#304/365--Halloween and Such

Lauren's

Spirit Day

Costume

...this week...

(Theme: R.I.P. Richland (a.k.a. school appropriate Halloween))

Halloween Breakfast

...from...

the cool mom

(a.k.a. me)

(yes, that is a Vampire Doughnut.

Yes. It is.)

Me....

...for our vocabulary parade...

(a.k.a. school-appropriate Halloween)

(my vocab word: empowerment)

Halloween Dinner

...from...

me

(a.k.a. the cool mom)

(mummy pizzas)

Happy Halloween!

#303/365--Broken Toes and Rainbows

#302/365--Couch Time

...watchin' the World Series...

...with...

#301/365--Running View

#300/365--My Day

...started as a cowboy...

(Red Ribbon Week)

received this

"cowboy"

(cowboy is a stretch but...go with me)

in my box at work

...because...

my peeps know me

...and he looks...

perfect

on my key-chain

...next to....

(again, a stretch....but stay with me...)

"cowboy(as in outlaw)"

Lego Darth

watched this cowboy

at his band concert

((fitting song--see key-chain))

 ...ended the day watching...

...these Cowboys...

with

my boy-child

it was a

....terribly...

wonderfully

awesome

really good

...day...

#299/365--School on Sunday

...workin' on the weekend...

#298/365--Justified

It's a shame when 

...you have to buy...

a $2.50 bag 

of

...peanut butter...

...m&ms...

...to justify...

using your debit card

for a

ninety-nine cent

...bandana...

#297/365--Accidental New Phone Case

Remember

that

my

phone

died

last week?

...in the meantime...

Lauren

ordered a new phone case

...for herself...

but decided

she didn't want it

...so I inherited it...

#296/365--Memories and Trivia with the Other Bestie

Sarah and I spent our Sunday together

...3 years ago...

watching the Rangers

in the

...World Series...

and

...painting pumpkins...

with our kiddos 

...and painting our toes to match...

...and we are still hanging out...

three years later

...but no Ranger-World Series...

...instead...

we hung out

...played trivia...

and we won

third place

...and she gets my obsession...

with zombies

#295/365--Sushi with the Bestie

#294/365--Early Mornings

#293/365--Papers Gone Wild

I've been trying to get

these papers

...graded...

for

...two weeks...

...it's a stack of about...

60

...personal narratives...

...stories...

from

4th graders

...I think I can....

I think I can

I think I can

I think I can

#292/365--Funday Sunday

When your 17-year-old

says,

"Let's go to the pumpkin patch,"

and

your 14-year-old

...agrees...

you jump on the bandwagon

...quickly...

You arrive and notice

...all...

...the...

...people...

but

decide to walk through

the

...which...

you completely

...underestimate...

 You wander around

circling back

retracing your steps

eventually getting frustrated

....extremely frustrated...

...so then...

your

...17-year-old...

decides to

go rogue

and

find her own way

...out of the maze...

...but...

...guess who made it out first...

The family that

stays together in the maze

finds their way out quicker

...like...

by

15 minutes

and so

Funday Sunday

...ended...

like this

the 17-year-old

...passed out...

from mental

...exhaustion...

#291/365--Annual Carnival

There was

...a day and time...

when

I took the kids

to the

...annual school carnival...

so they could

run around

and eat food

and hang out with friends

and play games

but

...times have changed...

and now

...we are volunteering together...

(while still playing games

and eating food

and making crafts

and hanging out with old friends)

Love this kid.

#290.5/365--UnReadAble

I dropped my phone

...one too many times...

...now I can't read the screen...

I guess

I will

surrender

to

the

new

iPhone

.............

you win, Apple....

you win...

#290/365--Disney Spirit Day

My LollipopGirl

...livin' senior year...

...to the fullest...

dressed up

as

"Russel"

...the boy scout...

from

"Up"

...my SweetGirl...

...so precious...

#289/365--See a Penny...

,,,pick it up...

all the day

...you'll have good luck...

A penny saved

...is a penny earned...

A penny for your thoughts.

Time is money.

Can't buy me love...

...but it is always good fortune...

to find

...money...

in your pocket

...I hope it doesn't burn a hole there...

#288/365--That "Mom" Feeling

I can't find the right words

...to fully express...

how this

...made me feel...

when I received it this morning...

proud

...old...

overwhelmed

surreal

teary-eyed

excited

love

...just a few emotions...

that, when put together,

...in the same moment...

create this

"mom"

...feeling...

that I have felt

at different times

throughout

my mom-journey

and then

...there was this...

...yeah...

today's that day

...hug 'em tight...

#287/365--That Kid

...always manages to talk me into...

...something or other...

Tonight

it

was

"Sonic drinks"

#286/365--Laundry List

No School

Columbus Day Holiday

...nothing to do...

'cept

lay around house

finish grading papers

watch daytime tv

get annoyed at daytime tv

cook some dinner

take a nap

do some laundry

watch some netflix

look at Lauren's fundraiser

decide to order something

go get cash

eat dinner

grade more papers

...and...

go to bed

#285/365--Walktober

It's

...Walking Dead Day!!!

I got my calendar alert...

and

quick-made

...a grocery list...

so that

...my family...

could celebrate

...WALKERS...

in style

...having...

zombie intestines

(homemade pizza rolls)

...and...

zombie eyeballs

(red velvet cakeballs)

Walktober.

It's the most

...walker-ful time...

of the year

<3

#284/365--Celebrating Sarah

It was

...Sarah's birthday...

and so

what else

do you do

for your

...BFF...

except

...take goofy selfies at lunch with her kiddos...

...and also...

get

...Sprinkles Cupcakes...

...oh...

and also

...go eat at...

The Truck Park

...and hang out...

...listening to music...

laughing

people-watching

and

celebrating

Sarah!

#283/365--No Real Pic...

...because...

I spent some

QT

with

...a precious guy...

forcing him

...to watch...

...TWD...