It's Okay, It's Thursday

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Hello there friends! I'm not dead! I just feel it.

Well not really, all of my body parts and my toes are only cold because of my bad circulation. I'm just real tired.

What a better way to take some time out to blog tonight with It's Okay Thursday with Amber and Neely!

It's okay...

... that I get all panicky when ordering from Chinese food menus. I have no idea how to navigate the menu and almost always get it wrong when I make the phone call. It all goes so fast.

...  I'm going camping this weekend with my husband and some friends and have made the somewhat wimpy  decision to bring a "real" pillow to sleep with. I'm just not feeling one of those tiny ones with my fleece for extra help. I mean come on, let's get serious.

... whenever I see photos from someone else's wedding I ALWAYS compare theirs to mine. And always like mine better.

... that I haven't plucked in my eyebrows in about two months. Just call me Brooke Shields.

... I'm typing this while in a snuggie. It's a long story, the short version: I ended up in a Boston Bruin's snuggie. It's fine.

... that even I'm in my third year of teaching I still get nervous for open house. I don't know about all of you other teachers out there, but even though I know what I'm talking about, but parents for me are so intimidating. Whether they're asking about what I'm teaching or if they can have a permission slip, I am always so nervous that they're judging me.  It went smoothly, but I was still nervous and sweaty. You're welcome for that visual.

..... I haven't gone to the gym in 2 weeks. I'm pretty sure I've been walking 23209842 miles at school these days.

... I still have school work to do tonight. I needed a break.

.... that I want fall weather to settle in. Summer was great, and I'll miss it. But now that I'm molding the minds of angst-filled teenagers in part polyester/part cotton dress pants I am ready to stop sweating and sip on my pumpkin spice latte watching the leaves fall out my window.

.... I may or may not be immersed in yet again another Law and Order SVU marathon. I'm just trying to help Detective Stabler solve his case one screamed out prediction at a time. 

Man I love this link-up. What's okay with you today?

It's Okay, I Have a Fish!

Linking up today with just Neely and Amber since I don't have much time today. Or time in general, if you haven't noticed from my lack of posting, or rude behavior of not getting back to people on comments etc.

I'm a hot commodity, what can I say!






Let's get started

It's OK that I'm using my lunch to blog instead of do the bulletin board that I wanted to get done today.  I'm going to have enough working 20 minute lunches this school year that I feel no guilt whatsoever that I'm actually relaxing.

It's OK that I still roll my eyes when something drives me nuts.

It's OK that I might have to spend some time this weekend in my classroom getting all of my "ducks in a row.

It's OK that I'm a little nervous for my little guy Bruin. We brought him to the vet the other day since he's been coughing, which I chalked up to either a minor case of kennel cough or a cold. The vet prescribed him some antibiotics, which it's no big deal. BUT, when listening to his chest she mentioned she heard some heart murmurs. She wants us to come back whether he's feeling better or not with the coughing in a couple of weeks to check again to see if it's still happening. She's worried his heart's size might be effected or possibly struggling because of the heartworms he had in February.

So yeah, I think it's okay to be just a little worried about my poor guy.

It's OK that while I'm a little nervous about my guy, in order to keep myself sane I'm telling myself that these "heart murmurs" were strictly the product of the fact that he had a thermometer up his butt about 5 seconds before she checked out his chest! Because I don't know about you, but that might get me going!

It's OK that I am super pumped about the fabric and bordering one of the other bulletin boards in my classroom.

Yes that's the cat in the hat and some bubbles, and no the colors are not that ugly.

It's OK that most of this post is about school. Because, school is my life. Surprise!

It's OK that I bought myself a Betta fish for my classroom last night!!!

I apologize for the crappy phone photo. You'll be inundated with pictures of him and my dog on my fancy camera later so enjoy the blurriness and horrible lighting while you can.

And it's OF COURSE OK that I have named him Professor Albus Dumbledore!

And finally,it's clearly OK I that I have already set up rules that only staff members can call him Albus, and students can either call him Professor or Professor Dumbledore.

Don't worry, I'll be searching for some sort of castle, wizards hat, or mini-Phoenix to keep him company!

What is OK for you today?

I'm Thankful It's Okay Thursday

What can I say, I'm a floozie for blog link-ups.

Let's get thankful with Rebecca first.

1. I'm thankful it is yet again sunny today. And thunderstorms this afternoon? Pshh, sounds like another round of Apples to Apples to me.

2. I'm thankful that both the hubs and I will be on regular schedules next week! While I enjoy summer, it'll be nice to hang out with each other without one of us sleeping or being exhausted and grumpy. 

3. I'm thankful that as I start to get stressed out about school, knowing that I am heading into quite a an awesome team situation as far as both teachers and students.

Now, for things that are OK with Neely and Amber.





It's Ok....

... that I have officially gone camera happy here at camp. Get ready for an obnoxious amount of photos of family members, water, and my dog.

... that I'm a little excited for school to start. But just a little.

.... that I may or may not have snuck out of the cabin on one of the rainy days of my vacation with one of my sisters, Dave, and Bruin and went to school to move some furniture around. There were bookshelves everywhere. If you don't believe me, just look at these pictures. So in order to not go crazy we all put the bookshelves in their spots. Which was OOOOOOKKK.

... that my dad currently is singing along with Hoda Kotb on TV to Beyonce. I mean, really, how would that not be?

 .... my maja asked for a shout-out on this here blog for being fabulous. You are welcome Nan-Nan

... that I'm a little sad that I was so efficient in my back to school shopping. Between the Maine gem that is called Reny's and some online shopping, I am pretty much done. Which makes me sad, because I love going shopping.
(I'm not completely done though, I'm still looking for tanks/camis that will cover my...ahem...ladies up. If you have any recommendations for high ones so I won't be falling out of all my V-neck shirts, then help a sister out pahlease!)

... that I may or may not have cuddled with my dog all night. Hey, a girl gets lonely alright?

... that it's 10:30 and I'm still sipping my coffee

... that I keep on adding things to this list in an attempt to avoid doing dishes....


And with that, I shall go. What are you thankful for, or are adamant about being ok with?

It's Ok to be Thankful

So I don't know if there are rules against it, but I tend to link-up to more than one blog hop a day.

I take my multi-tasking very seriously.

Hence why I'm watching an episode of SVU as I write right now. (Mult-tasking/laziness. Tomatoe/Tamahtoe.)

Whether the blogging police are going to come get me or not, I am still going to join two link-ups today. One, that I've done, and another that I haven't.

The hop that I'm returning to once again is Thankful Thursday with Rebecca.

*First I am thankful that my week-long vacation on the lake with the whole famn damily is next week. I preparing myself for hilarity and obnoxious amount of picture taking to ensue. As you should as well.

*Second, I am thankful that I've had a couple of professional days this week for school. It was not only good to meet with my new team members so I could get some direction as far as what to be teaching in my brand spankin' new subject, but it's also nice to slowly ease into the "teacher" mindset.

You see when summer happened this year, between finishing my portfolio, coaching, and the general day to day craziness that ensues in a classroom, my brain turned off. It finally just relaxed. So having a day of planning workshops, a day of team collaboration, and time in my classroom painting was a nice way to re-start my brain into professional mode.

But don't worry, I still have a few days left at the custard stand to deal with unruly customers who insist that you are wrong about everything.

*Third, I am thankful that the aforementioned painting of the classroom is done! I will share pictures and motivation later, but let's just say it involves these two colors...

*And finally, I am thankful for my husband, because this painting would not have gotten done without him. Yeah, I painted too. Buuuuut he went into my classroom while I was in my meetings to get a head start. And let's just say, that edges, doorframes, tightspots and fixing mess-ups aren't really my forte. He did all of the above.

He then came home, did the dishes, vaccumed, and cleaned the livingroom.

To quote David from David at the Dentist, "Is this real life?".

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The second link-up I am joining today is It's Okay Thursday with Neely. 

It's okay that my room isn't unpacked. I have fabulous paint on the walls!

It's okay that I didn't go to the gym today. I'll go for a short little run before work.


It's okay I haven't finished anything on my to-do list for the end of the summer. I have two weeks, three weeks if you count summer not ending until the kids come back.


It's okay to eat my breakfast in bed just so I can spend time with my husband.

It's okay to look at puppies at rescues that I know I don't have time for. For now....

It's okay that I keep on trying to share this post about the hardships of being a blogger and a teacher on my all blogging communities and asking people for their opinions on it even though I now have other ones up. *Cough*Do it*Cough*Cough*

It's okay that I haven't been blogging on a daily basis. I've been busy doing other things, that must make me cooler than other people that you know.

It's okay that I'm hoping it's rainy at work so I can read my book.

And it's okay that I started a twitter today and have no idea how to use it. I just used both a hashtag and an @ sign. I don't understand what I just wrote.

With that said, now you can follow me on twitter! Go ahead, and let the reading of nonsense begin!

All of the cool kids are doing it. Errrr, will be doing it, once they find out I exist. :)