It's been awhile...

So I feel bad...it's been months, literally, since my last post. I kept putting it off thinking my return to Blogger had to be spectacular, and I do have lots to update.

(1) I ran my FIRST 5k...I felt like death but I am doing it again (today actually...)

(2) I am no longer laid off!  Yay for having a job in the fall!

 (3) I am 25...I feel old.

http://pinterest.com/search/?q=running

 

 

 

 

 

 

More later!  I promise.

-Heather

Love/Don't Love

(1) I signed for my schedule yesterday (my near dream schedule) making it a 90% certainty that I will get to come back in the fall!  LOVE

(2) This week has been crazy with field trips/activities (college, Cedar Point, JROTC Field Day, DECA, Track, etc.)  that interrupts the day.  Combine that with informal random walkthroughs, our school improvement walkthroughs and my formal evaluation on Thursday and I am super stressed! 

Don't Love

 

 

I would rather spend my week here.  :)

 

Hopefully everyone else has a 4 day weekend coming up too!!

 

Heather 

 

WILW

I've been a little MIA the last few days and I apologize.  I fund out last Thursday I've been laid off and couldn't think of anything positive to blog about.  After a week few days I've regrouped and realized everything will work out. :)

(1)  After getting my pink slip an administrator and at least 4 teachers have told me how awesome of a job I've done this year and that they really hope I get called back.   Cue crying at work (in a happy way). It's nice hearing that, as a teacher you don't often hear positive responses.  

(2) I've started couponing.   I am addicted to the 'Extreme Couponing' show on  TLC.  I have been saving 40-60% plus getting free products.  I will do a post on this soon.

(3) Summer is near!  A few weeks left.

Short this week but I have a ton of grading to do!

Heather

Misc. Monday

(1) This week consists of conferences, prom, after school tutoring and a technology after school workshop.  It's going to be a long week..

(2) We had a bomb threat at school today.  Ugh.  It wasn't a 'credible' threat but days like this making getting anything done difficult.  

(3) bin Laden was killed last night. This pretty much sums up my feelings on that (taken from a friend's FB):

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." ~Mark Twain

(4) As a first year teacher I find myself just scraping by to 

make it to the end of the year.  I love my kids this trimester 

but I feel overwhelmed and stressed with layoffs/budget cuts, 

etc.

What my 'end of the year celebration' would look like:

 

Happy Monday lovelies! 

Hope everyone has a great week.

Heather

Misc. Monday

(1) Today sadly ends my 10 day Easter/Spring Break.  I enjoyed every minute of it but the home stretch until June is going to be killer.

(2) This is the third time I've sounded like a man lost my voice this year.  My students are going to start to wonder if I really sound like this.

(3) I'm really working on this couch to 5k program.  I did do track in HS but I was by no means a 'runner'.  This program takes that into account and is meant for new runners.  I decided to start the program with my former college roommate and its working out well!  I will keep you updated!

(4) In the same vein I have started using the widget from the daily mile to track my workouts.  When I've lost some weight I will start a tab with my weightloss!

(5) Saturday was amazing in the mitten.  It was 75 and gorgeous.  I am ready for summer!

Back to lesson planning I go!

is it bad that I am already ready for the weekend?

Heather

It almost feels like Spring!

I saw this list on a few blogs and thought I'd play along.  

I'm not going to lie, today kind of dragged and I need a little distraction.

Current book(s):

Still 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'.  I almost cringe when I say I've been reading it for a couple months.  I used to read a few books a week (in a lawn chair in the sun of course ;)  ).

Current playlist:

I'm still loving anything by The Script and Jason Aldean.

Current color:

My nails are an awesome color: Teenage Dream (by Katy Perry)

Current drink:

Coke...I'm trying to cut them out completely but I need the caffeine.  I'm going to drink 4 more waters today I promise!

Current food:

Nothing at the moment but we're having venison spaghetti for dinner.  My dad is a hunter and we have tons of venison left over, thanks dad!

Current favorite show:

I'm loving The Vampire Diaries and How I Met Your Mother.

Current wishlist:

To be able to organize a girls vacay with my cousins.  The latest idea is to go to Las Vegas, which would be awesome!

Current needs:

For Spring Break to start...the kids are starting to get squirrely already...

Current triumphs:

Making it {almost} through my first year of teaching!

Current bane(s) of my existence:

Tackling my post-vacay mess.  I'm behind in laundry, unpacking and cleaning and feel a little like a failure...lol.

Current celebrity crush:

Matthew Goode from Leap year and Alexander Skarsgard from True Blood....mmmm

Current blessing:

To have a job (and hopefully keep it)!

Current indulgence:

Starkbucks.  I've had it twice this week already...bad for my diet and wallet...

Current outfit:

Black slacks and cute offwhite and black lace insert tee (I love Target and get asked where I got it all the time!)

Current excitement:

Spring Break....3 more days....

Current mood:

Exhausted...

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Heather

Saturday Q & A

What a beautiful sunny day in (otherwise cold) MI!

While psyching myself up to do some Spring cleaning I thought I'd share a post from Jamie!

1. If you have pets, do you see them as merely animals or are they members of your family?

I would hope most would say members of their family!  We just adopted our lovely kitty Oliver from a rescue group last October, he's 7 months old and adorable!

2. If you could have a dream come true, what would it be?

Get married, travel, have a successful career and a healthy family.  You know a little bit of everything ;)

3. What would you do with a billion dollars?

Give some to family, donate to charity, set up scholarships for my alma mater, all the usual stuff.

4. What helps to pull you out of a bad mood?

Cleaning or Shopping.  I try to avoid the latter.  I have way too many clothes, purses and shoes!

From a few years ago but I have this purse and LOVE it. The leather is beautiful.

I love my pink Ipad

I'm starting to feel to old to buy from the pink section but I love the collegiate collection!

On my wish list!

One of my favorite Xmas presents, I love pink and vera bradley!

Also on my wish list ;)

5. What is your bedtime routine?

I try to organize my bag for work, shoes and outfit.  Run some laundry if needed and tidy up a bit, check my work e-mail, shower, braid my hair and head off to bed!  I try to shower at night since I have to leave for work by 5:30.  I unbraid my hair and have soft waves that I can do a variety of hairstyles with in under 5 minutes, get dressed grab, my stuff, coffee and run out the door!

6. What activities did you do in high school? If you could go back, would you do the same stuff or something different?

I was in track and marching band.  I had some amazing friends (almost all of whom I still see on a regular basis) and I would go back just to see them everyday!!  But I agree with most that high school was hard (socially at least).

7. What kind of books do you read?

I am trying to read through the classics right now.  I also love Charlaine Harris, she wrote the books that True Blood is based off of!

8. How do you see yourself in 10 years?

Wow.  Its hard to imagine myself 34.  I would love to be married, have two kids and live in a bigger house.  Either have decided to stay in education and be a department head or counselor.  Or have taken time off to be a stay at home mom and go to law school at night.  Either one (if I'm happy) works for me.

9. What’s your fear?

The unknown.  I am a compulsive lock checker (not extremely but a little bit ;)  I have to check that the doors are closed before we leave, go to bed, etc.  

10. Would you give up all junk food for the rest of your life for the opportunity to see outer space?

Nope.  I love my junk food and hate any type of airplane, I'm assuming this would apply to spacecraft as well.

11. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?

Make sure the coffee is brewing before I get ready for work.

12. If you could change one thing about your significant other, what would it be?

A is great.  It would be awesome if he was as timely as I am though!  Just saying...lol.

13. If you could pick a new name for yourself, what would it be?

I never really used to like my name.  Very 80s and dated.  I also always wanted to have a name with normal nicknames but my parents both hated that their names had shorter versions so they picked Heather on purpose.  I like it enough though.  I want romantic and unique names for my kids though.  

14. If you had to choose between six months of sun or six months of rain, what would you choose?

You don't even have to ask.  The sun and I have a love/love relationship.  

15. If you could only eat one thing for the next 6 months, what would it be?

Pizza.  I love pizza.  BBQ chicken and red onion pizza sound amazing right now...

16. What is the thing you enjoy about blogging the most?

I'm just starting and I'm loving it so far.  I love to use it to unwind and read great ideas on projects and fashion.  I'm hoping to make some great blog friends eventually as well!

17. Do you prefer salty or sweet foods?

Sweet.  Mmm

18. What items are in your purse right now?

Wallet, sunglasses, small perfume, lipgloss, Tide 2 go pen, pen, vitamins, camera, ipod.  Yeah, my purse is a small suitcase!

19. Name three things on your bucket list.

Start and Etsy shop, run a 5k and go to Ireland!  

I have my bucket list as a side tab if you want to read it.  It's currently labeled, 30 before 30 and I'm still adding to it.

20. What do you watch on television that you know you shouldn’t?

Hmm.  Vampire Diaries?  I love that show, even though its set in high school and I feel like I'm the oldest person watching it!

Heather

Miscellany Monday

(1) I was so excited for some half days last week to catch up on sleep, blogging, cleaning and lesson planning.  All of those, and more than I'll go into detail on here, got in the way last week.  But I'm pretty well planned for the rest of the week.  So I'll make up for it this week!

(2) Almost two weeks until Miami!!!  I can't wait!

(3) I found some awesome Coach sunglasses over the weekend at the Coach Outlet at Great Lakes Crossing.  

They look somewhat like this.

(4) I am 2/3 of the way through my first year of teaching.  It's been a crazy year and I'd be lying if I said I haven't started the count down 'til summer vacay.  ;)

I'm off to finish my lesson plans for the week.  I picked up a new prep this trimester so I've had a lot of lessons to put together.

Happy Monday!!

Heather