A really long TAG.....

Welcome to the 2009 edition of getting to know your friends. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6a.m.

2. Diamonds or pearls? Big Diamonds Please
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Yes Man
4. What is your favorite TV show? The Bachelor, Desperate Housewives
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Coffee....(bad I know...) Or sometimes yogurt or fruit.
6. What is your middle name? Nicole
7. What food do you dislike? Sushi...ewwww. Or any fish.
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? I listen to my ipod or itunes.
9. What kind of car do you drive? 05 Jeep Liberty, Limited Edition:)
10. Favorite sandwich? sub sandwiches, any of them!
11. What characteristics do you despise? lying and people who are fake.
12. Favorite item of clothing? Jeans from BUCKLE
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Hawaii....have not been there and need to go!
14. Favorite brand of clothing? BKE...just like Joleen!
15. Where would you like to retire? Somewhere warm!
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? weird question, probably on my birthday when Sharon made me cake!! It had a picture on it that looked just like me!
17. Favorite sport to watch? football.....
18. Farthest place you are sending this? Washington
19. Person you expect to send it back first? Stephy
20. When is your birthday? August 15, 1982
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? definitely a night person
22. What is your shoe size? 7 1/2
23. Pets? hope to get one soon! (Does Kris count?)
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? You will see in June....:) hehehe
25. What did you want to be when you were little? A teacher...go figure.
26. How are you today? I had a GREAT day and a better night!
27. What is your favorite flower? Stargazer lilies
28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? June 5th then June 10th.
29. What is your favorite pastime? Organizing and decorating the house.
30. What are you listening to right now? American Idol
31. What was the last thing you ate?? Chicken, potatoes, salad and bread....and a BIG glass of milk!
32. Do you wish on stars? sure do
33. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? pink
34. How is the weather right now? Ohhh....COLDY...
35. The first person you spoke to on the phone today? Shelly from the office.
36. Favorite soft drink? H2O
37. Favorite Food at a Restaurant? pizza
38. Real hair color? Blonde
39. What was your favorite toy as a child? my little ponies

40. Summer or winter? Summer....I'm off!!
41. Hugs or kisses? kisses
42. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate
43. Coffee or tea? both please
44. Do you want your friends to email you back? Of course!
45. When was the last time you cried? last nite...when I read an email from my brother:(
46. What is under your bed? nothin...maybe dust bunnies....
47. What did you do last night? laundry, dishes, made the bed, watched a little TV and then went to sleep.
48. What are you afraid of? there's a few things....
49. Salty or sweet? sweet
50. How many keys on your key ring? 3
51. How many years at your current job? 1.5 or 2.5 of you count my internship!
52. Favorite day of the week? Saturday...mornings.
53. How many towns have you lived in? 2
54. Do you make friends easily? no, I only have few GREAT ones and I like it that way.
55. How many people will you send this to? LOTS might read it i'm sure!
56. How many will respond? Hopefully everyone.

Keep this going, maybe you will find out something about a friend...:) If you read the whole thing...I TAG you!

Fresh Start....next week.

Hey there~

So I thought I'd update my blog since when I wrote the last one I was REALLY annoyed. I am getting all new kids starting on Monday. That means 200+ new names, 200+ new personalities and lots of changes. I am looking forward to starting yet another new semester with wonderful students! I am excited to meet them:)

As for the other stuff....nothing is really new. Just been hanging at home and re-doing a few rooms. I just finished the kitchen...for now. The theme is "FAT CHEF." If you have not seen the FAT CHEF...here is a pic:

I am trying to convince Kris that we need to paint one of the walls (perfect for this) black and white checkers. It is going to look great. (I'm still working on him.) I have lots of cute things up....but this was the only good pic I could find for those of you unfamiliar with the fat chef.

So, that is all....I know, pretty boring! Kind of nice to be boring actually!

ANNOYING.....

So, I'm going to vent about my day. Scenario of the morning: we will call this student Billy. For the record I do not have a Billy.

Background: It is less than a week until semester ends and the kids are on the downhill slope for being out of my class and into another semester class. Billy has a 52%. A 52% is REALLY hard to get in my class. Things are REALLY clear cut and obvious. 52%=irresponsible.

Billy: "Hey Ms. Harrison. I was looking at my grades today and I noticed that I have a 52%."

Me: Yep, sure do. Did you not get the progress report I sent home 4 weeks ago?"

Billy: "Um, no." But what can I do to raise my grade? Do you have extra credit?"

Me; Not even changing expressions: "Nope you earned that one. Maybe you should have asked me 4 weeks ago when you had time to make it up."

Me: Just thinking...not saying...Billy I can't even think of an extra credit that would help you with that 52%

Billy: "Oh, so what should I do?"

Me: "Learn from this lesson. You get a 52%."

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I write this as if I am surprised....not so. What ever happened to RESPONSIBILITY?? WE were all responsible people weren't we? Do I sound old?

IS IT ONLY MONDAY??

BE NICE TO TEACHERS.

That's all.

7 things TAG

So....I'm out of blogging ideas. Guess it is time for a TAG.....

7 Things I can DO:
~make others laugh
~be a great friend
~clean a mean house
~deal with 7th graders all day
~teach Geography and History pretty great;)
~detail a car
~multitask like no other

(kind of pathetic, I know.)

7 Things I have a hard time doing:
~cooking....working on that one.
~Letting go of a grudge.
~Not taking things personally.
~Staying away from coffee/sugar that's bad for me and my braces;/
~Returning emails.
~Grading papers in a timely manner.
~being patient with people who are ignorant.

7 Things that attract me to Kris:
~He's tall
~He's stubborn
~He's really a dork
~He gives great hugs
~He smells good....most of the time
~He's responsible
~He doesn't take a whole lot of BS from people

7 Things I say often:
~"Can I have everyone's attention please?"
~"I'm not gonna lie...."
~"Excuse me, don't be rude."
~"We need to stay on task please."
~"You're a butt." (not to the kids...that's only what I'm thinking.)
~"I have a story!"
~"Have a great day."

7 Admirations:
~Mom
~Veteran teachers
~students that deal with things I've never dealt with
~Em
~Jen
~My brother....scary to go into the Army and so far away
~Kris when he is at work.....hard job he has. (I guess Kris all the time....okay okay.)

7 Favorite foods:
~Pizza
~broccoli
~WINE....!
~tomato soup w/ grilled cheese
~Any sub sandwhich
~lattes
~cookie dough ice cream

Happy Birthday to Kris!!

Kris is turning another year older tomorrow. Since we have to finally go back to work on his actual birthday, we celebrated this weekend. We went over to his mom Sharon's house and celebrated with his favorite dinner and German Chocolate Birthday Cake. He also seems to think that he is the MASTER of Scrabble and any other fun-family-game you can think of. WELL....he was wrong!! It turns out that I am the master of the card game Phase-10 and Sharon is the master of SCRABBLE. As the night went on and we became more tired the words got to be pretty interesting!! We really know how to party! ahahaha:) There were also a few funny quotes during the night that are worth mentioning......see captions below!

Here is the birthday boy himself. His cake would not be complete without the miniature chopper motorcycle!

Thanks to Sharon for making a wonderful dinner and the cake. And for beating Kris at Scrabble!

And then there is Steph~ she had her gameface on all night.....she is so fun. I think she even likes me more than her brother:)

Okay...funny quote of the evening. We were on our last round of scrabble and Steph says "alright you guys.....now I'm going to start playing for points!" (Well isn't that the object of the game.....?) This is her saying....."it's on now...playin' for points!"Happy Birthday my love!!!