Why didn't I think of that?

Hair Dryer as Sticker Remover - A little hot air quickly loosens price labels—with zero fingernail-chipping frustration. Where has this trick been all my life?

Shower caps from Hotels to keep your dirty shoes off your clothes when you pack them! Genius!

Speaking of Shoes...

This can be purchased at Walmart! no more THUD round and round of shoes go round in the dryer!

Bread Clips for labeling power cords. DUH. Who'da thunk it!

Tension Rod to hang UP things that take up way to much space under the sink! 

And lastly, if I had a big dog that I needed to "hide" food from! This is a perfect idea!!! :) 

Pinterest has beens super helpful with "Ah hah" moments for me!

My How Pinteresting!

Well I finally recreated a pin I saw a while back for our bedroom on Pinterest.

 Don't get to excited 

LOL all it required was me purchasing something online!

What do you do when your jewelry box is stuffed to the brim, and even your wall one is full??  Why you buy a ceramic egg container of course! 

My Version

So far I really like it displaying the pieces of jewelry I seem to wear the most. 

Thought I'd share my new 22.00 watch from Francesca's Closet. Last year it was all about white watches. This year, colors and black are in!! :) 

Classroom Happenings!

Here's what we've been working on this week:

Breakdown:

Birds: 1st grade. Read the book Farfellina and Marcel 

Where The Wild Things Are: 3rd Grade. Watercolors, and Black Crayon

Pumpkins: After School Art. Chalk and Black Glue 

Cursive First Name Symmetry Skeletons: After School Art. White Paper. Sharpie.

Say hello to your friends--babysitters club

Childhood nostalgia on a shelf

..:::SIGH:::..

I miss this absurd, under-qualified, well-dressed, motley crew of ladies. These books made me feel grown up when I read them in 3rd grade, and I retained way to much information from them. Literally couldn’t tell you anything about the classes I took in college, but I could tell you the Rodowsky boys’ names. Archie, Jackie (wALKiNg DiSaStEr, ammiright?), and Shea. 

Ah the Babysitters Club the movie was a fave of mine too! Rachel Leigh Cook played Mary Anne and The girl from the TV Show Alex Mac or the girl that played Bianca in Ten Things I hate about you played Dawn in the movie. The boy in the back with the light hair was on that show called Promise Land.

Man where have all the classics (for TV) gone?

The Evolution of Kimmy Gibbler

Is anyone else interested in what happened to Kimmy Gibbler? She was by far my favorite character on Full House, probably because I identified with her fashion sense, snarkiness, and lack of appropriate social boundaries. I was really missing her stanky feet and her neon clothing today, so I poked around on google. I learned that…

Kimmy Gibbler is actually Andrea Barber. Andrea Barber has two kids and a mom haircut and uses lots of winky faces on her twitter. She also says things like “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened :)” This (and the fact that she enjoys line dancing) aside, she sounds pretty cool- she studied English at Whittier College and went to grad school in England. Sista is into international experiences for us impressionable youth, which is something I can get behind.

I still miss Kimmy G, though.

From this…

 To this

It's October! !

Can't believe it's October 1st!

I love October. Mainly because I LOVE teaching Halloween lessons to my students. I used to dress up, but sadly as I have gotten older (oh in the last 2 years especially) I haven't gotten a costume or gone to any halloween parties!

And AMC Fear Fest is like permanently on at my house when I get home from work.

I love watching the Halloween saga and kid movies like Hocus Pocus I mean who doesn't love Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker as witches!>!?

Or how about the movie WITCHES that scared the PISS out of me as a child!?!

In honor of Halloween, let’s take a two-decade walk down memory lane to one of the greatest “Is this actually a children’s movie?” children’s movies of all time: The Witches.

For those who don’t know, The Witches is a 1990 movie based on a Roald Dahl  book by the same name. Starring Angelica Houston as the Grand High Witch, The Witches tells the story of a recently orphaned boy who’s taken to England by his grandmother. While traveling, the two stay in a hotel where a group of witches has also gathered corporate-conference style, to discuss their plot to rid the world of all children.

If you’re anything like me, your initial reaction was “Excellent idea! When can we start?” …but don’t get it twisted: these witches are no joke. For one, they’re hideous. Not pointed-hat hideous, but pointed nose/square feet/no hair/scabby/old/wrinkled hideous. Legit frightening. Few movie scenes that I perceived as terrifying as a child have really stuck with me, but the scene in this movie where the assembled witches “disrobe,” removing wigs and masks to reveal their true appearances (see above), still makes me want to pee my pants a little.

Pick Your Fave Perfume Giveaway Via Then I got to thinking

One of Tracy's dearest, closest friends, Casey, started a very cool new business &  asked her if she could do a giveaway on her blog!  

She just opened her own store selling designer perfumes for $25.  It's called PopScent and the oils are all made to match the perfumes we all love.  She designed the bottle, the website, everything (she even drew the girl!)... and it all looks fabulous!  All of them are made in the USA, and because there is no patent on designer fragrances, these perfumes smell exactly the same, but are a very small percentage of the price!

Here is a list of the perfumes you can choose from:

Amazing Grace originally by Philosophy

Burberry originally by Burberry

Casmir originally by Chopard

Chance originally by Chanel

Coco Mademoiselle originally by Chanel

Ed Hardy originally by Ed Hardy

Flowerbomb originally by Viktor & Rolf

French Lime Blossoms originally by Jo Malone

Happy originally by Clinque

L'eau de Issey originally by Issey Miyake

J'adore originally by Dior

Juicy Couture originally by Juicy Courture

Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana

Michael Kors originally by Michael Kors

Miss Dior Cherie originally by Dior

Pink Sugar originally by Aquolina

Pleasures originally by Estee Lauder

Rockin' Rio originally by Escada

The ONE originally by Dolce & Gabana

Viva la Juicy originally by Juicy Couture

To enter Stop by Tracy's blog And Then I Got To Thinking!!!   To enter!!