Catching Up...

With the first week of school done...there is a little breathing room until Monday rolls around again. I need to "scrapbook" my pics on here as there has been a lot happening in this last week (so long post and pic overload.) I think I will go backwards and start with what we were up to today.

We went with my mom on her boat to an area where you have the creek on one side and the ocean on the other...it is actually beyond beautiful. It was so peaceful and Norah had fun in the water, finding shells, and helping Daddy as he caught two red fish...both keepers and our dinner for Sunday! (I love Norah wearing her shades!)

Mom cooling off in the water

Fish #1

Last night we went to our friend's house for a little back to school party (2nd Annual)...after the super busy week...I was ready for a glass of wine! The kids had a blast on the slip and slide...it was a great night with awesome folks, delicious food, and good times!

Most importantly this first week of school makes Norah an official 2nd grader! I cannot believe it! She loves her teacher and class...and has been super excited to go to school each day (which makes me so happy!) She picked out her outfits for the first three days and of course I took a pic of her each morning! I love this girl to pieces and it was hard getting back to not being with her all day...I missed her so much!

And I had my first day of school...here is a pic of the teachers at our school they took this week during a teacher workday. This week was all about getting back in a routine of school (students and myself!) so that this Monday it can really crank into gear.

Before school started we had dinner at my aunt's house where she cooked up some crabs she had caught in her crab trap...they were yummy and it was a fun, relaxing night.

And Norah and I enjoyed one last beach day before school started with just the two of us (I am missing that time with her already!) We only stayed about 2 hours because the jelly fish were out!

Well tonight was family night and we went to dinner at Habanero's and then played UNO (which Norah won the most games!) Norah was so worn out that she put herself to bed tonight early. Now it is time for me to crash so I can get ready to do a zillion things tomorrow to prepare for a new week!

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Catching Up...

Thursday Things...

Well I am back at school and what awesomeness it is! We have such an amazing group of people and everyone is excited about the kids coming back next week. Even though I miss my Norah and lazy beach days...there is so much fun happening with my coworkers that it makes it an easier transition back to work mode. I am just teaching this year and I am pumped to finally get to teach Algebra I...it was always one of my favorite classes! Plus 6th Grade Math, 7th Grade Pre-Algebra, a technology class based on ITGS, and a little enrichment action for 6th graders too. We were given a great plan to follow for our homeroom each day which will be so beneficial to the student...lesson on character, time management, etc. Everything I believe a student needs for the real world! Okay enough of the work talk...

So I had put my name on the wait list at the library for a few books I am pumped up to read and they all came up at the same time so I need to get my read on! Eek!

Earlier this week I went to a friend's house to play the game Cards Against Humanity and it was so much fun! I cannot remember the last time I laughed that hard...love you ladies and glad to know we are all just as twisted in our thought process! Hahaha! ;)

Okay here are two things I totally want for my house...these Owl pics...(I heard they were from Ballard Designs?? but I couldn't find them...)

And I totally want to "blow up" a page in a book and make it into something like this...

I think the hardest thing would be deciding what page of what book...

And tonight I had a fabulous dinner, poured a glass of wine in my new favorite wine glass (a gift from my friend Ladd and it is awesome! Thank you!! And Happy Early Birthday Deb!), getting ready to watch a pre-season NFL game on ESPN, and then read some of my book...perfect night!

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Friday Five

1. I saw "Guardians of the Galaxy" last night with my mom and Aunt. It was fabulous!

Let's discuss...Peter Quill is the bomb, I may start just walking around and answering "I am Groot" to all questions, I have downloaded the Awesome Mix Vol. 1 so that the next time I disagree with someone I might just start dancing for distraction purposes.

and Lee Pace as Ronan (I cannot believe that is the same person as "Ned" in Pushing Daisies which I was so sad when it was canceled as I loved that quirky show.)

2. My computer crashed earlier this week and I think I saved all the documents and such on it but not all my Favorites/Bookmarks...which is not making my life easy with school about to start and I had a zillion school related sites saved there.

3. Speaking of crashes...my phone crashed this morning and required a trip to Myrtle Beach to the Verizon Store...now it is fixed which means I feel whole again. ;)

Basically I kept telling myself....



4. Today is the last Friday I will be home with Norah before it is back to school...so we are headed to the beach this afternoon to meet some friends. I think we are both pretty excited about this!

5. Tonight the Panthers play the Bills in a Preseason game...it says it will be on CBS locally to watch (fingers crossed)...so excited football is back! (I do love #59 in the background too...I'm just saying...)

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Friday Five