Oops

Oops. I forgot to take a picture today. The good news is that it was not because I had nothing to take, though. I forgot to take a picture when I was out with my work friends because I was too busy having fun and chit chatting. In this case no picture does not equal a boring day it equals a busy full one.

Windows

In my opinion, every room built should have windows. If there are no windows then it is not a room. How are you supposed to concentrate without access to the outside world? I don't like not being able to see the weather or the time of day. Good thing I only have to be trapped in here for a few hours.

Sunday night

Boo to Sunday nights. Here are my roomie and her friend. We all relaxed for our last evening of freedom by watching some Tough Love.

Story of my life

Sometimes it just doesn't work out.

I hate home movies

I love old photos but I hate home movies. I always have. No one is ever happy after watching a home movie. All they do is remind you of a good time you had long ago with people who are no longer with you. They make me so sad. My aunt and uncle got some videos from the Ohio relatives so we decided to watch them. I actually watched and I paid attention. I remembered the days in the video so I was not surprised by what was in them. What did surprise me though was how distorted my image of my grandma is in my head. All of the relatives look the way I envisioned them in my head. I mean, my mom had a different haircut and glasses and my dad had a big black beard but overall they all looked in the movie the way they look to me. The first thing that popped out at me from the video was how healthy my grandma looked. She doesn't look that way in my head :-( I guess watching this home movie was actually a good thing for me. It forced me to remember that the things that make me sad were not always that way. I have to change my image to remember the better things instead. Especially around the holidays. I am going to start that positive change today! Here is an old photo to help. My mom and uncle found it yesterday. It appears to be my grandparents' wedding.

Happy thanksgiving

Every holiday im usually depressed because everyone else is having big family get-togethers while we eat dinner with each other. This year my aunt and uncle came for thanksgiving which was a nice change. Along with the bigger family holidays comes a bigger show too. This is a picture of the antipasto shishkabobs that we had for appetizers. It seems to me that the usual salad would have been just as nice.

Oh Christmas tree

Not bad after all.

Visitors

Aunt Carol doesn't do blogs. Even for relatives.

Its raining, its pouring

It has been pouring all day. And my car door did not leak! Yay!

Christmas craft shopping spree

Me and Kate went on a Christmas craft shopping spree today. Our houses are going to look so good! Sparkly, but good. Only 4 more days until it is acceptable for us to make and hang our Christmas crafts. Until then I am going to pile my supplies under the saddest looking tree I have ever seen. Hopefully we bought enough sparkle to fix it, Charlie Brown.

Black Friday for nerds

I went to the library's annual book sale. It was alot like black friday for nerds. There were people lined up outside. When they opened the doors there was running, pushing, and shoving. I understand that its a good deal but come on. If I felt like dealing with crazy people in crowds I would have went to the mall and not the library.

Thought of the Day

Instead of a picture today I have a thought of the day for you... It can always be worse.  Nothing like a glimpse into other peoples lives to make you realize what you have.

Night conferences

This is what we look like after 3 hours of back to back parent teacher conferences. Im tired but overall they went pretty well tonight.

Jeeps and dresses

There is a reason girls with Jeeps don't wear dresses. Or maybe there is a reason girls trying to look professional don't drive Jeeps to work. Either way, I give you exhibit A.

Door to door salesmen

The mormons stopped by. Apparently the lady who lived here before me enjoyed their little speeches. I dont know who I was expecting to be at the door but I was disappointed.

Sunday brunch

Me and Kate have a nice little tradition going. Once a weekend we have a meal together.

Ps. My dad figured out the secret message yesterday so fast. I have to step up and make them a little more difficult now so he has to work at it. :-)

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My thoughts for today

1) When discussing my future christmas decorations my mom said "you have a theme. The theme is tacky"
2) The birds at the Marlton Diner must die. (See photo)
3) I learned how to use my wifi so hopefully I can post on time and check the weather whenever I want now.
4) I scored a touchdown at football. We still lost by like 80 points though.
5) My dad is the only one that I know of who reads this blog regularly. So here is a special code message for him. See if you can decode it.

19, 18, 23, 26, 23, 23, 12, 2, 12, 6, 14, 18, 8, 8, 14, 22, 2, 22, 7, 18, 4, 18, 15, 15, 24, 12, 14, 22, 12, 5, 22, 9, 8, 12, 12, 13, 15, 12, 5, 22, 23, 18, 13, 26

Crickets

There was a cricket in the bathroom. Instead of killing it or catching it my mom trapped it in. She was hoping it would "go back where it came from". But how could it get out?

Crafty like a fox

I had off from work today so I decided to try a craft that I saw on the internet. My mom wanted one and I felt like the $130 they charged online was a little much. I made up my own directions but I think it came nice. Check out this silhouette necklace.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

I found my picture of the day but I was driving. So I will describe it to you instead. As I was driving to work, a chicken crossed the road. I don't live in the country. There are no farms around here. I have no idea where the chicken came from or where it was going. Seeing this chicken cross the road though reminded me of the last time I saw one. Thats right... this is not the first time I have seen a chicken cross the road. The last time was one of the funniest moments. I cracked up for days. Actually I still crack up when I think about it because you cant make this stuff up. I was on my way home from CCC on a busy road and traffic was stopped. When I saw why I started laughing and it lightened my mood for having to sit in traffic. Then when we started moving again I noticed that the chickens were running away from a Wings to Go resturant. HAHA! Awesome! Better than any joke...

College is funny sometimes

This sign at TCNJ cracks me up every time I walk by it. Its a picture of the beautiful new building they are constructing. And in an effort to appear more diverse they have photoshopped pictures of students into the picture also. Maybe they should have had a photography major doing the editing because the people aren't proportional and they have lines around them. Also, in order to see the sign you already have to be on campus which means you aren't being fooled by the diversity in the picture. What are the odds that someone with a seeing eye dog is walking past the new building at the same time as the person in the wheelchair. Come on, TCNJ! Lets put a little more effort into it next time.

Daylight savings

I loved daylight savings this morning when I was wide awake for work and it was sunny for the drive. I'm not so happy with it now that it's dark at 5:00.

Homeowner-ship

Look at the new drain cap that I installed. And by "I installed" I mean I called my dad, he cleaned it out, drove me to Home Depot, and told me what to buy. But I was with him every step of the way.

Naps

There is no interesting way to capture "did homework, took a nap, then played online" in a picture. So here is a picture from my favorite time waster, pinterest.

Dublin

I thought they spoke English in Ireland. I'm confused. This must be Irish for "Cherry Hill hs East class reunion hangout" Although when I went today for happy hour with my coworkers I did not see anyone I knew.

Apples for the teacher

One of my advisory students brought me an apple last week. And not the little lunch ones that they are required to take.Then this week he brought me a caramel apple. I usually don't eat food from students but he was so excited to bring it to me that I figured it was safe. I ate it tonight. If i die of poisoning tonight you know why. If I don't then I am happy because one of my students appreciates me.

Fingers

This is a picture of my fingers. I do not use my fingers to make obscene gestures. I can't say the same for the man that passed me on my way to work this morning. I don't know what his problem was but I didn't enjoy starting my day like that. So I decided to put a positive spin on my finger picture by including my you- dont- need- a- prince- to- be- a- princess ring in it. I've been wearing it in honor of the fact that I can now marry a British royal because they changed their rules. Prince Harry, call me.