Thursday, April 4, 2013
Sweet Dreams
I love it when my dogs dream in the middle of a deep sleep and their legs start twitching. I always wonder what they are dreaming about and if it involves pancakes or steak. Since I just had a sighting of a dream twitch and because tomorrow is Friday, here is a little something to brighten your day!
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
If you don't have a green thumb, is it called a brown thumb?
I am notorious at killing plants. Honestly, I think there should probably be a wanted poster with my picture on it at any store where you can buy vegetation of some kind. Here is an example... I thought if I named it, it would live. It didn't live. Well, it's in the process of not living. She used to be real perky, now she slumps.
Even though I have the worst track record, I am going to attempt to grow a little vegetable garden of my own. First thing I had to do was figure out what kind of soil I have. Apparently, dirt is not just dirt. It could be sand, clay, silt, cotton candy, jellybeans.... Depending on what your soil is made up of, you've gotta know what to add to it to make the perfect combo of soil. Living in Phoenix, I knew that my soil was not the best.
So all you have to do is take like half of a jar of soil (make sure there aren't any big rocks or sticks) and fill it up with a tablespoon each of laundry detergent and salt. Fill the rest of the jar with water and shake it. I mean shake it, shake it, shake it. When you think you can't shake anymore, shake it some more. OK, so only for 5 minutes, but it feels a lot longer.
Let it sit for a while and once all the particles have settled, see what you are working with. Here are the layers, sand is supposed to settle to the bottom first, then silt, and then clay. As you can see, I have a slight *humpth* clay issue.
This should be interesting but I am determined to make my garden successful! Just might have to mix a little something else like compost to make my soil usable. Wish me luck!
Even though I have the worst track record, I am going to attempt to grow a little vegetable garden of my own. First thing I had to do was figure out what kind of soil I have. Apparently, dirt is not just dirt. It could be sand, clay, silt, cotton candy, jellybeans.... Depending on what your soil is made up of, you've gotta know what to add to it to make the perfect combo of soil. Living in Phoenix, I knew that my soil was not the best.
So all you have to do is take like half of a jar of soil (make sure there aren't any big rocks or sticks) and fill it up with a tablespoon each of laundry detergent and salt. Fill the rest of the jar with water and shake it. I mean shake it, shake it, shake it. When you think you can't shake anymore, shake it some more. OK, so only for 5 minutes, but it feels a lot longer.
Let it sit for a while and once all the particles have settled, see what you are working with. Here are the layers, sand is supposed to settle to the bottom first, then silt, and then clay. As you can see, I have a slight *humpth* clay issue.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Couldn't Be Easier
With a new year beginning, everyone is always so focused on getting healthy. It's so easy to slip off of the track and get up to your old tricks without some kind of accountability. Enter My Fitness Pal.
This app is AmAzInG! Not only does it calculate your calories for you, but it also allows you to be linked with your friends so they can help you and cheer you on. The thing that I loved the most about online Weight Watchers was the phone app that allowed you to easily enter in what you have eaten and what you did to work out. This is everything I love from that, but even better, it is FREE!
You weigh yourself, enter in your goal, and it sets your daily caloric intake all for you. Once you lose ten pounds, it adjusts itself and asks if you want to lower your calorie count to continue your awesome weight loss.
I was just about to enter my breakfast from this morning and thought you might want to join me! :)
The app keeps a record of things that you have entered in the past so it is super easy to pick out what you ate. Don't see what you want to add? Just search for the food and 97% of the time what you are looking for will pop up and be accurate.
Are any of you on My Fitness Pal? I would love more friends if you are! My username is chubby_bride (haha!). Find meeeee!
P.S. I am not getting paid by anyone to endorse My Fitness Pal, I just dig it.
Adios,
You weigh yourself, enter in your goal, and it sets your daily caloric intake all for you. Once you lose ten pounds, it adjusts itself and asks if you want to lower your calorie count to continue your awesome weight loss.
I was just about to enter my breakfast from this morning and thought you might want to join me! :)
The app keeps a record of things that you have entered in the past so it is super easy to pick out what you ate. Don't see what you want to add? Just search for the food and 97% of the time what you are looking for will pop up and be accurate.
Are any of you on My Fitness Pal? I would love more friends if you are! My username is chubby_bride (haha!). Find meeeee!
P.S. I am not getting paid by anyone to endorse My Fitness Pal, I just dig it.
Adios,
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
News and a Promise
I'm home sick today so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to update the little ole blog here since she's been so neglected.
News:
I got engaged on New Year's Day! Amid the engagement blissful "honeymoon stage", I am starting to feel the pressures of wedding planning weighing down on my shoulders. I feel like already my mind is pulled in so many directions, not because of anyone or anything, but mostly because I am having such a hard making a decision on what kind of wedding I want to have! I'll post more about that later.
Promise:
This promise is more for myself, but I have got to blog more. I feel like my teaching has gotten so dull and because of that, I don't want to blog as often. Because I am not blogging, I have no desire to spice up my teaching. It's just a pickle.
Twist on the Site:
Instead of just posting about teaching all the time, I am going to try to post about other parts of my life. Because I got engaged, G and I are both trying to lose some significant weight and get healthy. It is important for both of us to be around for a while together. :) I will be posting some recipes, reviews, and tips every now and then.
Lots of Love,
News:
I got engaged on New Year's Day! Amid the engagement blissful "honeymoon stage", I am starting to feel the pressures of wedding planning weighing down on my shoulders. I feel like already my mind is pulled in so many directions, not because of anyone or anything, but mostly because I am having such a hard making a decision on what kind of wedding I want to have! I'll post more about that later.
Promise:
This promise is more for myself, but I have got to blog more. I feel like my teaching has gotten so dull and because of that, I don't want to blog as often. Because I am not blogging, I have no desire to spice up my teaching. It's just a pickle.
Twist on the Site:
Instead of just posting about teaching all the time, I am going to try to post about other parts of my life. Because I got engaged, G and I are both trying to lose some significant weight and get healthy. It is important for both of us to be around for a while together. :) I will be posting some recipes, reviews, and tips every now and then.
Lots of Love,
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Currently November and a Little Crafting
Farley has her new Currently out! Link on over and enjoy the festivities.
To continue the fall cheer, I did a little crafting last weekend. I love making pennant banners and decided that my staircase needed a little something something.
To continue the fall cheer, I did a little crafting last weekend. I love making pennant banners and decided that my staircase needed a little something something.
Friday, November 2, 2012
High Five for Friday
I woke up this morning with a little surprise in the form of pink eye. Gross! So I decided to update the ole blog in the middle of my eye make-up purge.
Here are my highlights of the week:
1. Halloween was so much fun! We only had 5 trick or treaters, including the one that rang the doorbell and ran (who does that??). I was half tempted to chuck the candy after them just to get it out of the house! This little nugget was super excited to put on her costume!
2. We made Franken-Blubber in the classroom on Halloween. The kids absolutely loved it and it was a good way to keep them engaged on a day when they would be cuckoo anyway. It was glow in the dark and fantastically disgusting. I got the lesson from Engaging-Lessons on Teacher's Notebook {HERE}. Totally worth every penny.
3. I got new bedding for my bedroom! I am a total secret bedding purchasing addict and I have held back on my addiction for the past few years. Finally I decided to plunge in and buy some new bedding because it was on sale. The only problem? Now I have to paint the walls a different color because it totally clashes and add some more to the room. Here's a little sneak peek. Room makeover to come later!
4. Thanksgiving decor is out and ready! I found these beautiful velvet pumpkins last week on clearance 75% off!! It's pretty sad that Thanksgiving decor goes on clearance even before November hits, but it benefited me! I made a little table center piece with them.
5. I asked my wonderful mom to send me a picture of when I was little for our staff bulletin board. The staff has to guess who we are based off of the picture. Do you think anyone will guess that this is me??? Yes, I was an eccentric child, let's just get that out on the table.
Hope everyone else had a great week, too! Don't forget to link up with From My Grey Desk blog to blog about your week!
Here are my highlights of the week:
1. Halloween was so much fun! We only had 5 trick or treaters, including the one that rang the doorbell and ran (who does that??). I was half tempted to chuck the candy after them just to get it out of the house! This little nugget was super excited to put on her costume!
2. We made Franken-Blubber in the classroom on Halloween. The kids absolutely loved it and it was a good way to keep them engaged on a day when they would be cuckoo anyway. It was glow in the dark and fantastically disgusting. I got the lesson from Engaging-Lessons on Teacher's Notebook {HERE}. Totally worth every penny.
3. I got new bedding for my bedroom! I am a total secret bedding purchasing addict and I have held back on my addiction for the past few years. Finally I decided to plunge in and buy some new bedding because it was on sale. The only problem? Now I have to paint the walls a different color because it totally clashes and add some more to the room. Here's a little sneak peek. Room makeover to come later!
4. Thanksgiving decor is out and ready! I found these beautiful velvet pumpkins last week on clearance 75% off!! It's pretty sad that Thanksgiving decor goes on clearance even before November hits, but it benefited me! I made a little table center piece with them.
5. I asked my wonderful mom to send me a picture of when I was little for our staff bulletin board. The staff has to guess who we are based off of the picture. Do you think anyone will guess that this is me??? Yes, I was an eccentric child, let's just get that out on the table.
Hope everyone else had a great week, too! Don't forget to link up with From My Grey Desk blog to blog about your week!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Blog Makeover
My blog got a makeover! I love it! It is crisp and clean. It was designed by Designer Blogs and I had a great experience with them. Highly recommend them!
Tomorrow is Halloween and the kids are already cuckoo for cocoa puffs. I am always so happy to see that my 6th graders are still excited to dress up and go trick or treating. We have a spooky lab experiment we are doing tomorrow so hopefully that will keep them occupied and we will have organized chaos. I am thankful we have a half day tomorrow so we won't have to deal with the candy sugar rush after lunch! Happy Halloween everyone!
Tomorrow is Halloween and the kids are already cuckoo for cocoa puffs. I am always so happy to see that my 6th graders are still excited to dress up and go trick or treating. We have a spooky lab experiment we are doing tomorrow so hopefully that will keep them occupied and we will have organized chaos. I am thankful we have a half day tomorrow so we won't have to deal with the candy sugar rush after lunch! Happy Halloween everyone!
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