Happy Presidents Day.

Today my students are enjoying an additional day of weekend glory while teachers learn new pedagogical practices. Luckily, I had a pretty excellent weekend and got three days worth of fun packed into two. :o) Tyson, Brody, Sophie, and I hit up Cypress to celebrate my dad's birthday. There was way too much delicious food involved.

I love my sister.

Because of our awesome weekend, we are eating (a lot of) leftovers this week. I am breaking out some chicken taquitos for a shower next weekend and maybe something sweet for small group snack on Wednesday. 

Random Photo Wednesday

Always stealing Brody's frog. What a punk.

Christmas in (a few) photos

Uploading pictures from my camera...in order to make room for more! I got a new camera for Christmas, so I am pretty pumped to play with it. It's been overcast and completely gross the past two days though. :o(

 A little Christmas day bubbly...Messina Hof almond with a splash of sherry. Totally delish!

 This is her all the time face. Except maybe when it's dinner time. Or when Brody first comes to visit. After that, it's back to being Snarky McGee.

 Found this on my parents' tree...totally hilarious! Is it just me, or are the bears kind of worried-looking?

I took this last Saturday before packing everything up. Love our little tree!

New boots, whoop!

Random Photo Wednesday

Remember that time Iris hid in a cabinet whilst we unpacked all day? This weekend it was the bottom of a bookshelf.

Ridiculous.

My parents came over to our new house to help unpack kitchen stuff on Sunday. Iris came with them and decided her favorite place is inside one of our cabinets. She stayed there all afternoon. Such a little stinker.

School is back in session...for the teachers! Yesterday was our first day, and I came home exhausted (probably from the anxiety of presenting for my peers, although it was actually fun by the end of the day!). I had to take a little power nap before I worked on packing. :o) Today is more training; hopefully I remember to take a picture of my new classroom to share!

Someone's got a case of the Mondays...

Brody and Iris had some quality frog time this weekend.

Usually I'm not one to be bothered by Mondays, but today was brutal. Of course, I made it worse by wallowing in self-pity instead of just rolling with it. Brody did help me feel better when I got home. He licked my feet and wagged his tail super cute-like. Kind of gross actually, since he also licks my face with that tongue. Hmmm...

Tomorrow will be a better day though; it has to be--I'm on my last week of freedom here! And I use the term freedom loosely, as I'll be at school bright and early tomorrow for cub camp. And happy about it, of course!

I've got a pot of taco soup simmering on the stove and my new favorite devotional book to enjoy tonight. An adjustment of perspective is all I need! And a new episode of  the Real Housewives of New York generally makes me feel more sane as well...

Random Photo Wednesday

Can you feel the hate? I had just brushed her teeth.

Brody had a dog date! He loved it. And is now grunts at us all the time that he doesn't have enough friends.

Hola! I've been without Internet the past few days, thus the lack of bloggity posts. Brody has missed his online presence so I will satiate his request...

Serious Zoolander face. Totally going on our photo wall.

Happy.

The princess

I haven't gotten any pictures of the dogs I'm watching yet...it's been so overcast and stormy so far! Can I just say, I used to love rainy days...but rainy days with dogs are not nearly as fun. :o(

Weekend Shenanigans.

This weekend Tyson, Brody, and I decided to visit my parents at the last minute. Brody was being extremely mopey, and we thought a weekend with a backyard would cheer him up. Mission accomplished! Of course, I had to take a few pictures of Brody and Iris yesterday...

 So serious.

 A tad doubtful about...something.

 Yawny McYawns A Lot.

 Looking for his bunny friend.

 He is so happy!

 Loving the abundance of grass and a canine friend.

There is no menu planning to do, as we have muchas leftovers from last week and this weekend. I've got quite a bit of packing and organizing to do before a week of dog sitting and then a conference...I know this week will fly by!

I am a professional spring break-er.

This week marks the 21st Spring Break of my life. SB is a fave because it's short and sweet. Also, your husband can't get too mad at you for relaxing a lot because you're going right back to work next week! ;o) My week has entailed a few adult beverages, Dog the Bounty Hunter, coffee every morning, a haircut (four inches, yeehaw!), a lunch and movie outing with Mommy (This Means War--totally loved it), quality time with the Brody Bear, grading papers in a waiting room while Tyson got a root canal, and other miscellaneous adventures.

 Brody loves Spring Break too.

Adele Pandora station + coffee are a requirement every morning! 

What a little sweetheart.

I didn't do that awesome at picking crazy elaborate dinners, but here's what we had...
monday :: baked coconut shrimp, cauliflower mashed potato puree, and coleslaw (shrimp was decent, puree was yum!!)
tuesday :: Whataburger for Tyson while I hung out with Mom and Dad :o)
wednesday :: slow cooker baked potato soup (super easy!)
thursday :: crockpot pork carnitas (yum!)

We are one week away from Hunger Games! I almost bought some of the nail polish yesterday at Ulta but stopped myself in time.