Classroom and cookies

Drove 22 miles one way twice today to go work in my elementary classroom. I got my bulletin boards done this morning, then drove to high school to use the laminator because elementary laminator was out of film, then drove home to go to the pool for a few hours (I'm really gonna miss the pool once school starts). Hubby went to friend's house tonight for "guy night" and so Oliver and I went back to school to work again. I was all by myself and got spooked when I heard firecrackers (or gunshots???) outside by the playground. So Oliver and I jetted. I'm such a scaredy cat. I never saw anyone, but decided I didn't need to be down there by myself at 8:30 at night anyway.

Now on to something I love--COOKIES!

I was looking and salivating in the cookie aisle at Wal-Mart on Saturday and found these:



Mother's Frosted Circus Animals! Yum yum! These were popular when I was a kid, but I don't remember where I used to eat them (my mom NEVER bought store cookies---too expensive and she always made homemade).

I love these! The bag is over half gone and my hubby hasn't touched them and we all know Oliver isn't eating them! But the way I see it, the sooner I finish off the bag, the sooner I won't have to struggle with wanting them at 10:15 at night! Right????

Today

Wonderful day today! I can check everything off our list but the movie. Couldn't find anything to watch and we wanted to get back home to our dog! Pathetic, huh? Oh, and we got pulled over on the shortcut, Dayton Road, but thankfully didn't get a ticket! My husband was only going 48 in a 35, which is pretty dang slow considering how fast he normally goes on that shortcut! Totally nice police officer. Thank you Lord!

So I had a certain amount to spend today (in my organized brain) on clothes and I went WAY over. I just kept finding cute things and I have to have new clothes for the first week of school so my high school students won't say, "Mrs. B, you wore that last year (and the year before and the year before)". So I ended up buying 3 shirts, a dress, a pair of jeans, a pair of slacks, and some cute silver flats. I got them at my three favorite clothing stores--American Eagle, Buckle, and Old Navy. Yay!

But why is it when I go to shop and have lots of money to spend, I can't find anything, but then when I go shopping on a budget, I find everything that I think I need? Does that happen to anyone else?

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the first time Jer and I are getting to go out of town WITHOUT A DOG all summer! Last summer every Friday we went to Fort Smith to eat and see a movie. Well, we just can't bear to leave little Oliver at home so we've taken him everytime we've gone out of town this summer. That means no movie and no nice restaurant--just ChickFila. So tomorrow is our day, dogless!

Here is tomorrow's itinerary for hubby and I:

1. Oliver to the vet to be boarded for the day.
2. Drive to Fort Smith--go immediately to Starbuck's for a peppermint mocha for me and a caramel frap for Jer.
3. Mall: American Eagle, The Buckle, Bath & Body Works, Trade Secret, GameStop (for hubby)
4. Lunch at Cheddar's
5. Old Navy & Target (if hubby is still in a good mood after already shopping for a while!)
6. Petco--new toy for Oliver since he had to be boarded all day!
6. Sam's Club (for work)
7. Malco Theater to see a movie if we can find one. The only thing that looks remotely good to me right now is Ice Age 3. I like action, drama, and mystery movies--NO chick flicks!

I hope hope hope we get to do all this--we'll see. I would cut out the movie if I could shop a little more! Probably not gonna happen though! My husband took a group of teenagers to the mall today (he is a children's case worker) and he can only take so much shopping!

Here's to my last Friday of freedom!

oh my

SCHOOL STARTS 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY! Holy crap!

I have not got to do anything with my elementary classroom yet--I'm waiting on a call back from my principal to see if the building is ready yet. They added a new addition and I get one of the new rooms! I'm so excited and have been planning everything in my head! I am NOT a procrastinator, so it is driving me crazy not being able to set up!

So this morning I sneezed a couple times and then blew my nose. I walked out to the living room and sniffed and OUCH!!!! I pulled something in my back---just from sniffing! No joke. I can't turn my head to the left and am in pain. I feel pretty stupid though. My hubby tried to massage it out, but that didn't work. I can't take a deep breath and couldn't even cry although I wanted to and tried to. Jer said I should go to the chiropractor, but one of my friend's saw me this morning, felt sorry for me and just bought me a massage. I hope that does the trick--I go in 30 minutes.

More coffee and band pics

Here is the picture my super-sweet father-in-law picked out for me at Kirkland's yesterday.

So I love love love my kitchen now! One more question though--what do I put on my table as a centerpiece? That's the only thing that isn't complete, but I have no idea what to put there.

Here are pics from the band I am in, Muzzleloader, playing last week. Not the greatest pics, but pics none the less.

This first one is while we were waiting to do a sound check. (The guy in shorts is not in the band--he was the road manager for Seventh Day Slumber.)

This is the only one that has my husband in it--he's on the right--he plays lead guitar. I felt bad for him because it was so hot up there.

This is one of me at the keys (sorry for the side view)

Coffee time!

As I said before, I LOVE me some good coffee! I'm drinking my Starbuck's now as I type this. I've been really excited about redecorating my kitchen with coffee stuff.

Last week I went to choir teacher's convention and visited my favorite home store--Kirkland's! I hit the jackpot on coffee decor! Whoo hoo! I got 6 pictures for less than $80! I was so excited! Of course, my choir teacher buddy kept finding more stuff and bringing it to me and saying, "Come on, it's only $15!"

I took pictures of the pictures. So here we go. I (obviously) didn't take a picture of everything in my kitchen that is coffee decorated....don't want to overload you. Here are the new things I got:

This is my favorite and my 'splurge':

Sorry for the lighting--I can't take pictures worth a darn:

This one says: Perfect coffee every time

The bottom picture was the one I got at Hobby Lobby, and then my B/F Mika got me the top picture--perfect!

One more pic to come--my father-in-law bought me another picture at Hobby Lobby last night. Sweet!

Wake-up call

Our wake-up call this morning was our 3 1/2 yr old niece, Sophie. She loves to come play at our house and hasn't been over in a while. She decided last night when we saw her at a friend's pool party that she needed to come play with Oliver. Here she is doing her favorite Cars puzzle (I love her tongue hanging out the side of her mouth in determination):



At one point Sophie looked at me today and out of the blue just said, "Suzy, I'm so glad you're my aunt!" I, of course, teared up, and replied back, "Sophie, I'm so happy you're our niece!" I love that little munchkin so much! She's the apple of my eye!

We watched Napoleon Dynamite after doing the puzzle. It's amazing how much a 3 1/2 yr old can like that movie! Her other favorite at our house is Nacho Libre--she sat on my husband's lap when she was 2 and watched that entire movie!

Here is one more pic of Soph posing on our coach! Such a cutie patootie!




When Sophie got the toy box out today, Oliver found the stuffed football, which is his new favorite toy! Guess he's ready for some Arkansas Razorback football!



We just got back from Little Italy restaurant with our B/F's Jeremy & Mika. It was so yummy! I had low-fat fettucine pasta with grilled chicken and then tiramisu for dessert! Had to balance out that low-fat with something!

Pics to come of my new coffee decorated kitchen! Stay tuned!