new year. new resolution

new year. new resolution...or actually having one this year!

i've decided that its about time that i actually have a resolution,
so i came to the conclusion that my new years resolutions are to.......

1.) keep my blog updated

2.) try not to bite my nails so i can have shiny kine like kerrin

3.) not slouch in pictures because i think i'm too tall

4.) work towards re-classing @ work

5.) try to work out

6.) stress LESS

back to miss toyama

once again..its been a while & summer has long been over for me.

•  taught @ maryknoll which ended on a friday
  
• kanoelani's apple institute started monday
• administrative day tuesday
• teacher work day wednesday & got my newly rennovated classroom back, which led to me dragging my bff to school & getting a full body workout, including dust, bugs, sweat & construction guys singing all day haha. then open house w/o a classroom, woohoo!
• furlough thursday..also dragging my bff back to school w/me to unpack more, then rushed off to ke kani o ke kai which was a blast!
• furlough friday..dragging my sister to school, spending all day until 7:30 unpacking
• saturday- tried to get the bf to go to school w/me. ended up going late. alarm was going off, neighbors complaining...did nothing & left school
• sunday- went to school, did more unpacking & prep for the first day. went back home, dragged the bf, mom, dad & 2 cousins to work until 9 @ night.
• monday- first day of school as a fourth grade teacher in my own classroom :)

its definitely been a crazy summer & now that the first week of school is almost over..i can honestly say that this is going to be one crazy 4th grade class & i'm sooooooo NOT ready for it but i am fully submerged in the P-4 Ohana mentality already :)

on the bright side..i got beautiful flowers for my desk from one of my students & he takes care of them, checking them everyday!  also got me a fish tank with some cute guppies, hopefully i finally remember to take them some fish food.

home front

i'm having a bad life...

the past few weeks have been odd to say the least

trouble is mos def on the home front :(

summer time

i've been feeling really drained lately and i can't seem to figure out why.

green tea certainly doesn't do anything but taste good to me

i tried eating healthy..nothing

sleeping early and taking naps only seems to be a quick fix for a little

..its all a mystery to me at this point in time.

on a lighter note

i'm trying to rack in some extra summer money: working summer school, committees, subbing

it just seems like a lot of work for not much pay but oh well, at least i'm trying.

i've also been rather crafty with moving into our own place

i've made a calendar using a picture frame

pot holders using our beautiful tiles

working on a picture wall

and hopefully a lot more to come!

i'm in desperate need of a hair-cut which i'm hoping to fix today

and new clothes! i'm seriously @ the point where everything is worn & i'm over the whole saggy butt thing from the morning haha. i'm hoping to nix this problem with some sales & summer earnings :)

also been feeling like i'm totally missing out on summer..

the lazy days @ the beach worshiping the sun. 

storto's. 

driving range. 

craft days. 

shopping. 

cooking. 

baking.

driving to random locations.

taking pictures.

busting a move in the car with my girls.

movie days.

painting nails 

                                  ...............blah :\

frightening conclusion

i've come to the frightening conclusion that: caring = stress

if i didn't care so much about how my students do, what they learn, how they behave, and the outcome of their fates then i would stress a WHOLE lot less.

care less vs. stressing!?!

hello, my name is: i need a new lifestyle

desperately seeking a new lifestyle. requirements are as follows...

1.) energy
2.) lack of consequences
3.) fully equipped sewing machine
4.) no pimples
5.) a yard
6.) anxiety free
7.) clothes that fit perfectly (i.e. no saggy but, no bulge, no boobage showing, comfy, vesatile)
8.) job stability
9.) clean floors
10.) finished kitchens
11.) weekend fun
12.) walls that are picture perfectly decorated
13.) dance moves :)

this ones for nicole :)

i'm in serious need of a fun physical workout, that well is more fun than workout. hula, tahitian, jazzercise, hula hooping w/a weighted hoop?! i'd be down, its just that i would love some company cause what fun is exercising w/o someone to to laugh w/you!?

on a lighter note..today makes THREE long years that chaz and i have been together.
i know, i know..its a miracle that we aren't sick of each other :)