Bo Bice Concert!!

Tuesday night was the Bo Bice concert. I got to the park around 8:50 am to put our chairs out to save our seats. Since this was a free concert, I thought that a lot of people would be setting their chairs up early. Well, I was wrong about that. There was only one other person there when I got there. So being the second person there, I got us front row seats!!! I knew my mom was going to love it when we got there later that evening for the concert!! And she did!! The concert was really good! It was just Bo and his guitar, no band. The one thing that bummed me out was that he didn’t sing his song “The Real Thing”. Here are some of the pictures I took…

   

At one point during the concert, he was telling us how our community reminded him of his hometown of Helena, Alabama. He kind of made me change my mind a little bit of how I feel about the town. I’ve always thought it was pretty boring because there is nothing to do around here. But maybe I just need to look a little harder and actually find things to do.

After the concert was over, we were packing up our chairs and I noticed some people were standing around the stage. I figured they were probably waiting to see if Bo was coming out to sign autographs so we went over there. They said that he was coming out but wasn’t going to be doing any posed pictures, just autographs. My mom had this American Idol word search book so she had Bo sign on the page that was dedicated to him. He was surprised to see that and said “They’ll put anyone in a book”. Then I had him sign a paper that the library was giving out that told about the concert and who helped sponsor it. While he was signing, I asked him why he didn’t sing “The Real Thing”, except I was so star-struck that I said “The Real One”. He said that he was going to sing that and “Sweet Home Alabama” but then his guitar string broke!! That is such a bummer!!! He sang “Sweet Home Alabama” on Idol and it was really good!!!

Here is the picture that I took right after he signed my paper. At first I wasn’t going to take a picture because the flash on my camera is blinding, but other people were taking pictures so I decided to just take one.

Then when my mom and I came home from the concert, I was looking on facebook and I found this picture…

Yup, that’s me standing in front of Bo!!! I have no idea who took this picture, but it is awesome!!!

So that’s all…that was one of my last big things of the summer. This coming Sunday my fiance and I are having an “End of the Summer” party with a bunch of our family over, so that will truly be the last hurrah of the summer!! Have a great Thursday everyone!!!

What concerts did you go to this summer???

What I’m Loving Wednesday

I’m LOVING that we finally got the pool up last Tuesday and I have been getting to enjoy it as much as possible!! Last Wednesday, a day after we put it up, we got a storm and lots of rain! I was so mad at the weather that day!! I worked 9-5 and was planning on going swimming the second I got home from work. I got in for about half an hour on Thursday and then on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday it was too cold to go swimming. But Monday, yesterday, and today, you can bet I was in it! Probably for about an hour or more each day.

    

I’m LOVING that me and my fiancé are going to the beach soon!!! We didn’t think we would make it to the beach this year cause we gotta save our money for the wedding, but since his mom lives near the beach, we are going to spend a few days with her. We don’t take that many pictures of the 2 of us anymore, but that is going to change this weekend!!!

I’m LOVING that I get to see my future sister in law on Friday!!! We are going to spend the day together and then she is spending the night and we’ll have most of Saturday to hangout, too!! It’s been a while since I’ve seen her so I’m excited!!!

And as always, I’m loving my wonderful fiancé and our 2 babies!!!

Pool update!

So, we should finally be getting the new pool liner today, yes…I said TODAY!!!! But, we won’t be able to get it up until tomorrow because we still have to get sand for under the pool. Last night my fiancé finished making the box that we are putting the pool in. Now we need to fill it with sand and level it out before we can set up the pool. I am really hoping that I will be swimming in the pool on Friday!!!!

This is the box that the pool will be in. The far end of it is the lower part so that will be filled with more sand than the other side.

Well, that’s all for now. The next pictures you will be seeing of the pool will be of it up and ready to be swam in!!! It stinks that it is the middle of July and it isn’t up, but I’m going to make the most of it and enjoy the rest of my summer with it!!! Have a great Tuesday everyone!!!

Weekend Recap

So, we didn’t end up going to the pool on Saturday. It wasn’t even in the 70s!! I was so bored on Saturday!! All I ever do is stay home during the week because I don’t have anywhere to go or anyone to hangout with. I was looking forward to doing something with my fiancé and actually leaving the house!! Now the next time we can go to the pool won’t be until 2 weeks from now!

Around 3:30 I headed down to my aunt’s house for her Scentsy and Velata party. It was my aunt, cousin, step-mom, and 2 of my aunt’s friends. I got one order from the party and at least 2 more are going to order by the time we close it out! So overall it was a pretty good party!

When I got home from that, I made dinner and after we ate, I was bored again! We were going to go out with one of his friends and his girlfriend, but then they ended up doing something else. I was looking forward to Saturday night because my fiancé had said something about us going out in the morning, and then we ended up not going. We decided to just watch TV together and snuggle, which is something we haven’t done much of recently. Then I wanted to go to Rita’s, so we did! I had a coupon and on it it showed that they have Red Velvet Cake flavored ice. I was hoping they would have that kind, but they didn’t. So instead I got a Swedish Fish gelati and he got a Swedish Fish misto.

Then on Sunday, I worked another double shift! But this time, I got a little break in-between the 2 shifts. I worked from 8-4 and then 5:30-10. I was so tired by the end of the night and my feet were killing me! But it was all worth it in the end because I worked a total of 24 hours last week!!! That is the most I ever got in one week so I can’t wait till  next payday! I wish that my total number of hours could be closer to 30 every week now that I can work as many hours as possible, but I guess there are a bunch of other college kids that they have to divide the hours among. I’m seriously thinking of getting a second job!! Maybe I should apply to Rita’s, haha!

Now it is Monday, which means it’s time to catch up on all the housework that didn’t get done over the weekend, starting with the pile of dishes in the sink and the clean ones in the dishwasher. I don’t know why, but I get lazy on the weekend and I don’t feel like doing any cleaning! At least it’s only 2 days out of the week that I don’t clean and not the other 5! Well, I’m off to do some cleaning! How was your weekend? Leave me your comments!! And have a great Monday!

So far it looks good…

So the weather recently has been kinda icky. It’s been storming here almost every night!! So far the weather for tomorrow looks like this…

I am hoping that it stays that way for tomorrow because my fiancé and I are going to hit the pool for the first time this summer!!!! I’m so excited to see the newly remodeled pool!! There is a waterslide and some kind of climbing wall. I’ve never heard of a climbing wall being at a pool before, but my fiancé thinks that it is something that is over the pool and then if you fall off as you are climbing, you just fall into the pool. I think he may be right but I guess we will see tomorrow.

So last night I finished the 2nd book in the Hunger Games series and decided to give the series a break for now. I’m loving the books but I just figured I would read something different. So I read a Kindle single called Recalculating by Jennifer Weiner. It was really short but it was really good, I would definitely recommend it. Now I am reading a book called A Dog Named Slugger by Leigh Brill. It is a memoir in which the author writes about her journey with cerebral palsy and getting a service dog. So far I am 30% done with the book and that was just in one sitting! I think that is the most I have gotten to read a book in one sitting!! I am loving having no classes to deal with! I’m going to make a goal for myself right now: by the time I start student teaching in the fall, I will have read a total of 20 books. So far I have read The Hunger Games, Catching Fire,  and Recalculating, so my total is at 3. Along with A Dog Named Slugger, I am also reading Fifty Shades of Grey, so when I am done with those 2 books, I will be up to 5! I will be sure to post about every book I read so I can keep track of my progress.

Yikes, I just got a tweet from my local radio station saying there is a severe thunderstorm warning until 4:45 PM and a tornado watch until 9 PM!! Now I gotta go get ready for work, catch everyone later! Leave me your comments and stay safe if you live in an area with bad weather!!

My summer has officially begun!!!

Well, Friday was my last day of the semester and the last day I was out in the field in a 4th grade classroom. I got the pleasure of working with a great teacher and a great bunch of kids! I’m going to miss them all!!! Tomorrow is going to be kind of strange because I won’t know what to do with myself!! I do have a few things around the house I need to get done though, so I’ll probably do a little cleaning up.

This coming Thursday, the 17th, my fiancé and I are going to get our engagement pictures done!! The first thing I’m going to do tomorrow is to figure out what we are going to wear. I’m going to pick out what I’m wearing first and then find something to match it that my fiancé can wear. Then 3 days after we do that, I’m going dress shopping!!!! I’m taking my mom, step-mom, aunt, grandmother, and 2 bridesmaids!!! I’m so excited!!! I’ve been waiting for this day since before I got engaged!!!!!

So, that’s about all that’s going on with me right now. Since I don’t have class or anything anymore, I’m going to try to write more posts. So leave me comments and let me know what you would like to see more of on my blog! Have a great week everyone!!! And happy mother’s day to all the mothers out there!!!!

Scentsy Update

So, it’s been about 3 weeks now that I’ve been a Scentsy Independent Consultant. I just wanted to do a post with an update on how it is going. I had my launch party about a week after I got my starter kit which was a bit too soon because I didn’t give people enough notice about it. I had no one show up!! It was probably the worst launch party ever!! But, I still ended up getting some orders from some friends and made the $150 minimum that you need in order to close a party sale. Now my next party is next Thursday and at this point I think I have 2 people coming with 2 maybes. I’m starting to think that the whole party thing isn’t going to work out. It’s either that or it’s just the time of year that it is. It’s the end of summer and everyone is busy enjoying the last of it. So I’m really hoping that as the holidays get closer, more people will order from me.

Another reason that I may not be getting a lot of orders is because I don’t think that many people in my area are familiar with Scentsy. Which I kind of don’t understand why because my sponsor lives about 15 minutes near me, so there already was a consultant in the area before me. Maybe she already has most of the area as her customers. I don’t know. But I’m not going to get discouraged by the lack of sales. I just started so I just have to get my name out there and eventually I will have more success.

So I have a question for my readers now: Have you ever tried to sell any of the direct sales products out there? If you had, what is the biggest tip you can give me?

What I’m Loving Wednesday

Well, it’s Wednesday again. Which means it’s time to link up with Jamie for What I’m Loving Wednesday.

I’m LOVING that tomorrow night is my last night for my summer class!!! As of right now I have a 95% in the class so I’m pretty sure I’m gonna end up with an A in the class, or at least a B+.

I’m LOVING that tomorrow is also my only day off of work! I gotta get wash done and yet again, I have to clean up the place a little bit. I clean it up every time I’m off (which has been Thursday’s recently) but then a few days later, it’s a mess again!!!

I’m LOVING that 2 weeks from today, I’m going to be seeing my aunt that I haven’t seen since January when I went out with her and 2 of my other aunts for my birthday.

 
She’s the 3rd one from the left

I’m LOVING the weather!!! It hasn’t been near the 100s like it was a few weeks ago!!

So what are you loving this Wednesday??

Giveaway ending soon!!!

I just wanted to remind everyone that my giveaway for the Make Your Own Kit from Glee Gum ends on June 22nd at 12:01 AM est. That’s tonight right after midnight so make sure if you haven’t already that you go enter!!!

I’m so excited that tonight is my second to last night of my summer class!!!! All we have to do is finish taking some notes and then we’re doing our review for our final on Thursday!! I can’t believe that a few weeks ago I was so mad that I had to retake the class and now it is almost over!!!

I hope everyone is enjoying the first day of summer!! Leave me comments telling me what you love most about summer! What I love the most about summer is that I don’t have any classes and I get to hang out with my family!

The hotel is booked!!!

We were originally going to be going to the beach for 3 nights. Well, now we are only going for 2 nights. See, I booked the hotel for 3 nights and then I got a call from the site that I booked it from saying that the hotel is already booked on the 3rd night. Apparently they got booked on the 3rd night we wanted to stay there and forgot to put it in their system, so that’s how I was able to book all 3 nights. So, I just had them keep the 2 night stay and we will just be leaving the beach a day sooner than we were going to. Which is alright for me. It’s only about $115 for the 2 nights. I think our goal for the trip is to spend less than $300. I think that is completely possible. We are going to take bread and lunch meat and other food so we won’t have to eat out a lot while we’re there. The hotel doesn’t have a fridge so we will just have to take a cooler and keep it stocked with ice to keep everything cold. So, if you take our $300 budget minus the $115 for the hotel that leaves us with $185. I want to eat at the Rainforest Cafe while we’re there, so I’m going to guess that it’ll be around $40 for that. Now we are down to $145. I’d say we could spend around $30 for the few groceries we’ll be taking with us, which gives us $115 to spend on the boardwalk. We might not even need that much but it’s better to over guess than under guess.

I am so looking forward to this beach trip! It’s been 2 years since my fiancé and I have been to the beach. I’ve been working 6 days a week which is more than I’ve worked in the past summers. I normally get 2 days off work but for some reason this year I’m only getting 1. It will just be so nice to get away and relax for a few days!!! Also, my summer class is over in a week and I’ve been working so hard in it so I deserve a little vacation!

Don’t forget to enter my current giveaways. One of them doesn’t have any entries at the moment so your chances of winning are really good right now!!! Have a great Thursday everyone!

An update on my class…

So I realized this morning that I haven’t done an update recently about how my summer class is going. Last week we handed in our first paper, did our group presentations, and took our midterm. I got a 3.75 out of 5 on the paper (which is a big improvement by the way. I only got a 0.5 out of 5 last semester), a 100% on the group presentation, and 97% on the midterm. With those grades and some other grades we’ve had so far, it puts me at a 94%!!! I am so pleased with my grade so far!! And I can’t believe that I only have 2 more weeks left!!! That’s 4 classes!!! I knew that time would fly and it would be over before I knew it! Well, I’m off to class now. If I survived this long, I think I can survive the final 2 weeks! Have a great rest of your Tuesday everyone!!!

What I’m Loving Wednesday

I haven’t linked up with What I’m Loving Wednesday in a while so I thought I’d link up this week. I was thinking about it yesterday at work and what I would write, so here goes…

I’m LOVING that the AC in my car got fixed on Monday…and it only cost me $100!!!! Last August, I got it fixed because it wasn’t blowing out cold air and I paid $225. Well, I just noticed that it hasn’t been blowing out cold air again, so I made an appointment to get it checked out. Here, it was just all out of freon. Which I don’t understand because this has  never happened to me before. But oh well, I don’t care. It’s fixed now and it didn’t cost me that much!!!

I’m LOVING that after tomorrow, I only have 2 more weeks of my summer class left!!! My grade is pretty good so far so let’s hope I can keep it up!!!

I’m LOVING that I start work at 11 today instead of 9 because it’s giving me time to catch up on some blogs!!

I’m LOVING that tomorrow is Thursday because it’s my only day off from work this week!!!! I’m using the extra time to clean up the place and study for my midterm tomorrow night.

What are you loving this Wednesday?? Leave me some comments! And have a great Wednesday!!!

It’s June already???

Well, it’s the start of another month. It is also my only day off of work this week. I just got done working 8 days in a row!!! That is going to be an awesome paycheck!!! So I’m using this time to catch up on the blogs I follow, study for my second quiz in my summer class which is tonight, and catch up on So You Think You Can Dance.

The start of a new month means that the monthly page views of my blog are reset. So when I go to the all time page views, I see this…

It looks like my page views plummeted, but it’s only the 2nd of the month, so they’ll get back up there. I still can’t believe how many page views I get each month so I would like to say thank you to everyone who reads my blog!! I keep saying this, but when I started blogging, I never thought that many people would read what I wrote. I’m so glad I get to blog because I love writing and sharing my thoughts. So again, thank you to anyone who reads my blog!! Please leave me comments and let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see on my blog. I have more giveaways lined up so stay tuned for that!!! (I currently have two that are open, so go check them out here)

Yesterday on my way home from work, I stopped at a produce stand and picked up some fresh blueberries and strawberries. I noticed a recipe on my box of Bisquick for strawberry shortcakes. So I decided to make some last night.

Here is what they looked like before I put them in the oven…

And after 10 minutes in the oven…

Then I took 4 cups of sliced strawberries and mixed them with 1/2 cup of sugar…

Then you take the shortcakes and put the strawberries on top. My fiancé wanted vanilla ice cream on his. Side note about the ice cream, I noticed the expiration date on it which is in March of 2012. I had no idea that ice cream lasted that long!!

So, I guess that’s all I’ve got for now. I also forgot that I have to do some dishes at some point today, so I guess I’m going to go and do that now. Have a great Thursday everyone!!!

My update

Hello blogging world…I feel like I’ve been slacking on blogging recently. I feel like I had more time to blog during the spring semester than I do right now. When you think about it, it doesn’t even make sense that I have less time for it now. I don’t have 6 classes anymore so I should have more time, but I don’t. Work takes up all my time now. I’ve been working day shifts which is really nice because my fiancé also works day shift. And I’ve been working at least 5 days a week. So I do have 2 days off a week, but one of the days I do wash and the other, well, I guess that gives me time to catch up on blogging but who knows what I end up doing.  And actually, this week I’m working 6 days. My day off is Thursday and I can’t wait! After tomorrow, I’ll have worked 8 days in a row so I can’t wait for a day off!

So let’s see….what else am I up to? I’ve been doing more reviews and I will be posting them along with some giveaways in the upcoming weeks. My summer class is going alright. We had our first quiz last week and I got a 96% on it. So far, my grade is great! Only 4 more weeks of the class left!!! And guess what, the class isn’t ruining my summer at all. It’s only twice a week, and it’s never lasted from 5-8:30. We are normally out by 8:00. A few months ago I made myself a goal for the rest of the year: I want to read 20 books by the end of the year. Well, my progress on that isn’t going so well. I’ve only read 1 and a half books so far. Again, I thought I’d have more time to read during the summer, but apparently I thought wrong.

Well, I guess that’s all I have for now. I have to go to work now. It’s gonna be another hot day outside! Let’s hope the tips are good!!! Leave me comments! And don’t forget to enter my 2 giveaways: UGLee Pen and Cream Perfume. Have a great Tuesday!!!

I’m glad that’s over with

I just got done taking an exam that my life depends on!! It was for my assessment class which is a class that I need to take and pass before I go into block in the fall. So…if I would fail the class, which would be a C- or less, then I would have to take it in the summer. The only problem is, as of right now there are only 14 spots left in the class offered in the summer. So if I can’t take it in the summer, I can’t take my first professional block in the fall. And if I can’t take that in the fall I can’t take my second professional block next Spring. And if I can’t take that next Spring, I can’t student teach in Fall 2012. And if I can’t student teach in Fall 2012, I can’t graduate in December 2012. December 2012 is the deadline for when every student under the old program for teaching certificates has to graduate by. So if I can’t graduate in December 2012, I’m going to have to take a bunch of new classes to get certified on the new program. And then I would have to spend a lot more money. So…you can see that there would be a domino effect happening there and it would be all because I failed one single class.
Here is how I feel…

But I’m going to try and stay positive about it. I’m going to pass the class. I am. I just know it. (ok, no I don’t know)

So anyway…there’s nothing else I can do for my grade in that class so now it’s just time to play the waiting game. Have a great night everyone!!!

Goals for the summer

So I'm having a bit of writer's block. I wanted to write a blog post but I didn't know what to write about. So one of my friends suggested I write about what my goals are for the summer. So that is what I'm going to do.

1. Read more books for pleasure
As I mentioned in a previous post, my goal is to read 20 books by the end of the year. I'm on my first one at the moment so I've got 19 to go! When I started this goal I figured I would have to read 2 books a month to reach my goal. At the rate I'm going, I'll be lucky if I get to read 1 book per month. So hopefully in May, when the semester is over, I can focus on reading more.

2. Get a job working with kids
I'm still going to keep my job at Sonic, but I would also like to find a summer job where I could work with kids. If I were applying for a teaching job today, I wouldn't have any real experience with kids. About a month ago I found a bunch of places near me that I could possibly work at so hopefully I will hear back from them!

3. Save more money for the wedding
As of right now, I'm only able to work 4 days out of the week and I haven't been getting that many hours since we've been kind of slow. I'm looking forward to the summer because I will be getting a lot more hours in and making a lot more in tips! My plan is to divide my tips in half everyday- half goes in my checking and half goes towards the wedding. Then my paycheck every two weeks, maybe I could divide that in half and put half in my checking and half in my regular savings, cause I'm gonna need to start saving money to pay back my college loans.
 
4. Get engagement pictures taken
Well, first my fiancé and I have to decide on a photographer, but once we do that I definitely want to get our engagement pictures taken. We have a little over 2 years till our wedding, but I just wanna get the pictures taken and out of the way.

5. Go to the beach
The last time I was at the beach was in '09, so I definitely want to get there this year, enough said!

6. Go to an amusement park
I haven't been to Hershey Park since ‘09, so I really want to go there this summer!! But I wouldn’t mind going somewhere else like Six Flags. My aunt and uncle gave my fiancé and I coupon book and I was looking through it the other day and saw a buy one get one admission for Six Flags. I’ll just have to find the closest one (which I think is in New Jersey) and see if one ticket for there plus the amount of gas (since it is farther than Hershey Park) is cheaper than two tickets for Hershey Park, the gas, and parking. When I was at Hershey Park last, the parking was $30!! That is ridiculous!!!


I think that about sums up my goals for the summer. If you have any suggestions for me like any fun summer dates or books to read, leave me a comment and let me know!!

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