It's August!

Can you believe it? The summer is just flying by. I had a PD for school today and I have to say, it kinda stressed me out. Not the actual PD, but it got me thinking about how much stuff I need to do to get ready for the year.

I've been keeping a Google doc of To-Dos for this upcoming school year so at least all the thoughts are organized and not floating around in my brain! BTW, I use Google docs for pretty much everything.

I just need another two or three months of summer vacation & I think I can get everything done...

I came across a great kindergarten website and that's led to finding more & more awesome teaching sites. Here's just a few:

Clutter Free Classroom

Kindergarten Works

Miss Kindergarten

Look How Lovely

If you recall, we had a huge limb fall and almost hit my car. We called the city about having the tree removed since we'd prefer not to have our roof smashed in by a gigantic falling branch in the future.

They said they would remove the tree but they were going to wait until winter. So I was quite surprised to come home from school today and find this beauty in our front yard:

I'm really hoping that the city is planning to finish up tomorrow because that is not cute! I'm excited to have a new, non-monstrous tree planted next spring.

So...

about this half-marathon. My achilles tendons/ankles are saying no. They have been so sore since I've started running a lot lately. Sore as in I have to walk down the stairs funny. Do I really want to do a half-marathon? The magic eight-ball is saying "heck no" today!

I am, however, enjoying running more regularly. I'm getting into enough of a routine lately that I feel bad if I don't get some exercise in. Usually I'm pretty good about staying on the couch, guilt-free!

So I don't know about the half-marathon. Worth the pain from training? I don't know!

Four Eyes

My new glasses came in. I'm not going to be wearing them much, but for driving- yes. Grocery shopping? Probably. It's hard to see the signs!

Dorky? Yes. I like them though.

On an entirely different note...does anyone do freezer meals? I was thinking that it might be a good idea to have some meals prepped and frozen for the beginning of the school year. That time of year is so exhausting and I don't usually feel like cooking. Rather than eating out all the time, I thought it would be good to prep meals while I have time. Any good website or cookbook suggestions for freezer meals?

Tapas & Paella

That's what we had for dinner last night...we had some delicious tapas, paella, and sangria for our anniversary dinner. Yum!

Gil kept taking pictures of me while I was getting ready to leave...

Anniversary picture!

We finished out with our typical trip to the pastry shop for dessert. Yes please!

Gil got a peanut butter mud pie and I got carrot cake, of course. I don't know when it happened, but carrot cake has moved into my top two desserts, I think.

Since we got sangria at dinner, we didn't have our Year 3 bottle of wine...savin' it for another day.

Happy Anniversary to Us!

3 years of wedded bliss!

Set to Ingrid Michaelson's "The Way I Am"- Our wedding song!

The Mirror is Up!

Lately I've been taking the bull by the horns...at least with hanging things up in our house. Normally I would probably ask Gil to hang the mirror and pictures that I've hung around the house lately. I don't have a great track record for placing things on the wall in a good spot or hanging things straight. But I have to say, I've been on a role lately so I decided to tackle the mirror. I had a few problems, but was able to get it up on the wall successfully.

I love that this mirror was on sale at IKEA for (I think) $14.99 or so.

Fun pattern, pretty drawer knobs.

I don't know what all I want on this sideboard type table yet, but this is how it's currently looking. On the right is a vase of fresh lavender from Trader Joe's that I picked up today. So delicious smelling! I also framed my favorite of the prints from the IKEA pack that I used in the upstairs bathroom.

Here's another shot taken from the living room looking into the dining room area. The space where the red table is has been empty for the past two years. I love how it adds a pop of color, storage, and visual interest!

I really haven't spent much time decorating the basement, but I bought this from Target this week. I'm not a big proponent of buying pre-framed art from big chain stores, but I thought this was a really fun print.

Here's a shot from far away. I centered the picture on the wall, but now I kinda wish I hadn't because it would be fun to put a few smaller frames next to it. Maybe some other time...

I love these pillows that we picked up from IKEA a while ago. The green rug is also from IKEA. It looks dark here, but it's a fun bright green color actually. I'm not so good with picture-taking!

It's fun for me to keep track of our house progress since we bought it two years ago. I love our little bungalow!