59 days! 59 days! Well, I actually had the new kid show up today! Good thing I was ready for him. I'm not totally sure what to think of him just yet. He seems pretty well behaved, and he is reading pretty well - but trying to get answers from him is like pulling teeth. He's worse in that way than my Danielle (my sweet, lovely, smart girl -who also started out REALLY shy last year). I felt kind of bad for him becuase 1)I didn't have any help again today, so it was a bit hectic trying to get him situated into the classroom, while still continuing on with the normal program, 2) My kids were SO excited about a new student - especially the boys -- that they were WILD - especially my "M" who's a handful on the best of days, 3) my new boy and "M" were playing Math War and "M" got upset because "J" wasn't paying attention to him/the game and PUNCHED "J" on the leg -- his first day!!! By the end of the day though both "J" and "M" seemed to have made up (after "M" had a bit of time spent in the principal's office!) 4) He doesn't seem to be very well versed in the Bible or in Jesus songs - he looked kind of lost this morning during worship - but we tend to sing the same songs over and over ad infinium, so soon he'll get the hang of them.

Other than the kids being kind of hard to settle down, and not having any help during Reading or Math, the day really did go pretty well. My second graders were so funny today during Math. We were starting the unit on numbers to 1000 - I told them that I figured that they could do the first two lessons very easily today -- they did, within about 6 minutes - LOL! So I had them go ahead and do the 3rd lesson - lickety split. One of them asked me if we could do another lesson, but this was about the time that "M" hit "J" so I told them tomorrow. I love it when kids are excited about learning.

After school I called the place that has my pet insurance and told them my new debit expiration number. I also asked if the dental cleaning was a part of my plan - it wasn't. I also finally sent in the paperwork to get my FREE $20 gas card from the auto insurance quote. I forgot though to go to the library to pick up a couple of books (John Grisham and James Patterson) and to pick up a thing of milk (the milk I'd had frozen and thawed turned on me faster than I'd realized.)

I did though take a 35 minute walk, and then did some stretching and situps! Yay me! I also didn't eat any junky food today, and drank a fair amount of water. Now all I have to do is keep this up!!! Go Laura, Go Laura, Go! Go! Go!

Oh! I almost forgot! I had several compliments today on my new pants. I told them that I'd gotten them from Ross for only $4.

Almost time to watch the second to last NYPD Blue. Thanks for the memories, Andy.

Spending Log:
Today: $0.00
No Spending Days: 14/12 (actual/goal)

Keeping It Frugal in Texas,
Laura