Rylie Harper Green

Rylie has arrived! Phila was at her usual check up on Monday, and they sent her to the hospital. After 19 hours of labor, sweet Rylie made her debut at 8:10 Tuesday morning. She weighed in at 8lbs, 7 oz, and 21" long. She is of course the sweetest, most beautiful girl ever. I'm not biased, she is truly gorgeous. ;) I promise to post pictures!

Waiting for Rylie

Hi all! Many of you have been asking me how Phila is doing, and of course how sweet Rylie is doing. Both are doing well, but both are ready for Rylie's arrival! Phila had an appointment on Monday to see how big Little Miss is. Unfortunately, Rylie did not cooperate (she gets that from her Daddy), so they had to guesstimate. It looks like she is gonna be 8-10 lbs. Wow! Rylie is in position, and ready to go. I hope she hurries, I can't wait to meet her!
I'll post pictures of the shower soon!

Busy Bees!

This is one of my favorite times of the year. Not for the weather, I hate winter and can't wait for the spring! No, I love this time of year because it is so busy! This is the time when I start looking at my kiddos in class and plan their programs for next year. This is the time when we think about spring field trips (I invite everyone to check out Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio, especially Erin!), fundraise for Relay and the 3 day walk, gala committees begin to meet, and we plan our end of the year parent program. There are always baby and bridal showers, family and friends birthdays, and all kinds of parties. It's time to spring clean, which leads to some great garage sales! I spend all winter dreaming, and all spring planning. Does anyone else feel this type of spring fever? Let me know what y'all look forward to!

Live Your Best Life

Yesterday I was lucky enough to enjoy a great lunch with some great friends. While we were enjoying some fabulous fixin's from Ada Lou's, we discussed all the usual things - houses, decorating, shopping, relationships. We each had much to say on each topic, of course. One of my favorite points of the conversation came at the end. We talked about heirlooms we've inherited from dear family members, like my beloved Aunt Shirley dishes. We mentioned how we don't use them, how we save them for "special" occasions, even though we'd like to use them more. We all agreed that we would use our nice things. Why should we wait? Isn't every day special in some way or another? The Queen of England is not going to visit my house. Why should I save my dishes for her? If she does, will she know if I ate dinner off those plates the evening before? I don't think so. And why would she care anyway? One of my favorite Oprah moments came from a show a few years ago on this same topic. For me, the golden line was "Live your best life now." What's the point of having things if not to enjoy them? So last night, when I ate dinner, I drank my iced tea from a fancy glass. I think the Queen would approve.

Life Is A One Time Gift

I just stumbled upon this, and think it's to good not to share. Hope everyone has a fabulous 2010.

"LIFE IS A ONE TIME GIFT"
HANDBOOK 2010

Health :
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality :
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or worry about things you cannot control.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...

Society :
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life :
32. Do the right thing, the right way!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Things I've Heard or Said Today

"Don't lick the milk off your tray."

"Why is there a pull up in your copier?"

"Wow, 2010 is supposed to be the year I find true love!" Response - "Did they clarify? Love from a puppy or love from a man?"

"Sweet! I have chocolate on my desk, but the kids are being so great today I won't need to eat it!" 15 minutes later - "Do you have any more chocolate?"

"Don't step in that pee puddle!"

"Did you make the pee puddle?"

"The water fountain is not a shower."

"We don't pee on our friends."

"I told him no, no, no, but he just said yes, yes, yes."

"We can't go outside without our clothes on."

This is why I love my job. :)

Oh my...

Who needs a 3 day weekend? (You can't see it, but my hand is raised very, very high).