Favorite of the Week!

Today I'm linking up with Erin (love the name!!) for my Favorite of the Week!

I am absolutely LOVING my new boots from Nordstrom that I got earlier this year.

VIA

They are SO comfortable and SO cute! I love them!

I wore them all day around school and my feet did not hurt one bit at the end of the day--that is a great boot!

I love shopping for shoes at Nordstrom--it is one of the few places that I can find shoes for my tiny feet...anyone else have feet that are sometimes even too small for kids shoes? Where do you find your shoes? I'm always looking for stores that sell shoes in small sizes!

CMAs!!

Today I'm linking up with Neely at A Complete Waste of Makeup and Ashley at Ashley's Carnival Ride for Boob Tube Babble! :)


One of my favorite parts of this past week was watching the CMAs!

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE award shows--I'm a huge sucker for all of them: Grammys, CMAs, AMAs, Emmys, Oscars, etc. etc.. It is so much fun watching all of the celebrities dressed up and seeing awesome performances!

I love country music and was so excited to see some of my favorites perform! It was SO worth putting aside all of the work I had to do and taking a night off from grading.... :)

Taylor Swift did an awesome job performing her song  "Ours" and I loved the sweater that she was wearing---so cute and refreshing! I kind of want it.....right now!

                                                         Photo from Ace Show Biz.com


Well, for those of you who have $398 to spend on a sweater (!!), it is available here: Slim Fit Cashmere Sweater

Photo from Ralph Lauren.com

Sadly, that is most certainly NOT in my budget, but oh well...it's still super cute and of course, Taylor would choose to wear my absolute favorite shade of pink, haha..... :)

I'm not usually a huge fan of the hosts of most award shows...usually the awkward jokes and little skits annoy me, but I have to say, I thought Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood did a GREAT job hosting the CMAs this year.

Carrie looked fantastic in each of her 500 outfits, haha...and they are a good pair...very funny. I had a hard time picking which Carrie look I liked the best but I think I'd probably say this one:

                                                                         Photo from CMT.com


SO pretty! I love that dress!!

But probably my favorite part was watching Taylor Swift win Entertainer of the Year! Yay!! She is my absolute favorite singer, and she is so funny to watch when she wins. I always laugh at how surprised she looks when she does win..I mean, come on--you are Taylor Swift! Of course you are going to win! Haha...

                                                                          Photo from CMT.com

All in all, it was a great show and I'm so glad I got to watch it! I love award shows!! :)

Getting to know me! :)

Today, I'm linking up with Kelly's Korner for SUYL--non-mom bloggers! I love reading Kelly's blog so much--it is one of my favorite!

I got this fun outline from xoxo, Mrs. Smith. It's hard to know what to write to introduce yourself for things like this, so I'm glad to have these fun questions to answer!

Guilty pleasure?
Purses and bags. I have SO many and every now and then, I try to go through them to get rid of some, but it is too hard...:( haha

I can't travel without?
Books--I love to read!

Recent splurge?
Probably my most recent splurge was tickets to see Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center. It was SO good! I love the music and the performers were awesome. I went with my mom and one of my sisters and we had a great time!

My go-to flower?
Hmm, not a huge fan of flowers (allergies make them not as much fun), but I do love roses and the color pink, so I'd say pink roses!

In bulk, I buy?
Nail polish...haha...or pita chips--Stacy's Pita Chips are the best!

I sleep on?
A double bed with a super cute zebra-striped bedspread from Delia's--I love it, even though they probably designed it for a teenage girl, haha...

Comfort food?
Pita chips, gelato, sugar cookies

For breakfast?
Not really a breakfast eater, but I usually will bring some bread and butter to snack on at some point during the morning after school has started...

For dinner?
Pasta!

Can't stop watching?
Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game, Against the Wall (new this year and SO good!), anything on HGTV!

Best online shopping find?
I love Rue La La and Beyond the Rack--I have found some good deals on those websites! Oh and Plum District too!

Every girl should have?
A little black dress...(or several in my case!)

My style in five words?
I like clothes that are cute, fun, and comfortable.

I love wearing?
Earrings, flip-flops, Ugg Boots, sweaters, fleeces... :)

Dream job?
I love my job now (elementary school teacher), but I would also love to be an author one day!

I'm back!

Wow---these past few weeks have FLOWN by! I can't believe how long it has been since I've had the time and/or energy to write on this blog! Whoops!

What have I been doing during this time away from my blog?

Teaching and jumping into another school year!

 

My classroom! :)

Playing with fun nail polish designs!

Pretty much obsessed with polka dots, haha!

Patriotic Theme!

More Polka dots!

Redskins-themed! Unfortunately, not a good luck charm that week..sigh...

Attending a Christian retreat at Rockbridge--so much fun!

Sooo pretty!!

Fun weekend with Debbie and Tabitha! :)

Visiting JMU!!

I love/miss JMU sooo much!

The new stadium is so cool!

Happy to be back at my school and seeing a football game! Even though we lost... :(

Seeing the Redskins play! (Or at least try to play....lol..)

Fun day but ugly game...unfortunately, one of several...

Celebrating a SUPER fun Halloween!

Emily and I at school on our "Fall Dress Up Day"! :)

Yummy food at Brittany's Halloween party!

My very talented friends made all this super cute, creative food! :)

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Later this afternoon, my favorite team in the world, the Washington Redskins, will kick off another season. :) I'm bummed that I won't be able to see the game in person (recovery from a procedure will keep me home-bound), but the rest of my family will be there to cheer in person.

It is a little odd that the football game happens to be on the same day as the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. I am glad that the NFL is arranging various memorial activities to honor the victims and their families. I know it will be a hard day for many people who lost loved ones, but I hope they know they have the country's love, support and prayers.

It is so weird to think that an entire decade has gone by--I can remember that day very well. I was in high school (in the Northern Virginia area) and we heard about the first planes hitting the World Trade Center towers when I was in my Champ class, which was basically like homeroom, and at first, many of us thought it was some sort of horrible accident until the TV anchors started talking about terrorists.
 
Soon after, we switched classes and I went to my drama class, and after the plane hit the Pentagon, the teachers turned on the TVs, and a lot of people were really upset. I had three friends in that class whose parents worked at the Pentagon, and they were obviously quite worried and upset. For a little bit, the news reporters on the TV talked about there possibly being another plane circling Dulles Airport, and the teachers made us all get away from the windows in case something else happened, since Dulles is very close to where we were. This turned out to not be true, but it was definitely a scary day for many Americans.

It was a very sad day and certainly one that I won't ever forget. I'm proud of our country for being able to come together to remember the victims, applaud the courage and resilience of the survivors, recognize the heroic efforts of the rescue workers, and honor the bravery of the men and women in our military who have fought to keep our country safe - it makes me very proud to be an American! :)

Take me out to the ball game! :)

On Sunday, I went with my sisters and cousins to the Nationals Ballpark in Washington D.C. for a fun afternoon of baseball! 

Molly, Me, Matthew! And two presidents, haha!

We usually go to at least one game every summer but hadn't gone to any games yet this year. When my sisters heard that we could get kids tickets for $1 for Sunday's game, we decided to go and take my two younger cousins.

Entering the stadium!

It was extremely HOT out that day, but thankfully our seats were in the shade--whew!

Great view from our seats!

We had fun watching our team score a few runs but unfortunately, it wasn't enough to win, but we still had a great time.... At one point, my cousin Matthew (almost 13 yrs old) said after someone struck out to end the inning, leaving the bases loaded,  "You know, I just don't understand why that guy didn't hit a grand slam!" Haha! You and me both! 

It was a fairly big crowd for Labor Day weekend--must have been those $1 tickets! ;) :)

Molly and I--fun day with family!

The President mascots race every game and Teddy Roosevelt has never won! Sad! He was in the lead for a bit and I thought we might get to be a part of history if he did win, but no luck! :(

All in all, it was a great way to spend our Labor Day Sunday! :)

Yay--it's the weekend!!!! :)

Well, this has been quite a crazy week between returning back to work, dealing with a surgical procedure (a definite non-favorite is stitches--yuck!), setting up my classroom, preparing for our Open House, and somewhere in there finding time to plan for the first week of school! 

My classroom came together very nicely with the help of family (thanks to my mom for helping me set up things in the classroom, sort through books, hang up posters, etc. and to my sisters for helping me create posters, make supply runs, etc.!) 

I will post pictures of it soon but it will probably be after the weekend...I took a few pictures before I left today but I didn't realize that I had left my memory card at home, so it took the pictures on my actual camera's memory (I think?) and I don't know where my camera cord is! Hmm, must add that to my to-do list for the weekend...

I'm so glad that it's the weekend now! I definitely feel worn out from this week but I also feel like I'm a good spot as far as being prepared for the first day. I have a few little things I want to get done before Tuesday, but otherwise, I'm planning on having a fun and relaxing weekend!

On Saturday, I will probably go on a shopping expedition with my sisters and then I'm going to my friend's birthday party that night. She is having it as a Christmas-themed party since she loves Christmas, which is perfect since it is my favorite holiday too! I can't wait to listen to Christmas music--I hope the Glee Christmas soundtrack is played! :) 

My Sunday and/or Monday will most likely be spent doing this: 

Reading the second book in this fabulous series! I will write more about The Hunger Games later for sure! :)

 Or this:

Painting my nails this ADORABLE pink: Strawberry Margarita by OPI! :)

Or this: 

Watching one of my high-quality, educational films such as the motion picture masterpiece 13 Going on 30! Love it!

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! :)