What I'm Loving

Happy Wednesday, blog friends! We're halfway through the week and halfway through April...the summer is quickly approaching! With that being said, I'm loving many things that have to do with the summer today!

I'm loving that there are exactly 7 weeks until the last day of school...I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

I'm loving that the weather had finally turned warm for good. It's been nice to be able to wear skirts and dresses to work! My piggies have been happy to be free on the weekends, too. I live for the days that I can wear sandals. Soon enough they'll be free every day!

I'm loving that there are two half days this week...they gave us time off for parent teacher conferences, but since my team is so awesome and we have the majority of ours done, we get to leave early!!

I'm loving that I get to go back to visit our wedding venue on Friday with our planner...I can't wait to see it again!

I'm also loving that there are only 164 days until our BIG day....I can't wait to marry my best friend and become Mrs. Kuhn.

I'm loving that I get to spend lots of time with friends and family this weekend! Sissy has a horse show and my bff is having a bridal shower. It shall be an exciting weekend!

and as always, I'm loving my sweet sweet hubby to be.

:)

Linking up today with this lovely lady for What I'm loving Wednesday!

Finish The Sentence

I know, I know...bad Katie. Haven't posted in forever. However, spring break is next week and I'm planning to do much blog-posting while we're away in heaven at the beach. :)

As I was catching up on my blogs tonight, I stumbled upon this fun link-up called Finish The Sentence. After stalking reading into the blogs of the hosts a little, I found out how hilarious and great their blogs are. Head over to Jake or Holly's blogs to see the fun! :)

1. If calories didn't count, I would eat...thin mints all day, every day! Not to mention drinking all the wine and eating all the ice cream and chocolate that I possibly could. The list could go on and on. Man, I love food.

2. On my prom night...I went midnight bowling and my mom cooked us breakfast at like 4am on my junior year. Senior year was a MUCH different story. There's this drink called Green Monster that I will NEVER, NEVER drink ever again in my life. It consists of Mountain Dew, green kool-aid, and some kind of  liquor. We went to a party and I drank waaaaay to much. My prom date was driving, and on the way home I proceeded to make him pull over so that I could puke. I spent the night at his house (WITH OTHER PEOPLE) and I'm not certain that his mom knew I was drunk. I got up and left before they all woke up the next morning. Fun times.

...oh, back when I was tan AND skinny.

3. When I go to the store I always buy....random things that always happen to somehow mysteriously find themselves in my cart. Oh, and diet coke. Always diet coke.

4. Family functions typically...consist of some sort of shenanigans that only they would understand. Speaking of shenanigans, I shall be joining the previously mentioned family for 7 days of those shenanigans in less than 48 hours! Watch out, world.

5. I think my blog readers...have given up on me. Whomp whomp.

6. I'd much rather be...Knee deep in the water somewhere, got the blue sky, breeze and it don't seem fair, the only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair. Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky

never been so happy never felt so high and I think I might've found me my own kind of paradise. 
ZBB, you have my heart.

7. I have an obsession with...my fiance, cats (yep. Crazy cat lady right here), Criminal Minds, Shemar Moore, the beach, and diet coke. Give me a combination of any or all of those things and I'm pretty much set. Come on, who doesn't love this face? 

8. My work friends...probably think I'm a basketcase and a psycho, but they're the only thing that gets me through the day! Toughest year of teaching. EVER. 

9. When I created my facebook account...I was really excited because I had just been accepted to college and could FINALLY get a facebook account. Priorities, right?

10. My least favorite word is....crotch. Always has been, always will be. I refer to that general area as my "lady parts". It gives me the heebie-jeebies just typing it.

11. I really don't remember...much of anything that requires short term memory. I've got the short term memory of a gnat. However, ask me about something that happened a while ago, and I'll give you ridiculously tiny details that people think i'm crazy for remembering and then I get these funny looks. Both a blessing and a curse. So if you want to know what I had for lunch today, ask me next week.

12. Justin Bieber...is REALLY AWESOME and yes I'm 25 and YES i will rock out to a JB song on the radio. Go ahead, judge me.

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Life Lately

   Ya'll. Life is nuts. Let me tell you. I'm working 50 hours a week plus trying to plan a wedding and still have a life. Yeah, right. So, blogging has taken a backseat for now. What's been going on, you ask? Well, let me tell you. I know you're all dying to know.

Wedding:

• We have [hopefully] chosen a DJ and we found our wedding rings the other day!
• We hit a bump in the road with accommodations for the bridal party--so we're searching for somewhere in Wilmington, NC if anyone has any suggestions.
• I'm in search of a flower girl dress. There are so many cute ones out there but I'm not about to pay a trillion dollars for a dress for a 2 year old. She's cute enough as it is ;)
• I found my shoes....check them out!
• I had a meeting with my planner last week and we've set the "vision" for the wedding and are going to start working on the smaller things soon...I'm getting so excited!

Work:

• We just had our last round of "Mock" testing (aka the practice for the real EOG) last week and my kids did really well! I'm so stinkin' proud of them.
• My closest girlfriend at work just took another job. Her last day was Friday. I'm not sure how I'm going to feel tomorrow when I walk in and she's not there. I've thrown myself a pity party but the show must go on!
• Next week we have an assembly to celebrate the end of Black History month and everything that the students have done. On our wing, the kids wrote a paper about a historical figure and created a 3D monument. I'm really excited to see what the kids have come up with!

Life:

• I've been sick for a few days now....like, terrible cold sick. I can't stop coughing and I've gone through an entire bottle of OJ and a box of tissues since Friday. I can't seem to catch a break these days!
• Speaking of sick, it's making work that much harder...I'm tired all the time and have no motivation to do much else after work. Blegh.
• My birthday is coming up--one week! I'll be 25. Half a century. Holy moly. I'm having a tough time coping. 

That's about it. Life is crazy. So are my pets...the dog is rolling around on the floor right now making snorting noises and I'm sure the cat is into some mischief somewhere. Hooray for leftover Chinese for dinner tonight and watching last night's Walking Dead! :)

Friday's Letters

I'm sitting in front of my computer at 7:45am on a Friday morning, when I would normally be greeting students at the door. I am thankful for a two hour delay but secretly I'm severely disappointed that we didn't get a day off. Also, I know I'm a slacker. I haven't posted in forever. But let's get real. My life isn't all that exciting. I work, I come home and spend time with my fiance, and I spend my weekends working from home. Exciting, right? Wrong. Anyway...here's my contribution this week. Linking up with Ashley from The Sweet Season for Friday's Letters! :)

Dear Friday, thank you for finally showing up! I was beginning to worry that you weren't coming. Dear so called "snow", you were supposed to get me a day off. Not just a delay. Once again, I'm disappointed. Dear Cinnabon creamer, thank you for making my coffee so delicious in the morning. I'm forever grateful. Dear alarm clock, I forgot to reset you last night because of the delay and you woke me up at my normal time. For this, I am not happy with myself. Dear anxiety, stop. Just stop. There is nothing more to be said there. Dear children, please behave today. I know you are excited that it snowed last night, but I am not prepared to deal with drama today. It's Friday! Let's all be happy. Dear newly instated every-Friday-staff jeans day rule, not having to agonize over 50 million different choices of what to wear on Friday morning makes my life just slightly better. And for that, I am thankful. Now I just throw on a school shirt and my jeans. Win. Dear fiance, you are sexy when you work out (which is what you are currently doing). Also, I'm proud of you for acing your annual review. I always knew you were top notch, but now everyone else finally acknowledges it, too. I love you.

I leave  you with this. I know, we're adorable.

Why do I only post when I'm sick?

Hello Thursday...another sick day from work. I have now blown through my 5 paid days that I'm allotted to take off for the year. 3.5 of them have been sick days. 3.5 sick days in 4 months of school. I thought I was supposed to get sick in my FIRST year of teaching, not my THIRD!!!   

Anyway, I digress. The main point of this post was to participate in It's OK Thursday!

It's OK...

...to feel guilty about taking so much time off right before Christmas break

...to watch Gossip Girl ALL DAY on your two sick days off 

...to not get off the couch at all on either one of your sick days

...to be excited about being able to STOP feeling guilty about being sick after school lets out at 4pm today.

...to have an "End of the World" dinner tonight with your fiance that includes filet mignon, asparagus, twice baked potatoes, and champagne.

(no we do not really believe the world is going to end tomorrow. It's a joke.)

...to be a little nervous/worried about your appointment tomorrow.

Christmas Eve is 4 days away, ya'll! 

We will be leaving to go to Z's mom's house on the 23rd--so that gives me only 3 days. I still have lots of presents to wrap, cookies to bake, and a house to clean. 

Oh boy.

Enjoy the rest of your Thursday!

Letters

Happy Friday, ya'll. I'm still stuffed from Turkey Day! It's nice to have the day off to relax and to have no real plans. We're going to head back to our house in just about an hour and will probably lounge for the rest of thr weekend!

Friday's letters!

Dear Ipad, thanks for being so convenient! I didn't want to pull my laptop to start this post anyway. Dear dog, I'm sorry you have to wear that silly cone. I hope the fleas leave you soon! Dear Blogger, thanks for having a handy-dandy 'save' button so that when 3G goes out on the ride home, I can finish my post later. Dear family, I thoroughly enjoyed our time yesterday. Thanks for being so awesome. Dear food, you tasted SO delicious last night...however, my stomach was not happy that I decided to consume so much of you yesterday.  Dear lesson plans, thank you for being so easy to make this week! I like testing weeks. Dear Sissy, I can't wait for our birthday shenanigans on Tuesday...you'll be so excited once you find out what we're doing. teeheehee. Dear fiancé, thank you for being so incredible. I am still in awe of how I got so lucky. Dear ridiculous Black Friday shoppers, I'm currently sitting at home in my sweatpants, relaxing with my fiance instead of standing in line for hours to save just a few dollars. Priorities, folks.

I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of their long weekend...now that all of my papers have been graded and lesson plans have been written, I can spend the rest of my time relaxing with this guy! :)

xoxo