the picture you may never see

I have been trying to take a picture for you all week- but now I have decided that it is a picture you may never see. I have my first ever water lily in my pond. Here are my challenges:
1) It is never open before I go to work in the AM.
2) It is almost all of the way closed when I get home in the afternoons.

I was so excited that I might get a picture of it tomorrow- but I don't think it is going to happen. It rained here last night and now the pond has filled over the lily. The lily is closed up tight under the water. While I did want to share a picture of it with you, I have come to terms with the fact that it is a picture that you may never see.

Thursday 13: thirteen things I did this week

1) made the darn cutest cubby tags EVER
2) worked
3) shipped packages to our adopted soldiers, Karen, Donovan and Kaleigh
4) had meals with several different friends
5) planned, planned, organized, organized, planned and organized some more for back to school
6) cleaned house
7) babysat for Parker and Caleb
8) slept- but not well (too much going on in my mind)
9) actually wrote in my new back to school planner
10) forgot to blog
11) had a Blizzard - all of the proceeds today went to Children's Miracle Network
12) laundry, laundry and more laundry
13) added more to my to do list

more about my class

I know you are all probably sick of my talking on and on about the stuff for my class. I had to show you the super awesome letters I bought this weekend for my door. (Karen- let me know if you want the other letters- these are the only ones I will use). I got a lot accomplished today as far as my to do list was concerned. I found all three things I have been missing for a while. Here is a list of what I was missing and examples of how absent minded I have become.

1) my sunglasses- found them in my closet.

2) a $50 visa gift card - found in the recycle bin

3) my personal planner- found in the laundry room

tax free classroom shopping

For the past 2 days, I have been shopping like crazy for back to school. Here is a list of the items I bought for the Blue Class.

2 new scrub brushes
3 bamboo fabric lined baskets
new cubby tags
stickers for the cubby tags
new door letters
door decoration for September
2 storage boxes and my Mom found me 5 others I haven't been able to find
new organizer for the teacher pens, post-its, etc.
new rings for cubbies
measuring tape
locks for a cabinet
new trays

I am getting a new refrigerator for our classroom compliments of the Shirley Foundation. YEAH!! It is going to be so nice.
I have a small list of things to get still, but for right now I am in pretty good shape.

annoyed

I am very annoyed! I waited all week to reach my 10,000th viewer. I was going to make a big deal and send them a prize. Well, last night people couldn't read my blog without getting an error message. I figured it would resolve itself- but it didn't. I got up this am and googled it and everyone on the blogger message board said you had to remove site meter to fix the problem... so, I will never know who the 10,000th reader was.

afternoon adventures

This afternoon I went back to school shopping. I headed to Walmart, but the didn't have the storage boxes I needed, so I left. Then I went to get a haircut. I left there and went to Big Lots. I found 3 must have baskets for my classroom. I then went to the place I was getting dinner from to get a menu so I could call it in later. I left my car there and walked to Hobby Lobby where I met Meghan. I bought 2 wooded boxes there. We left and went to a different than usual teacher store. I didn't see anything I needed there. We went to the usual teacher store where I got rings and tags for the cubbies, letters for the door, and my bulletin board stuff. My little room is really coming together which is AWESOME!!! I am so so so so so excited.

update

I have been a blog-slacker this week. I have been a busy bee. Monday night, I went to a meeting until 9. Tuesday I had my eye Dr. appointment and supper club. Wednesday, I went to dinner at Cozumel and relaxed a little. Last night, my Brother-in-law Scott came into town. We went to eat at a place I haven't been to before called Jacksons. It was good. They had something on the menu called Cookie Dough Egg Rolls. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! It was chocolate chip cookie dough rolled in a wonton, flash fried and topped with ice cream and hot fudge. It was DELICIOUS!! I had a great time seeing Scott- and he said he may be here on business more often- YEAH!! Today, I am enjoying Ms. Caldwell being back at work. I have however just broken out into hives for the first time in my life. It is weird. I don't know if it was something I ate or what. Very weird indeed!! This afternoon- shopping for my classroom. YEAH!! I can't wait to get it all finished and start the new school year. I may be going back to school myself- but more on that later.........