More Jimmy Shoes!

Just a quick update on my latest Skecher purchases.  It's been super busy and there have been some crazy sales.............so it was time to take advantage of some of the sales and add to my Skechers collection!

 I'm posting the latest purchases to avoid a duplicate purchase!

Only 14 more days until Christmas - tree is still not up, but finished the Christmas Cards today!

I've wrapped over 100 gifts already and have a handful left to buy and wrap!

Check back - I'll post some pictures soon!

Super snowy here today and would LOVE a snow day tomorrow - I can dream, can't I???? 

Let It Snow! Out with the Old - In with the New

We've had a lot of snow here!  Best of all - We got TWO EXTRA DAYS OFF! We haven't been in school for 18 days and it makes going back very hard!

Here's the view out my back window! The temperatures are well below ZERO, which is really what made the schools decide to close.

I took the extra time and made these CUTE snowmen out of tea light candles.

Then I decided to get rid of some of my older wall decorations.  The grapevines and silk flowers were way too dusty and impossible to clean.  So I took the picture I took during the holidays and made it into a sticky poster and placed it into a frame.

Cleaned out my pants - the closet is divided by a wall, so you can't see all of them - but I was able to donate over 20 pairs of pants - Now I only have 79 pairs! ha! 

Here are some of my purchases over the past few weeks.  I needed some new boots.  These brown Clark boots are super comfortable and I love them!

 These are my new black boots (which are also very comfy).

Ryan got a new pair of boots too!  I got a great deal a Kohls - They were 125.00 boots and were on clearance, I had an additional discount card and KOHL'S CASH - final price $21.00!

Ryan had a little red "dorm room" couch in his bedroom -  - it was starting to show it's age.  

I picked up this bench from Target and replaced the couch - it looks so nice!

While out shopping at Michael's, I noticed they marked their Christmas decorations down 80%.....I've never really liked the color lighting on our Christmas tree - This 7.5' Pre-lit WHITE light tree was the last one in an unopened box.  The regular price was 399.99.  After getting assistance with pricing and bring the box up to the register, I was told I could get my teacher discount on top of the clearance price. Which meant another 12.00 off!  While checking out, I was told by the cashier the teacher doesn't apply to clearance items - but since the manager told me the wrong information - they honored the discount! $68.00 for a 400.00 tree! Can't wait to put it up next year to see what it looks like since it was no longer on display!

Back to getting up early tomorrow - UGH! Although I do have the next TWO Monday's off! And Spring Break around the corner!

December!

December already! Seems like school just started and we're almost through the first semester.  Christmas is right around the corner.  I'm about 75% finished with my shopping.  Everything I've purchased is wrapped and tucked away waiting for the big day!  Christmas cards were mailed out today and the Christmas lights are hanging outside.  But still NO TREE!

What's happened since my last post? Fall has come and gone in a blink of an eye.  First, my nephew, Jacob, turned 11!

Here we are on Thanksgiving before going to my parent's house for dinner:

We attended the Football Awards Night where Ryan received his Sophomore Letter for his  (future) Letterman's Jacket (Christmas Present)!

A teacher from school asked me to create a graphic announcing her pregnancy.  I designed 5 different versions, she chose to use the "school-related" graphic!  It's a "smartboard" attached to a blackboard - all our classrooms are equipped with a smartboard:

Next Friday is our staff Christmas party.  We are taking the Naperville Trolley through the neighborhoods to look at the lights and returning to my friend Mary's home to have a get-together.  It should be fun!

Once the Christmas tree is up - I'll be sure to update with some more pictures! Stay Warm! We are expecting our first measurable snow tonight - YUCK!



CHRISTMAS LEFT OVERS!

Well, Santa made it through the ice and snow to deliver Ryan's gifts! Here is a before picture:

And here is the after photo! If you look closely you'll see many Transformers. Ryan is still a big Transformer fanatic. (This picture also has some gifts that belong to Bill and myself.) Over all Christmas was a complete success. Keep in mind, these are only the "Santa Gifts"!

We then headed over to my brother's house where Ryan received more gifts! The boys were extremely surprised by their final gift that suddenly appeared out of nowhere! A Wii Gaming system from Grandma.

The weather has been very "wintery" lately. Ryan has been making a small fortune this winter with his "new business" of shoveling!

Along with the snow it's been very icy. Everything has been covered in ice, making it difficult to get out and about. Thankfully we haven't had to travel too far!

Bill continues to be "off" work. This week he is painting my brother's house which gets him out of the house! We keep hoping that things will turn around very soon! Anyone looking for a good painter????

It's hard to believe winter break is 1/2 over.........one week from today were back to the old "school routine" again! UGH!