Friday!!

It's finally Friday! Yesterday my day was a little chaotic, but I think it could have been a whole lot worse! I will say that those were the most students I have ever taught at one time. Tonight is the Ladies Christmas Gathering. Mema called last night and said it was boring, there were too many people and the giveaways were crappy. I'm hoping this isn't true, and I'm kind of taking it with a grain of salt because Mema is crazy. She's at that old stage in life where nothing is fun except hanging out with her crazy boyfriend. That's okay though because they can be crazy together. Scott is volunteering tonight to pass stuff out. Hopefully he'll make sure he gives me good stuff! Tomorrow Scott has to work, so I'm going shopping. I have to take my shirt back to New York & Company and buy myself some more sweaters. They're buy one get one half off! Plus I have a coupon. I only shop there if I have a coupon. I have a few other places to go, but I can't write them down because people might figure out what they're getting. I made a Christmas registry online at Coach the other day. Pretty awesome huh? Maybe Santa will get me a little Coach something or other! I got a cake for our teacher luncheon today for $.03. Can you believe that? It was supposed to be on sale for $5.98, but it rang up at three cents so that guy let me have it for that! It's because my sweater was low cut. That makes up for the time I found this giant decorative pumpkin at Hobby Lobby with an unbelievably cheap price on it. It had been misprinted and they wouldn't honor it. The jerks! 14 school days until Christmas break!!!

It's almost Friday!! Tomorrow we're going to the ladies Holiday Gathering at church. Hopefully it will be fun. Last year was a complete disaster. They completely ran out of food and it was too crowded. They are having one tonight and tomorrow night, so hopefully it won't be as crowded. I was just informed that the sub for P.E. isn't going to show up so I have to take half of her classes and the rest will go to music. So, now some of my classes today are going to have 36 kids in them. I only have 36 chairs, so it will be very interesting. I'm trying to have a good attitude about it and not let in ruin my day. Normally it would have, but I have really been working on my attitude and outlook on things. God has blessed me with so much, and more than I even realize sometimes, so I have no reason to get mad about things if they don't go my way. It could be a whole lot worse. Anyone can feel free to remind me of this when I slip up! I can't find my Christmas snow flake charm from James Avery. I always wear it as a necklace at Christmas time and when it gets cold out. I wore it last year, and I have been through my jewelry box twice looking for it. I keep all my Christmas charms in their own separate pouch, so I don't know where it could be. I just don't loose my jewelry, so this is so weird. Deborah is the one who always looses her jewelry. I don't like the way my lighted spiral trees look outside, so I think I'm going to throw them away and put some deer in their place. I had 5 deer and only 3 work now. It was the ice storm that did them in. The lighted trees are pretty flimsy anyways. They are like the white trash version of Christmas decorations, so I can't use them anymore. Well, I have to go prepare for may day of chaos.

New header!!

So now I have a cute header!! Lauren made it for me. Now my blog isn't boring!!

New Clothes

My week is going by fast, and Monday & Tuesday went by very smoothly, so hopefully the rest of the week will! I think it helped that I had new clothes to wear! That always makes a difference. I got some really cute sweaters at New York & Company, so I have a new shirt to wear everyday. Except I got this cute fitted half zip fleece shirt and it is too big and they overcharged me for it so I couldn't wear it today. So, I'm wearing a new white sweater with a hood and these khaki corduroy pants I got at Ann Taylor Loft for $19.99. you can't beat that. The cool thing is that I look very nice and professional but I am extremely comfortable! I also got the sweaters in a size small, so that was a big boost for my confidence! Although, I do know that their shirts run big. But, now I have an excuse to go back and buy some more! I need to figure out how to change my background and put pictures on here. Deborah and Lauren have all kinds of cute stuff on their blogs and mine looks really boring.

Well Thanksgiving break was great. Everything about the break was good, so it was hard to come back to school yesterday. I had a good day yesterday, so it didn't make it as bad. There are 17 school days (not counting today) until we get out for Christmas break. The breaks and the holidays are the only reason I am a teacher!! I'm pretty much done with all my Christmas shopping and almost all my gifts are wrapped too. The house is decorated and the lights are all up, so I'm ready for Christmas!! I have two Santas that still need a home somewhere in my house. Scott decided we needed a new TV and the Santas were decorating both sides of the old TV since it was so small. Today is picture retake day and I was gone for picture day, so I have to go get my picture made!

Last Day Before The Break!!

Well, I have finally made it to the official last day before Thanksgiving break! Hopefully it will be a smooth sailing day! We have to take Lola to get her shots after school today. I think we will hurry and try to put out the extension cords on my lights and my inflatables. Maybe the deer and trees if we have time, but who knows. We also have to buy dog and cat food while we're at Southern Agriculture. That wouldn't be worth blogging about except for the fact that we have switched everybody over to Eukaneuba which is like pet food gold. It sure does make their coat shiny though. Sasha needs to be groomed. she's starting to look scraggly and she has a little matt by her ear. She doesn't appreciate it when I try to get it out, so I think I'll let her not appreciate someone else. Lola is easy to bathe. I just stick her in the shower with Scott or me and we wash her! I might make my pumpkin crumb cake tonight. We'll see. I found a weight watchers recipe for a pumpkin ginger chiffon pie, but I don't know if that will be too much pumpkin. I'm making the cake and a pumpkin trifle and Mom is making a pumpkin pie. Personally I think you can never have enough pumpkin anything at Thanksgiving, but that's just me.

The Weekend

We had a busy weekend! Friday when I got home we finished putting up the lights on the house outside. Now that doesn't mean we're finished though. I still have all my inflatables to put up and my deer. Then we went out to eat and I will tell you that the peppermint Oreo mountain at Zio's is to die for. Then we went to the mall and got my Santa paintings and got some gifts for people. All we had time to do when we got home was put the Santa pictures up, then I was worn out and went to bed. Saturday morning I went over to Mom's and discussed Thanksgiving with her and Deborah. Then I had to go to Super Target to get a gift card for the wedding, stuff to make my trifle and extension cords. Then I came home and decorated the tree and put a few more Christmas decorations out. Then I took a nap and got ready for the wedding. We barely made it there on time and Scott sped the whole way down. That makes me nervous. We only got to stay at the reception for about an hour, then we decided on the way home we would go to Starbucks so we could stay awake. We remembered there was one by the Kilpatrick, so we were driving through Nichol's Hills ( a really ritzy neighborhood) and Scott got pulled over. He thought the speed limit was 40, so he was going 39. Apparently the speed limit was 25 even though it was a main street. Then turns out we got new insurance cards in the mail but I thought it was just a letter trying to get us to change our home owners insurance to Allstate, so I didn't read past the first page. So, the only insurance card Scott had was expired, and apparently after you move you have 10 days to get a new license. So, the officer comes back and tells us that it is going to be about $700 worth of fines. By this time I'm about to loose it and he says that since Scott didn't have anything on his record he would let him go with a warning. Let me tell you, God was watching out for us! I told Scott I felt like we had gotten pulled over for a reason, but I didn't know why. So, by the time we get to Starbucks, we're both so awake we don't need any, but we got it anyways. Then we get on the turnpike finally and just a little ways up there were some police cars and turns out someone hit a huge deer and it was all over the road along with their car totalled and nose first into the concrete median. I think we got pulled over to waste time because I think that could have been us that hit that deer. I don't think Deborah would have appreciated peppermint mocha all over her dress I borrowed.
As soon as we got home I found our insurance cards and apparently the one I had in my car was expired too.

Sunday I cleaned the house and finished putting all my decorations out. It looks nice, but not over the top like what I wanted. plus, I need more ornaments for my tree. When Scott got home we took the dogs for a walk and then Mom and Dad came over because we had bought an ornament at Hobby Lobby that looked like a Rolls Royce for Dad. Then we got Rib Crib to go, Scott's parents came over for his Dad's shot and we took a bath and went to bed. I wasn't too sad to go to work today though because tomorrow is my last day this week!!

The beginning of Christmas decorating

Last night we put up our 9 foot tree! It is so awesome. We did have to completely rearrange the living room furniture and temporarily kick out one of my end tables and the lamp that goes on it. The very sad thing about having to do that is that last year it had tons of decorations on it so I am minus some decorating surfaces. We got 3 strands of big lights up on the house and I got lights in all my bushes until we ran out of daylight. Hopefully I will be able to decorate the tree tonight. I don't think I have enough ornaments though because we have like 3 more feet of tree than we did last year. I guess I'll just have to go buy some more! I like the cute glass ones and Hobby Lobby has them all 1/2 off. I also brought in some of my Santas and miniature trees this morning before I left for work. I think I'm a little obsessed, but that's okay. The lights on my tree twinkle so it just looks magical in my living room! I'm trying to convince Scott to let us put up the last 3 strands of lights on the house when I get home from work because it's supposed to be nice out today. I am so glad that today is Friday!!!! We're going out to eat tonight, and hopefully getting my Santa paintings from Kirklands. Tomorrow I'm going to go to the church craft fair and the wedding in the evening, so hopefully during the day I can do some good decorating!

Bye Bye Fall Decorations!

Well I did it. At 9:00 last night the fall decorations came down. I just couldn't take it any longer. The only Christmas thing I had time to put up was my greenery on top of my cabinets with my giant ornaments. I think Scott and I are going to put some of the lights up on our house tonight. I'm going to make myself stick with multicolored. I figure it can look like a gingerbread house if I hang some icicle lights up too. I need to set up my new giant tree with twinkling lights that I bought 75% off last year. I think I am going to have to rearrange the furniture because it is going to be too tall to put in the place where the tree was last year. I'm ready for Friday!! Scott and I are going to Zio's for dinner, and I'm just ready to be able to sleep in and not have to go to school. I've had a headache since Saturday, so I'm ready for it to go away. I think it is from tension in my jaw and neck. I think I just need a good back rub and some tequila and it should help! I think I'm going to make a crab mousse for Thanksgiving and a pumpkin trifle. They will both be new recipes, which is pretty good for me. Hopefully all will go well with that!

Christmas Lights

I went and bought new Christmas lights for our house yesterday. Last year was the first time we have ever had the "big" lights. They were clear ones from Target and one would go out every day, so we decided to buy new ones this year. u took a big leap and bought multicolored lights. I am now seriously rethinking my decision. I have always had clear lights, so I guess the prospect of something new makes me nervous. I really wanted the clear kind that had some red mixed in so my house would look like a peppermint house. They had those, but they were twice as much money and not as long as the others because they are for people who are going "green". I even bought multi lights for my bushes. I'm just worried I guess that multicolored lights aren't very Christmasy. I'm having sushi for lunch today!!! My week gets kind of busy from here. I have a UCTA meeting after school today and community group tonight. I'm supposed to go to the Philbrook for our PLC meeting, but I don't think I want to drive clear across town in rush hour traffic. Friday Scott and I have a date night and we're going to Zio's for dinner and going to try the new peppermint Oreo mountain. Saturday Scott has to work and then we have to drive to OKC for a wedding. It doesn't start until 7:00, and he has to work the next morning, so I think it is going to be a pretty rough not on him. I guess I could volunteer to drive back, but I'm not sure!! I just know that the bus better not be late picking the kids up from school today because I'm getting pretty tired of having to stay 10 and 15 minutes past our contract time. Good thing I'm the UCTA rep!!!

Decorating

I'm feeling kind of blah today. I think it's because the sun isn't shining and I'm being deprived of daylight. 5 school days until Thanksgiving break. (Not counting today) I'm ready to completely decorate my house for Christmas, but I can't because we are having Thanksgiving at my house and I think the pictures would look funny if my house has Christmas decorations all over it. I've been trying to decorate every room but the living room, but I'm done with that and I just don't think I can wait a week. All my fun stuff goes in my living room. Although the guest bathroom does look really cute. I have banned myself from Michael's for the rest of this week. I spend too much money there. Let's just say that my one wreath I had so much fun making turned into 4 wreaths!

Camping

Well I haven't written in a while. Life has been busy. Where do I start? This weekend Scott and I, Mom & Dad, and Richard's family all went camping at Mount Magazine State Park. It was a lot of fun. The leaves were beautiful. We even took the dogs with us and I think they liked it. Although, Lola was terrified of her run that we would stake her down with. It was 20 feet long, so whenever it dragged in the leaves it scared her. I haven't been camping in years, so it was fun for us all to go together. I puked my guts up Saturday night, so that was really the only bad experience!
This past week I have discovered that my new hidden talent is making Christmas wreaths. I went to Michael's on Sunday and had so much fun making one that I went back on Monday and Tuesday. I even made one of those big fancy bows. so, my crafting has gone up to a new level. The Hughes house will have 4 fancy wreaths this year versus the 0 we had last year!! I also put a tree up in the guest room and our master bedroom. The guest room is purple and silver and our room is blue and green. I decorated the guest bathroom last night, so it looks pretty awesome. Although I need to go back to Target to get a red or green trash can because the sea shell one just doesn't match the Christmas stuff.

After Halloween

Well, the Halloween party was great, it just didn't last long enough! Yesterday I took the day off, and Scott had the day off. We went and did some after Halloween shopping for sales at Michaels, Kohl's and Target. We got some good stuff. Our good find was at Target and it wasn't even Halloween stuff. We got our tent, sleeping bags, screened in gazebo and other accessories. We got our sleeping bags half price and the gazebo was 75% off. you just can't beat that. Our tent is a 2 room tent that sleeps 7-8 people. Pretty awesome. By the way, we're going camping on the 10th. We're taking the dogs, so hopefully that goes well. We bought them these things that screw into the ground and have a 20 foot run on them. We went to Abuelo's for lunch, and that was fun. Then we came home and I took down all my Halloween decorations :( i think I'm going to skip Thanksgiving and just go ahead and decorate for Christmas. I'm feeling very Christmasy now. I'm already almost done with all my shopping. I also burned some Christmas music on my computer here at work and brought my Starbucks Christmas travel mug to school today. We're going to the Macaroni Grill with Scott's parents tonight. I have 2 coupons for free appetizers!!! Nelly gets spayed tomorrow, and we're going to the ballet tomorrow. Busy weekend!!!!