Busyness

Hi Bloggy Friends,

January has been a pretty busy, kinda stressful month so far. This would be the reason for my lack of blogging. It's been full of car troubles, teaching, teaching, teaching, report cards, assessing, evaluations, observations, cooking, running, and reading. So, here are some iPhone pics to give you a visual of some of this busyness.

Last week, I was driving to the mall to return something at Forever 21. To get to the only Forever 21 in our city, you have to drive on the turnpike. I freaking hate the turnpike because I don't like PAYING to drive on a street. But obviously it's necessary sometimes. So, I had to stop at the bill changer because I only had dollar bills and the toll has to be paid in nickels, dimes, or quarters. It was really windy that day (or everyday in Oklahoma), so I put my car in park as I was about to put the dollar in the bill changer. I was afraid my dollar would blow away so I wanted to use two hands to hold onto it. I get my change and am ready to drive to the part where you put in the toll. Only, my car would NOT move out of park. It was totally STUCK. I nervously wave to the lady behind me to tell her that she needs to go to the other toll lane. Well, she gets out of the car to see what's wrong and thankfully she was so nice. I told her my car would not move out of park. She says that her husband is about 3 miles away and maybe he can help. I call Trey and thankfully I wasn't too far from our house. So, the lady's husband gets there and so does Trey. They try to rock my car and force into gear, but it's not happening. At this point, my toll lane is so backed up AND the other lane is backed up, too! Apparently, there was a tractor trailer trying to go through on the other side and couldn't get the green light and was too scared to go. So, it was MAJORLY backed up. We had to call highway patrol to get them to come help. Some people had gotten out fo their cars and were cussing and yelling. Because obviously I was CHOOSING to be stuck in the middle of the turnpike! So, we wait for the highway patrol to come help and then wait about 45 minutes for a tow truck. Apparently, it's common for Volvos to get stuck in park. But luckily this happened on Sunday and the next day was MLK day so they could work on my car and have it fixed before I had to return to work on Tuesday.

So, the next day while driving to pick up my fixed car we discovered this awesome soda fountain called Kaiser's. We HAD to try their milkshakes, especially since it was happy hour! Oh my goodness, it was soooo good!

Here are some pictures to show the teaching part. We've been learning about community. So, we took a tour around our school and neighborhood and took pics with our iPads, then the kids came back and worked together to make maps to represent what they saw. They worked so hard and they turned out so great! Plus, they kept talking about how fun it was! Score! :)

These are pics of the beginning stages. I broke it up into two days. The first day they created their maps and the second day they labeled everything.

I did get to have a sushi night with my friends to celebrate a birthday. That was fun! I was wearing a cute outfit that day, too! :)

I made a delicious crockpot recipe called Italian chicken and potatoes. It was great! I got the recipe from one of my favorite blogs The Larson Lingo. I also made a pizookie the night before thanks to her. It was too good to last for pictures!

Of course I can't write a post without a picture of Fiona! Trey put her up on the stool and she just sat there. What a pitiful little girl! I love her so much!

Oh, and like everyone else I've been reading The Hunger Games series. Oh my word. It is so flipping good!!!!! I cannot wait until the movie comes out. I've seriously watched the trailer about 20 times. It gives me goosebumps.

I host bunco this week and I'm doing a breakfast theme! Breakfast foods and pajamas! It'll be fun! Hopefully, I'll get some pics! Have a great week!