Poor Neglected Blog

I'm fully aware that my quality (and even quantity) of blogging has suffered.

You try being creative after working with children all day. Children who want all your attention. Children who require real planning because they're too young to get what they need out of a lecture.

Wish lists may be less frequent. Okay, who am I kidding? They will be. They take a lot of time. I love them. They're fun. But they just take so much work.

I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that I'll get my new computer soon. I have one picked out, just need to jump on the actual ordering of the thing. Once I have that you WILL get more pictures. And I have plenty to show you. Okay, maybe not plenty, but enough to keep you coming back. I actually took a different route home from work today and drove by some spots (I drive through country and farmland) that could make for some AMAZING pictures. I can't wait to go by again. If I time it right and I'm not rushed they'll be the type that end up on the wall.

So thanks to those of you who are sticking with me. I noticed my numbers are falling, but not too drastically. So some of you must love me. :)

Monday Coolness

Not so much coolness today. Because you know how bad I am about uploading...

But I have a question/mission of y'all.

I want my sewing room to actually look DONE. So I need some shelving. I have totally mismatched Sterilite-type stuff in there right now. With one set of actual shelves. I want to go tall. I want white. Or something that can be painted. Because I have no issues with colorful shelves. :)

So does anyone have any suggestions? Keep in mind I'm not exactly close to an Ikea store. And hubby is home four days a week so he could totally be convinced to build something for me. Which it may come down to.

On the other hand, I had a great weekend! That I'll share about tomorrow. haha You like that tease?

Happy Monday!

5 Things

I had a birthday on Tuesday so I thought I'd bring my list over to today. I haven't been doing much exciting stuff since work started. But there are some exciting things coming up.

5 Things I Can't Wait For

1. Friday. Not just Fridays in general, although those are great now. But this Friday hubby and I are heading up to see his cousins. Cousin Tony is in a band and we haven't gone to see him yet. We'll be remedying that.
2. My grandpa's party. He has a big birthday this year and we're throwing him a giant party. There's a lot of planning going into it, but it's going to be totally worth it.
   
3. Labor Day. It's a day off. WITH hubby. We don't get those anymore with our completely opposite schedules. I'd love to go do something, but I'd be just as happy to stay home with him all day and do nothing important.
4. My friend's wedding. Massive party with people I love? Yes. Seeing two friends tie the knot? Yes.
5. My next weekend with Tad. I miss him. My kids at school are cute, but they're not Tad. :) I miss my baby.

I'm so busy right now that I need to be looking forward to things like days off, parties, and the like. Once I get ahead with my lesson planning and I'm getting things done faster I'm sure I'll feel a little better. But for now, I'm counting days until some fun, relaxing events.

Poor Hubby

Don't you hate when you go to the fridge or pantry knowing exactly what you want? And then it's not there? Because someone else ate it?

Yeah. I did that to hubby yesterday. Sorry honey.

No wish list. We might have to rethink Wednesday entries. Any suggestions? Since hubby is off during the week maybe I can convince him to guest blog.

Hmmm...

On the plus side, I got an aide for my classroom. Her first day was yesterday and it soooo made a difference. The planning takes a bit longer, but I think the payoff will be worth it.

On the poopy side, it's hotter than... okay, it's too hot to even come up with something clever. Boooooo heat. Although, honestly, I don't feel it much when I'm leaving work. It hasn't really been unbearable compared to Florida. So that's good.

Okay, enough randomness. If you know hubby you should hit him up and tell him to guest blog for me. I promise he's capable of being entertaining. :)

Happy Birthday to...

my cousin Kayla!!!!

Here we are being slightly fabulous.

At times I can only laugh at our similarities. We grew up an our away from each other (we're still that far away) which took a toll on how much we saw each other. But we have these moments where we are the same person. It's a little scary.

There are too many stories to count about this girl. Some of which are probably not fit to be shared here. ;) I'll leave it at this: We know how to have fun.

Happy birthday cousin! I love you!

Monday Coolness

Okay, let's be clear here. I do NOT enjoy Lady Gaga. At all. She's weird. Like, to the point that it's just a gimmick and it annoys me.

That said, have you heard Chris Daughtry cover her song "Poker Face?" Pretty much the only way I will listen to one of her songs.

Okay, that and the one episode of Glee.

So enjoy some fine, fine man singing a song originally done by an ugly man. I mean... woman. We think.

Happy Birthday to...

My best friend Lauren!!!

Sorry for the dark picture. I didn't really feel like plugging in the external hard drive so I had to steal this one from one of our friends. This is OBVIOUSLY Lauren's wedding that just happened in June.

Lauren and I are total opposites in some ways. Like our senses of humor (mine is meaner) and our general volume (I'm the loud one). But it works really well. We met in one of our college classes and I'm pretty sure I opened the conversation with a sarcastic remark about the class. She laughed. Then we were BFFs. haha

Lauren is an amazing person. Pretty sure I couldn't have made it through school without her. We had some interesting times in college. She's a teacher too and she has saved my sanity over the past week and a half. I love this girl.

Happy Birthday my Lauren! Eat lots of ice cream and remember I love you!!!