Halloween

Halloween has finally arrived! I spent the 3 most boring hours of my life last night at school for parent teacher conferences. did I have any conferences? Of course not! What a waste. So anyways, now this morning I feel like crap and have a temperature. Go figure. I've looked forward to Halloween for forever and this is what I get. Oh well, because I'm leaving work at noon today and I'm not coming in tomorrow! It will be a nice way to recuperate from our Phoenix trip and from Halloween.
I'm going to be a witch for Halloween this year. I'm usually a black cat, but this year I have my own black kitten, so she is going to be my accessory to my witch costume. Sasha is going to be a lady bug and Lola is going to be a skunk. Jerry and Princess have costumes, but I don't think I will force them to wear them. Nelly does have an orange and pink glittery shirt, so she may end up wearing that. She likes to wear clothes because I started her off little! Scott has to work tonight. blah. I'm making chili, Rotel cheese deep, caramel apples, pumpkin seeds, and if I get adventurous I have a jack o lantern cake pan. We'll have to see on that one though. We're going to have black cat cosmos out of these cool flashing cups I ordered off the Internet. We're also going to have some spiced apple cider out of these orange and black Halloween spider mugs I got on sale at Williams Sonoma. I also got the little plates to match the mugs, a serving bowl and a platter. Pretty cool. We're actually not having a big party though. Just Mom & Dad, Deborah & Bryan, and Mema and me. Mary and Gary are party poopers this year and aren't coming. Oh well, it's their loss. Well I guess I should go get ready to teach.

Phoenix

Well, I'm back from my whirwind trip to Phoenix. I just about went crazy getting everything ready for us to go. I had to miss our community group that we host at our house just so I could go get everything done before we went. It started off with Scott and I waking up at 4:00 in the morning on Friday and driving over to get Mom so she could take us to the airport. Security sucks at the airport. Scott wore Adidas pants with zippers that set the alarm off twice, so her got to go get wanded privately! He also got his hair gel thrown away because it was too big. I got plane sick ( I guess that's what you call it) on the flight from Tulsa to Dallas, so that sucked. Dramamine really helped though and then I enjoyed the flight to Phoenix. Scott and I bought a portable DVD player and we watched "Fun with Dick and Jane" on the flight. It was the best $99 ever invested. We got to our hotel before our room was ready so then we had to hang out with Scott's parents and go pick up Scott and his Dads' tux.
By this time I was starving and not feeling very amicable. So, we stopped at this outdoor mall place and ate at The Pink Taco. The hot sauce was really good, and the food was good, despite the name. Then we came back and took a nap and went to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. it lasted too long. Oh well, what can you do? Saturday we got up and went to this great buffet breakfast that the Double Tree has. Our room was awesome by the way, but it should have been for $120 a night. After breakfast we went and sat in the hot tub and swam for about an hour and a half. I think that was the most relaxing part of our trip. We saw a hummingbird while we were out at the pool, and I discovered that there were lime trees in the courtyard. So, I stole 2! Scott had to be at the wedding at 2:00 for pictures, then we got there at 3:00. The wedding was small, but the reception site was gorgeous. The reception was long, but we had fun. We got back to our hotel at about 10:00 and madly packed. Sunday morning we got up at 5:00 to fly back. My lotion got confiscated from Phoenix airport security, which was totally stupid because I had already flown twice with it. We made it home at about 1:30, and it was great to be home!!!

10-24-07

Well, I'm already halfway through the work week. Scott and I are flying to Phoenix bright and early on Friday morning for his brothers wedding. So, I've been frantically trying to get everything ready for us leaving and for my Halloween party. Conveniently we have parent teacher conferences from 4:00-7:00 the night before Halloween. So, when I should be preparing for my party I will be sitting on my ass in my room with minimal parentage visiting. Parents never come see the art teacher. Oh well. I'm taking off the day after Halloween, so that will be pretty great. 2 four day work weeks in a row!!!! tonight I'm going to yoga and skipping community group and I'm going to run some errands before we have to leave. Thursday after school we get to go to the Founders Society event at the Tulsa Ballet. Pretty snooty huh? I'm going for the booze (and the Flemings).

Back to work

Well I'm back from fall break. Too bad it's Monday. The only solice I had in coming back to work today was that it is jeans Monday and I had a new shirt to wear. It is also only a 4 day week for me because I'm taking off on Friday and going to Phoenix for Scott's brothers wedding.
Fall break was great, it just wasn't long enough. I spent most of the time being sick, but it was still fun. Tuesday night Scott and I went to Te Kei's to dinner. I was craving sushi. Wednesday I cleaned house and I even made a cake. Thursday I ran around with Mom at Utica Square and some stuff like that. Then we all went to Zio's to celebrate Mom and Dad's anniversary. Friday morning Scott and I and Mom and Dad drove up to War Eagle Mill for the craft fair. That was a lot of fun. We got some Rib Crib to go for dinner then we watched the worst movie ever. "Failure to Launch" Saturday morning I went and got my hair cut and walked around Utica Square some more with Mom. Then I went and took Scott some lunch from Olive Garden. Saturday night Scott and I went to Abuelo's with Mom and Dad and his parents to celebrate everyone's birthdays and anniversaries. Sunday I went to church and then I went grocery shopping at Aldi and Wal-Mart. I got some kick ass huge pumpkins at Aldi. When Scott got home we went to Super Target and got some stuff there and then came home. So, basically I ate some really good food and was mostly lazy, but a little productive. It pretty much affirmed that I need to be a stay at home Mom when we have kids! Anyways, gotta get ready to teach now!

Homecoming, fall break and litter boxes!

I'm wishing it wasn't already Monday and time to go back to work. It's so dreary outside, which makes it worse, but today is technically my Thursday. Thank God for fall break!! Lola was bad this morning and ate who knows what out of Nelly's litter box. It woouldn't have been that bad, but she did it twice. Now, Scott and I are going to have to go get this crazy Budha litter box that the cats can crawl into, but dogs can stick their snouts in.

Scott and I went to TU this weekend with Mom and Dad for TU homecoming. I got a new hoodie, which is cool because I get to wear it to work tomorrow for college spirit day. I think it's supposed to be warm tomorrow though. I well, I'll wear it anyways and just be hot.