Mama said there'd be days like this...

What a Monday it was! Just felt like recounting it for the blogger world to join in my pain. So the day starts with me still being completely stuffy, sinus headache, can't taste my breakfast kinda stuffy. However I load up my little teacher rolling cart and decide I can make it through the day and there's so much to do. Looking back now, I realize that I should have turned around when I dropped my rolling teacher cart on my foot when pulling it out of the car, and drop my coffee cup too. Why O' Why didn't I heed the signs. Still determined I start my day. I tell the kiddos, I am not 100% so cut me a little slack, they do, all day! (I have the best students) Well about 30 minutes into our morning we have a visitor to our classroom. Any teachers out there? Then you are fully aware of what I am about to say. EVALUATION! Yep folks, in walks the principal, yellow legal pad in hand to do my 45 minute evaluation for the year. Not only can I hardly breathe through my nose, coughing and sneezing too, but I am also trying to introduce a new math concept this morning. Anytime you introduce something new, total confusion settles in for about one class period and then they start to see it. I thought long division would be the death of all of us, now it may be fractions. Ok so I just keep going and things continue to go south, couldn't pull up some websites that I researched over the weekend cause the school internet was down momentarily (right when i needed it!!) Then my document camera fails, I need more fraction bars to let them work "hands on" ugh! I always get evaluated when I am teaching math and I am pretty straight forward, direct instruction type math person. I don't have anything super cutesy to show off with. Well we survived that and the principal left, hopefully with a little sympathy for me, hey do I get points for coming to work at least!? By lunch time medicine is making me tired, yet not doing a thing for the stuffiness. Well I had a true Costanza moment from Seinfeld, I grabbed a pillow from my reading center and laid down behind my desk!!! I knew I had 30 minutes and that's all I wanted to do! (Hopefully you all remember the episode where George would nap under his desk and he set it up with pillows and snacks etc.) I make it through the rest of the school day only to stay and tutor an extra hour. I finished the day with a bang by leaving work and heading over to the Sachse Municipal Strip Center, you cannot call that place a building and handed over $167.00 to them for a speeding ticket I got last week.

Mama said there'd be days like this!!

I've got the suds...

Feeling a bit under the weather so all creative juices are stuffed up at the moment. I will hopefully post something new soon.

If you aren't a watcher of spongebob, the "suds" is when he has a cold. It's a pretty funny episode.

New Thoughts...

Ok so I KNOW that I need a new post and I KNOW that my posts have been pretty boring lately, so sorry. I think teaching has sucked every creative thought out of me. I went to a workshop on Friday and the instructor wanted us to think of some female in our life that influenced us and what did we remember that person saying all the time...

It was sweet because all I could think of was the many many quotes of my grandmother and none of them were appropriate to share with the group. They are however blog worthy as a small tribute to this very witty woman I wish you all could have known.

"Tis butter to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" this was said EVERY TIME she saw butter or someone asked for butter

You might make the mistake of asking, "what's for dinner?" and she always responded, "chicken, you wanna neck" weird, but funny if you are saying that to your husband.

"She's got a freckle on her but she's pretty"

"Out out damn spot" now I know this is really a quote from Macbeth, but she loved to say it, and

would say it as she let the dog out (not named Spot) or when we were getting out of the car or at many other times. I really think this nice southern Baptist lady just enjoyed getting away with saying damn as often as possible!

"I have been there twice" meaning the first and the last time, this was uttered after leaving some eating establishment that she was none to thrilled with.

Goodness there are plenty more, but my mind is blank (no comments on that please) I will have to add more as I remember them.

What will your kids and grandkids remember you saying all the time? I hope it makes them smile like hers make me!

Here is my absolute favorite picture of her! Moosehead beer in one hand and laughing til she cried!

The best Christmas gift!

I hate being cold, really hate it. I am grateful for this mild winter we are having here in Texas. I am not very productive when I am cold, I tend to go into hibernation mode. My sweet hubby saw my plight every night (hey that rhymes) when I would crawl under the cold covers and just shiver and whine until it warmed up. Never pleasant for anyone. SOOO Chris being the thoughtful guy that he is, bought me this gift. It's a heated mattress pad! It's awesome! Now I flip that switch sometime in the evening and then at night when I crawl into bed it's toasty warm. No more shivering and whining. We are both much happier! Check out the picture above, aren't I so pretty when I am sleeping?

Ok so on a side note:

1. Cereal diet doesn't work so don't bother.

2. Getting back to work after the holidays wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be.

3. Finally watched Bourne Ultimatum, that Jason is indestructible

4. for a yummy chicken recipe try this: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/recipedetail.htm?recipe_id=107338

5. I think I am gonna do the this race in March, your all invited to do it with me, it will be one big

PARTAAY!!!

http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?CHECKSSO=1&RESET=0&EVENT_ID=1492086

Happy Saturday!

Good entertainment!

So are there any other families out there having as much fun watching this "new" show as we are? It's so over the top! My kids are eating it up!!!

Not so Special!!!

Yes, I am back for a few more posts before I head back to work. Ok so after eating way too much over the holidays, and not running as much, the scale started to tip in the WRONG direction. I fell victim to the advertising promises and thought I would do the "Special K diet" and try to lose the promised 6 pounds in two weeks. So it's been a few days and well folks it ain't happening! So I go back and start to do a little more research and...

Oh, I am supposed to measure out how much cereal I put in my American sized portion bowl

Oh, I am supposed to use 2/3 cup SKIM milk

Hmmmmm, I guess I should have fully read the directions. I like my way much better. Pour the cereal in til it's full, and add the 2% milk til the cereal floats, inhale cereal and slurp the milk! I also added sugar to the protein cereal, oops! If I follow their way I will be STARVING!

I guess that's the point...

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Bored and Bitter

I am bored so I changed my blog layout. I am bitter so I changed my blog layout. Why you ask? Or really you don't ask, but I will amuse myself. Why am I bored, well that's just me, I get bored easily, not bored enough to actually do anything about it, but just bored enough to complain. I got my eyebrows waxed today. OUCH! Women are really weird! That was the highlight of my day. I cooked an actual meal only to have my two offspring wrinkle their noses at the plate. I promptly told them they could go throw it in the trash and NOT eat anything tonight. That got them quiet and not much else was said around the table tonight except Jessica noted out loud that dinner isn't as "fun" without daddy home. It's true, I am not nearly as entertaining as my man!

Bitter you ask? Hmmm, because no one is updating their blogs and no is commenting on my blog, which then just leads to more boredom on my part. It's a vicious cycle! I asked for New Year Resolution thoughts, and only get one comment, one! I realize that my life is not that interesting, but yours must not be so great either if you are sitting there reading my blog!

Ok well I am off to find something interesting to do, then I may or MAY NOT tell you about it, I haven't decided yet...