Ouchie Ouch!

This morning as I was putting in my contacts my right one was having some issues. I took it out a few times and rinsed it off, inspected it, found nothing wrong with it and put it back in. I should've got the clue and given up after about the 3rd time. Well, I went to school thinking it would figure itself out and stop bugging me already. Nope, as of now it is still freaking out. It feels like I've got something in there, only I don't.

Lucky for me I live close enough to work that I'm going to run home during lunch and take these babies out and change to glasses. I'm somewhat not too excited about the idea of wearing my glasses since I think I look like a dork, but I guess it's better than being miserable all day, right?

UPDATE: I went home for lunch. Oh boy what a fiasco. First of all the road was shut off because of some accident or something, which made me have to go a completely different way, which took an extra 15 minutes. I barely had time to eat, put on my glasses and go the bathroom before I was rushing out again. Then on my drive back my mom called with news that my uncle has been hospitalized. They found growths in his lower abdomen and who knows where else and they're worried it's cancer. He's been extremely sick the past month, which I guess gave them the clue. Oh geez. This day needs to be over, and quickly.

Don't Cry Over.....a Broken Clock?

The other night I had my parents over for dinner. My dad was working on my TV, trying to get the Dish wires to understand that yes, it was connected to a phone line. I moved this anniversary clock over that I got for my wedding from 2 of my uncles. I wasn't so bright since I stuck it on the ledge. It toppled over, and the wires for the bottom spinning thing of course snapped off.

Now the question is, do I order a new one to replace it, or just say too bad so sad, and save my money for something else? I'm sad since I really liked it, and it's sentimental coming from my uncles. It's only about $35, so not too expensive, but what would you do?

UPDATE: I found out it would be just as expensive to fix it at a clock shop as it would to buy a new one. I found one that I ordered online for $39 including shipping. That's not too bad, right? I've really missed my clock and hope it comes soon.

Photobucket Challenge

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These Boots Were Made for Walkin'...

How cute are these shoes? I've always liked Sketchers, and these look fun and wintry, not to mention quite comfy. It makes me anxious for the change of seasons again. I know I probably already have more shoes than the normal person, but hey, I'm not exactly normal right? hehe. I'm just thinking these look like some great shoes for standing and walking all day. Once again I wish they weren't quite so expensive.

Sigh, I wish I wasn't such a shoes, purse, etc. etc. fanatic. I could seriously spend my entire budget on such fun items. It's a good thing I have some self control, most of the time anyway. I think I might have to be saving for a little birthday present, to me from me.

Girl's Night Out

Last night my momma and I went to see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. We had a great girl's night, gotta love those. I love the first one and was very excited when I saw the previews of this one. My mom came over for dinner and then we headed out to the movie. Very cute! We also loved that there were like 10 people including us in the theater, that's always the best way to see a movie. No stupid, obnoxious loud talkers sitting behind us this time. I would recommend it to those of you that have seen the first one. And if you haven't, go out there and rent it. The books are also a great read if you haven't tried them. Find the first one here.

Scentsy Party Coming Soon

I'm having a Scentsy party in a few weeks. Thursday, September 4th at 7:00pm to be exact. If you're reading this, count yourself invited (let me know if you want directions to my place, or more details). I'm seriously so excited! I think I've become addicted to the stuff and need lots and lots more. I heard their new catalog is coming out the first of September, just in time for my party. Hooray! Check out their website here.

Dream a Little Dream

My mom called me last night about a fun catalog she got in the mail with some cute skirts. Here's the website. I especially loved this skirt. Who couldn't use a new denim skirt, right? I really like the black denim, I sorta already have a skirt in the basic denim, though they're both so very cute. And how fun that it's a pencil skirt, love those. I'm just wishing it wasn't so blasted expensive. Oh well, I can dream, right?

Yummy Cupcakes

I love the Verve Visual website. It's got such cute stamps, and not too expensive either. My sister gave me some for my birthday last year. I've become addicted since then. How cute are these cupcake do it yourself stamps? You can find them here.

These babies just might be going on my birthday "want" list. I'm already thinking up fun ideas of cards I could make with them. Too much fun, and delicious besides!

What Have I Done?

Yesterday morning as I was walking around and getting things ready for school to start I got horrible pains in my lower back. I didn't do anything, just normal walking and moving. All day I was in major pain, not being able to sit, stand or do much without hurting. I seriously thought I would cry a few times. I was so thankful that I live so close to my school. I thought I just might die having to drive home. I spent most of the evening lying in bed and not moving. As long as I was horizontal it gave me some relief. I was taking Motrin ever 4 hours, icing off and on, anything to help me feel better. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much last night. Anytime I'd slightly move it'd wake me up. Ugh!

I'm still hurting today, and I'm so frustrated not knowing what's wrong with me! I found out it helps somewhat to walk. If I stay in one spot too long I'm in pain. But as long as I'm on the go (or lying down of course), it's better. Strange.

Breaking Dawn

I finished Breaking Dawn today. I was quite disappointed in myself that it took me a whole week to get it read, I'm usually much better at that. I liked it overall. I wanted some things to go differently than how they did, but it was a good book, and I'm glad that I read it. I would recommend the Twilight series to any of you who have not read them yet. They're great, fast read, books.

Love Pier 1 Imports

Hooray! I made the trek up to Park City this weekend, and bought my beautiful pillows. It was quite the trip, mind you, since everyone else in the world seemed to be up there as well. Not to mention I had to be back before 4pm, when they were closing the bottom of the canyon, and then I would forced to take the LONG route around. I did make it however, unscathed by those other "back to school shoppers" and I'm so happy and excited that I got my pillows. I love them, and they look so great on my couch. What do you think?

Need Pillows

I've been in search of red throw pillows for my chocolate colored leather couch. My sister told me quite some time ago that Pier 1 had some really cute red ones. Of course it took me until yesterday to make my way over there. I found the cutest pillow ever, but they only had 1, and I need 4. They don't have them anywhere else in Salt Lake. The closest I think they said were in Park City, or St. George. Here they are, and that's a picture of it up above. What do you think? I sure wish they had a way of shipping them to me or something, it'd make life so much easier.

What's Your Definition?

Melanie --

[adjective]: Sexually stunning

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Thanks Natalie! This was fun. Try it out for yourself here. And let me know what your definition is.

Hate Mondays

I feel like such a whiner sometimes. I'm sure you read my blog and think, oh my gosh!! How boring and pathetic is this girl?! Seriously though, I've already come to terms with that. Today is one of my Crap days. I've been having so many good days recently, I guess it was about time for a downer.

I didn't sleep well last night, tossed and turned, had strange dreams that kept waking me up, was too hot, then too cold...etc. etc. I woke up this morning and started crying, definitely not a great way to start out my day. I seriously considered calling my mom while I was getting ready (I hate being alone when I cry). It helps sometimes to just talk to someone on the phone, or have someone over to keep me company, ya know?

Tonight we're celebrating my dad's and Natalee's (my brother's wife) birthdays. We're going up the canyons for a bbq. Sounds fun, right? Well, I'm not so much in the mood for it. Holidays are hard for me, I shouldn't be complaining because this isn't really a holiday like Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. that really really suck, but it's still hard to celebrate things on my own right now. I feel like such a loser sometimes when I whine or complain about things, or even when I start crying randomly and uncontrollably. Thanks for putting up with me and for those of you that actually made it through reading this post. What great friends you are!

Happy Days

I know, 3 posts in one day, I must be sick or something. Haha. I'm so much happier this year with our wonderful 3rd grade team. I still can't believe this will be my 8th year in teaching. I feel like I'm getting old or something. We've got 3 new teachers this year, and I must say how absolutely darling they all are. I have a much better feeling about our team this year, hooray. It's nice to have new teachers that are already fitting in and trying their hardest. I just love them! It'll be a relief to not have problems and contention in our grade. I was having a hard enough time dealing with my personal life, not to mention problems with work life as well. I'm so happy the ways things are starting to turn around and get better, or at least heading in the right direction in all aspects of my life.

So Excited!

I'm so very excited that Breaking Dawn in coming out tomorrow!!! I got a gift card from one of my student's last year to Barnes and Noble and will be using that to get my book tomorrow. I was thinking about doing the camping out thing tonight at midnight, only being as exhausted as I am today from my long week, I'm not sure if I'd be able to stay awake that long.

I decided to re read the 3 previous Twilight books to refresh my memory in preparation. With this week being so crazy with school I haven't had a lot of time to read. I'm almost done with Eclipse, and I hope to finish it before tomorrow morning. Anyone else as excited as I am?

Back to School

I think time seems to get away from me sometimes and then I realize I haven't posted in quite a while. School started this past Monday. I miss last year's kids, but I'm enjoying getting to know these new cuties. I've got some really sweet ones (so far anyway). I'm trying to whip them into shape this week, get them used to my rules and discipline. The first week of school always seems to last so long for teacher's. I'm so glad it's Friday so I can sleep, sleep, sleep this weekend. I definitely need to catch up on some of my sleep deprived nights I've been having. Crazy times.

Last night we had Back to School Night. I hate having to stay here until 8pm, but it's a nice opportunity to meet all the parent's and get to know more about my kiddies. Sadly, last night, I only had 6 parents show up, out of 25. Goodness!! I am B track, which is usually the smallest turn out, but still, 6? I don't remember ever having that few. This year I have a whopping 18 girls and 7 boys in my class. Don't quite know how I feel about that. I love girl's of course, but sometimes they can be so dramatic and such that I'm not too thrilled about having a class mainly made up of girls. Wish me luck.