Not sure I remember how to do this...

Well the last time I blogged, I talked about starting school. It's now July and school has been over for almost 2 months. I had such a wonderful semester! I met awesome new people and made Dean's list again (hey, it feels good when you do well!) It was a tough semester but I'm sure it'll seem like a piece of cake once this next semester starts (senior year). I'll be doing 2 full days of student teaching. I'm so used to co-teaching that I'm a nervous wreck to do it on my own! haha. No choice but to push through and do well!

So what have I been up to over the last 5 months?

In February, it was cold and winter was hanging around for a while. M and I celebrated Valentine's day with dinner.

March, crazy month with school so I don't think much fun was had, haha.

April, school was in full force (thank goodness for friends who are going through the same exact thing and keep you sane during it all!) We even got to take a trip to the aquarium (the joys of being an elem. ed major haha)

in the Australia house, so neat!

so many stingrays and sharks to see;

the coolest was the sawfish..

if you look close enough (on the left and going up),

you can see the nose of the fish that looks like a saw blade.

May - this month couldn't come soon enough. It was the end of the semester! Finals were intense but once they were over, I could breathe a sigh of relief!

Not sure why I don't have ANY pictures from May until now, but I'm sad about it! I didn't take pictures of my mom's or Matt's bday, the pictures that I took from when I went to the beach are on my broken phone (dropped it down the steps, but hey, now I have the white iPhone so it was worth it! haha), and no pics from the 4th of July. Waaa.

Fast forward to now - summer has been good so far.. I work everyday but I babysit and take the kiddos to the pool so it's fun :) I better enjoy it now while I can haha. Lately we've been under a MASSIVE heat wave though! I'm sure you girls down south can relate. I checked the weather on my phone today and saw this.. unbelievable: Look at the "FEELS LIKE" temp.. how is that possible in Maryland?! So gross.

School starts for me in a little more than 3 weeks (I start when the teachers do) so I'm trying to relax as much as I can.. I'm placed at a school that is 5 min from the bf's house so it's pretty convenient.

On another note, went to the doctor today for a check up and noticed that I have gained 5 lbs in a year! Wth?! This past year was stressful though. I need to get motivated and get back to where I was. Does anyone know of great workout dvd's? It's more convenient to work out at my house than drive 20 some min. to the gym (i do have a membership though, just completely out of the way)

Leaving tomorrow for the beach! I'll be back Monday though. Have a fun weekend :)

I hope ALL of you are doing well, enjoying summer (hopefully taking a vacay) and staying happy!

Wow, I'm REALLY back this time!

I swear I'm not lying. First, I want to say that I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

I know I posted like a month ago that I was going to give an update, but I swear that life gets in the way. Oh yea, if you EVER plan on taking a break from blogging, take my word for it and DON'T DO IT! It is so hard to get back into it. I made a promise to myself to post what I've been up to, not only for you ladies who care about what I've been doing, but also for myself so I can remember what I did. Soo, where do I even start?!

By the way, I plan on clearing out my reader and starting from tomorrow because there is no way in the world to read everyone's posts from the months of November and December - I would go insane! I apologize and hope you ladies had great things happening then.

I finished my first semester of the Elementary Education Program with 3 A's and 2 B's. I was proud of myself :-) When the semester was over, the girls in my cohort had a little Christmas party and played secret Santa. There were only about 12 of us there but we had a blast.

Also in December, I went with my family (minus my 2 other brothers) to see the lighting of the community Christmas tree. It's literally 2 minutes down the street and afterwards, they serve cookies and hot chocolate in a restored home. It's cute and my little brother enjoys watching it light up.

Matt and I went to his aunt's mom's 60th birthday. We only planned on staying for about an hour, but we made a night out of it and had a blast hanging out with the oldies :) haha. The food was amazing and the music was fun to dance to. A random but fun night.

so he is cheesin' way too hard and

my face looks like I swallowed an elephant.

I could really use a tan as well.

Whatever.

I've also gotten back into the gym, not that I ever stopped but I have stepped my game up, haha. I gained about 3 lbs. during the semester. I know it was from stress and I'm determined to get it off. I even bought some cute new workout clothes today to get me going :-) Folled over yoga pants and tanks from Old Navy. I love their workout clothes.

My old phone, the LG Dare, died on me about a month ago and I finally became a big girl and got myself a smart phone :) The Droid Incredible. Basically, the same thing as an iPhone except from Verizon. (so my brother says who has the iPhone) I love it and all of the free apps :) Oh, and it didn't hurt that I got it for FREE when Best Buy was having a special. Thanks BB!!

That's what happened for the most part in December.. Then Christmas Came...

I swear I'm alive.

I have been the worst blogger lately! I'm really sorry! Forgive me? I'm shocked I still have followers and on top of that, new people continue to follow me! Thanks for being such true bloggy friends :-) As I always say, you're all wonderful! Work has been hectic. I figured once the school semester was over I'd have more time to blog, but it's actually the opposite! I work all day, go to the gym and then by the time I get home, it's 8 o'clock and I'm beat. I just caught up on my 107 unread blogs tonight. I apologize if I've been lacking on commenting but I can't even seem to get a post of my own up! I need a vacation, or just a minute to breath. I'm looking forward to the 3 day weekend coming up.

I'm as tired as this cutie pie is.

I need a nap!

Hope you ladies are having a great week so far!

2 work days until the weekend!

Hallelujah!

I'm Alive!!

Ok, I never thought I would miss blogging like I did this past week. I feel like a part of me was missing lol. I had not one spair second to write a post or comment though. I really do apologize.

Incase this doesn't make you forgive me,

here's this:

lots of yummy cupcakes!

So as you know, last week was mid-term week, which is why I was MIA. I didn't get grades back yet so I'm not sure how I did. I hate waiting though! This week is spring break. It doesn't feel like much of a break though because I still have to work and my teachers seem to think that even though you aren't in school, you should still have work to do. I have 3 papers due next week. I see another week of little to no blogging coming :-( I just want school to be over with!

I am.. While I love checking the mail, I don't always get items to get excited about. It's usually junk mail or the dreadful bills. But yesterday, I received some goodies! The lovely Brittany held a giveaway a while ago for a $50 giftcard to LuLu*s and I won! I'm not big on buying clothes online because I don't always wear the same size. Clothes are all cut differently. But I do love buying accessories on there. This is what I bought so far:

This is a longer necklace.     This is a pretty bangle. It goes

It's much prettier in person     with so many clothing options!

                                           do you like my choices? or no? lol

THANK YOU BRITTANY! xo

I also received this in the mail:

That is the Ga on Cosmo!

It seems like a total out of control sex magazine lol

but the cover is WAY worse then what's inside.

I can't wait to read about her though.

So tomorrow is St. Patty's day.

Are you ladies doing anything fun for it?

I think M and I are going to a local place for

some great food and $1 beers. Can't beat that!

How have you all been?! Good I hope.

I will be catching up on the 500+ blogs that I

haven't read today and tonight.

Have an AMAZING day!

♥

So so sorry :-(

Ladies, I apologize for my lack of blogging and commenting!

I haven't checked google reader in 3 days.

That is so unlike me! I feel out of the loop :-(

Studying & mid-terms have consumed my life this past week.

I'm so glad they're over and I can relax now!

I hope we're still friends!

I miss you all and I promise to get back to blogging

and commenting this weekend!

Hope everyone has had an awesome week!
Leave a comment so I know we're still friends :-)

Lots of Love

♥

P.S - My fellow GaGa lovers out there, have you seen the new video for "Telephone"? I saw it premiere last night on E! News.. insane lol. I would expect nothing less from her though. Let me know what you think.