The past week(s)...

I've gotta show the blog some love. Things that have happened in the past few weeks:

1. I went to my first dance class in way too long. I've missed it. More updates on that soon.
2. The Emmys. NPH was hilarious as always, but the winners stunk except Kristin Chenoweth and Tina Fey. John Cryer, really? I LOVED him as Duckie in Pretty in Pink, but Two and a Half Men is a joke. And not a funny one.
3. I won a $100 Wal-mart gift card at school yesterday! Yesssss!
4. Fall TV started. Ahhhh... Reviews forthcoming.
5. My kids are doing well, we're still having some small issues, but I'm seeing improvement.
6. I've caught up with a lot of friends from high school that I've missed dearly. So much fun!

Can't think of anything else...things coming up in the future: Meagan's wedding, Fall Break, conferences next week which means a half day of work!

OK, Emmys best and worst dressed:

Best dressed: Mila Kunis in Monique Lhullier. I loved the merlot color and cut. It was daring. Close second: Lindsay Price in bright purple. The color was gorgeous!

Worst: Kim Kardashian, don't get me started on why she was even invited. Ick.

OK, I know...

I'm getting bad about neglecting this here blog. But in my defense, I haven't really done anything worth blogging about lately. My schedule has been Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Maybe things will pick up soon...

Happy Thoughts

This school year so far has been...difficult. I have a great class, they just need a lot of guidance. I've got some great stories. If you want to hear them, call me. I'll share. I'll just tell you that one of them ends with me in the faculty men's restroom. Yep. I needed to get out of school mode and think happy thoughts...here are some.

One of my former students, who had a rough time last year, rode up on his bike to see me today. I missed him at the beginning of school, but it sounds like he is in a school better suited for his needs. It was so good to see him smiling and happy.

10 babies at CHill tonight. When I walked in there were 4 teenage girls, 10 babies (2 under a month old) and all but one were crying. It took 5 of us to burp one of them, but we made it and my girls were awesome! And D got his new "school" clothes and he looked adorable!

I can wear jeans to work tomorrow.

I have new movies to watch this weekend. I love Netflix.

My Office calender has been on June since March. I'll give a hint as to why. Starts with a J... and ends with an ...im Halpert.


Fall TV is a week away. Yessssss. Glee is up first. This show makes me, well...GLEEful!




Tomorrow is FRIDAY! Have a great weekend everyone!

Sunday night...wow

It's already Sunday night? Oh my. This weekend flew by. Friday night, TT, Meshlia, and I had a swim party. We watched Bedtime Stories, such a cute movie! TT sacked out about 30 minutes into the movie, but Meshlia and I held out 'til the end.

The rest of the weekend was kind of a blur, catching up on sleep and work and getting ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow kicks off our first whole week of school. So much to do, so little time. Those little 5th grade fingers are going to be writing furiously...they just don't know it yet! Mwahaha...

First week

My classroom is done! For the most part. I still have some organizing to do, but it's pretty much done!
Today was our first day with kids and it was good. I have some, let's say, boundary pushers...but, we'll figure out where those boundaries are real quick.

I was so tired this afternoon that on the way home I pulled my car into the gas pump going the wrong direction three times, then I came home to start eating dinner and nodded off a little, spilling my hot rice all over my arm where I now have some lovely rice shaped blisters. Needless to say, a three hour nap was in my near future. Now, I've finished my work and I'm going back to bed. Gotta love the first week of school.

Becky, I heard you had over 30 kids today. I'll be thinking about you tomorrow. Good luck! It's Friday! Woot!

August

So, August has been kind of blur so far. I went to Altus to see my grandparents, then spent a few days dog-sitting for this guy:He asserted his dominance in the house by doing things like this, so I stopped giving him treats. Who's the boss, now, huh? I showed him.

These next pictures are for Nancy and anyone else who cares about my classroom.

My classroom progress, day 1: Reading corner: check.

Front wall: check.Other walls, not so much. We're getting there.

And just because. Sweet Tekira and Quavy. And lastly, a funny story about my boy, D. I took him the bathroom at church tonight and we went in the stall that locks and then sticks, trapping you inside. I worked at this place for like 4 years, but tonight that fact slipped my mind. D figured out that we were locked in and scooted his tiny, little body under the door, knowing full well that I was still trapped. He took off down the hall running and laughing at me and by the time I got out he was all the way down and around the corner. He turned and saw me and burst into a fit of giggles. Toddlers. I have to be at school at 5:30 in the morning for a trip to Tulsa, so I'm off to bed. Not sure why I stayed up this late.

Hiatus

OK, when my dad told me today that it had been awhile since I blogged, I knew it was serious. Here's a few things that I've been doing, I'll even make it a little game for you:

I saw... with...Seriously, others may tell you that they have the best baby ever. Nope, E wins hands down. (Perhaps I have a slight bias) He is so laid back and sweet. He got in his pj's and snuggled up and slept through almost the whole movie.

Then I went to Tulsa to see this...

with...

I have had the soundtrack to Wicked for years and to say that this cast even came close to my girl Idina is a pretty big compliment. It was phenomenal. And the teachers had fun enjoying their last few weeks of summer.

And then I did some of this.. Yeah, I don't know either. It was a silly night at the Hill.

I saved the best for last.

There's a reason that God loves little children, isn't there?

So there's an update. Not a whole lot, but school starts in a couple of weeks, so I'm rushing a bit to get ready. Here we go again! I'll try not to go so long next time...yeah, right.