The Cheese Touch

A little background before the story. The cheese touch can be found in the book "Diary of A Wimpy Kid" It is a VERY popular book with the elementary school kids. Basically the cheese touch is like cooties and incidentally has the same immunization (ie you cross your fingers)

SSSo there I was... picking up the kids after lunch. They are all lined up ready to go because they know it bugs me when they are jumping around and acting like hooligans in the line. So far so good. Until.....we start to leave the lunch room and I notice that a few kids have their fingers crossed as they are walking out the door. Even my good girls have their fingers crossed. I start to get suspicious. I check hands and sure enough 14 out 15 kids have their fingers crossed. I've read Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I know what this means...... THE CHEESE TOUCH IS BACK! After I quit laughing I stop the line and explain to the children that there will be no cheese touch in line or in my room as I have immunized. They finally uncross their fingers. One of my girls comments that it hurts to keep your fingers crossed for that long to which I reply "yep it sure does" in the most profound voice I can muster.
I wish I had a camera, the whole dang class with their fingers crossed so funny! I love third grade! :)

Signs that you are getting old

Ok so here I am. If you know me even a little bit you know I love techie stuff. I always have the latest gadgets (or I am saving to buy them, or I am waiting for the second gen to come out because everyone knows when you buy the first gen it will have problems). So of course as soon as the new version of Itunes came out I downloaded it. It's kinda cool, it has a genius bar that you turn on and then when you click on a song in your library it will list a bunch of songs that you might like to buy. Well I am still working on a 50 song gift card I gave to myself (thank you AMEX reward points they have the best stuff) so I thought I'd browse around and see what's out there. So I click on a song and it gives me a bunch of recommendations. Yeah I haven't heard of any of these fools! I am so out of touch musically but I don't care! I have disney mania 6 and that's all that matters to my class! :) I let them listen to it while we are working. (yeah I really am that cool). This week I am into Dashboard Confessional and Secondhand Serenade. I guess I am fascinated by the idea of a boy who can express his emotions through song. ENJOY!

PS I dl'd this new widget that lets you see who is looking at your blog and I get people from all over the world! I know this scares some of you but I happen to think it's the COOLEST THING EVER! Guess which 2 posts get the most hits? My post on the volcano experiment and my post that is titled "Jesus Loves you but I am his favorite!" It tickles me to NO END! :)

Did you miss me?

Sssooo my friend Hatsuho tagged me. She says I don't blog enough. She is right. I keep meaning to but I'd rather go to sleep most nights and I can't access my blog from school (our county blocks blogger). I will give you a quick update and then you can read my tag:
School is good, I like my kids, I wish they listened more
I decided to start looking for a house or a condo, tomorrow is my first time actually looking at places and I am excited/nervous
I've been on a diet for about a month and I've lost 20lbs because I don't eat ANY carbs! Just lean meat and veggies and lowfat cheese. I MISS CHOCOLATE!
I am still caffeine free too!
Family is good (please say a prayer it stays that way, dad usually ends up in the hospital sometime during the month of september)
In October I will be taking classes every saturday and teaching an after school enrichment club (on how to blog) and tutoring students in the mornings twice a week before school. (and I am excited about all of it, I must be crazy)
those are the highlights! :)
Here is the tag:

I usually: am thinking about what to teach my class next
I search: for the perfect bungalow house in south tampa, in my price range (I can dream!)
I wonder: if buying a house is a good financial decision
I regret: falling in love with the wrong boy
I love: watching my students get excited about reading, my dog
I care: too much about other people's happiness
I always: take way too long to wake up in the morning!
I worry: too much about stupid stuff
I am not: a hyper person
I remember: EVERYTHING! I have a mind like a steel trap! Although the older I get the rustier the trap! I am trying to just keep the happy memories and toss the sad ones.
I believe: that God loves me and EVERYTHING happens for a reason!
I dance: when I am happy
I sing: in the car
I don't always: spend enough time taking care of myself
I argue: with good friends! I love a good argument as long as no one is angry
I write: only on my blog and when I am modeling a lesson for my students
I win: who knows? I am not very competitive
I lose: weight! so far 20lbs and counting!!!
I wish: I had more self discipline
I listen: to kids ask "how long until lunch?" ALL DAY LONG
I don't understand: Why I don't get paid more money! Cuz honey I am worth it! :)
I can usually be found: driving to or in or just leaving my classroom
I am scared of: spiders and other large ugly bugs!
I need: to exercise more (but I am going to go to sleep early instead!)
I am happy: on Saturday mornings when I don't have to do anything that day, its the best!

Crazy is as Crazy Does

Whew! The first few weeks of school are CRAZY! They finally got my air conditioning working after a week and a half! I don't know how the pioneers did it! I am pretty sure Heavenly Father chose the right time for me to be here because I think I would have DIED by now if I had been born Pre-AC! :) I haven't been home before 6pm once this week and tomorrow is Open House night till 8pm! I am so glad we have a 3 day weekend after this! I like my new class. They are a pretty cool bunch. There are still 1 or 2 kids who haven't quite jumped on the Ms. S bandwagon but they'll get there eventually. I still miss last years class though. Even though this year's are probably better behaved (hopefully b/c I have better classroom management skills!) last years class had so much PERSONALITY! I mean really who tells their teacher that 30 is the new 20? :) I'm sure I will fall in love with my class this year too, I just need to get to know them a little better. They think I am super nice(which scares me but I have a hard time being mean), so nice in fact that half of them didn't feel the need to do their homework Monday night! Yeah that did not go so well for them. Needless to say that after my lecture on responsibility and threatening to keep them off the honor roll I had 100% homework the next day! It was a really good lecture too! :) Yep my teacher look is back in action! :)

Gotta love that Florida Weather!

Why do I love the weather here? Because I got today off! :) Yep since they weren't sure if Hurricane Fay would hit Tampa we got the day off just in case! And what do you do with an unexpected day off? Go to the Temple! Tomorrow its back to school with my new class. They are pretty good so far but it's only been one day. Oh did I mention my air conditioner has been out in my classroom for a week?!? I didn't exactly look fresh by the end of the first day of school! I really really really REALLY hope the air is fixed tomorrow! Although all this crazy weather has cooled things off a bit too!

It's the Color of Royalty!

Sssooo there I was... at the blood lab work place. Why because I had to endure a 2 1/2 hour test to see if I had diabetes. Basically they make you drink liquid sugar and then they draw your blood 5 times in different places at different times to see how your blood handles sugar. I look like a heroin addict becasue I bruise so easily but that's not the point of this post!
I had a great nurse and as she started to put on purple latex gloves I remarked that purple is my favorite color. She stated that it was her favorite too! And then went on to say "You know purple is the color of Royalty!" (of course I know that!) I told her that I know and my name is Sarah which means Princess! :) She called me Princess the rest of the time which I LOVED! (hint hint) She also said that she saw her daughters face in me (her daughter is 11) which warmed my heart because you know I do worry about being too mature! :)

PS the results from the test came back fine, my blood sugar is perfectly normal.
And no more headaches! woo-hoo!

PPS Saw Mamma Mia! And LOVED the music which as some of you know is surprising because I normally loathe 70's music (Especially that do the hustle song, it freakin stays in my head for DAYS! right Danica?) :)

The Results are In

Sssooo today is the first day that I haven't had to take my headache medicine! (so far) Woo-hoo!  It's been a nasty few weeks although the prescription migraine medicine works pretty well as long as I take it with food.  I was getting scared last weekend and decided to perform a little social experiment so I took 1/2 a dose of Excedrin and sure enough 20 minutes later I was fine!  So I really was suffering from withdrawals from the Excedrin!  I'm hoping that the worst part is behind me.

Its been a really good day!  My dad is off work for a few days and we've all just been chilling out.  We went to the new Super Target this morning and I am now well stocked with school supplies! He loves Enya and the house has been filled with her peaceful sounds for the last few hours.  I was so relaxed I fell asleep!  There is nothing better than uplifting music!  So in honor of peace and tranquility I am changing my music list to all Enya!  Enjoy!  And for those of you who have kids it's a great way to put them to sleep! :)

Crackhead!

It's been a rough week! I followed up with the Dr. concerning my headaches, she said there was a good chance that I was suffering from withdrawal from all the Excedrin I had been taking (Excedrin has a lot of caffeine in it) this coupled with advice from massage therapist has led me to quit caffeine cold turkey! We are currently on day 4 of no caffeine and I've had massive headaches EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's been yucky. Thankfully my Doc gave me some prescription migraine medicine to help. Yeah I feel like a heroin addict suffering from all these withdrawal symptoms, but I know it's the right thing to do. For the record I don't drink coffee or tea...Pepsi is my poison! Sssooo "Hello my name is Sarah and I am addicted to Pepsi!"

Long Awaited and Much Anticipated

Ok here are the pics of my car and me in my new glasses!  I was trying to wait for a non frizzy hair day but this is Florida in the summertime and that's just not realistic! :)

Can you hear me now?

I don't know about other people but I always hear music in my head.  Sometimes its good music sometimes it's not, it's almost always something random though! :)  I thought you guys might enjoy hearing some of the music in my head too so here it is!  (courtesy of a lovely website called hypster) If you look at the top of that widget you can stop the music or if you double click on a song it will jump to that song.  I encourage you to click through all the selections b/c I bet you will hear something new!  I'm into mostly upbeat stuff right now so feel free to get up and dance :)