Less than two weeks

Well, school starts in less than two weeks and I am so not looking forward to it. However I did find an awesome poster that says "Save your drama for your llama". ROFLMAO!!! Working with high school kids, it was too perfect. Also, I found these 100% soy candles at Yankee. Yankee can be expensive, but I didn't know if maybe there is a "vegeteration rule" when it comes to candles. It says also that they are "green". Ironically, I think they are actually green, but they also mean good for the environment. I honestly didn't know that candles could be bad for the environment. I guess if you cause a fire? I also don't know much in that area. Anyway, here is the link. Hope you are all well.

http://www.yankeecandle.com/cgi-bin/ycbvp/freestyle.jsp?category=%2fRetail%2fNEW+Collections%2fNew+Beanswax%26%23153%3b

Say What??!!!

It amazes me what some companies will do to make you think you're saving money. Check out the amazing current prices on these items!! Don't forget to check out the "list" price and see how much you're saving!!!! ROFLMAO!!!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ZM4OQY/ref=nosim?tag2=slickdeals&tag=slickdeals&link_code=as3&creativeASIN=B000ZM4OQY&creative=373489&camp=211189

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001D963Z8/?tag2=slickdeals&tag=slickdeals

I'm an idiot too

I am an idiot and do not remember how to reply to my friends' posts, so..... Pardon the Egg Salad (Because I can never spell your other name right) I would like to comment about the 80's toys. I must say I also enjoyed the Big Wheels and hope that they still come with that awesome handle brake that you could pull and stop really fast. Speaking of Barbies, I still have some that I ran across in the closet a couple of weeks ago. I must say I thought my Air Force Barbie was pretty cool, even though I lost her long ago. Not because she was Air Force, but because she was cool enough to have short hair. Although it's best to buy them with short hair and not try to make your other Barbies have short hair by cutting it. Did you know the hair doesn't grow back? What kind of crap is that??!!! Oh and be careful when crimping their hair as mother will note she smells burning plastic and then you're in trouble. Apparently you're not supposed to do that either. Speaking of toys, I was helping a friend go through her children's toys to pick out the items they no longer play with for the rummage sale. After a brief walkthrough of the "bins" and which items should be placed where I decided I have no idea what kids are playing with these days and find the names to be quite confusing. I remember something about little people and wee people and small people. And yes, they are all quite different. How can this be? Apparently little people are actually chubby little people and wee people fit in a backpack and small people are just that, small people. Let's not forget Polly Pocket who wears clothing that I thought resembled small pieces of garbage. Good thing I asked or she would no longer have any clothing. Seriously her clothes were smaller than a quarter. The shoes were about the size of a bead. I had enough time trying to keep pairs of Barbie shoes. Thanks for letting me share.

Love Us Not Eat Us

For my vegetarian friends, here is a website where you can get a free bumper sticker.

http://www.loveusnoteatus.com/RequestForm6.htm

Also, check out my favorite website www.slickdeals.net if you have time. You can find some good deals and if you check out the forums you can pick up some freebies. :) Such as the one above. I hope you are all doing well. Oh and here's a little quote for fun. (Remember all of ours at 8034B?)

While waiting in the drive thru at White Castle my dear hubby says "If we were being attacked by zombies I would want to be at the White Castle. I bet you could snipe them from the roof."

Too many video games or too big a geek? I have no idea, but my reply was. "Did those words actually just come from your mouth?"

I miss you all. Hope you are well. Muah!

Yay for Summer

First, I have to say to veliobadgergirl (sp?) I absolutely love all of your pics you put on, especially kitters. Also, I think it was awesome and somewhat creepy that we ran into each other at Petsmart when we didn't think we would get to see each other. I honestly asked your hubby how he found me, more in the meaning of stalking than in "your husband saw us in line", but still I'm glad it happened. For those of you I didn't get to talk to, I was in town for a few days and due to the amount of family and the drama involved (you all know what I'm talking about) I didn't tell my friends I was coming so I wouldn't get your hopes up and then not be able to meet up with you. But alas I was able to see three and two until the wee hours of the morning. I miss Denny's, we don't even have one here. Anyway, I'm very much enjoying the summer off and even though the back to school sales are starting I'm dreading going back already. I don't think anyone but a teacher can understand how exhausting teaching is. I don't really have much else going on right now. My addiction to plastic and label making is still going strong and I have found a new addiction of seeking free samples for stuff online. Who doesn't need a million tiny packets of shampoo lurking in a drawer in their bathroom? Well, I hope all of you are well. I miss you. Take care.

Meet M* and more

Only three more days of school with the kids and 4 more for me!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot express how excited I am. This is my first summer completely off in years. The kids are driving me crazy. I love them all but we all need a break. I'm very excited and have tons of plans. Most of which will probably not be accomplished for at least a week while I lay on my couch or any other comfortable place without guilt. Unfortunately, I won't get to go home much with the price of gas. However, I do plan to go home at some time to visit friends and family. Also, we have a new addition. M* as I will call her on here is seven and adorable. She is very nice and normally a good girl. She needed a home and we were lucky to get her. She's very good company when J is at work. Well, that's about all for now. I hope you are all well. Take care.

Update

Well, I guess now is as good a time as any for an update. First, as vgirl (forgot how to spell it sorry) has already let you know J and I hope to come into town at the end of March. We are still looking for exact times. Anyway, I hope to get to see you all. I've been working my way through my first year, it's still going pretty well. Although I finally hit the wall of no more good health. I had been so proud of staying pretty healthy, especially for a first year as the rumor is normally they are sick for the entire year. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I was hit with a nasty flu bug and missed an entire four days of school. I was so upset. Then on Friday I had a really bad sore throat and was pretty sure I had strep, so to avoid the long unbearable weekend I went to the doc during lunch/prep. I told them that was where I was going and should be back for the last two periods. Of course that didn't happen as I did have strep and was informed I was not allowed to go back. I was contagious and could get the kids (and of course adults) sick. Well I'm sure it was probably one of them that gave it to me, but this is no time for revenge, lol. Anyway, so they had to scramble to find someone to watch my last two periods. I felt really bad about that, unfortunately I was not given a choice. So I didn't really get much sleep Thursday into Friday nor Friday into Saturday. By Saturday morning the little thing in the back of my throat that I normally call tonsils but if I remember correctly are actually not was three times its normal size. J called dad and the nurse for me to see what to do and they both said to breathe through my nose (as through my mouth was getting hard at this time) and if it didn't get better to go to the ER. Guess what! It got worse. By early afternoon it was the size of a marble and I was having problems breathing and couldn't even swallow my own saliva. (Gross sorry, I know.) Of course, I didn't want to go the ER and be the stupid lady that comes in for a sore throat. (cringe) Anyway, dad said it was for the best and I went. Of course, I got the looks of "we have a crazy lady coming to the ER with a sore throat" which weren't helped by the lady next to me who was coming in for a legitimate reason, chest pains. Ok, so I get in there, and finally someone looks at my throat (Did I mention I can't talk either?) That's when they went oh, it really is swollen. When the nice doctor came in he suggested numbing liquid, steroids and pain meds. FYI numbing liquid is not flavored, unless make you wanna gag is a flavor. Also, nurse lady he wanted me to have the numbing liquid so it would be easier to swallow the steroids, doesn't help much when you wait so long to give me the pills the numbness has gone away. Thanks for the waste of what I'm sure is ridiculously expensive make you wanna gag crap. Sorry for the long explanation. To try to end this quickly, I got more prescriptions on top of the antibiotics and we picked them and mashed potatoes up (for when I got better :) I hadn't eaten or drank in 24 hours). Being the baby that I was, I even had the pharmacy put grape flavor in my liquid lortab. Hey, no one said it's only for kids. Anyway, after I though I would die from taking the stuff, literally I started gagging gasping for air and panicking due to difficulty swallowing. Considering my tonsils (hanging thingy) were so big I felt I was ripping it off while trying to swallow it. Anyway, the meds helped tremendously. My neck, face and hanging thingy are not as swollen, still swollen, but not as bad. Within about an hour of liquid lortab I was finally able to eat and drink. I'm doing much better, but not liking this extra part of the job. (Being exposed to numerous germs.) Anyway, that is my horribly long confusing grammatically incorrect update. I hope you are all well. I miss you.