Blog Stalk Friday

I'm linking up with Rockin' Mama for

Blog Stalk Friday...

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Five Question Friday

I'm linking up with Mama M at Five Crooked Halos for

FIVE QUESTION FRIDAY

1. Did you make any fun purchases this week?  That would be a big, fat NO!  School is just starting back and my money is tight....

2. If you could go to any musical concert, what would it be?  I'd love to take my husband to a Jimmy Buffet concert....his enjoyment would be a thrill for me!!

3. What is your least fav/ most fav house chore?  Like Mama M, I have no fav household chore.  I detest them all!  I especially dislike cleaning the bathrooms and emptying the dishwasher...but thank goodness I have a dishwasher to empty, right?  I guess my "fav" would be vacuuming....but it's a slim favorite!  :)

4. Would you prefer new appliances or clothes?  I'd love to have new clothes, but I'd also love to have a new double oven.  

5. Miracle Whip or Mayo?  DUKES mayo...ALL THE WAY!  No Miracle Whip for me and my fam!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. How in the world did I survive having three babies in less than two years?


2. Stand right here  in front of me.


3. Life's a dance you learn as you go.


4. The softball team often enjoys a picnic lunch.


5. That was where we first fell in love.


6. The beach is the place that I think of as "our place".


7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Postgame on Main, tomorrow my plans include either sleeping late or going to Orangeburg to the girls' volleyball tournament and Sunday, I want to go to Sunday school and church, and then relax!

It's OK Thursday

So....today I'm linking up with Neely and Amber for

"It's OK" Thursdays....

Looks like a lot of fun! 

It's OK...

..that the Bath Fitter man came to our house this morning with the wrong tub....we haven't even gotten to use the new shower yet!

..to splurge every now and then and have a Snickers peanut butter candy bar after a school-salad lunch.

..that Chuck has to go out of town tonight to evaluate a class and I don't have to cook supper....the kids and I can just eat a sandwich or run pick up some fast food.

...to pray that hurricane Irene misses the SC coast and just blows on out to the middle of the ocean.

....to think that working at MCHS with self-contained special education students is the best job I've ever hat!

..that sometimes you see so much spirit in your students that you end up having a good laugh at yourself and your reactions to their take on the world.

....to think that "boys will be boys," but you hope that your boy doesn't make foolish choices like the ones who vandalized Charles' truck yesterday afternoon while he played golf.

...that you arrange your Wed., Thurs., and Sun. evening schedules around the Big Brother TV time slot.

We Want to Know Wednesday

Hosted by Mamarazzi and Alicia aka Queso....go link up!

 1. What is the best advice someone has ever given you?  The best pieces of advice given to me came from my mama....she molded and shaped me into who I am today.  She mostly imparted old sayings, and her delivery was always right on time....thanks Mama!  I miss you so much!  

2. What is your greatest accomplishment?  My greatest accomplishments are my three healthy, well-rounded, independent children, and my Ed.S. degree in Special Education.

3. Who do you admire?  I admire many people, especially my husband, my siblings, and my parents.

4. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?  I would change my weight....wish it was easy, but it's definitely not....

5. How do you want to be remembered?  I'd like to be remembered as someone who made a difference in the lives of my family and my students.

Miscellany Monday

[one]

Our weekend was great!  I got to sleep late (really late) on Saturday, and then Chuck and I went out for supper.  On Sunday, L and MJ played softball in Hartsville.  When we got home from the tournament, I ran to the grocery store and then cooked baked spaghetti....and it was yummy!  I could definitely get used to laid back weekends like this since we are back into the groove of school and everything that goes along with a busy schedule.

[two]

Speaking of school...so far I'm having fun!  I do have five back-to-back classes, but my largest class has only 10 students.  I can live with that....

[three]

Bath Fitters comes today to redo Chuck's bathroom.  I am super excited for his to be done because that means my bathroom will be reworked next!

[four]

I love to hear the rain fall on our new metal roof.  We had a thunderstorm last night and the sounds of the drops hitting the top of the house was sooo soothing.

[five]

I have a special education meeting at the school district office tomorrow afternoon right after school, so I have to ask Mom Lawren and Mary Jo to let me use my car....hopefully there won't be any cross-eyed glares or pouty lips and I can go to my meeting with my sanity intact...

[six]

I had to have the "blood is thicker than water" talk AGAIN last night.  It seems that MJ's bf and Charles are not getting along because Charles tells the truth about things and some people consider that "snitching."  Well, as I told MJ, Charles is your brother, and your family will be there for you long after others leave....so learn to get along together or we'll curtail activities with those who cannot....

(She says everything is OK now...)

Go link up with Carissa and tell us what you're thinking about on this Monday!

Hot Saturday Night Date :)

What started out as a lazy Saturday ended in one of the best ways possible...

All of the kids have gone their separate ways....

MJ is at the mudbog...

Lawren is with L while she babysits....

Charles is at the pool....

Chuck and I are on our own so we

went out on a hot date

to the truck stop at I95...

Wendy's for a baked potato and chicken sandwich

and then on to Dairy Queen for a

buy one, get one half-price

BLIZZARD!

Yes, we are party animals!