Tagged Again!

I was tagged by Jennifer at Another Online Mom to do this fun questionnaire. So here goes....


1. What is your current obsession? Working out and thinking about my future race goals. I know crazy.

2. Which item of clothing do you wear most often? Lately...layers...the weather has been up and down.
3. What's for dinner? Grilled Chicken

4. What are you listening to? Annoying show on Nick...Fairly Odd Parents.


5. Say something about the one who tagged you.
Her blog is so fun to read. She has great fashion tips and links me to the sales and trends. Oh and her kids are so cute and they love Disney.

6. Favorite vacation spots? Camping in Wisconsin State Parks

7. What am I reading right now? New Moon and my Runner's World Magazine
8. Four words to describe myself: Friendly, Outgoing, Energetic, and Loyal.
9. Guilty pleasure? Dumb reality TV (The Cougar, Rock of Love Bus and I will be DVRing the new season of the Housewives New Jersey)
10. First spring thing to do? Organize and plant flowers.

Now I will pass this fun questionnaire onto...

Hairbows and Guitar Picks
Dr. Wifey
Wacie's Way

Tagged~ All About the 8s

I was tagged by Shelly at Hair Bows and Guitar Picks for this all about the 8s post. You need to complete all things 8 and tag 8 other blogger friends to do the same.


Here I go......


8 Things I am Looking Forward Too

1. For the weather to stay nice
   
2. The adult only weekend of camping in June


3. My third triathlon in July


4. The last day of school this year


5. A Mexico vacation for next Spring Break (that's the plan anyway)


6. All of the camping trips we have planned this summer with our friends/family


7. Swimming outside
8. Wearing capris to work later this week! Yea my Spring wardrobe...finally!

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Folded Laundry



2. Taught a room full of second graders



3. Worked out at the Y



4. Watched a little TV



5. Went on Facebook



6. Read my Runner's magazine



7. Did the dishes



8. Ate healthy all day

8 Things I Wish I Could Do

1. be on the show Survivor



2. catch a plane to the ocean



3. run a half-marathon



4. get lasik surgery (no more contacts)



5. bait and take a fish off the hook ( that would really surprise my hubby and kids)



6. have a girl's shopping weekend away



7. go on a romantic trip with hubby~somewhere tropical



8. get rid of clutter...it drives me crazy!

8 Shows I Watch

1. Survivor



2. Amazing Race



3. American Idol



4. Desperate Housewives



5. Grey's Anatomy



6. Private Practice



7. Dancing with the Stars



8. Wife Swap (if I am home on Friday nights)

8 Blogger Friend's I Tag to Have a Little Fun Doing All Things 8

Dr. Wifey

Wacie's Way

Mommy Kingdom

Nap Warden

Seeking Sanity

Newly-wedded Wife

Porter's Ponderings

More Wine Please

A lot of Blog Love

I am feeling so loved in Bloggerland. I was nominated for many things last week and tagged too. It feels so good to get these awards. Now, if I could get recognition like this in my job. In a sense I do. The real test will be in a couple of weeks when Christmas rolls around. I am hoping my students paid close attention to my favorites. ( Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Coke, coffee, chocolate, scents of the seasons...candles, plug ins, etc) I look like some caffeine junkie. Oh well....I wouldn't trade my job this year for anything....it is great and I am so thankful. Anyways, on to the awards....



First up...Carrie at Confessions . You are tagged at the bottom of this. You rock girl. I nominate you for the middle two and the tag at the bottom.

She nominated me for the Butterfly award. I look forward to her reads. She is so honest and funny. I get my "southern" fix by reading her thoughts. Thanks!

The rules for this award are:

1. Put the logo on your blog

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you

3. Nominate 10 other blogs

4. Add links to those blogs on yours

5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

So for the butterfly award, I nominate.......

Shelly at Just the Girl....she takes great photos and has the cutest family.

Kat at Seeking Sanity....she is from my home state and has such cute little ones at home

Adlibby....I loved her post on forty year olds....my gut hurt from laughing.

Jennifer at Another Online Mom...she has the best tips and ideas....she is like our own personal shopper.

Dr. Wifey....a newer blog to me, but love her interesting job and her southern ways.

P at Life is Better with a Cute Outfit... just like the title. She has a love for shoes and so do I.

Mrs. D at A Dash of Crazy...another newer blog for me. She is a teacher with great stories.

More Wine Please...I love the photos she takes. She is a great photographer.

Mommyvents...I love how she cusses sometimes to get her point across. Very funny blog... love it.

Laurie at Newly-weddedwife...she knows the latest fashions and TV world gossip.

Now the rules with this award dictate that I include these kind words:"This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

Thank you Adlibby for these awards.

Thank you Jennifer at Another Online Mom.

I tag you for the Butterfly award and the other two also.

The rules are simple:
1. Show the icon on your blog
2. Tag seven others to partake in the fun times.
3. List ten random things about yourself.

Ten Random Things About Myself

1. I hate the sound of a dental drill...makes my skin crawl.



2. I have never been to Florida.



3. I would love to be on the show Survivor.



4. I pace the house if I don't get a chance to work out.
   
5. I am doing a snow dance today.


6. I want to stay home tomorrow and make Christmas cookies.
   
   
7. I drink a Diet Mountain Dew every morning after coffee.


8. Mint Mojito gum by Orbit is awesome.
   
9. I love Gone with the Wind. It is a great movie.
   
10. I crave chocolate..only once a month. Just take a guess when?
    
    

Thank you to everyone for all of these. For the 10 blogs I named, you can snag all of these awards and honors. You are all well deserving of these things. Thanks so much for reading and making comments. :)

Tagged Today!

I was tagged by Just A Girl to do this random or weird thoughts post. It is hard to think of things so I will try my best to not bore anyone with my ideas or thoughts. Here it goes.....

1. I am double jointed in my elbow. If I lean on a table it looks like my arm is crooked. ( Maybe that is why I never made cheerleading...crooked arm and all)

2. I cannot wait to buy a new camera and take lessons on how to use it. I am a visual learner..not much for reading directions...just show me how ...please!!

3. I hate tomatoes and even the smell of them. Yuck.

4. I've never been to Florida and my brother lives there. I am the bad sister...need to visit sometime.

5. If I wasn't a teacher I think I would of been a meteorologist...hence the nickname "Sally Severson" (local weather lady)

6. It seems whenever I go out with friends I am the "grannie" of the group. I guess one positive it makes me feel young. Card me bouncer...please....

7. I am thinking about doing a half marathon in May. The mini-Indy. I am nervous...just need a few shoves in the right direction and I am so there!! Rock on!

I tag the following blogs I love to read!

Laurie~ Newlywedded-wife

Malia~Gaby's Journey

Confessions

Life is Better...

Caffiene Court

Seeking Sanity

More Wine Please

Book MeMe

I was tagged by Confessions to do a book meme. This was a fun one. Thanks for the tag. I love to share my interests with others.


The Rules!!!!

• Grab the nearest book.


• Open the book to page 56.


• Find the fifth sentence.


• Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your blog along with these instructions.


• Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.


• Tag five other people to do the same.

I grabbed a book I am reading for my Grad class. ( It was in my school bag...I have a lot of grading to do tonight and homework for my class) The book is: Classroom Instruction that Works~Research Based Strategies For Increasing Student Achievement . Here it is....Rewards can have a negative impact on intrinsic motivation whe they are offered to people for engaging in a task without considering any standard of performance. In a classroom, this might occur if a teacher promised students tangible rewards simply for doing an activity.

I choose to tag ....Laurie, Malia, any other takers?? Didn't know who else to tag for this? Anyone?? Anyone?? :)

***While doing this all I can hear is a constant beep, beep...Alyssa is getting texts like crazy....middle schoolers are nuts!

MEME Post

I was tagged by PortersPonderings for a "Meme" post. I have never been tagged to do this before, so I will do my best. It is really hard to think of 6 random things about yourself. I can think of 6 things, but random is another story.

First, the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on the blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know they have been tagged.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.


Here it goes: Six random things about myself (this is so hard...it may take me the whole day to think of things)

1. I love to start my day with coffee. My favorite thing is too add cinnamon vanilla creamer~yummy. The only days I don't drink it, are the days I had 1 too many cocktails the night before.
2. If I don't get to work out on my work out days, I get awfully cranky and pace. (My husband thinks I am NUTS) I would have to agree with him.
3. I cannot stand the sound of my alarm...I sometimes get worked up throughout the night just thinking about that awful sound. I don't mind getting up...it's the alarm. It is like a bullhorn in my ear and I am not kidding. My heart starts to pound when it goes off. I guess that is what I get for buying it at a garage sale for 50 cents. I guess I was to cheap to buy one once mine broke. Or the fact that I was using a Dora Explorer one for the longest time. Again to cheap.
4. I love shoes. If there is one thing that I could buy endless amounts of, it would be shoes. I was asked to count them for a friend and I literally lost count. I have a lot. If I had to guess it would be at least 40 pairs. (probally more...my husband would say like 70)
5. I secretly want to buy a coach purse. I saw this one at the Coach outlet by us and I just loved it. Honey, it was only 385.00!!
6. I hate clutter. It drives me nuts. I always say and never follow through that I am going to put all of the kids stuff in a box and put it away and see if they notice. I should try that, maybe they will pick up their junk, instead of leaving me a trail. I guess they want me to find them and give them a big huge kiss. :)

So now I have to link 6 other bloggers and see if they want to partake in this. I have to tell you, it took me hours, but once I got started, it was easy and thoughts started to flow.

• Confessions
• Laurie
• Just the Girl
• Malia
• Kathryn
• Nap Warden