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I also want to say that I'm doing all this from my phone and here lately it's been acting up.  If you do leave a comment and I don't reply, it's not me being rude because I always try to reply.  Same with my comments on other people's blogs.. They haven't been wanting to post.. Sorry guys! Ill try to get this fixed!

Random Stuff and a Continuing Vent

Hey folks, (or lack there of since I don't think anybody follows and I don't know how to link ha!)

I love snow cones don't u? I craved them while I was prego and the craving has just always stuck.. I'm beginning this post with something happy as you can tell. Hint hint, Jon, nothing says I love you like a good ol' homemade ice cream with extra cream :)

So I'm fixing to get a new car. I love my Accord but a two door and a baby just don't go together. I'm really leaning towards a Toyota Rav4. I love the new style and I can afford to get a brand new one.. I'm soo excited cuz I've never had a new vehicle before. I'm looking at it as a mommy-mobile plus a graduation gift to myself.

Not bad huh? I'd really like it in silver though!

Schools just around the corner and I'm fixing to have to get busy with everything. I've really enjoyed my summer with my baby boy but I'm so ready to get back into a routine as well.

He was eating his first Oreo :)

Anyways.. I've ranted on and on about exercising and losing weight..have I? No! This summer has made me so lazy it's ridiculous! I'm really hoping a routine will whip me back into shape. I mean as you can already tell about my post so far I've been eating snow cones and Oreos.. Do u think when school starts I'll have time to do these things, well no! Things around here are about to change and this time I mean it!

On a lighter note, this is too funny not to share.. And Jon would kill me if he knew I posted it.. But when you go down early because you can't handle your adult beverages, this is what happens...

I wish my camera would have done a better job.  You can see the star on his knee and the lines on his legs. He was covered! (Except his face, cuz I'm such a good g/f and wouldn't let them do that).  Anddd.. Just so y'all know I had no part in this, I was just a spectator :)

Question:

Is anyone out there? Haha what I mean is does anyone read what I write? 

Committing to Running

Well I haven't forgotten about my lil ole blog, just haven't had anything exciting happen worth posting about.  Kase and I are home, after over a week of being gone I was beginning to get a lil homesick.

Anyways, I've been doing a lot of thinking and I have made up my mind to get rid of all the excuses and run.  I gripe about having a belly but in not doing anything about it.  

1. I'm going to run/jog/walk everyday whether it be outside/treadmill or whatever for at least 30 mins a day.. I'd like to do an hour if time allows.

2. My goal is to finish a 5k.. And I mean run the entire thing. This is goal number 1; goal 2 is a half marathon!  I downloaded one of those 5k apps and in going to follow those workouts.

3. Insanity! I have it.. I've done it 4 times. How much sense does that make? I have one expensive workout DVD set that is proven to show results and its just sitting on a shelf.  I'm not saying I'm going to have the time to do this everyday but I'm certainly going to do it more often.

Questions:

1. Have you ever ran a 5k?

2. Does anyone have any motivational tips that could help me get going?

What a Great Fourth

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July! I know I had a good time with family and friends just hanging out, grilling, and throwing horse shoes.

I made pinwheels for our little cookout and I wanted to share a picture but I got tied up for about an hour and a half and when I came back the entire platter was gone!  I'm going to take that as a compliment :)

Kase got himself a little pool time in..

His older cousin, Austin (we call him Booger), couldn't resist the temptation to cool down and hopped right on in with Kase

I hope everyone enjoyed their Fourth as much as we did. Today I think we're due for a little more pool time.

Sweet Summertime

I'm so glad I'm getting the chance to spend so much time with my sweet little boy over the summertime, even though not working my bank account is beginning to hit financial distress.  I'm counting down the days till August 20 when ill receive my first paycheck since last August.. It's been a hard year!

Anyways back to the summer fun.  Yesterday Jon's mom and his nephew wanted to go over to a friends house for some pool time.  Jon was at work so he missed out.

As you can see Kase was more interested in chewing on his lady bug than posing for the picture.

I've got to really cherish these times because here in about two weeks it's back to daycare for Kase and I've got to get my room in order, and not to mention all the professional development I've got to do in August.

Busy times ahead..

A Trip to Little Rock

Today, a teacher friend of mine and I decided we were going to go to Little Rock to do a little shopping to get our classrooms ready for August.  Around here there is absolutely nowhere to shop for classroom decorations.  From Jon's the closest place to go is Texarkana and that's at least 45 minutes; from where I live it's about an hour and a half.  We wanted to go somewhere new so Little Rock won our vote, even though it was a little over a hundred miles.

I chose "wild" as my classroom theme.  Basically I'm decorating in a lot of animal print. I was never a big fan of the lil cartoon monkeys or frogs, I'm just not a cutesy person I guess.  Animal print is something I know I won't get tired of and it reflects some of my personality as well. I tend to where a lot of animal print clothing.

I can't wait to post pictures of my classroom when I get it done--something for you to look forward to!! :)

Here's a little sample of something I've made..

I've seen a lot of teachers making the teacher tool boxes; they're very cute but they're just not big enough for the supplies I've accumulated so I decided to use sterilite drawers instead. Total I've made 4 sets and labeled each with labels from my label maker.

I'm in the process of several little projects, it's just hard finding the time to do it.

Anyways, back to Little Rock!

Our first stop was Mardels.  It's a nice little Christian bookstore/teacher supply store.  I racked up on a lot of cute stuff to go with my theme. I'm very OCD and I've got to have everything matching, this makes it soooo difficult to shop.

For lunch we stopped at a cute little diner atmosphered place called "The Purple Cow".

They have amazing food, not the healthiest, but extremely tasty!  I splurged and got a cheeseburger and they're signature purple milkshake..

Yummmm!

After lunch we had one more stop to make, The Knowledge Tree.  This store has everything you could ever need to fill your classroom!  It has a great variety to choose from.

Our little shopping trip wore me out! I'm jealous of this little guy.. 

Shopping really wore him out too! I would have loved to catch a little nap on the 100 mile trip back home! Ha.

On another baby note...

Kase tried out his first sippy cup tonite.  He devoured a whole cup of some diluted apple juice.

It seems like he's learning something new every day or so.. It's all happening so fast :(

I hope I haven't bored y'all too much with my rambling. Talk to y'all soon!