MCM - The Trip.

I think I have finally found the time to write about my marathon!

I am loving my break (even though it is almost over...) and am so looking forward to my January - March.  I do not have another grad class until March 7th.  I plan on enjoying my time off and catching up on life! ; )

Okay, the marathon.  David and I flew into DC on Thursday night after school.  We actually sat on the plane for 2 hours before taking off.  David was not a happy camper!  By the time we arrived, David's knee was hurting badly.  Let's just say I knew that wasn't such a great sign! ; )

Friday we decided to tour around DC.  I had never been there before, so I wanted to see the monuments.  We took the subway (not a fan!) to the National Mall and toured around.  We didn't want to wear ourselves out too much, so we took it easy.  David's knee was hurting him and he was not the best travel companion...that ended our touring pretty quickly!  In the evening, we went back to our hotel in the Arlington Courthouse area and ate a great steak dinner.  At this point, I was feeling pretty excited!

On Saturday we decided to take it easy also.  I went out for a short run and was terrified because of the hills.  I have been known to avoid hills at all costs.  I knew there would be hills, but nothing like I saw! After I ran, we met up with Lauren and went to the expo.  We then ate an early dinner with our large group which was fun.

I went to sleep early to be best prepared.  First, I layed out all my gear to be ready to go.  I was surprised at how "un-nervous" I felt.  I knew that I put in the work and I could finish it!

Stay tuned for another post about the actual race!

ABC's of me!

I saw this on another blog and thought I would be cheesy and write about it on mine...

The ABC’s of Me!

A. Age: 29...very close to 30...

B. Bed size: King

C. Chore you dislike: Toilets and Bath/Shower

D. Dogs: None...but I do have two sweet cats!

E. Essential start to your day: Coke Zero or Coffee and Oatmeal

F. Favorite colors: PINK! of course...  

G. Gold or silver: Silver

H. Height: 5’2’’- on a good day : ) 

I. Instruments you play(ed): RECORDER! Piano, and okay I played the french horn once : / 

J. Job title: First Grade Teacher 

K. Kids: Not there yet...hopefully this year ; )

L. Live: Illinois

M. Mom’s name: Mary

N. Nicknames: Princess Sarah, Pinkalicious, Mrs. Barnett / Mrs. B - I head this a million times during the day at school!

O. Overnight hospital stays: None!

P. Pet peeves: Hmm, not sure if this a considered a pet peeve but I dislike negative and passive agressive people.

Q. Quote from a movie: Cinderella - "A dream is a wish your heart makes when you’re fast asleep. In dreams you will lose your heartaches. Whatever you wish for, you keep. Have faith in your dreams, and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true."  I walked down the aisle to this!

R. Righty or lefty: Righty

S. Siblings: Elizabeth and John...okay Aaron is a sibling too...

T. Time you wake up: All depends, I could sleep forever!  I usually hit the snooze button several times.

U. Underwear: VS Pink Line

V. Vegetables you don’t like: Beets, Onions, Radishes, Peppers

W. What makes you run late: The fact that I do not like to be early, I wait until the last minute to get ready.

X. X-rays you’ve had: Hmm, arm, finger, stomach, there has to be more...

Y. Yummy food you make: Although I eat pretty simply for main courses...I am a great baker!

Z. Zoo animal you like: Pink Flamingos!

NBCT Celebrating

After I found out that I achieved National Board Certification, I had to celebrate!  My friend Kathy treated me to lunch at Taco Bell.  We really went big! ; )  Then, that night John and David went with me to Walker Brother's Pancake House, my favorite!  David told them it was my birthday, so I got a free sundae.

I have been thinking a lot about my certification and my age (30 is not far away...) and I have come to the conclusion that I have turned into a career woman.  I know it sounds very corny, but I always thought that the title career woman was reserved for business.  However, the more I think about it, I have put so much towards my career in Education.  Since graduating, I have worked every year, earned one master degree and am working on a second, was named teacher of the year, achieved national board certification, among other things.  I have put off having children and have worked hard.  I am proud of myself!

50th Day of School

For the 50th day of school this year, we decided to celebrate 50's style.  We had a lot of fun educational activities along with bubble gum blowing, soda float making, and taking pictures in a cardboard glittery Cadillac.  Although I can not show you all the pictures from the day, I can show you my outfit.  I love any reason to celebrate!

Love Notes.

I have been receiving love notes from my class last year.  The wind up on my desk daily.  They tell me how beautiful I am and how much they miss me.  They do a lot for my self-esteem!  I love my job.

Notice - This one is from my "lover" ha!  Can't figure out how to turn it...

ABC Dates - A - Applefest

I am attempting to have David go on different dates that start with the letter of the alphabet.  I am not so sure we will ever get past A though.  We shall see!  It could be fun...

For our "A" date we went to the Long Grove Applefest.  We went last year and had a lot of fun.  They had apple cinnamon donughts that are soooo stinking good.  David saw a bacon-wrapped hot dog and had to try it.  He tried to be a little healthy though by asking to leave the cheese off of it...

Start of School.

The start of school was such a blur.  Times have been so busy with everything that is going on.  I wanted to share some pictures though.  I decided to send each of my students a book this year along with a letter that I usually send.  It was a hit!  I have a fabulous student teacher and found a fun beginning of school gift for her on Pinterest.  I also have a super cute (and small) class!