Happy Weekend!!

Wow, where has the time gone? It's hard to believe that the weekend is here and boy am I ready! We have a weekend of plans filled with football, cutting the grass, and doing some laundry. :) Plus I am making a rainbow of sight words for my daughter's kindergarten class.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Where were you?

Where were you on 9-11? Each year on this date I think back on where I was and how much has changed since that horrific morning. On 9-11 I was teaching middle school English to 8th graders at a new school. I took a leave from the county that I was with for nearly 12 years. I just wanted a change and decided to pursue a position within the county I lived. You see I taught in the next county, about 40 minutes away from my home. This new position I was only about 8 minutes. At this schoool we didn't start school until 9:25 a.m. and let out at 3:45 p.m. so I was in my classroom putting out our new novels and listening to the Today Show on TV. All of a sudden there was a breaking news story and I walked next door to the math teacher to see if I was watching something odd. We were standing there watching the news on his TV when we actually saw the second plane hit the other tower! My mouth dropped in shock. I couldn't believe it at all. I called Craig to find out if he knew and he didn't because he was dropping off Brandon at the church preschool. The school was in an uproar that day. Parents were coming all day long to pick up their kids. The kids were scared and in shock. So were the teachers. We had a ton of safety emails coming thru that day of what to do and what not to do. What to say and what not to say. Needless to say our lesson was postponed that day and we all ended up having a civics lesson. I was scared for my own kids too. What do you tell little one's about such behavior? As the days went on that week we were still dealing with the aftermath of the horror of what the kids saw and heard.

So what were you doing?

Barbie pink party!

Today my friend Mandy invited Shelby, Brooke, and Hayley over to watch a Barbie DVD and have a pink party! It was adorable and the girls had lots of fun. They had pink donuts, pink sandwiches, and Barbie snacks. She also made some tasty punch with sprinte and raspberry crystal light powder. They had a lot of fun! We realized after they were heading home that we forgot to take pictures. Imagine that!

Saturday Dylan had a football game. It was hot as anything out there. They played away this week and the stadium was a nice one but just unshaded. The boys lost again but they did do better. One of the boys hurt himself when two players went in to guard him. It was scary. The boy's neck was hurting him so the ambulance came and got him and took him to the hospital. We spent a couple of hours there before heading home. He is doing bettter today. Still sore nd has to wear brace for about a week. He'll be on the side-line this week as he isn't allowed to play. Please say a little prayer for him.

On a side note, I want to say a BIG Happy Birthday this month to my darling hubby, my mother-in-law, my father, my niece, and my nephew! September is an incredible month for us~ Shelby's friend's birthday is also this month! Whew!!!

Room Redo for the Princess

I'm still thinking about redoing Shelby's room and have found some super cute items from IKEA that I am considering. I need to go there to check out the bed and to see if either the bed or the dresser comes in the other color. I'm leaning towards black because it won't show smudges and markings. The princess loves stickers, much to my dismay!

The dresser is ultra cute! It has two little jewelry drawers on the top under the mirror. The top has a glass covering that is attached. Great for any cup spills, etc. Next on my list is some cool bedding. I'm leaning towards a pink and chocolate brown look. I'll keep you posted if we buy these and what bedding we find. I'm hoping to have most of this in the works so when our community garage sale takes place in October we can put the current set in the garage sale too.

'Dancing With the Stars' Season 7

Woo Hoo! One of my favorite all time shows is Dancing with the Stars. I think it's because it is a fun, family oriented show that I can watch with my kids. They know the drill.............it's quiet time when DWTS comes on! Very few shows command that..........the other would be Tori & Dean on Oxygen and Family Feud. I love game shows. LOL

So today they announced the contestents and I think it will be a fabulous year! On stage will be:

Daytime television legend Susan Lucci

Cooking personality and reality TV star Rocco Dispirito

Hollywood socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and professional beach volleyball icon Misty May-Treanor

Double Olympic gold medalist and former "World's Fastest Man" Maurice Greene

Model and television host Brooke Burke

Teen actor Cody Linley

R&B diva and actress Toni Braxton

Insult comic, actor and director Jeff Ross

Actor Ted McGinley

Veteran actress Cloris Leachman

Former NFL great Warren Sapp

Singer and actor Lance Bass

Wow, what a line-up! The show is set to start on September 22 on ABC.

New Blog Design

I'm totally excited that I have a new blog design! I think it's kinda fun and funky too! What do you think?

I've always wanted a new look but am somewhat cheap on this part of my 'blogging' right now. So one of my friends, Steff, had a new design and I asked her about it because it was so darn cute. She said that she got it over here at LeeLou's Blogs for FREE.........gotta love FREE, so I went right over and checked it out and picked out a new blog design. It was super easy to do.

Let me know what you think?

Friday Frenzy!

Woo Hoo it's Friday!! I can't believe it's here already.............and oh so welcome!

Well first thanks to all those who emailed to see how we were doing thru TS Fay. She is STILL hanging around Florida dumping bucket loads of rain all over the state. I can't believe that she crisscrossed the state like she did! It's still somewhat raining today and the wind is still kickin', but I see the sun trying hard to come out to play! LOL I'm ready for the sun. I think this just afirms why I don't live up north. :) My parents live on the coast and they have had nearly 30 inches of rain and it's flooding the streets. Nothing in the house which is great news!

Football games start on Saturday..............are we ready? I don't know. Brandon had decided that football wasn't for him, but my other two are still going strong. He has gotten into swimming more, so I'm going to look into the county swim programs. Shelby wants to take gymnastics again so I think that'll be her 'thing'. She enjoys hanging out with the girls at cheer practice but she doesn't like people to stare at her, so hopefully she'll do ok when the games start next week for their group. Dylan is having fun playing football. He did hurt his hand the end of last week and it made him sit out for a couple of days.

School is going well. They missed one day due to TS Fay, but all others went well.

My to-do list today includes finishing laundry, cleaning my kitchen, and organizing my scrapbook area. I'm so behind. One of my two goals this year is to get my albums up to date and current! My other goal is to exercise more and eat better. I'll keep you posted on my goals and the status of them!

Have an awesome weekend!!