I NEED COLOR!

Fellow Bloggers/Readers,


My blog is in desperate need of a face lift. I'm not up on html...well just a little. I want something Fun, Flirty, Spicy, Girly. I'm so bored with the templates. If anyone is listening and would be so kind to walk me through changing it, or if you get bored you could just work something up. I would be so thankful.

Thank you

Char-Marie

Diet, What diet?

Ah yes, I thought I would make lunch today for Colby and I. I'm actually getting better with the time management thing, and I'm proud of it. It does help when the bag you're cooking from tells you exactly what time to take your frozen delights out of the oven.

Diet?.....Diet you say, well we fell off the wagon and are rolling down a very steep, very rocky hill right now. Here's the deal, as soon as I can breathe again from finals being taken care of, I'm going back to the gym. Scouts honor.

I took this picture while I was making lunch, Colby just looked at me and I had a feeling he was wondering what the hell I was doing, so I replied, "Honey, the public have a right to know that we're sticking to our diet." He says, "But we're not." I reply, "Exactly." How very sad this is, but it was so GOOD!

Without Further Adieu..

Today is the day that I kick my homework in the ass! I'm going to work my lil' butt off until I have most of it accomplished. I admit that last night I thought I needed a break so I went to the Fox and shot pool. I'm actually getting FREAKIN Awesome at it. I'm still procrastinating ... Should be doing homework, Colby just informed me. I'm very very ready for finals to be done!

Today's list to get done:

1. Finish the report on the interview with my dad.
2. Write up three lesson plans
3. Make a trifold presentation for my 'health for educators' class.
4. Finish the children's book- Island of the Blue Dolphins, and write a report on it.
5. Finish The Devil's Arithmetic and write a report on it.
6. Study for my final on Wednesday.

And much more, but if I continue to write them down I'll get overwhelmed and puke.

Talk About Baggage.

So today I was making out a list of all the things I need to get accomplished for this week to turn in, I didn't realize that I had SO much to do!! I'm pulling hair out over here! I just have to count to ten and breathe, because if I don't I'll probably explode, or maybe I'll implode...?

I was at work tonight and Hollie and I discovered some luggage that went on clearance. It was a four piece luggage set, and it was priced at 99.96 and it was now priced at 36.00. I couldn't pass it up, although I'm not going anywhere now, I will go places. I'm bound and determined. I told Colby he could take it with him to Hawaii this summer if only he promised to leave it out on the beach for a few days so when he got back I could sit next to it and smell Hawaii while sunning on his balcony. I'm sure we'll get some good use out of it.

I must be getting old if luggage excites me...

Spontaneity killed the cat.....

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Colb, Corey and I went to Cileto Lindo tonight and had Mexican food mmm...

Then we decided to get Corey's tattoo, the longer I sat there the longer I wanted to get an industrial piercing. I've always wanted one, but it was so expensive because its two piercings. Usually it cost 80 dollars to get it done, at Miller Cotton's it cost 40. SOLD! I got it done. As I was lying down so I could be skewered the last words he said before he stuck the huge needle through my ear was, "You're going to bleed like a stuck pig."


I did. I could feel the blood running down into my ear. Ahh the rush. ;)
I didn't even flinch...Is this normal?

Exhausted.

Today I give a presentation for my Dad's interview. Colby and I put together a movie, and although the audio doesn't match up with the picture during the end, it still works. I think it's a pretty good presentation. We've worked on it for three days and it's only 16 minutes long. I'm sleepy. I just got out of bed and always have to have my time where I sit and just chill before I decided to jump in the shower.


Corey's down from KC and is going to register today for classes down here. Colby, Jacob, and Corey are going to be living together so they've been trying to get that in order. Tonight we're going to my house to have grilled steak, and everything that comes with it. I'm already hungry.

Message For My Guardian Angel:

It has been a very stressful week/day and it's only Tuesday. I called home today to find out how everything was going and talked to my dad for about ten minutes. He was still in bed, but contemplating getting up. I told him he needed to get up because it was such a nice day and with this Missouri weather we're having who knows when it could start pouring. He told me that he would and that was the end of our conversation.

Later on I received a call from my mom, about our computer, and how dad couldn't find something on it. I told them where I thought it was, and then later called them back. My dad had a "little" nervous breakdown and I'm not really sure why.....Was it the computer, was it life....Only he knows. It's really hard to see him going through all of this. I feel sometimes like I'm having to be a parent to him, and it's so overwhelming. I'm so worried about him, will he ever get out of this hole that he's sitting in? I love my dad more than life itself, and I love my mom for sticking with him every step of the way. I have the best family in the whole wide world, I just wish we could go back to how we were. Dad always working or messing with something around the house, Mom always running back and forth between house stuff, yard work, fish pond, dogs... Stori and I coming in and out of the house. Everyone was happy. It seems like anymore all the phone calls made are consisting of, "How's dad? Is it a good day or a bad day?"

Lately they've been bad days. More bad...Less good. I know that we have angels watching over us, I definitely believe in guardian angels. I'm asking right now for mine to watch over my dad, because he needs it more than I do. I just want him better so bad. I want my old dad, the one who's always joking, always smiling, always eating ice cream.....I need him to come back, because it's sad without him.

Umm Hi....Hello......

So i'm sitting in a computer lab trying to get things done before class when this girl comes by and just about knocks me out of my chair! She just plowed her way through. EHHH! I wanted to throw my hands up and say, "Ummm Hello......Yeah Hi, I'm actually sitting at this computer, so could you please charge your way though that aisle." She about knocked the glasses off my face!


So yeah, i'm still procrastinating. I don't know how i'm going to get all the homework done, I work every day! Last night I had a minor melt down, but Colby was there to say we'd get it done. What a wicked cool boyfriend I have.

Summertime and the Livin' is Easy!

Wheeeew...............I'm SO STUFFED! I made enchiladas tonight! I'm becoming a regular Betty. I'm enjoying cooking, and I think Colby's enjoying eating my cooking? I'm about to explode in all of my procrastination glory!! I'm ready to be done with school. I'm so looking forward to this summer.

Things I want to accomplish this summer are...Thus far:

1. Lose 10lbs. I'm working on that currently, but I want to be able to look good and feel better.
2. Yoga Yoga Yoga. I need to go back to Yoga!
3. Reading! I have lists of books to read: The Cement Garden, The Virgin's Lover* I'm already half way through with this one, Finish A Million Little Pieces* Even if he was lying in most of it! The Chronicles of Narnia, The Davinci Code, Wicked.....There are plenty of others. I Also need to look at some books for my Children's Library. I'd like to start getting some chapter books built up. I have lots of picture books, now I need chapter books. I'd love to have Where the Red Fern Grows, Possibly Boxcar Children, Chronicles of Narnia...etc.
4. Maybe get some pigment to my skin...?
5. Buy a fantastic pair of shoes! Running shoes, and kitten heels, Sandals....You name it! Can I really count this as a goal for summer???..... Of course I can, It's my summer.

This is just a very few small things I'd like to do. I'm so excited summer is just about here!

Just A Reminder To Myself, So My Head Doesn't Explode!

I need to get a few things accomplished before finals arrive, which is very very close.

1. Write a five page paper on No Child Left Behind, and take a side. (for or against it)
2. Make a presentation on a trifold board for my Health for Educators class.
3. Finish all my quizzes for Reading.
4. Write a paper for my Combats Memoirs class on 'How I perceived my interview with my dad.'
5. Finish the presentation for my Dad's Interview
6. Write up my self evaluation for my Reading 421 class. Have the kindergarten teacher fill out her final evaluation for me.

I think that sums up all of the BIG things that I need to get done. I hope I'm not forgetting anything, I'm so stressed out! I NEED A MASSAGE .....And some oreos!

Everybody knows...Pimpin' Ain't Easy

I work at an At Risk school, and the other day while I was hanging out with the kindergarteners it started to rain. Really hard. So we had indoor recess. Every teacher's nightmare! They were crazy. So there are a few different centers and only four children can play at each center at a given time. I was hanging around the legos center when a little boy said, (they never get my name right.) "Ms. Casey LOOK!" He had made a man and a dog out of legos. I looked at them and said what an awesome job he was doing....he replied and I quote, "Ms. Casey, They're pimps. A pimp dog, and a pimp man. Yo YO!! They all pimps, i'm a pimp....you a pimp...." (Getting the picture?)

I couldn't help but laugh. What the hell is wrong with people? I'm not really sure whether or not he knew what a pimp was, but he had been exposed to everything that goes along with it, like:

1. The pimp walk..... You know the slouching
   
2. The pimp grab..... The grabbing of the "Hommies, Boys, Cash and Prizes"
3. The signs... He threw his hands up in front of him with two sidways peace signs.

He's in KINDERGARTEN! He was playing with another little boy at the lego table. This little boy was making a wall complete with windows. 'pimp boy' as we'll dub him, kept telling the other little boy to put eyes at the top of the wall so it could watch the pimps.

Did I miss something? Is there now a class called Pimps 101...? Yo YO!

A Musical Meme

This Meme was taken from linz, who stole it from Wendy. I loved it!

Put your music player on shuffle.
Press forward for each question.
Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense.

1. How am I feeling today? "Danger Zone" Kenny Loggins

2. Will I get far in life? "Start A War" Static X
3. How do my friends see me? "One Headlight" Wallflowers

4. Where will I get married? "Hero" Sevendust
5. What is my best friend? "Stay With Me" Rod Stewart
6. What is the story of my life? "I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night" Kiss

7. What was high school like? "Beer for my Horses" Toby Keith
8. How can I get ahead in life? "Hit the Ground Running" Johnny Lang
9. What is the best thing about me? "Your Body is a Wonderland" John Mayer
10. What is today going to be like? "Runaway Train" Soul Asylum
11. What is in store for this weekend? "She's Not There" The Ventures
12. What song describes my parents? "Pink" Aerosmith
13. To describe my grandparents? "No Woman No Cry" Bob Marley
14. How is my life going? "Winter Kiss" Embodyment
15. What song will they play at my funeral? "Oi to the World" No Doubt
16. How does the world see me? "Where the River Flows" Collective Soul
17. Will I have a happy life? "Making Memories of Us" Keith Urban
18. What do my friends really think of me? "Midwest Swing" Nelly
19. Do people secretly lust after me? "Praise" Sevendust
20. How can I make myself happy? "Let's Go Fly A Kite" Mary Poppins SOundtrack....ok I love disney stuff..
21. What should I do with my life? "Heirate Mich" *Marry Me -- Rammstein
22. Will I ever have children? "Sweet Emotion" Aerosmith
23. What is some good advice for me? "Friends in Low Places" Garth Brooks
24. How will I be remembered? "I Want You to Want Me"
25. What is my signature dancing song? "Get Stoned" Hinder
26. What is my current theme song? "Cranking the Sirens" Soilwork
27. What does everyone else think my current theme song is? "Break Ya Neck" Busta

"If you're happy and you know it......Grit your teeth."

Today my classes got canceled so Colby and I decided to go out and about in our big ol' town. First stop a billiards place. We had to go see if the shaft for his pool cue was in, turns out it was back ordered. Then I asked if we could go to the place where I got my nose pierced and look for another nose ring. So we go in, we're browsing, the lady tells me not to change if for a few more months- I said, "ok" through cringing teeth. Colby sees a pair of plugs for his ears that he would like to purchase. They're a 4 gauge and his hears are gauged at a 6. For any of you who are not familiar with the process of gauging your ears basically its this:

• You get your ears pierced at a very small gauge, but its a higher number like an 18 is a small hole a 0 is a HUGE hole.
  
• Colby decides to get the earlets that are gauged at a 4.
• The outside of the earlets are gauged at a 2.
  
• In order to get the earlets into his ears he has to ultimately go from a 6 to a 2 which is a HUGE difference.

End result: Colby's ears are bleeding, he keeps saying, "Whooooooooo," sort of like a whoosh sound. He almost passed out as the man tapered them into his ears. Completely lost color in his face. But they just look so damn good! I'm sure the pain was worth it....haha
He just ran over and asked me to, " AHHH IT BURNS Blow on it!"
He's now singing "If you're happy and you know it......Grit your teeth."

Little Miss Mag Pie

So I talked to my momma today, and my poor little sister has a bladder infection. She had to stay home from work, and is in a whole lot of pain. I guess that her back started hurting a couple of days ago, and she couldn't figure out why so they thought maybe it was the baby stretching and moving around. Come to find out it was her bladder because she was violently throwing up all morning. She's lost one pound and one inch around her stomach. They did an ultrasound to look at the baby, and little miss Maggie was sleeping with her hands under her chin. Aww....The life.

Yet Another Choice For Our Future.

Ah yes, Albania... This is another choice for Colby and I. #3 choice for the Peace Corps. And This picture could be Colby and I later on in the traditional garb. I find it very sexy. Here are a few fun facts about Albania:

1. Borders the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro.
2. It is a little bit smaller than Maryland.
3. 70% of the population is Muslim.
4. 3,581,655 population estimated for July 2006
5. There are currently 1.1 Million people who are using cell phones.

Loved.

Sometimes I find myself missing my Grandma, and my Uncle in the worst ways. Every now and then I'll catch myself remembering little phrases they used to say and it stops me in my tracks. They aren't significant things that changed my life, but little quirky things. When I'm at home I always open my closet before I go to bed and grab my uncles shirts and bury my head in them. It reminds me of him a kind of smoky smell. Sometimes it's the little things we don't want to let go of. I remember my Gran's smile and her laugh most of all. I was walking in wal-mart the other night and passed a night gown on a rack, and it reminded me so much of her--she always had these long cotton night gowns with flowers on them. I caught myself walking by that same night gown again tonight and running my hand across it.

Every time I see my dad it reminds me of my uncle. If I'm feeling this way, I can only imagine what he's going through. My grandmother's house used to be so gorgeous. Every year she would plant at least 400 tulips and they were so pretty, the biggest tulips you've ever seen. The tulips that she last planted are almost gone, and the ones that did bloom are very small. Sometimes you wonder if her home is grieving too.

I've just really had one of those emotional days. Sometimes I just break down, that's how life goes. The picture was taken 1 day before my Gran died, and 6 months before my Uncle Daddy passed away.

To Boob, or not to Boob.....

Yesterday while I was minding my own business at work, I stumbled upon a woman breast feeding her child in the middle of everything at Wal-mart. I know I took a double take, because it really caught me off guard I mean it was like: candy, candy, something shiny, box on the floor, small child, boob, sunglasses......BOOB!

I don't want to offend anyone, but here's my opinion on it. If you are going to breast feed your child, which I find nothing wrong with, and you have to do this in Wal-mart and refuse to sit in the fitting room *in private* put a blanket over your shoulder to shelter the exposed boob. I myself, could never do that in public, and if there were an emergency, I definitely wouldn't whip em' out right there in the open. I happen to consider breast feeding as a pretty intimate thing, and why would you want to be displaying it for everyone to see-IN WAL-MART of all places, but I digress.

The point is, I was shocked to see this in Wal-mart. When telling this to my friend, Fred, she said, " Well, I would happen to think that Wal-mart would be the place you would expect to see something like that." I guess I agree, just caught me off guard.

Miraculously Large Thighs

Colby and I have decided once and for all to begin our diet. Last night we went to the grocery store in search of 'healthy things' to eat. I find that if you go around the edges of the grocery store you're more likely to find the good things, if you walk in to the heart of the store, you're in trouble. I kept seeing little things and saying well, what about this if we get this and only eat it some of the time...then it won't be so bad, huh? Colby shot down all of my ideas. Then I walked by one of those bag o'cookies and saw the peanut butter ones, the word miracle something was printed on the bag, and I said, "Look, see it says miracle.....something...!" and Colby shot back with, "Yeah, it's a miracle she fit into those jeans! Or, Miraculously Large Thighs! It's a miracle she's still walking!" I got the point, and so we went about our 'healthy food adventure'. After all was said and done, we walked out of there with:

• Water
• Rice Cakes
• Dietary Supplements
• *I got Slimfast
• and I may have slipped in a snickers, cause when you're hungry...Why wait?

It's going to be a long summer. I'm going to starve to death!

See this is my problem- I love to eat, I would eat all the time if permitted, and even when I'm not hungry I want something, when I see others eating-I want something. I would be a very depressed girl if I had to drink my meals. Uhh! I eat very slow to savor every last bite, because I'm never sure when Colby will come in and say, "Alright Char-Marie, that's your 12th Oreo....I'm cuttin' ya off!"


Goodbye Oreos, I'll write.

FAMILY FUN DAY!

Here are a few pictures from today! It was our "family fun day!"

Kyle, Stori, and I. Look at her bellah!

Me right before I launched the ball all the way in the corner of the yard, not on target at all! Have I ever told you guys that I was supposed to play ball professionally? The Yankees call me all the time, finally I just told them "Listen guys! I told you that you couldn't afford me, STOP CALLING!" They continue to call...

Happy Easter!

Nothing says Easter like a chocolate covered peanut butter egg.. mmmm.... Kidding.

I've had such a good day today. First off, I had to work at 8 in the a.m until 5- that wasn't the good part. I came home afterwards and got to hang out with my family. Everyone was here, except Colbin-who's hanging out with his wicked cool family. We're so lucky to have awesome families. I spent all night blowing bubbles for Ewan, and the dog was very fascinated with them as well. We spent a good hour trying to throw a dog ball *large softball* into a garbage can from a distance, whoever got it in won 5 dollars! 5 dollars is like half a paycheck to me so I gave it my all, and failed horribly. You might as well have told me to aim the farthest you can from the garbage can cause that's where it landed EVERY TIME! I enjoyed taking pictures of my sister, and her every growing tummy/booty. I love the fact that her butt is expanding because all of our lives she's been ultra skinny and I've been the sister with the butt.

In the picture I almost dropped her twice. She's getting a little hefty.
Once again I'm procrastinating. I have tons of homework so I better get to it.