TO MS. KOVACS' CLASS!!!

HEY, Guys,

Thanks for the note. I really really miss you too! You are such a fun class. Did you know that your cityscapes are hanging up at the Arts Council? Some are also at the Administration building. They look awesome! The other art teachers put them up for me.

Yes, my eye does feel like part of my body now. At first, it felt strange, and it felt like it was wiggling around in a funny way. It made me nervous! But now, it feels just like my other eye.

The eyeball  itself is made of stuff that is sort of like coral. My eye muscles were attached to this eyeball during my surgery. There are six of them all together. By now, the muscles are all attached really well and they make my new eyeball move with my other one. It feels normal!

Of course, my new eyeball is white. I have a clear contact lens thingie over it. It looks sort of pink now.  The next step is to get my fake eye prosthesis, which fits right over this eyeball.

HOW COOL IS THAT.  Some of you might grow up to be doctors and scientist AND ARTISTS 

who help people like me who need some help getting back to looking like they used to!

I hope all of you are well, and I should be back at least part time next week. I still am learning to drive with one eye but I can read and draw and paint and everything else.

My right eye does get tired sometimes so I rest a lot!

Love you guys.

Give Ms. Kovacs a hug for me.

Mrs. Art

Monday, Monday

Good morning!

This is a picture of me and my sister-in-law, Deborah. She came and stayed with me for two weeks and took good care of good old Mrs. Art before and after my surgery. She cooked, cleaned, took care of our little Bella, shopped, gave me my medicine and kept me company. She taught me a new game called Quiddler and we watched Milo and Otis together. We had so much fun and I am very grateful to her for being such a wonderful and caring friend. If she went to Waukazoo, she would definitely follow the Zoo Rules !!

LOve,

Mrs. Art

to MRS. BARAJAS' CLASS

Hi, You Guys!

Thanks for the lovely note. I miss you so much. I love being your teacher and I can hardly wait to be with you again. I will see you in a couple of weeks! Pretty soon the Ocularist will start making my cool new eye! It doesn't hurt anymore and I am getting used to seeing with one eye. don't worry about me because I am healing fast and your prayers are really helping.

Thanks for everything and I will see you very soon.

Love,

Mrs. Art

to MRS. DEVINE'S CLASS!!

HI!!

Mrs. Art here with a big thank you to you guys for writing to me. It is great to hear from you! 

I MISS YOU VERY MUCH! I can hardly wait to get back to school and be your teacher again. I am painting pictures and reading books and resting. I have Bella on my lap all the time. I love you and want to thank you for your notes, cards and prayers. They are lifting my spirits very much!

See you very soon!

Love,

Mrs. ARt

to ALLYSIA M!

Hi, Alyssia (Peanut!!!)!!

I miss your big smile. I am glad you still think I am beautiful! Thank you! I feel so much better and pretty soon I will be back at school and we will get out the clay. Mr. Newton says you guys are doing great. I wish I were there!

See you soon!

love,

Mrs. Art

TO MRS. TELMAN'S CLASS!

Thanks for the comment! I am sure going to try to get in to your class room before Koby moves to Kansas!  I am healing fast and my eye is getting better every day. I love hearing from you all and I miss you very much. I miss teaching you and seeing the wonderful cool art work you make. Mr. Newton said you are doing a greaT JOB!! 

I love you guys!

Your art teacher, 

Mrs. ARt

YOU ARE THE BEST!

Dear Waukazoo and Sheldon Woods artists and families,

I have so much to be thankful for as I write this post to all of you!

First, I have received many class books in which you have made cool handmade and computer art and written encouraging and caring messages to me. They are all wonderful, and make me feel very special.  I feel so very lucky to be your teacher, and part of our school family, and I just can't wait to be back in the art room with you once again. 

I have also gotten letters and cards in the mail from many of you and I will keep them always. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness.

I love your  blog comments too, and I hope you will keep writing those!

I was very scared before my surgery. It sounded so terrible to lose my eye. But now, I know that it was not so bad after all, and my new eye will be very cool, and it will look like a normal eye (a little more artistic, though :)) 

It hurt a lot the first week, and my eye looked like I got punched hard-very black and blue and some other colors, too! But now, you can hardly tell, and it only hurts a little sometimes. I have to put medicine in my eye three times a day to keep it healthy. I have to rest a lot. I can't do any work  but when I heal up I can do anything I want, even drive my car, read, and do art, thank Heaven! AND BE AN ART TEACHER. hoOOORAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will start coming back to school next week, and before you know it, I will be back all of the time and it will be just like it used to be.

Mr. Newton is telling me what a good job you are doing and I told him I wasn't surprised, because YOU ARE THE BEST ART STUDENTS IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!

love, 

Mrs. Art

Wow!

You should see all the valentine's I got! I got a bag as big as me. I got so much chocolate I have a tummy ache. I got a poem from Mrs. Mendel's class. It is very cool. I got books from lots of classes with notes - they made me laugh. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, my wonderful students. I don't know how one girl could get so lucky.

I miss you so bad!

Love,
Mrs. Art

Picture

Hi, kids! I wanted to post this picture of me and my doctor from the day after my surgery. I am doing very well, and I miss you all!

Dear students,

This is Annie, Mrs. Art's daughter. I want to let you all know that her surgery went very, very well, and that she is feeling pretty good. She also wants me to tell all of you that she appreciates your e-mails and cards and goodies and can't wait to see you again!

I will post pictures soon!

Love,
Annie & Mrs. Art

my family is coming

Hi, Gang,

My family is coming tomorrow and they will be here for my surgery. My dad is a a good dad and a good doctor! He will be a big help as I recover. My sister in law Deborah is coming tomorrow and will be here for two weeks! Also my son Jon is coming on Saturday. I also saw Mrs. Gundrum, Mrs. Thornhill and Mrs, Kearns today. We watched a funny movie, played pinball and ate tons of popcorn.

Wasn't it a beautiful day today? I hope you looked at the snow-covered trees! I hope you got to go sledding or build a snowman. I will post a picture of a tiny snowman Annie and I made today.

Talk to you soon....I am thinking of your smiling faces....

rhythm

Today, Annie and I went to JP's, and the music inspired us (to act silly)...

Beautiful flowers

Hello, Waukazoo,

Thank you for the beautiful plant! It is called a Cyclamen. It has dark green leaves and beautiful coral flowers that pop out of the top. They are beautiful and remind me of springtime!

I am lucky because I work at the best schools and I have the best kids.....

love,

mrs art

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

HURRAY!!

Good morning, Kids,

How is everybody today?

I miss you!!!!!!!

love,

Mrs. Art

Good morning, Everybody!

No snow day today after all....I was rooting for you! :)

I hope you like the pictures I posted for you. Thanks for your posts and emails. I love them so much. Tell Mr. Newton I said hi, do your very best and remember you are loved.

Mrs. Art

Welcome to my blog!

You read about me on MIKIDS.com and heard about me from Mrs. Gundrum and Mr. Newton!

Here is where you can ask me any questions or tell me anything that might be on your mind right now.  I miss you so much and I want you to know that I am OK!!! My doctor is awesome and I am going to be just fine. I will be able to do everything I did before, especially my favorite thing to do, which is to teach art to the best kids in the world (you guys).

love,

Mrs.  Art