best $6.99 I have ever spent

This is what my new skirt looks like. I found on Clearance at Ross Dress For Less and it was only $6.99. I am totally in love with it. It is super fun. I have a bracelet that matches perfectly. I wore it last night to Keith's party. I just can't say enough about how much I love it!

party in the ATL

Last night, we went to a 30th birthday party for Keith. It was fun. The birthday boy would not let me photograph him, so I have no photo evidence to share. (Maybe if Meredith was able to take one, she will email it to me to post) It was a fun evening. I have literally known Keith for 1/2 of his life. I have seen him at every range of happiness and last night was a high note. It was fun watching him have such a great time at his celebration. I only wish I had taken a picture of the german chocolate cake. It was so yummy that I wish I has a piece for breakfast! Why oh why did I not bring a piece home!

la la la la la la tonight

Tonight I get to see one of my all time favorite bloggers and I can hardly wait to see her! Mere I will be there soon!

Thursday 13: thirteen things I need to do before bedtime

It is 5pm, and I have the following 13 things to do before bedtime tonight.
1) talk to my Mom (who knows where she has been hiding this week)
2) work on the class flag (yes, I know it should be done by now)
3) watch TV (my hubby can't stand a full DVR)
4) clean house (because the housekeepers come tomorrow)
5) cook dinner (build your own burger night!)
6) do the dishes (because no one else will)
7) make a letter for school begging for field trip money (hope it works)
8) pack my lunch for tomorrow (no time in the morning!)
9) check and respond to email (I have been very bad about this lately)
10) charge my Blackberry (it is SO dead!)
11) go through huge stack of mail (or just stash it somewhere out of the way)
12) find a deposit slip (tomorrow is payday!)
13) read Wicked (if there is still time)

7pm update
#4 is halfway complete
#5 is complete but only because the hubby brought home Mexican food
#10 is in the progress
#11 is completed as well

9pm update
#1 completed
#2 completed
#3 I am doing right now
#4 is almost completed (1 room left)
#6 completed
#8 completed
#9 completed

10pm update
Everything is complete except #7.
I am about to go to bed and do #13.
Here is a photo taken on my Blackberry of #2. I put the trim around the letters tonight. It is navy with silver sparkles. The kids need to finish the "E" in the morning and then it will be complete.
I don't know what happened with #3 our dvr only recorded 1/2 of Grey's Anatomy. I am so sad about this.

pics I promised-- and bad ones at that

This is the trim on the top and bottom of the flag.

This is the beginning of us making the mosaics out of fabric to spell the word "blue". We worked for about 3 hours on it this am and managed to get the B completed. We will have to step it up tomorrow if it is going to be finished by Friday. The kids are loving it!

what's craftin?

I am blogging to you from one of my favorite places in the world. I am on my screened in porch, nestled in the crook of the couch. My hubby is grilling steak and the weather is around 80 which, believe it or not is cool to us. I can hear the water trickling in the goldfish pond. I can't tell you how incredible this moment it. Oh- did I mention I am in my Pajamas? All the more fun.

I don't know what is going on with me this week- but I have been super crafty. I have mended a pair of pants. I have started a fabric gift for one of my readers, so I can't give you any of the details. Oh how I wish I could because it is something pretty spectacular. Once I finish and have given the gift, I will post pictures of it. I am proud of it already and I have only worked on it for 1 night. Another crafty something that I have been working on is making a flag for our classroom. We have an annual potluck each year and this year all of the room mom's are responsible for making each class a flag to display. The purpose is so that we can sit together as a class. Our room mom brought in some material and embellishments today. They are fabulous and I only wish I had taken pictures. I will take some tomorrow. We also purchased fabric in many shades of blue. The plan is to cut them into squares and let the children iron them on to spell out our class name. It is going to be so darn cute. I also found some blue sequin trim to loop around the flag pole. The kids are going to LOVE it. I promise- photos of the flag tomorrow!

paper organizer

I know you will be shocked to find out someone was going to throw this away. My hubby brought it home to me for the new crafting room we are planning. I love it. I have spent my evening peeling off the stickers and cleaning it up. I can hardly wait to start organizing paper in it.