Hello from Texas!!!

Well, I am here!  My first week has been busy and lazy at the same time.  I am officially sick of shopping, even though I have more things I need.  I have a bed, a couch, a TV, and a washer and dryer.....do I really need anything else?  

My favorite thing to do is to go to the pool.  9:00 pm is the perfect time.  :)  

I will try to blog more, but I don't have internet at home right now.  I figured a job should come first. 

And for those of you wondering how it is going with me and Jeremy....  So far so good.  So no need to beat him up....yet :)  I'll keep you posted.

Sentimental

Are other people as sentimental as I am?  I keep thinking, this is my last Thursday here...this is my last Friday here, and now, tonight is my last night here.  I am always like this when I move.  I am excited about moving though. I have so much to do once I get there.  It is a little overwhelming.  

On a sad note, I missed passing my Middle School Math Praxis in Virginia by ONE point.  I needed a 163 and I made a 162.  Virginia requires the highest score.  Tennessee only requires a 143.  Anyway, that threw a big kink in my master plan.  Everyone is still encouraging me though which is great.  

This comic from Close to Home today cheered me up.  You know that you life is normal when they make cards and comics that you can relate to.  I am an over the top person when it comes to toilet paper.  So much so that I may change it even if it isn't my house!  

I'm sure my next blog will come from "The Great State of Texas" (which wouldn't be so without the "Volunteers" from Tennessee).  :)  

So mad, I don't know what to write!

This is getting out of hand!  I blogged about this in February and my sister-in-law sent me an article from July 1st.... 2 days ago.  Here's the link: 

 http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=94919&catid=339

Take time to read some of the comments.  I have so say some of them make me feel better.  At least it's proof we have a few sane people still left in this country.  I just wonder if it is enough!!!

Going through memories

This past week I went home to visit my parents and my 2 sisters.  My mom finally made me get all my stuff I had stored in their attic and go through it.  I sure did have a lot of stuff!  I found a couple boxes of clothes I had been missing.  (I'm still missing some clothes I think!) I had boxes and boxes of "keepsakes."  I would open a box and a few things would get my attention immediately, like some of the toys I had when I was really little, or my collection of Star Wars action figures and Hot Wheels.  Then there was the rest of the box.... what was I thinking when I just HAD to keep this?  I had notebooks from 10th grade biology.  Why?  I have no clue.  I think I ended up with 4 huge bags of trash and 6 or 7 boxes for Goodwill.  (And no, the Star Wars action figures did NOT end up in the Goodwill box.  They are safely stored in my ONE keepsake box.)  I am pretty happy with how far I scaled down.  I am sure the next time I go through that box I'll wonder why I just had to keep a couple of things.  

When's the last time you went through your keepsakes?

Some political talk....

I know, 2 posts in 2 days!  Amazing isn't it?

I haven't really blogged much about politics even though I love talking about it.  Up here in the DC area one has to be careful who they talk to though.  It isn't like the South where you disagree about politics then go to a BBQ.  Here, it hurts feelings and arguments can get pretty heavy. ....BUT I DON"T CARE!  I can't tell you how glad I am that Hillary is out of the race.  I know, I know, Obama is much more Liberal than she is, but still.  I think there are enough holes in Obama's campaign to keep him out.  Of course, I am not too keen on the American people right now either.  I am not sure some of them can remember how to think for

 themselves.  They had rather the media tell them how to vote and believe everything they hear.  I remember my dad giving me this advice.  "Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see."  The media is tricky too.  When Tim Russert died Friday, the host of Meet the Press, the picture you saw on the associated press article was Russert with Obama.  That isn't major, but it is tons of little things like that which we see everyday.  Why not him with his family or a political figure that isn't running for office?  

Now, for those of you ready to defend Obama and your own honor, I am not big on McCain either.  This is definitely one of those elections where I will be voting for the lesser of the 2 evils.  

Well, I am glad I don't have to make good on my promise just yet of moving out of the country.  I had said I'm getting out of this place if Hillary became president.  She could run again....

Thanks for listening to me rant a bit.  Feels good to get out.  I'm sure there will be more.  I hope I'm still invited to your next BBQ :)!

The bad cake

Humidity isn't only bad for my hair, it is bad for cakes too.  Actually, it is bad for icing.  I had to make a cake for a wedding shower and it didn't turn out like I wanted it to.  Good thing is, no one really noticed or cared and it tasted great.  They were more impressed that I made the roses.  

I have had a couple of people ask me about what I used for the sunning teddy bear cupcakes.  For the sand I used crushed butter cookies (you know the kind that look like flowers that you put on your finger to eat :) ).  The beach blankets are Airheads candy.  I stretched them and then cut them.  The bears, of course, are Teddy Grahams, and then I just got the cocktail umbrellas from the party store.  

Friday was the last day of school for the kids this year.  It was 

also Field Day.  I am just glad it's over!  We have a tradition at Poe, all the teachers line up on the sidewalk and clap and wave as the buses carries the kids home one last time.  I will miss some of them, but there are several I will not lament.   I have 3 more days to go though.  I have to move out of my office.  That might take all 3 days!

Here are some of my classes.  I didn't get my 6th and 7th period classes.  

Little Miss Suzanne Home Maker

Well, I might as well own a bakery after today.  I am taking cupcakes for one of my classes tomorrow and then I am making a cake for a shower on Tuesday.  The pictures below are of the cupcakes I made for my class.  I haven't decorated the cake for the shower yet.  I should have that up tomorrow evening though.  I did almost kill the dog today.  I had made the cake for the shower and was letting it cool.  I ran downstairs for 1 minute and she decided to taste test it.  5 nice chunks out of the side of the cake.  So I had to go to the store to get another cake mix and some more eggs.  Oh well!

First the sand (butter cookies)

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