Teacher Tribute: Keith Thomas - ATEMS High School - Abilene News Story - KTXS Abilene

For those of you who have been following for awhile, you know that I lived in Abilene, Texas a few years ago and was a librarian at one of the local middle schools. My dad, Keith Thomas, is an engineering/robotics teacher at the newest high school there.  Recently, one of his students nominated him for a Teacher Tribute.  Click the link below to see the news coverage.

Teacher Tribute: Keith Thomas - ATEMS High School - Abilene News Story - KTXS Abilene

Congratulations Dad!  I'm very proud of you!!

Happy Birthday Vickie!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday today! Even though I'm a couple of states away, please know that I'm celebrating with you!

I'm ba-aa-ck!

I spent Thanksgiving at my real Dad's house in Abilene, Texas, and it snowed! Yes-REALLY! While I lived there it never snowed (thank you Lord!), but over the three days I was there for vacation, it did. For those of you that live in the northern regions, you're probably wondering what the big deal is, but I moved to Florida when I was 12--and haven't seen snow since then, so this was a BIG deal!

My step-brothers were making fun of me because I kept looking outside to see if it was still there. After we ate, I went outside to play for a little bit. Let me tell you, after 10 minutes, the thrill was gone. Unfortunately, my brothers decided to lock me outside in the freezing cold! No, I'm not exaggerating--look at the temperature!

In any case, I made some snow bears. The snow wasn't wet enough to roll and make a proper snowman, but I was able to pack it and make the mommy and baby snow bears.

Thankfully, my Dad finally felt sorry for me and let me back in. He had the fireplace roaring, so it didn't take long for me to thaw out. Yippee!

Unfortunately I was only there for three days, so we didn't get a chance to do too much. I didn't even get a chance to see my friends, which was a bummer because there's only so much t.v. that I can watch at a time. We did venture out for a bit on Black Friday

and I was given my Christmas present early--a Zune!!!! (It's Microsoft's answer to the iPod.) Yea--I can finally listen to my music everywhere I go--especially at the airport when I had to leave on a 6:30 am flight. Yep--you read it correctly--that was A.M.--as in o'dark early! It was so early, that I was able to see the sunrise from the plane.

Now, I'm back in sunny Florida! Just look at the pictures I took from the plane!

HELLO TAMPA!!!

In any case, I'm now back to the daily grind and I'm trying to get everything finished before Christmas. YIKES!

Prayer Request:

I'm in the process of looking for another job--whether it's still in the library profession or something completely different--I'm open. God and I have been discussing many things here recently and change is one of them. I've been holding some things very closely (computer time, job, finances, etc.), and He's telling me that I need to loosen my grip and trust Him to take care of me. (Kind of hard for someone that has to do everything for herself or it doesn't get done.) Just keep me in your prayers. Thank you!!!

"Leaving...

...on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again." Okay, so I'll actually be back around noon on Saturday--hopefully. :) Tomorrow morning I'll be leaving at the crack of dawn to stand in line at the airport for a flight out at noon. I'm REALLY hoping that they'll have some good food somewhere on the other side of security because I'm won't be in Abilene until after 4 pm (their time). YUCK!

Thankfully my neighbor across the breezeway is going to make sure Madison is well cared-for while I'm away. I also managed to get a ride from one of the girls at work, so I'm really thankful for that.

I'll try to post some while I'm there, but it'll probably happen when I'm back in town. Then I can let you know why it seems like I've fallen off the face of the earth.

Until then, have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Spend lots of time with your families--I can't wait to read all of your wonderful stories!