Some home improvements...

Hey y'all.... some home improvements that I've been up to getting ready for the fall.... first... I went to Hobby Lobby... O>>>M>>>>G>>> ok.. I thought of Hobby Lobby as like Michael's redheaded step sister... ok.. Hobby Lobby has everything  I've ever wanted, could want, will want... Groopdealz... Etsy... goodbye... I now know that you are right down the street.... So anyway... as my head was spinning spinning spinning going through the Hobby Lobby which btw.. was COMPLETELY stocked for Christmas and Halloween and Thanksgiving all by August 9...I was trying to control myself... ok.. so I got the white tree vase and the flowers and the runner... I originally went for letters (letterrrrrzzzzz!!!) to make a READ sign for my classroom because another teacher did it and I had to copy... but I saw the banners and I made this one instead...

here I am in my uniform... jeans, some shirt, flip flops....

moving on... I got this table at Salvation Army this week for 45.00... my old table was plain old awful!!! It had a ring stain on it that I COULD NOT get out no matter how much mayonnaise I put on it... it wobbled whenever I wiped it down... I just hated it... this one is much much better!!its sturdy, its black and its rectangular so it takes up less room.... 

I got this side table from Goodwill.... the right drawer was a little hinky... so I hot glued it together and its perfect now....this is what it used to look like...

I moved the bench into my room.... 

So we are trying to go legit... all through Goodwill and Salvation Army... and my new favorite store... Hobby Lobby!!!!

Keepin it real...

Hey y'all... I know... long time no see... I wish wish wish I had some legitimate reason for not blogging like " I was in Paris!!! " or " I was helping a third world nation feed its kids"... no... its none of the above... I have been in a flux between getting ready for school and saying goodbye to my long lazy mornings of sleeping, drinking coffee, listening to "Watch What Crappens" (If you like "Real Housewives of ANYTHING.. listen to this podcast!! You will thank me) and going to Goodwill...
On top of that I have been trying to improve my relationship with my hubsband....everyone knows our relationship has had ups, downs, really downs, and up again... but I want to have something really meaningful for us... I want the separation we went through to mean something for us and make us stronger... We have been doing the 40 Day Love Dare... a book I got and it has an inspiring word and then an activity for you to do each day...
This is what I have discovered about myself so far....
I have this tendency (obsession) with having conversations with people inside my head... I have confrontations, play out the whole thing... now the other person I'm imaginary talking to doesn't really say anything.. its pretty much just me right up on my soap box going off and in my mind I'm a mixture of Norma Rae, Lt. Frank Slade (Scent of a Woman), Oprah, and Iyanla Vanzant.... but at some point I say to my crazy brain, "ok.. now that the confrontation's over.. what now???" and I have to let go of the feelings... this whole summer has been an imaginary conversation with Tim... my co worker who I got into a fight with last May... He and I have gotten into 3 other fights like this and theres always scar tissue that builds up and it definitely takes its toll... so I have to make the decision.. what now?? we work in the same place and I'm going to see him every day and what to do??? ugggggghhh... I don't know....
now what does this have to do with my love dare??? Last year at this time my hubs was living in Virgina and HE was the one who I was having the imaginary conversations with... now that hes here... I can talk to him in person... I have to replace the crazy irrational conversations I"m having with people with real life conversations with my hubsband... I have to put him really first in my life, my mind, my actions... I have to let go of these petty interactions with people and focus on my wonderful husband who I LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! if I replace the anger, the bitterness, the resentment, and replace it with gratitude for my marriage and my hubsband and my home, my family... I can be happy... I can let go.... I'm not all the way there... but I'm close....
and thats why I haven't blogged for a week...

Going back to bed...

I love sleep.... Sleep is one of my favorite things... in the summer it is my favorite thing to do...
Every morning goes like this in the summer:
5:30... Little dog slams body against his crate to tell me," HEY!!I'm up and I neeeeeeeed to go to the bathroom... NOW!!!!!!... so I let little dog out of his crate an he and slightly bigger dog go outside... I go back to bed....
5:50... let dogs in.. go back to bed....all three of us are happy... me, little dog, slighly bigger dog
8:00...little dog looks out the window while he sits in my laundry basket at the end of the bed... whines profusely about not being able to bark like a loon at any and all activity going on outside.. (this may include but will not be limited to: squirrels, mowing, work going on outside, or wind) whining not effective enough.. so little dog comes to stand on me to tell me, " I NEED TO GET OUT THERE!!!" so get up.. let dogs out again...go back to bed
8:30... waken up by dog barking like a loon at? looks like nothing to me.. but its got him pretty upset... let dogs in...go back to bed...slightly bigger dog takes place at pillow.. little dog sleeps at the end of the bed.. takes short power nap.
11:00... dog back in laundry basket making sure nothing is going on outside... uh oh... looks like that wind is up to no good again... hes gotta get out there.......ok.. I'm UP... get up.. let dogs out... get coffee....
11:20... bigger dog has now had it with little dogs barking and has now separated... "No.. I'm good.. I don't need to go outside.. he is embarrassing this whole family with his antics... if he wants to bark.. let him do alone... I'm going back to bed....

OOTD

Happy Friday Lovelies!!!! The star of my OOTD today is the shoes!!! I got these shoes from where else? Groopdealz!!! and why oh why did I not get some before??? I am in love with these shoes!!! They are super comfortable, give me much needed height, and I think they look good with these skinny boyfriends... I like the skinny boyfriends but I think the flipflops I usually wear with them  make me look stocky... these are way better... now I have to work them in to every outfit...

A Late What I Wore Wednesday....

Its my sarong part 2... this sarong I got at Groopdealz as well as the flipflops... 

I was all dressed up yesterday because I had a whole like grown up outing... I met my girls for dinner first and then I asked my hubsband if he wanted to meet me for a drink after.... so Jack and hubs came out and had dinner while I had drinks... and the place we were at had a trivia contest... Now Jack is an "Office" fanatic and I don't know if you know the episode where they went out and played in the trivia contest... so we stayed... we were in first place until the very end where you had to wage points on the final question... so the question was, "What is the disorder that is characterized by delusions of grandeur and an over importance of self?" so hubs gives me some name... I didn't know... turns out we were WRONG and the answer was megalomaniac.... uggggggghhhhhhh!!!! I think I have that!!! How could I have gotten it wrong?! 

In any case, I got to see what people are doing while I'm  sitting on the couch in my pj's at 9 at night... once a year outings are pretty much all I need... 

***linking up with cappuccinoandfashion.com...thepleatedpoppy.com...and tuckerup.blogspot.com

Some making up to do...

Hey all.... I had to crop my feet out of this pic because I swear... they looked like Fred Flintstone's!!!! I swear I had to have had some kind of foot binding gone wrong when I was a baby....

I know I've shown you pics of my classroom.. but yesterday I turned the corner and cleared all surfaces to my satisfaction... I have to go in to school next week from 8-6 for registration and I'll have time to tie up any loose ends... 

The little drawer I got at Salvation Army.. its originally from Pottery Barn Kids... Its a good little seat for my little puppies and the drawer is good for storing pillows...

You know no room would be complete without LETTERSSSSS!!! and here they are... 

This little banner I got form Groopdealz.com... its right over the door...

So now we await the arrival of my new little puppies...we are on a countdown to T-16 days to students... just the thought of it makes me sleepy....

OOTD and some other ramblings....

Another no makeup day... but verrrrry comfortable... I got these pants at Target.. they are like sweats but skinny version....do you see that gross zit like thing on my lip? its hormones!!!! I think (pray) that I am going into menopause and every month before my period I get some kind of growth around my mouth.... I am going to the dermatologist to find a treatment for this ... It is such a nuisance!!!!!

I found this painting at Goodwill for 9.99... My parents had this same exact painting in their formal living room the entire time I lived at home... what is it?? Heck if I know...

I had to give myself a pedicure because the place I was going to get my toes done... I just wasnt' satisfied like the last 3 times I went... the foot massage is like half assed... and even the nail art that I loved so much wasn't up to par... so I'm doing my own toes now.. my days of getting pedicures are over :(
I hope you had a GLORIOUS weekend my friends... Heres to a great week ahead!!

Look how much better we look in black and white....

I know I have said it before...but I swear... I look so much skinnier, richer, younger, more lively, more interesting, etc.. in black and white... in cold harsh color I look fat and poor and boring and dumb.... black and white is my best friend...

I am totally doing good on my picture every day... we are on day 5!!! Some are good... some are bad... but today we put on makeup!!! Yay!!! Makeup!!!!  My neighbors next door are doing some kind of earth excavation that started this morning at 8 am so I've been hearing the backup beep! Beep! Beep! all day long.. I think it was even in my dream.... Thus.. I have to get out of my house!!! Have a wonderful wonderful day today... I'll be back tomorrow... probably back to makeup free... but don't hate... we're trying to save water by not showering... 

Still keepin it REAL!!!

Good Afternoon Lovelies!!!! Still keepin it real with the NO makeup summer!!! I'm saving like soooooooo much money on foundation.....

This morning I had breakfast with my dad and promised him  I would put up this pic of my mom... (in which she looks a little tipsy) My dad swears up and down that we look exactly alike in this pic... now I admit.. I have made this smirk before... but unless I look a little drunk all the time... I don't know if this captures our resemblance...

Keepin it Real...

In the spirit of full disclosure... this pic was taken at @ 4:30... the normal time I put on pj's during the school year... I didn't have my pj's on all day... I did get actually dressed... I am now 95% done with my classroom.... Now... did I just shove a whole bunch of stuff from my previous classroom in the storeroom?? Maaaaybe....... but its OUT of my previous classroom and now the new inhabitant of my previous classroom can now take FULL and COMPLETE ownership... thats what counts...So now we are at the place where all we have left is to print out all my stuff for the first couple of weeks.... 

Now with summer winding down I will be sad to leave my main love... TV.... I have been really diving into some new shows... such as....

1.  Naked and Dating.... I watched the first two episodes of this show (8:00pm VH1) and I am IN!!! Its kind of like Naked and Afraid with food and alcohol... the first couple go on a naked date, then those two people go on two more dates (naked of course) and then at the end, the 2 original people decide who to go on a second date with....

2. 20\20... I know.. this isn't a new show... but the stories are new... I watched a story about a teen who was killed by her two friends... all 15... I am still wondering how this happens.....

3. American Ninja Warrior... I know.. I know.. I've said this one before... but we only have like 2 left... and our girl Casey Catanzaromay become the first female ninja.... so tune in on Monday to see if she makes it!!!!! 

WIWW!!!!

Good Afternoon Lovelies!!! Its What I Wore Wednesday over at thepleatedpoppy.com, tuckerup.blogspot.com, and cappuccinoandfashion.com... I am keeping my goal of always taking a picture no matter what... we are on day 2 hopefully I will be able to keep it up!!!  Today's inspiration is f rom one of my FAVORITE blogs...forlaurenandlauren.blogspot.com.. she put up this pic...

 and I HAD to copy.. shes got a longer mid section than me and thats why my kimono is shorter.. but she looks so adorbs it inspired me!!!

Have a WONDERFUL Wednesday my friends!!!

A picture no matter what

Hey all... If you can't tell by today's pic I am at the hospital with hubs while he gets his filter out... He has a history of blood clots and the filter helps to thin his blood... But he doesn't need it anymore (Update: tried to retrieve filter... blood clot was IN the filter.. filter stays in indefinitely as it is doing its job quite nicely....)

I have made a drastic decision to put my pic up every day no matter what.... This is me in all my just woke up, put NO makeup on, threw my hair in a bun, and put clothes on body..... You may see a lot of these pics..... But that's life......
and on the brighter side and to try to  take your eyes away from my huge hips that this pic is showing:( ... While we were waiting and hubs was getting prepped, the nurse asked if we wanted to pray with her... we said, "sure".. so we all joined hands and she prayed over us... it was like a ray of sunshine had hit our face... it was a really special moment.... so PLEASE imagine that and not my humongous hips in this pic....