it was a one-stop day

i woke up this morning and needed coffee. how do i know? well, as i started the coffee maker, i realized that i didn't have a cup under the mouth of the keurig and coffee was spilling into the reservoir. hence the need for coffee.

and i was thinking about going to get some diet coke, (4 cases for $10..good deal these days), but i couldn't bear the thought of carrying 4 12-packs up to the third floor...especially after the radio man said extreme heat warning-110 in the shade, 120 in the parking lot.but not to worry, it's going to cool off next monday and tuesday it'll be down to 103-104...boo. so instead i went to bed bath and beyond and finally got my soda stream refill..i know, it's taken forever but i just never want to stop in because it makes me get things like this:

i think my feet deserve it after teaching all day!

 i also got a meat thermometer-i know it's hard to believe that i've been cooking all these years without a food thermometer and i have not gotten sick nor died yet! (but i did see something about some people dying because they hadn't cooked their turkey burgers to the correct temp...darned turkey burgers!) when i worked at kamp we drove by the tyson processing plant whenever we went into berryville-and the stench makes me reconsider whenever i think about purchasing turkey...ew. (by the way, i went to the website about berryville arkansas, and it had all sorts of information including most popular name of deceased persons)

so when i got home, i stayed inside because the man on the radio suggested it. and to be honest, it's a yucky hot out there. i've noticed that on hot days i've become a 1-2 stop person. i can't make more stops than that because the diet coke won't stay cold long enough!  and then i found it as i was flipping through the channels-

thank goodness for the hallmark channel! murder she wrote!

she's like an old nancy drew. i love it! intelligent but not sexy-gives us average folk a boost of self confidence. smile. i have always enjoyed angela lansbury..classy yet down to earth. also i loved her voice in beauty and the beast!

so...i've seriously been considering a hyundai elantra (not the touring) in part for the gas economy. anyone have one? i might lease one more time...see how i like the car. i think it has about as much space as my g6 and i don't need a whole lot of room (as long as there are headrests to put up the dog seats we're good).

goodnight!
julie

"crumpets for breakfast, please," said chaco

so...anyone get up at an ungodly hour to watch the wedding? when i woke up, bruno and chaco had the t.v. on and they were ooohing and aaahing over the dress. chaco looked up when i came out and said, "how bout fixing us some crumpets with tea for breakfast?" to which i answered, "absolutely!" and proceeded to pull out the dog food and water.

 and this morning when i walked into school, one of my little boys asked (with a little excitement in his voice) if i watched the wedding this morning. i knew what he was talking about but i looked at him with a pretty convincing questioning look and he clarified, "the ROYAL wedding!" so i rolled my eyes and said no, jonathan, but bruno and chaco did. i figure it's going to be playing several times over the next week, so i'll watch when it's convenient for me...and at that, i won't be watching the entire thing...just the most important portions. a comedian did mention that the queen was dressed like pac man-we'll see.

did i really agree to work saturday school tomorrow? yes. but fortunately it's only one satrurday! i'll get by.

today i finally got over to bed bath and beyond! (it's not that i'm lazy, i just never feel like it after school.. ok, i'm lazy).

i was going to go to the gift registry to get something, but alas, the clerk was having difficulty with the computer. she was helping a lady, and then there was a young couple in front of me, and i figured it would take forever...so i fled.
but not before getting my diet coke for my soda stream!!

i decided to try the pink grapefruit too...

i really do love my soda stream! i do like the diet cola, but i also am finding i really like drinking just the straight club soda again! i used to drink it in HONDURAS after a run, and it just proved to be so refreshing!

and i may have gotten a little something extra as well.nothing big, but it sure is relaxing and it's making me smile! i love candles that are fresh, but not dripping with sweetness, and not too floral-y. when i used to live in des moines, ia i would go to my friend(also my manager at comair!) cindy's house and she had the coolest little electric potpourri pot that she would melt the yankee tartlets in. kudos to cindy for getting me one as a gift, because i use it often! and today i found some new scents i thought i would check out.

the lady that rang me up had to try to smell every thing and she reassured me that the pink grapefruit was one of her favorite drinks. oh goody.

drift away, sun and sand and pink sands

right now pink sands is melting away and who knew that pink sand smells a little like cotton candy? i cannot wait to pop in the sun and sand because i took a sneak whiff (as opposed to a sneak peek) and that little smell took me straight back to jack o neill's cay in HONDURAS and vacations with heidi and margo..the good-ol-days! (i linked the pic, so you must go see it to really understand whenever i start talking about the islands, this is what i'm conjuring up in my mind!) if i could choose one place that i consider paradise, it would be there! in fact, i wish heaven were like the islands!

(and a tv commentator just now said, 'tuppence for the birds'-another reference to mary poppins...i'm tellin'ya!)

oh, and for the record i don't think i've mentioned that i'm not an american idol fan (i was brought up knowing that idols are not a good thing...) i will admit that i did watch the season when jason was on, but that was it (i liked his hair and his family was from my church!), but as soon as he was off, idol was off. that said, i did watch the voice the other night, and i liked it a whole lot! i'm pretty sure that will be dvr'd at our apt. bruno is a big fan-i'm pretty sure he just has a crush on christina aguilera.

alrighty then...tea with jam.. jam and bread!
julie