hair today...

I finally got the haircut that almost wasn't. Last week we had to cancel for unforseen circumstances. Then we couldn't get back to back appointments as that hairdresser for 3 more weeks. Roberta, my friend I was going with made us appointments at a different hairdresser who could see us this week. I felt like I was betraying my friend (sorry Kate!!) who recommended the first lady to us, but I had to get a cut and it is getting very very hot here. So, we went to a hairdresser that Roberta had past experience with. Here is a pictorial of the events.

I am thrilled! I love love love it! Mr. D. just said "you look like Kim" and I do. I actually knew that would be what he was going to say before he even said it. I consider it a compliment!!!

So, the hair has been cut and donated. I hope the person who gets my hair will be as happy as I was when I wore it.

pictures I couldn't get to upload last night

Sorry for the delay. I have been having the hardest time with the blogger uploading. I could not get these pictures to upload last night. Here are my petunias and the walk way after I put down the mulch.

where in the world have I been???

Friday night, we attended the Ecology Festival at my school. It was amazing!! For the first time in the history of my current teaching career, my class had 100% attendance at an out of school hours function. The kids totally rocked at their song. I was so very proud of all of them. I packed a picnic of Publix subs, chips and brownies. They were so yummy! The weather was perfect and I really had a lot of fun!!

Backtracking, Friday morning at 4am, Mr. D. woke me up from a deep and restful sleep to see if I could hear this cricket. I couldn't while I was sleeping but once he pointed it out- then of course that is all that I could hear. We determined that it was somewhere near the dining room window because whenever Mr. D. would bang on that window it was stop for a few minutes. After the Eco-Fest, we were in the driveway talking to Matt and we heard the noise. Matt informed us that it was not a cricket, but a frog. Sure enough, I looked at the pond and found this.

I scooped this noisy frog up in the fish net, covered the top with a magazine and proceeded to relocate. I left our yard, crossed the street, walked 4 houses up and dropped it off. we had a peaceful nights sleep. The next morning, Mr. D. had to work so we were up getting him ready to go and I heard the frog again. You have got to be kidding me!!! I can't believe that the frog had found it's way back. Upon investigation I found that not only was the frog back- but apparently it invited a friend to the yard as well. ***Warning, following photo may not be suitable for young readers***Upon further investigation on Sunday, I found that this little rendezvous produced a few hundred million of little frog eggs in the pond. Fortunately for me, the fish were eating them like crazy. I am just glad that we aren't going to have the plague of the frogs in my own back yard.

Other random things I need to catch you up on are:

Ceci is out of the hospital and gaining weight. She has now exceeded her birth weight. We are all very excited to hear this.

Tiffani is making it the best that she can. She came home last night and went back to work today. It is a hard process, so please keep her in your thoughts. We actually got to go and pick her up last night from Montgomery, so I got to spend some time with her in the car.

Mr. D. and I are getting geared up for a busy summer. We have so much planned!

The baby bird in the nest on the porch hatched on Mother's Day--- much to Mr. D.'s dismay. They are a noisy bunch!!

Mr. D. drew the winner of my Blog-iversary contest. He drew #2 and that happened to be Tiffani. Congratulations- you have won a trip to Sonic.

I downloaded my first I-tune for our Ipod Nano, it was Sunshine Days by the Brady Bunch for my class. And yes, my kids know every word and LOVE the song.

Mr. D. took the day off today. He had his first golf lesson- which was a Christmas gift from his Mother. He said it was great and he got lots of good pointers. He has 5 more lessons to go. Watch out Tiger Woods.

Since 3pm this afternoon... I:

drove home

talked to Mr. D. , Julie and Tiffani

went with Mr. D. to Home Depot for the rest of the mondo grass and a new trimmer

cleaned the pond filter- super yucky!!

got the 3 dead fish out of the pond

got the old dead plants out of the pond

picked up all of the Brady poop out of the yard

swept sand into the cracks of the patio

deadheaded the petunias

finished planting the mondo grass

put black mulch around the mondo grass

washed off the patio

picked up dinner

watched tv/blogged/read other blogs

you be the judge

This afternoon, we were having our usual spring severe thunderstorm/tornado type weather. I was on the bed watching the weather and a huge thunder clap shook the whole house. Brady jumped up into the bed (a huge no no!) on top of me. Yes, all 87 lbs of him. My question to you dear readers is... was Brady
A. protecting me
B. being a big baby

Either way he got kicked out of the bed. I just can't decided which he was being.

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what a Wednesday!

Today was one of those day that I couldn't have predicted from the start. There were many things that happened that I hadn't expected but totally loved.
Today at school, we had the first full run through of the Ecology Festival. My kids totally rocked. They didn't even need me. I was very proud!
This afternoon, I went to Hobby Lobby and they hadn't gotten in any more of the white paint. Being in kind of a bind I ended up buying black paint. I then went to Sonic to a little after school snack and came home to start t-shirt work. It is a total nightmare. The black paint is totally different from the white in thickness. It is bleeding through my stencil and not going on as nicely. I just keep saying to people..."from a distance these shirts will look fabulous!!"
After making 5 more shirts, (leaving only 12 more), I got a phone call. The sweet little voice said "can I come to your house and play??" The answer to that question is ALWAYS yes!! So, Parker came over and I introduced him to the Mario Kart. He stayed until his dinner time (about 40 minutes) and then I took him home. I came home and started dinner of my own. I also fed the fish. We had Ravioli for dinner. After their dinner, Parker, Julie and Caleb came to visit. Here is a super cute picture of the boys playing Mario Kart!

Parker and I mailed my Mother's Day cards. Some were mailed from my mailbox and some were mailed from his mail box. We also played with the basketball in his driveway. We had fun.

After he went home for the night, I started back to work making a stronger stencil for t-shirt 101 tomorrow night. Nothing like the last minute for getting things done around here. The kids as so excited about Friday night and so am I.

to be continued...

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I did not go and get the big haircut today. Stay tuned for the reschedule.