A picture that I like!

It is so rare that I actually like a picture of hubby and I, so here it is! I had to share!

Merry Day After Christmas!

So I think I will be able to settle myself after tonight. We are having Christmas at my grandparents tonight. So after I make the pistacho bliss pie and the chicken pasta salad dish, I will be able to relax! We got out of school on Friday and since then I have been baking up a storm and have come to realize that my kitchen is not holiday friendly. I lack the counter space to work on everything. So I had dishes piled up everywhere and cookies stacked upon cookies. But I got through the mess and was able to have a clutter free kitchen.

Christmas was good. I got three new Wii games that I will be busy during my vacation. Jay and I also bought a video camera courtesy of my parents. So it was nice to record everything. I also got a Zune with the bonus I got from work so I have been busy playing around with that. It will come in handy when I am working out and after school grading papers!

I think the best present that my brother and sisters came up with this year for our parents was the conversion of the super 8 film onto a DVD. It is wonderful and hilarious to watch my parents when they were my age and I was one year old. We were watching it and laughing up a storm.

I hope everyone had a merry christmas and you are now able to relax a bit. I am going to the library and getting the continuation of the book I already have and curling up on the couch for the rest of the day...after I make my last two food dishes!

4+3=craziness

Oh yes I am beginning to think that I am not of sound mind. My sister moved back home with my parents until the other house that we are fixing up gets finished. So in the meantime she is selling the house that she bought so she is trying to clean it up. Well that includes the animals in the house need a place to go. Her dog went with her to my parents. So at the time being there are four dogs living at my parents, two inside and the two regular outside dogs. Rosie's three kitties have now taken up occupancy in my basement. So yes at the present time I have seven felines living in my house! I am a little afraid to let Rosie's kitties upstairs for the fear that my Jenni will beat up the the ones in the basement because she is my dominant female cat and it is HER house. Rosie's kitties are going to hopefully spend the next two months here at the Matchett household. My hubby is just happy he gets more cats. If it was up to him the entire house would be crawling with the four legged felines! I have to be the resonably one!

How to confuse a third grader....

Our staff christmas party is tonight and since I have a time crunch because today is the day where I actually drive back and forth to Plymouth twice in one day, I decided to straighten my hair this morning because I fell asleep at 8:30 last night. So I woke up earlier than normal and took the straightener to my hair for about 30 minutes worth of effort. I hardly spend anytime on my hair. It usually just consists of washing, air drying, and then up in a ponytail/bun 5 minutes before the students walk in. So imagine the suprises on their faces when they saw me. Some just stopped and stared while the others asked where their teacher was. It was quite funny. The other third grade class even made comments to their teacher and their teacher told them to tell me that they liked my hair because it is a kind thing to say. Some didn't understand that concept, I guess. So during play practice today I had a bunch of third graders from the other class tell me that they liked my hair. Nothing like some self-esteem from a third grader! Now I'm off to finish getting ready for the party tonight. Should be fun!