Underbite

Thank you everyone, both on and off the blog, who helped out with the choosing of the Save the Date design.  Those should be coming to a mailbox near you sometime soon in the month of Feb.

I figured I would catch you up on Gus pictures since more have surfaced since his arrival.  He's beautiful and I can't help but to look at him in awe.  Friday can't come soon enough when I can actually meet the little guy in person!

Elizabeth, I hope you don't mind that I'm stealing your pictures to show off.  They're beautiful and I can't help but to share them to the world!

Time to Vote!!! Let me know which one you like best... or, if you don't have an opinion either way, then I would love to hear your thoughts or constructive criticisms! Thank you!

Finally, the moment we've all been waiting for... may I present to you my beautiful, brand-spanking-new nephew Gus.  We all love him so much already, and I am so eager to meet him I can't stand it!

The Save the Date designs are just about ready to be voted on.  I wanted to have them finished for this post, but ran out of time.  So, I'll try to have that post ready by Wed. if not earlier.  In the meantime, I've been dreaming about the summer, and, even though I don't have the body type to pull it off, I think that this swimsuit, sold by LaBronz on Etsy, is Amazing!

Stumbled across this over my lunch break.  How relaxing and cozy would it be to live here.  I completely swooned when I saw this.

This week has been busy.  Classes started (I've got class Tues., Wed., and Thurs.), I had an observation on Tues. that I believe went pretty well, I've been working on a prop for my buddy Brent, who's creating and managing the design of the event, and school + wedding stuff seals up any left over time.  Phew.  P.S. - Gus is coming soon, oh so soon, and I can't wait!!!

I have a post that I'm working on that I haven't quite finished writing yet.  So, in order to keep "good" with my resolution to create a post every Wed. and Sun., I'm going to put a short and sweet daydream of the haircut I want after Joey and I get married.  Usually, by the time my hair gets this long, I've already gone and chopped it off, so the fact that I have to wait 6 more months to cut it is driving me insane.  I love having my hair short and I only grow it out every once in a while to remember the long haired feeling.  Well, I'm missing my short-haired normalcy and looking forward to the post-wedding haircut.  This is what I'm thinking and I simply cannot wait for that freeing feeling that comes after you've chopped your hair off!

In an earlier post I had shown the process of the "Underwater Sea Collage"(based loosely around Eric Carle's techniques) that my students were creating at school.  The project has come to a close and I am extremely excited with the results.  The kids seem to have really enjoyed this project and the ending products are so much fun to look at.  They did a great job!  My pre-K, as well as my Kindergardeners and First Graders, used pre-cut, warm colored fish and line/shape patterns in order to populate their Underwater sea scene whereas my 2nd-4th graders used the their own textures that they created to draw and cut out any fish or underwater objects.

Wedding plans are slowly starting to come together and I'm beginning to ponder the smaller details more often as the bigger details begin to fall into place.  (By the way... I'm going to be working on an actual "Information Packet" with Joey and I's plans thus far for anyone who is interested.  This will be complete with pictures of the dress and bridesmaids dresses, cake ideas, grooms and groomsmen attire, and much more fun eye candy.)  Anyway, back to what I was saying... I'm thinking about hair.  Usually, when I grow my hair to about this length, I chop it off completely because I prefer it to be short.  However, I realize that it would probably be best to keep it long for the wedding... so I'm going to harness my urge to take some scissors to my hair and instead focus on some pretty hairdo's.  Please, let me know what you think and which hairstyles are your favorites!

If you're ever feeling indecisive and aren't sure what to do about any kind of food or drink consumption, then you can take a look at these handy dandy Food Charts on apartmenttherapy.com!  Pretty fun.

Ok, so tomorrow school starts back marking the beginning of a very busy semester.  I feel good about the mountainous "To Do" list that lies before Joey and I.  When I step back and observe this giant list of challenges, errands, hurtles, and tasks, it looks back at me dauntingly and mockingly... for, in the past, I have proven that organization and accomplishing large quantities of tasks consistently is not my forte.  However, it's a new year, with big milestones.  I've completed all of the courses and tests necessary to gain certification as a teacher, I'm going to be an Aunt soon... very soon, I'm taking the big plunge and getting hitched in June to my best friend, Joey, and I see the light at the end of the tunnel in getting my Masters at the end of FA2010.  It's definitely one of the most exhilarating and exciting times of my life, and I want to be able to breathe it all in and experience it to the fullest.  I have been extremely blessed, and the last thing I want to do is to take it for granted.
So, I'm going to step up to the plate and begin to knock off these "To Do's" one by one while shaking the urge to give way to "the lazies" and give up on my New Year's resolutions.  Though I might falter, I will work my hardest to not procrastinate, stay pro-active in achieving each individual goal, and remain positive when times get overwhelming.  This is my promise to myself.

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful New Year's sealed with either a kiss from their loved one or made merry by the company of good friends.  Goodbye to 2009 and welcome 2010.

This post will be short and sweet.  Cliche', though it is, I'm going to list my resolutions for the new year.  I'm determined to better myself and to stick with my goals, so hopefully, by posting them to the world, their will be more pressure, and therefore more motivation, for me to accomplish them.  So, simple as they may be, here are my New Year's Resolutions:

• To Quit Smoking... all together.
• To make it a point to have a real work-out AT LEAST twice a week.
• To keep a cleaner and more organized home.
• To really begin to eat healthier (guzzling LOTS of water) and cook more, using healthy meals and saving money by not eating out all of the time.
• To read at least 15 books this year.
• To complain less.
• To get into a routine of posting at least 2 posts per week... one on Wednesdays and one on Sundays.