I survived Parent-Teacher Conferences...barely

So today was Parent Teacher conference day and boy was I nervous. So nervous in fact that I threw up twice before I got to school and once as I was walking in. Who knows if it was just nerves or maybe a touch of food poisoning, but it definitely was not fun being nauseous all day long.

Conferences went really well after I got in the swing of things and all of the parents seemed very receptive to my recommendations and concerns. Yay!

After leaving work I went directly to Half Price Books because today was the last day that they had an additional 20% off for teachers. Boy am I glad I went! I got about $100 worth of awesome best selling children's books for a total of $35- yay! I am most excited about the pristine hardback copy of "No, David!" by David Shannon that I found. David Shannon is by far my kids favorite author and is quickly becoming mine as well - his books are so cute! My class asks me to read that book to them literally every day about 3 times so I'm glad I now have my own copy and don't have to sneak next door to get Tiffany's copy. Yay for new books!

This evening I am working on lesson plans for my official Region IV observation tomorrow- I am super nervous so keep me in your prayers! Off to bed I go now!

Haaaaaaarrrrrrryyyyyyy Potter!

This weekend Casey and I did not do much at all and loved every minute of it! On Friday afternoon we did yard work and I mowed our entire 1/4 acre front and back yard all by myself! WHOO HOO!! This is only the 3rd time I have ever mowed a lawn - so YAY! After the yard work and a much needed shower, Casey and I went out to eat at Brother's Pizza and I cheated (GASP!) on Atkins by having a delicious slice of pizza. I figured that I burned at least twice that many calories mowing the lawn so I deserved a little treat. After that we went to Wal Mart where they had all of the Harry Potter movies on sale and we bought the first one since I have never read the books or seen any of the movies. I also bought a really cute shirt from Miley Cyrus/Max Azria's new line for Wal Mart which is SO CUTE!! I was really impressed! We went home and curled up on the couch with the dogs and watched as much of the movie as we could get through before going to bed. I really loved the movie so I decided to start reading the books with all this time I have on my hands. I went to the library and luckily - they had plenty of copies for me to borrow. That's my project for this week - Book 1!


This week I only work 2 or 3 days so I am going to have a ton of time on my hands. I am hoping to get the front and back gardens weeded and the house super clean.

Also - today is the last day of my Alternative Certification Program! I have one assignment to do and then I'm done. Now I just need that job.....