Friends Wedding

I finally scrapped two of my friends wedding. Will married Carolyn in July 2012 and Ashley married Jesus in June 2012.


Another one for the Bitten by the Bug 2 Font challenge-  George and Basic Shapes

Little Squirt

Zachy is the cutest little thing, he is full of such character. I picked some of my favorite pictures of him to put on this page. Its a very simple page but I wanted his pictures to really stand out. He is my love.

 

I used the B for Boy cartridge for the little squirt letters and the squirt gun.

Challenge Bitten by the Bug 2 font challenge

Pinterest Experiments--- facials

Here’s an easy blackhead removal remedy that you can try at home and get rid of blackheads in 5 minutes.

So today I tried the blackhead remover, I know "yuck", but I all the sudden am getting these pesky things. I wanted to try something natural, and I pulled up my trusty pinterest and did a search. I found some great things I want to try soon and even some interesting articles about honey and your skin. I decided to try the Lemon and Honey rub first. The only problem is I don't have lemons, but I do have some limes. I searched online and it said that using either will work great.

 

 

What I really liked learning was that Lime Juice is very important natural aid for beautiful skin. This treatment will help you to look young and beautiful. It will also help cure pimples. It is also known to help in controlling oily skin, improve a dull and greasy complexion, improve rough and dry skin, and relieve tired eyes.

To make this treatment you need to follow the steps below:

1. Half lemon and 3-4 drops of honey.
2.  Rub the lemon on your face, emphasize the black heads prone areas like nose, chin etc.
3. Leave the lemon and honey mixture on your face for 5 minutes, then wash it with cold water.

You will see the results immediately. Additionally, lemon juice will also fade other marks/spots on the face and honey will moisturize.

This is how it went for me:
It only took me a 2-3 minutes to get all the supplies and to apply it to my face. I let it sit for over 5 minutes on accident. Opps, lost track of time. While it was on, you could feel it tighten up a little bit and it felt soothing. I washed it off after 10 minutes and my face feels good. Only things I really notice is that my face feels good, it feels smooth, and my clean does appear lighter. I am not sure what it really did to help my acne but we will see how it looks in the morning.

Some of my next things I want to try are the honey face wash, hair and scalp mask and some of the manicure secrets I have seen.
 

Thinking about 2013- Part 1

A wise friend, Julie,  once told me ...." I have friends for different things, some to party with,some to hang out with at home and those I tell everything too. You don't have to make all your friends fit every part of your life."

 

Now, what is funny is she was tell me this to explain our own relationship with one another. We were best friends from 6th grade on and then had a lull after high school (even though we talked), but we are back together again. She knows I am not the partying friend, so she was saying I was the others. At first the way the conversation came across to me  made me feel hurt then I thought that you are just using people for your own needs but honestly she is right. Everybody is different. Only fit them in where you want them too.

Now, I honestly don't know if that was word for word but its what I remember best from our conversation......

Anyways, I have been really thinking about this lately, as I typically start to have some intense thinking near the New Year. LOL, I know scary.

 

I used to have friends that I wanted to be in all parts of my life (and you usually do have that best "girl friend" that you tell everything to but that's a topic for later). I started not wanting to do things with them because it seemed any time I wanted to do something they didn't or couldn't. Now, I do understand that  as all my friends are married and have kids (unlike me) and I know that they have lots to do but if you want a good friendship you have to put in as much as you want out of that person. 

 

  I just got tired of it and when I get overwhelmingly tired about things I often snap if pushed. Well, I snapped. I was done then and I still am done but I start to think about what my friend Julie said to me and it makes me really think- Maybe, those friends could be just scrapbooking friends or movie out friends etc.

 

Why did I have to make them the everything friend?

 

At the same time, I should be able to have that girl friend that I can tell everything to and who wants to hang out with me all the time. The person you can talk to, hang out with, cry, laugh and more. I think I was trying to replace that person from high school with someone who couldn't be that person. That person could be a friend that fits in other places but not as the best bud.

 

She is the only friend that shows back how much I put in and Julie I thankyou for that. I have never really had other friends that do that 100%. Lisa and Whitney are right there next and I am thankful for you two ladies, as well. These past 2 years have really taught me a whole lot about true friendship.

 

I think 2013 is going to be a great year and I am going to really make sure I put my heart into my friendships.

Relationships matter!

 

Tell me how you make sure your relationships stay close even when everything is crazy.

December 2012 Photo Challenge

I just bought myself a new camera and I love it. I haven't used it a whole lot yet but the things I have done so far are awesome. It's an easy camera to use and it has tons of features built right into the camera. I got the Nikon 1 J2 and I love it. Have I said that yet? HeHeHe

To read about it you can check out the Nikon site

 

Anyways, to get into using my camera more I am creating a December photo challenge.

 

December Photo Challenge

 

Thankful.... 2012

Woo.... I didn't realize how long it had been since I was on here last. Since today is Thanksgiving, I will share my thankful list that has been going on over on facebook.

1. I am thankful for god and that he died for my sins.
2. I am thankful each and everyday for my mom and dad. I can never thank them enough for what they have done for me.
3. I am thankful for my brothers. They have taught me many things through the years and I am glad I have them in my life.
4. I am thankful for my SIL, she is funny, a friend and most of all she has brought me 4 (now) beautiful nephews for me to love and to have fun with. I am thankful for Kim, as well for bringing me my first love Ian.
5. I am thankful for my puppies- Cookie and Scout. Scout is my love bug and Cookie is my cookiewookie. I am thankful that god brought me to Cookie because she needed a family to love her.
6. I am thankful that I have a large family and that we are able to get together often, to have dinner and fellowship together once a month.
7. I am thankful I have a home that is warm, has a bed, food and love. Everything I need, is here.
8. I am thankful for my car. It is awesome and I still love it. Who ever thought I would love a scion lol.
9. I am thankful for Julie. No matter what she is always my friend. Friends since 6th grade.
10. I am thankful for Whitney Holland, she is a great friend. We met through another friend but since then we have really grown in our friendship. I am excited to be helping plan her wedding.
11. I am thankful for Lisa. I might not see her often but she is a great friend and has taught me a lot about strength and love.
12. I am thankful I have a job, as there are many out there looking.
13. I am thankful for facebook because it allows me to connect with family in other states or friends in other countries.
14. I am thankful for my electronics. I wish I wasn't so attached to them, sometimes. :)
15. I am thankful for my life. The things I have learned through these 28 years, have taught me lots of good and bad things. :) Life is a lesson.
16. I am thankful for my Aunt Judy. She has always been a fun loving aunt and she is a great friend. I love her to pieces.
17. I am thankful for my girl days with all my aunts. I love my aunt Cherie, and Janet. We have so much fun with all the girls getting together to just chit chat and have fellowship with one another.
18. I am thankful for my Aunt Melonea and cousins Stephanie and Jennifer. We may not see them often but I love them. :)
19. I am thankful for all my friends that I have met through my brothers through the years. Whitney, Will, Maryane,BJ, Katie, Stephan and Cory.
20. I am thankful for amazon. LOL I love amazon. I do all my shopping from there. Christmas and everything.
21. I am thankful for pinterest. Yes, I am addicted but I love it. LOL
22. I am thankful for blankets and a cozy bed.

There of course will be more to come but thats it for now. I have many things to be thankful for as I have lived a very blessed life.

 

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Getting ready for back to school.....

Its that time of year again!  I research lots of things during the summer to improve my lessons and design of  my class. Especially, with pinterest now it seems I never get off this computer because I am in love. So I have been working on my lesson plan formats, rules list, procedures list, anchor charts and my new solution spirals. I hope to blog about all these ideas but since I just finished my procedures list I thought I would share. Many of ideas are from pinterest- other teacher blogs and the solution spiral is a tweaked idea from PEAK.

The first two weeks of school are largely, as we all know, spent going over procedures, assessing the students and creating a relationship with them. Last year was my first year teaching 3rd and I was at a loss on what I was all suppose to teach. I had taught kindergarten before but with them it was really different (at least to me). So this year, I have made list and I have bags full of things all over my apartment with ideas. Plus, binders I have already created for this school year.  

My procedures...... list is available for everyone. Just print it out and tweak it to your own needs.  I did add some notes in my procedure list, so you night want to read through it carefully. :)

Yes, its a whopping three pages but I wanted to make sure that in the first two weeks I hit everything. As we all know as teachers I will have missed something but I think I hit a lot of it.

Come back soon because I am going to show you how I made these 50 Magazine style holders for my kids to keep their spirals and folders. I got the idea from Classroom DYI Magazine Holder and don't  get me wrong they have wonderful ideas and I thank them for giving me the magazine holder idea but I have a cheaper, neater and easier way to make these. I can make 50 of them for under 5-6 dollars. Come back to find out how. I also will be talking about my anchor charts, donorchoose.org, my master binder and more.

As always thank you for checking out my blog... if you like what you see please pin the article for others to find. :)

What procedures do you have in your class that I might have forgotten?