dog yesterday. According to the trainer, she was "just perfect". She looooved all the petting she got and was very obedient! We make another visit tomorrow to a group home. They also want me to play my violin for the residents. I am happy to do so since the trainer can watch Snugs while I play. Then Wednesday, Snuggles and the trainer will come to my classroom and that will be the last visit. Snuggles already is so good it's just a matter of doing the paperwork and getting in the required number of observations in different circumstances. I'm quite happy that she will be certified before I go in for surgery.

I'll let you know more about the surgery when I know more. :)

Testing, Testing, Testing

Since Julie gave me access to post on this blog, I want to make sure this is working! :) Actually, I'm using the privilege to let Julie know how much she is loved and that we are thinking of her.

Love you, Julie