Friday Fill-Ins

1. The lesson I learned yesterday was preparation prepares you better than procrastination.

2. I'll go to any place where friends and family meet.

3. All these years and I'm still at it.

4. Nobody applauded at work today when I arrived. :)

5. The truth is what I always want to hear the first time.

6. The people I encounter and how we treat one another is what I remember most from that day.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to arriving at our scrapbook retreat, tomorrow my plans include scrapbook and Sunday, I want to scrapbook and watch the Cowboys game!!!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. My car is FILTHY with dog hair, bird poop, dirt, and more.

2. Saturday is coming up next.

3. Lately, things seem busy.

4. Home in bed is one of my favorite 'hiding' places.

5. What happened is not always what really happened when you're hearing it from elementary kids. :)

6. Reaching your goals and finding your dreams is not impossible!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to resting, shopping & cleaning, tomorrow my plans include in-laws coming in town and helping host/attending a baby shower and Sunday, I want to visit with my in-laws and go to my friend's 2nd baby shower!

Friday Fill-Ins on Saturday

1. That's a difficult place to be.

2. Hey stork; I'm over here!

3. The possibilities include: sleeping, cleaning, cooking, relaxing, laundry, grading papers, and TV. Guess which ones win?

4. Todd's clam chowder or my chili are one of my favorite cool day recipes.

5. How will you know that you know you know?

6. Today is an awesome rainy and a stormy sky.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to sleeping, tomorrow my plans include relaxing all day & meeting friends for dinner and Sunday, I want to hang out & see family to celebrate my Dad's birthday.

Friday Fill-Ins

1. I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and . . . (a friend and I were just singing this - ha!)

2. Hanging out with family and friends is always fun.

3. Right now, I can hear these things: children cutting paper, feet, a few whispers, but mainly silence. :)

4. It's FRIDAY and I'm glad it's a holiday weekend.

5. The last time I slept was too short.

6. I'm looking forward to relaxing this Labor day weekend.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to getting pedicure & some sleep, tomorrow my plans include heading to the lake and Sunday, I want to kick back, drink, and boat!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. I remember, I remember but I forgot what it was.

2. Dear School, I want you to know that you are wearing my ass out already & the kids aren't even here.

3. Is that my desk!!???

4. I'm trying to resist the temptation of taking a nap.

5. I'm saving a bit of work just for you!

6. If I made a birthday list a digital SLR camera would definitely be on it!!!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to finishing my 12-hour work day, tomorrow my plans include working some more and Sunday, I want to not get dressed and do nothing!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. When will I see you again? (an old 70s song)

2. Twilight was the last good book I read, The Hangover was the last good movie I saw, and Thursday night's episode of Big Brother was the last good tv show I watched.

3. Everything has its beauty but the inside has to be better.

4. A ham sandwich is what I had for dinner.

5. I'd like your money, please.

6. Asleep or on a beach is where I want to be right now.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to pool party with Katie, Maria & gang, tomorrow my plans include hanging out, resting and relaxing (I hope) and Sunday, I want to do nothing, relax, and enjoy my last day off for nine months!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. It's time for me to either get up or go back to sleep.

2. Prison; it's not a bad place for criminals who get to live there for free.

3. I must be crazy for throwing off my sleep schedule so badly this summer.

4. My dog, Steve, is the best thing I have ever known.

5. My hope & prayer is simply that we have a baby.

6. The last time I laughed really loudly was yesterday.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to painting, tomorrow my plans include painting and Sunday, I want to finish painting!

1. A bad day is not the end of the world.

2. Sitting here, listening to the sound of rain falling, I know I can't be in Texas.

3. Blue Bell's Southern Blackberry Cobbler ice cream tastes so good!

4. Sometimes, putting others first is a good thing, but not if you always do it.

5. The dream of having children is breathtaking, really.

6. Well, maybe there is hope.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to nothing, tomorrow my plans include nothing and Sunday, I want to probably do nothing! (But we know things can change!)

Friday Fill-Ins

1. When I heard Michael Jackson had died, I was pissed because I knew it would take the attention away from Farrah Fawcett's death.

2. If there is no wine in the house, then laughter is probably the next best medicine.

3. It's late, but I'm still awake wishing I could better my stupid, freaking Bejeweled Blitz score.

4. Flush the toilet - always.

5. My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, or at least heard about it.

6. Even when times are tough, try to live strongly.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to having lunch with Dad & Joyce then hanging out with Michael, Cathy & the boys, tomorrow my plans include swimming, fireworks, & hanging out some more and Sunday, I want to rest, relax & come home to my furbabies!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting normalcy.

2. Show me a good loser and I will show you a person of character.

3. A day of peace is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs at one time.

4. Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy bitching and complaining.

5. I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine texture and patterns.

6. It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without garlic or bread in it.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to hanging out, tomorrow my plans include a morning at the Sprayground for Aeva & Will's birthday party, resting, calling Courtney to wish her a Happy Birthday and Sunday, I want to see and talk to my Dad & Stepdad!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. I grew up thinking lots of things that I can't remember now!

2. Facebook was the last website I was at before coming here.

3. Why don't you comment on my blog more often?

4. Lounging helps me relax.

5. Thanks for the memories.

6. Rude people are very off-putting.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to hosting the Frat House for the weekend, tomorrow my plans include going to a Custom Doodles party and hopefully pulling off a surprise for Todd (more on that next week!) and Sunday, I want to spend more time with family!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. It's summer break now, and I am home.

2. My favorite thing for dinner lately has been anything I don't cook.

3. My name is Pippin and I like to bark! bark! bark!

4. A nice long walk with three dogs can be very difficult.

5. I'm tired of everyone asking when I'll be sharing some good news.

6. When all is said and done, it's how to treat others that counts.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to sleeping, tomorrow my plans include picking up the house before family gets in town, going by my mom's for a while, finish stuff for Sunday and Sunday, I want to sleep in a bit, have Mary's memorial celebration, and spend time with family.

Friday Fill-Ins

1. It's cold and creamy, so it must be ice cream.

2. I love fresh tomatoes.

3. My favorite health and beauty product is probably mascara because my eyelashes are transparent without it.

4. Our dogs love a nice long ride.

5. Well, first of all there was a guy named Ada.

6. Children & lots of them; those were the cast of characters in a recent dream and it was me losing them in Austin after we'd already returned home from our long field trip there yesterday.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to sleeping (I hope), tomorrow my plans include a girls' trip I can't tell you about yet and Sunday, I want to recover from said trip!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. Moving out of our home is something I told Todd I never want to do.

2. Nothing ever comes for free.

3. My best quality is my caring nature.

4. My slight case of OCD often wraps me up in the tiny details.

5. In nearly 10 years, I will be 50. Dear Lord.

6. Summer vacation is what I need right now!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to packing and getting some sleep, tomorrow my plans include heading to Tyler to spend the weekend with family and Sunday, I want to hang out in the pool and drink!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. If we had no winter it would most likely just be called something else.

2. When you're a teacher, you live life in a state of perpetual astonishment.

3. If I had my life to live over I'd want to be my pets.

4. A whole day can be found inside of four and twenty hours.

5. If you've never been thrilled I guess you're missing out.

6. To be interested in the changing seasons is to be interested in fashion.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing, tomorrow my plans include school-related stuff, nails, and friends over for dinner and Sunday, I want to have the same as always - to be left alone!

Have a fantastical weekend. Only three weeks left until summer vacation!!!!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. Apples are to oranges as stupid fill-ins like this are irritating to me.

2. I am ready for summer vacation, and that's all I have to say about that.

3. I think I hear a Magic School Bus video my students are watching.

4. Every day at school we honor the US and Texas flag.

5. Do what you want to do, but don't hurt others in the process.

6. Todd was walking the dogs with me and behind him was a Radio Flyer wagon; in the wagon was a bucket filled with beer.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to resting and scanning photos of Mary, tomorrow my plans include continuation of Friday, hopefully from scrapbooking joining friends for dinner & playing with Carson & Sloane, and Sunday, I want to see my Mom!

Have a great weekend. Only 19 days left of school!!!

1. The first rule of working in an office and getting along is choosing your battles carefully.

2. Yum to fried clams.

3. When I think of carnivals I think of warm funnel cakes - delicious!

4. Tulips are my favorite spring flower.

5. Things on my desk include lots of papers to grade, parent notes, calendars, crayones, books, paper clips, my "stick" and a photo of Todd.

6. Friday after TAKS testing makes me wanna do nothing.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to "choir practice" (aka happy hour) with all of my teacher friends after school, tomorrow my plans include spending some time with a former student on leave from the military and Sunday, I want to sleep in, clean house, & work on Mary's memorial with my mom.

Friday Fill-Ins

1. Apparently there's some sort of reason that I keep putting up with a couple of my students.

2. Drinking on a patio is what I want to do on a warm, sunny day.

3. 2009 is not the best, but still going so far.

4. And then . . . that was it.

5. For too long I've been waiting for us to have a baby.

6. I am not obsessed with my pets; I am not!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to finishing my LAST night of TAKS tutoring for the year, tomorrow my plans include sleeping in and maybe scrapbooking and Sunday, I want to be left alone!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. Join me in losing my sanity while preparing for TAKS.

2. Put a little prayer in your day!

3. Happiness is going home to Todd and my furbabies each day.

4. Sometimes I'd rather be dazed and confused.

5. I'm waiting for something to happen.

6. Todd is hard to resist. :)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to eventually leaving school at 6pm after tutoring, tomorrow my plans include a nail appt. and myILs coming in town and Sunday, I want to have a good breakfast and rest!!

Friday Fill-Ins

1. Anonymous . . . simply means someone is too chicken to stand behind their own words.

2. Today is a holiday (no school - aahhhh).

3. Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, I am so used to you now.

4. Summer coming next is what I look forward to most about Spring.

5. Who needs therapy when you have red wine!

6. Chips MUST go into the Easter Basket! :)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing again, tomorrow my plans include hopefully having Doug & Shannon over and Sunday, I want to relax some more and be thankful that He is Risen!