So, I've been on summer vacation for almost 3 weeks now and I'm loving every minute of it. I got to spend most of my first week off at my moms with her, John and Slash. I love how I can go there and we don't have to do anything, but we always have so much fun. I did manage to squeeze in a hair appointment. I couldn't tell you the last time I got my hair done so to finally get a cut and color felt great.
My second weekend of vacation involved a family reunion with the wonderful Andersen clan. When we had our last one 3 years ago, my cousins and I agreed to take on the challenge of planning this reunion. At first I was a little intimidated by the idea of planning everything, but doing it in a group worked out great. Everyone kept saying how wonderful everything was and what a great job we did. It really made me feel good to know that all of our hard work turned out so great. I love my family. They are just AMAZING!
Since the family reunion, I've been spending my time at the pool, in trainings and with my friends. This weekend, I'm planning on going to my cousins brial shower and then maybe a girls night with some friends from work. Tuesday I have a GT training all day :-( but after that I'll get to go see the family again. Brad will be down there for the week and I'm so excited to see my little brother.
I hope everyone is having a great summer and staying cool in all this heat!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
M.I.A
Well the last time I tried posting something, my computer wouldn't let me so I'm going to try again.
It seems like these last few months have been so busy that it's hard to believe. I feel like I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off for the last 5 months. Despite being busy all the time, things are going great for me. I'm still loving my job more and more every day. I work with the most amazing people in the world and love going to work. Now, don't get the wrong idea, everything isn't always butterflies and roses. I, like everyone else, have those really rough days. My kids still drive me nuts at times and I still get stressed out. The difference it that the good days seem to always be so much better than the bad. Now, enough about work.
Summer vacation is just 2 weeks away and I'm so looking forward to some much needed time off. I can't wait for the toughest decision I make each day being what time to get out of bed and when to go to the pool. As of right now I don't have much planned. I know I'll go spend some time with mom and John and I hope to travel to Pittsburgh again this summer and see Becky. Eventhough I say I have nothing planned for the summer I know that can all change with the drop of a hat.
Hopefully I'll get better at updating this thing. I'm also going to attempt to start a new bolg with ideas and lessons that I teach/use in my classroom. I'll keep you posted on how that goes.
It seems like these last few months have been so busy that it's hard to believe. I feel like I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off for the last 5 months. Despite being busy all the time, things are going great for me. I'm still loving my job more and more every day. I work with the most amazing people in the world and love going to work. Now, don't get the wrong idea, everything isn't always butterflies and roses. I, like everyone else, have those really rough days. My kids still drive me nuts at times and I still get stressed out. The difference it that the good days seem to always be so much better than the bad. Now, enough about work.
Summer vacation is just 2 weeks away and I'm so looking forward to some much needed time off. I can't wait for the toughest decision I make each day being what time to get out of bed and when to go to the pool. As of right now I don't have much planned. I know I'll go spend some time with mom and John and I hope to travel to Pittsburgh again this summer and see Becky. Eventhough I say I have nothing planned for the summer I know that can all change with the drop of a hat.
Hopefully I'll get better at updating this thing. I'm also going to attempt to start a new bolg with ideas and lessons that I teach/use in my classroom. I'll keep you posted on how that goes.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Let it snow, Let it snow,Let it snow
This has been the CRAZIEST weather week for us here in DFW. A week ago we were basking in the wonderful sunshine and temperatures near 70; today is day 4 of being iced and now snowed in. I will admit that the snow is beautiful, but it's so dry you can't make anything with it :-( This morning I got up all excited to go play and make mini snowmen only to be disappointed that the snow wasn't even wet enough to make a ball. I ended up just playing around and making footprints instead. After about 15 minutes I decided I had had enough of the cold so I came back upstairs, took off my layers of clothes and took a nice HOT shower.
Hopefully all this stuff melts and life will get back to normal soon. Last year we had our record 13 inches of snow the week after the super bowl, this year it's the week before. I think someone is trying to say something; the days before and after the super bowl should be holidays :-) I hope everyone is staying warm!
Hopefully all this stuff melts and life will get back to normal soon. Last year we had our record 13 inches of snow the week after the super bowl, this year it's the week before. I think someone is trying to say something; the days before and after the super bowl should be holidays :-) I hope everyone is staying warm!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Gotta love this time of year....
They always say, "Anyone can teach in the fall, but it takes a special person to survive the spring." Let me just say, we're not even through January and I'm barely keeping my head above water. Since coming back to school from a wonderful 2 week Christmas vacation, life has been a whirlwind. I am determined not to let my job rule my life. (I say this every year, and each year I get a little better at it)
As I mentioned earlier, I had a wonderful 2 week vacation, and for the first time since I started teaching, I spent the whole 2 weeks at my parents. It was so much fun hanging out with everyone and spending some quality time with them. Brad was there the whole 2 weeks as well, but he had to work just about everyday :-( I did get to spend some time with my cousin/brother from another mother "Slash". He went to the grocery store with me a few days before Christmas because everyone else was at work. When we got back to the house, we had a Christmas cookie decorating throw-down. In his mind he won, but we all know that I really was the champion. He did have some pretty creative cookies though ;-)
The week after Christmas mom and John were both off so we spent lots of time hanging out around the house and shopping. Mom and I decided the middle of the week to come up to my apartment and put up all my presents. Thank goodness we did, or else I never would have made it. We had a car FULL of stuff; yes, I'm spoiled, but I'm greatful for EVERYTHING I have. That night Robin came over and the 3 off us had a girls night.
New Year's Eve Mandy came to see Brad and the rest of the family. I was so glad to see her. Even though she only lives about 30 minutes from me, I still never manage to see her or my brother when he's in town. I think there is seriously something wrong with that picture. We had a pretty low key night drinking and popping fireworks. Around 11 we all decided to "take a nap" and set alarm clocks to go off at 11:55 so we could all be awake at midnight. Yeah, not a good idea. I evedently kept hitting snooze on mine while I was crashed on the couch and Brad and Mandy didn't even get out of bed. Slash said he heard my phone keep going off, but he thought people just kept on calling me. So, as you can tell New Year's Eve wasn't very exciting, but it was perfect because I was with the people I love most.
I hope each of you are having a wonderful 2011 and that it brings you everything you hope for.
As I mentioned earlier, I had a wonderful 2 week vacation, and for the first time since I started teaching, I spent the whole 2 weeks at my parents. It was so much fun hanging out with everyone and spending some quality time with them. Brad was there the whole 2 weeks as well, but he had to work just about everyday :-( I did get to spend some time with my cousin/brother from another mother "Slash". He went to the grocery store with me a few days before Christmas because everyone else was at work. When we got back to the house, we had a Christmas cookie decorating throw-down. In his mind he won, but we all know that I really was the champion. He did have some pretty creative cookies though ;-)
The week after Christmas mom and John were both off so we spent lots of time hanging out around the house and shopping. Mom and I decided the middle of the week to come up to my apartment and put up all my presents. Thank goodness we did, or else I never would have made it. We had a car FULL of stuff; yes, I'm spoiled, but I'm greatful for EVERYTHING I have. That night Robin came over and the 3 off us had a girls night.
New Year's Eve Mandy came to see Brad and the rest of the family. I was so glad to see her. Even though she only lives about 30 minutes from me, I still never manage to see her or my brother when he's in town. I think there is seriously something wrong with that picture. We had a pretty low key night drinking and popping fireworks. Around 11 we all decided to "take a nap" and set alarm clocks to go off at 11:55 so we could all be awake at midnight. Yeah, not a good idea. I evedently kept hitting snooze on mine while I was crashed on the couch and Brad and Mandy didn't even get out of bed. Slash said he heard my phone keep going off, but he thought people just kept on calling me. So, as you can tell New Year's Eve wasn't very exciting, but it was perfect because I was with the people I love most.
I hope each of you are having a wonderful 2011 and that it brings you everything you hope for.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
It's been a while
So, I obviously haven't been very good at keeping up with my blog recently. I will give you a quick rundown of what's been going on in my life these last few months and hope to be better about posting things on a more regular basis. Right now I don't seem to do much more than work all the time and play very little. I did have a GREAT time this past Friday night with Robin hanging out on the patio having a few too many drinks. My job is going great and I love the people I work for and with more than I could have ever imagined. My students are the most precious things ever and I love them more and more everyday.
I was lucky enough to have the whole week of Thanksgiving off and was able to spend that time with my wonderful family. My mom was off all week that week as well and we had a great time shopping and spending some quality time together. Brad also came into town on Tuesday and we were able to spend a few days with him as well, including his birthday. This Thanksgiving was a special one because for the first time in at least 10 years, everyone in my moms family was able to be together for the holidays. It was great being able to see everyone. Hopefully when I'm home for Christmas I can get some of the pictures that my mom took and post them for everyone to see.
I was lucky enough to have the whole week of Thanksgiving off and was able to spend that time with my wonderful family. My mom was off all week that week as well and we had a great time shopping and spending some quality time together. Brad also came into town on Tuesday and we were able to spend a few days with him as well, including his birthday. This Thanksgiving was a special one because for the first time in at least 10 years, everyone in my moms family was able to be together for the holidays. It was great being able to see everyone. Hopefully when I'm home for Christmas I can get some of the pictures that my mom took and post them for everyone to see.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
What an AMAZING week
Last week was not only my first week of school, but also my first week of school on my new campus. As many of you should remember, the school I have spent the last 7 years teaching at was re-purposed leaving all of us moving to new campus'. It wasn't until February or so before we really knew what our options would be and it was probably April before we ever found out where we were going to be this year for sure. All I can say is that all that stress seems to have been worth it. I'm teaching at Lee Elementary in Grand Prairie and feel so lucky to be there. My bosses have been amazing to work with all summer and made this new adventure such a memorable experience for me and all the other wonderful people I work with.
Right now I have 17 kids in my class and they seem to be an overall pretty good group. Like any group of kids, they do like to talk a lot, but they're working on fixing that :-) I'm also team teaching with one of the girls I taught with last year so I'm only teaching Reading, Writing and Social Studies. I got to do this for a semester last year, and loved it so I'm looking forward to getting the opportunity to do it full time this year.
Hopefully now that life is back to some sort of normal for me, I'll have more time to blog about what's going on in my life. Really, nothing new is going on with me so my job and kids are all the excitement I have to talk about.
Wishing everyone a wonderful week!
Right now I have 17 kids in my class and they seem to be an overall pretty good group. Like any group of kids, they do like to talk a lot, but they're working on fixing that :-) I'm also team teaching with one of the girls I taught with last year so I'm only teaching Reading, Writing and Social Studies. I got to do this for a semester last year, and loved it so I'm looking forward to getting the opportunity to do it full time this year.
Hopefully now that life is back to some sort of normal for me, I'll have more time to blog about what's going on in my life. Really, nothing new is going on with me so my job and kids are all the excitement I have to talk about.
Wishing everyone a wonderful week!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
My NEW Car
On top of my whirlwind summer, I decided it was time for a new car. For those of you that saw my last one, there isn't much difference between the two. I went from white with grey leather to red with black leather. I refer to it as my "sassy" red car :-) I'm going to post a few pics, but they don't really do much justice to the color; it's a lot prettier in color. My new one does have a few upgrades that the old one didn't have like satellite radio, blue tooth, and some new features on the radio. It also has what they call safety connect which is like on star and stuff like that. So far in the short time I've had it, I love it just like the last one. I just love how I have so much time to do what I want in the summer :-)
If you can't tell, it was raining the day I got it and had to take pictures in the garage instead of outside in the sunshine :-(
If you can't tell, it was raining the day I got it and had to take pictures in the garage instead of outside in the sunshine :-(
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