While trying to decide on my next blog post, I came across this list of "100 Questions no one ever asks" https://4hatsandfrugal.com/2014/05/100-questions-no-one-ever-asks.html.
I was intrigued by these random questions, and thought, 'OK...lets answer them!' Have you ever been asked any of these questions?
In the blog post where I found these questions, the blogger answers them in a video...I'm just going to write my answers...not ready to venture into the whole personal videos in my blogs yet...I'm really just getting started again in this whole blog writing adventure....
So here we go....100 random pieces of information about me...ENJOY!
1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? I sleep with my doors open usually...not for any specific reason, other than I don't remember to close them, LOL.
2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels? Sometimes...it usually depends on the smell, or how it makes my hair feel if I use them while I'm there!
3. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? I don't use sheets...just my comforter, and usually my feet need to be sticking out the end of the comforter.
4. Have you stolen a street sign before? Nope, can't say I've ever stolen a street sign before!
5. Do you like to use post-it notes? I use them ALL THE TIME in my Kindergarten classroom! I use them for games, graphs, and learning activities with the kiddoes, as well as reminders for myself!
6. Do you cut out coupons but then never use them? I have definitely been known to do this...I don't necessarily cut them out, but when I get coupons for things, I put them in the wallet, and never see them again until AFTER the expiration date!
7. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? I guess a big bear...I'm not entirely sure why other than because I wouldn't want a ton of bee stings to be the reason for my possible death?
8. Do you have freckles? Yes
9. Do you always smile for pictures? For the most part, yes. I can't think of a photo where I didn't smile...unless it was a candid photo.
10. What is your biggest pet peeve? Loud chewers, the smell of cigarettes, and liars!
11. Do you ever count your steps when you walk? I don't think so...unless I'm doing an activity with the Kindergarteners that requires us to count steps.
12. Have you peed in the woods? probably somewhere, at some point in my life...but I can't specifically think of a time..
13. Have you ever pooped in the woods? Uh....I don't think so...
14. Do you ever danced even if there's no music playing? Yup! I've been known to dance around in my kitchen, bedroom, and in the shower...the music just runs through my head! LOL
15. Do you chew your pens and pencils? Nope
16. How many people have you slept with this week? None
17. What size is your bed? Full size...but definitely going to have to look into getting a bigger bed soon...
18. What is your song of the week? "Flashlight" from 'Pitch Perfect 2'....not sure why, but it's been running through my head ALL week! Can't get it out of my head!
19. Is it OK for guys to wear pink? Yes!
20. Do you still watch cartoons? Yes...I love cartoons! I'm currently watching an animated movie, LOL! Moana! I do teach Kindergarten, so I must be up to date on all the popular movies and cartoons!
21. What is your least favorite movie? I absolutely detest the movie "Frozen"!! I also don't enjoy Horror movies at all!! The boyfriend keeps trying to get me to watch them, but NOPE!
22. Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some? Somewhere on my parents 13 acres of land, I suppose...
23. What do you drink with dinner? Not on a typical night, but occasionally when having dinner out with people....or if it's been a really bad night...
24. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? Barbecue Sauce
25. What is your favorite food? burgers and fries!
26. What movies could you watch over and over again and still love? Harry Potter, Tangled, Gone With the Wind, The Sound of Music, most movies by Pixar, Jurassic Park movies, Hook, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and so many more....
27. Last person you kissed/kissed you? My wonderful boyfriend <3
28. Were you ever a boy/girl scout? Yes, I was a girl scout when I was younger.
29. Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine? No
30. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper? Last year, I attempted to be a pen pal with a fellow Outlander fan....we wrote a few letters back and forth to each other, but life got in the way...
31. Can you change the oil on a car? Nope
32. Ever gotten a speeding ticket? Yup
33. Ever ran out of gas? No, thank goodness!
34. What’s your favorite kind of sandwich? chicken cutlet, bacon, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and mayo on a hard roll.
35. Best thing to eat for breakfast? bacon and eggs
36. What is your usual bedtime? usually somewhere between 9-10pm...I can't usually stay up past 10pm...being a KG teacher is exhausting!
37. Are you lazy? yup...give me the couch, pajamas, and netflix and I'm 100% content! LOL
38. When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween? Usually something Princess related...
39. What is your Chinese astrological sign? I was born in the Year of the Pig
40. How many languages can you speak? One
41. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? Scholastic's Teacher Magazine, Zoobooks for my Kindergarten class
42. Which are better: legos or lincoln logs? Lego's
43. Are you stubborn? Yes
44. Who is better: Leno or Letterman? I didn't ever watch either of them, so I don't have an opinion
45. Ever watch soap operas? I used to watch one during the summer in high school, but I can't remember what it was called...it's no longer on the air.
46. Are you afraid of heights? TERRIFIED!
47. Do you sing in the car? I put on the greatest concerts ever in my car!!
48. Do you sing in the shower? Yup...not everyday, but sometimes
49. Do you dance in the car? How can I sing in the car without dancing a little as well! HAHA!
50. Ever used a gun? Nope, and I don't have any intention of ever holding one. Guns scare me.
51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer? Last fall...school picture day...
52. Do you think musicals are cheesy? Ummm yes, but that's why I love them!!
53. Is Christmas stressful? yes, it can be...But it's also my favorite time of year!!
54. Ever eat a pierogi? Yummy...love pierogi's!
55. Favorite type of fruit pie? my mom's mixed berry pie, or strawberry rhubard pie, or apple pie...I mean, really...any pie my mom makes!
56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? Teacher, Bus driver, and marine biologist (dolphin trainer)
57. Do you believe in ghosts? i suppose I believe in a ghost-like spirit type thing...
58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? All the time, and it freaks me out whenever I have them...
59. Do you take a vitamin daily? No
60. Do you wear slippers? When my feet are cold
61. Do you wear a bath robe? No
62. What do you wear to bed? Usually a t-shirt, or pajama set
63. What was your first concert? Phil Vassar
64. Walmart, Target, or Kmart? Walmart
65. Nike or Adidas? Nike
66. Cheetos or Fritos? Cheetos
67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds? Sunflower Seeds
68. Ever hear of the group Tres Bien? No
69. Ever take dance lessons? Yes, I did ballroom dance lessons for about a year!
70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? Can't think of one
71. Can you curl your tongue? Yup
72. Ever won a spelling bee? Nope, don't think I've ever competed in one!
73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy? Yes
74. Own any record albums? yes, I own 98 Degrees Christmas album on record...I won a contest and it was part of the prize...
75. Own a record player? Nope, so I can't play the 98 Degrees Christmas album LOL
76. Do you regularly burn incense? Never burned any in my life...
77. Ever been in love? Truthfully, I've only been in love once...I fell in love with him in high school almost 21 years ago, and after a long, dramatic story with years of us not talking, we found love with each other again this year! I realized after years of trying to convince myself that I didn't still love him, that I actually never stopped loving him....we're almost 7 months into this relationship, and planning on forever with each other this time... <3
78. Who would you like to see in concert? Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Kane Brown, Brett Young, Ed Sheeran, Florida Georgia Line, and so many more
79. What was the last concert you saw? Chuck Wicks
80. Hot tea or cold tea? both...depends on my mood...I had both hot tea, and iced tea today!
81. Tea or coffee? Definitely Tea....I hate coffee
82. Sugar cookies or snickerdoodles? Sugar cookies
83. Can you swim well? Pretty well....I was on my country club swim team when I was younger...
84. Can you hold your breath without holding your nose? Yes
85. Are you patient? Well I am a Kindergarten teacher.... and I did wait 18 years to find love with my HS Sweetheart again!
86. DJ or band at a wedding? DJ
87. Ever won a contest? Yes, I've won a few
88. Have you ever had plastic surgery? Nope
89. Which are better: black or green olives? Black
90. Can you knit or crochet? I can crochet...but only one type of 'stitch'.... I wish my Nana had taught me before she died
91. Best room for a fireplace? Family Room/Living Room
92. Do you want to get married? YES!! Without a doubt, I want to get married, and I know who I want to marry! <3
93. If married, how long have you been married? N/A
94. Who was your high school crush? I had many...LOL
95. Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way? Am I a toddler?? LOL
96. Do you have kids? Nope
97. Do you want kids? Yes
98. What is your favorite color? Purple
99. Do you miss anyone right now? My love...good thing I'm going to see him tomorrow. I also really miss my grandmother...I wish everyday that I could have just one more day with her.
100. Who are you going to tag to do this video next? Well, considering I didn't make a video, no one! But I would love to hear your answers to some of these questions! Feel free to comment below!!
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Saturday, August 17, 2019
So there's this boy...
I've written a few blog posts over the years about him. In fact, my last blog post before life took over and I stepped away from this blog for awhile, was about him. My posts were never happy moments of seeing him or thinking of him...I was always upset, or thinking that someday I would be "over him." I look back on those blog posts, as well as the poems, and journal entries I used to write back in high school and college, and my questions were always the same "why does he keep coming back into my head" and "why can't I let him go?"
Well looking back now, there is a simple answer to those questions..... True love has a habit of coming back....
True love...it's something I never thought I would find. In fact, I've written a lot about being "happily single." All lies of course...happily single...HA! Was I enjoying my single life? of course. I have a wonderful group of friends, many of whom are 'happily single' and we've shared so many wonderful adventures through the years. These girls have gotten me through so many of the "when will it be my turn" moments, and I am so thankful for them all. I can't say I was truly 'happily single.' I've always known that I've wanted to find the person who would fill that hole in my heart. I just never expected it to be Gio again...
If you had asked me a year ago if I thought that I would ever be talking to my high school sweetheart again, I would have said no. If you had asked me a year ago if I ever thought that I would date my high school sweetheart again, I probably would have said "hell no!" Fate and Destiny had other plans... About 11 months ago (September 30), he reached out to me through Facebook. I spent hours contemplating whether to open that door and let him back in. After finally "opening the door," we would spend the next 2 months reliving every piece of our romantic history. I had jumped back on that emotional roller coaster that was most of our relationship. Questions were answered, tears were shed, phones were thrown, and feelings/regrets were shared.
It started out rough, but by the end of November we were on "friendly" enough terms that we decided to meet up for 'coffee.' "Take a f*cking leap!" That's what I told him when he wasn't sure if he was ready to see me in person. We were both nervous as hell. In fact, I almost turned around multiple times on my drive there. This was the first time we would be seeing each other in 4 years. The last time we had seen each other hadn't gone all that well (see my last blog post before this one, LOL). We went into this meet-up with our eyes wide open, heads first, hearts second, ready to see if we could "be friends." I was sure we would be there only about an hour or 2....Our 'coffee date' lasted 4 hours! We took that leap, and at the end of the night, I hugged him so tight, and wasn't entirely convinced that I would ever let him go. I was afraid of those feelings for him again, but they were still there....all these years later. "Wherever this is going, just promise me that we take it slow." -his text to me at the end of the night.
We continue to spend time talking through December, and saw each other again for coffee right before Christmas. We had talked randomly throughout the month about the possibility of seeing where things might go...in the future...not yet tho. For now, it was supposed to be just friends...
Then January rolled around...We began to talk more about a possible future for us. At the end of January, I requested to see him more often, because if there was ever going to be a possible future for us, I needed to see him more than once a month. We decided to begin a weekly date night. We had one "hang out at my apt and watch a movie" night before he asked me on a real date. Friday, February 1st...We finally went out on our first ever real date.
That was 6 1/2 months ago...We went out on that date, took that leap, and we haven't looked back since! He gave me back the piece of my heart that he had taken as a teenager. The piece of my heart that I never thought I would ever see again. He gave me back that piece, and my heart has never been happier. We are taking things slowly, but we know where we're heading. We're planning forever together...a future with a family. We're just not rushing through the steps to get there...We are enjoying the journey, and enjoying every minute finally being the couple I always knew we were supposed to be in high school.
A year ago, I never thought I would ever talk to him again, and now I can't imagine my life without him in it. He has that place in my heart that was always meant for him. I love when he tells people that we were high school sweethearts who found each other again after all these years. How many people are lucky enough to call their high school sweetheart the love of their life? 💘
Well looking back now, there is a simple answer to those questions..... True love has a habit of coming back....
True love...it's something I never thought I would find. In fact, I've written a lot about being "happily single." All lies of course...happily single...HA! Was I enjoying my single life? of course. I have a wonderful group of friends, many of whom are 'happily single' and we've shared so many wonderful adventures through the years. These girls have gotten me through so many of the "when will it be my turn" moments, and I am so thankful for them all. I can't say I was truly 'happily single.' I've always known that I've wanted to find the person who would fill that hole in my heart. I just never expected it to be Gio again...
If you had asked me a year ago if I thought that I would ever be talking to my high school sweetheart again, I would have said no. If you had asked me a year ago if I ever thought that I would date my high school sweetheart again, I probably would have said "hell no!" Fate and Destiny had other plans... About 11 months ago (September 30), he reached out to me through Facebook. I spent hours contemplating whether to open that door and let him back in. After finally "opening the door," we would spend the next 2 months reliving every piece of our romantic history. I had jumped back on that emotional roller coaster that was most of our relationship. Questions were answered, tears were shed, phones were thrown, and feelings/regrets were shared.
It started out rough, but by the end of November we were on "friendly" enough terms that we decided to meet up for 'coffee.' "Take a f*cking leap!" That's what I told him when he wasn't sure if he was ready to see me in person. We were both nervous as hell. In fact, I almost turned around multiple times on my drive there. This was the first time we would be seeing each other in 4 years. The last time we had seen each other hadn't gone all that well (see my last blog post before this one, LOL). We went into this meet-up with our eyes wide open, heads first, hearts second, ready to see if we could "be friends." I was sure we would be there only about an hour or 2....Our 'coffee date' lasted 4 hours! We took that leap, and at the end of the night, I hugged him so tight, and wasn't entirely convinced that I would ever let him go. I was afraid of those feelings for him again, but they were still there....all these years later. "Wherever this is going, just promise me that we take it slow." -his text to me at the end of the night.
Then January rolled around...We began to talk more about a possible future for us. At the end of January, I requested to see him more often, because if there was ever going to be a possible future for us, I needed to see him more than once a month. We decided to begin a weekly date night. We had one "hang out at my apt and watch a movie" night before he asked me on a real date. Friday, February 1st...We finally went out on our first ever real date.
That was 6 1/2 months ago...We went out on that date, took that leap, and we haven't looked back since! He gave me back the piece of my heart that he had taken as a teenager. The piece of my heart that I never thought I would ever see again. He gave me back that piece, and my heart has never been happier. We are taking things slowly, but we know where we're heading. We're planning forever together...a future with a family. We're just not rushing through the steps to get there...We are enjoying the journey, and enjoying every minute finally being the couple I always knew we were supposed to be in high school.
A year ago, I never thought I would ever talk to him again, and now I can't imagine my life without him in it. He has that place in my heart that was always meant for him. I love when he tells people that we were high school sweethearts who found each other again after all these years. How many people are lucky enough to call their high school sweetheart the love of their life? 💘
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Why now...after all these years!?
The last time I wrote about my first love, I said he would hopefully be a distant blip on my radar soon...
Well apparently that ship turned around and that blip on the radar is covering the whole damn screen and beeping loudly....
My ex....showed up at my high school girls brunch on Sunday, and no one thought it would be good to warn me he was coming.... BLINDSIDED with my ex-boyfriend....
A week ago, I would have whole-heartedly said "I'm over him!"
Then he walked into the restaurant, and my heart began to race and I felt that nervous, butterfly, nauseous feeling...I haven't felt that way in years!!! To be completely honest, he's the only one who has ever made my heart race...
In an attempt to calm my nerves, I gulped back my 1st Bellini of the day...I'm not entirely sure how many there were by the time brunch was over, but I was at least 4 drinks in when the 1st course arrived.
I tried to avoid eye-contact with him, but every time I looked in his direction, he was looking at me...
The whole table was laughing and having a good time reminiscing about fun times...but he kept adding in these references to the times we dated... *knocks back another drink*
STOP BRINGING UP OUR RELATIONSHIP!! STOP STOP STOP!!!
You don't have the right to bring it up anymore! You don't have the right to say "The day of the gas leak changed my life forever." WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT!?! What was the point in bringing up the day we started dating!? Were you trying to just get a reaction out of me? Were you trying to see if there are still feelings there? Do you have regrets? Were you hoping that there would be some indication that I still have feelings for you?
Let me take another drink...
You have lost your chance to say such things!! You broke my heart for way too many years...You can't tell me that you love me, but that it's not written in the stars for us to be together, and then turn around and apologize for hurting me, followed by randomly telling me you were going to ask me to marry you. How many things did you say to me that were lies?? Did you really every want to get back together with me? Did you really every hope that things would work out?
WHY?? Why couldn't we make it past the 1 month mark? What was it about our relationship that made you want to break-up before we moved past those first few weeks...
Did you ever really love me??? Why did loving me scare the ever-loving shit out of you!?
I loved you so much more than you deserved....that's not true...you deserve love, we all do...
We always seemed to be in a good place...but you would break my heart, and I'm not even sure why...I didn't want to "still be friends" like you asked so many times after breaking my heart. I wanted to love you, to be with you, to give our relationship a TRUE chance.
Why do I feel like I'm 16 again? Why do I feel like I felt 15 years ago? Why can't I ever say these things to you? You leave me tongue-tied when it comes to our relationship (or lack thereof)...
After all this time? Always....
Well apparently that ship turned around and that blip on the radar is covering the whole damn screen and beeping loudly....
My ex....showed up at my high school girls brunch on Sunday, and no one thought it would be good to warn me he was coming.... BLINDSIDED with my ex-boyfriend....
A week ago, I would have whole-heartedly said "I'm over him!"
Then he walked into the restaurant, and my heart began to race and I felt that nervous, butterfly, nauseous feeling...I haven't felt that way in years!!! To be completely honest, he's the only one who has ever made my heart race...
In an attempt to calm my nerves, I gulped back my 1st Bellini of the day...I'm not entirely sure how many there were by the time brunch was over, but I was at least 4 drinks in when the 1st course arrived.
I tried to avoid eye-contact with him, but every time I looked in his direction, he was looking at me...
The whole table was laughing and having a good time reminiscing about fun times...but he kept adding in these references to the times we dated... *knocks back another drink*
STOP BRINGING UP OUR RELATIONSHIP!! STOP STOP STOP!!!
You don't have the right to bring it up anymore! You don't have the right to say "The day of the gas leak changed my life forever." WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT!?! What was the point in bringing up the day we started dating!? Were you trying to just get a reaction out of me? Were you trying to see if there are still feelings there? Do you have regrets? Were you hoping that there would be some indication that I still have feelings for you?
Let me take another drink...
You have lost your chance to say such things!! You broke my heart for way too many years...You can't tell me that you love me, but that it's not written in the stars for us to be together, and then turn around and apologize for hurting me, followed by randomly telling me you were going to ask me to marry you. How many things did you say to me that were lies?? Did you really every want to get back together with me? Did you really every hope that things would work out?
WHY?? Why couldn't we make it past the 1 month mark? What was it about our relationship that made you want to break-up before we moved past those first few weeks...
Did you ever really love me??? Why did loving me scare the ever-loving shit out of you!?
I loved you so much more than you deserved....that's not true...you deserve love, we all do...
We always seemed to be in a good place...but you would break my heart, and I'm not even sure why...I didn't want to "still be friends" like you asked so many times after breaking my heart. I wanted to love you, to be with you, to give our relationship a TRUE chance.
Why do I feel like I'm 16 again? Why do I feel like I felt 15 years ago? Why can't I ever say these things to you? You leave me tongue-tied when it comes to our relationship (or lack thereof)...
After all this time? Always....
Friday, February 14, 2014
Single on Valentine's Day
Well...let's put another year in the books as being completely and utterly single on Valentine's Day...
Let's talk being single on Valentine's day...here's what it's like...
I woke up this morning, and after seeing the snow still falling outside, I remembered that it was Valentine's Day...I grabbed my phone to see if I have a work delay, nope...so while I have the phone out, I check facebook...
Cue all pictures of presents and flowers from boyfriends, husbands, and children..."guess what single people...here's all the reminders that we are not alone on this holiday!" I click the "like" button for a few pics, but then frankly, I don't want to look at the pictures anymore...
After showering, I put on my pink shirt, heart shaped earrings and necklace, and head off to work...
Why wear the pink and the hearts? Well, I have classroom full of "valentines" everyday of the year...We call it "Friendship Day" and we celebrate being friends...
I try my best to ignore the internet for most of the day...If I ignore it, then there are no pictures of everyone's happy love lives...if I ignore it, then it's just another day...and I don't mind being single on most other days...it's the holidays that are reminders of who is happily taken and who is single...
of course, the reminders are there in my classroom all day...children making valentine's for their parents, hearts hanging around the room, and the Valentine "mailboxes" which the kids will open in the afternoon.
I read a story to my kids called "Slugs in Love"...well, crap! Even the slugs are in love...but I am not....
Thank goodness for the 8 little valentine's who have hugged me, told me they love me, and gave me cards and flowers...they make my single valentine's day a little brighter!
But of course there are also the reminders from the co-workers with their flower/candy/chocolate deliveries to work...yup...we get it, you're married or in a relationship...
At the end of my work day, I call in an order for take-out, drive home, eat dinner alone, ignore more happy love lives online, and I won't lie...I'm probably going to call it a night early tonight...I don't have any reason to stay up late and be reminded of all the happy people...
As Scarlett O'Hara says... Tomorrow is another day...
tomorrow the reminders will stop, and I can go back to forgetting that I am single on Valentine's day...as I have been for too many years...
Until then... Happy Valentine's Day to all the single people out there...only a few more hours of reminders!!
Let's talk being single on Valentine's day...here's what it's like...
I woke up this morning, and after seeing the snow still falling outside, I remembered that it was Valentine's Day...I grabbed my phone to see if I have a work delay, nope...so while I have the phone out, I check facebook...
Cue all pictures of presents and flowers from boyfriends, husbands, and children..."guess what single people...here's all the reminders that we are not alone on this holiday!" I click the "like" button for a few pics, but then frankly, I don't want to look at the pictures anymore...
After showering, I put on my pink shirt, heart shaped earrings and necklace, and head off to work...
Why wear the pink and the hearts? Well, I have classroom full of "valentines" everyday of the year...We call it "Friendship Day" and we celebrate being friends...
I try my best to ignore the internet for most of the day...If I ignore it, then there are no pictures of everyone's happy love lives...if I ignore it, then it's just another day...and I don't mind being single on most other days...it's the holidays that are reminders of who is happily taken and who is single...
of course, the reminders are there in my classroom all day...children making valentine's for their parents, hearts hanging around the room, and the Valentine "mailboxes" which the kids will open in the afternoon.
I read a story to my kids called "Slugs in Love"...well, crap! Even the slugs are in love...but I am not....
Thank goodness for the 8 little valentine's who have hugged me, told me they love me, and gave me cards and flowers...they make my single valentine's day a little brighter!
But of course there are also the reminders from the co-workers with their flower/candy/chocolate deliveries to work...yup...we get it, you're married or in a relationship...
At the end of my work day, I call in an order for take-out, drive home, eat dinner alone, ignore more happy love lives online, and I won't lie...I'm probably going to call it a night early tonight...I don't have any reason to stay up late and be reminded of all the happy people...
As Scarlett O'Hara says... Tomorrow is another day...
tomorrow the reminders will stop, and I can go back to forgetting that I am single on Valentine's day...as I have been for too many years...
Until then... Happy Valentine's Day to all the single people out there...only a few more hours of reminders!!
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
My day...
- 6:00am - alarm goes off, I hit snooze.
- 6:09am - snooze!
- 6:15am - snooze!
- I continue to hit snooze until 6:45am!
- 6:50am - shower
- 7:05am - get dressed
- 7:15am - put lunch in my lunchbox
- 7:20am - out the door to my frozen car...turn it on and come back in the apt!
- 7:30am - out the door again to finish scraping what the defrost didn't get off windows and off to work!
- 7:50am - chatting with Jessica at work
- 8:00am - officially on the clock at work
- 8:15am - head to pre-k classroom where my kg class is
- 8:55am - take me KG class to our classroom
- 9:05am - receive text from Jillian.... we are headed to NYC for "Wahlburgers Wednesday" with Donnie Wahlberg! WOO WOO!!
- 9:15am - parent/teacher conference
- 9:55am - back to the classroom...clean-up time!
- 10:05am - circle time...calendar, weather, school day count, pledge of allegiance, and story (The Wombat and the Kangaroo).
- 10:30am - Reading groups....my group starts with our smart board activity, followed by handwriting and then our small-group lesson at the reading table.
- 11:00am - Art - I teach my kids what a still life painting is. We weave "baskets" as part one of a "Fruit Basket" art project.
- 11:50am - time to clean-up for lunch! (Chicken, Sweet potato Fries, apple, and mixed veggies)
- 12:00pm - My lunch break! Off to the break room to chat with my co-workers about VARIOUS random items! ;)
- 1:00pm - back to the classroom, class is outside for recess....get myself bundled up and head outside!
- 1:30pm - back inside for math (taught by my co-teacher).
- 2:10pm - Science time...we are testing which solids sink and float. 6 objects float, 3 sink!
- 3:00pm - put homework and school work in folders.
- 3:15pm - snack and free-time for the kiddos. I eat my snack as well (cheese/crackers and grapefruit) and chat with Mr. Alan.
- 4:00pm - turn the smart board on for one of my students to play on ABCMouse.com.
- 4:15pm - practice spelling/reading words with letter cards with one of my students.
- 4:55pm - move 2 children to another room and pack up my belongings to end my day. Chat with a few teachers/parents before finally walking out of my classroom.
- 5:15pm - head out the door to my car and drive home.
- 5:30pm - stop for gas
- 5:45pm - HOME!
- 6:00pm - dinner (omelet and blueberries)
- 6:45pm - crawl into bed to relax and watch some tv.
The Middle
Jeopardy
Big Bang Theory
Dads - 8:30pm - begin writing this blog and continue watching tv.... Brooklyn Nine - Nine rerun
- Following Brooklyn Nine-Nine, I will watch New Girl, then probably do some reading and then head to bed!
Delayed opening for my center tomorrow...Maybe I'll take a personal day since most of my class won't be in anyway...or I could just head in and do some cleaning in the classroom! I can always find things to clean and organize, though my co-teacher hates when I do it! LOL!!
Monday, February 3, 2014
iPod shuffle!
Blog #11 - Put my iPod (iPhone) on shuffle and write down the 1st 10 songs that come up! This is always fun to see!
- "One Club At a Time" - Midnight Red (Random fact: Midnight Red followed me on twitter the other day, and I didn't even follow them, lol! I follow them now, just to be nice!)
- "Bailout Song #1" - Kristoffer Cusick, First Date (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Such a FUNNY song and Broadway show...sad it's over!
- "100" - Howie Dorough
Coincidentally the 1st three songs, the artists who perform them all follow me on twitter! haha - "Let's Go Higher" - Jordan Knight
He also follows me on twitter! hahaha! - "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke (he doesn't follow me on twitter, so there goes that trend! This song reminds me of Zachary Levi at the stage door following First Date performances)
- "All-American Girl" - Carrie Underwood
- "Boston" - Augustana
- "Stingy"- Jordan Knight (feat. Donnie Wahlberg)
- "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"- Usher (feat. Pitbull)
- "Live it Up" - New Kids on the Block (the cruise anthem...if this doesn't make me HATE that the snow is falling outside even more, I don't know what does....I want the cruise to be here now!! I need to be on the island of Bermuda, like NOW!)
What are the 1st 10 songs on your iPod...put it on shuffle and leave a comment...would love to see what you all are listening to!!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
My first love...
30 Blog challenge: Day 10...describe your first love and first kiss....well this one should be interesting...
I already don't know what to say and I haven't even started writing about him...My first love is many, many years of love and heartbreak. It took me a lot longer to get over him than it really should have...but here we go... *It also took me a long time to write this blog...I worked on it for days, and it is quite lengthy*
Not exactly the reaction you expect to have when you find out someone is going to ask you out, hahaha...but at 15, that was my reaction!
We were pushed further away from school than we ever had been, leading us all to believe that something really was wrong. As we were walking up this hill near school, we came across Gio. Awkward hellos were exchanged, and then my friend suddenly had someone else to go see, leaving me and Gio alone...could she be anymore obvious!?
We awkwardly chatted for a few minutes, during which I expressed that I was cold...it was mid-December and I couldn't go to my locker to get my coat. He told me that if he hadn't lent his to a friend, he would give it to me. His friend came by a few minutes later, and gave his coat back to him. He immediately handed it to me. hmmm...the wheels started spinning in my head...maybe he wasn't as "annoying" as I always thought he was, or maybe I never thought he was annoying!
I don't remember what prompted it, but at some point while we were standing there with his friend, his arms went around me. His friend asked if we were going out. Gio looked at me, and asked me...I obviously said yes (if I had said no, would I be writing this blog about him...lol).
We were released from school, due to a gas leak in the cafeteria. A bunch of Gio's friends (and a few of mine) decided to go to Burger King for lunch, so I tagged along. We also went to the mall after lunch, and hung out. It was strange all of a sudden holding hands with this guy who I was just thinking was annoying a few days earlier.
A couple days before Christmas, we all got together at a friend's house to hang out and watch a movie, Austin Powers (strangely that would become the movie our group ALWAYS watched, haha). After the movie, we were all getting ready to head home. We were standing in the driveway. Everyone else was figuring out who was driving who home, while Gio and I stood there together. With Gio's arms around my waist, he looked down into my eyes, and kissed me....my first kiss.
Everything changed after that...we would hang out in the mornings before the homeroom bell, holding hands, and talking with our friends. Weekends were spent hanging out at someone's house with each other. As we passed each other between 3rd and 4th period, we no long exchanged annoyed faces with each other, but instead hellos, smiles, and grabbing each other's hands as we walked right passed each other. I would skip part of my biology class, telling my teacher I needed to go see my guidance counselor, and go down to his lunch period for a few minutes before heading back to class.
This was the way it was until mid-January...I had everyone to my house one Friday night, to hang out. Aside from Gio meeting my mom, things were just like normal that night. Laughing, movie watching, kissing.
But the next week, everything changed...One Monday, when we returned to school, something was different. It was a few days before his Junior-Senior semi-formal and things were awkward. I remember walking past him in the hallway and he didn't look at me, he kept talking to a friend. I didn't think a lot about it...maybe he was just really into the conversation they were having. That afternoon, my 15 year old world came crashing down. Gio broke up with me...I don't even remember what he said, except the line I would hear more times in the next few years from him than I ever wanted to hear.... "I hope we can still be friends."
I cried, all the way home. What had I done? I thought that things were going well. I got home, turned on my radio, and the first song to come on was Brandy's "Have You Ever"
I already don't know what to say and I haven't even started writing about him...My first love is many, many years of love and heartbreak. It took me a lot longer to get over him than it really should have...but here we go... *It also took me a long time to write this blog...I worked on it for days, and it is quite lengthy*
The song "Didn't I" by Rachel Proctor fully encompasses what my many years of love were like for him...
OK, the story of me and Gio began during my Freshman year (his sophomore yr) of high school. Gio and I were in the same Spanish class, and we were seated next to each other for the entire duration of the year. We talked throughout class every day...it drove my teacher nuts how much Gio talked to me. I remember her moving Gio to the back of the classroom, all by himself one time, figuring he wouldn't talk to me or our two other friends in class if he was back there alone...well she was wrong and shortly thereafter moved him back near us...at least when he was near us, he talked quietly! I really didn't think anything of our discussions as any more that two people becoming friends.
Looking back now, I suppose there was some flirting going on...but I was 14/15 years old...I was not in a state of mind where I was thinking that there was a boy attracted to me. I had my crush on someone in my own class, someone I had been crushing on for years...though that would never go anywhere!
Summer came, and I didn't think about Gio at all...we were friends during Spanish class, but outside of school, we had never hung out or talked. We really only had ever seen each other during Spanish class, nowhere else...
We ran into each other at the movie theater one day over the summer...I'm pretty sure I was seeing a Leonardo DiCaprio movie, and could care less about this guy I knew from Spanish class!
(*side note: I just spent an hour and a half lost in photo memories as I searched for some pictures for this blog...it's amazing how distracted you can get looking at pictures...or is that just me?)
ok, back to the story...cue, Sophomore year...
During the beginning few months of the year, my friends and I slowly became a part of a group of friends that included some Junior guys that a few of the girls were beginning to date. Gio was friends with a couple of the guys that my friends had begun dating. It was through this group that Gio and I became more friendly outside of being in a class together Freshman year.
I began to notice that we would pass each other in the hallway between 3rd and 4th period. We would make faces at each other as we passed one another. The days passed and I really didn't think anything of the faces we made at each other...at the time, in fact, I found him to be annoying...or so I thought I did...
I used to be able to remember the exact date, but now I cannot, but I do still remember what happened that day in mid-December...
It was a cloudy, cold day...I was in 3rd period, when the fire alarm went off...we filed outside, near the tennis courts, where we waited to go back into the school. We stood outside longer than we usually do, so we knew it couldn't just be a drill. When they thought it was safe, we were let back inside, and told to gather our things and proceed to 4th period.
I remember walking down the same hallway I walked down everyday on my way to 4th period computer class. I passed Gio and Eric, just as I always did. He and I made a face at each other, but his face was a little different than it usually was. In the moment, I didn't really think much of it, but later, I would think back and realize it wasn't the usual look of "annoyance" that we always pretended, but a look of a 16 year old who was trying to work up the courage to ask out a girl he liked....
I walked into my computer class, and had just barely grabbed my assignment, when the fire alarm went off for a 2nd time. This time, I exited the building out the front door of the school, and headed toward the grass near the corner of the school. As I was walking with the crowd, in search of some friendly faces, a friend came up to me and informed me that Gio was going to ask me out! My response... "Eww! Why!?"
Not exactly the reaction you expect to have when you find out someone is going to ask you out, hahaha...but at 15, that was my reaction!
We were pushed further away from school than we ever had been, leading us all to believe that something really was wrong. As we were walking up this hill near school, we came across Gio. Awkward hellos were exchanged, and then my friend suddenly had someone else to go see, leaving me and Gio alone...could she be anymore obvious!?
We awkwardly chatted for a few minutes, during which I expressed that I was cold...it was mid-December and I couldn't go to my locker to get my coat. He told me that if he hadn't lent his to a friend, he would give it to me. His friend came by a few minutes later, and gave his coat back to him. He immediately handed it to me. hmmm...the wheels started spinning in my head...maybe he wasn't as "annoying" as I always thought he was, or maybe I never thought he was annoying!
I don't remember what prompted it, but at some point while we were standing there with his friend, his arms went around me. His friend asked if we were going out. Gio looked at me, and asked me...I obviously said yes (if I had said no, would I be writing this blog about him...lol).
We were released from school, due to a gas leak in the cafeteria. A bunch of Gio's friends (and a few of mine) decided to go to Burger King for lunch, so I tagged along. We also went to the mall after lunch, and hung out. It was strange all of a sudden holding hands with this guy who I was just thinking was annoying a few days earlier.
A couple days before Christmas, we all got together at a friend's house to hang out and watch a movie, Austin Powers (strangely that would become the movie our group ALWAYS watched, haha). After the movie, we were all getting ready to head home. We were standing in the driveway. Everyone else was figuring out who was driving who home, while Gio and I stood there together. With Gio's arms around my waist, he looked down into my eyes, and kissed me....my first kiss.
Everything changed after that...we would hang out in the mornings before the homeroom bell, holding hands, and talking with our friends. Weekends were spent hanging out at someone's house with each other. As we passed each other between 3rd and 4th period, we no long exchanged annoyed faces with each other, but instead hellos, smiles, and grabbing each other's hands as we walked right passed each other. I would skip part of my biology class, telling my teacher I needed to go see my guidance counselor, and go down to his lunch period for a few minutes before heading back to class.
This was the way it was until mid-January...I had everyone to my house one Friday night, to hang out. Aside from Gio meeting my mom, things were just like normal that night. Laughing, movie watching, kissing.
But the next week, everything changed...One Monday, when we returned to school, something was different. It was a few days before his Junior-Senior semi-formal and things were awkward. I remember walking past him in the hallway and he didn't look at me, he kept talking to a friend. I didn't think a lot about it...maybe he was just really into the conversation they were having. That afternoon, my 15 year old world came crashing down. Gio broke up with me...I don't even remember what he said, except the line I would hear more times in the next few years from him than I ever wanted to hear.... "I hope we can still be friends."
I cried, all the way home. What had I done? I thought that things were going well. I got home, turned on my radio, and the first song to come on was Brandy's "Have You Ever"
My first break-up...and I knew in that moment, that I loved him, as much as a 15 year old can love someone. The next few months were rough. I dated his best friend for about a week, on the rebound. I tried to be friends, but on the inside, I just wanted to tell him that I loved him, and thought about him all the time.
At my Sweet 16 party in May, I cried, as Gio danced with me to the song that became our song, "Have you ever" by Brandy.
In June, I began dating someone else, at the urging of Gio, to move on and be happy. For that summer, I was very happy in my new relationship. The next fall, after the homecoming game, Gio and I were talking in the parking lot, about the fact that he was now dating one of my friends (yes, it bothered me, because she had always criticized me for dating him). It was in that parking lot, that Gio and I expressed that we loved each other, but that we couldn't be together because we were both dating someone.
My boyfriend at the time, figured out that my conversation with Gio in the parking lot was about our past relationship. He knew, and told me that night, that I loved Gio more than him. We fought that night, and I told him that I couldn't help my feelings for Gio. He was after all my first love. However, I loved him too, and I certainly didn't want to break up just because Gio told me he loved me.
So for the next school year, we all hung out like always....Gio and I pretending like we never told each other that we loved each other. Though there was no denying that we loved each other, when every time we were having group shots taken, we were together...sometimes even when my boyfriend was there as well...
Those feeling and emotions that I had for Gio, carried throughout the year, and through the summer as he prepared to head off to the military. Things between my current boyfriend and I were in a weird place. I wasn't happy, but stayed with him for reasons which I should not have. I remember a trip to Riverside Park (now Six Flags New England) over the summer before all the guys headed off to college or in Gio's case, the military. I was sitting in the backseat of a friend's car, sandwiched between my boyfriend and Gio. Gio was in charge of music selection and put a 98 Degrees CD in. He chose "The Hardest Thing" and whispered to me that the song was for me.
How was I supposed to get over someone who kept telling me he loved me and played songs like this for me? To this day, I can't hear The Hardest Thing without thinking of him and that car ride.
By the beginning of November of my senior year, things with my boyfriend were at their lowest point. We were fighting all the time, and finally we decided it was time to break-up. I couldn't pretend to be happy anymore, and I think he finally realized that we weren't happy.
I remember being on the phone with my BFF a few days later, when Gio called. I quickly hung up the phone with my BFF to talk to him. We chatted about random things, but eventually the topic came around to us...He was coming home for Thanksgiving, and I had told him that I wanted to see if things could work out. We decided to give it a try. On Black Friday, a friend of ours had a get together, and it was the 1st time I was going to see Gio, since he had left for the military. We immediately fell back into being "us" and I was so happy to be holding his hand and kissing him again.
I went with him to the airport, the day he left...it was SUPER early in the morning, and I had to wake him up when I got to his best friend's house. We held hands all the way to the airport, and I cried a little on his shoulder in the car. He kept telling me not to cry, because that would make it hard for him to leave. He played a song by Sisqo, called "Incomplete" and told me the song was for me. How could I not love him when he was like this? None of my friend's truly saw that side of him...
but just like before, it was short lived... in fact, it was Christmas time, when he broke my heart for the 2nd time. He told me this time, as we walked around outside near my house, that he couldn't be there for me like he wanted to be. He couldn't call me whenever he wanted, he couldn't be there if I needed him to be, and because of that we couldn't be together. But I didn't care. I didn't need him to be there like that...just knowing that he loved me and was thinking about me was enough for me. But he was determined to break-up again...and then that phrase "can we still be friends"...my heart was crushed again!
Late in the winter, I began dating someone new...a blind date, and we had fun through the summer, but he moved, and I went to college. It wasn't a relationship that I ever really thought would last anyway, so I wasn't heartbroken like I had been with Gio.
I came home for a long weekend in the fall of my freshman year of college...I remember sitting on my couch watching tv, after a lazy day. I got a phone call from Gio, and I was shocked. I hadn't heard from him in months, and all of a sudden here he was calling me. He asked me what number my house was...and after I had told him, we hung up the phone. It took me a moment to realize that he was on his way over to my house!! WHY!? after all this time, why was he coming to my house? I did my best to make myself look presentable, but there really wasn't much I could do.
He showed up at my door, and we hung out for a brief time. After a little while, he sent his friend outside and told him he would be a few minutes... He kissed me like he had never kissed me before, and a few minutes later, I told him that if this wasn't going anywhere, then the kissing needed to stop. He told me he wanted to try again, and I was beyond happy.
A few times we had talked after that, and then I received the phone call that ended everything...all my hopes and dreams... He told me that we needed to stop getting back together because it was not written in the stars for us to be together. It was never going to happen, so we needed to stop trying.
He was so good at taking my heart....and then crushing it...each time he crushed it, more pieces were lost forever...that last time, I wanted my life to be over. I didn't want to be alive if there was no hope for us.
Seeing him after that phone call was harder than ever before. Knowing that he felt like we were not meant to be, made me never want to be near him. I haven't really been in a relationship since then. I've given it a shot with a few people...a few dates, a couple "let's see where this goes" situations, but that was it...
In my head, I told myself, if I wasn't good enough for Gio, then I wasn't good enough for anyone...I gave up trying! I gave up on myself, and focused on becoming a teacher.
After graduation, I had moved out, and began my teaching career. I had finally moved on from him..but just like always...whenever he was out of my mind, he reappeared...this time, a phone call in the middle of the night...It was probably around 1 or 2am, when I was woken up by my phone ringing.
He apologized to me for every time he broke my heart. Apparently, he now knew what it was like to have his heart broken. 2005...he NOW knew what it felt like to have his heart broken. Apparently all those years of breaking my heart, he was not once sad to have us not work out.
So there you have it...my first love/first kiss...
Someday I hope to meet the one who I am destined to be with, and Gio will be nothing but a distance blip in my past!
At my Sweet 16 party in May, I cried, as Gio danced with me to the song that became our song, "Have you ever" by Brandy.
In June, I began dating someone else, at the urging of Gio, to move on and be happy. For that summer, I was very happy in my new relationship. The next fall, after the homecoming game, Gio and I were talking in the parking lot, about the fact that he was now dating one of my friends (yes, it bothered me, because she had always criticized me for dating him). It was in that parking lot, that Gio and I expressed that we loved each other, but that we couldn't be together because we were both dating someone.
My boyfriend at the time, figured out that my conversation with Gio in the parking lot was about our past relationship. He knew, and told me that night, that I loved Gio more than him. We fought that night, and I told him that I couldn't help my feelings for Gio. He was after all my first love. However, I loved him too, and I certainly didn't want to break up just because Gio told me he loved me.
So for the next school year, we all hung out like always....Gio and I pretending like we never told each other that we loved each other. Though there was no denying that we loved each other, when every time we were having group shots taken, we were together...sometimes even when my boyfriend was there as well...
Those feeling and emotions that I had for Gio, carried throughout the year, and through the summer as he prepared to head off to the military. Things between my current boyfriend and I were in a weird place. I wasn't happy, but stayed with him for reasons which I should not have. I remember a trip to Riverside Park (now Six Flags New England) over the summer before all the guys headed off to college or in Gio's case, the military. I was sitting in the backseat of a friend's car, sandwiched between my boyfriend and Gio. Gio was in charge of music selection and put a 98 Degrees CD in. He chose "The Hardest Thing" and whispered to me that the song was for me.
By the beginning of November of my senior year, things with my boyfriend were at their lowest point. We were fighting all the time, and finally we decided it was time to break-up. I couldn't pretend to be happy anymore, and I think he finally realized that we weren't happy.
I remember being on the phone with my BFF a few days later, when Gio called. I quickly hung up the phone with my BFF to talk to him. We chatted about random things, but eventually the topic came around to us...He was coming home for Thanksgiving, and I had told him that I wanted to see if things could work out. We decided to give it a try. On Black Friday, a friend of ours had a get together, and it was the 1st time I was going to see Gio, since he had left for the military. We immediately fell back into being "us" and I was so happy to be holding his hand and kissing him again.
I went with him to the airport, the day he left...it was SUPER early in the morning, and I had to wake him up when I got to his best friend's house. We held hands all the way to the airport, and I cried a little on his shoulder in the car. He kept telling me not to cry, because that would make it hard for him to leave. He played a song by Sisqo, called "Incomplete" and told me the song was for me. How could I not love him when he was like this? None of my friend's truly saw that side of him...
but just like before, it was short lived... in fact, it was Christmas time, when he broke my heart for the 2nd time. He told me this time, as we walked around outside near my house, that he couldn't be there for me like he wanted to be. He couldn't call me whenever he wanted, he couldn't be there if I needed him to be, and because of that we couldn't be together. But I didn't care. I didn't need him to be there like that...just knowing that he loved me and was thinking about me was enough for me. But he was determined to break-up again...and then that phrase "can we still be friends"...my heart was crushed again!
Late in the winter, I began dating someone new...a blind date, and we had fun through the summer, but he moved, and I went to college. It wasn't a relationship that I ever really thought would last anyway, so I wasn't heartbroken like I had been with Gio.
I came home for a long weekend in the fall of my freshman year of college...I remember sitting on my couch watching tv, after a lazy day. I got a phone call from Gio, and I was shocked. I hadn't heard from him in months, and all of a sudden here he was calling me. He asked me what number my house was...and after I had told him, we hung up the phone. It took me a moment to realize that he was on his way over to my house!! WHY!? after all this time, why was he coming to my house? I did my best to make myself look presentable, but there really wasn't much I could do.
He showed up at my door, and we hung out for a brief time. After a little while, he sent his friend outside and told him he would be a few minutes... He kissed me like he had never kissed me before, and a few minutes later, I told him that if this wasn't going anywhere, then the kissing needed to stop. He told me he wanted to try again, and I was beyond happy.
A few times we had talked after that, and then I received the phone call that ended everything...all my hopes and dreams... He told me that we needed to stop getting back together because it was not written in the stars for us to be together. It was never going to happen, so we needed to stop trying.
He was so good at taking my heart....and then crushing it...each time he crushed it, more pieces were lost forever...that last time, I wanted my life to be over. I didn't want to be alive if there was no hope for us.
Seeing him after that phone call was harder than ever before. Knowing that he felt like we were not meant to be, made me never want to be near him. I haven't really been in a relationship since then. I've given it a shot with a few people...a few dates, a couple "let's see where this goes" situations, but that was it...
In my head, I told myself, if I wasn't good enough for Gio, then I wasn't good enough for anyone...I gave up trying! I gave up on myself, and focused on becoming a teacher.
After graduation, I had moved out, and began my teaching career. I had finally moved on from him..but just like always...whenever he was out of my mind, he reappeared...this time, a phone call in the middle of the night...It was probably around 1 or 2am, when I was woken up by my phone ringing.
He apologized to me for every time he broke my heart. Apparently, he now knew what it was like to have his heart broken. 2005...he NOW knew what it felt like to have his heart broken. Apparently all those years of breaking my heart, he was not once sad to have us not work out.
So there you have it...my first love/first kiss...
Someday I hope to meet the one who I am destined to be with, and Gio will be nothing but a distance blip in my past!
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