My Boyfriend Still Drinks from Sippy Cups!

Okay, so the first time I ever went to visit and meet my boyfriend's Granna he told me that she makes the best sweet tea in the world.  I love sweet tea, so this was great news to me! We get there and he asks if I want some, of course I say "yes".  However, when I see him hand a child's sippy cup to me I get a little confused.  He tries to convince me this is how they all drink Granna's sweet tea, but you know how it is when you're the newbie and you always suspect people are trying to pull one over on you and make you look silly.   So I tried my hardest to crack him, but he never did!  I didn't believe him for the longest time that this was a normal thing for visitors or family to do... but I eventually found out that it most certainly is.    Indeed it is a tradition there, anytime you drink the sweet tea, you must drink it from a sippy cup. 

So today I was craving some freshly brewed sweet tea, so I went to the store and bought a tea kettle, some tea bags, and some cute little sippy cups.  I text Alex that I have a treat for him when he gets home, so he got all excited.  If you know guys, I'm sure he thinks it's going to be something suuuuuper cool...but it ain't.   

However, as weird as it may sound I know that he will still be excited to see a sippy cup full of delicous sweet tea... I'll let you know his reaction :)



UPDATE:  He LOVED the surprise :)  I can't lie, they are pretty awesome... they can tip and no drip!  I think I may start implementing a new rule at our household; guests that have had 3 or more drinks or appear to be unstable have to drink out of a sippy cup.   What do you think? 

Cheers to the weekend!
Haley =)

A Teacher's Confession

Obama wins!! I could not be happier about the outcome of this years election. This year was the first for me to become involved in politics and my first year to vote. I will be the first to admit that I'm no pro when it comes to politics, but I realized with my career choice, I cannot not care about who leads our country.

I am thankful to have a president that cares about the middle class. I am thankful to have a president that cares about education. After all, I am a teacher. I'm thankful I can still inspire young minds without fearng to lose my benefits. I'm thankful that my father will be able to continue to lead the auto industry and build American made cars for our country. I'm thankful that veterans will be able to come home from war and be welcomed by support and job opportunities. 

I know not everyone is excited about four more years with Obama, but he is our president. United we stand! 

In hope, the Compassionate Teacher

Your Vote Counts!

Election Day 2012!!!
 Your vote counts; so go make it!

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Behind the Chair Confessions

Hi! I'm Michelle & a hairstylist!
I absolutely LOVE what I do! The best part of my job is making people feel good about themselves... Who doesnt feel amazing & like a new person after getting there hair done?! I'm excited to post some of my pictures on here from work!:)

BUT....for my first confession it's not about hair...it's about my baking skills tonight!
I tempted to make these amazing looking Pumpkin-Cream cheese muffins...& forgot the milk!!!! They were so dry they stuck to the roof of your mouth!!

Sandy had to remake them!

Whoops!

Michelle:)

Kindergarten Confessions

Being a kindergarten reading teacher, I hear some very interesting things throughout my day. I thought I write about some of my favorite things I've hear this far in my career in teaching Kindergarten.

For those who do not know me, I am a Title 1 teacher at an urban elementary school. I teach children how to read. In August, my kids did not know their ABC's or how to spell their name. Most of my kids have come a long way from then and we are reading level A books now! Woo hoo! I also now have two fourth graders that I work with that did not pass the IRead test for 3rd grade.

Now that you have some idea of the children I work with here are some of the funny things my kids have told or asked me.

Shanyia (age 5): "Miss Gonzalez, do you have a daughter?" No. "When you get one, will you name her Lindsay?" Sure Shanyia, I'll think about it when that day comes!

E.J. (age 6): "Mom, I mean Miss Gonzalez."

Matthew (age 6): Miss Gonzalez why are you so young? Teachers are suppose to be old."

Jakob (age 6): How was your weekend Jakob? "I had to mow the grass for 6 hours."

Parent at Fall Festival (age 50s?!): "Miss Gonzalez how many tickets does it cost to get my picture taken with you?"

E.J. (age 6): Miss Gonzalez why don't you wear braids and beads in your hair?"

Isaiah (age 5): What you do over fall break? "Laid in bed." Well what else did you do? "Just laid in bed the whole break."

Hunter (age 6): "I HAVE TO POOP (Holding his butt while he says it)!"

Elijah (age 10): "Man I just flip out when kids step on the back of my shoes."


I hope some of these made you giggle, I'll post more when my kids say more silly things.

:) Emily

Moonshine and Puppies

The necessities of a good blog, you ask?  

I am still trying to figure out a little bit of the harder aspects of the blog, while enjoying my pup, Phoebe's, company and some good ol' Moonshine.  I actually haven't ever willingly bought Moonshine to drink, but Alex, my boyfriend, brought some home with him today.

It tastes too much like apple pie if you ask me!   Hopefully you'll see some changes with the blog soon!

Cheers!

-Haley

The First Confession

As you can probably tell, the very first confession is.....this is the first! So I was inspired to start a blog after accidently stumbling upon a super cute blog (while looking for a dessert recipe of course). 

I then began to get discouraged after coming to the realization that my 20-something life isn't too terribly interesting right now.  No kids, no wedding to plan, not a terribly big family, or crazy hobbies...I'm not even that good of a cook to be looking for recipes!  I do have an amazing boyfriend, new house, somewhat new job and two adorable dogs though!   But let's be real, how many blogs would it take of photos of my dogs laying down, sleeping, dressed up, laying down, sleeping.. before it got boring?  Not long!   Okay so my life really is interesting but probably not entertaining enough to fill up a blog as much as you're supposed to.  So my next idea was to have all of my closest friends upload to this blog as well.  We all have been best friends since high school, and all have started to branch out and start our post-college lives.  There is a lot of interesting things going on collectively, so I thought it would be a fun way to stay in touch since we don't have as much time to be together as we used to!  I hope you enjoy!

Best,

-The "not always so professional" professional

Also known as.... Haley ;)