Too Busy...

So apparently I am too busy to blog anymore...not sure what it is I have been doing, but whatever. Why I didn't blog about my excitement of our upcoming trip earlier I don't know. We are leaving for Hawaii in two days, and we are super excited to go! It's been a whopping 4 years since we were there last, and it's always great for us to return to the paradise where we got engaged. Especially this year, since it's our 5 year wedding anniversary, it will be nice to spend time where we got engaged. We are excited to surf and snorkel again as well as lay around and do nothing in our cabana! The only bad part is leaving Guinness dog at home...I tried to convince Jeremy that we should buy him a ticket and bring him with us but I was shot down. Can't imagine why...;-)! I will have to get on and post some pics from the beach...and of course more photos after we get back.

The best Indy 500 to date

So we are having a blast on our Indy weekend.
Cousin Matt + wife Tricia + sister Caitlin + her roomate Amy + Jeremy & I = a buttload of laughs.
Also, our driver (our favorite) won today! How sweet is that! It was absolutely perfect weather, 89 partly cloudy, cold beer, great company, and as I mentioned Helio drove an awesome race. Pictures to come later...off to dinner!

Maundy Thursday

Tonite we went to dinner with our some people from our Lent group. We had a really good time, and enjoy their company. Then we went to church for Maundy Thursday service where Steph and Danny came in late and attempted to scoot down the pew to sit with us but were blocked by older people. So they sat with Jackson at the end , and he (Jackson) began to make friends with everyone around him. Funny parts of the evening included: him grabbing the glasses off the face of the guy next to him, no they did not know him, then he laughed. =) & grunting and making noises so that Jeremy asked me if there was a goat over there...he said "there was a donkey on sunday, thought maybe a goat today ;-)" But no just Jackson being silly...he was taken to the nursery shortly after that...lol...too bad I was enjoying watching him. The rest of the service was wonderful though, and we really enjoyed it. Hope you're having a good Holy week too.

So here I am...

Writing on my blog instead of on my paper...the questions are in my lap and the document is open on the laptop, does that count? Procrastination how I love thee...let me count the ways! So giving up fried food for Lent hasn't been hard except when going to Mexican restaurants or burger night, which happens often with my friends. Ordered a salad last week at burger night, not bad- just had another beer to take my mind off the sweet potato fries. Same with margaritas at Senor's when the chips keep being refilled. Other than that I've been doing great...now that I have updated you I really must write more of my paper. *Jeremy just caught me procrastinating, so I really MUST go.* oops!

The Videotaping Saga Continues

So I finally videotaped my kiddos again on friday, was all ready to take stuff home. Packed up the laptop, papers, record sheets, the power pack to the video camera- grabbed all my crap and was ready to make like a baby and head out. Because of the crappiness of the weather, I was a little overloaded with coat and whatnot, driving home feeling great about the video then I realize...left the video camera at school with the tape in it, have the power pack-no camera-no tape. There goes lots of planning to be productive right out the window seeing as there was nothing for me to work on except picking my 15 mins. of video and writing about it. Great Job Jessie! So I lug the crap back to school today minus the camera of course...can't find a single stinkin' moment today to watch the video or edit grammatical stuff Rebecca and Missy found. So here I am at home with all the crap again, yes I lugged it all home tonite, yes I remembered the camera. I have since getting home around 4:30 edited the first 7 pages of the 11 page paper, eating three cookies-some trail mix, watched toddlers & tiaras, watched part of days, (not in that order-there was multitasking involved of course) and I am now blogging rather than watching the stinkin' camera I forgot and have now lugged home. So alas, I must go eat some dinner and try to find my 15 mins. of video-fame-whatever...lol. Oh yeah, and don't get blown away by the crazy frickin' wind, I of course won't with all the crap I am lugging to and from school these days!

LOVING SPRING BREAK!

Title says it all...I have had time to get laundry caught up, clean the house, run errands, be crafty, excercise, play with my doggness, write 7 pages of my 11 page NBC paper, and more! I got to see my mom and step-dad for St. Pat's Day, got to go to Elton and Billy Joel (awesome!), spend evenings with Jeremy....it's been the best!

Videotaping Take Two

So, videotaping before was successful however...I need more conversating among my students apparently. Which I agree somewhat, and I know I should video again but I really don't want to! Oh well...will be videotaping again this week probably otherwise I risk my students being crazy after spring break. So wish me luck with the conversating...they talk all the time the rest of the day...

And yes I said spring break...t-minus 4 days and counting. I LOVE SPRING BREAK! Hopefully it will be nice weather, so I can be out in the yard doing stuff and being productive. NO traveling that I know of other than probably to Edmond, which I love cause I love my fam.

Lent

So, for Lent I decided to give up fried foods. I got the idea from my sister-she gave it up last year-she looked and felt so much healithier, so that's what I'm doing. I thought I already don't drink but one pop a week, don't eat ALOT of candy (some not ALOT!), the usual things get pretty boring...so no fried foods for me! On day two, so far so good...yesterday Jeremy said he wanted to have a salad and pan fry some fish. I sadly had to remind him I had given up fried things for lent, and could we bake the fish instead. Let me tell you how hard it was to give up pan fried almond crusted fish! He's a great husband for going along with my food modifications, because unless we go out somewhere he essentially won't be eating fired foods either. (so thanks for being supportive!) I will keep you updated on how it goes...37 days to go.

videotaping take one

So I videoed again in my classroom...take number one...haven't watched the whole thing seriously to see if it is worthy. Seems from the discussions I had with the kiddos and from what Natalie said that it is a keeper. I hope so then it's on to writing the paper once again. I'll let you know if the video made the cut and I'm onto the paper part. Sorry to be so boring this entry...I'll try better next time.

Just saw this on O'Reilly Factor...

*Warning*
May not contain content you agree with....
But hey I'm a very conservative republican.

You have got to watch how awesome this ad is... Love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c