Happy Spring!

Happy official day of spring! Only the sad part is that they are calling for 3-6 inches of snow tomorrow! At least today was a beautiful day.

The students were very well behaved for being the last day of school until March 31. We were not too productive, however the students were mentally exhuasted and I am sick of grading papers. I had them coloring and they were silent. Gee that never happens! They actually asked me if they could read all day. As appealling as that sounded, I did have them do a few papers of review concepts.

We also celebrated a birthday with cool cupcakes that a parent brought in. I wish I had had my camera because they were really cool. All of the cupcakes were swished together and then a layer of blue frosting was placed over all of them. Then it was decorated to look like the ocean. There were m & m's for the bottom rocks, gummy fish and sea creatures, and green plants. So cool!

So now that I am officially on spring break, I plan on catching up on my reading. I have to figure out how to make a peanut butter pie for Easter dinner on Sunday (if anyone has a good one let me know). I plan to be productive and I hope to accomplish cleaning out the closets and putting a decent closet system in, finishing the basement steps, and (keep your fingers crossed) paint the basement to make sure that the basement is not leaking in any new spots or the EverDry Basement people are going to get a call!

Oh the joys of spring cleaning!

Stylin'

Yup I'm stylin' and I bet everyone is jealous! One of my students asked me to hold out my arm today and this is what she places on my arm. Isn't it cute! I can remember making these when I was her age. Does that make me old?

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

~An Irish Blessing to You!~

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back,
The sun shine warm upon your face,
The rain fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

Held hostage

Yup I'm being held hostage by my hubby's huge car. Last night he placed his car in the back driveway because we had my parents and mom-in-law over last night for homemade pizza. He was being thoughtful and wanted people to have a place to park. Well he forgot to move his car back to the front last night, so as a result it is still in the back drive. Which is bad because I refuse to get in the car because frankly it just scares me. I mean look how big it is!



He loves the large boat size cars and refuses to get a cute little one. He only drives 2 miles to work and as a result fills up his tank every 3 weeks. Because we take my car everywhere else. So until he gets out of the shower, I am stuck here at home.

So I am here at home comparing printers online. Our current printer is an Epson C86. I love the printer, but I am afraid that the poor thing is on its way out because I cannot get the streaks to clear themselves up. So I refuse to buy a new cartridge for it.

So at the present time anything that I need to print I take to school. However since we got our tax refund, I can go out and splurge on a new printer. So I am looking at a Canon multi function that prints, scans, and copies. From the reviews that I have read, people are very pleased with it and it rates higher than the Epson all-in-one. Plus I think the ink is cheaper. So that is a plus!

The only bad thing is that they do not have it in stock at Circuit City here on the southside of town so that means I have to go to Grape Road. Errg! However I do need a new pair of tennis shoes and I saw some on sale at Shoe Carnival (also on Grape Road.) So I guess I am headed out that way when the big boat moves!

Finally the week is over!

I am so glad to have this week behind me. It was report card week. Also known as the week that tortures me. I feel that I have been working nonstop since last week and this weekend is a breathe of fresh air! I am making my very yummy homemade pizza for my family this weekend. I am also in the mood to bake sugar cookies and frost them green for St. Patrick's Day. Not that I need them because I have been good and have gone to my kickboxing class two times this week and then I am off later to do some cardio machine at the gym and read my book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

It also helps that the sun has been shining for five straight days and the weather has been gorgeous. I cannont wait until my bulbs are blooming and the trees are popping! Hurrah for spring!

Oh did I mention that only four days next week and then spring break! What scares me is that when we get back there will only be about 8 weeks left of the school year. Eek! Where has the time gone!!