august is here!

on the 6th i start back to work! a week later the kids start back, and then i will be tired until the end of may, lol...it is already looking like it will be an interesting year! i will be with the same boy i was with last year (now a 7t grader with Down syndrome) for the majority of the day, plus i will have 2 different "classes" - 3 students total - for "life skills"....i think it will be a lot of money and time and job skill type things...

classes for me will start up again in late august -- my last summer class was wednesday and i think i did well :) it was one of the best classes i have taken for my certification, so it was nice for the summer.....certification class wise -- this fall i have taking 4 classes (2 each of the 2 terms) and then i will have 3 to take in the spring...by next school year (09-10) i will be doing my practicum & student teaching!!! yay!!!!!! this fall i will be taking my praxis so that i will be all ready :) after i am certified and hired, i will complete my last 4 (i think) classes for my MAT...

before school starts again there is a lot i want to get done, but i don't think i will! i have been working on my classroom at church trying to get things planned and sorted for power hour, it won't all be done before the 6th, but it is a lot closer to being done than it has since i started :) at home i have been boxing up books to donate (7 boxes already), sorting the books i am keeping, and trying to get my scrapbook room in some sort of order...it is going pretty well, but i truly feel like it will never be done!

i went to the library the other day and checked out a bunch of books, now to actually get some of them read!! one is due in less than a week and i haven't even opened it yet...it may not get read at all, lol...same with scrapping -- not much has happened lately, but i am signed up for crops the next couple weekends, so i should be able to get some done :)

nothing else very exciting is happening right now...so i guess i shall end with my "toodles" to all of you for now!! and i am going to try and be better about the blogging...i am going to try for one a day this month!!!

what to do???

i turn 30 in less than 6 months...

i want to do something fun & exciting...

a trip someplace new & different?

a big bash for my friends?

something for charity?





any suggestions????

past faves

so my pal, mary jo, posted about some of her faves from high school & middle school


these are things from late elementary, middle, & high school for me...


fave band: New Kids on the Block -- i loved donnie, &, in 6th grade, thought i would be able to marry him, lol...went to their concert at busch stadium...


fave shoes: k-swiss -- mine were always canvas...they were the "cool" version of keds & the other cheapy versions at k-mart


fave movie: an american tale -- i loved the mouse getting back together with his family!! i think i own it now on DVD!

fave actor: corey haim -- although i would never watch his new show with corey feldman, lol, that is too freaky for me!!

fave tv show: the cosby show -- especially before it got really weird at the end with added family members who would randomly move in....

i HATE sears!

we need new "drip pans" for the stove...it is a tappan, bought at sears in 1991...looked it up online...website said i could find compatible parts at the local sears appliance outlet/parts store...

i go in, walk around and see stoves, no replacement parts...no one offers any help...i see a display of part, nothing i need...no one offers to help me; although two girls - they did not act like women - were sitting at the counter having a conversation...walked back by the stoves...still no help...went back by the parts...FINALLY one of the girls says "can i help you find something"...i show her what i am looking for, her (snotty) reply, "those are in the other room...i think on the back wall"...so i go to that room...look around to find what i am looking for...no offers of help (with 3-4 employees wandering around)...i find one of what i need (i need 2 different sizes)....i stand there for 5-10 MINUTES looking for the other size...employees help people right next to me, but do not offer to help...FINALLY one person comes to me and says what they have is out and he could assist me in ordering what i need (if they have it available)....no apology, no nothing...when i say i don't want to pay shipping and that is why i looked online & saw that the store carried them and that is why i came...he only said he could order them...

sears sucks!

studio calico!

i ordered 2 kits from studio calico at the end of june -- may's newsstand and june's apple orchard! they shipped super quick & i love the way they package their kits :) the little ledger sticker is adorable and i have saved the coupon code coupons that come in each kit because i have plans in the works for them!!


I LOVE THEM!


i have used the newsstand up (i have some scraps left) creating a mini album to use with photos of my godson, ian...i will probably make some mats and such with the rest of the scraps so all i will have to do is glue down photos


i have also been using the apple orchard kit...some of the papers i like too much and am having a hard time bringing myself to cut them up, lol...but i did make one layout from it and have plans for more!!


now, once school starts up again i just may "subscribe" to these kits, too!! eek!


toodles & happy scrapping!