Ten on Thursday?

I haven’t been on here in a couple weeks. And I started this Monday night for Tuesday…and now it’s Thursday…oy vey! Busy much? Sorry about that. Clearly ya’ll missed me by all the emails, Facebook comments, Pings, chats, Tweets, voicemails and snail mail you sent me. Sheesh a girl is loved…=) My biggest fan out in SLC didn’t even say anything! RUDE!

Anyway, back to business…

1. Saturday was shower #2. It was LOVE LOVE LOVELY! Thrown by 3 of my favorites and it was beautiful! Lots of people were there and again…I was overwhelmed by the generosity of people. Yes, they are my friends and family but goodness sakes people…we are in tough times ya know! But I thank you. I thank you from the bottom of my heart because it was fun and good for my soul! So thank you Rose, Trishy, and Sass!

2. Thursday was Art Night at our schoolio which was unfortunate because this girl had tickets to see a MEDIUM! (more on that below)…HOWEVER, I didn’t forget to purchase my tickets to the raffle. I wanted 3 different baskets. 1-a spa basket with like a thousand nail, massage, etc. giftcards 2- the money tree from my FBB’s (freakin best buddy) class…yes, a money tree. That sucker had over $120 bones! 3- Summer reading…had a bunch of those book things in it, a cooler, and a chair and some other goodies…but wait for it…it had a…KINDLE!!! And guess what?!?!? I won that one!!! I never win! I used to win. I used to win coloring contests a lot down at the local Thriftway. One time I won a small stuffed bunny. Both my cousins won too. Rigged much?
So I’ve been playing with the Kindle…haven’t read anything on it but playing with it is just as good.

3. Have you guys heard this darling song by Carly Rae Jepsen? It’s called “Call Me Maybe”. It’s pretty cute. I downloaded it this morning and listened to it every time my kids walked out the door. It’s super catchy.

4. Saturday after my shower, we celebrated Marisa’s birthday at Bar Bar on N. Mississippi. Trendy little area for you “out of towners” that we never go to unless we are in the mood to wait in the cold for an hour for an amazeballs breakfast at GRAVY. We just aren’t that hip. Anyway, we headed to Bar Bar (it makes you want to say everything twice) and we found this…a Box Box! The Box Box came with nuts, grapes, cheese, salami, and candied walnuts all nicely situated in an antique “cash box”. Very interesting.

5. John Edward…man oh man. Do ya’ll know of him? He’s freakin cute, he’s amazing, and I really want to join his fan club “the Five”. Anyway, if you have never heard of him… sit back and enjoy my story. Don’t judge until you’ve seen it, been there, or done it. He says he likes skeptics…I don’t. Here’s his deal. He’s a psychic medium. My mom and I started watching his show “Crossing Over” very shortly after my sister passed. I want to say within weeks but I would have to confirm with mother. Anyway, we were intrigued. This man is amazing. He communicates with those that have “crossed over”. Yes, they have passed away. It’s incredible and I can’t begin to explain it to you. You have to see it. It’s 1,000 times more powerful in person too. His show went off the air and we were incredibly sad. We flew to Texas to meet some friends for another purpose and we missed him being there by about 3 days. We were disappointed because at the time he wasn’t “on tour” like he is now. About a year ago, Long Island Medium came on TLC. She’s very similar to John. However, I think a lot of her “extras” are part of the tv. I believe 100% she reads, but after hearing John I think she does some things that aren’t good “medium etiquette”…personal opinion and I love watching her still! Anyway about 7 months ago my mom mentioned he’s coming to Portland…then she mentioned she got a ticket, and then she mentioned I should get one. So I did. We waited a LONG 7 months and the day finally came on Thursday. We were so excited. However…we didn’t get read. There were over 300 people there and I would say we only had time for about 8 different groups? Groups meaning 1-3 people that had come with each other. We had prepared ourselves not to as you just don’t know. But the people that did get read…INCREDIBLE. There’s absolutely NO WAY he could make this up, and these people would not have the reaction they do if this was “planned”. If you get a chance go visit his site at www.johnedward.net I started following him on Twitter and I just adore him. Someday my mom and I will get a personal reading. I guarantee this!

6. A friend that teaches down the street asked me a few weeks ago if I could make her a clipboard like the ones on Pinterest! Of course I could! So after ordering the wrong size clipboards, I finally got hers done and sent through “The Pony Express”…I love those words. If you need an end of the year teacher gift let me know!!!! Here’s her scoop on it! Chickadee Jubilee

7. Tonight we have our final DJ meeting! Have I mentioned how awesomely awesome our DJ is? And he doesn’t charge extra for it either! I am excited because we have some fun things in store. I think they are fun…The Boy thinks they are fun…and that’s all that matters!

8. One week until the RSVP’s need to be in! So if you are reading this and you haven’t returned yours…GET ON IT! We need it!

9. A couple weeks ago I had a Jewel Kade party. My friend Amy just started up her business and it’s DARLING stuff. She helped me make something awesome for my bouquet that I am super excited to show off…but not yet! =) Check out her website at https://amydeffenbacher.jewelkade.com A few friends also got some great personalized things. This jewelry if very unique and worth checking out! After the wedding I PROMISE to share everything about the wedding on here, because of course I couldn’t invite the whole world. =(

10. As I write this THE BOY (he may kill me for posting this) is interviewing for a permanent position at the “atheltic shoe and apparel company” that he’s been temping for. Praying that he gets this. It will be so good for him and us. I will let ya know!

Ten on Tuesday…

1. This weekend was FULL of joy as I celebrated my first wedding shower! My Aunt Sue threw a great shower and I am so thankful for my friends and family that came out to celebrate with me. The Boy was amazed at the concept of a shower, bummed he didn’t get one, but was happy when I came home with a bunch of stuff from our registry. PEOPLE ARE GENEROUS!

Here’s my favorite pic from the day. My flowergirls and me…

2. I was home sick Monday with a HORRID sore throat. Haven’t had one this bad since “The Strep Days” pre-tonsilectomy. I “know” I don’t have Strep. This is different so that’s a relief! I am a near expert in Strep. Trust me.

3. Went on a bike ride on Sunday. Man people are BRUTAL on the trail we ride on. That sounds like we are regulars. Not the case. This was our second time, just to clarify. It’s a very paved & groomed trail that’s perfect for bikers, walkers and runners. However, “SERIOUS” bike riders should probably not ride on it. I haven’t figured out why they do ride on it. It’s just about perfectly flat with no “challenges” at all. They ride SUPER fast and get mad if you happened to not be going as fast as they’d like. C got a stern yelling at for being “in the way”…give us a break peeps! We are new okay! Left side, left side, LEFT SIDE!!!!!!

4. I got an email Sunday from a fellow teacher that teaches down the road from me. She asked if I would make a certain something for her and put it on my Etsy shop. Brilliant idea and can’t wait to share with ya! Maybe next week though! =)

5. Sunday night left us watching 60 minutes. A friend’s girlfriend was one of the main stories. Check it out!
Sam's Story

6. I had a friend send this to me today from Pinterest. I can’t stop laughing. This is so the truth this year!

7. I know I have already told you about this blog. But I have to tell you again. Because my heart is just breaking for this family. They seem so sweet and yet are suffering through this horrible disease. I could only dream of being the parents these two are.
http://echansen.blogspot.com/ They put my “big problems” into perspective that’s for sure.

8. About to bite the bullet and sign up for another “race”…who am I kidding? The only person I am “racing” against is myself! Sass and I were discussing that we need a little motivation and the only way to do that is to dangle humiliation in our faces…which means we don’t want to be the last one to cross that finish line so we better get off our butts! I will let you know if I actually click “register”!

9. Today we had ants in our lunchwagon and that’s all I have to say about that. =(

10. Are you still wondering what the lunchwagon is? My kids put their cold lunches in a wagon when they arrive in the morning, my self managers take it to the cafeteria at lunch time, the children get their lunches out, eat, then put the lunchboxes back in the wagon so they can go out and play, self managers bring the wagon back after recess.

Ten on Tueday…

Oy Vey! I missed last week. I had a field trip that day and 100% of my mind was on that and how I could try and lose not to lose 30 monsters. Make that 29 because one of them “wasn’t in the mood” so she went and got a massage instead. I can’t make this stuff up!
Anyway, back to business…

1. First things first…Miss Eisley June Parker entered the world EARLY Saturday morning at 2:22am weighing 7 lbs. 2 ounces! She was two weeks early and clearly didn’t want her family to have dinner at our house before her appearance! (they were supposed to come for dinner Saturday night)

Here she is one day old. Gramma was playing dress up!

2. I finally got to see Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Super disappointed. Just not what I thought. Kind of weird. But I also rented the new Footloose which is pretty cute!

3. Wednesday night found me working the 2 hour shift at Mickey D’s! A lifelong dream and it came true! Our staff worked at McDonald’s to raise money! It was super fun and super busy!
I will leave you with one of my favorite skits from Anjelah Johnson in memory of this fine occasion!
king burger

4. The love of my life turned the big 34 last Monday! We celebrated at Fire on the Mountain (yummo!) with some great friends and family. Happy Birthday Chuckie Boy!

5. Tuesday after the crazy field trip I made my way over to the allergist for my bi-weekly shots (that means every other week right?). This one was a doosey! I have to wait 30 minutes, that’s ten extra that everyone else incase you’re wondering. Why you ask? To make sure you don’t have a systemic reaction. So my 30 minutes were up and I headed home. By the time my 10 minute drive home was over…I was a MESS! My eyes were swollen and itchy, my nose felt like someone shoved grass up there (#1 allergy) and my shot locations were horribly red and swollen (that’s normal though). The rest of the night was like I had a bad cold! It was crazy! The next morning I woke up with VERY swollen eyes and a red rash on my injection sites. Looks like we take a few steps back next time! I know what you are thinking…why do you get these done if they cause this? Well, it’s helped TREMENDOUSLY over the past two years. Like crazy helped…so it’s all worth it to me!

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How cute are these? I saw a lady at Target today with them on and I want a pair so badly! Do I need them? No. Will I buy them? Not now…but maybe eventually!

7. Wednesday was Kindergarten Round-Up. Yes, we had quite a busy week on the mountain! I don’t teach Kindy but was helping out my FBB…the best kid comment all afternoon, “Don’t you guys have video games at this place?” There was one disappointed little fella that’s for sure!

8. I brought the running out! That’s right. Last Sunday I ran. My goal…sadly…one lap around the lake. That’s equal to 1/3 of a mile approximately. Then I re-thought that. Nah…I bet I can do 5 minutes. Oh who amd I kidding my little friends…guess what I did? Don’t laugh you little runny runner pants’ out there…I DID 1.5 MILES!!! Before I started “running” last year I could have never run .25 miles without training. Now…now I start at 1.5?!?! What the heck is that business?!?! That’s fan freakin tastic! Incase you didn’t know…I haven’t run in 8 months. So I was pretty thrilled at that accomplishment…so I did it again this Sunday but I knew I needed to add a little. So I did 1.74 don’t ask me why it wasn’t 1.75 or for goodness sakes it wasn’t 2 miles. It was just 1.74 okay…hopefully I can get at least one run in before this next Sunday run too.

9. Saturday is my first shower and I CAN’T FREAKIN WAIT!!! It could be better than a birthday…I will let you know! It’s just so cool to be celebrating this time with my favorite peeps and I love throwing other people showers so having one for myself that I don’t know a thing about is fantastic!!!!

10. Invites go out today!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!

Ten on Tuesday…

1. Friday night was a PARTY night! We headed to a local elementary school to see our favorite 3rd grader in the talent show. Her and her friend did a little jump rope routine…SUPER CUTE! Then we had Godfather’s for dinner. We chose it. We ate there. We checked each other for drugs afterward. It was weird.

2. Saturday was the A-team and Rylee’s 3rd birthday! Can you believe they are three?!?!? I made them some extra large cupcake toppers to their liking. They all have a “thing” for whatever is on their cupcake. My favorite is the German Shepard!

Rylee

Aubrey

Adison

3. Loving this new song I have been hearing on the radio…I still love it because they haven’t quite over played it yet…I found this video on a blog I read called Today’s Letters
What I didn’t realize is they all play on ONE guitar! Take a looksie!

4. Last Wednesday was my principal’s birthday. He’s quite the jokester so I knew we could get away with this one. We paid someone off to let us in his office and went to town. It only took about 40 minutes and WAY less Post Its than we had bought in preparation!
Here’s a small portion of our work: (the hot chick in the chair is not the principal, that’s my darling friend Sue! how cute is she?)

5. Thursday we had a “details” meeting with the wedding coordinators at our venue. And when I say details that’s what I mean. I love this kind of stuff! We have it down to the minute and moving and shakin! I can’t wait! 79 days and counting!

6. Speaking of 79 days…when I see this I’m like “SHIT THAT’S NOT VERY LONG!” and then I see KDL’s (kid days left) at school..which is 42 and I think…”DANG THAT’S SO LONG!” It’s all perspective!

7. The Boy has been working hard on getting some garden boxes in the backyard. I can’t wait till we have a little garden in there! Soon!!!

Don’t mind the awesome satellite dish you can see at the top of the picture! It makes me want to cry!

8. When I got home from Jazz to the (She kicked my bunz tonight) size…there was a cozy little blankie waiting for me in the corner of the couch…The Boy said “Sometimes I get you flowers and sometimes I get you a blanket!” It’s pretty cute too! I think he just wanted me to stop using his. How can you blame me? It covers my entire body head to toe! And now I have one that does too!

9. I have gotten my first two rewards on Viggle! A gift card from Starbucks and one from Sephora! I figure it’s worth the minute to “Check In” if I can get free shiz!

10. Today marks the day of another round of allergy testing! Is it bad that I’m excited? I get to find out how much improvement I’ve made! I feel like I’m going to my own IEP (individualized education plan) or something!

Ten on Tuesday…

1. It was a long Lent but I made it!!! Starbucks and I have rekindled and it’s GLORIOUS!!!! The day before I went back…I got a LOVELY eGift from a LOVELY bridal posse member straight out of SALT LAKE CITY!!! Let’s hear it for Lisa!!!! Thanks Lis Lis! xoxo

2. Friday was Decade Day at school. I think it was more for the teachers than anything but some of the kids did pretty well! My FBB (freakin best buddy) and I went for the 80′s because who doesn’t love the 80′s?!?! And needless to say it wasn’t tough finding gear because it’s all back in style!

3. Taking a break from this because I have some priorities…it’s called “Go do the dishes because it’s not attractive to have dirty dishes on your counter because the sink is full too” BRB

Okay dishes done…back to business…

4. Remember last week when I posted that my friend Erin was supposed to have her baby anyday? She was in labor at the hospital while I was writing that! Crazy! Lucy Kay was born at 12:15ish Wednesday morning. She’s darling!!!!

5. Friday night we had dinner with this boy and his parents….LOVE LOVE LOVE him! He’s darling! Thanks for having us over Hawkins’!!! Yes, you read that correctly…they have a new baby and they had us over! What the heck right?!?!

6. I am knee deep in an online class to finish up this pay level (it’s only taken me six years, LOSER!)…I am half way done and can’t wait to finish! I didn’t like the academic part of school when I was in it let alone now!!!

7. Saturday we met up with some cool peeps (Semilliams and MalTone) and saw American Reunion! It was pretty funny and The Boy plans on going 7+ more times. Apparently he saw this first one 8 times in the theater?!?!?


They had this fun little photobooth in the lobby so Justin and I were waiting for the “Pee’ers” to come out.

8. I am waiting with baited breath (I don’t really enjoy that saying) for my tax refund to be deposited into my checking account. If you want some advice…buy a house. =)

9. The story of my teaching life. I post my parent newsletters online. I handed out approximately 986 notes at the beginning of the year saying that I do that to save paper and printing (we are on a budget around here peeps!) I even handed out 865 of them telling them how to subscribe and get it in their inbox! After noticing that I didn’t have a lot of readers on it I decided to actually just send it as an email. I had one parent say, “I like that you are writing a newsletter now!”…awesome…thanks…appreciate it. (banging head against the wall now)

10. We are now officially ALL registered for our wedding! Whoever invented this site and the many others like this is pure GENIUS!

Ten on Tuesday…

1. I have a new favorite show…well not a favorite but it’s pretty high up there. I think I told you about getting a ticket to go see John Edward. Well my new show is a similar thing. Theresa Caputo is also a medium. She’s the “Long Island Medium”. She communicates with people that “have gone beyond the living world”. She’s a hysterical Italian that loves to “read” people. She reads them everywhere, even when they aren’t asking! I saw her on the Anderson Cooper show last week and loved her even more. I would love to run into her and get a reading from her! Her show is on Sundays at 6 and 9 on TLC.

2. I forgot to show you how darling this ribbon wreath turned out! I made it for Della’s Shower and forgot to post about it. It didn’t match the shower theme so I put it on the wall next to the front door outside. It matches her nursery so she can hang it there. I absolutely LOVE it. It’s super duper easy however…ribbon isn’t that cheap and you need lots of it!

3. Sunday I got a new iPhone!!!! I absolutely love it. It was a birthday present from THE BOY. I had an iPhone 3 that was I borrowing from Heidi because my Android was a piece of crap! I thought the 3 was great although it got kind of slow. This thing is super quick and super awesome! It makes my Viggling way easier! I am up to 49,500 pts! I have enough to cash me in on some sweet giftcards!

4. Friday night Jeanna (one of my posse members) took me out for a SPECIAL birthday dinner. It was fantastic and as you can guess we came home stuffed to the brim! We started at Piazza Italia and if you are in the Portland area and you haven’t eaten there…You haven’t LIVED! I have been there a handful of times and absolutely LOVE it. My friend Lauren works there too so that makes it even more fun! It’s a true italian restaurant tucked away in the Pearl. I suggest reservations because it’s POPULAR! Or as my old boss used to say “it’s the place to be seen”. We ended with a lovely dessert and drinks at Paley’s Place. I had never been there but wanted to go and it’s TO DIE FOR also. Jeanna Beanna has great taste! I had a chocolate souffle that was heavenly. My only regret is that I ate so much at dinner I couldn’t finish my dessert! What is wrong with me?!!? It was a fantastic birthday present! Thanks Jeanna!

5. Sunday was clearly the day of registering for the entire Happy Valley area. We headed to Macy’s to register. Umm…everyone else had the same idea. We saw approximately 10 other couples there too. This one couple were too funny. She had her whole “Bride” bag getup and was taking photos (not just phone pics either) of them registering. Apparently she’s big into scrapbooking?!?! The Boy and I opted out of the photo session.

6. Saturday night we celebrated my birthday with the Semilliams…they came over and brought presents and cupcakes while The Boy cooked some Ranch Chicken from my new Pioneer Woman “Food from my Frontier” cookbook. It was delish! H and J got me this funny cat card…


7. We’ve now officially passed the 3 digit days until the wedding HOLY HECK!!!!!

8. Trying Zumba for the first time tonight…I’m not that excited about it but I’d like to try it. Who knows I may like it?

9. My friend Erin is expecting her baby any day now. She’s actually a week late!
Hope she comes soon!

10. Headed out to Old Navy…Friday is decades day at school…what kids choose decades day!?!?!? UGH…

Ten on Tuesday…

1. Spring Break started out with a wild and crazy trip to Seattle! Target #1: American Girl Doll Store! Target #2: EAT.EAT.EAT.

Saturday we started our trip at approximately 9:30 am and made it to the American Girl Doll Store by 3:oopm. Don’t worry. There were a few stops in there. I told the girls I would pay for them to get “Rebecca” and “Felcity’s” hair done. Here’s some pics.
Seriously check out the naps on those dollies!

At the salon: Ashley and Debbie (?, could be Denise, Dee Dee, Diane or Darlene) doing the hair

Darlene knew everything about Rebecca

After:

The store was soooo cute! I highly recommend…however make sure it’s close to payday! Yikes! I fell in love with “Kit”.

How can you not love those freckles?!?!?

2. Our eating highlight was THIS…from the Crabpot. You may have seen it on Man vs. Food. (one of my fav shows!)
This mound of food included…crab, muscles, clams, potatoes, corn, and shrimp. It was LOVELY!

3. Friday morning I went to visit baby Olivia and her mama. She got some sweet kicks from her favorite Auntie with Nike connections.

4. Friday afternoon I met T and P for a movie and dinner date! We saw the Hunger Games…LOVE LOVE LOVED it! If you haven’t read the book DO NOT go see the movie. It was delightfully good!

5. Spring Break ALMOST started early but instead we settled for a 2 hour delay last Thursday. The streets and lawns were covered in white on March 22nd!!!! CRAZY!!!! As if the kids weren’t wacked out enough because of the break coming…we started 2 hours late!

6. My goal this week…go to jazz Tuesday-Friday…I CAN DO IT!

7. My kitchen has been swallowed by approximately 100 mason jars in a variety of sizes…can you guess why?!?!?!?

8. My sweet bridesmaid that resides in Athens, Georgia sent me the most darling birthday present. I convinced her to buy a Silhouette and she is the SHIZ at it!

9. Today is my future MIL’s birthday! I am trying my hand at a recipe from my friend’s blog called Miss Mallory Bakes for her dessert. (She made my baby shower cupcakes) Check out these SUPER YUMMY cupcakes! I am making mine into a cake. You’ve got nothing to worry about Mal! My cake even be half as good!

10. This week I am trying my hand at burlap for the first time. Making a few decorations for the wedding so I won’t post them on here until after the wedding. =) I like to keep things a surprise!