interested survival

i am back in georgia and i am getting ready to start summer school on monday. i am not looking forward to it and have lots of thoughts on the issue...but there is nothing that can be done about it... i am sure the boys aren't looking forward to it either...

i found out today that my 8th grade class (last year's 7th)...all of the students are re-enrolled..all 10 of them and i currently have 2 more 8th graders enrolled and will have 3 7th graders. that make a class of 15. i was at capacity last year at 14...so i am hoping they tear down a dividing wall in my room and make it bigger (which can easily be done) because i am going to need the space....

in other news, i finally super glued my "alt" key down. hopefully the other keys noticed and won't get any crazy ideas about falling off in search of freedom. >:S

all kinds of happenings....

i am never really on the computer when i am in michigan... but my lovely sister told me that i need to write more, so i am writing today....

friday was karen's wedding. it was beautiful. she was a stunning bride and everyone loved the wedding (who would say they hated a wedding?!). we just got the pictures back from the photographer, but i am waiting until karen sees them before i post them. :) it was a really nice wedding though with good food and a lot of people!

saturday was a surprise 80th birthday for my grandma. it wasn't my most shining moment, but i survived and it was good to see family....

yesterday (sunday) i went kayaking. i was highly opposed to going on lake michigan because we had rip current warnings and it was windy and the waves were quite fierce. allen put sharon in a kayak and tried to push her out on the lake and it knocked her over. so lake michigan was abandoned and we went out to this park that has a lake/pond that is about a mile in diameter. it was so much fun! once i figured out how to go fast, i was really loving it! after a while of racing each other us girls (me, sharon, and audj) all linked up and floated around talking while allen floated around on his own listening to the cubs game. i really like kayaking (when there is no threat of me tipping over and getting trapped under a tree...which was my fear with lake mi...and yes there are "trees" in the lake... more like driftwood and logs...and a foot could get easily entangled). i felt like a pirate in my seaworthy vessel...prodigy 10... in fire orange. after kayaking we went back to sharon and al's and ordered pizza and watched "paul blart: mall cop". oh! and i got to see my lovely eliana. i tell you what, i love that baby. she is one of my favorite babies...her and israel...my two favs.

today i have been home with mom all day. we didn't do anything spectacular. i read...she did something...i really don't know what. when good ol' dad came home, we went to silver beach pizza (yum!) and ate dinner. it is really cold here today and i think the high tomorrow is like 68... so mom and i are going to go to the movies. :)

i suppose that is about it.....here is a picture of me and sis at the wedding (one won't hurt, right?!)

tomorrow is only a day away

i am going home tomorrow!!! i need to be packing my stuff... but i am just so tired, so here i sit. i can't believe that tomorrow i will be with the fam and tomorrow night i will be sleeping in michigan.

sooo, have you heard about this?? the nestle cookie dough recall?? (http://www.wsbtv.com/health/19799636/detail.html) i totally have tainted cookie dough in my fridge and i was majorly sick right before i went to charlotte...from eating raw cookie dough. when you think about your food, you don't think there would be something in there to hurt you or that could possibly kill you...

hmm... well i think that is about all for now... i have to pack and clean and pick up my check and go to the bank and to target.......

marooney mill

i have slacked off in my commentating on life. i suppose it is time for a new post.

so school has been out for a few weeks now. it has been nice having nothing to do. on the other hand, i hate not having anything to do. i am so conflicted!

i went to charlotte last week and stayed until wednesday. i really do love aem. we spent a lot of time shopping and eating out and talking. i think one of the greatest things is having friends that really aren't friends...they are family. that is how it is with aem... she is like family to me. she has seen the good/bad/ugly sides of me and still loves me. she is truly is one of my favorite people. however, we did realize we could probably never live together. she types too loud and ferociously and i am too ornery. :)

my beautiful (seriously, she is amazingly beautiful) sister is getting married 2 weeks from today. and i am going home one week from sunday. i haven't seen my klf in 2 (!) years and i cannot wait to see her and hug her neck. i am sure we will be sick of each other by tuesday, but then chris comes in on wednesday so he will be there to distract!

my mom has been working on the wedding since klf lives in nevada and my mom never ceases to amaze me. she, with some help from her friends, planned/organized the wedding and reception. klf gave my mom an idea for centerpieces and my mom took the idea and ran with it....they are a-ma-zing! i really think the wedding is going to be gorgeous and simple and just a really fun time celebrating one of my top 5 favorite people in the world.

i have been assigned the task of compiling music for the reception (like dinner music) and i put together some recessional songs for klf to choose from. i am also making a video of pictures... i have been working on it forever it feels like. and then last night...the computer (which is a whole 'nother entry in itself! raised fist!) decided to revolt and i had to re-do the entire project. i am about 1/2 done with it now...i am just waiting for klf to send me some pics of her and chris...

in an effort to expand my vocabulary (which someone *ahem**amy**) told me i needed to do.... here is a word for today:

martinet: a strict disciplinarian

the end. :)

p.s. lovelovelove you aem!!

blech....

i don't know what happened..but i think i had/have a stomach bug. it started last night with me not being able to keep anything on my stomach... and i woke up this morning feeling like i had been run over by a steam roller. nothing i ate could sit on my stomach and i was exhausted. i ended up going to the used bookstore (because i really wanted to see what they had before i left for charlotte) and to sonic to buy a cherry limeade. i still felt awful. so i ended up later going to kroger to buy some stuff and i was able to keep some toast down that i ate around 6 or so.... i am not brave enough or really have the appetite to each much more.... but i may eat a banana. i did, however drink a giant blue gatorade. and i have come to to conclusion that most things that are colored blue are usually the best tasting...in my opinion. this blue gatorade was really really good.... and good thing i hadn't eaten anything else today, because it is 200 calories for a stinking drink. anywho.. i am hoping i am on the upward swing... i really want to feel better before going to charlotte and i also *have* to finish my stinking classroom tomorrow. i found out that i don't have to empty everything and box it all... which would have been handy to know a few days ago... :/

welcome june

i am supposedly on summer vacation. take a wild guess as to where i was today.... at school! i left my room a disaster on friday and needed to work on it and i also bought a shelving unit thing to put stuff on. so i spent today at work putting together a giant shelf and trying to organize some stuff. really it was me throwing away a ton of junk. i am going back again tomorrow to keep working...it is no where close to being done. and even now, here at home, i am still working on classroom stuff... going through bulletin board letters, looking at next fall's curriculum... it never ends. i am hoping that if i do most of my prep during the summer, this fall won't be hectic and i won't have to work on a ton of stuff at home after working all day. there were some bright spots of my day.... A.) ms. e offered to make me a hamburger and helped me with my shelf, which was very nice of her B.) i met a new 7th grade student for the fall....her name is raven and she is really cute. C.) i am so so so so so grateful that i do not have to work summer day camp...thankyoujesus... D.) tonight for dinner i had mac and cheese with hot dogs (i felt like i was 5 again!) and it was delicious! :) E.) tvland is having a roseanne marathon all week! love it!

i have also been working on the slide show for klf/ipod's wedding. i have all of ipod's pictures and have his section of it done... i am just waiting for lsf (who by the way now has a facebook...[!]) to send me klf's pictures and i can get her section done. i am very proud of myself because with the help of the trusty internet i was able to convert music so it can be used by movie maker and find a way around movie maker's one song per project rule and add multiple songs to the project! ..and for the record, i have already cried watching ipod's section of the slide show and the section with klf's name and her song (and no pictures).... i definitely need to invest in waterproof mascara for the wedding...

on another note...my phone has bit the dust (bitten the dust?!). the battery is refusing to hold a charge. which poses a problem because i do not have any service in my apartment....so i have to talk outside to get reception.... which means it can't be plugged in. i was due for an upgrade at att anyway, so i went ahead and ordered a free phone (because they don't carry them in the stores anymore...!) and it should be here by wednesday. :)

update: ok...so come to find out the roseanne marathon starts on friday... but it is on tonight... so it is still a good thing!! :)

loving the laundry...

i have been fighting it for a long time...but i have finally faced the music. i am allergic to regular laundry soaps and i have to use the stuff that usually doesn't smell the greatest. i have been using regular laundry soap because i *hate* the free and clear stuff because it has no smell. i decided to try a new product called seventh generation natural laundry detergent (http://www.seventhgeneration.com/Laundry-Detergent) target sells it and it is about the same price as tide...so i picked some up and used to today when did laundry along with some free and clear downy. the smell of the laundry detergent i got is "blue lavender/eucalyptus" and i was not wild about the smell of it in the container. i tried it anyway and i am shocked. first of all the smell doesn't smell the way it does in the container when it is on your clothes and you clothes are dry. my clothes smell clean, but are not overpoweringly perfumed. and the second thing which blew me away is how soft my clothes are. they are the softest they have ever been, seriously. it isn't the downy, because i have always used downy, so i am chalking it up to the laundry soap. i am beyond thrilled with this product. it is all plant based...not petroleum based like other detergents and i know it will be better from my loopy skin. i am just so in love. :)

today was day one of post-planning at work. i spent the entire day...well maybe more like 3/4 of my day organizing the book storage room which has been a disaster. it is slowly coming together and mr. m is all about throwing away junk we don't need... so the editions we don't use are getting piled up in an extra room...and i have a feeling they will be in there for the next year, but at least they aren't in my organized book storage room. :/