Revisiting the 3-2

About 7 months ago, I made a list of 32 things I wanted to do this year. I figured it would be fun to revisit these things and see how much I still need to do in the next 5 months.

1.   Get a Possport  

2.   Get a REALLY good tan

3.   Continue Working Out 

4.   Have more girl time with my friends

5.   Get more involved at my church

6.   Welcome my niece/ nephew into the world

7.   Go to Nashville

8.   Go to Pittsburgh 

9.   Visit Sea World

10.  Throw a baby shower

11.  Make a diaper cake

12.  Throw a amazing 30th birthday party for the love bug

13.  Go to at least five Rangers games  {I think I got one in, lol}

14.  Master the poof  {I am improving!!}

15.  Watch Steph get married in Jamaica

16.  Try a new mixed drink

17.  Give Dave Ramsey a try

18.  Lose about 10 pounds  {I actually have lost it, but thanks to the holidays it came back I think}

19.  Teach Harper to say my name

20.  Get 4 more cancer free reports from my dad  {They're coming...I just know it}

21.  Have a maid come clean my house  

22.  Form new friendships {I really need to get better at this...Stuck in my bubble!}

23.  Spend a weekend at the lake

24.  Have my classroom finished BEFORE we go back 

25.  Upgrade my phone

26.  Call Lindsey every morning 

27.  Call Natalie every afternoon

28.  Witness the completion of a 15 yr bathroom project

29.  Go to a Pittsburgh Steelers game

30.  Quit drinking Dr Pepper {WHY does this have to be soooo HARD!}

31.  Paint the garage

32.  Beautify my yard {Still waiting to run into Yard Crashers at Lowe's}

Not bad...21 out of the 32. At least I'm closer to 32 than I am zero. :) 

A Day in My Shoes

I'm linking up with Katie over at Adventures of a 6th Grade Teacher with her A Day in my Shoes link party. :) I know you've all been dying to know what's happening in my life {don't get too excited}... LOL

6:30:  Alarm goes off, but I hit snooze...twice

6:50:  Get up, get ready and leave the house. No time for anything exciting...I leave myself no extra time in the mornings.

7:30:  Drive to school, talk to my sister and Harper all the way to school. This day was specifically special because Harper very clearly said "Hi Katie" She even got the K sound...normally its more like "Atie"

7:50:  Get to school, drink my Dr Pepper and a blueberry donut my love bug got for me.

8:05: Bell rings. Kids start coming in. They are suppose to be putting their stuff up and reading but I always seems to overhear some great conversations. Such as: "Its Friday the 13th, 2012!!! I think today's the day the world ends...it only makes since" or... "Did you not hear, the Mayans are redoing their calendar its not true anymore" or.... "Oh my gosh, Justin Bieber and his girlfriend got in a fight" Great times.

8:30: Block 1. Computer Lab making Tessellations in Word. One example of Rotation, Reflection and Translation. Did I mention I hate computer lab {which is why I opted this year to just bring the laptops to my room.} It's always something in there. Today, 3 of the computers won't print. Ugh!!!

9:15:  Conference Time. Pretty sure nothing got accomplished...we just sat around and talked. Happens often.

10:40: Block 2. Computers again and I forgot about the computer printing problem and let kids sit in the same spot...so again printing problems. Oh and I think I said to be quiet 5,348,234 times. So since they don't want to listen...11 of them got signed {our discipline plan}

11:40:  Eat. Except I forgot my lunch {this happens usually 3 out of the 5 days} So I drank my DP and ate chips from the snack machine. Nutritious, I know

12:30: Recess. It was so beautiful outside. 66 and Sunny!!!

12:50: Block 3. Computers. This time I remembered about the printing problems but forgot which computers had the problem. I got one out of the three right. So again, 2 people still couldn't print. IRRITATED! This time I turned the bad computers off.

2:00: Block 4. Computers. 4th times a charm. Usually how it works...I can normally get it right by this time. :)

3:15:  Homeroom getting everything ready to go. Me texting love bug to see if we can go on our usual Friday night date. He reminds me that I'm going to a MLK banquet instead. Bummed.

3:45:  Drive home. Talk to my other sister. Get a DM from Kari Jobe on Twitter saying she's giving me meet and greet tickets to her concert. {so excited} I was already going to finally meet her with my sisters friend, but now I'll just be legit...and maybe meet her twice now. :)

4:00: Hang out. Watch Tv. Laugh and get ready

6:30:  MLK banquet at the local college. It was pretty cool. Good food, good entertainment, good company...but really, all I wanted to do was go home and crash. I know, lame.

9:00: Come home and relax with the love bug all night. :)

The End!

Amazing

I wouldn't ever say I hate Religion, but this guy does have some good ideas...

Enjoy

:)

Currently...

Happy 20-12!
It's my first post of the new year and I'm jumping in to join  Farley's "Currently."
Head on over if you want to play along.

11 in '11

Oh my goodness, I can't think of the last link up I've participated in. This one looked like fun and a lot of my teacher friend bloggers are participating, so I figure I would too.  Click the button above to join! Here are the 11 items to post:

11. Favorite movie you watched:

I guess I didn't pick memorable movies to watch this year. We go to the movies all the time it seems like, yet I really don't have a favorite. I guess I'll go with The Hangover 2...

10. Favorite TV series:

This is a tie. 

My all time most favorite reality show is Big Brother. 

This summer was no different...especially because of these two. 

9. Favorite restaurant:

I love this place and it definitely was the restaurant who received most of our money this year. 

8. Favorite new thing you tried:

Guacamole...but only from Chipotle. :)

7. Favorite gift you got:

Again, we have another tie. 2 things that I can't get enough of...

My MLK Day present that is always on my wrist

 And my bday present...the most comfortable shoes EVER!

6. Favorite thing you pinned:

5. Favorite blog post:

I'm not sure if this is suppose to be one of mine or someone else's. But for the only reason that I don't want to search through other people's blog all night. I'm picking mine (ha!) Only because I go back to it at least once a month. :)

Katie Lately, Lasagna Recipe

4. Best accomplishment:

Scoring top in my district for my kids 5th grade Math TAKS scores. 

3. Favorite picture:

Yeah right am I going to be able to pick just one. Here are my top 3...tonight. :)

2. Favorite memory:

OSU won Bedlam AND going to Jamaica!

1. Goal for 2012:
Do whatever makes me HAPPY!
:)

Aunt Katie x2

Ella Kate is here! 

She came last Friday night weighing a whopping 8 lbs 4 oz. In the words of her mother {while still intoxicated under medication} "If she would've been one ounce bigger, I couldn't have done it. I would've passed out." Ha!

2 hours into her life she was already Skyping on her iPad. Sey and I got to meet little Ella Kate which made us happy. :)

Here she is one week old. 

 I can't wait to get my hands on her!!

 Natalie is in heaven. 

Jamaica Mon

Forgive me for my brief hiatus...I wish I had a good excuse for my absence but really I don't. A lot has happened though....

Fresh off the plane from JAMAICA!!! It was amazeballs! We  stayed at the most beautiful resort in Monetego Bay. And of course, I bring you pictures.

 It was BEAUTIFUL!!

 We went on the zip lines one day. Wow. What an experience. I am so happy we decided to do this. Definitely something I will never forget. Here's a little video from one of the lines. {Ignore my screaming...it wasn't scary, promise}