35 Things

I saw this on Mer's Blog this morning and figured that I really didn't have anything else to blog about so I'd do this little meme. If you want to do this let me know and I'd love to read it!

35 Odd Things About Me

1. Do you like blue cheese salad dressing? No. The only salad dressing that I really like is the one from Red Lobster and our local pasta place.

2. Do you own a gun? No

3. What's your favorite drink at Starbucks? None, believe it or not, I don't like coffee.....actually I don't like hot drinks. LOL I'll drink warm cocoa when we are in the mountains but that's about it.

4. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? orange juice, fresh preferred

5. Do you do pushups? No, but I do want to start walking.

6. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? My wedding ring, a name bracelet that Craig got me for Christmas one day that has all three kids names on it, and a sorority bracelet that I had made from an online friend. Here's her site.....everything is beautiful in person!

7. Favorite hobby? scrapbooking and reading

8. Do you have A.D.D? No

9. What's one trait that you hate about yourself? I easily get distracted when doing something at home. Like right now I have the laundry to be folded, a desk to clean and pack up, and here I am working on my blog! LOL

10. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment: What time is Dylan's game? Where is Maggie Belle? I wonder if Target has the patio set still.

11. Name 4 drinks you regularly drink. Sprite, lemonade, sweet tea, and fiji water.

12. Current worry right now? I need to remember to get the permits done for the shed.

13. Current hate right now? Weekend homework (had to use this one from Mer's! LOL)

14. Favorite place to be? On vacation with my family......whether a staycation or away to the beach or mountains. Having fun!

15. Do you like to travel? Yes, oh yes!! I'm always planning our next trip! LOL

16. What color shirt are you wearing? My Pink Life is Good shirt

17. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? No, flannel for me too.

18. Can you whistle? yes

19. Favorite color? pink

20. If you could would you be a pirate? No, wouldn't want to live on a boat ALL the time!

21. What song do you sing in the shower? I don't.

22. Favorite girl's name? Shelby, of course. Then Grayson and Peyton.

23. Favorite boy's name? Dylan and Brandon of course! Then Braden.

24. What's in your pocket right now? Nothing

25. Favorite bedsheets as a child? Hmmm don't remember

26. Worst injury? I haven't broken anything major, so I'd have to say when I broke my two toes on one foot. Very hard to walk and there was nothing they could do about it.

27. Do you love where you live? I like it but don't 'love it'. My dream is to have a house on the beach and one in the mountains.

28. How many TVs do you have in your house? Three

29. Who is your loudest friend? I plead the 5th! LOL

30. How many pets do you have? Oh gosh......let's see Maggie Belle our pug, Turnup our bird, 4 hermit crabs, three turtles and one frog! So that's 10! Yikes!

31. Does someone have a crush on you? I would think my hubby.

32. What is your Favorite Book? Right now I'm reading some Emily Griffin books.....Baby Proof is my current. I just finished Tori Spelling's book Story Telling. It was really good.

33. What's your favorite candy? I'm not a huge candy person but I like Kit Kat's and Sugar Babies. Although I haven't eaten Sugar Babies in years. Caramel is so bad for the teeth but OH SO GOOD! LOL

34. Favorite Sports Team? Florida Gators, UCF Knights, Pittsburgh Steelers, Clemson Tigers, and LSU. Funny combination huh!

35. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Yeah there is no school today or tomorrow! LOL

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?