May I have a str.... tampon applicator?

Tonight, Carrie and I went to Ted's Montana Grill to eat dinner.  I ordered some yummy looking lemonade.  There were some straws in front of me, so I offered one to Carrie.  She said she didn't like their straws and I just looked curiously at her.  That is until I opened the straw and saw a CARDBOARD TAMPON APPLICATOR!  It was a cardboard straw.  What?!  Who makes straws out of paper?  Is that even possible?  It was definitely different!  The food was good and the service was excellent.  We even had enough for lunch tomorrow.  

I am feeling a little better today.  I survived with no meds today because they make me too drowsy to teach.  Don't worry, I will be taking some tonight!  I was still able to breathe without them, but I did have a couple of cough drops for my throat.  My throat is still scratchy. 

Tonight, I'm still tired, so I will be watching my "story", One Tree Hill, and reading a little.  I will not be cleaning or decorating, which is what I wanted to do.  

Good night, all!    

The "BOX"

I arrived at home tonight around 6:30 p.m.  There was a package waiting for me by my front door.  I had not ordered anything, so I did not know what could be in the box.  I opened it and it is my box for National Board Certification.  OMG!!!!  I am so nervous.  It is so "real" now.  I have to buckle down and get busy.  

I started feeling sick yesterday and coughed all night last night.  I decided this morning to call my doctor, but she doesn't work on Fridays, must be nice.  She used to not work on Wednesdays.  I wonder if she switched days or if she only works three days a week now.  Anyway, I decided to go to a "doc in a box" for some meds.  I went after school.  They gave me a shot in the hip, a cough suppressant/antihistamine/decongestant, a "magic mouthwash", and an antibiotic.  I decided I didn't need the mouthwash - it's just a numbing gargle (not good for a vocalist) and the doc said I could wait on the antibiotic to see if I needed it.  So, I came out with a cough syrup and a routine prescription.  I also had some coupons for $25 grocery gift cards for new prescriptions.  She let me use two, one for each prescription, and let me use the expired coupon too!  I LURVE our new Publix Pharmacy!  SO I got $50 in free groceries!  WooHoo!  I stocked up on juice and junk.  Yea!

The doc also suggested that I rest the entire weekend!  Sleep, sleep, and more sleep.  Ah, too bad.  I really wanted to cut my grass and clean my house.  Alas, I'm not allowed...  I guess I'll just have to read and sleep.  HeeHee!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!  

Wii

So, you think I've been neglecting the blog?  You should talk to my wii!  I got on today because I haven't been on in a couple of weeks.  Well, it turns out that the "couple of weeks" was actually 

55 DAYS!!! 

Can you believe that?!  I am thoroughly pooped right now and I don't even want to think of how sore I am going to be in the morning!  

I am addicted to the Twilight book series.  I am only on book 2, but I'm hooked!  They are great.  They are for teenagers and they are about vampires.  Even so, they are fabulous.  

I am starting to get a cold in my nose :(  My throat is sore and my nose is stuffy on one side.  I also have a tinge of a headache.  I hope some vitamins will help this go away.  Vitamin C, here I come.  

I am planning to relax this weekend.  By relax, I mean...

1.  Clean my house

2.  Cut my grass

3.  Decorate for HALLOWEEN!  (Super fun!)

4.  Lesson plans

5.  Laundry

6.  National Boards

7.  Fight this cold

8.  Grocery shop (Why do you always run out of the essentials at the same time?)

That is my list, in no particular order.  I'm sure I will add things.

Off to read "New Moon".  Good night!  

UPDATE 2: Extreme Makeover

I arrived home to find these wonderful new additions to my yard.

1. Rocks in the flower beds
2. U.S.A. Flag
3. Welcome mat
4. Tape measure that belonged to Ryan (not pictured)

I love it all! It looks great!

Thanks, Mr. Chuck and Ms. Annette!

Front Flower bed

Mailbox

Side bed (Sorry for the blur.  The sun was very bright!)

American Flag (I hope you knew that without me telling you.)

Welcome Mat (Duh!)

UPDATE: Extreme Makeover

Here is what my yard looks like after Mr. and Mrs. Jones left yesterday. These are actually pictures from this morning. I LURVE it!

Oh NO!

When I changed my background, I deleted my sidebars and I can't remember which blogs I had links to.  I hope I got them all.  If you can think of one that used to be there that is not there now, let me know!  Thanks.

Be sure to check out my previous entry today.  It has some great pics and there are more to come!

What a difference a day makes

When I came home from school, Mr. and Mrs. Jones were no where to be seen. They had gone to Lowe's to find some more bricks. This is what I saw...






HOW BEAUTIFUL!!!!

AND, they were not done.  I have more pics from what they did after they got back.  That will be another post.  I'm off to the church choir retreat.  

Extreme Makeover: Yard Edition

This is what was done yesterday in my yard. Yea!


In the center, where the rock is, there will be a nice, large pot with greenery and flowers.

This is the "weed bed". Look, no weeds!

This is around my mailbox. Those are daylilies. I can't wait for them to bloom.

I am super pumped about my yard. And Mr. Chuck edged my whole yard! He went all around the driveway, street, and sidewalk. That was a hard job. Mrs. Annette had to climb over my fence to get to my flowers and shrubs in the backyard. I'm so glad she did not hurt herself! I can't wait to go home today!

Tonight and tomorrow is the sanctuary choir retreat. I have to go home today and bake cookies. Yummy!

Surprise!

Today, I had a meeting after school, went to dinner, and to the grocery. I finally got home at 9:00 p.m. and found a wonderful surprise waiting for me. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had started my flower bed. It looks awesome. I couldn't take pics tonight because it was too dark, but I will take pictures tomorrow morning and post them for you to see. Tonight, I will leave you with the "before" pics. Now, I didn't know they were coming today so I had not taken before pics. But I do have pics from Christmas, so ignore the lights and reindeer. You will see how bad my poor "weed bed" looked. Enjoy!




Do you see all those weeds?! It is so bad and that is in December! Isn't everything supposed to be dead in December?


Oh my! I can't believe how bad it looked. I had cleaned out the weeds, so it didn't look that bad. I had forgotten how bad it looked!

Labor Day

This morning, I slept in and texted Ms. Annette when I got out of bed. She and Mr. Chuck were on this side of the world, so I met them for lunch. After lunch, we decided to look at Home Depot for plants for what I refer to as my "weed bed." We would like to transform this "weed bed" into a flower garden. Ryan and I were going to attempt this undertaking, but we did not get around to it. Therefore, Mr. and Mrs. Jones wanted to help me with it. We looked at Home Depot and I showed them what I liked. Then we went to my house to see the actual space we were working with. That helped Ms. Annette to know how many plants we needed. We then went to Lowe's and looked some more. I thought I wanted a large flower pot that I can leave outside and just plant in that small area. She suggested we add some greenery around the pot. I think we decided to do a large pot with elephant ears and other green plants (and maybe some caladium). We got some Japanese holly bushes to go around the bed. They are supposed to stay small. Then I decided if I was making the front bed look nice that I needed to make the area around the mail box look nice too. So we bought some day lilies to go around that area. I will take before and after pics when we start working on the area.

We did buy a nice flower pot for my peace lily. It goes great in my dining room. The dining room has black and maroon accents and the flower pot is black with cream accents. The carpet in the dining room is cream. Below you will find pics of the pot and with the lily in the pot. I think he looks very happy in his new home! What do you think?