Bewitched

Alas…my dream did not come true.  *sigh*

Usually I stay late on Mondays to get everything in order for the week, but I had to make a trip over to AASU today to take care of some graduation paperwork.

I came home and started cleaning up a storm.  I do not know what came over me.  Maybe it was prompted by my dream. lol I was such the 1950’s housewife this afternoon!  I started a roast last night and let it simmer in the crockpot all day today so it was nice and ready for supper tonight.  Mmm!  All the while I had the  Bewitched theme song was playing in my head.

Work was a bit of craziness again.  I had 2 students with birthdays – double the cupcakes!  Double the sugar!  Double the hyped up kids!!

List-en Up!

Heather – I am finally updating my blog – just for you. You should feel special.

I have been so incredibly busy since my last post! In the spirit of Heather – I shall make a list for you.

Thursday: (I actually posted a blog on Thursday, but left some things out.) Thursday was our last full day of school. We had our end of the year parties and clean-up stripped the classroom. Job search. Thursday night was the going away party for our principal.

Friday: Last day of school. Lunch at Ruby Tuesday’s with teacher friends. Job search. Teacher party. Dimensions Art Gallery. Lu Lu’s Chocolate Bar (I took my mom and Heather to all of them)

Saturday: Spent time with the hubby.

Sunday: Spent time with the hubby.

Monday: Post-planning (packing up all of my belongings). Lunch at La Nopalera’s with teachers – Thanks Paula! More packing. Job search. Nap. Start summer courses for masters.

Tuesday: More post-planning. Lunch with Anne. Job search. More packing. Nap.

Wednesday: Get moles removed. (I was at Georgia Skin and Cancer Clinic for around 2 and a half hours – most of that waiting.) Nap. Loco’s for the Making News: Savannah Style premier. Try to diffuse Jason  vs. Heather political debate.

Thursday: Doctor’s appointment. Red Clover. Parker’s for the most amazing lemonade ever. Got overheated. Nap. Finished reading “Wise Woman.” Long Horn’s for dinner. Trip to Kroger’s for bandaging supplies. Check out Heather’s New Etsy Shop! Become inspired to start my own Etsy shop. Blog.

Plans for the weekend include getting my car fixed and hanging out with Heather and Nick. Play video games with Nick while Jason and Heather continue their debate.

When it rains, it pours – literally!

I just wanted to sing “Rain, Rain, Go Away!” today.

Going back to work today was just insanity!  When I came in my room was in a major state of disarray.  The school’s spring festival got rained out on Saturday and apparently my room was everyone’s work space.  None of my students desks were in the right spaces and their belongings were not in their desks – needless to say – CHAOS!!  My assistant came in and I asked her how things had gone on Friday.  She said “You don’t even want to know!”  One of my students got sick all over the classroom, shifts for the spring fest weren’t covered so she had to step in and cover them, the day was just a general mess. My classroom has been completely contaminated over the past few weeks and no matter how many times we wipe down everything with antibacterial wipes these germs just keep coming back!  Strep, Viruses, and Ring Worm Oh My!

I was really worried that my toads had escaped again, but I found them.  Frog and Toad buried themselves to stay wet over the weekend under the mulch by one of their water pools.  I was scared because of all the trouble that I went through with Mimi and Lola escaping or being toad-napped earlier this year.  Whew!

Enough of my rant – Though my day was busy it wasn’t a bad one.  I had to go grocery shopping and then come home and cook, so no crafty time today.  I am slightly sad, but oh well!  I’ll just have to have a major crafting day this weekend to catch up on all that I have been longing to do, but have not had the time for.  Oh!  I have to brag!  My classroom website has now had almost 5,500 hits!  It just makes me happy!  Another thing that makes me happy is tomorrow is my last night of Tuesday night classes!  I enjoy the class, but it frees up my evening for at least a few weeks.  =)

I am so proud of my little brother!  You may remember me saying that he entered some of his work into the school’s media festival and it moved on to state, well now it has progressed to the international level!  Wow!  Go David!

High Maintenance Doesn’t Even Begin to Cover It!

That is what my mom said about me today.  That’s okay…I agree.  I think I need one of these or something similar.  I initially entitled this post “Better Late Than Never” because I am feeling guilty about not having posted in so long.  I have been creating, I just haven’t had the time to post.  I don’t have time to post pictures today either…maybe tomorrow.  I am just setting the precedence for the coming week.

Some of the things I have created since my last post:

2 beaded necklaces to go with 2 of my favorite pendants. The pendants are small replicas of 2 of my favorite paintings by my favorite artist, Heather L. Young!  Check them out!  The Bluest Eye and Red Tent. Callie, my cousin’s cutest little chunky monkey baby, thought that the Red Tent necklace was a teething ring.  I wore that one to my family reunion today.

a lovely pedicure with my favorite toe nail polish – OPI’s Cajun Shrimp, then I dipped them in my paraffin wax bath and made wax toes!  It was so relaxing and so much fun!  – and yes…I am counting this as a thing.  I painted and my canvas was my toes. I did take a picture! haha

I also picked out the fabric that I am using to make the applique for my next skirt – the next in a series that I have decided to do after creating my sweet pea skirt.  I won’t be giving any ideas away.  I will just show you as I go!  =)  While picking out fabrics I also decided which ones I wanted to use for the quilt tree.  I am so excited to get started on it! I am also counting picking out fabrics as a thing because it too so long and so much rearranging and relaying.  Maybe tomorrow when I add pictures I will take one the stack of fabric I am using.

Oh!  I also made some yummy scrummy in my tummy delicious dip for strawberries and other fruits.  Mmm!  I had some tonight and I am taking some with me to work tomorrow.  I am salivating already!

Just to give you a heads up…I may not be posting very often this week.  I have class on Tuesday night, and I have to go to first Holy Communion practice for my students on Wednesday and Thursday nights.  That doesn’t mean I won’t be creating, just maybe a little delayed on posts.  Who knows…maybe I will stay on top of it.  We shall see.

I am also supposed to find out about my job this week.  I know I posted before that I should have found out last week, but I guess I got a week ahead of myself.  When I went back to re-examine my last email from the principal, she told me that she should know something about 2 weeks after that week.  That would actually be this coming week.  Not last week.  I was stressing for nada.  Now I have this week to try to get through with minimal stress.  I will not stress.  I will not stress.  I imagine I will be using my zen garden frequently!  haha

Well…I am off to bed!  I finished reading “At the Sign of the Sugared Plum” (it was very good!) and am now reading “Confessions of a Closet Catholic.”  My mom needs me to read it before she puts it in her library.  So many books, so little time!