It's 6:30 AM. I am almost completely ready for work. Anyone else see anything odd with this scenario? The thing is, I have no idea how I have managed this, so the chances of doing it again are small. I was wide awake at 5:00, but I didn't make any attempt to get ready for at least half an hour after that. Perhaps this is what it feels like to be a responsible adult. Maybe I will go on in to work, type the study guide I forgot about and still be early for morning duty. Or maybe I will play around on my blog and Facebook, whiddling away the extra time until I am almost late...yeah that sounds a lot more like me.
Hope your short week isn't starting off as weird as mine has!
Update: 7:25 AM - Had a shoe issue that almost ended it all. But even with blogging, checking for new music, doing my makeup and fixing lunch, I was out the door at 7:02. Like I said, weird morning!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Hobby Lobby Rocks!
Today, after lunch, Sheena and I went to Hobby Lobby since fall stuff was on sale. You can rest assured that her wedding flowers will not look like this:
On the way home though, we saw this...
This was a real flower (feather?) display. And they wanted $100 for it! We had plenty of other things to choose from. In fact, our choices were almost overwhelming.
We found lots of good things. I only managed to get pictures of a few of them though because I was carrying an arm full at one point.
I can't wait to see what Aunt Sandy does with them! There were some really gorgeous things and most of them were 1/2 price! I even convinced Sheena to get some sparkly pumpkins! (But not the jeweled ones. Which was really too bad!)
On the way home though, we saw this...
Now, maybe I just don't understand, but these kids were strapped in, but facing out the back window. Seatbelts or not, I don't think this can be safe. What if this car got hit from behind? And how do you decide which of your kids sits in the danger seats? "Timmy, you've been extra bad today. You have to sit in the danger seat on the way to the store!" I was just curious what you all thought about this. Is this common and I am just over reacting? Or does this freak you out too? Comments?
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Labor Day Weekend (So Far...)
Yesterday, after the epic Nature vs. Katie battle royale, I pretty much laid low. I decided to try the P.F. Chang's packaged Sweet and Sour Chicken for supper, and I have to say it was excellent. I made a little brown rice to go with it and it really hit the spot. It was as good as going to the restaurant and not as expensive, so I felt okay about it.
I woke up this morning with seemingly a million mosquito bites popping up. (Thanks again, Nature. You big jerk!) I went to church and hung out with the toddlers, sang with my girls, and came home for a bit. I needed to take care of a few photography things (like downloading some pictures from my camera and cleaning off the disk), so I had just enough time to do that before I headed back to meet Sheena and Ronnie. We went to the park, met up with the grown-ups who had been biking (plus Crys, who had not been biking) and had hotdogs and s'mores. It was more fun than I expected, to be sure. (Always fun to hang out with my second family! It was the park element that confused me!) Then, we went out to see Crystal's house and I must say, it's absolutely gorgeous, even in the dark. And after living in the trailer for as long as she has, the girl has earned it! I'll be so excited to see it finished!
Looks like tomorrow, we are going to look at a possible wedding reception site and then having a cookout! Should be a good time! Might even get a picture or two. (yes, I've noticed my blog has been light on the pictures lately too. I've been taking them, just mostly of people, so they haven't been on the blog.) Hope you have a great Labor Day!
I woke up this morning with seemingly a million mosquito bites popping up. (Thanks again, Nature. You big jerk!) I went to church and hung out with the toddlers, sang with my girls, and came home for a bit. I needed to take care of a few photography things (like downloading some pictures from my camera and cleaning off the disk), so I had just enough time to do that before I headed back to meet Sheena and Ronnie. We went to the park, met up with the grown-ups who had been biking (plus Crys, who had not been biking) and had hotdogs and s'mores. It was more fun than I expected, to be sure. (Always fun to hang out with my second family! It was the park element that confused me!) Then, we went out to see Crystal's house and I must say, it's absolutely gorgeous, even in the dark. And after living in the trailer for as long as she has, the girl has earned it! I'll be so excited to see it finished!
Looks like tomorrow, we are going to look at a possible wedding reception site and then having a cookout! Should be a good time! Might even get a picture or two. (yes, I've noticed my blog has been light on the pictures lately too. I've been taking them, just mostly of people, so they haven't been on the blog.) Hope you have a great Labor Day!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Nature - 1, Katie - 0
Today has been a beautiful day! I got up and took a nice long walk and really enjoyed that it feels like fall outside, thank goodness! I had thought that nature and I were going to be on good terms this season (we had a major fallout this summer), but I know now that it just wasn't meant to be for us.
This afternoon, I tired of being cooped up in the house and decided that I wanted to read my book outside. You always see people in movies and pictures doing that and it looks so enjoyable. So, I grabbed my blanket, a pillow, and the book I've been reading (A Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley) and headed into the great outdoors that is my lawn. Let the record show I lasted less than five minutes.
How did nature foil my master plan so quickly you ask? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the midwest mosquito. I don't know about bugs in your region (though I've seen some pretty horrific pics from a friend in Arkansas), but mosquitoes here are large and in charge. And persistent. Even with bug spray, they would not leave me alone. Darn you, Nature, darn you. But tomorrow is another day...
This afternoon, I tired of being cooped up in the house and decided that I wanted to read my book outside. You always see people in movies and pictures doing that and it looks so enjoyable. So, I grabbed my blanket, a pillow, and the book I've been reading (A Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley) and headed into the great outdoors that is my lawn. Let the record show I lasted less than five minutes.
How did nature foil my master plan so quickly you ask? Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the midwest mosquito. I don't know about bugs in your region (though I've seen some pretty horrific pics from a friend in Arkansas), but mosquitoes here are large and in charge. And persistent. Even with bug spray, they would not leave me alone. Darn you, Nature, darn you. But tomorrow is another day...
Friday, September 3, 2010
A Stats Shout-Out!
I've become completely obsessed with the Stats feature from Blogger. Apparently, I have people that have read my little blog from all over, not just the United States, but the globe. No, really, I'm not kidding! Here are the stats from August 4 - Sept 2 (in page views):
United States 797
Canada 19
Luxembourg 15
China 5
Australia 2
Bulgaria 2
Denmark 2
United Kingdom 2
Germany 1
Latvia 1
Now, I actually might know the who's been viewing from Australia and maybe even Germany, but I don't know anyone from Luxembourg, China, or Latvia (or anywhere else but the US). While I realize this is a public blog, I guess it just takes seeing the stats to grasp that it really can be read anywhere in the world! And I just wanted to give all my readers, stateside and abroad a great big "Holla!" (thanks, Ellen Degeneres and The Lumberjack's Wife for the borrowed catch phrase!). If you are reading this, shoot me a line in the comment section and let me know where you are from! If you don't want to say the name of your town or state, let me know the country! (It would be so cool to show my students this!)
And no matter where you are from, I just want to say how much I love that you stop by and read what I have to say!
United States 797
Canada 19
Luxembourg 15
China 5
Australia 2
Bulgaria 2
Denmark 2
United Kingdom 2
Germany 1
Latvia 1
Now, I actually might know the who's been viewing from Australia and maybe even Germany, but I don't know anyone from Luxembourg, China, or Latvia (or anywhere else but the US). While I realize this is a public blog, I guess it just takes seeing the stats to grasp that it really can be read anywhere in the world! And I just wanted to give all my readers, stateside and abroad a great big "Holla!" (thanks, Ellen Degeneres and The Lumberjack's Wife for the borrowed catch phrase!). If you are reading this, shoot me a line in the comment section and let me know where you are from! If you don't want to say the name of your town or state, let me know the country! (It would be so cool to show my students this!)
And no matter where you are from, I just want to say how much I love that you stop by and read what I have to say!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
And Before I Knew What Was Happening....
Let me start by saying that I love my mother dearly.
But tell me girls, have you ever had a moment where you realize that without any warning at all you are becoming your mom. It's never 100%. Just a moment at time. One minute you are walking around a totally normal person, and the next minute you are unloading your cart at the checkout and insisting the checker keep all the frozen things together. Or you are ordering in the drive thru and you hear yourself request "extra ice." From the order of your fridge to the words our of your mouth, she's there. And you know, for better or for worse (but mostly for better), she's left an imprint on your soul so deep you don't even see it coming. And you aren't sure whether you should laugh or cry.
Your turn. Any ways you all see yourself becoming like your mom? Let me hear about it in the comments.
But tell me girls, have you ever had a moment where you realize that without any warning at all you are becoming your mom. It's never 100%. Just a moment at time. One minute you are walking around a totally normal person, and the next minute you are unloading your cart at the checkout and insisting the checker keep all the frozen things together. Or you are ordering in the drive thru and you hear yourself request "extra ice." From the order of your fridge to the words our of your mouth, she's there. And you know, for better or for worse (but mostly for better), she's left an imprint on your soul so deep you don't even see it coming. And you aren't sure whether you should laugh or cry.
Your turn. Any ways you all see yourself becoming like your mom? Let me hear about it in the comments.
200!
It's amazing to me that my 100th post was in April 2010, and my 200th is on the first day of September 2010. (I really was a posting fool this summer!) September is finally here and I'm hoping that there will be some cooler weather soon. I am so sick of sweating! Supposedly, this weekend (which is thankfully a long one) will have a little more fall mixed in. Bring on the 50s and 60s, speedy quick like!
I feel like for my 200th post on my little ole blog, I should do something awesome! Except here's the problem--this week I have yet to do anything really awesome. Or even mildly awesome, really. I go to work, I go home, I pretend like I'm going to do some housework, but watch TV and mess around on Facebook instead. Every so often, I add in a little study guide making or grading to mix things up. Today, I'm going to the grocery store, because the pickings are slim in my kitchen. That will at least require a drive to the town over, and a stop at both the WalMart and Kroger. However will I contain my excitement?! I'm just going about living my life and sometimes, it's just not full of awesomeness. Which is okay, I guess, but not all that much to post about.
I feel like for my 200th post on my little ole blog, I should do something awesome! Except here's the problem--this week I have yet to do anything really awesome. Or even mildly awesome, really. I go to work, I go home, I pretend like I'm going to do some housework, but watch TV and mess around on Facebook instead. Every so often, I add in a little study guide making or grading to mix things up. Today, I'm going to the grocery store, because the pickings are slim in my kitchen. That will at least require a drive to the town over, and a stop at both the WalMart and Kroger. However will I contain my excitement?! I'm just going about living my life and sometimes, it's just not full of awesomeness. Which is okay, I guess, but not all that much to post about.
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