Pics of the House

Its time for me to show you pics of the house. Some of my favorite things about the house are the things that make it the most over whelming to decorate and pick wall colors for. So I am welcoming ideas for wall color or anything else that comes to mind when you see these pics.

Lets start with the Living Room!

One wall has these huge windows. they let in a LOT of natural light....and don't have any curtains on them (yet). Another thing you can tell by this pic is the massive vaulted ceilings. I was excited about my vaulted (10 or 12 ft) ceilings down in Springfield, but these ceilings Chris says are probably 15 feet high. WOW!!!





The next wall in the Living Room is the wall with he Fire Place. Chris hates the Fire Place but I love that there is one in the house. However, a few people who have been in the house a couple times didn't even know the place had a Fire Place! So, Id like to make it a little bit more of a focal point! I suggested painting the wood white (with the idea that the walls would have a color on them) and Chris doesn't like the idea of painting over the "real wood" which I don't get. Anyway, here is the Fire Place Wall.





Next is the wall with the TV on it. We like that the TV and all the media is Black! We need a wall color that will go with that.





Ok, so another thing I like about the house is the fact that you can see the Dinning Room from the Living Room and vice versa! But, that also makes me nervous. Whatever we paint the Living Room we might need to paint the Dinning Room the same thing....or at least something that matches VERY well. Just something else to consider!!!





Another thing you can see from the Living Room is the Entry Way. Not sure if this should be the same color as the Living Room or not. I obviously don't want to many different colors in this area of the house but I worry if everything is the same it will be a little.....either boring or to bold!





Here is another look at the Entry Way from the Dinning Room. So, as you can see...the wall goes right up against the Living Room wall that has all the windows.





Lets move on from the Living Room and show the Dinning Room and Kitchen!

Here is the Dinning Room. You can see the ceiling has a nice look to it....





There is a big sliding glass door on one wall.





And here is the Kitchen!!!

I don't like the color of the Cabinets.....I would be ok with painting them too......not sure how Chris feels about that.





And lastly, you can see that the Hall Way is right off the Dinning Room...

Its a BIG house which is what makes me nervous to paint. We need something that keeps the house looking big and airy but I really want there to be a visual change!

I welcome suggestions!!!

Now in KC....Independence actually...

Well, I have now been living in KC (actually Independence) for over a week now. Chris and I moved almost all my stuff up here on Memorial Day and I have been slowly but surely unpacking since then.

Chris has been great! Rearranging his stuff to make room for me and my stuff. It is getting a little tedious...but the last couple days the place has felt almost back to normal! With some small girly touches. Yea!

The biggest thing right now is trying to decorate the place. Chris isn't really big on all that so as you can guess there are quite a few walls with no paint on them.....well, there is paint, just the original yucky cream color paint. It must GO! : )

One problem.....well, not a problem....just something to take into consideration...

Chris really likes having some input in the decorating process. I think it is sweet, but we really do have different tastes and finding middle ground is proving difficult. I would say his style is very contemporary and industrial and very GUY.....while my style would be sophisticated/luxurious and inviting and feminine.

SO!

I decided I will be blogging about the process so I can have anyone and everyone give their 2 cents! The house, I think, is a wonderful house but has some things to consider when thinking of wall colors and stuff like that!

Please! Please! Please! If you have any friends with good stying ideas, point them to my blog so they can make some suggestions. I will be posting pics SOON of the living room, dinning room, and kitchen. Its a BIG area that all links together and will need some MAJOR color coordinating ideas.

Thanks!

Leaving.....

I wasn't really sure when it was actually going to hit me that I was leaving Willard. I've known since mid March that I wasn't coming back due to the department "downsizing".....and there were thoughts of me moving to KC before that even. But, even then I don't think it actually sunk in that I was going to be leaving my very first class room....my first "big kid job!"

This morning during my planning period I started (finally) boxing up all MY stuff. It was much harder than I thought. My desk is now all cleared out and my closet is almost empty. The last thing to go will be my decorative stuff...my round colorful paper lanterns that I LOVE.....I just cant bear to see the room all plane yet.

But right now 2 boxes are filled....sitting in the back of my class room. I got pretty emotional when I closed up that second box and set it next to the other. This is much harder than I thought it was going to be!

Because I am SO excited to move up to KC and start a new life and be with an amazing man, I thought leaving Willard would be just something that happened in the process. But, its more than that...

Today was a sad day for me.....

Only 4 and 1/2 days of school left......

Then my first job is over.....

New Dishes

In an earlier post I mentioned how it is official that I'm moving to KC and will be living with my wonderful boyfriend. Well, over the past few weeks there has had to be a lot of planning for the move. I have been overwhelmed at times, but it has to be done. The move IS happening and it is happening SOON!


We have to get my stuff up to his place. So, Memorial Day Weekend we plan on moving all my stuff to his house. His brother is driving his SUV and Chris will drive a truck he is borrowing for the weekend. Lots of stuff to put in those 2 vehicles in a short amount of time!


We have to see what stuff of his he needs to get ride of to make room for my stuff. The big things would be his bedroom furniture....he is moving all that out to make room for my new bed room furniture (that he helped pick out...so he doesn't mind). Also, the living room has an Entertainment Unit that wont fit my TV. So, he has to move that out and make room for my (bigger) TV. Again, I bet he isn't to sad about that. And that means the TV originally in the living room will now go in the bedroom. Major upgrade on the bedroom TV I'd say!


We also have been discussing what we both don't really have that we might need. A few of those things are Kitchen items. We are hoping to eat at home a little more and have people over so we kinda need to give the Kitchen some attention. One thing Chris mentioned was maybe needing more dishes. Well, last night I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and saw these!!!








I LOVE the ones with the red berries....and really like the other ones too, but I think the pop of red makes the berry ones my favorite. But, you guessed it....Chris doesn't like them. : ( He doesn't hate them, though! So maybe Ill be able to work him down into saying "OK" to the dishes. We will see. I guess this is just one glimpse of what it will be like to live with a significant other!

What my boyfriend will do!!!

As most of you know...Chris will do just about anything to make me happy. He is really a "Knight in Shining Armor" for me. It blows me away sometimes when he does crazy things just to make me happy or help me in some way.

The most resent being.....

My dryer went out a few weeks ago. He has a dryer down in his basement that he doesn't use (don't ask my way he has it...I just knew he did) but wasn't sure how he could get it down here. Well, then Tabi (my cousin that goes to school down here at MSU) tells me she has a dryer that she could bring over when she moved out her stuff during Finals Week. We thought we were covered and Chris wouldn't have to worry about bringing his dryer down here.

Well.....

Then Thursday night Tabi all of a sudden tells me her room mates want her to keep the dryer in the apartment over the summer while she is gone and so she wouldn't be bringing it over to my place.

What was I going to do now?!?!?!?!

I was on the phone with Chris when I got the text...and I was really upset. I hadn't done laundry (except the laundry my mom did for me...Thanks Mom!) for weeks. I had a huge pile of dirty cloths that I had been waiting to do because I thought I would have a dryer by the weekend. And now I wouldn't. And now I potentially was going to have to BUY a dryer....which I was hoping to not have to do.

Well, I guess while we were on the phone Chris was busy planning a way to "come to my rescue" in the dryer crisis! Later that night he sent me a picture.





Seriously! The things he will do to make me happy and help me out! I love him more than anything!!!

He got in late Friday night, so we put in the dryer Saturday morning. It works great and I was able to do 2 loads of laundry this weekend. He is the best boyfriend in the WORLD. I am going to keep him for a WHILE!!!

Thanks honey!!!

The next step

My wonderful boyfriend and I have been dating now for 1 year, 4 months, and 10 days! (I don't really keep track of that....but for this post, I counted it up!) And we have decided to take the next step.

Sooooo

I am officially moving to KC sometime this summer! We have been doing this long distance thing for a while now and we just think its time to be in the same city and see if this is the "Real Thing." This actually isn't a decision that we just made....its something we have been talking about some this winter guard season...then around mid March we decided that was what we would do. Make the move!

It is exciting and scary at the same time. I love him more than anything so being able to be with him more makes me VERY happy. I have people up in KC that I LOVE hanging out with. There are lots of opportunities for me up there. But.....I don't have a job yet. Like a REAL job. So, that is scary.

Ill keep looking and hopefully something opens up for me that is the right fit. Wish me luck! This is kinda a big deal......

Last 5QF for April!

I feel bad that all I have been able to do on here are the 5QFs.....but at least I'm doing that. I hope to have more time here soon to post more often.

Here it goes....

1. If you could buy any car, money not an option, what would it be?

I'm not really a car person. I guess if money was not an option then I would just buy a NEW car instead of a used one. Other than that....the type doesn't matter all that much. There are a few that I like the looks of a Mazda 3 hatch back or a Lexus RX SUV. I know the Lexus is much more money than the Mazda....so for the sake of this question, let go with that one!

Lexus RX 2011 SUV

2. What was your worst first date ever?

Honestly, I haven't been on very many first dates. And the first dates I have been on....I already knew the person.

I guess the worst one, if I had to pick, would be the date I went on with an old High School crush when I was in college. He was one of the Valedictorian of our Senior class and I thought he was not only smart but very hot! He was not the social person I was....but I thought I could break him out of his shell. I guess I was wrong. He seemed to have no interest in talking in a 2 sided conversation. Everything was about him and when I mentioned something I liked he was not interested in continuing the conversation.

So, not really fun.

3. How old where you when you fell in love for the first time?

My first significant boyfriend started the summer before my Sophomore year of high school. I fell hard and fast for him. He was everything I thought I could ever want. And....even now I can say he was a great guy. Funny enough, my boyfriend now.....my family says reminds them of him. I think I can see it. But anyway, I was 16 when I first fell in love.

4. When was the last time you reconciled your checkbook?

I don't know if I have ever actually done that. I have seen my mom reconcile hers....and I know HOW to. But I never do it. Does that make me a bad Personal Finance Teacher? I teach it but I don't do it......

5. If you were going to fashion a "Wanted" ad for a best friend, how would you word it?

Because I am moving....and leaving my best friend behind.....my wanted ad would be very simple:

I Miss You Laurissa!

These were kinda hard this time....

5QF on Good Friday

Ok, so I am here at school today. Its Good Friday and I'm at school!!! I'm a little bumbed out about that. My mom has today off.....and we were supposed to have today off....but stupid snow days took that away!

So I am cheering myself up with a Easter focused Five Question Friday!

1. What is your favorite Easter tradition?

I would probably have to say the dying of eggs! First, because it is fun and they look so pretty in the Easter Basket or hidden all over the house/yard. But more so because with a lot of hard boiled eggs comes a lot of deviled eggs! And I LOVE deviled eggs!!! Probably my favorite Easter food!

2. Are you a "shower" or a "long, hot bath" kind of person?

Shower I guess. I have taken long hot baths before and I really like them....but I just don't have time to do that very often. So I shower. I do like a long hot shower.....does that count? Having to rush through my shower routine is not fun for me....showers help me wake up in the morning....I need my shower time!

3. Can you parallel park and if so when was the last time you did it?

Nope! Not at all!!! Even if the parking spot puts me right in front of the door I need to go in! Cant do it!!! For my drivers test....I even ask the guy if I just didn't do the parallel parking part if I would still pass the test. He said Yes so I skipped it! Now that I am with Chris I don't have to worry....he has mad parallel parking skills! So if I am ever driving and need that spot, I will just have him do it! If he isn't around.....I'm just walking more!

4. What is your favorite Easter candy?

Easy! Reese's Eggs!!!! Because they are like a Reese's....but with SO MUCH MORE PEANUT BUTTER!!! Which is the best part I'd say!

5. Easter: do you go all out with the Easter Bunny or focus on the religious part of the holiday?

When my sister and I were kids I feel like we had both. We knew what Easter was all about....the religious side and all....but we also had the picture taken with the Easter Bunny and was told that he Easter Bunny was the one who brought us our candy and hid the eggs. So, I think it was a good balance.

I think when I have kids it will be the same. I want the fun magical side of Easter....bunnies and candy and egg hunts. But Ill probably talk about the religious side too.

Its been a while.....5QF

Wow! I have not posted something for a WHILE! Its been a busy time of year...but winter guard season is over now so things SHOULD slow down. Thought I would get back in the swing of things with a Five Question Friday! I am so glad it Friday....Very glad! 1. What is your favorite sign of spring? The daylight lasting longer!!!! The other night I was driving home and it was like....10 till 8 and there was still a little bit of daylight. And on my drive to school now there is a beautiful sky with the sun shining down on me! It really helps me start the day. Because I love Mr. Sun unlike my boyfriend who hates him! The sunshine makes me happy! 2. What was your best birthday ever? Hmmm.....well....my craziest birthday would have to have been my 22nd birthday! I didn't do much when I turned 21 because hardly any of my friends were 21 yet....so I did the big night out on my 22nd! FUN!!!! Other than that it is hard for me to pick my BEST birthday. I usually do have a really nice time on my birthday, so it is tough to pick just one! 3. What is your favorite dessert? ANYTHING CHOCOLATE!!!! I really am in love with the cheesecake at The Cheesecake Factory.....they have some wonderful ones with LOTS of chocolate! But an old favorite dessert of mine would have to be German Chocolate Cake! 4. What is the best excuse you have ever used to get out of a ticket? I have never gotten out of a ticket!!!! And YES I am a little bitter about it. I have never seen my mom get a ticket and I have seen her get pulled over a few times. How is it that some people can always get out of them and I cant?!?! Maybe the cops in my area are less forgiving....or maybe I just suck at it. : ( 5. Do you wake up before your alarm, with your alarm, or after hitting snooze several times? Oh I LOVE my snooze button! Every night I tell myself I will get up on the first buzz....but then every morning I hit the snooze 2 or 3 times and end up having to rush around to leave on time. I really just think I need a job where I don't have to get up at 5:30 or 5:45 all the time. During winter guard season I was having to get up at 5! And that is just wrong!

5QF

I have been feeling really crappy this week....that's why I haven't had time to post anything. But, its Friday now and time for 5QF

1. Do you know what your REAL hair color is?

Yes. And I haven't dyed it for so long that it is basically back to its natural color. This medium brown color....which I find to be boring, but my friends and family tell me its pretty. They are nice I guess.

2. Do you plan ahead for summer, or fly by the seat of your pants?

Big things I plan for. Holiday stuff, if I will be going with my boyfriend or if he will be coming to my family's stuff. If there are any little trips he and I want to go on we have to plan because he has a Non-Teaching job and doesn't have the summer off. I also have to plan my guard camps and when I am going where. So, yeah! I plan a good amount.

3. What is your favorite meal to cook?

Ummm.....cook? I don't do much of that! But, my favorite thing I DO make would be my bow tie noodles with crab meat and Alfredo sauce! Yumm!!! I need to make that again soon....I love it!

4. Do you get offended by not receiving Thank Yous?

I just don't get offended in general. I enjoy and appreciate Thank Yous from time to time but they aren't required for me to know I am doing a good job or something nice.

5. How did you meet your best friend?

Oh Laurissa! I met Laurissa the fall of my freshman year of college. We were on the Pride Color Guard together. Now, we didn't become close during the fall.....because she was a flag and I was a rifle and so we weren't on the same side of the field most of the time. When we started getting close was when Winter Guard season started and we were both on Nashy together! That was a magical season. Amazing!

We now teach the Willard guard (both HS and MS) together. I cant imagine going through the week with out her. She is like another sister to me....I tell her everything and we talk all the time. I love that girl! I hope she knows how much!

A Long Week

I haven't had time to post this week....its been a busy few days. But, the questions on the 5QF this week are awesome, so I just HAD to write in!

So here we go!

5QF

1. Can you drive a stick shift?

Yes! When I first started to learn how to drive my mom taught me with her Ford Mercury Topaz, which was a 5 speed stick shift!





Even though I learned on her car they let me take my test in the Bonneville which isn't a stick! I didn't think driving my mom's car was too bad. I know it was an easier stick shift than the Rabbit my sister learned on. But it was nice to have my own car...and it be an automatic!

My dad asked me what car I wanted when I turned 16. I'm sure he was expecting some car that our family could never afford, but that really wasn't what I wanted! So, I told him...

A Pontiac Grand Am GT....silver!

Well, he did a great job finding me a car almost exactly what I wanted! A Pontiac Grand Am SE in maroon.





I will be 26 this September and I am STILL driving the car my dad got me when I turned 16. I just love my car and have no need to get a new one! That and my taxes on it this year was like $24! And NO car payments! Sounds like the perfect car to me!

2. What are 2 foods you just can't eat?

I'm going to have to agree with my sister and say sauerkraut for the first one! Just the smell of it is disgusting! And the slimy, drippy, yuckyness of it! EWWW!!!

The second thing I just cant eat is anything mixed with Banana! I like bananas but why do we have to mix them with every other flavor? It just ruins what could be a good Strawberry yogurt by mixing banana with it. And it seems like so many things have banana added to it! Yuck!

3. Do you buy Girl Scout Cookies? What is your favorite kind?

Oh My Gosh Yes!!!!! I LOVE Girl Scout Cookies! I am pretty sure I could live off of them!

I have 2 favorites!

Carmel Delights which used to be called Samoas





And Thin Mint!





4. How do you pamper yourself?

There are a few things I like to do to pamper myself. One would be Big Naps on the weekends! I love sleep so a good nap is like heaven to me!

Another thing I am really starting to like more and more is getting a massage at the place called Salon Ami Day Spa in KC. When I go up to see Chris and he is going to be busy for a few hours....I make an appointment for an hour massage and it is amazing!

The last thing I like to do, which I haven't gotten to do for a WHILE, is getting a pedicure! At first I didn't think I would like someone touching my feet, but now I LOVE it. It is so relaxing and my toes look so cute afterwards.

5. What is your nickname and how did you get it?

Well, I don't really have a nickname that everyone calls me like my big sis does. But when I was little my dad had a couple nicknames for me and when I was in college my first room mate had a nickname for me.

My dad and I use to watch Ron's Big Ol' Fish when I was little. Around the time I started taking swimming lessons he started calling me Son (with an "on" sound) Fish. When I was in High School he would call me DK after the Cardinals Pitcher Darryl Kile who I LOVED.

In college my first room mate would call me Sonj.....with an emphasis on the J! I'm not sure why, but I didn't mind it.

5QF

I actually had my 4th and 5th hour classes do 5QF today since we have a half day and they are only in my classroom for like...20 something minutes.

This week has been a bit up and down! An exciting thing would be seeing my Sister blogging again! I was fun to read her posts....she is such a good writer!

Well, here it goes...

1. Have you worn the same outfit more than one day in a row?

Oh YES!!! The week we had 4 days off of school because of snow I wore the same sweat pants and sweat shirt for at least 3 of those 4 days. I only changed when Laurissa came by and took me out to the mall.

2. If you had to choose any LARGE city to live in, which would it be?

Well, I haven't really visited very many LARGE cities to know if I would want to live in them. But when I was at Seattle I really REALLY liked it and thought to myself that I would be ok living there!

Also, when my mom and I went to South Carolina we really liked it there...I cant remember what city we were in, but whatever BIG city is in that area I wouldn't mind living there.

3. Fly or drive with the kids on vacation?

Depends on the distance. If it isn't more than like a 4 or 5 hours...probably 6 at the max...I wouldn't mind driving. I think car rides can kinda be part of the vacation. Some of the greatest conversations happen in a car.

If it is longer than 6 hours I want to fly....because then you are just cutting into an entire day of the vacation. Also, I think flying is really fun. When Chris and I went to Seattle it was only the 2nd or 3rd time I had been on a plane, but it was a fun time.

4. What is your idea of "spring cleaning"?

"Spring Cleaning" for me is usually going through my closet and dresser drawers, reorganizing it, and donating or throwing away the clothes I don't wear anymore. I also like going through all my cleaning supplies, reorganizing them, and throw out any bottles that are almost empty or I simply never use.

Some times I even like to rearrange my bedroom and/or living room. Moving the furniture around just makes it feel like a new space.

Another thing would be changing color. Maybe getting a new bed spread for my room or pillows/blankets for the living room. Changing the colors to something light and fun makes it feel more like spring and summer is here.

5. What is the best book you have ever read?

I don't read....so that makes this question hard. I actually think I have NEVER finished a book in my life. Even when I was in high school...having to read it for class....I could never get through a book and I NEVER found it to be enjoyable.

Really? Me?

So, this morning during 2nd hour I was asked to have a Practicum student. They said since Darin and Marcella both have student teachers they would just have to practicum student observe my class room.

Really???

Me???

A second year teacher???

Guess I will be having someone watch my class from time to time. I hope I set a good example.

Speaking of my classes....I feel like today I am FINALLY getting back in the swing of things. With the almost complete week off...then another day off...then a late start...last week and the week before were a mess for me. My inner clock was all over the place! But, I feel better now and maybe THAT will help the frustrations I have been dealing with.

Lastly, I finally made a dentist appointment down here in Willard. I have a tooth that has been bothering me and I just have to get it fixed! I am super nervous...I have gone to the same dentist since, well, forever! But it has to happen!

Wish me luck!!!

Going to lose it!!!

As I sit at my desk.....I am about to bust out into tears. It has been a struggle to hold them in all day. Not tears of sadness, but tears of complete frustration. I am so close to my breaking point...I don't know what to do.

I am so incredibly frustrated and annoyed with my students right now! They have no ability to follow directions. They don't want to do their work...they want me to do it for them. I am constantly having to repeat myself...and repeat myself...and repeat myself. Then someone will ask a question that is EXACTLY what I had just said....3 TIMES....and I have to go over it again.

What is going on??? I am seriously about to lose it! I don't know what to do.....and if I have to keep doing this, there is NO WAY I will make it 30 years!

I am really upset right now.....

The house next door...

So Chris just sent me this email....about how some Jeep ran into his neighbors house! How crazy is this!

I keep telling him....people in KC are insane!!!

5QF

I have just been so all over the place this week. My brain is very unfocused! But, I still wanted to do the 5QF!

1. Would you rather be on ABC's Extreme Home Make Over or TLC's What Not To Wear?

Hmmm....that is tough! New house or a bunch of new clothes.....I think I would go with.....

Extreme Home Make Over! The houses they build are insane!!! And knowing me, I would keep getting new clothes after being on What Not To Wear.

2. Do you have any tattoos?

YES!!! 2 of them and I would like some more....but my boring boyfriend doesn't want me to get any more!

The next tattoo I would really like to get is a gryphon. I originally thought of it because it is Angle's tattoo on Buffy. I like the old look his has....but if I got it, it wouldn't be holding an "A" I would have it hold something else!




I started looking around at other gryphon sketches and thought this one looked nice, too! A little more feminine.




I've looked up what the gryphon is suppose to symbolize...and there are lots of cool things that it stands for. For me....I have always felt like I am 2 very different people put into one body! Much like the gryphon has parts of the eagle and parts of the lion.

3. Do you tell your kids about things you did growing up?

I do not have kids....but when I do, I think my story telling of what I did growing up will have a major filter on it!

4. If the traffic signal turns yellow, to you stop or speed up?

I learned from my mom that Yellow means Floor-it! So, when the light turns yellow I always speed up! Thanks MOM for that life lesson!!!

5. What's your preference: Chocolate or Chips?

Ok....this is an easy one! Chocolate!!!!! I could live off of Chocolate!

Likes to Eat

Ok....so....my boyfriend likes to eat. Like....he REALLY likes to eat. Food, it a big deal to him. At Thanksgiving I remember my dad telling Steve, my sister's father-in-law, that Chris is a "professional" when it comes to eating.....even putting down more than my dad!

I always joke with him that if he ate at a buffet to much he would put them out of business OR if a restaurant had an All You Can Eat special the he could make them have to close early that night.

So today Chris goes to lunch and takes this picture.....the caption he gives it....."My fault?"





I told him it was TOTALLY his fault!!!!

I mean this really made my day! Thanks honey for making me smile!

Hit the Wall

I was talking to Chris on the phone last night, venting some frustrations I am having, and I said "I feel like I've hit a wall." and he asked for me to explain what the meant. At the time I really couldn't put in to words how I was feeling and what that really meant to me......so I thought about it a lot last night.

I feel tired.....tired of giving so much and it almost feeling pointless. I'm tired of trying to be nice all the time, when I really just want to say what I am thinking...which in most cases wont be "nice" at all.

I cant go in to any more detail about what is going on with me...or why I'm feeling the things I am feeling. But, I am in low spirits right now....very! I hope to get out of this soon, but I'm not sure what it will take to help me not feel this way.

I miss my boyfriend...I miss my mom...I miss the SUN!!! I need something good to happen for me.....

Taking my Vitamins...

Ok, its official.....I have my mom AND my boyfriend on me about taking my vitamins!

I have been so tired lately that Chris keeps bugging me about taking my vitamins to help my iron level. Apparently being (even slightly) anemic can cause you to be tired. And, of course, I don't eat very well....so I am kinda screwed.

Well, yesterday I started taking them....Women's One a Day, vitamin B, E, Cranberry pill thing, C, and Echinacea. Maybe that will help me have more energy. I'm sure my dogs would like it if I did more than come home and go to sleep after work.

I'm sure I will need some reminders here at the beginning....but once I get in the habit Ill be good.

So Proud

I am so proud of myself! Yesterday I had this big "To Do List" and I got almost all of it done!

I woke up fairly early, because Leo has a hard time sleeping in, and started on my list of cleaning and organizing the house. Of course, I went and got a Starbucks to make sure the day started of RIGHT! While I was at Price Cutter getting my latte I decided I would cook a roast since the last one turned out SO GOOD!

The entire day was filled with doing dishes, finishing a couple loads of laundry, vacuuming the floors with my awesome swiffer sweeper vac, cleaning the floors with my steamer mop that Mom got me, and checking on my roast. I cant believe I had enough energy to do all that.

By 3 I had enough done around the house to put on the Patriots vs Jets game to cheer on the Patriots with my mom. By half time the game was boring me so I put Buffy back on. Ive been working my way through all the seasons and now I am done with Season 3!!!

I was able to talk to Chris and my Mom through out the day. I cuddled up with Phoebe and Leo a little, too.

The only thing left is to fold and hang all the laundry I have done. Now with my guest bed room having that nice clean bed...I tend to put clean laundry on it and put it away later. Mom is coming down this Friday, so the laundry can NOT be in there! I like that she gets her very own room when she comes to see me! : )

5QF - My first for 2011

I cant believe how long it has been since Ive posted on here. I NEED to get back into the habit! I guess this is a good way to start back up again...with a fun 5QF.

So here it is.....

1. What movie could you watch over and over again and not get tired of?

That would probably have to be "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" because it reminds me of my sister!!! Its so funny and I love the 80's and 90's styles that they portray so well!

If the question was what TV series could you watch.....now that would have to be Buffy! I am going through the seasons right now and I'm almost done with Season 3. I never get tired of that show.

I also never get tired of watching Friends! My old room mate couldn't get over how often I would watch it on TV or get out my DVDs of it. I always laugh....even if I have seen the episode a million times!

2. What is your biggest pet peeve right now?

Easy! Repeating myself! I hate when I say something (usually in my classroom or with winter guard) and 2 seconds someone asks me a question that is EXACTLY what I had just said! Makes me about lose it!!!

3. If you had to describe your best friend in 5 words or less, what would you say?

Well now, the hard part about that question would be picking my "best friend" because that title is a Big Deal!!!

I really cant narrow it down to just 1 person....so I will have to describe 4 people. My mom, my sister, Laurissa, and Chris.

My mom - understanding, loyal, beautiful, strong, and supportive

My sister - honest, spiritual, articulate, beautiful, and dedicated

Laurissa - sweet, diva, compassionate, loving, and gorgeous

Chris - intelligent, helpful, creative, sexy, and clever

4. If you did not have to worry about money or go to school, what would you do for a living?

Teach Color/Winter Guard! I would like to have 1 main unit with an A and a B guard as well as a middle school group. Then I would do camps and consult for other group. I would go an shadow under amazing designers and choreographers and try to learn as much as possible. Maybe even try to get back in shape so I could spin on a respectable World Guard. It would be 24/7 Guard!

5. What is your one "splurge" item, that you will always buy, no matter the cost?

Shoes and Purses would be the big money things I tend to "splurge" on. The other...more common item would be Starbucks coffee. It doesn't matter how much that "favorite latte" is, Ill still get it.