Daylight Savings.

I just have to put it out there that Daylight Savings in Chicago is awful.  I thought it was bad in Indiana but it is definitely worse here!  It officially starts getting dark when I take my kids to the buses (3:15!).   By the time it is 5:00 it is pitch black.  I can only imagine what it will be like in December.  Boo to Daylight Savings!!


Mrs. Barnett : ) 

I love my job.

I have received many notes/drawings/letters throughout my teaching career.  There are a few that stand out as adorable.  Today, I received one of those!  One of my favorite little guys gave me these post-it notes along with this paper of math problems.  For those of you that are not fluent in reading first grade writing, it says... "I did extra homework it is in my backpack its math and please give me a grade on my extra homework and do it in letters like an A+".  Needless to say...I needed to take a picture before I gave him back his A+ graded homework.

Mrs. Barnett : ) 

Cashew.

David and I ran into Target the other day (which we frequently do) to pick up just a few things.  While shopping, we found this new toy for the girls (our cats, Paige and Chili).

We decided to get them their first Hanukkah toy!  When I was young, we often celebrated a little bit of Hanukkah along with Christmas.  My parents made up the nickname "Cashews" (Catholic - Jews). We are not sure how we will raise our own children, but I think it will be a little bit of both!  For now, we will start with our fur babies.

Mrs. Barnett : ) 

YEA!!!

I finished the race!!  It actually went by fast and I felt really good doing it.  I beat a goal time for myself and ended up doing it in 2 hours and 23 minutes.  My first race, Disney Princess in 2009, I ran in 2 hours and 39 minutes.  My second race, Indy Mini Marathon, I ran in 2 hours 31 minutes.  I am signed up to run the Disney Princess race again in February.  I hope for a time in the 2 hours and teen-somethings!  We will see!  For now, here are some pictures from the day...by the way - I wasn't even sore!!

Jennifer and I after the race...we finished at the same time and didn't even know we were running by eachother!

Margaret and my Dad at breakfast.  My Dad ran the half and Margaret ran the full...she came in first in her age division!

David and I at breakfast.  We went to the same place after I ran the Mini!

Me at my Mom's house ready to shower!  (Can you tell the photographer was David??)

Mrs. Barnett : ) 

Done.

I am officially done training for my half-marathon!!  Ya-hoo!!!  Unfortunately, David has been sick with a stomach something (I keep telling myself it started as food poisoning).  Therefore, I have spent my week washing my hands constantly.  Keep your fingers crossed that I do not get it and make it through Saturday!!


Mrs. Barnett : ) 

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Mrs. Barnett's First Grade Class!!

Post Weekend Recap 2.

The second weekend I wanted to recap was last weekend!  I flew down to Nashville (music city!) for the night to celebrate Jeni and her upcoming wedding!  I had never been to Nashville and had honestly never thought about visiting.  However, I had so much fun and would love to go back again!

We went from bar to bar because there were so many fun ones to choose from.  The best part was that all of the bars had live bands playing.  This made it even more entertaining!

We had a GREAT group of girls!

Another fun part of the weekend was staying at the Timothy Demonbreun House which was a Bed & Breakfast.  It was such a great idea to have a whole house to ourselves.  However, the owner was another whole story... : ) 

The weekend made me that much more excited for Jeni's big day on New Years Eve!

Mrs. Barnett : )