Spring Break In Review

It was back to work for this teacher yesterday! The question so many of us get after our spring breaks? "How was your week off?" Mine was good! I had a pretty relaxing week and enjoyed making my own schedule and trying to get some stuff done while also relaxing! 

Here's my week in review (in photo format!) 

Easter Sunday was a great day filled with fun! Oh and it was a great reminder of how blessed my hubs and I truly are. Check out this post to read more! 

A To-Do List was NECESSARY! I felt like i needed this to help keep focused each day! 

Got my hair did on Wednesday! 

A trip to LAX to pick up my mom yielded no traffic and a beautiful sunset! 

I ended the week with helping to make baby shower decorations with a good friend and then we showered this new mom on Saturday! The pic above is a team effort: I made the banner and the hostess with the mostess handled the beautiful flower arrangements! It was a fun time for sure! 

Also, I got to spend a bunch of time with this little fur ball! 

Other activities that were not pictured:

A Sushi lunch! 

Work outs!!! Tried some HIIT from DailyHIIT.com! 

Relaxing! 

BLogging! 

Working on my Autism Authorization... ugh!

Laundry

A couple shopping trips

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Looking for more homes on the internet! 

Needless to say, Monday was not a welcomed visitor! 

Hope you got a spring break! And if you did that it was fantastic!

Random Day in My Life

Boy! Spring break has been a really welcome break! 

Its been nice to see friends, make my own schedule, relax, get appointments done, research things I have been meaning to research and so much more! 

I can't believe it's already Thursday! Here's the topic for this week: 

... of a teacher on Spring Break! 

(I added that last part!) 

But seriously, i thought this would be a different spin rather than my normal life of teaching in a classroom!

So here goes: 

7:30 am Woke up and ate breakfast while watching The Carrie Diaries (yep, I'm addicted!) 

This is also when i attempted to publish some comments to my blog and then accidentally deleted them in my morning haze! 

Here's my breakfast parfait in a red cup and using a recycled Yogurtland spoon! With a younger version of Carrie Bradshaw on the screen! 

9:00 Got ready to hit the gym and straightened the kitchen a bit. 

9:30 Walked down to the gym in my apartment complex. Did Week 2 Day 2 of the C25K app while listening to Pandora! 

10:20 Left the gym when the maintenance guy came to clean (I made it a few minutes with the cleaning supplies in the air before i started to sneeze!)

10:25 Arrived home and downloaded a few fonts for teaching worksheets from Dafont.com and fontspace.com.

10:55 Hopped into the shower and cleaned it while i showered! 

(Sorry no pictures here!)

11:25 Got out of the shower and got dressed! Then began putting my make up on! 

(I didn't have to do my hair because i was headed to my hair stylist!) 

11:45 Interpreted my getting ready to help my husband clip little Lily's claws! I got tired of her scratching at me this morning!

12:10 packed some snacks to eat while i was out for the day and then headed out the door to get my hair done! 

12:32 A little late but made it! Hair wash, dry and trim! Love getting my hair done! 

Here's how my hair turned out... plus you can see what i wore! A black tee that i had a bright blue cardigan over and then denim capris with my rainbow flip flops! 

1:40 Ate a snack in the car on my way to my mom's house to water her potted plants. She is coming home tomorrow! 

2:15 Headed to Barnes and Noble to price check some books for gifts! 

Here's a book I found pretty entertaining! 

The caption about this pic from a book entitled Awkward Family Photos was "stuck in the middle"!!! 

3 pm Headed home to relax a little before working on my Autism Authorization for my credential! 

4 pm Began working on my Autism Authorization plus other computer stuff! 

4:45 Stopped for a potty break and a one of my meals! 

7 pm Finish one session of my program and then began blogging while watching Jeopardy! 

The kitty joined me for blogging! 

7:26  Current time of writing this line! everything from here on out is estimated! 

Jeopardy ends at 7:30 pm! 

8 pm Gonna eat dinner! (I know this sounds late, but on this Carb Cycling diet you are supposed to eat every three hours! Waking up late has it's downfalls on this diet! 

9 pm Gonna relax on the couch with hubby until about 11 pm and then it will be time for bed! 

That is a day in the life of this Spring Breakin' Teacher! 

Check out other bloggers daily routines! 

See you tomorrow! 

Wedding Gifts Gone RIGHT!

When my husband and I got married we had very little for our home. 

We had even less for our kitchen. And we are extremely grateful for the gifts we received and that we still use today. So often we see cutesy wedding gifts on Pinterest, but sometimes practical is just more useful. When i shop from a registry whether it's for a wedding or a baby, I try to think of what will last! 

Here are some of the wedding gifts i still use everyday and I think i would buy them for the newest of brides and grooms even today. 

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Measuring Cups

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the set we received from our wedding registry! And more than one set can come in really handy. Never be afraid to tie these to the top of a package and add some cute ribbon! You cannot go wrong! 

Purchase these fun collapsible ones at Target! 

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Collapsible Strainer

This thing comes in SUPER handy! WE use ours on a weekly basis if not more often. It's great for straining pasta, rinsing fruit, washing veggies and who knows what else! I love that our hangs over our sink ledges which seems to make more work space in the kitchen! 

There are many others, but this is the one we have. I found it one Amazon!

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Glass Nesting Bowls

This item seems so simple and plain, but it really has been one of the best additions to our cupboards! The variety of sizes can be used for so many things and the simplicity of the glass means that the bowls can even be used to serve food in! Ours came from Crate and Barrel! 

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Toaster Oven

This thing is used all the time! We don't just use it to toast our bread, but reheating/toasting up leftover pizza, warming tortillas, reheating other baked leftovers and so much more! We love this thing! It is a necessary part of our kitchen! 

This is what our looks like and can be found on Amazon!

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Pyrex

This stuff is great for so much! You can use some of it for storage, baking, serving dishes and who knows what else! It is dishwasher safe, cleans easily, and can be put in the fridge or the oven. The lids are a necessary piece! They really travel well too! 

These can be found at Target! 

What did you receive that you still use all. the. time.? 

Recent Goals

There are no real changes yet, but they are coming to this little blog. 

One of my items to work on this week is to figure out a couple things for this here blog! 

First up, a change to my template. 

Yeah i know i like this cute little green and flowery free one, but I think i am ready to grow up a bit. I think this blog is ready to actually have a custom template made for it. I waited for a unique idea that suits me and what i blog about, plus that represents the title of this blog and i think i finally have a good idea that i have been tossing around in my little brain for a while. 

Now i just gotta find someone who I would like to design it. 

Recommendations are welcome! 

The next thing is something my husband and i have been talking about and that would be to start creating teaching materials to sell on Teachers Pay Teachers and Teacher Notebook. For so long I have followed the personal blog and teaching blog of Mrs. Amy Lemons. It has been amazing to see how she put the funds she earned from selling teaching materials to pay for adopting a child from Africa. What a story that couple has! I figure maybe i could even earn a little to cover the cost of something down the line. Nothing has really revealed itself to me yet, but i am sure it will. 

So that is what has been happening in this bloggers head.... some changes that I am both excited and overwhelmed about. It's a lot of work and there is so much that goes into it all! 

Will i still share about my life and everything else that i have been blogging about thus far? YES! I definitely do not want to change this blog that much, but really just want to add in my teaching stuff! As of right now this is a long ways away because it does take so much time to develop units and there are some upfront costs that i have to figure out still. One more thing to add to the spring break to do list, for sure! 

Hope you all have a great Tuesday! 

Not Just on Easter

Yesterday was Easter. 

Despite my mother being out of town, i was quite excited about it!

We had plans to have brunch with my husband's family, relax for a bit, and then head to Disneyland! 

That is exactly what we did. 

Here's what the relaxing looked Like: kitty in my lap and "A Litte Bit of Heaven" with Kate Hudson playing on Netflix! The only thing that was missing is the kleenex! What a tear jerker! 

 The only thing that we didn't have planned was seeing a fatal car accident on the freeway on our way to the happiest place on Earth. 

It really got to me. 

I saw the mangled hunk of metal that the car was and though my husband said there was a tarp covering the car, my brain completely blocked it out. I saw the fireman hiking up the embankment to look for any other victims. 

All I could think was "it's Easter!" 

Who knows who was at fault and when i looked it up this morning, i could find no trace of the accident, but we both know it happened. Car accidents are scary and to see a car in that form really brings a bunch of reality to what has been a busy season plus a great holiday. 

You see, lately, my husband and I have been in the midst of researching homes to buy. We are constantly seeing what we can't have. What we can't afford. It can be a bit of a tough reality. But yesterday we were definitely reminded of all that we have. And really that it can be taken away in an instant. 

Hubs may kill me that i posted this picture, but who could not feel grateful for these two! So cute! 

I have students who love me! Here's a letter from one of my kiddos! Brought tears to my eyes! 

Our trip on the freeway and seeing the aftermath of a crash ended in a stop at Disneyland. 

This only made this all the more emotional for me. 

I literally had tears on the tram to the park. It made me think of all the things i should be grateful for.  Every moment at the park only reminded me even more how extravagant our lives already are. 

And not just on Easter. 

And if ou follow me on instagram you have seen this already, but this trip to DCA (as it turned out we only went to DCA and not Disneyland) was decadent enough to make me realize even more how blessed I am! Grateful doesn't begin to express my heart! 

How was your Easter?