Guess what day it is tomorrow. . .

. . . I'll give you some clues:

Clue #1: Three new pairs of shoes. . . .



Clue #2: New clothes hanging on annoying store hangers. (Note to Self: Buy CC new hangers.)



Clue #3: A new backpack



Clue #4: A new desk chair.



Clue #5: A special outfit that has been laying out for three days (yes, tags and all)



If you guessed that it is Charming Child's first day of school, you are absolutely correct! (Excuse me while I jump for joy . . . ) I think that both of us are ready for the school year to begin. We found out who she got for a teacher this year, and we were both very pleased. Believe it or not, CC wanted Mrs. R because she is strict, and I wanted Mrs. R because the other 5th grade teacher's room is so cluttered I was afraid I wouldn't be able to volunteer in the classroom for fear of being sucked under the piles!

You may have noticed that there was not a picture of the new school supplies for the year. Then again, it may have not even crossed your mind. Last year the principal had the brilliant idea to sell prepackaged school supplies at a flat rate per grade, and the supplies would be waiting for your child on his or her desk the first day of school. Well, let me tell you, I was the first one to have my check in the office, with a big ol' "Hat's off to you!!" in the memo section! Believe me when I say, I would have paid quadruple the price of the packaged school supplies just to forego the arguing in the Target school supply aisle! I swear, if I had to listen to, "Well, Mrs. Fourth Grade Teacher liked this kind of pencil, so even though Mrs. Fifth Grade Teacher is requesting this kind, we better get the other kind," this year, I was going to lose my ever-loving mind!! Maybe I'm just more sensitive to this type of thing since I'm a teacher, considering I usually spend the entire first week hearing, "Mrs. Last Year's Teacher made us do it this way," to which I usually calmly respond, "Well, unless you would like to spend another year with Mrs. Last Year, I suggest you humor me and learn to do it my way!"

Here's to wishing everyone a fantastic 2007-2008 school year!

P.S. I apologize if this post didn't make any sense at all, and please excuse any grammatical errors you may have found, but I am not feeling that great, however I felt I had to write something since Little Sis so nonchalantly asked me today, "Uh, so, do you still have writer's block because you haven't written anything about your trip to California yet?" To which I had to remind her that I actually took a trip to Utah, and it wasn't that I had writer's block, it's just that I haven't been feeling so swell. I guess she hasn't been able to meet her 20% of internet time at work since my last post.

I have lots of pictures and lots of excitement (yes, we made it to East High) to share from my trip to Cali . . Utah. Hopefully I will get to that this week.

Get'cha Head In the Game because We're All In This Together (turn up your sound)

So, now that the latest Harry Potter book has been out for over a week, we can get back to our regularly scheduled excitement . . . High School Musical 2 premiers in 16 days!!! Come on people, jump for joy!! If you have not had the privilege of hearing about the HSM2 premier for the past, oh I don't know, forever, please contact me and I can put you directly in touch with the expert, Charming Child! I think she knows down to the minute when the movie comes out. She's not the only one though . . . word around town is that this is a BIG DEAL! The wonderful children have no idea when they go back to school, but they sure as heck know when Zac, Ashley, and Vanessa will be making their way back to the Disney channel . . . to be replayed over and over and over for the next six months!

For those of you who have not heard about High School Musical, come on, Get'cha Head In the Game, it's the Grease of the 00's! I must admit however, although I know every single, solitary word, to every single, solitary HSM song (which I really enjoy, by the way), I have never seen the movie in its entirety. I know, I know . . . shame on me! I did go see High Musical the Concert though (because I don't have a HSM fan in my house or anything!) and it was one of the best concerts I have ever been to . . . with Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani tied for second, because that Avril can rock and Gwen is just awesome!!

I can't really seem to remember the point of all of this now . . . why in the world did I just write all of this HSM stuff? Hmmmmm . . . Oh well . . . .

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Dear Travel Agent,

As you know, I will be flying in to Utah in a few days to attend my Sister's Bridal Shower. I am a little bit nervous about this because my blood is still thawing from the last time I went to Utah, but I am going to be brave and try it again. Please make sure you add this to my itinerary because Little Sis is just absolutely dying to experience the beauty of this event, and this weekend is all about her after all. Also, add this as well, because maybe I want to experience this one.

Finally, whatever you do, please locate East High in SLC, borrowed Home of the Wildcats, the place where HSM2 was filmed, because if my child does not get to "kiss the ground that Ashley Tisdale walked on" I may have to listen to some tantrum throwing this weekend, and frankly, I am not in the mood.

Your diligence with this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Mixed Up Me

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About ME!

Okay, so maybe I won't share EVERYTHING about me . . .I have severe Writer's Block lately, which is proven by the fact that the best thing I could come up with the past few days was biting spiders (that turned out to be fighting teenagers "in love") and attacking ants (who never had the chance to escape the vacuum bag.)

To be quite honest with you, I have been brainstorming, trying to find ways to write a letter to my youngest sister (NOT Little Sis) while using the least amount of cuss words, thus I haven't been able to think about much else!! *** Warning: If a few cuss words escape during this post, don't take it personally. Anyway, I don't want to get into the stupid details of my sister and her stupid choices, but I did send a message to the God of all Myspace pages reporting some "Inappropriate Activity."

Little Sis, the good sister, sent me a little message today about an article she read (while at work) about Americans wasting their time during work hours surfing the internet . . . apparently if I don't write each day, she is not able to waste the allotted 20% of her day, so since I still can't think of anything to write about that even remotely resembles an interesting read, I decided I would tell you about ME! Today is your lucky day . . .

1. I pursued a degree in Counseling because I am very damn nosy! I now, however, realize that I have enough drama and I don't need to get paid to keep track of the drama of others. I think I'll stick with teaching, and besides, kids can dish the drama. FYI Parents: If you don't want the teacher to know, don't say it in front of the children.

2. I love Mixed Berry Skittles, the purple bag, and I always have to eat my Skittles in matching pairs. (I know, you can sleep better now that you know this . . . yada, yada, yada!!)

3. I NEVER take the top lid in a restaurant. I don't want one that the person before me touched!

4. Speaking of being out in public, I never flush a public toilet with my hands . . . I always use my foot (that is if I can't wait until I get home to use the restroom.)

5. I always have to face the front door in any restaurant . . . I must know who is coming and going.

6. I drive with my doors unlocked because I'll be damned if I am going to be stuck in my car should it catch on fire or should I drive into a river!

7. I think the best invention is the Starbucks Drive Thru! A close second are Crayola Color Wonder markers. The worst invention has to be Crayola Color Explosion markers!

8. My favorite color is purple. Well, actually my favorite color is 18 karat gold, but purple is cheaper!

9. I always read the directions on my shampoo bottles and toothpaste tubes. Did you know there are trivia questions on the Herbal Essences bottle?

10. Though I strongly dislike math, I can solve ALMOST any math problem in my head faster than I can find a calculator. (It's all about the base ten method!!)

11. I can open a Starburst with just my mouth. (Yes, I can tie a cherry stem too, now stop!)

12. I am a sucker for nice packaging . . . this is not related to #11 so bring your mind to the surface! Seriously, I will buy almost anything if it is packaged attractively. Umm okay, moving on . . .

13. I love Madonna's 80's music . . . I made it through the wilderness, somehow I made it through, didn't know how lost I was until I found you . . .

14. I hate tanning lotion with bronzer . . . it always streaks my legs . . . and to the perky little tanning salon girl who tried to tell me, "Oh, it couldn't have streaked, it's never done that before," you better hope I don't feel the need to go tanning until I get my letter written because I am saving up all of my cuss words!

15. I really, really, really want to learn how to tap dance!

16. I'm an eyeshadow whore . . . I just can't help myself! I love to buy fun eyeshadow colors . . .which is really fabulous if I would actually wear them, yet everyday I put on the comfort color, Clinique's Double Scoop. Come to think of it, I would have so much more room in my bathroom drawer if I sold my eyeshadow collection on ebay, moreover, I would be able to afford my Clinique!!

17. My sister is goofy and I hope this list helped to satisfy her 20% quota of wasted time!!

Your turn, tell me about you.

Just stopping by . . .

Sometimes I feel I've got to (clap, clap) run away,

I've got to (clap, clap) get away . . .

This song doesn't really have anything to do with my post today (since I really don't know yet what I am going to write about . . . ) but I heard it on the radio yesterday and was reminded of how much I like it. I remember, back when I was a night club girl for a short phase in my life, they used to play some remix version of this song, and I used to get so irritated, because why ruin a good song with record scratching and extra crazy beats?! Oh well, atleast it was fun to dance to, which by the way I don't have an ounce of rhythm in my body, but anything is possible with a "little" bit of alcohol. Did I ever tell you the Goldschlager story? Well, that's a story for another day . . . .

Soooooo, where was I ? Oh, that's right, I have no idea . . . just feel the need to write . . . So what's been going on over here in this crazy house? Hmmmm . . .

. . . Mr. Egypt and I were watching My Super Ex-Girlfriend the other night . . . what a silly movie, especially the shark scene, oh dear . . . when we were interrupted by the shrill and torturous screams of Mr. Too Smart being attacked and carried away by 17 Bazillion biting spiders!!! We ran to his room to try to save him only to find that he was just FIGHTING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AGAIN!!!!! Too bad, taking on 17 Bazillion biting spiders would have made a great story! Oh please, I am begging you Mr. Too Smart, move on already!!!

Taking my own advice and moving on . . .

. . . Charming Child woke up this morning to find that all of the ants from the Greater Sacramento area had taken up camp in the formal living room AKA her stage/gymnastics floor. Before I could take care of the ants, she vacuumed them up!! Now, the ants are probably sitting in the vacuum bag, plotting a way to burst through and take over the house! I think I am going now to remove the bag and throw it away, or quite possibly burn it because I hate those little itchy things. I hate the way they just invite themselves in to the house whenever they get tired of being outside, and if it isn't bad enough that they bring themsleves, they bring their entire extended family as well . . . oh, nevermind, you get the point!

Well, I guess the bottom line is, nothing exciting has been going on over here in this small section of the world . . . I just wanted to say "Hi!"

Teenage Love

Mr. Too Smart has been fighting with his girlfriend over the phone for like three weeks now, seriously!!

This is all I have heard from this boy in forever . . . "I don't trust you. I love you. Don't ever break a promise again. I love you. Your word means nothing to me because you keep lying. I love you. You're being stupid. I love you. Why are you in a bad mood? I love you." and so on and so on and so on!

Okay, I know, been there done that . . . it's hard to walk away from your first "real" relationship, but I am really a few inches away from solving the problem myself by simply banging their two sweet little heads together, hard!

Does anyone have a box to put over my head?

That's all . . .