Why A Girl Needs a Grandpa

So, I'm sitting in Mass with my class yesterday. One of my little girls starts crying. I try to go over and find out what's wrong. She says, "I miss my grandpa"(her grandpa died during last school year). So immediately, I start thinking about my own grandpa who passed away around the same time. At the time, lots of my cousins posted blogs about what a wonderful man Grandpa Charlie was. I wasn't sure then what I wanted to say, but I know now. My grandpa was a man of action; not words. He did many great things in his lifetime. The best thing he ever did for me (or for any of his grandkids if you ask me) was to teach our parents how to be good parents. It's often said that a man should be measured not by what he has, but by what he leaves behind. If that's true, my grandpa received an A+ at life.

Show Me Your Momma/ Who's Your Daddy?

Since it was posted first on Y360, for those of you who may have missed it. Here is the original post (with a few adjustments.)

Reasons My Mom is Great
1) She works really hard to provide for us! She got her nursing degree with a newborn at home and got her Bachelor's with four kids at home.
2) She never minded taking us (and 5 friends) somewhere. She loves having company!
3) She is a fantastic nurse! She was voted Employee of the Month for her entire hospital.
Along with this challenge, I want to add a new one. It's the Who's Your Daddy? post.
I am a true daddy's girl. He is amazing! He was my best friend until I started preschool. I tell people all the time that I will have a hard time finding a husband. My dad has set a very high standard!
Okay, enough mush. Why don't you Show Me Your Momma! By the way, Who's Your Daddy?!

Let's See the Sibs!

Several months ago, Jennie and Jess posted the Show Me Your Momma blog. I thought this was a cute idea so I responded with the Who's Your Daddy blog. Now, I wanna see the sibs. Here is my most recent (and favorite) pic of my sibs and me.

Stole it from Shakes

This is me on my 25th birthday after being introduced to the Lobsterita!

I stole this from Shakes who stole it from Kari. (She's such a bad influence that Shakes!).

You take your name and spell it from the letters below (duh, i know!)

M : Best Kisser Ever!
A: You like to drink
R: You are easy to fall in love with.
Y: Best g/f anyone could ask for.
Hey! I like this one! Made me feel good about myself!

A: You like to drink

B : You like people.

C : You are really silly.

D: You like to drink

E: Awesome in bed

F : You are dead sexy.

G : You never let people tell you what to do.

H : You have a very good personality and good looks

I : You Are Great in bed.

J : People Adore you

K : You're wild and crazy.

L: Everyone loves you.

M : Best kisser ever

.N : You like to drink

.O: Awesome kisser.

P : You are popular with all types of people.

Q : You are a hypocrite.

R: You are easy to fall in love with.

S : F***in crazy.

T : You're loyal to those you love.

U : You really like to chill.

V : You are not judgemental.

W : You are very broad minded.

X : You never let people tell you what to do.

Y: Best bf/gf anyone could ask for

Z : Always ready

Why I love my job!

This is an actual conversation between myself and one of my students.

S: I need to know how to spell 'sex'
Me: Excuse me?
S: I need to know how to spell 'sex'
Me: Why do you need to know that?
S: I'm trying to write insects. I know how to spell in now I need to know how to spell sects.

Here's another from a few days earlier with a different child.
S: Can I tell you something?
Me: Sure.
S: Everyday I wear three pairs of underwear.
Me: (obviously unsure how to approach this) Wow! I bet your mom has lots of laundry then.
I was curious and wanted to ask if it was three at one time or if he just changed them frequently. I didn't want to encourage him, so I kept my mouth shut.

The New Mr. & Mrs.

Amber and Bill got married on Sunday. When they got engaged, it seemed like it would take forever for the day to arrive. Now it's over and they are spending two weeks in Italy. It was a wonderful wedding. I cried! I woke up and realized that for the first time ever the 5 cousins would all have different last names. That was kind of a major moment. It's a sign that we're all officially grown-ups. Wierd, I don't remember feeling this way when Anna got married. I guess it's because Amber and I are so close in age. I am so thrilled for her!!!

The New Guy

My roomie and I have been talking for a few weeks about getting a cat/cats for our birthdays (They are two weeks apart). I come home the other day to a little surprise. Her new cat! Molina is completely awesome! He is so much fun!

Karma

I think I might be catching some of Jennie's bad karma.
So, I go to lunch today with the principal and another teacher. My fortune cookie says, "Your luck will soon be at a high point." I'm thinking to myself, 'Cool, the last time something really awesome happened to me was 2 months ago when I bought my house.' So, I figure I'm about due. Go back to school, can't find the papers I need to copy. Finally get all my stuff together and go to copier. Power goes out. Power comes back on wait 15 minutes for copier to reboot itself. Start copies. It's mid-copy, and power goes out again. This happens two more times. I'm hot, tired, and my copies still aren't done. The copier won this round, but I will be back! Lady Luck, I'm ready when you are!

Here We Go!

Okay, so the new school year hasn't even started yet and I already have a funny student story. A student new to the school came to meet me yesterday. He sees the behavior stoplight on the wall. You know, green light = well behaved yellow= I did something I shouldn't do red=My teacher is going to lose her mind if I don't knock this crap off soon. So, anyway, the kid says, I think you should know I'm not a very good boy. I usually don't follow the rules. I probably won't be on the green light very much. I'm learning how to be a good boy, but I'm not very good at it yet." I guess I've been warned! Hopefully, this is not a sign of things to come, but with 22 of them and one of me you can never be too prepared.

Back to School

This is what my classroom looks like this year!

Let's Start Over!

Okay, so I started this blog because not everyone has Yahoo! 360. Then I didn't keep it up. I also realized that I really didn't spread the word on this one. So I'm starting over. I will maintain this blog, I swear! I am determined!

It's Payday!

I was just thinking to myself how much money I have spent recently. Maybe it had something to do with the 5 days off for Easter. Even though I still got paid for those, I had a lot of free time.

Free Time + Debit Card = smaller bank account

So, I get home today and find a deductible check( my car accident was June 2006). Yay! It made my day! Now all I have to worry about it getting my money back from the car rental. That should be fun!

Easter Sunday!

Ok, so because of family stuff, our whole family did not get together for Easter. Instead just a few family members and some friends stopped by for some BBQ. Of course, we did have the traditional egg hunt for the kiddos!

Attention Purse Lovers!

My friend, Amanda told me about the website and it sounds pretty cool. For a monthly fee, you can borrow purses, use them as long as you want, send them back and get a completely new one. The site has accessories too! The purses are all designer brands. I haven't joined yet, but I'm giving it some thought.

http://www.bagborroworsteal.com/ui/welcome

New Blog...Again!

Ok, so I have a new blog again. I did some super cute postings on Yahoo! 360, but not everyone has access to those. This will be a little more user friendly. I can't figure out the RSS feed, so the link to the old blog is
http://360.yahoo.com/teachergirl82

Check it out!