I'm not picky. I'm what you would call, a cheap date. No need to buy me expensive presents, just give me one snow day before winter break. Just one! I really want to finish this book!
I'm even sporting my snow pony*.
Thanks,
LMQ
P.S. If you make it a Friday snow day, there will be extra cookies for you on Christmas Eve and something special for the reindeer.
P.P.S. Hmmm...my hair looks pretty shiny. Maybe I like this new shampoo afterall.
*snow pony - A reverse pony tail. That is, a pony tail on top of the head. Designed to summon a snow day. The snow pony has a 95% success rate. Don't doubt the snow pony.
Holiday breaks are always too short. This one is no exception. Tomorrow I return to school and I can't say I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully the time between breaks will go quickly. There will be lots to do.
It's been an interesting month of blogging. While I don't think I'll make it every day. I definitely plan to blog more often. Whether or not I actually do it remains to be seen.
Happy December everyone!
We're home again after a long day of craft shoes and driving. The craft shows in WV this morning weren't all that great. Nothing I simply couldn't live without. I'm going to try and make an effort to start purging items that we don't need/don't use. The clutter is getting to me.
Maybe I'll try the fly.lady 27 fling mantra. I would love to be clean and minimalist. Unfortunately, I'm a pack rat at heart. You never know when you might be able to use something in the future - especially as a teacher.
So. We just got home from our little shopping trip. Innnnnnnnnnnnnteresting. I didn't get exactly everything I wanted, but I got what I wanted. What I wanted didn't technically include much for others, but what the hell.
I figured, "Hey, we're in Small Town, WV. The crowds won't be that bad. " HA! Wrong. Rednecks at 5 AM are skeery.
Had I not waited in the site 2 store line for 15 minutes I might have even gotten everything I wanted. It's the teacher in me, I see a line, I get in it. Obviously they're going where I'm going.
Great deals include:
- 26" LCD flat screen tv - $397
- HP All in One Printer, Scanner, Copier - $29
- Game chair for LMP - $30
- i.Flip camcorder - $79
- 12 piece stackable Tupperware - $9
- Tom Tom GPS - $129
* Actually, the woman rammed her. She remarkably kept her cool.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. We'll be at the family Thanksgiving celebration. LMP ought to be good and scared by the end of the day. Mwahahahaha!
We're in WV. I am out of town. YAY! I literally left as soon as humanly possible to get out of town. Seriously, I just need to get out of that town for a while. Even though I won't be seeing my parents for Thanksgiving, it will be nice to be with family - including LMP.
Happy Turkey Day people!
So one of my little darlings is terrified of storms. As part of our weather unit we talk about tornadoes, thunderstorms, and hurricanes. I did my best to give the kids the vital information while not scaring them. I made a point of talking about how in Ohio, we don't really have hurricanes to worry about, but we do have tornadoes. Then I gave them some basic tornado safety tips since we did have a tornado scare last year and the Fear of Storms kid was really scared then. As we're wrapping up our discussion, the following conversation occurred:
Me: "That’s why if you’re outside during a tornado, you need to get to the lowest place possible."
Kid #1: "What if there isn’t a ditch around?"
Kid #2: "Then you’re screwed, Kid #1."
Me: **snort** "Thanks Kid #1 for summing that up"
I'm itchy.
Again.
I went to the doctor toda and she gave me some meds to try before she puts me on happy pills. Evidently, I'm high strung and making myself itchy.
I just can't win!
Three more days. I can do it.
The kids ought to be IN-SANE.
LMP is home for the week and has offered to help. They'll be thrilled to see her. That will make them even MORE insane.
LMP and LMK have the week off. Don't worry, they've got a list. Three and a half pages worth of list.
Mwahahahaha.
Sometimes I love having LMK work where he does. He gets really neat gifts including:
- hand made Korean Christmas ornament (last year)
- Olympic souvenir (complete with Chinese writing)
- Russian chocolates
I got an observation/walk-through by the AP yesterday.
My room was in chaos. The kids are finishing their book projects and there is stuff everywhere. My room is trashed. The janitors must hate me. I had kids on the floor coloring game boards, a group in the back designing the set of their puppet show, still others typing their script, some working on their model - chaos with a capital C. In fact, it was just getting to the "Mrs. is going to lose her shit if she doesn't get some order" point when AP walked in.
As she's leaving, AP looks at me and whispers, "Nice job!"
WTF!?
Did I mention I'm getting my Christmas/anniversary gift this weekend?
I didn't!? Well, shame on me.
This summer, I noticed that my wedding band had cracked. Honestly, I'm not all that surprised. It was a $100 ring (all we could afford at the time) and I'd bent it up. I never, never take off my wedding band. My engagement ring comes off nightly, but I don't take off the wedding band. Anyway, I mentioned it to LMK and didn't think any more about it.
This past weekend we were at the mall so he took me in to see about getting it fixed. It would have cost $75 more than we paid for the ring to get it fixed. For $25 more, I could get a new ring with bigger diamonds. Well! Hmmm... decisions.
We pick up the new one Saturday. I'm excited. :o) But I miss my old ring.
The program is done.
Thank goodness.
LMK and LMP helped me tear down the sound system. Where was my team? They left when the kids left. Thanks a frickin' lot.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
The play will finally be over tomorrow. The principal came in to watch the dress rehearsal today since she's going out of town tomorrow and won't be here to see the performance.
It was good...but.
We really need something in the back to break up the plain black curtain. So I've spent my evening making something to hang in the back to break up the plain black curtain.
Where's my team?
Gone. Next year, I'm not doing any part of the program. It's someone else's turn.
I've really wanted to change my hairstyle for several years. 
I have basic basic hairstyles that I wear on a daily basis. The half up, half down pony tail which is my mother's favorite. The basic pony tail, but of course, I have hairs that hang down or that have been broken so it gets looking crazy fairly quickly and the french twist with the banana clip thingie. I never wear my hair down for three reasons.
- I hate it in my face.
- I play with it, making it frizzier (if that's possible).
- It's hot.
There are only two problems with the Re.ba cut. It's time intensive - which I am not in the morning. I want to shower and go. I like my sleep. Plus, I'm hair challenged. I can't braid, I can't curl. I'm just not talented. I blame being left handed. Thus, the Re.ba cut has resulted in a return to my three standard "styles".Then before we went to the beach, I got my hair cut again. I loved the length (after some adjustment), but never left it down because it was still hot. Plus, my bangs have a mind of their own.
Now, I'm thinking the Victori.a Beck.ham cut BEFORE she went nuts and cut it all off. You know, the angled bob.
But with bangs...and maybe curly. I would like the front to be between my chin and my shoulder. That's a good length in front for me due to the double chin. If I go too short, I look like a pumpkin since I do have a round face. Heh. All of me is round (sorry honey, couldn't resist that one).These are the ones I really like.
Any thoughts? Remember, ROUND face, double chin.
Well, 1 flu shot and three vials of blood later I am done with my doctor's visit. She's checking some basic things to make sure it's not something out of the norm and then she'll schedule my sleep study. His and hers CP.AP machines. I'm so excited. Riiiiiight.
Oh, and I've gained 20 pounds since school started. Stress eat much? Maybe this time will be the time I buckle down and actually commit to losing weight.
Ha.
Yeah.
Right.
A little Friday recap.
- Ordered 6 pizzas for my kids since they had the highest percentage of students who tested out of the multiplication tests.
- Served 4 pizzas and drinks to 16 hyper children
- Cut them off after 6 pieces. We had play practice and I was picturing sick kids. Ick.
- Got vitually no teaching done due to bullying assemblies, book fair browsing, play practice, and pizza.
- Worked on play costumes after school
- Still have more to do on them
- Room is trashed
- Noticed LMP's new hickey. Ick.
- Went with LMP to get a cell phone.
- Waited while LMP purchased purple cell phone.
- Watched LMP play with her phone
- Realized LMP now has cuter phone than me - damn practicality
- Ate dinner at great new Mexican place
- Watched LMP play with her phone
- Watched Jeff Dun.ham special
- Watched LMP play with her phone
Tomorrow is a trip to the doctor (to see why I'm so frickin' tired) and Chipot.le and a movie.
Sans teenager.
It will be strange and different, yet fun.
Evidently I'm getting "that director voice". Heh. Sorry.
Or actually, no I'm not. I suck as a teacher, but I'm the one getting the newsletters churned out every month so that the others don't have to do them.
We also have a program to do for the PTA next Tuesday night. I pushed to get the program ordered. I made totally legal copies of the songs for everyone. Cough, cough. I nagged to get parts given to kids. I went and purchased stuff for costumes. I stand in front of the stage and run the practices while others sit and grade papers. I stayed after school to learn how to run the new sound system. I will be making up the sets. (Ok, glittering something up to hang on the back of the curtains). I will be the one running around like a chicken with my head cut off next Tuesday night trying to get everything right. It looks and sounds pretty damn good, if I must say so myself.
So yeah, maybe I am getting "that director voice." That happens when you're the DIRECTOR!