Tagged on Facebook..All Things Random

I gotted tagged on Facebook to do a random post about myself. You are suppose to list 25 random things about yourself. I really am hooked on Facebook. However, this week I have been so busy, I haven't been on it that much. It is fun to find people from the past.

I am going to do the random post on my blog for the simple fact that I don't want all of my Facebook friends to know that much about me. They could judge me. ( You could too, but that's okay ) Some of my friends on Facebook are friends/acquaintances from high school. I don't want them to know that much about me, so I am posting on my blog instead.

Here it goes......

1. I drink coffee every morning and lots of it.
2. I drive a Nissan Pathfinder.
3. I met my husband on my 23rd birthday at a bar.
4. He was nervous to call me because he couldn't remember what I looked like.
5. We've been married for 13 years.
6. Freshman year in college was a blur...almost flunked out. Partied too much.
7. Made the Dean's list after that and actually studied and did quite well.
8. I am obsessed with working out and exercise and it drives my husband crazy.
9. My 3 kids and husband mean everything to me.
10. After coffee, I enjoy a Diet Mountain Dew.
11. I drink water for the rest of the day after the morning full of caffeine.
12. I teach second grade.
13. Thankful for my best friends.
14. Have a wonderful relationship with my sisters.
15. My brother lives in Florida and I never have visited( bad sister I know).
16. I could probally be 5 pounds lighter if I didn't enjoy my beer on the weekends.
17. Jam out in my car to rock music most of the time. It gets me pumped up to start the day.
18. Have a Springer Spaniel named Zena.
19. I've lived in the town I do now pretty much all of my life minus college years and 1 year in hubby's hometown.
20. Love to shop, but lately have been very smart about it.
21. Would love to shave off 10-15 minutes of my triathlon time from last year.
22. Hate tomatoes...smell, texture, gags me to even cut them up.
23. I could eat Mexican Food just about everyday. Yum!
24. Would love to be a fitness coach or start a running group.
25. Go to the circus every year as a field trip for school. I am so tired of going to the circus, but the kids love it.

There it is. 25 things about me. I may post to Facebook, it wasn't all that personal or crazy.

Play along if you like. It was fun to think of things. I bet I could do more. Maybe another time.

I really should be doing something else at this time, but needed a mental break from all of the work stuff.

What Is In A Name?

It is amazing that you can work in a building and never see or talk to the people you work with every single day. I teach at a school where our enrollment is roughly 600 students. We have 3-4 teachers at every grade level. There are months that go by and I don't see people on the other end of the building because our schedules aren't conducive to it.

We have early releases on a monthly basis to do staff development, talk about curriculum, work at grade levels, or work in your classrooms. So today we have one of those days...early release. We receive an email this morning to tell us who we are to sit with. No reason, just your partner. I was paired up with as we call it our Arctic Tundra buddy. It seems this person and I always have bus duty during the Arctic blasts around here. I, however don't really know her, only talk to her when we have bus duty, or if I happen to run into her in the copy room. She is very nice, but again the way our schedules are...it is impossible or maybe improbable.

So, today during the meeting our principal gives us the low down on the school board meetings, seriously blah blah blah. Get to why we are here with the partners. Yeah...we finally find out. He says you get 2 minutes to talk to this person and find out why they were named their name.

GO! That was fun. We both found out we really don't know why we have our names. She told me she doesn't like her birth name, but the nicknamed derived from it. I don't have a shortened name it is just Tammy. No Tamara. I use to hate that when I was younger....people would always ask is that your real name! No people just TAMMY.

I use to ponder on that name and wonder myself why Tammy? Why? It is such a goofy name. Tammy Slammy Whammy...the rhymes use to drive me nuts. I now don't mind my name because it is what it is.

Do you know why you were named? Is there a story behind it? Most people who shared today had my response Don't know. Some people were named after a relative, others were after famous people, names because you were born near a Christmas holiday. My favorite was I was named after a famous soapstar from the 70s. Not his real name, his character name. How funny. Then I started thinking about my own kids...why did I name them that.

Alyssa is named after my hubby's mom. It is a derivative of her name. Brandon is just Brandon, no reasons why. Emma was suppose to be Brooke, but on the way to the hospital it just came to me in a vision. EMMA! Alyssa was even telling everyone it was Brooke... how funny is that. I am sure others have such similar stories. So what is your story?

Can't Wait for the Green

I signed up for the Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago at the end of March. I am so excited to do this race. It is a huge venue. They cap the runners at 32,500. That is a lot of people. The race is an 8K. I am doing this with hubby and our best friends.

I like having things to look forward too. It motivates me to train harder. I know I am a bit pyscho as it is about working out, but this makes it worth my effort. I even looked up times from last year in my age category. I would like to place in the top 100 of my age category. If not the top 100 close to it. I am already going to start hitting it hard. The only thing is that I will have to continue to run the track at the Y or use the treadmill. The weather outside is horrible. I don't mind the cold, but today again windchills below zero. It can only get better. I hope. :)

We did have 1 sleepover this weekend. Not to say that the begging went on and on for everyone. I just held my ground. My oldest daughter had her friend stay over and they texted kids for hours last night. Just to see how nuts they were, I checked the log this morning...she texted almost 500 last night alone. I am totally serious. Thank goodness for the unlimited plan. They were texting boys...I remember when I was that age...we would call and actually talk. I guess this way it isn't so awkard with the silence on the phone.

Oh and I found this note on the floor today. It wasn't snooping because it was just sitting there...on the floor ready for me to read.

It was quite cute...I remember those days. "J" do you still want to go out with me? Or not...let me know by the end of the day...A When I mentioned it to her...it was like old news. To be 12 again...haha.

Slumber or Not so Much of It

Why is it that every weekend my house turns into a huge slumber party? My kids are always asking for their friends to sleepover. If we don't want it to happen we tell the kids a week in advance not to even ask. We say, "Your parents want a peaceful weekend."

Sleepovers are great for them...why?

They can stay up late, eat junk food, drink soda, play video games, and watch movies. I think that sounds like a great time too. When I was a kid I did the same.

However, I now understand my parents and why they said NO!

I clean up the mess, listen to whiny crabby kids the next day, and really never know when they truly fall asleep because I am in bed WAY before they are. Did I mention clean up the mess? Or whiny, irritable kids??? Or the fact that I have 3 kids and when one kid has a sleepover they all want to have a sleepover. If I even try to say no, the whining, the begging, the pleading go on and on until I finally cave.

I can't say there will not be any sleepovers next weekend because my niece and nephew are sleeping here. Or some weekends in February because E has her birthday sleepover, our friends from out of town are coming to stay...I guess I am looking at March.

So, I will deal and enjoy all of the craziness and know that I was a kid once too and be greatful that my kids have friends who want to sleep here and just put some Corona in cup and not think about this madness at all.

Happy Friday everyone!

WOOHOO!

The Wii Fit was delivered today!! It was delivered TODAY!! Phew!!

Waiting for a Delivery

Please Mr. Postman deliver my package that I sent to this person in Pennsylvania! It has been 2 weeks since I sent you on your merry way. I took care and pride in the packaging. I made sure nothing would get broken.

I sold a Wii Fit on Ebay 2 weeks back and it hasn't been delivered. I feel sick about it. If I refund the money I lose out. That would suck. That would mean no shoe shopping for awhile. :)

I will give it a couple more days and decide what to do from there. This has never happened to me. I've sold many things on Ebay and no problems...EVER!

Why Oh Why All of a Sudden

We watched the Inauguration this morning. My class was totally digging it. They liked Aretha and enjoyed the orchestra performance. We watched about 20 minutes...they thought it was the coolest thing. They were in awe of how many people were standing outside to watch. We had a great morning. What happened after lunch today is what I am wondering.....

• I have a headache
• My stomach is hurting
• My forehead is burning
• I can't poop can I use the bathroom?
• Do I have to do this writing assignment???
• I don't know where my pencil is? Can't find my red pen or my glue or paper or my boots?
• I need to use the bathroom...which is fine and great...but don't you think it should take longer than 20 seconds to do the duty and wash hands?? I think they just wanted to wander about.

The moon is not full...what is going on today? Why all the complaining. That should be my department because....

• I have pimples....I SHOULD NOT have pimples and NO I AM NOT STRESSED OUT!
• I feel bloated and uncomfortable.
• I am cold.
• My back is sore.
• My lips are dry.
• My hands are cracking I NEED TO PUT LOTION ON...to lazy to get it at this point and oh I have pomegranate in my desk and I really don't like it and vanilla...so not in the mood for vanilla.