Spring Break - Day 10

Good bye spring break. You were nice while you lasted...

Didn't do anything epic today. Slept in. Went to lunch with hubby. Went to a movie. Went to Costco... thrilling stuff.

And now I keep having these little realizations every ten minutes that I have to go to bed tonight because I have to wake up tomorrow. :/

But in the back of my head I know that I only have 25 1/2 days of school left. 5 more Fridays to look forward to. 4 more Mondays to face (and 2 more Tuesdays). Then my little ones will be off. 8 of them to be seen in my classroom again next year (I teach a combo class). And then it's weeks of sleeping in, getting and training a puppy, working out, working at church (possibly), camping, sunshine, reading for enjoyment and so much more.

It'll be here before I know it.

Spring Break - Day 9

Happy Easter my friends!

It was a nice, quiet day spent with my family.

Actually, this morning it was spent making these babies. (Forgive the gross picture about to attack you.)

That is possibly one of the best cupcakes I have ever made. It's a new vanilla bean recipe I tried out and it is AMAAAAZING! No I will not be sharing my recipe, I have a business to run (kind of).

Anywho, the cupcakes were made for this afternoon where I had good food and fun times with some family. Got to visit with my brother which feels rare lately. And giggle like a high schooler with my high school cousins. The talk about prom and boys and friends was funny. I felt a little like an old lady.

Hope y'all had a great day. Tomorrow is my last day of break (sads!). So I'd like to do something epic... which won't happen. But fun times will be had.

Spring Break - Day 8

Ha, I did it again didn't I?

That's okay, not much happened yesterday. It was more of a relaxing day after I took Tad home. I did get some good Tad moments for you though.

We went to the grocery store for a couple things and when we were in line he spotted the man in front of us... wearing socks with flip flops. He looked up and me and said, "Tia Ashley, he's wearing socks with his flip flops" in a tone of voice that showed he was dumbfounded an adult would do that. I have taught him well. That's one faux pas my baby won't be committing.

I took him to Bath and Body Works before I took him home because it was the last day of a pretty massive sale. When we walked in he wrinkled his nose and said, "NOT the perfume store!" I laughed at him and he whispered at me, "It smells in here!" The cashier caught his looks and laughed then said, "It's okay, my little brother still acts like that and he's sixteen."

Then on the way back to his house, we were in the car and he started clapping. Out of nowhere, for no apparent reason. So I asked him why he was clapping. "Because you're cute Tia Ashley."

Best. Child. Ever.

Spring Break - Day 7

Oops, forgot to post last night. I was sleepy again. :)

Yesterday was a day o' Tad. We woke up and vegged for a bit before I took him to get donuts (this kid can eat a lot of donuts). Then vegged some more, started gluing together a little cheapy airplane model, played the ukuleles a bit (I can now almost play three songs), then I got bored and decided we needed to go to the zoo.

Well, good idea except for how packed the park around the zoo was. But we had fun. A few of the animals that aren't usually out were actually out. By the time we got home from there I had to help him with a school project and then it was time to head to my mom's house. She got an iPad and he had so much fun with it. She has the Talking Tom app (this dumb cat who you can beat up, or talk to and he repeats what you say in a helium-sounding voice). Tad was cracking up. Mostly from the beatings he was giving the cat. I have a vicious child. They also picked some more apps to get while he was there.

And now I'm going to spend a few more hours with this kiddo before I have to take him home. Right now he's doing kung fu with my yardstick. Weirdo.

Spring Break - Day 6

Is my spring break really so close to over? That gives me the sads.

So I worked at church again today. Not as long as yesterday because I came home to see my Tad!!! He was here when I got home so hubby took us all to lunch then to run a couple errands. I got my ukulele. And I can already almost play the theme song for "Adventure Time."

Tonight was the rodeo! Well, the start of it. It was bull riding tonight so we took Tad for the first time. He had fun. And he looked adorable in his little cowboy hat. I'm far too tired to upload pics right now or I totes would.

And now I'm sitting here, procrastinating on washing my face and getting to bed. And buying digital downloads on Amazon. Have you heard this song? It's been bouncing around my head so I bought it.





And because I'm a Gleek, here's Puckleberry doing this song back in February. It was amazing. And I told hubby to learn it on guitar so we can do it.




I pink sparkly heart Puck.

Spring Break - Day 5

Is it sleepy time yet?

The mountains yesterday were fun. But as is typically the case when you shoot rifles for an extended period of time, my arms are a bit sore today. And I went to work at the church today. Prepping and painting. So there's a little back and leg soreness.

Then my brilliant self decided to go for a jog after church. Along with some lunges along the way. Ouch.

And I'm working again tomorrow!

So yeah, that was my day. Our work at church didn't exactly go as planned so I stayed later to help and moved the shopping trip to another day.

Now I have Idol. And Casey is outstanding. I'm going to go enjoy now. :)

Spring Break - Day 4

 I am wiped. Out. Shootin' in the mountains for a few hours takes it out of ya. We had fun though!

 Greenlee came along for her first range trip. She didn't like it. We need to get this girl used to it.

 See that dark sky? Yeah, what was a warm day down here on the valley floor was a cool and cloudy day up in the hills. We even got a few raindrops on us. Nothin' to get us back in the cars though.

We took this little punk (the oldest nephew) with us. He was too chicken to actually try and shoot anything though. :/ So he was our brass monkey (we reload so we save our brass).

I got to shoot my new gun! It's the first one actually registered to me. And I love it!

Hubby also got to shoot his toy. He actually built it with me in mind, but I told him it's a little large (insert "That's what she said!" here).

I shot it anyway. And liked it. This is also a good shot of my t-shirt surgery I committed this morning.

Sissy came too. She hasn't been shooting in AGES so she had fun. Gotta love that the two of us have jobs that give us spring break off. :)


We actually had a small number of people with us. And the jokes of the day were "That's what she said!" (what can I say, we're a mature bunch) and "DUH! Winning!" Turns out there's a casino billboard on our drive that used Charlie Sheen's now-epic phrase. It pretty much set the tone for the day. :)

Tomorrow, working at church. And shopping with cousin!

Spring Break - Day 3

Whadduuuuup?

I love spring break. Slept until 9:00 today. Took Greenlee for a walk with hubby. Worked in the yard for a bit. Talked to sissy. Visited with our gardeners (well, the wife anyway, who I haven't seen since I started work). Started and almost finished a shirt. The night isn't over, I could totes finish tonight. Made brownies... from scratch. Went to the store where I bought myself some pretty flowers... just because I can. Then it was a tri-tip dinner.

And now, Adventure Time is over, on to Regular Show.

Big plans tomorrow. Anniversary, shootin' in the mountains... who knows what else. :)

**EDIT**
Totes finished the shirt I was sewing. It could probably stand to be taken in a little, but it fits! And it's cute! I actually accomplished something!

Spring Break - Day 2

I'm gettin' my mojito on at the moment. :) (The picture is actually from earlier this evening.)

Just finished watching Game of Thrones on HBO (pretty decent, already yelled at the screen). Now I'm waiting 12 minutes before I get me some Bruce Campbell in the form of the Sam Axe movie on USA.

Today was another day of vegging. I tanned. And read. And bought hubby his anniversary card. And made yet another flower for my hair (you can see the messy table in the left corner of the pic). I talked to mom, gushed about Wicked last week, and scheduled a shopping date with one of my cousins.

Hubby's home tomorrow. Which could mean we'll do stuff. Or not. We tend to get lazy when we have days off together. At the very least, we need to do some work in the yard. Thrilling stuff.

Spring Break - Day 1

 It wasn't an overly interesting day. Caught up on soaps. Got in a crafting mood so decided I needed to go to the fabric store. 99 cent patterns...

 So I bought this one. Meaning to use it for a lovely piece of mustard colored jersey I have. Ummm... I don't have enough. Sads. But I've already come up with another idea for the mustard. And I have grey that I can use for this vest. It looks pretty cute.

I also lucked out that jersey was on sale! Got a nice kiwi color, that super cute stripe, and grey. Because I can never have too much black or grey in my closet. No plans yet for the kiwi or the stripe. But I'll start thinking now... summer is on the way and I'll be in need of some easy to wear maxi dresses...

Made a little stop at the thrift store. Here are two of my purchases. I know, you're thinking, "Are you really going to wear Hawaiian shirts???" Not these. These will be turned into super cute skirts for summer time. Look at me and my mad creative skills. I also bought a shirt (with tags still on it) that will be perfect for work. And a Hawaiian shirt that WILL be worn as is. But more on that tomorrow...

This is the state of my kitchen table. Fabric scraps, buttons, ribbon (out of frame), glues... I've been crafting. Actually it's looked like this since Monday night. I made two hair accessories for myself last week. I'm hoping not to lose my urge to craft this week since I'll actually be HOME for it.

No huge plans for tomorrow. Just little ones. That will be amusing (to me at least). Although if my parents are home from Cancun by tomorrow maybe I'll pay them a visit.

What did y'all do today?

Spring Breeeeak!

And you thought spring break rocked when you were a student. Nope. I think this is the happiest I've been about it in a loooong time.

My wee ones were ready to check out a few days ago. I mentioned to a friend that it was like having empty little shells in the classroom. Do you know how hard it is to keep their attention when they have spring fever??

Depending on how interesting my spring break is (which looks... well, less than promising) I may blog daily about it. Or try to take pics and post them. I guess we'll have to see. Hope everyone out there who has their own spring break this week can enjoy it!