you should know better

that would be for the people at work that sometimes confuse working with teenagers with acting like teenagers

that would be for the people at work that tried to sneak something in on me and didn't think i'd catch it

that would be for the coke machine guy that let us run out of cokes at work

that would be for all the people that waited until today to submit grades

and all the people that thought baltimore would beat pittsburgh

and everyone that didn't vote

oh yeah, and for anyone that likes edward cullen over jacob black!

if it were up to me

if it were up to me...i wouldn't be sick, the eagles would've beat the cardinals, i'd be off work monday AND tuesday, we'd have a decent fast food place in town, and slumdog millionaire, the reader, and revolutionary road would be playing somewhere close to here. but none of those things are up to me, so i'm going to go take some more medicine and rest on the couch some more, hope the steelers win, try to feel like going to work by tuesday, try to get k-dogg to put a frozen pizza in the oven, and not go to the movies this weekend.

while i've been on the couch since yesterday morning i watched thirteen finally. i also watched august rush. both of them ended too quickly. i'm also reading a mighty heart. once again, thanks to living in the land where award-worthy movies never seem to quite make it for more than a week if at all, but we get every stupid horror movie that comes out...i never saw the movie a mighty heart, so i'm reading the book before i rent it. ok, must get medicine and pizza now and get back on the couch before my head explodes!

shut up and let me go

that title was so appropriate this week! between being back at work with my crazy students and having another "thing" in the house this week...ugh! two nights on the couch at my mom and dad's does not make me happy and cheery to face my 7th graders the next day! especially when two of them lost their minds and tried to talk back to me. work would be dreadful without my friends down the hall. we keep each other entertained and laughing so we don't end up exploding on our little darlings and getting fired. i started a new class at church wednesday night. systematic theology with a 1200 page book and our first question to figure out for next week is where did the Bible come from! yea! i get to use my brain again! anyway, other than texas winning and ou getting beat nothing else happened. i'm off to clean house and get ready for shogun and bride wars for lulu's 16th birthday!

killing time

so, i'm still hiding out in my computer room. i decided to do something i used to do on xanga (anyone still remember xanga :)) and recap 2008 by the months.

January and February
i didn't start blogging until february, so i don't remember much about january except that we spent new year's in california with bean and j-baby. i cut all my hair off. i was really sick of a lot of people at work. i started going a little organic and green. and my mom and i went to see the african childrens' choir!

March and April
went to my mom's parents' house for the first time in over 10 years and stayed in the car. still not ready. it SNOWED in march! my kodak died so i got a new canon. one of my bestest friends got married in huntsville so i roadtripped solo. i tried to back out of the garage before the door was all the way up and tore the spoiler off my car. it still isn't fixed! bean and j-baby came to houston for a film festival, so my parents and i traveled five hours to take her to lunch.

May and June
i turned 29! and banjo ran away for a couple of days. the school year ended. banjo ran away on bean's 25th birthday and we've never seen him again. i sent bean 25 birthday presents. auttie and dcam got married. bean told us she was pregnant. i worked at vbs and decided i never want to work with 5 year old boys again...or maybe it was just that group of boys.

July and August
bean came home for a week! we went to the balloon glow and a kevin fowler concert and i now have a least favorite concert ever! went to mexico for the mission trip, took 444 pictures, and ran up my cell phone bill. found out bean had lost her baby while i was on my way to mexico. survived living with two 10th grade girls for 10 days, made some good friends from my church and in mexico. watched the olympics, went back to work...was seriously addicted to army wives.

September and October
oh yeah...hurricane ike. how'd i forget that? it hit while k-dogg and i were both sick. i think i get sick every year after school starts. then football, football, and more football. crafting and shopping in between the football. and a pretty uneventful halloween spent where else...at a football game! seriously addicted to twilight!

November and December
ladies' holiday tea, middle school masquerade ball, pastor ovidio from mexico passed away, i was sick...AGAIN, some workshops, twilight the movie, thanksgiving at my house, shopping, lots of shopping, as little time at work as possible, BEAN was HOME again, seriously sick when i skipped my antidepressant medicine for a week! Christmas craziness, the office, more shopping, and THE END

i can't believe how much stuff i had forgotten about that seemed like a big deal when it happened. i also can't believe how many weekends i am sick during the school year! wow! how do i ever get all of those football games and all that shopping done!?!?!

chasing cars

not much going on, i'm hiding out in my computer room because k-dogg and his friend have taken over the living room with the x-box and some loud ugly alien game. (now they're watching stepbrothers...ugh) we went to eat at my italian place earlier. then we got pulled over by the police because our friend turned around in a parking lot and the officer thought he had driven through the parking lot to skip the red light. no ticket though! yesterday, k-dogg, my mom, and i went to caton trade days. i got some jewelry and some saris for our bedroom. and i got a lot of new ornaments for the kitchen tree we are going to have next year. k-dogg pretty much just ate the whole time we were there. i cleaned out my closet this afternoon. got rid of 40 articles of clothing and 3 pairs of shoes and you can't even tell! definitely do not need any new clothes any time soon. the only thing i didn't get done that was on my list of things to do during the break was painting the wall in my computer room. i need a paint stirrer stick. we watched season 3 of the office this week and started season 4 today. we went to see the curious case of benjamin button. you should definitely see that movie. if you don't have time or the money to go to the theater...see it as soon as it comes out on dvd. it was soooo good! k-dogg got me the 4th twilight book for Christmas and i finished it on new year's eve. it was really good and i'm absolutely on team jacob now! i'm reading the tales of beedle the bard now and then i plan to read a mighty heart next. i read speak by laurie halse anderson recently. you should read that while you're not watching the curious case of benjamin button! i also read the shack, and don't really see what all the hype is about. i thought it was pretty weak and goofy. anyway, no new year resolutions really...we are trying to save some money each month and not spend so much on stuff we don't really need. if anyone has a time machine that could stop monday from coming...please let me know!

marvelous things

Christmas is over and i'm tired. i was sick last weekend. finally felt better around tuesday. good thing, because that's when Christmas hit! we had breakfast that morning at my grandma's. not my favorite way to kick off a morning when i'm off work, but pancakes and bacon beat out regular Christmas food any time! Christmas Eve was pretty laid back. we went to church, the a-team read the Christmas story with their mom and dad. the one in kindergarten prayed after the story on the microphone in front of all those people. he's usually pretty shy, but i really think he's going to be a missionary or a pastor when he's older. my other little friends, 911, doolittle, and piggies gave me a webkinz frog for Christmas! they were practically bouncing off the walls after church because they were so excited about Christmas. then we went over the river and through the woods to k-dogg's aunt's house. we ate and then opened gifts. that's always a big production. you can't just hand your gift to whoever it's for. they all have some kind of goofy presentation and then when you get your gift everyone watches you open it. k-dogg's aunt had my name this year. she got me good stuff...kung fu panda and cars on dvd, a new computer keyboard, and the collins big book of art. all stuff straight from the list i filled out. k-dogg's grandma loved the earrings he gave her and wore them the next day to show everyone what her grandson picked out for her all by himself! if only she knew! k-dogg and i opened presents again when we got home. he got me the fourth twilight book so now i can finally finish the story! my other gift from him was a box of tinsel. he conspired against me with my mom and my real present was at my mom and dad's house! i guess that's what i get for being a notorious gift snooper and peeker every year! i must have been really good this year though, because k-dogg got me an awesome gift...frye boots! not just any boots, but the exact ones i wanted in the right size, style, color...everything! and my mom got me a pair of toms shoes so i now have very happy feet! k-dogg wasn't real thrilled that my parents got me the entire series of the cosby show on dvd, but he'll live. he got a firepit so he was happy. yesterday, my mom and i braved the crowds and the disgusting weather for after-Christmas deals. wrapping paper, ornaments, and decor, oh my! it was fun and we didn't go too crazy, just a little bit. now that i've slept all day and started packing up everything, we're about to go see the curious case of benjamin button and then go eat at ihop...more pancakes! and a whole week off work with nothing planned! yea!

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