Been in Kind of a Funky Mood . . .

of late, so sorry that I haven't blogged since Sunday. Good time was had by all down in Dublin celebrating Kate's and my birthday Sunday afternoon. Kate made 'breakfast' for dinner . . . loved it! We had Belgian waffles, scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, bacon, and orange juice. Perfect way to celebrate my birthday! Received the book "I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman" by Nora Ephron, from Kate. Nora wrote some well-known screenplays like "When Harry Met Sally", "Sleepless in Seattle", and "You've Got Mail". The book is her view on life as a nearing 60 woman in today's world. Should be a good read and it will probably hit home more than I would like it to. Leslie gave me some Shaklee 'green' cleaning supplies that we had both seen on Oprah recently. Already tried them out, and they work great!

Yesterday was my "12 on 12" day, so here are my pictures for the day . . . Just like last month, the pictures include (L to R, top to bottom):

1. time I got up Tuesday morning . . . I was hoping for a delay or cancellation but everything ran on time and I 'slid' into work
2. Mark's and my lunches already to be packed in our lunch bags
3. my new Shaklee 'green' cleaning supplies
4. my odometer . . . 97, 017 this month which means I drove 1313 miles in the past month
5. my desk top first thing in morning . . . you should have seen it by the end of the day!
6. my class working on a properties of matter activity . . . note my new "Calm" poster in the background
7. looking down a book shelf in the library at school
8. our new picture for our dining room wall, newly framed and waiting to be hung . . . notice the lack of a dining room table . . . in being refinished again because last year's refinishing wasn't quite working out
9. drank 2 cans of Pepsi yesterday . . . here's one of the cans sitting on my desk in the den at home
10. my friend, Julie, as I looked through her classroom window as she worked on her alternative assessments
11. part of the Vera Bradley display at The Greenery . . . see Cathe, I finally went in to check out the new patterns for summer
12. yesterday's gas prices as seen on my way home from work . . . $3.02 per galloon

Well that is about it for this month's 12 on 12 . . . Have to admit that my battery died on my camera yesterday, so a couple of these pictures were actually taken today . . . trying not to let that bother me too much . . .

Sitting here watching American Idol . . . they are getting the contestants down to the final 24 tonight. Next week the voting by the public begins . . . looks like it will be a great season! One of the final 24 is a student at high school in the district I work in, Garrett Haley. Check out his video here . . . Hey, he also plays soccer . . . Not too bad! Should be fun watching how he does . . .

Well folks, that is about it for tonight. Working on my Ten on Tuesday list . . . I'll post it tomorrow. Have a great evening everyone!