Thanksgiving Weekend...

I worked Monday and Tuesday this week. On Wednesday, we headed down to Nacogdoches to spend time with family. We ate a yummy dinner at mom's house Wednesday night, beef stew, one of my favorites!

Thursday: Went to mom's around noon. Ate chips and dip; helped mom cook our Thanksgiving feast!! Turkey, ham, dressing, scalloped potatoes, broccoli rice casserole, yams, rolls, fruit salad, pumpkin pies yummo!! I ate so much I hurt!!!

Friday: Stephen and I got up early ( not as early as everyone else but still early for us!) and did some shopping in Lufkin. Then, we came back to Nac and picked up the rest of the family and did some more shopping! We had lunch together at Cotton Patch. Friday evening, Stephen and I headed back to Dallas.

Saturday: weighed in, gained 3 pounds this week :( We did some more shopping! Christmas shopping is officially DONE!

Sunday: We are enjoying the last of our vacation and doing some things around the house. I have started wrapping my presents. I found a $600 Swiss watch for $50 for Stephen for Christmas. He knows about it, no big surprise! Oh well! He is excited......

Tomorrow is back to the daily grind! I miss my kids though. I wonder if they miss me?

What a Weekend!!!

On November 27th, my baby sister turns 30! So, what better to do for 30 years of life than have a SURPRISE birthday party!!! Her husband was GREAT in getting her to my house without her ever having a clue! He told her that he and my husband were going to get Josh Hamilton autographs. She was even pumped about it!!! So, imagine her surprise when she walks into my house and finds all of her friends and family yelling "SURPRISE!" She even had some tears!!! It was great! We catered Posados (no cooking for me) :) and it was delicious!!!


me and the birthday girl!



Stephen and I also took Christmas pictures, along with Miss Sippi.

It was so fun having family fill this house! I love having company!!!

an award...

Thank you to Elise over at Confessions of a Brown-Eyed Twenty Something for the award....

7 Facts about me....

1. I am deathly scared of mice!

2. I am OCD.

3. I do believe I have ADHD.

4. I love teaching.

5. I want to drive a sports car. Always have.

6. I like the feel of freshly shaved legs on clean sheets.

7. I put my Christmas tree up November 6th this year. I couldn't resist. Christmas if my FAVORITE time of the year!!! :)

Planning...

So, last week I made it through the whole week. barely. The kids did pretty good, but there are many challenges. Like, one student throws a fit when he gets into trouble. Stealing. This is the chattiest group I have ever taught. Seriously. This is my 9th year to teach and seriously. Chatty Cathy's! I have one student who is seriously too smart. I was letting him read high frequency words to see where they were and he could read the whole list for the whole year. Never missed one single word. Made this little teacher happy!!!!!!!

Anyways......Monday we have a whole day to just plan. 4 subs in first grade and we all can collaborate and just plan. I hope to crank out some serious lesson plans!! I'm super happy about this.

I have been working till 6 every day just trying to catch up. Will I EVER catch up???? I don't know....

I made it!!!

Well, I officially made it through my first day back! woohooo!!! I am still so so so very behind, but I am taking it one day at a time. The kids definitely tried my patience! They have been through 3 subs. We had to have about 3 "family discussions". On the 3rd one, I told them we needed to have a family discussion and one kid said, "We're having ANOTHER family discussion? We've already had 2!" It was hilarious!

I also had physical therapy after work. Needless to say, I am E-X-H-A-U-S-T-E-D!!!! Good night!

30 Day Blog Challenge Day 30.....and the end! :)

I can't believe this is the last of this challenge! Time sure has flown by! I have enjoyed getting to know everyone. I have stumbled across some great blogs and have received some great ideas!!! I will leave you with this last picture.....my little family as we know it!

30 Day Blog Challenge Day 29

3 wishes.....

1. a baby

2. lots more weight loss

3. a successful school year