"To teach is to learn twice over." - Joseph Joubert

It has been awhile! This weekend was a great one! I got to go back to my alma mater and watch my old roomie/one of my best friends graduate. It was a beautiful graduation day and I am so proud of my friend that graduated. There are a lot of things that she has gone through in life, and it is amazing that she came so far.

The husband and I had a heart-to-heart this weekend. There are things that we have been dealing with lately that we have not had time to sit and share with each other. That has made it hard for us both and it was really good for us to actually have a talk with each other. I missed my husband...we have both seemed so busy lately it is like we hadn't taken time out to talk to each other. It is good to feel like things are back in place.

Today was Play Day with the students. Teacher v. Student kickball game! Teachers won again, of course! The kids love it and we love it. What a fun day!!!

"Either you define the moment or the moment defines you." -- Tin Cup

Some thoughts:

• I want to go on Dancing with the Stars...too bad you have to be a star...or at least do something in entertainment...because I am sure quite a few of these people are not "stars", if you will.

• I hate when my husband has to work late. Hate it. Tonight he is not getting home until like 9pm. This is getting old.
• Standardized testing is making my class nuts. Seriously nuts. I hate having testing before school is over because my kids are done and I am done. Bah.
• I drink too much Diet Pepsi. 'Nuff said. I need to drink water. Badly.

• 5K this weekend...guess who hasn't been training? Yep, this girl. Maybe I will walk with our principal and her baby. Yep...or just work the registration booth. Haha!
• I want to find the secret of the blog world and how all these people have like 20 comments a day. Wow! Outta control, blogger people! Just kidding...I *heart* you.
• I hit over 100 posts...woah! I should do something special. We'll see...
• Check out this woman...

She is a lawyer where I live...her hair = outta control. Her commercial is worse. Eek!

Have a lovely rest of the week!

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. ~Edith Wharton

What a weekend...It was just a good, relaxing weekend. My mom came up to visit this Saturday which was awesome. I haven't seen her since Christmas due to busy weekends, her having her gallblader taken out, and weather. Her and I had a good visit and went shopping. She is very artsy and we went to Michael's so she could pick up some items for her alternative scrapbook...very cool idea, btw. Anyway, her stay was pretty short due to the drive back, but it was good for the time I got.

Mr. S. and I played some Guitar Hero on Saturday night...always fun. I like when we can just have a good Saturday night where we can chill out together. 

Sunday we had dinner at a friend's house and played Easter Egg Roulette. In case you don't know what that is...it is where you hard boil a bunch of eggs and leave 1 less than the people you have normal. So we had 6 people and left 5 not cooked. Then we picked randomly and tried to crack them on our foreheads. Yep, seriously. If you got one that was not cooked, it makes a mess and you are out. The person that ends up with no egg on their face, wins. My husband won last year. This year he was second out and I was in it until the end. My friend grabbed an egg, smashed it, nothing. There were two left, I grabbed one...nothing. I WON! Yay! No egg on my face this year! Some of the things we do....weird, I know.

My dog might be the biggest drool machine ever.

Last night Mr. S. woke up frantic, saying his ring had fallen off. He was searching everywhere and I was trying to wipe my hand over the bed to see if I felt it. So I told him to turn on the light. He did and walked over to me and guess what...his ring was still on his finger. Yep, he was dreaming and then woke up freaking out. He does that sometimes, especially when he is stressed out. Oh goodness...I wonder if he'll remember what happened when he wakes up this morning...haha!

My mom is coming up today to visit. Her and my step-dad raise cattle and then butcher in the spring. With that happening, they have decided to give me and my 2 step-sisters half of a cow's worth of beef. All we have to pay is the processing fee. She is bringing it up today...all 270lbs. of beef! Wow! We are going to be good to go for awhile, that's for sure!

If the dog does not stop barking this morning, I am going to scream. Seriously. 

"The best thing about me is you." Shannon Crown

Is it wrong that everytime the weatherman says there may be sprinkles, that I think of cupcake sprinkles falling from the sky? Yep, pink, orange, yellow, blue, and green sprinkles falling on a cupcake world. Weird, maybe...do I care? No.

Yesterday I came home and cleaned the living room...for like the 800th time this year. How in the world can the living room get so freaking cluttered?! Arg! No, I am not a pirate, but I am pretty sure that is the noise I have in my head right now...so there ya go.

I got a pile of papers graded. By pile, I mean pile. It is pretty serious. The pile was at LEAST 6 inches tall. Ridiculous. Now I have to enter them in the computer. Fun fun. I think that it would be interesting if parents could see how much work we do at home. I mean, it was my day off yesterday, yet I spent 4 hours at work getting ready for the week and then I spent about 1.5 hours at home grading papers. On my day-off. Awesome. I love my job, but sometimes I wish that I didn't have so much to do at home. I think Mr. S. wishes that, too.

Mr. S. hates his job right now. Hates is a strong word...he is unhappy though. I am trying to do all I can to make this an easier time for him, but I don't know what else to do. I think that just trying to make the house a happier place is the best that I can do at the moment. We diffuse about our days when we get home while I am cooking dinner we usually stand in the kitchen and hash it all out, and then the rest of the night we try not to talk about it. I usually just share funny stories about my third graders (because Lord knows they are hilarious!) and we have fun. I just hate that he feels like this about work. I mean, it's a place he has to go to everyday. Who wants to be miserable everyday? Not me.

Okay, I rambled on more than I thought I would. I really thought I would quickly post about sprinkles falling from the sky....welp, I guess I had a lot to get off my mind. So, there ya go. Have a lovely day!