The Cold Last Day

Finally, today is my last day of classes.  One final next week.  Two finals the week after that.  Then I’m DONE.  Well, I’ll be done for this semester anyway.  I can’t wait.

It is COLD today.  Snow in the forecast.  In South Texas.  How absurd is that? I was a kid the last time it snowed during the day here, like Timmy’s age.  That was A LONG time ago.

This Texas girl doesn’t like being cold.  Today, I’m grateful for my warm coat, my scarf.  Can you believe that I have seen 3 people walking around campus today in flip flops?  Really?  There is snow in the forecast, and you are wearing flip flops?  And you’re in college… 

Those of you who live in colder climates can laugh at me all you want, but I think it is stupid to walk around practically barefoot in freezing weather.  Socks, people.  Shoes.  It’s COLD outside!!

Thinkin' about . . .

So, I'm thinking about making this blog private.
What are the pros and cons? (I mean other than keeping creepy strangers away...)
Please share your thoughts. :) I'll let you all know what I decide.

Avoiding Homework

I’m so ready for this semester to be over, and I’m almost there.  I have 2 papers to write before Wednesday and an oral presentation the Monday after Thanksgiving.  Then finals.  I can’t wait for this semester to end!!  Did I say that already??  :)

Yesterday I was sitting at home.  Tanner was grumpy because he didn’t get enough sleep the night before, and I was feeling icky with morning sickness.   (Why does morning sickness have to last all day?!)  I really had no desire to write about The Question of Hu, a book I had to read for my history class.  So, I decided to make something.

Usually, my desire to make something translates into cooking something, but I’ve been reading a lot of craft blogs lately, and I really wanted to sew something.  So I did.  And I love it.

Here, check it out!

Sorry for the horrible pictures.  I broke my camera just before Halloween, so these were taken with my cell phone.  Not so great, I know.  (But now you know what to get me for Christmas, right? wink, wink) 

I’m not typically a gift card giver.  I think they are impersonal and frankly, they are cop-out gifts.  (Do you remember the Seinfeld episode where Jerry and George give Elaine cash for her birthday?) 

I’m just not a fan of a gift card as a stand alone gift.  Make this cute wallet, and the gift card doesn’t have to stand alone!  :)

I made this as a test run, and I’m happy with it, except for the stripes that didn’t line up properly, but whatever.  It fits very easily in my back pocket, very nice for trips to Sea World or the zoo… 

I’ll be making several more of these before Christmas… 

Here are the instructions!  http://verypurplestuffs.blogspot.com/2009/10/mini-wallet-tutorial.html

(Keep in mind that all the measurements are in CENTIMETERS, not inches!)

more busy-ness

I’m done with class for today.  I’m sitting in the library, about to start writing my paper for my Romantic Lit class.  I guess I should update this little blog so I can get to work on the stuff that matters, right?  Have I made any progress on my growing to do list?  Not much, but I’m getting there.

• I had my history exam this morning.  Thankfully, the professor posts the grades pretty quickly.  I got a 90.  I did better than I thought. :)
• My Romantic Lit professor pushed back the due date for the paper that I’ve been stressing out over.  It was due on Wednesday, and now it is due on Friday.  Hallelujah!!  I hope to have a solid thesis and outline, and maybe even introduction by the end of today.
• Next week I have another historical source analysis due.  The professor hasn’t handed out the info for that yet.
• And the book review is due on The Question of Hu, which was one of the most boring books I have ever actually completed.  I think that is supposed to be 5 pages, but it will come together really quickly, I think. 
• After all that, then it’s Thanksgiving break.  I’ll have an oral presentation to do for Romantic Lit.  I’ve got to figure out a topic for that still… yikes.

Are you all overwhelmed yet?  If anyone wants to come over to clean my house, play with my kids, cook me dinner….  {wink,wink}

I’m looking forward to Dec 16th.  That’s the day after my last exam.  I plan on staying in my pajamas all day long.  It’ll be great.

Accountability

Sorry if this post is a little on the boring side.  I need to post this for myself.  I’m not trying to stress out all my friends or whine about all the things I need to do.  I just know that if I publish my To Do List, there had better be improvement in some short measure of time.  Or I would be embarrassed. 

• History source analysis due November 4th.
• Romantic Lit paper (6-10 pages) due November 9th.
• History exam November 9th.

I’m behind in my reading for my history class, but I’m doing okay staying current with the other two classes.  So, my goal for this week is to get caught up in History, and pick a topic for my Romantic Lit paper.  I’ve got some ideas, but I need to see what I can find in the library before I can start writing.  In case you’re wondering, I just had an exam in my Structures of English class on Monday, and I feel pretty good about it. 

More stuff on the horizon:

• another Source analysis due November 20th.
• a book review on The Question of Hu also due on the 20th.
• an oral presentation in Romantic Lit, topic and date TBD.

And of course, there’s the never-ending laundry, dishes, meals to prepare, housework stuff; the mom stuff ,like Timmy’s homework and soccer practice; the church stuff for YW, all coupled with the fact that Doug is in school too…

Life is a little insane here… 

Pipsqueak

Today was a crazy day!  I feel like I should begin by telling you that I did a spin class last night at the gym.  (I’m loving it, by the way!) So, today, my legs are a bit sore, to say the least.  They were especially sore this morning…  Doug took Tanner to grandma’s house.  I took Timmy to the bus stop and then I left for school, but first I had to get gas…  School was pretty uneventful.  I’m feeling lots of stress.  I’m a little behind in two of my three classes.  It won’t take me long to get caught up, though…

 

After school, Doug and I had a Panera lunch together.  Then I had a parent-teacher conference with Timmy’s kindergarten teacher.  All good news.  He’s way ahead of the rest of his class since he can already read without much , if any, help.  She’s going to start giving him some first grade sight words to learn.  He’s pretty excited about that.  :)

 

Then, Timmy and I went to Supercuts for his haircuts, and we got some supplies for the church fall festival this weekend.  I bought him some Pipsqueaks.  Have you seen these?

He was so excited to get a box of so many markers.  They are about the same size as crayons, and it comes in the same flip-top box.

 

Timmy came with me to mutual tonight, and he brought his new markers with him.  He stood at a table with notebook paper and his markers for about 90 minutes.  He drew six pictures, and he is so proud of how they turned out!  I was just amazed that they kept his attention for 90 minutes.  That’s a long time for a 6-year old kid!  I do love my pipsqueak Timmy!

Slacker

I'm such a slacker. I just can't keep up with everything. Does anyone else feel that way??

Some things I refuse to slack on. Other things, though, almost always get the backseat... How do you decide what to accomplish, what to give all you've got, and what to let slide?

Six days a week. Six days a week. Six days a week. I get to be a priority to me. Six days a week I get at least 30 minutes to myself. 30 minutes of sweat... :)

And so I slack on some other things. My house isn't as clean as it could be. I'm not up-to-date on this little blog. I don't get to hang out with friends as often as I would like. I don't get to cook big elaborate meals as often as I would like, but I do find that I'm cooking more. I can cook healthier than any restaurant. :)

So, I'm a slacker. What can I say? It's true. I'm a slacker.

But this slacker lost five pounds last week. Maybe being a slacker isn't such a bad thing.