July 2011
3 posts
perfect fit.
How do you know your wedding dress is perfect for you/meant to be/the dress you were meant to wear?
When you put it on and it fits like a glove. And not a loose glove. A perfectly form fitting-in-the-right places glove that makes you feel like a million bucks. Went to meet with a seamstress to pin for alterations today. It didn’t need ANY.
I love it. I can’t wait to debut it. I hope...
tim&faith.
Me: Logan, are you excited about the Tim McGraw concert this Friday?
Logan: Yes, I am. I just got a "barbeque stain on my white t-shirt" while I was eating dinner to prepare. And I'm excited it's an outside venue so I can sit "where the green grass grows." I hope we can get good seats "just so I can see you smile."
Me: Thank you Tim. You successfully included most of his popular song titles. Well done.
currently.
currently reading:
If you haven’t read any Jennifer Haigh books and are looking for some quality summer reads, look no further. It is an understatement to say I’ve read several of her books this summer. I have devoured them, in less than 48 hours a piece, and am on my way to the library to get another. She is witty and seamlessly weaves her characters lives together. Just...
June 2011
7 posts
The King.
Camper: Mr. Logan, you look like Elvis.
Logan: Well uh, thank-you. Thank-you very much.
My conclusion? It must be the hair. Women/children are fascinated by Logan's gravity defying coif. Full head of thick black hair = Elvis to small children.
things white girls say.
Melissa and I have been cracking ourselves up lately with the “problems” we are encountering this summer. We fully recognize our stereotypical whiteness and the supposed “issues” we face in our terribly difficult white middle class world. I’m sharing them with you so you can (hopefully) get as much of a giggle out of privelege as we do.
“OH NO. I just smudged...
saran is merry-ied.
We had a lovely weekend at the wedding of Sarah Anne and Bailey. It was a fabulous time to catch up with friends and spend some time chatting and dancing it up. She had the wedding in her grandmother’s backyard in historic Bath. Her house was right on the sound and it was simply picturesque. Despite the 26 bug bites I took away as souvenirs and my incredibly sweaty fiance, it was a perfect...
birthday weekend.
This one turned 27 last weekend. We had some softball. We had some supper club. We had some biscuits. We had some outdoor movies. We had some celebration. We welcomed his 27th year together with smiles.
He asked for some action shots. So killer swing, take one.
Flipping the score as he brought home another run.
First course of the Yum Yum Supper Club extravaganza. It was heavenly.
...
food truckin'.
Ya’ll, Melissa and I stumbled on a new food phenomenon from our beloved Durham tonight. Enter The Parlour. It’s an old refinished school bus, painted white, that serves gourmet-esque and homemade ice cream at a non-gourmet price. Not only are they serving delicious ice cream, but they have flavors like salted butter caramel, and honey chai. WHAT?
Not only that, but can we talk...
“Ms. Rogers let me get this straight. You had tie-dyed food? Did you die it? Or...”
– This was the conversation the ensued in my room after I told my kids that Logan and I had THAI food. They couldn’t grasp that Thailand was a place, or that they would have their own kind of food, or that the food wasn’t tie-dyed. I love first grade miscommunications.
kitchenaid lust.
Friends, I am dreaming of this mixer, DREAMING! I can almost taste all of the wonderful treats I could bake if I had this thing. It is the one thing I will be totally heartbroken about if I don’t get it during all the wedding festivities. I have long admired my mother’s and now my own is within my grasp. For such an avid baker like myself, it only makes sense. Right? Am I justifying?...
May 2011
7 posts
millionaire's shortbread.
Millionaire’s Shortbread = productivity on my Memorial Day.
With Logan working and Melissa at the beach, what choice did I have but to bake something delicious and terrible for me? A pound of butter later, I have added this little treat to my waistline and my baking repertoire. It is a labor intensive cookie, but friends, well worth it!
I found the recipe on The Blue-Eyed Bakers blog...
inspiration boards.
These pictures are currently inspiring my wedding ideas/plans. Rustic, natural in pastels and natural colors like grays, taupes. Loving it.
My checklist is slowly filling with checks! We have a venue, caterer, cake, dress, bridesmaid dresses, photographer, shoes! Now to the fun part…..crafting, DIY, and decorations!
Logan’s mom was kind enough to order our precious...
holy cannoli.
This is one patient man. Last weekend he accompanied Melissa and I to none other than Bridal Mart to “watch” us pick out bridesmaid dresses. He sat through every try on in a store full of women, and even ventured to give us his opinion. After that, I figured he needed a treat. Enter the unknown foodie heaven of Prego in Burlington. Run by authentic Italians and recommended by...
watch out for your watch.
The dangers of owning/wearing a boyfriend watch: your boyfriend will actually take it and wear it thinking it is his.
I will be sporting a true boyfriend watch for the week, and Logan will be sporting the newest ladies trend of the “boyfriend” watch.
Thanks fashion!
One of my dearest friends, Laurel, is in India fighting for those who have no voice. She has been working against the sex slave trade, and wrote this moving post. Check it out here:
http://laurelgillespie.blogspot.com/2011/04/behind-veil.html
“Terracotta. Well I don’t know what terracotta is. Sounds like a cheese....”
– I’m marrying a genius.
highlights of the day.
1. “Ms. Rogers, you have been helping me so much on this art project. I should buy you a beer.” “A beard? Did you say a beard? Why would she need a beard? She’s a woman!” “NO, not a beard! A BEER. Like the juice your dad drinks.”
2. Little girls singing “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know” while in their mama’s Target shopping cart.
3. My...
April 2011
6 posts
sb2k11
After seemingly endless grueling weeks leading up to spring break, it is finally here. Thank goodness! My life has seemed like a fairytale, full of diamond rings, fantastic food, great friends, and sleeping till I feel like it. Cheesy as it sounds, teaching is definitely my true calling that I am thrilled to have found. But can we talk about the perks? After this 9 days off, I have a few months...
budget.
I am only a few days into wedding planning.
This is the face it makes me want to have.
This is the face I make after my first choice venue emailed me back with prices and charged more to rent their facility for four hours than my entire budget is worth.
Good grief. Anyone have a fabulous outdoor barn/patio/garden complete with a dance floor, white folding chairs, twinkly lights/chinese...
goin to the chapel.
Well folks, he finally did it. He put a ring on it, popped the question, and got down on one knee - all in one day! I am now officially getting my Mrs. probably sometime in the month of October 2011. I couldn’t be more thrilled. It was a perfectly low key proposal just as I had envisioned it. After a sweet conversation about our future he asked, I accepted, and then he remembered...
absence in pictures.
It’s spring. It’s warm. It’s nearing the end of the school year. I want to be outside. I want to be eating delicious food. I want to be spending time with family and friends. And really there is no other explanation for why I haven’t been blogging. I’m out living.
Sorry dear blog. You will have to wait!
conversation pieces.
During my hiatus from the blogging world, I have had the privilege to have some very interesting and humorous conversations…..with seven-year-olds.
“Ms. Rogers, I wish I had a skunk. I wish I had a tiny little skunk so I could pit (notice the pronunciation) it on you. Then it would spray you and it would stink. It would stink real bad. And you would stink too. And I would laugh and...
March 2011
9 posts
a weekend in pictures.
This needs an explanation. This one, after he and Mell’s rec softball game, slumped over and passed out on the way home. We looked into the back seat and instead of leaning his head back, he was sound asleep with only the seatbelt holding him up. Naturally I took several pictures. This was the gem of them all. LYLP.
No matter how long I’m gone, good ‘ol Kville seems to...
5 things.
The Mondays always seem to get the best of me. I am either wiped and come home to fall into bed for an epic nap, or come home and go into a vegetable state. Either way, blogging somehow seems to fall low on my Monday “to-do” list. So enter the Wednesday list.
1. “Ms. Rogers do you know who Tupac is? He wears a gun necklace. Well he did before he was dead. Oh and it’s not...
I forgot why I never watch American Idol. Then...
first grade musings.
I partcipated in or overheard the following conversations today in the classroom:
“Ms. R, how do I make it big? And when I’m famous what am I going to call myself? Michael Jackson is already taken.” - This child practices MJ moves on the playground everyday and can do the moonwalk. I told him when he is famous, he needs to remember who taught him to read. And then give me...
Finished a book recently? Don't know what to read... →
Where have you been all my life link? I am the girl who asks every reader she knows for a book recommendation, and all the while you were at my fingertips. And it just so happens I finished a book last night. Any suggestions?
5 things
It somehow seems that the weeks drag on and that weekends only last a minute. Maybe that’s because I haven’t had a day off since winter break. I try not to live for the weekend, but that can be a difficult thing when the monotony of the work week starts to take its toll. Enter the happy list to brighten up a tired Monday!
1. Spring has sprung! All of the trees are blossoming, and I...
clementine count of the day: 6. oh clementines,...
and so the hiatus ends.
I’m back. I must confess, I have spent the last week or so on a hiatus from the blog because I can’t decide if I’m going to carry on with this crazy thing or not. While I immensely enjoy reading blogs and blogging myself, I am unsure if it is a worthwhile way to spend my time. I spend many a night on the computer in front of the TV and am feeling like I need to...
February 2011
8 posts
one of my kids ate a half of a fruit roll up...
descriptions.
We are working on descriptive writing in first grade currently. Their first assignment was to write a descriptive story about me, as a group. This was volunteered today:
C: Ms. Rogers I think you are very supportive of us.
Me: C, what a nice thing to say! That made me feel so good to hear you say that. Thank you!
C: No problem. (And he gave me a little head bob.)
Rest of Class: What is supportive?
Me: Will you go ahead and explain to them what that means?
C: OH. Welllllll, I knew it was something nice to say, and I knew you would really like it if I said it. But I'm not quite sure what that means.
Perfect. Charmer at age seven? Definitely. Honest? Definitely. Full of a little hot air? Absolutely : )
i did it.
We have new neighbors that just moved in upstairs. Seemingly cute and kind couple who live directly above us and are HEEL WALKERS. Everywhere they go, they stomp. Sometimes they sprint run around their apartment, usually after 10 PM. Everyday things are somehow the loudest things I have ever heard.
Needless to say Melissa and I are losing it. And quickly. It’s been a week and a half, and...
hvd.
Happy Monday and Happy Valentine’s Day! I need to go celebrate with mister LP, so I will keep this short and sweet.
1. Since neither one of us are a big fan of V Day, Logan and I opted for a very quiet dinner in a very deserted Chic-fil-a. And don’t even be sad for us. It was fun, it was time together, it was food. Fine Valentine’s date to me!
2. Valentine’s Day in the...
fly me to the moon.
F: Ms. Rogers, how much do it cost to go to the moon?
Me: It's really expensive honey. Why? Do you want to be an astronaut when you grow up?
F: But I am asking you how much do it cooost. How much do it cost?
Me: It's expensive. Like I just said.....Do you know what expensive means?
F: Noo idea. Don't even know a little bit whatchu talking about.
Me: Expensive means something costs a lot of money. Like you have to pay a lot of money for something if it is expensive.
F: Ohhh. Well. I wonder if I could do it.
Me: Of course you could! (Insert peppy teacher "reach for your dreams" speech.) So you do want to be an astronaut when you grow up.
F: No. I want to be one of those guys that goes into space. Like goes to the moon or sumpin.
Me: That is an astronaut. An astronaut is someone who goes into space and who could land on the moon!
F: Oh. Well then yeah. One of those guys. Or a 'pliceman.'
Oh the joys of a language barrier. We went all around the world, only to arrive back where we started. Translation? Being an astronaut - one of them moon guys is expensive - costs a lot of money. First grade, this is why I love you.
for you hadey boo.
Well. It is Tuesday. And I had no happy thoughts post for yesterday. Monday. Quite frankly it was one of those days where I changed into my pajamas as soon as I entered my house, my rear end was parked in my spot on the couch, and there it stayed until I poured myself into bed at 10. Monday, Monday, Monday.
I thought no one would care notice that I had lapsed on my previously promised cheery...
rainbows and ponytails.
I don’t know what it is about January, but it seems to be one of the gloomiest months. Maybe it’s the after holiday slump? Maybe it’s the extra holiday weight still hanging around? Maybe it’s the fact that I am anxiously awaiting spring and am absolutely over tired of winter?
Still, I promised happy thoughts on Mondays and this girl makes good on her promises.
1. I wore...
January 2011
10 posts
This weekend we: saw and loved The King’s Speech, ate at Chubby’s Tacos - hence the burrito which I ate on the entire weekend since it weighed more than I did, bought a vacuum finally and cleaned the heck out of this apartment, cooked and ate really delicious food (aka Confetti Risotto), finished Friday Night Lights Season 2 (run, walk, jog to rent this and get as addicted as we...
lunes.lundi.monday.
Happy Monday posts continue! I am le tired and dreading work tomorrow, so I will keep the gratitude brief tonight :)
1. Today was a teacher workday, so I had an entire day (wearing sweatpants) that I could lesson plan, create materials, and basically get stuff done that I had been putting off for lack of time. A day of organization and creation is always a good day for me!
2. After this day of...
Haven't seen The King's Speech? GO. Best movie I...
happy thoughts, a day late.
Since yesterday was Martin Luther King Day and I therefore had no school, my Tuesday was definitely more like my Monday. Yesterday consisted of time spent with the bf and bff, great food, better tv, books, quality time and was overflowing with things to make a person happy. Happy, however, when your day starts with a blaring 5:45 am alarm, is a little harder to come by.
Nevertheless, there were,...
ice day. nice day.
What better way to start a snow day off than with some pancakes and coffee?
We then migrated over to the couch for some Friday Night Lights (recommended by the Logester) and homemade card making. Definitely a crafternoon to remember.
This one whipped up some vegetable pumpkin chili for us, complete with a doubling of sweet potatoes and some Cherry Wheat Sam Adams. Perfect snow day dinner.
...
keep the grateful times rolling.
After a snow day at home with the roommate of making cards, drinking hot cocoa, reading, resting, relaxing, etc. I am feeling overwhelmingly grateful for my life and the people in it.
Most of the cards I wrote today were thank-you cards - to say thank-you for everything from Christmas gifts, to positive influences in my life, or simply for friendship. This inspired me to transfer some of this...
5 Happy Monday Things
It’s the new year and I have a lot to be grateful for. Since Mondays are somewhat of a drag, ie. the weekend is over, 6 AM is a very early time for the clock to be going off, my students are usually less pumped about school and their “listening ears,” I am going to start making a happy list of things that brightened my day each Monday. Maybe like a New Year’s Resolution of...
absent.
Welp. As you can tell I have been more than absent from the blogosphere for some time now. Since I was last here, I have had Christmas with my family, gotten snowed in - aka. stuck in Kville - flown to Dallas, gotten the flu, laid in the bed for my entire trip to Dallas, already headed back to school, continued to have flu-like complications, attempted some style remixes, and found a blue million...