Welcome to the LABride version of Project 365! It may be slightly lame, but it is my daily life...not just the fun stuff. Do not be alarmed, your computer screen is not messed up, I just use my phone to take pictures a lot. Scroll down to see previous days & feel free to leave comments & let me know what you did today!
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Day 145
Tues-5/24
chicken gyros:)
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Day 144
Mon-5/23
OOTD
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Day 143
Sun-5/22
Jeremy and I threw out the couches, only a few days until we get the new ones.
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Day 142
Sat-5/21
Graduation day
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Day 141
Fri-5/20
Came home from work to a graduation/end of school happy from Jeremy.
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Day 140
Thurs-5/19
Let the crazy begin---two mice ran out in my lights at the same time. Gross!
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Day 139
Wed-5/18
no pic:(
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Day 138
Tues-5/17
Reading at work-yes the end of the school year is that pointless.
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Day 137
Mon-5/16
How do you like that bookmark?
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Day 136
Sun-5/15
Dear Maddie, it is okay if you go outside. You are a dog, we would understand.
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Day 135
Sat-5/14
Before sitting on our couch please always look under the pillows. You just may squish a weenie dog.
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Day 134
Fri-5/13
no pic:(
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Day 133
Thurs-5/12
Old Jeremy got new shoes. He wants to run a marathon. I just don't see the point, I could drive that distance faster.
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Day 132
Wed-5/11
After Maddie got stuck under the bed she was very happy that I moved her bed out from under my bed.
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Day 131
Tues-5/10
my new love. "fried chicken" salad with Boca soy chicken, carrots, croutons, cucumbers, cheese, lettuce, and tomatillo dressing.
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Day 130
Mon-5/9
This stuff does not taste good. There is no honey to be found in it. Do not be deceived!
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Day 129
Sun-5/8
had I not been so sick and had been able to go home I would have gotten my Mom some of these:)
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Day 128
Sat-5/7
sick as can be and living off of Cup-a-Soup
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Day 127
Fri-5/6
Boca "chicken" pattie with cabbage and southwest sauce on a 100 cal bun=yummy
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Day 126
Thurs-5/5
got my honor cords in the mail from Kappa Delta Pi:)
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Day 125
Wed-5/4
Really? That is a state?
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Day 124
Tues-5/3
new shoes and on sale for $7
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Day 123
Mon-5/2
It is hard to do yoga with this thing under foot licking you every chance she gets!
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Day 122
Sun-5/1
new dress from Target-only 10 bucks.
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Day 121
Sat-4/30
no pic:(
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Day 120
Fri-4/29
no pic:(
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Day 119
Thurs-4/28
Dermatologists office. What is worse the old man asleep or the huge bear?
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Day 118
Wed-4/27
Bad weather all over the south = no work.
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Day 117
Tues-4/26
snow cone season:)
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Day 116
Mon-4/25
The most vulgar car I ever did see.
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Day 115
Sun-4/24
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Day 114
Sat-4/23
I took the babe to the river walk with me Saturday night to get some exercise. He was super pumped about the outing. When I said "Do you wanna go with MeMe?" he ran to the front door.
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Day 113
Fri-4/22
If we thought Joshy Poo was nuts running through Sam's, he got really nuts when I walked up with cake {to which he started saying ooohhh} and noticed the blue ballon above the register. He was reaching for the "ball" in the picture.
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Day 112
Thurs-4/21
These people obviously aren't going green.
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Day 111
Wed-4/20
By 25 one should be able to go a day without spilling their red Crystal Light on one's pants and getting some odd blue stain.
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Day 110
Tues-4/19
El Mouse keeps making appearances in the classroom. All of which are unwanted.
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Day 109
Mon-4/18
Not wearing makeup, and it was not because I was boycotting it as usual. Stress has caused me to get some weird red patch under my eye.
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Day 108
Sun-4/17
Odd is defined by having a sister who beats her popsicle senseless with a meat mallet.
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Day 107
Sat-4/16
I don't think the baby makes pictures blurry, I blame it on his Momma.
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Day 106
Fri-4/15
Driving to Vidalia with the pups.
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Day 105
Thurs-4/14
Finally bought my cap, gown, and hood:)
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Day 104
Wed-4/13
No pic:( Too tired from driving.
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Day 103
Tues-4/12
Nothing says I am sick of driving like sitting in traffic at midnight.
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Day 102
Mon-4/11
In an effort to combat humidity I rode all the way to Houma wearing velcro rollers. Ha!
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Day 101
Sun-4/10
Trying to figure out what to wear to my interview.
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Day 100
Sat-4/9
I decided to take my unhappy butt outside to read. This is what was under me. These two are never far away.
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Day 99
Fri-4/8
Worst work day ever. I was denied a personal day, and had to come home and unpack. I am going to an interview 5 1/2hrs away Monday and didn't want to drive it all in one day. However, telling me I was denied wasn't enough. I was also threatened with a bad recommendation if I took off{as if I am using her anyway} and was told I was wasting my time going because they wouldn't hire me anyway. So says the lady who didn't hire me and has never seen my resume.
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Day 98
Thurs-4/7
Packing, packing, packing. I really don't want to be last minute on this...we are moving May 29.
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Day 97
Wed-4/6
This is why I am always late on duty day.
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Day 96
Tues-4/5
The kids are beyond burned out on iLeap review. So I decided the only way to achieve sanity was to watch BrainPop videos and answer quizes...in the dark.
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Day 95
Mon-4/4
I got an email today that I have an interview next week. Whoo Hoo! I just hope/pray I get the job.
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Day 94
Sun-4/3
Ellie had a death wish when on the way home she decided to make herself comfy in my clean laundry. Dachshund fail.
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Day 93
Sat-4/2
Today we went to the park to help FBC Thibodaux with their community outreach. This was my first time meeting everyone, and it was great. We maned the snow cone stand. I think the kids just liked watching the shaved ice come out.
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Day 92
Fri-4/1
Jer and I ate crawfish for dinner. Enough said.
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Day 91
Thurs-3/31
After beating Jer in 4 consecutive games of connect four I decided to chow down one of my favorite foods...pickles!
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Day 90
Wed-3/30
Tues-3/29
I've been helping keep up with munchkin while I am on break. We spent today outside...because he gets in less trouble outside.
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Day 88
Mon-3/28
It has now been established that Ellie is made out of velcro.
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Day 87
Sun-3/27
Somehow I managed to not take a picture Sunday. So this is a pic of little dude playing at the shoe store on Saturday.
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Day 86
Sat-3/26
We were going to go to the Indian Pow Wow, but this happened 2 miles into the trip.
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Day 85
Fri-3/25
"Can I pUH-lease have a french fry?"
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Day 84
Thurs-3/24
What can I say? I am obsessed with these crackers.
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Day 83
Wed-3/23
Intern seminar day. Forgive the blurriness, I was trying to not have a flash when I snapped this during the presenter talking haha. This is actually a pic of the poll they were trying to take, we had to text in our answers. Well it got interesting when some put "Beer me!" and "No one told me this was gonna suck so bad". I couldn't quit laughing.
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Day 82
Tues-3/22
I am in love with Pandora. I made a Spice Girl's channel and it just plays every song I ever loved in Jr. High and High School. Love it!
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Day 81
Mon-3/21
This stuff is amazing. A whole one is 100 calories and you really only need half to make a wrap.
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Day 80
Sun-3/20
Corn and Smoked Mozzarella pizza on a Flatout with balsamic drizzle for dinner:)
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Day 79
Sat-3/19
The weather was beautiful, so I took everything in the universe I am currently reading and parked myself outdoors.
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Day 78
Fri-3/18
Day 77
Thurs-3/17
Can I just say I hate this holiday. I walked into school and someone pinched me, and I pinched the tar right back out of them. Then a para saved me with this sticker. I had my last ULM observation today, I have no time to think green.
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Day 76
Wed-3/16
iPad 2 came in the mail today:) whoop whoop!
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Day 75
Tues-3/15
Add the the 6th scripture in my spiral for SSMT.
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Day 74
Mon-3/14
Soup. I defrosted what I had frozen and added more veggies and some cilantro. Cilantro was actually really good in it.
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Somehow I have slipped on taking pics. This is from Saturday actually. Sunday J and I literally did nothing. We just relaxed until he had to go back Monday.
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We took Joshua to the zoo for the first time yesterday and he had a blast! He walked around until he actually wanted back in his stroller. Which says a lot for a baby that wants to run outside every chance he gets.
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Day 71
Fri-3/11
Now this isn't something I have to do for my dachshunds, Lord knows their 2 inch legs couldn't scale a baby gate. But two gates are necessary when your roommate brings in a dog without asking that is annoying as heck in terms of shedding and bothering my dogs. I've never seen a dog that didn't know how to play with other dogs until I met this sheep dog looking thing. Jump that hairy beast!
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Day 70
Thurs-3/10
Some how I forgot to take a pic other than my OOTD for What I Wore Wednesday. My horrible quality, school bathroom pic.
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Day 69
Wed-3/9
No actual pic from today, so I thought I'd post what I intended to post Sunday. This is hands down the coolest candy ever. It is called a Wobble...chocolate egg with a marshmallow duck inside! Adorable:)
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Day 68
Tues-3/8
The salad dressing I posted in meat-free/man-free was amazing. So were the enchiladas...just saying.
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Day 67
Mon-3/7
This is a precursor of the week to come. Sheer hell.
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Day 65
Sun-3/6
I love all the cute headbands I found at The Beehive the other day:)
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Day 64
Sat-3/5
What's in your Gussy bag? We went to a teacher fair so I had a banana, crackers, Chex Mix, yogurt , pen, and a apple sliced up...oh and peanut butter and a Full Bar.
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Day 63
Fri-3/4
J is in town and we had to run a few errands. This sign totally describes my view on things.
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Day 62
Thurs-3/3
Whole wheat egg McMuffin with soy bacon...and no it did not come from McDonald's. I made it myself.
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Day 61
Wed-3/2
See what I have to deal with. They really aren't fans of the sheep dog and hate to be herded. Therefore I have daschunds under foot when I am home, an if that wasn't bad enough...they don't like to go outside to potty, even less than usual. I promise you, the only way to understand a daschund is to own one.
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Day 60
Tues-3/1
I had to go get more moisturizer today and stumbled upon these darling tea pots at Rite Aid. Love them!
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Day 59
Mon-2/28
No pic. I twas since and had to drive back to North Louisiana. No fun.
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Day 58
Sun-2/27
Crushed ice with flat Sprite and saltine crackers just like I mommy use to make...made my Jeremy. I was S.I.C.K. Get for weight loss though.
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Day 57
Sat-2/26
Pop took us out to the country to let Joshua see some animals, Jeremy threw lots of things at the goose...much like boys typically do. It is hard to tell some days if men are their actual age or 5. But that goes for every man I have ever met.
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Day 56
Fri-2/25
25th BDay-and it was the best one ever. I told Mom and J that all I wanted was the Lizzie Vera Bradley Cross Body bag, I got it, and I thought it was all I was getting. Then out of no where my husband, who has been telling me how he felt bad for not getting me anything all week, came out of the back bedroom with 3 wrapped presents and told me what to open first...it was a iPad. Now I've wanted one, but it was one of those I want but I know I'll never get items. So cool:) Love my sneaky husband...he never gets to surprise me b/c I am so so nosey.
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Day 55
Thurs-2/24
My favorite Hispanic drink ever-Horchata.
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Day 54
Wed-2/23
No flash Momma! She watched me take my OOTD pic, so I figured I'd take her OOTD. Maddie decided she'd look sexy with her ears back today. She missed the memo that squinting was not hot.
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Day 53
Tues-2/22
I dropped my phone and killed it before I could take a 365 pic, so here is my OOTD from WIWW. Staff development day.
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Day 52
Mon-2/21
Bill paying day. Yuck. But yay for no school due to President's Day!
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Day 51
Sun-2/20
I think this picture speaks for its self. This dog never wants to get out of bed.
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Day 50
Sat-2/19
I've been eating sweet potato fries constantly. Love them:)
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Day 49
Fri-2/18
Not only was I brave enough to wear a ULM T-shirt to work {cause everyone else does it} I was also dumb enough to spill raspberry lemonade on myself. I didn't notice it until I took my class to the bathroom and the superintendent was in the hall. Everyday I am dressed according to dress code...and the one day I'm not the head honcho show up. Totally my luck.
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Day 48
Thurs-2/17
Dang things won't rotate. But it was face mask day. Gots ta gots ta clear this stressed out skin up.
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Day 47
Wed-2/16
Nothing says "bored to tears" like a bunch of teachers stuck in a 3 hours RTI seminar sitting in the back of the room playing real like Angry Birds with a paper frog. One girl made it jump over two coke bottles. Yes, 30 minutes to the 3 hour mark we totally lost it.
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Day 46
Tues-2/15
Today was the 4th verse for Siesta Scripture Memory Team. I chose Matthew 6:34. This should be my life verse. I was at work when I submitted my verse to the LPM blog so that is why it is on a sticky. Now I need to put it in my spiral.
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Day 45
Mon-2/14
It is sad how such a small amount of groceries can cost $30.
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Day 44
Sun-2/13
VDay date night. We wen to Biscuits and Blues and had their beignet w/ crawfish & mushrooms for an appetizer. (Made famous by Greg Isles in his book The Quiet Game)
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Day 43
Sat-2/12
Went with Mom to the Kelly's Kids warehouse sale. It was INSANE! A lady literally took something I was looking at away from me. I was holding it while it was still on the rack and she asked what size it was and said thanks. Crazy!
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Day 42
Fri-2/11
I honestly had no clue why we were out Thursday until I got to work on Friday. There was a good 2-3 inches of snow/ice built up all over the town. This pic was taken at 3:20pm as I was leaving work and the temperature had gone up considerably. There was still snow everywhere, but not as much as there was that AM.
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Day 41
Thurs-2/10
I tried to take the pic while Maddie was scratching at the door, but it didn't happen. It was freezing today and we were out of school for the snow that never hit Monroe. Ellie was gladly going outside and Maddie wouldn't dare. Every time Ellie walked by Maddie scratched the door to get her attention. She wanted to play with Ellie but didn't want to brave the cold to go out. Chicken.
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Day 40
Wednesday-2/9
We got out of school early today because of the sleet/snow/rain mix that hit Morehouse Parish today. Notice the bus in my rearview mirror? Needless to say I got to Monroe and there was nothing but rain!
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Day 39
Tuesday-2/8
Cold night and not sleepy means one thing-chamomile honey tea in my I Heart Elvis mug.
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Day 38
Monday-2/7
I think I finally have my 3rd verse for Siesta Scripture Memory Team memorized. Next one will be shorter. I will be really surprised if in December...even July if I can remember all of these. But it would be awesome if I could.
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Day 37
Sunday-2/6
I burned the crap out of my mouth eating Gooey Butter Cake that literally just came out of the oven. But my inner fat girl couldn't let me leave my parents house without a piece. The pic is blurry btw because I was driving and eating.
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Day 36
Saturday-2/5
Josh has decided lately he likes to put things in things. If you notice he put a hammer in the dog food bin (which he knows how to open) and took the dog food cup. Which he was using to put his magnets in, and shake them.
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Day 35
Friday-2/4
Due to the winter weather we didn't have to go to work/school today. This is the huge icicle outside of my house this AM. Weirdest shape ever.
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Day 34
Thursday-2/3
Today was insane. But I was so happy to get a half day from work. Needless to same hormones get the best of me and I was ready to slit open a daschund if it ment chocolate would fall out. So nothing made my day happier than getting a hot fudge brownie sunday late at night from Eskamoe's.
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Day 33
Wednesday-2/2
I got some awesome snail mail today from my new blog friend Lindsay! Totally made my day:)You should follow her too.
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Day 32
Tuesday-2/1
It is a sick day here. I have two bed buddies and I don't plan to move any body part more than it takes to walk to the fridge, shower, blog, or change the TV channel. Lazy, yes. But the doxies don't have a problem with it.
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Day 31
Monday-1/31
I made Shrimp de Gallo/ceviche. It was yummy, healthy, and filling. Even though the only cooked part was the shrimp, surprise. I added some cocktail sauce though...it's an addiction.
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Day 30
Sunday-1/30
This is why people don't put the baby in the cake anymore. I totally forgot Jeremy had shoved that booger in there and took a giant bite thing I had chomped down on a pecan. Was I ever wrong. Once I fished out the baby I realized his leg was missing. Luckily it was not swallowed.
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Day 29
Saturday-1/29
Nothing makes it more apparent that you are in a house with a little boy than listening to him bang around the house in the morning. He decided to pull out the pots and pans and sit in this particular one while yelling random sounds at us. He also danced in it.
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Day 28
Friday-1/28
I won the giveaway at Kelly's Korner and got the new Hillsong cd in the mail today. Love the songs on it, many of which I have grown to love recently. Plus it was nice to get a happy in the snail mail after this week...and to listen to it on the way to see my man after not seeing him in two weeks
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Day 27
Thursday-1/27
I've been wanting a pair of Tom's, but the ones I wanted were a holiday pattern that were sold out in my massive size. So after the 4th day in a entirely unnecessarily rough work week I decided to break down and buy the burlap ones. I needed something comfy and neutral to wear with all my school clothes...mostly khakis.
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Day 26
Wednesday-1/26
Day 25
Tuesday-1/25
The #1 thing I hate the most about being a teacher--making copies. The copier you can see in the picture is deathly slow. It takes 30 minutes to run off copies for my class on test day. Lord help me if I was a lower grade teacher who made copies all the time.
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Day 24
Monday-1/24
Today was a crappy work day. I was on the verge of writing a kid up. Notice the added rules to the conduct board, the other teacher didn't have them on her's...so I added them. Bad day!
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Day 23
Sunday-1/23/11
The most hated doggy day of the week-bath day. Ellie was DONE and trying to make a run for it before I cleaned her ears.
Day 22
1/22/11
In the midst of my first weekend alone boredom I went to the book store and found a little book called 101 Things I Love About Louisiana. Hence #62. I can attest for #63, you see a lot of fortune tellers around these parts.
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Day 21
1/21/11
Test day is the most glorious day of the week for a teacher. At least one who values silence. For some reason since I started teaching, chatter drives me insane. As you can imagine I am not the "favorite" teacher.
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Day 20
1/20/11
Textbook happiness was short lived when in the middle of teaching Science yesterday I realized I bought the wrong book. Which might I add totaled a whopping $200 for one class. Turns out the lady I asked to show me where ELED 5010 books were took me to EDLE 5010 book. Dyslexic much? One book was $118 for purchase & 112 to rent. Really ULM, don't go all out on this new rental deal!
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Day 19
1/19/11
After a crappy day at school and a long evening at a grad school seminar nothing beats laying in bed and watching Bob's Burgers on DVR, and eating sorbet:)
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Day 18
1/18/11
My new note cards from Shutterfly came in yay. I also rented both of my books for my last class ever for $30!
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Day 17
1/17/11
Finally back in Monroe I decided to treat myself to Orange Leaf after grocery shopping in hopes of cheering me up. I got tart, strawberry banana, pineapple, and taro flavored fro-yo. They didn't have regular to-go lids so I ended up with a really big cup. This is my "I miss my man medicine".
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Day 16
1/16/11
We got up Sunday morning before I left and went in search of two things, donuts and King Cake. And we succeeded with a strawberry cream cheese cake & two donuts(choco w/ pecans for me and strawberry filled for J)
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Day 15
1/15/11
Saturday we drove down to Thibodeaux and got J's dorm room together. How funny is it he has never lived in one but at 26 he moves into a dorm. Luckily he was blessed with a wife who lived in one for years and knew what all he needed to survive:)
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Day 14
1/14/11
Day 1 of moving Jeremy to Nicholls. The dogs were not happy and Ellie knew something was up. I told Laura apparently on Ellie Airlines you are only allowed one bag and I had exceeded my limit, because she was ticked and not wanting me to take this one. But J had taken a lot out and it was freaking them out majorly.
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Day 13
1/13/11
Today we went to eat Mexican food with one of our good couple friends Chris and Gwen. We met Chris when we were all Psychology major during undergrad. Needless to say we were all having so much fun talking that we almost forgot to pay. Well while the boys were paying I noticed the giant shoe hanging overhead. Odd.
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Day 12
1/12/11
Exhibit A of how simple things make me happy: a $1 container of ranch off brand Ritz. Nothing taste better than Ranch and Ritz, so why not put them together and eat small versions of them. Yummy.
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Day 11
1/11/11
Nothing says fun like wrapping the biggest, heaviest king size bed we could find in plastic wrap. We had to move it to the shed so I could have my cute little double bed while J is gone to grad school without me for a few months.
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Day 10
1/10/11
SLEET DAY!!! No work and all play. Well as play as you can get with ice everywhere.
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Day 9
1/9/11
Since church got cancelled due to the weather Jeremy decided to have an impromptu worship service. He wouldn't leave me alone so I knew the only way to get rid of him was to take a picture. Hence the guitar block.
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Day 8
1/8/11
Spa day! I used my gift card and got a facial when we got to Vidalia...hence the crazy hair. If you haven't ever had one you totally should, my skin won't break out for 6 months after I've had one. Amazing, and so relaxing. I'd rather do this than a massage.
Day 7
1/7/11
Downside to letting a baby drink out of your water bottle once....they will forever see you with a water bottle and think they should get a sip. Baby backwash is not fun. Especially when you just opened it.
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Day 6
1/6/11
Ignore the dirty school mirror in the teacher's lounge. This is my OOTD:Tent was purchased from the most recent REI catalog, not really... white long sleeve-Target, Purple Loose Tank-Target(that was really popular 2 yrs. ago), Khakis-Gap, Shoes-Shoe Department. I was feeling so swollen with water weight today that I had to go as loose and comfy as humanly possible today, I felt like my skin would burst...I know TMI. Even though I look like a tent I felt rather cute and not like I was being strangled by clothes. Super conservative is also a must with 5th grade for me, boys this age have a tendency to gawk and make comments. Hence last year, and a few time this year. But at least I haven't been called Mrs. Babe yet this year haha.
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1/5/11
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1/4/11
Due to the sheer lack of interesting today I decided to take a pic of my favorite bag EVER! This is my Gussy Work Bag. It is to die for. Carrying it just makes me so happy;)
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Day 145
Tues-5/24
chicken gyros:)
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Day 144
Mon-5/23
OOTD
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Day 143
Sun-5/22
Jeremy and I threw out the couches, only a few days until we get the new ones.
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Day 142
Sat-5/21
Graduation day
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Day 141
Fri-5/20
Came home from work to a graduation/end of school happy from Jeremy.
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Day 140
Thurs-5/19
Let the crazy begin---two mice ran out in my lights at the same time. Gross!
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Day 139
Wed-5/18
no pic:(
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Day 138
Tues-5/17
Reading at work-yes the end of the school year is that pointless.
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Day 137
Mon-5/16
How do you like that bookmark?
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Day 136
Sun-5/15
Dear Maddie, it is okay if you go outside. You are a dog, we would understand.
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Day 135
Sat-5/14
Before sitting on our couch please always look under the pillows. You just may squish a weenie dog.
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Day 134
Fri-5/13
no pic:(
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Day 133
Thurs-5/12
Old Jeremy got new shoes. He wants to run a marathon. I just don't see the point, I could drive that distance faster.
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Day 132
Wed-5/11
After Maddie got stuck under the bed she was very happy that I moved her bed out from under my bed.
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Day 131
Tues-5/10
my new love. "fried chicken" salad with Boca soy chicken, carrots, croutons, cucumbers, cheese, lettuce, and tomatillo dressing.
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Day 130
Mon-5/9
This stuff does not taste good. There is no honey to be found in it. Do not be deceived!
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Day 129
Sun-5/8
had I not been so sick and had been able to go home I would have gotten my Mom some of these:)
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Day 128
Sat-5/7
sick as can be and living off of Cup-a-Soup
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Day 127
Fri-5/6
Boca "chicken" pattie with cabbage and southwest sauce on a 100 cal bun=yummy
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Day 126
Thurs-5/5
got my honor cords in the mail from Kappa Delta Pi:)
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Day 125
Wed-5/4
Really? That is a state?
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Day 124
Tues-5/3
new shoes and on sale for $7
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Day 123
Mon-5/2
It is hard to do yoga with this thing under foot licking you every chance she gets!
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Day 122
Sun-5/1
new dress from Target-only 10 bucks.
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Day 121
Sat-4/30
no pic:(
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Day 120
Fri-4/29
no pic:(
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Day 119
Thurs-4/28
Dermatologists office. What is worse the old man asleep or the huge bear?
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Day 118
Wed-4/27
Bad weather all over the south = no work.
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Day 117
Tues-4/26
snow cone season:)
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Day 116
Mon-4/25
The most vulgar car I ever did see.
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Day 115
Sun-4/24
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Day 114
Sat-4/23
I took the babe to the river walk with me Saturday night to get some exercise. He was super pumped about the outing. When I said "Do you wanna go with MeMe?" he ran to the front door.
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Day 113
Fri-4/22
If we thought Joshy Poo was nuts running through Sam's, he got really nuts when I walked up with cake {to which he started saying ooohhh} and noticed the blue ballon above the register. He was reaching for the "ball" in the picture.
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Day 112
Thurs-4/21
These people obviously aren't going green.
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Day 111
Wed-4/20
By 25 one should be able to go a day without spilling their red Crystal Light on one's pants and getting some odd blue stain.
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Day 110
Tues-4/19
El Mouse keeps making appearances in the classroom. All of which are unwanted.
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Day 109
Mon-4/18
Not wearing makeup, and it was not because I was boycotting it as usual. Stress has caused me to get some weird red patch under my eye.
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Day 108
Sun-4/17
Odd is defined by having a sister who beats her popsicle senseless with a meat mallet.
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Day 107
Sat-4/16
I don't think the baby makes pictures blurry, I blame it on his Momma.
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Day 106
Fri-4/15
Driving to Vidalia with the pups.
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Day 105
Thurs-4/14
Finally bought my cap, gown, and hood:)
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Day 104
Wed-4/13
No pic:( Too tired from driving.
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Day 103
Tues-4/12
Nothing says I am sick of driving like sitting in traffic at midnight.
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Day 102
Mon-4/11
In an effort to combat humidity I rode all the way to Houma wearing velcro rollers. Ha!
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Day 101
Sun-4/10
Trying to figure out what to wear to my interview.
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Day 100
Sat-4/9
I decided to take my unhappy butt outside to read. This is what was under me. These two are never far away.
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Day 99
Fri-4/8
Worst work day ever. I was denied a personal day, and had to come home and unpack. I am going to an interview 5 1/2hrs away Monday and didn't want to drive it all in one day. However, telling me I was denied wasn't enough. I was also threatened with a bad recommendation if I took off{as if I am using her anyway} and was told I was wasting my time going because they wouldn't hire me anyway. So says the lady who didn't hire me and has never seen my resume.
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Day 98
Thurs-4/7
Packing, packing, packing. I really don't want to be last minute on this...we are moving May 29.
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Day 97
Wed-4/6
This is why I am always late on duty day.
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Day 96
Tues-4/5
The kids are beyond burned out on iLeap review. So I decided the only way to achieve sanity was to watch BrainPop videos and answer quizes...in the dark.
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Day 95
Mon-4/4
I got an email today that I have an interview next week. Whoo Hoo! I just hope/pray I get the job.
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Day 94
Sun-4/3
Ellie had a death wish when on the way home she decided to make herself comfy in my clean laundry. Dachshund fail.
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Day 93
Sat-4/2
Today we went to the park to help FBC Thibodaux with their community outreach. This was my first time meeting everyone, and it was great. We maned the snow cone stand. I think the kids just liked watching the shaved ice come out.
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Day 92
Fri-4/1
Jer and I ate crawfish for dinner. Enough said.
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Day 91
Thurs-3/31
After beating Jer in 4 consecutive games of connect four I decided to chow down one of my favorite foods...pickles!
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Day 90
Wed-3/30
Know the major differece between NSU and ULM? ULM is in the predominately Baptist part of the state...which means no on campus drinking. However, NSU has an all day happy hour in the SUB. I got a PoBoy, no booze for this lady.
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Day 89Tues-3/29
I've been helping keep up with munchkin while I am on break. We spent today outside...because he gets in less trouble outside.
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Day 88
Mon-3/28
It has now been established that Ellie is made out of velcro.
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Day 87
Sun-3/27
Somehow I managed to not take a picture Sunday. So this is a pic of little dude playing at the shoe store on Saturday.
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Day 86
Sat-3/26
We were going to go to the Indian Pow Wow, but this happened 2 miles into the trip.
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Day 85
Fri-3/25
"Can I pUH-lease have a french fry?"
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Day 84
Thurs-3/24
What can I say? I am obsessed with these crackers.
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Day 83
Wed-3/23
Intern seminar day. Forgive the blurriness, I was trying to not have a flash when I snapped this during the presenter talking haha. This is actually a pic of the poll they were trying to take, we had to text in our answers. Well it got interesting when some put "Beer me!" and "No one told me this was gonna suck so bad". I couldn't quit laughing.
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Day 82
Tues-3/22
I am in love with Pandora. I made a Spice Girl's channel and it just plays every song I ever loved in Jr. High and High School. Love it!
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Day 81
Mon-3/21
This stuff is amazing. A whole one is 100 calories and you really only need half to make a wrap.
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Day 80
Sun-3/20
Corn and Smoked Mozzarella pizza on a Flatout with balsamic drizzle for dinner:)
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Day 79
Sat-3/19
The weather was beautiful, so I took everything in the universe I am currently reading and parked myself outdoors.
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Day 78
Fri-3/18
Since iLeap is coming up we had to make a poster for each class(like the cheerleading stuff from high school), I was so brain dead and all the other teachers had cute posters already up. So this afternoon I decided on the slogan above and let the kids use paint to put their handprint in. Then on Monday they are going to write on their hand the other half of the sentence "because...". They wanted me to put a hand print on it and say "because I already passed it". Goofballs.
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Thurs-3/17
Can I just say I hate this holiday. I walked into school and someone pinched me, and I pinched the tar right back out of them. Then a para saved me with this sticker. I had my last ULM observation today, I have no time to think green.
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Day 76
Wed-3/16
iPad 2 came in the mail today:) whoop whoop!
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Day 75
Tues-3/15
Add the the 6th scripture in my spiral for SSMT.
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Day 74
Mon-3/14
Soup. I defrosted what I had frozen and added more veggies and some cilantro. Cilantro was actually really good in it.
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Somehow I have slipped on taking pics. This is from Saturday actually. Sunday J and I literally did nothing. We just relaxed until he had to go back Monday.
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We took Joshua to the zoo for the first time yesterday and he had a blast! He walked around until he actually wanted back in his stroller. Which says a lot for a baby that wants to run outside every chance he gets.
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Day 71
Fri-3/11
Now this isn't something I have to do for my dachshunds, Lord knows their 2 inch legs couldn't scale a baby gate. But two gates are necessary when your roommate brings in a dog without asking that is annoying as heck in terms of shedding and bothering my dogs. I've never seen a dog that didn't know how to play with other dogs until I met this sheep dog looking thing. Jump that hairy beast!
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Day 70
Thurs-3/10
Some how I forgot to take a pic other than my OOTD for What I Wore Wednesday. My horrible quality, school bathroom pic.
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Day 69
Wed-3/9
No actual pic from today, so I thought I'd post what I intended to post Sunday. This is hands down the coolest candy ever. It is called a Wobble...chocolate egg with a marshmallow duck inside! Adorable:)
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Day 68
Tues-3/8
The salad dressing I posted in meat-free/man-free was amazing. So were the enchiladas...just saying.
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Day 67
Mon-3/7
This is a precursor of the week to come. Sheer hell.
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Day 65
Sun-3/6
I love all the cute headbands I found at The Beehive the other day:)
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Day 64
Sat-3/5
What's in your Gussy bag? We went to a teacher fair so I had a banana, crackers, Chex Mix, yogurt , pen, and a apple sliced up...oh and peanut butter and a Full Bar.
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Day 63
Fri-3/4
J is in town and we had to run a few errands. This sign totally describes my view on things.
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Day 62
Thurs-3/3
Whole wheat egg McMuffin with soy bacon...and no it did not come from McDonald's. I made it myself.
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Day 61
Wed-3/2
See what I have to deal with. They really aren't fans of the sheep dog and hate to be herded. Therefore I have daschunds under foot when I am home, an if that wasn't bad enough...they don't like to go outside to potty, even less than usual. I promise you, the only way to understand a daschund is to own one.
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Day 60
Tues-3/1
I had to go get more moisturizer today and stumbled upon these darling tea pots at Rite Aid. Love them!
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Day 59
Mon-2/28
No pic. I twas since and had to drive back to North Louisiana. No fun.
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Day 58
Sun-2/27
Crushed ice with flat Sprite and saltine crackers just like I mommy use to make...made my Jeremy. I was S.I.C.K. Get for weight loss though.
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Day 57
Sat-2/26
Pop took us out to the country to let Joshua see some animals, Jeremy threw lots of things at the goose...much like boys typically do. It is hard to tell some days if men are their actual age or 5. But that goes for every man I have ever met.
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Day 56
Fri-2/25
25th BDay-and it was the best one ever. I told Mom and J that all I wanted was the Lizzie Vera Bradley Cross Body bag, I got it, and I thought it was all I was getting. Then out of no where my husband, who has been telling me how he felt bad for not getting me anything all week, came out of the back bedroom with 3 wrapped presents and told me what to open first...it was a iPad. Now I've wanted one, but it was one of those I want but I know I'll never get items. So cool:) Love my sneaky husband...he never gets to surprise me b/c I am so so nosey.
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Day 55
Thurs-2/24
My favorite Hispanic drink ever-Horchata.
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Day 54
Wed-2/23
No flash Momma! She watched me take my OOTD pic, so I figured I'd take her OOTD. Maddie decided she'd look sexy with her ears back today. She missed the memo that squinting was not hot.
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Day 53
Tues-2/22
I dropped my phone and killed it before I could take a 365 pic, so here is my OOTD from WIWW. Staff development day.
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Day 52
Mon-2/21
Bill paying day. Yuck. But yay for no school due to President's Day!
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Day 51
Sun-2/20
I think this picture speaks for its self. This dog never wants to get out of bed.
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Day 50
Sat-2/19
I've been eating sweet potato fries constantly. Love them:)
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Day 49
Fri-2/18
Not only was I brave enough to wear a ULM T-shirt to work {cause everyone else does it} I was also dumb enough to spill raspberry lemonade on myself. I didn't notice it until I took my class to the bathroom and the superintendent was in the hall. Everyday I am dressed according to dress code...and the one day I'm not the head honcho show up. Totally my luck.
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Day 48
Thurs-2/17
Dang things won't rotate. But it was face mask day. Gots ta gots ta clear this stressed out skin up.
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Day 47
Wed-2/16
Nothing says "bored to tears" like a bunch of teachers stuck in a 3 hours RTI seminar sitting in the back of the room playing real like Angry Birds with a paper frog. One girl made it jump over two coke bottles. Yes, 30 minutes to the 3 hour mark we totally lost it.
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Day 46
Tues-2/15
Today was the 4th verse for Siesta Scripture Memory Team. I chose Matthew 6:34. This should be my life verse. I was at work when I submitted my verse to the LPM blog so that is why it is on a sticky. Now I need to put it in my spiral.
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Day 45
Mon-2/14
It is sad how such a small amount of groceries can cost $30.
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Day 44
Sun-2/13
VDay date night. We wen to Biscuits and Blues and had their beignet w/ crawfish & mushrooms for an appetizer. (Made famous by Greg Isles in his book The Quiet Game)
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Day 43
Sat-2/12
Went with Mom to the Kelly's Kids warehouse sale. It was INSANE! A lady literally took something I was looking at away from me. I was holding it while it was still on the rack and she asked what size it was and said thanks. Crazy!
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Day 42
Fri-2/11
I honestly had no clue why we were out Thursday until I got to work on Friday. There was a good 2-3 inches of snow/ice built up all over the town. This pic was taken at 3:20pm as I was leaving work and the temperature had gone up considerably. There was still snow everywhere, but not as much as there was that AM.
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Day 41
Thurs-2/10
I tried to take the pic while Maddie was scratching at the door, but it didn't happen. It was freezing today and we were out of school for the snow that never hit Monroe. Ellie was gladly going outside and Maddie wouldn't dare. Every time Ellie walked by Maddie scratched the door to get her attention. She wanted to play with Ellie but didn't want to brave the cold to go out. Chicken.
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Day 40
Wednesday-2/9
We got out of school early today because of the sleet/snow/rain mix that hit Morehouse Parish today. Notice the bus in my rearview mirror? Needless to say I got to Monroe and there was nothing but rain!
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Day 39
Tuesday-2/8
Cold night and not sleepy means one thing-chamomile honey tea in my I Heart Elvis mug.
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Day 38
Monday-2/7
I think I finally have my 3rd verse for Siesta Scripture Memory Team memorized. Next one will be shorter. I will be really surprised if in December...even July if I can remember all of these. But it would be awesome if I could.
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Day 37
Sunday-2/6
I burned the crap out of my mouth eating Gooey Butter Cake that literally just came out of the oven. But my inner fat girl couldn't let me leave my parents house without a piece. The pic is blurry btw because I was driving and eating.
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Day 36
Saturday-2/5
Josh has decided lately he likes to put things in things. If you notice he put a hammer in the dog food bin (which he knows how to open) and took the dog food cup. Which he was using to put his magnets in, and shake them.
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Day 35
Friday-2/4
Due to the winter weather we didn't have to go to work/school today. This is the huge icicle outside of my house this AM. Weirdest shape ever.
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Day 34
Thursday-2/3
Today was insane. But I was so happy to get a half day from work. Needless to same hormones get the best of me and I was ready to slit open a daschund if it ment chocolate would fall out. So nothing made my day happier than getting a hot fudge brownie sunday late at night from Eskamoe's.
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Day 33
Wednesday-2/2
I got some awesome snail mail today from my new blog friend Lindsay! Totally made my day:)You should follow her too.
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Day 32
Tuesday-2/1
It is a sick day here. I have two bed buddies and I don't plan to move any body part more than it takes to walk to the fridge, shower, blog, or change the TV channel. Lazy, yes. But the doxies don't have a problem with it.
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Day 31
Monday-1/31
I made Shrimp de Gallo/ceviche. It was yummy, healthy, and filling. Even though the only cooked part was the shrimp, surprise. I added some cocktail sauce though...it's an addiction.
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Day 30
Sunday-1/30
This is why people don't put the baby in the cake anymore. I totally forgot Jeremy had shoved that booger in there and took a giant bite thing I had chomped down on a pecan. Was I ever wrong. Once I fished out the baby I realized his leg was missing. Luckily it was not swallowed.
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Day 29
Saturday-1/29
Nothing makes it more apparent that you are in a house with a little boy than listening to him bang around the house in the morning. He decided to pull out the pots and pans and sit in this particular one while yelling random sounds at us. He also danced in it.
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Day 28
Friday-1/28
I won the giveaway at Kelly's Korner and got the new Hillsong cd in the mail today. Love the songs on it, many of which I have grown to love recently. Plus it was nice to get a happy in the snail mail after this week...and to listen to it on the way to see my man after not seeing him in two weeks
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Day 27
Thursday-1/27
I've been wanting a pair of Tom's, but the ones I wanted were a holiday pattern that were sold out in my massive size. So after the 4th day in a entirely unnecessarily rough work week I decided to break down and buy the burlap ones. I needed something comfy and neutral to wear with all my school clothes...mostly khakis.
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Day 26
Wednesday-1/26
Day 25
Tuesday-1/25
The #1 thing I hate the most about being a teacher--making copies. The copier you can see in the picture is deathly slow. It takes 30 minutes to run off copies for my class on test day. Lord help me if I was a lower grade teacher who made copies all the time.
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Day 24
Monday-1/24
Today was a crappy work day. I was on the verge of writing a kid up. Notice the added rules to the conduct board, the other teacher didn't have them on her's...so I added them. Bad day!
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Day 23
Sunday-1/23/11
The most hated doggy day of the week-bath day. Ellie was DONE and trying to make a run for it before I cleaned her ears.
Day 22
1/22/11
In the midst of my first weekend alone boredom I went to the book store and found a little book called 101 Things I Love About Louisiana. Hence #62. I can attest for #63, you see a lot of fortune tellers around these parts.
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Day 21
1/21/11
Test day is the most glorious day of the week for a teacher. At least one who values silence. For some reason since I started teaching, chatter drives me insane. As you can imagine I am not the "favorite" teacher.
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Day 20
1/20/11
Textbook happiness was short lived when in the middle of teaching Science yesterday I realized I bought the wrong book. Which might I add totaled a whopping $200 for one class. Turns out the lady I asked to show me where ELED 5010 books were took me to EDLE 5010 book. Dyslexic much? One book was $118 for purchase & 112 to rent. Really ULM, don't go all out on this new rental deal!
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Day 19
1/19/11
After a crappy day at school and a long evening at a grad school seminar nothing beats laying in bed and watching Bob's Burgers on DVR, and eating sorbet:)
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Day 18
1/18/11
My new note cards from Shutterfly came in yay. I also rented both of my books for my last class ever for $30!
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Day 17
1/17/11
Finally back in Monroe I decided to treat myself to Orange Leaf after grocery shopping in hopes of cheering me up. I got tart, strawberry banana, pineapple, and taro flavored fro-yo. They didn't have regular to-go lids so I ended up with a really big cup. This is my "I miss my man medicine".
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Day 16
1/16/11
We got up Sunday morning before I left and went in search of two things, donuts and King Cake. And we succeeded with a strawberry cream cheese cake & two donuts(choco w/ pecans for me and strawberry filled for J)
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Day 15
1/15/11
Saturday we drove down to Thibodeaux and got J's dorm room together. How funny is it he has never lived in one but at 26 he moves into a dorm. Luckily he was blessed with a wife who lived in one for years and knew what all he needed to survive:)
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Day 14
1/14/11
Day 1 of moving Jeremy to Nicholls. The dogs were not happy and Ellie knew something was up. I told Laura apparently on Ellie Airlines you are only allowed one bag and I had exceeded my limit, because she was ticked and not wanting me to take this one. But J had taken a lot out and it was freaking them out majorly.
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Day 13
1/13/11
Today we went to eat Mexican food with one of our good couple friends Chris and Gwen. We met Chris when we were all Psychology major during undergrad. Needless to say we were all having so much fun talking that we almost forgot to pay. Well while the boys were paying I noticed the giant shoe hanging overhead. Odd.
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Day 12
1/12/11
Exhibit A of how simple things make me happy: a $1 container of ranch off brand Ritz. Nothing taste better than Ranch and Ritz, so why not put them together and eat small versions of them. Yummy.
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Day 11
1/11/11
Nothing says fun like wrapping the biggest, heaviest king size bed we could find in plastic wrap. We had to move it to the shed so I could have my cute little double bed while J is gone to grad school without me for a few months.
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Day 10
1/10/11
SLEET DAY!!! No work and all play. Well as play as you can get with ice everywhere.
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Day 9
1/9/11
Since church got cancelled due to the weather Jeremy decided to have an impromptu worship service. He wouldn't leave me alone so I knew the only way to get rid of him was to take a picture. Hence the guitar block.
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Day 8
1/8/11
Spa day! I used my gift card and got a facial when we got to Vidalia...hence the crazy hair. If you haven't ever had one you totally should, my skin won't break out for 6 months after I've had one. Amazing, and so relaxing. I'd rather do this than a massage.
Day 7
1/7/11
Downside to letting a baby drink out of your water bottle once....they will forever see you with a water bottle and think they should get a sip. Baby backwash is not fun. Especially when you just opened it.
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Day 6
1/6/11
Ignore the dirty school mirror in the teacher's lounge. This is my OOTD:Tent was purchased from the most recent REI catalog, not really... white long sleeve-Target, Purple Loose Tank-Target(that was really popular 2 yrs. ago), Khakis-Gap, Shoes-Shoe Department. I was feeling so swollen with water weight today that I had to go as loose and comfy as humanly possible today, I felt like my skin would burst...I know TMI. Even though I look like a tent I felt rather cute and not like I was being strangled by clothes. Super conservative is also a must with 5th grade for me, boys this age have a tendency to gawk and make comments. Hence last year, and a few time this year. But at least I haven't been called Mrs. Babe yet this year haha.
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Day 5
1/5/11
Once again another uneventful day. But uneventful is better then unwanted eventful. Anyway, this is my favorite poster I have posted in my classroom, it is supposed to get the point across that progress is made slowly...but kids don't get this poster AT ALL. Maybe it was ment for high school or something.
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1/4/11
Due to the sheer lack of interesting today I decided to take a pic of my favorite bag EVER! This is my Gussy Work Bag. It is to die for. Carrying it just makes me so happy;)










































































































































