Weigh in – Chapstick, lipstick, Blistex, other, nothing.
Me, Chapstick. Chap-free lips since 1994.
Weigh in – Chapstick, lipstick, Blistex, other, nothing.
Me, Chapstick. Chap-free lips since 1994.
by Lauren 4 Comments
Ladies and Gentleman, this weekend I willingly, nay – gleefully – purchased something entirely foolish.
While questing for the chair for the classroom I visited a local used furniture store that has all kinds of weird stuff. They had a table of super-cheap (i.e. junk) appliances that were laughable in how poorly made they were. I absolutely couldn’t resist the KitchenWorthy Bread Maker, though. They had it for $9.95!!!! Looking at it closely, it has no motor at all – it’s just a heating element inside a metal box inside a plastic box. It has no instructions for how to actually make bread, or any real instructions for how to use it. I’m going to experiment with the five-minutes-a-day recipes and see if I can get it to work. (It doesn’t get truly hot enough to make a good crust, but it’s worth it for the nights of experimentation.
How bad is this thing? If you search for it, they are sold in 4-packs. You can also get your promotional logo on them. Should I get some with LloydandLauren.com on them?
We missed our regular Sunday Wal-Mart trip due to life being in a bit of upheaval right now. Lloyd was ok with a quick stop at a regular grocery store, but was sad to miss out on his weekly Icee.
“Can’t I just freeze some Pepsi and make one?” he whined asked.
“Knock yourself out,” I replied.
And he did.
I think I have cemented my argument for getting an in-counter beverage gun. Woo-hoo!
I apologize for sounding like a martyr with the previous post, but I completely am one.
Let me tell you a couple highlights of Saturday. Work, work, work, work, then a Quick Trip to Lincoln* to go to Hobby Lobby for teacher supplies, because they’re closed on Sunday.
On the way there, there was a turtle crossing the highway. I drove past it, kept driving, then guilt grabbed the wheel and I turned around to make sure it was going to be ok. As I approached, I saw a driver going the opposite way do the exact same thing. We each stopped on the shoulders, watched our turtle friend cross safely, waved at each other, then turned around to go our separate ways. See – I’m not the only crazy person in the world.
In other news, I bought a new Comfy Chair for my room. Lloyd has been badgering me for years to replace it, but it’s tough to find a small, low, non-rocking, non-swiveling chair for a reasonable price (if you’re super-cheap like me). That Comfy Chair and its twin were purchased eleven years ago for the total price of ten bucks! I’d swap them out when the one in the classroom looked too ratty, and eventually my standard of ‘ratty’ sank lower and lower. It was time.
I was fully prepared to cough up hundreds of dollars, but I stopped by Lincoln’s weirdest used furniture store (which I’ll have to post about someday), and got a great deal! Woo-hoo!
*(Hey Brad – round trip was 2 1/2 hours. Not bad, eh?)
That’s right, I’m leaving the same post up for Saturday. It’s ‘cuz I ain’t done yet.
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It’s Teacher Work Day Weekend, the time of year when the CDC closes for a day to get ready for the coming school year (which is Monday). No cute post for you, I’m just going to make my list. Check in every so often to see what’s been accomplished or added!
* = done
*Hook up basement printer
*Dust blinds
*Print names
*breakfast/devos at church
*names and photos on cubbies (Thanks, Kate!)
*Photos on hooks (Thanks, Kate!)
*take art off walls
*staples out of walls
*make Kids of the Kingdom display
*re-arrange upper shelves
*dust everything
*clean out teacher corner
new names on files
*hang 1/4 circle shelf
*display for above easel
*make supply order
*set up writing table
*edit toys on shelves
replace toy labels
*clean out teacher easel
*new cloth for altar? (nope)
*replace rug on step
wash windows
*new books
*names on nap bags (Kate, and me)
*replace housekeeping things
*fix iSpy table
*clean fish tank
*look for new chair
*paint red zones/arrows
*replace trim on shed
*paint top trim (poorly done, but good enough)
*new tags for bathroom boxes (to answer Rachel’s question, they are cubbies in the bathrooms that hold extra clothes for the 3’s when they have a need for the next item on the list)
*new accident tags (to answer Kristi’s question, they are little information tags with a giant hole in them that slip over a tied bag holding wet clothes)
*type new class list
*replace mirror in boy’s bathroom (just re-hung the old mirror)
*move play house (thanks, Lloyd)
*water outside plants
*parent letter
*plan first week
*office stuff
make journals
*make name cards
hang schedules/calendars
new storage?
pull papers from files
*new child name tags
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*caulk trim
*cut paper
Buy:
folders for journals
*tape/clear contact paper
rug?
*lego tubs
*play dough
name tags
pens
bowls
craft jewels
Take: rug
staple gun
drill
card stock
photos
UPDATE:
*Add dummy item to list to reward Brad for reading the whole thing.
by Lauren 8 Comments
Lloyd had a run-in with his mortality this past weekend. I had to get some stuff at Shop-Ko and we walked by the reading glasses. “Try these on,” I said.
He did. He read some fine print on a box with them, then without them, then with them again. “Hmm. Hmmmmmm. These words are surprisingly….not….blurry.” (It broke my heart to hear him speak so slowly.)
He was very quiet for a long, long time, then put them back on the rack with a hmmmph. “I’m still seventeen.”
Sure you are, grandpa. Sure you are.