and here's my 2 cents..take 'em for all they're worth!

alright, so some of you may remember when i got the check from at & t...well, imagine my surprise when another check came in the mail from them! i don't know if it's an adjustment or part of a class action lawsuit against them and this was my share for over charges or something...but again...don't care, i am getting my money!!

you have to admit that it is slightly ironic that it is 'two cents worth.'

yep, that's right...$.02

 why do i let myself get excited? then the thing i wasn't as excited about caught my interest!

peel and taste, so i did

 and after i checked it out...so did bruno and he told me limeade is NOT his favorite...he prefers lemon-berry slush. then i turned it over and saw the best part!

THAT'S what i'm talkin' about!

as a teacher, i'm just going to say it, there are some kids that walk into your class without having an foreknowledge about them and you make judgments. like the kid who walks in with the cute glasses and hair cut and you just kinda' automatically imagine that they are going to be brilliant. i hate it when i make those stereotypes and i'm wrong! on the other hand i love it when the ones i wasn't real sure about prove me wrong!

our principal is doing everything possible to get our kids excited about furthering their education, and one of the things he decided to do is to invite a busload of kiddos to a football game of the high school that they will eventually feed into. well, it ends up so many kids wanted to go that we now have 2 buses! and to bribe teachers to chaperon, they offered a free jeans-day during the week. well, apparently teachers really like their free time because they had to up the ante...TWO FREE JEANS DAYS! so, i decided to do it. bruno just looked at me and said, "sucka!"(but i do think it is great for the kids to see what they have to look forward to and start really thinking about it!)

i LOVE it when catalogs have these little dealies...i'm sure i have friends who are in need of pet catalogs! i'm pretty sure they'd be surprised that they are getting random catalogs in the mail...

be looking for your catalog! (baby hand claps)

right now i'm sure some of my friends are wishing i didn't have their addresses. hmm.

have a great night before the blessed friday before the incredible 3-day weekend!
jules

22 cents...what to do?

ok, last time was a false alarm, this time i am truly done with saturday school!!! for real,real,real reeeeal.

after saturday school i went straight to u.s. toy to get some cheap toys for my students who have 'worked so hard this year.' as i was looking, i saw so many things that i wanted to get because they just looked like fun for me (the fake mustaches, fun hats and glasses...i didn't get them because i knew i would want to keep them) amongst the many items i found, i did get a bag of small kaleidoscopes-which reminded me of when i lived in illinois and my dad pastored a church. we'd have contests, and one sunday i won one-i think they are soooo cool! i am mesmerized by the various designs that are created! somehow that reminded me of one of the last sundays that we were there because we the church was welcoming the new pastor and his family, and i may or may not have gotten in a little tiff with the new pastor's daughter; it was one of those 'my dad's better than your dad' fights. i don't remember really being in any other fights....ever. although i have wondered how i'd fair in a fight.

checked my mailbox when i got home and at&t was appreciative enough after all of our time together to accept my rejection by sending me a refund for my last payment.

really at&t? was it worth it? you spent more on the check itself and the postage. but ya' know what? i'm still going to cash it-you're not getting a pass, at&t...you robbed me blind for so long, now i'm taking your whole 22 cents and i'm putting it in savings or something...i know you were hoping that it was so insignificant that i wouldn't cash it, BUT I AM!! 

tonight after i took bruno and chaco for a walk, i got back and i had to go to glorias. i just had to have their chips and bean dip, and i knew if i ordered the fish, i'd have leftovers! (i may have had to get the tres leches as well-i told you that story..i just cannot pass it up!) last minute craving, so i went alone...with some schoolwork. i'm so glad that i am comfortable going places alone and it's not awkward! it's easier to people watch or finish things that i get distracted doing at home! as fun as it is to go alone...if stevie were still in dallas, i DEFinintely would've dragged her along! (that used to be a fun hang out time)!

something is wrong with me because as soon as i was leaving glorias (full...up to the neck full), i passed by the original house of pancakes and i immediately wanted to go to breakfast there! i went for the first time ever with my friend bmayes and i have never had such delicious pancakes and syrup! then i went again with my sweet friend carla (from HONDURAS-who just had a precious baby girl!)...and i'm just looking for an excuse to go again soon! oh and the bacon is thick and amazing, you can tell it comes from a real pig!!!

when i got home tonight, the boys had just finished watching a news special about the tornadoes. bruno looked at me and said, "if a tornado comes to us, can we go onto the roof and watch it?" what part of the special did he not understand?

hoping for rain tomorrow!
julie