good morning

I think the "good morning" phrase definitely fits the day/week. I love waking up slowly. I love not having to rush to get ready for work in 18 minutes because I ignored all of my alarms, not wanting to get out of bed. I love laying in bed for a while with the boy and dog. I love making Josh breakfast and sitting at the table, sipping coffee while he eats. I love having time to clean up the kitchen a bit from dinner the night before. I love having time to sit and blog. I am finding the one thing I love about spring break is the time I have to appreciate everything.

This morning I have started some laundry, washed dishes, drank coffee, and made myself breakfast. I also added a photo a day challenge tab to my blog so I could keep all the photos in the same place. I don't want to make a new page for each month though (if I keep it up), so I'll have to figure that out when the time comes.

Josh has a half day at work (hooray!) and I am meeting him out for lunch around 12:30. We also have yoga P90X to do after lunch and we're going to my mom's for dinner with my family. The picture for today is "someone who makes me happy", so I have a feeling I know who's picture will be popping up :)

Pepper is my companion for the morning. I have to do laundry, shower, dishes, and cleaning until lunch time. It is also nice having time to do these household chores. Happy Wednesday!

beautiful day

photo a day - day 3: mail

We didn't have anything in the mailbox today, so this is old mail. 

Mine is the magazine, Josh's are the less exciting things :)

Today was nice and relaxing with lots of thinking and appreciation for life in general.

First I went to Panera with Skylar, Ivette, and Ivette's little sister Lilly. I got a whole grain bagel and some honey walnut cream cheese. I ate most of it and it hit the spot. Sky got a Chocolate Chip Muffie. She loved every last bite (I stole a bite too).

We went to Target for a while (my favorite store). Eat, Pray, Love was on sale for 7 bucks and I bought it. I love that movie and the book as well, I couldn't pass it up. I also got Skylar and Kylan sunglasses in dollar spot. Sierra tried them on too. I love these kids.

I tuned in the the news at 4:00 this afternoon. One of my coworkers is battling cervical cancer and some of my other coworkers made a youtube video to support her and raise money for her bills. The story was on the news tonight.

Rad Race on the News!

Whoever reads this should go to the youtube video below as much as possible and like it! My coworkers want Ellen to see it and get on her show so that she may help my coworker Nicki. She is one of the nicest people I have ever met and I wish there was more I could do to help. I hope the community can come together and help her fight against cervical cancer.

Rad Race, Baby

Today was beautiful and I am thankful for everything I have and the people I was able to share it with. Looking forward to another great day tomorrow. For now I am going to snuggle up on the couch and watch Always Sunny, Tosh.O and Key & Peele with Joshua. Comedy Central at it's finest.

day 2: color

While Josh is taking a half day Wednesday, full day Thursday, and has Friday off, he still has two days of work this week. Then we get to spend a tiny spring break together! Since he had to work today, I met him at Cowfish for lunch. They have burgers and sushi. I had never been there before and I've always wanted to try it. I got the lunch special California Roll. We didn't have much time, but I really enjoyed it! The atmosphere was relaxing and the food was pretty, it was perfect for my color picture. I really enjoyed this nice hour I got to spend with the boy to break up the day.

After our yummy lunch and life plan discussions, Josh had to head back to work. I went to my mom's and hung out for bit while we waited for my aunt to come by. We then headed out grocery shopping. First we went to Aldi's, which is so cheap! I told Josh we definitely need to make this a habit. It is hard to get everything you need there, but we could get some essentials at a much better price. Then we swung by Harris Teeter. After shopping, I had a life/money chat with both my parents (dad was home when we got back), then I went back to the condo and have been hanging out with Joshua and Pepper for the evening. Right now we are watching the NCAA championship basketball game. I was pulling for Kansas, but Kentucky is dominating. Either way, Josh wins $90 from different bracket pools, so that's a plus.

I am probably going to head to bed soon. Need sleep for lots of exciting plans this week.

First, 5 Happy Monday things:

• sleeping/staying in bed until 10:00 am (after waking up for about an hour while Josh got ready for work)
• lunch with the boy
• hanging out with my momma
• having time to get on Pinterest (it's the little things)
• no work tomorrow!!! ;)

goodnight!

Happy April

I like the first days of months. It always signifies a starting point to me. A fresh start to do something new.

I did play an April Fools joke on my mom. She's so gullible, I felt bad afterwards, but it was still funny :)

This weekend, we went to the mountain cabin.

We had an Easter Egg hunt.

Sat by the fire pit.

Found a lizard.

Laid in the sun.

Sat in boats.

Since it's April 1st, I wanted to participate in the photo a day challenge this month (Meg, say you're doing it too!)  I don't have time to write often, but I do like taking pictures.

day 1: your reflection

My computer is about to die, Josh is already passed out, and Pepper is snuggled up beside me. Tomorrow is my first official day of Spring Break (aka no work!!!) so it's time to go to bed and enjoy the luxury of sleeping in and being lazy tomorrow :)

DIY Day

I am anxiously awaiting the UNC playoff game which is set to tip off in about 5 minutes. We barely won on Friday and our star point guard isn't playing again so I am hoping for a miracle because Kansas is a really good team.

I am going to miss the weekend after today. Only 4 school days and a teacher workday til spring break!

Today was a DIY day.

First, we woke up to hail! It lasted about a minute, then turned to rain.

I made my own latte.

We watched 3 episodes of Yard Crashers on DIY and dreamed of what we could do with a house, a yard, and money :)

We grocery shopped, got gas, and a car wash.

Made roasted chickpeas, yum.

Josh finished sanding and I helped stain our table and chairs.

Only 3 chairs to go!

We also started P90X today. This will be a long 3 months!

Time to go watch this game. It's close, but only in the first half. I hope we can make it because the TV guy just said our point guard could play next weekend. Go heels!

hello!

for the (maybe) 2 people who might read this blog, sorry I have been M.I.A. It's been a crazy week (complete with last weekend's craziness) so free time has been few and far between.

I am waiting for Josh to get home to partake in drinking beverages and making dinner. Then UNC plays in the sweet 16 at 7:15pm. I am hoping I can stay awake for the whole game - fingers crossed! ;)

some favorites (off my phone) from the past week:

so happy spring is here :)

March Madness

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

and Happy Saturday!

"March Madness" not only accurately describes the basketball tournament, but also accurately describes my life right now. Work has been crazy. My class is off the chain and I have had to deal with so many things this week, both good and bad. My observation is over, but it was chaotic. I don't know how it went through the eyes of my vice principal, but I'm at least hoping she has a good idea of what I deal with every day, thanks to the diversity of my class.

Enough of school talk - it's the weekend! and 9 school days til spring break. The basketball tournament has been craziness. I lost a final four team as #2 Missouri went down to #15 Norfolk St. My dad picked Mizzou to win it all so he is not a happy camper. In other news, #2 Dook lost to #15 Lehigh. Yeah!!! I fell asleep at 8pm last night (yes, grandma). Luckily Josh did too, but woke back up for a few hours. He came to bed at 3 and I woke up. He then told me the wonderful news about Dook. I was laughing until I fell back to sleep. see yuh dookies.

UNC is still alive as they blew out their opponent. I could win some mullah if they win it all! And I'd be a happy tarheel of course :)

Green + Heels for the holiday

Josh and I went for a run on Tuesday. His mom had sent me a recipe she called "BEST EVER Vegan Smoothie". I didn't have all the ingredients, but in a blender I put:

-2 small frozen banannas

-about 2 handfuls of tiny strawberries

-1 cup of soy milk

-2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

I worked on math plans as I drank my smoothie. It was good! She said it was an option to add cashews and agave nectar, but I didn't have either. It also calls for frozen strawberries but I felt the consistency was perfect. It was a tasty smoothie. I am excited for the warmer weather because I love smoothies.

I also ran last night (about 2 miles) and I plan to run after I finish this blog post. I have a big day ahead. After I run I need to shower and get ready for a day of being downtown (which includes figuring out what to wear - temperatures in the upper 70s, low 60s at night and a chance of thunderstorms all day, but sunny...how to dress for that, I do not know). Then we are going out to lunch for my older sister's birthday and gearing up for the all day bar crawl! Charlotte hosts the "world's largest" pub crawl for St. Patty's Day. I went last year and am really excited for this year because I will have Josh, Jen, and Roy with me! Plus all my coworkers, like last year. Should be a fun day and night!

Hope everyone enjoys their St. Patrick's Day! Be safe! :)