Flowers

just brighten the days!!! I am loving all my new flowers down here. Today I planted some more. I just can't seem to get enough of all this color! I do wish the water level would go down so that the dock would be accessible. However, I don't see that happening anytime soon. I need to take my camera down and get some pics so that I can show the before flood vs. after flood. Anyone who has been down here wouldn't believe it! The water is so high. Maybe that will be my mission for the week:) Hope everyone has a happy Monday, or as happy as Monday can be. And, as I am posting this, I am hearing that we could have a freeze tonight, so I am slowly bringing all these plants inside, and covering the others with towels or sheets. Gotta love the Ozarks!

A Little Bling:)

Just had to post a picture of Harley's collar. It's not really new anymore, but I never posted the picture when it was. I love it!

We just finished our last day of Saturday school!!! Yippee!!! It really wasn't so bad. It is definitely better than being in school during the month of June would have been. I had nine absent today though. The end of the school year is finally really here!!! I think we have five weeks left:) Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

New Layout...

well, kind of. I have been meaning to post it for awhile now. I just can't seem to get everything done these days. I was pretty happy with how this one turned out. I haven't scrapbooked much at all, and when I have, it has been one page layouts that are kind of random. This is probably the first meaningful page I have made in awhile. The journaling was kind of personal, so I put it on the back of the page. Then I know that only people who I am fine with reading it will be seeing it. On another note, I will say that I am loving all the signs of spring that I am seeing everywhere. This is my favorite season. My mom came into town this past weekend for my birthday, and what a help she was to me! We got my house organized, finally. The task has been so overwhelming that I would just come home and stare at the mess and do nothing, because I couldn't find a starting place. But now, it's all put together. We also planted flowers-EVERYWHERE!!! I had planted some tulips a couple of weeks ago, and we just went crazy planting flowers. They are so pretty. There is something about seeing pretty flowers that makes you know life is okay. I hope everyone is having a good week. I will try to be a better blogger. I have been absent here lately...

Happy Friday!

I have some pics to post, but I just don't seem to get around to it. So I at least wanted to say Happy Friday to everyone and have a wonderful weekend! I am so glad that I don't have Saturday school this week. I am also so glad to have finally gotten a washer and dryer delivered on Monday. My laundry is officially caught up. But, when I started hanging all my clothes in the closet, the rod collapsed. So I guess I will spend the weekend working with my new drill and trying to get the closet mess fixed! What a disaster. I actually got a new rod and some brackets to hold it up, but when I hung my final shoe rack on the rod, it collapsed again. So I am going to look for a different solution this weekend. Target has some pretty cool storage stuff, so I think I will be headed back there again tomorrow. I went yesterday just to get some ideas, but I wanted to sleep on it first. Have a good weekend, and hopefully I will get some pictures posted soon......

I was tagged...

by my friend Ashlee...so here goes. Sorry I took so long:)

10 years ago:I was transferring to OU to finish school.
Things on my to do list today: Work, tan, take care of some paperwork and put try to get my closets organized.
What would I do if I suddenly became a Billionaire?First of all, I would pay off all debts...house car, etc. Second, I would buy something really nice for my parents...whatever they chose. I would do the same for all of my grandparents. Last, I would give money to research for Autism. I would hopefully have some cash left over to take a very extended vacation somewhere sunny, and put the rest in the bank.
Three of my bad habits:1.) Popping my joints, and I mean every single one of them!
2.) Procrastination...I am really bad about this one.
3.) Pushing snooze over and over and over and over and over...no joke. I hate waking up in the mornings.
5 jobs I have had
1)I coached gymnastics from the time I was 16 until I was out of college.
2)I worked for Universal Cheerleaders Association during the summer teaching cheerleading camps at different colleges.
3)I waited tables at Don Pablo's in Norman, OK
4)I taught special education for four years.
5)I teach second grade now.
Five things people don't know about me:
1.) I am a night owl.
2.) I'm not much for sweets, but I love me a chocolate shake or a hot fudge sundae from Braum's.
3.) My favorite thing to do on a day off is to take a very long, very hot bubble bath while I read a book.
4.) I love to watch VH1...I know, it's pitiful!
5) I am a sucker if you get me to a makeup counter:)

So there you have it...you may or may not have known these things from other tags. Anyone who would like to join in is tagged!!!

HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!

I hope everyone has a great week off...if you are lucky enough to get one of those!!! Hopefully spring-like temperatures will grace themselves upon us as well:)

Hoping...

that everyone has a great week, and that we have some spring-like temeratures...finally:) Looks like today and tomorrow will be perfect days for going on a long, long walk:) That is my favorite thing about spring...getting to start enjoying fresh air, sunshine, and warmth after a long winter...I don't like daylight saving's time in the spring because I lose an hour of sleep. But I do like the extra hours of sunlight that it brings to the afternoon/evening. Have a great day!

Another Day Off...

for snow. We are talking about having Saturday school a few times to make up some days. I can't stand the thought of school on Saturday, but what I can't stand even more, is the thought of school in June when it is hot outside, and all I want to do is be in the sunshine, and enjoy summer. It is my favorite time of the year. I am looking forward to that season so much. I have been running and running so much that I just really need a break. I have so many things to do, and I just can't seem to find the time or the energy to get them done. Maybe spring break will help with that. Anyways...

Here are a few recent pictures. I have more, but blogger seems to be extrememly slow today, and I just don't have a lot of patience because I have lots of stuff to get done today. If I use this snow day well, it could definitely give me some time to be productive. There is not a speckle of snow here. So I am going to get out and take care of some errands I need to run. Hopefully I'll have time to post some more pictures in the next few days. They are on my computer now. That seems to be half the battle for me. So maybe that will help:) Have a good day!!!

Hope everyone...

had a good weekend! I know I sure did. Having Bethany here was so very nice this weekend. I have some pics to post, but just haven't gotten around to it quite yet. Our weekend started off a little rough. On Friday, we were getting ready to go start running around, when all of a sudden, I stepped in standing water...and it was everywhere. The carpet was drenched, and the kitchen had water standing everywhere! I had started a load of laundry, and apparently, my washer has had it. It has been giving me trouble for the past month, not draining the water when it spins, and stuff like that. So Bethany and I shop-vacced for a couple of hours, then pointed fans toward the carpet so it could continue to dry out. What a mess!!! It seems to be mostly dry now though. I guess I'll be checking out washers and dryers this week. YUCK!!! I am really glad we were still there when it happened though. We were just about to take off. So it could have been MUCH worse than it was!!! I'll post some pictures later, and please pray that we don't get this weather they are speaking of...more snow/ice!!!

Could it be...

a snow/ice free week in Missouri? I sure do hope so!!! I had a great time in Oklahoma with my family. Time just goes too fast when I am there. I took quite a detour coming home...I thought it would be a shortcut from I-44, but it ended up taking me about an hour longer to get home, and a lot of very dark and very windy roads!! I have never seen so many of those yellow arrow signs in my life! I didn't think I was ever going to get home, but thank goodness, I made it:) I haven't uploaded pictures yet. In fact, I still haven't uploaded pictures from my niece's birthday party in January. I will get to it at some point. I am getting soooooooo excited right now! Bethany is coming to visit from Texas for the weekend. I am taking a personal day on Friday, so we can hang out. We were talking last night, and realized that we haven't seen one another since Memorial Day weekend. That is way too long! Anyways, she is driving in on Thursday, and will hopefully be here when I get off work:) Sooooo excited for this weekend with her! Hope everyone is having a great week!

Here are some pictures...

of layouts I have completed, but never posted. I finally took pics of them. However, the quality is kind of poor, so I apologize for that. The pics on the bottom are from a couple of weeks ago. I looked out the window and there were baby deer all over my yard. By the time I got out my camera, they had scattered a bit. They especially scattered when I opened the door to take pictures. Oh well...at least I finally caught them:) They were really cute. I tried to post this Friday morning, but I was having trouble with blogger. I braved the roads and made it to Oklahoma for a visit. It was a long drive down because of the drive through Branson and Springfield. But after that, it wasn't too bad. I have just been hanging out with my family since I got here. It has been nice. I am looking forward to a yummy lunch here tomorrow. My mom is making roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, hot rolls, green beans, and who knows what else. What I am not looking forward to is the drive home, and another hectic week of playing catch up at school. That is the worst part of snow days...catching up. Oh well, it will all work out...Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!!!

Snowed In...

Again!!! I can't believe this is happening again! Fortunately, I prepared this time. I went to the store last night and got lots of food and things I need around here. Good thing, because I couldn't hardly back my car up the driveway this morning! I decided to move it in case I needed to get it out, and thank goodness I did! There is no way I could get it up to the top of the hill now! With all the snow days we have had, I kind of feel useless. This morning I have swept, mopped, cleaned the bathroom, cleaned the kitchen, and now I am making homemade chicken noodle soup! YUM!!! It smells so good. I have also been reading the book, "Eat, Pray, Love"...really enjoying it too!!! Hope everyone is enjoying their Thursday.

Here's hoping...

that everyone has a good week........and that we do not have anymore ice or snow:) I promise that this week I will get the pages posted that I made a few weeks ago. I just keep forgetting to take pictures of them until it's dark. They don't come out well without natural light.

pictures...

from the storm...

Ice Days...

are adding up. I think we now have four days to add to the end of our school year. We are making one day up on President's Day already. I have enjoyed these extremely long weekends, but come May...that will be a different story. I do feel for all the people out there who do not have power. I remember last year when I was in that situation, along with so many others. Not something I want to relive. I remember never being so thankful for light switches:) It was terribly miserable. I have been fortunate enough to keep power. I hope everyone else gets theirs back on soon. I am hoping we have school tomorrow. But I guess we will just have to wait and see. I deleted my earlier post for various reasons. I guess you never know how many people read these things. Hope everyone has a great day!

Some of my pictures...

from my weekend in Oklahoma. These are just some of the ones I took. There will be more to post, but I need to do some photo editing first. I really like these though. Kinzley is my new little niece. She is so pretty. Kylan is just a cutie, and check out Shelton's cute little face!!! He was enjoying some taco soup. I really like the one of my Grandpa with Shelton, and my cousin's little girl, Kyndall. When you say smile, she makes that funny face! It was hilarious! I had a good time with my family. I returned here, and had three days of school, then two snow days. So it has been an extended weekend. I wish I could say that I had gotten some things accomplished, however, I can't really say that. There is always tomorrow though, right? I did finish two scrapbook pages tonight. I will take pics of those and post tomorrow or the next day. Hope all my teacher buddies have enjoyed their snow days, and that everyone else is enjoying a nice weekend!!!

Happy Friday!!!

I am heading to Oklahoma this afternoon. My niece's second birthday party is on Saturday. It has a Dora theme. Can't wait to see everyone there. Here are a couple of cool pics from the lake one day when the sky was unbelievable...Have a good weekend!!!

Enjoying My Day Off...

I think I really needed a day off today. So I am laid back, enjoying myself. I took a bubble bath, put a mask on my face, enjoyed part of my book, and now I am organizing my closet:) Feeling productive!!! Here are some pictures of some cards I've been working on. The red, white, and black snowflake card is my favorite of the group! Hope everyone is having a good day!!!

New Layout...

I had read on Ali Edward's blog about choosing a word for the new year. I was standing on the deck one day looking at the lake, and my word came to me. Reflection...so here is my layout with my one little word.

Finally...Some Pictures:)

Some of my favorites from the holiday! Happy New Year!!!