California Dreamin :)

We're baaaaaaaaaaaack!

No not like the dinosaur movie hehe Back from our Labor Day Vacation to San Diego!

It was SOOO nice to sleep in a hotel bed and not have to make the bed!
We stayed at the "W" hotel in downtown SD. It was by far the nicest hotel we have stayed and at my mister wonderful picked it out all himself thinking I would really "dig" it and boy was he right!!!! It was SOSOOOSO Modern and Contemporary totally up my alley! I posted the picture of the chalkboard that was in our room.

The big long window seat was Sweet! If you had anyone extra come stay, they could totally sleep up there no problem!!

coolest hotel ever!

How many of you have ever stayed in a hotel room with one of these? Seriously maybe it's awesome just because I'm an art teacher that misses a black chalk board but I think it's pretty Shiek! More to come. Stay tuned.

Friday's Five Questions :)

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{1} What do you do when you have time to yourself?

I usually come home to surf the net. Lordy lordy do I spent loooooooooots of time online. 

Shop online, blogging, facebook, email you name it! When I'm not doing that, I do like to shop alone, read, or spend time with my dog.  

{2} When you look out your kitchen window, what do you see?

I see our condo's parking lot! 

{3} Who/What would you want to be reincarnated as?

No one. Sadly I kinda think that when you die, you die. That's it folks. No one likes to think as realist as I do, I like to think i'm on science's side...

{4} What is your biggest pet peeve about other people's kids?

Oh boy. Where do I begin!? First, be forwarned that I'm a teacher so I have seen it all, and that these are my thoughts and feelings based on my experiences!  Kids that don't say please and thank you. Kids that are given a cell phone in the elementary age level!!! Kids that are glued to video games and cell phones at the dinner table rather than their nose in a book or having conversations with their parents! That's all I say for now...

{5} Regular or Diet soda?

I drink Diet Coke, but Regular Pepsi. I have always done this. I don't know why I don't like regular coke or diet pepsi.

1st & 2nd graders hard at work:)

My Second Graders today, finished there Arizona Sunsets. They had to learn all about Silhouettes and looked at lots of pictures of these! Then we talked a lot about "Blending" red and yellow to create orange. I had to show them how to blend with water.

 What do ya think?

First grade finished their Laurel Burch Cats. This is the only class I let paint! My other two first grade classes were very antsy and not good listeners so I only let them use markers.

So after Laurel Burch Cats, we started Fall trees today. We talked a lot about texture. I asked students to tell me what a tree feels like. They then took their papers over to the wall to rub some "texture" to their tree trunks.

Thoughtless Thursday Time!

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Reese Witherspoon.

Actually to test your knowledge, how many of you know that Reese's real name is actually Laura-Jean Reese Witherspoon?

I read that in 1998 in a Seventeen Magazine when they interviewed her. She's from the south y'all. So obvi for celebrity status and reasons, she goes by her middle name. (it's shorter and rolls off the tongue quicker than Laura-Jean)

 

 This is one of Reese' first films! I actually have the VHS still! I love this movie, and if you haven't seen it, it's a great movie! Ethan Embry is also in the movie, who's real last name is Randall!! haha! More triva for ya. He took his Grandfathers name Embry again for Tinsel town reasons.

I think Yellow is one of her best colors. This is my favorite look of hers. Her hair, everything!! 

She has the cutest facial expressions!

Seriously what's not to like? She has such easy natural beauty, not caked on makeup or anything. 

I heart her! 

Sweet Home Alabama is one of my favorite movies by her. 

Happy Thursday Y'all! 

(yes I can say that, I was born in Memphis, TN!) 

I'm Lovin It...Wednesdays

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I'm lovin that in 2 Days it's pay day thank the lord!!!

I'm lovin that in 3 Days Mister Wonderful and I will be on a mini Vacation for Labor Day weekend in San Diego!!!

I'm Lovin that in 10 days Mister Wonderful turns 30! (More excited to finally give him his presents that the fact that he is getting older!) tee hee.

I'm lovin Bruno Mar's new song..

I think Like is putting it mildly LOL who am I kidding the song is on repeat the whole 25 min I drive home from work! :)

I'm lovin my first pair of new balance mules....I wanted to try the whole slip on tennis shoe thing for a while now and I'm glad I did! Very much a fan!

And yes, I got these exact ones. :)

That's all I can think of for now!

Homesick? ? ?

"If you’re at home, you will feel a deep love for where you are. You’ll appreciate it more than ever before. You will feel happiness.

If you’re not at home - like me at the moment -, you will feel homesick, lonely and eager to return home. Because it’s somewhere you feel safe."- unknown

Where do I begin. So needless to say, (if you read a previous post or 2 of mine) that this work week started off rough. Not only for myself, but also for Mister Wonderful. I have always had the mentality that Work is just fact what it is.... W O R K ! If it was "fun" they'd call it something else!

Mister Wonderful has had a hard time adjusting to his new place of work. I guess you could say something is missing in his new work environment. The people, their attitudes, the friendships. I really can't say because I don't work at the same place mister wonderful does. He's a nurse at the largest hospital here in AZ. When I say large, it feels very small to him, coming from the Cleveland Clinic!

We have had different schedules this week, so I'm already in bed asleep for 2 hours before Mister Wonderful even gets home. (a teacher's schedule never changes, only a nurse and their shifts!)
So I called Mister Wonderful on my lunch break today, just to say hey and that I had paid the rent. He was at the gym (no surprise there!) and was kinda short on the phone. Hmmmm...
I got a text a few seconds later of him apologizing, and just a little paragraph of him stating that he was homesick and frustrated with his job.

I honestly didn't know how to respond. In most relationships, I'd say I mostly see/hear of girls being the ones that are all tight with their families/mothers/fathers/bros/sisters...etc etc....

Mister Wonderful and I couldn't be more opposite when it comes to our relationships with our families! He's SOOOOO close with his family, where as I am..well.....a big fat NOT. My dad and I maybe talk once every wk to 2 wks. Mister Wonderful talks to his dad EVERYDAY.

Maybe I have blinders on and can't see why it's so hard for him because I am just not in the same boat when it comes to family relationships and the closeness. But I do know I feel bad. Really bad. Guilty bad like I did something wrong in wanting him to move here to be with me. He assured me "Not to worry" that he was just "telling me how he feels" but does that lead up to something? As in will he leave me high and dry and want to move back home? Is it too hard for him to be here so far from his family? If he moves back, he loses me. I can't work in the state of Ohio. My teaching credentials aren't good there. I know he wouldn't leave me high and dry. This of course was my parents BIGGEST problem/concern when they found out that only my name was on the lease...my dad kept going on and on what if he leaves then your in trouble etc etc....

Mister Wonderful assures me he isn't going anywhere...but STILL...

How am I to respond when he tells me he's homesick? I can't be the dad/mom in his life..I can only be the girlfriend. I try to fulfill as much as I can, but is it enough?

Mister Wonderful has been in AZ with me now for 2 full months. His dad is coming to visit in Nov...and his mom isn't coming till Feb. We are planning on going "home" (his home) for Xmas...but what is a girl to think/do in the mean time? I'm happy he is being open and communicating with me about how he FEELS, but yet I don't know what the right thing to say/do to these feelings/emotions of his.

Has anyone else gone through this?