Healthy food I like? Get out!

Something happened to me today.

I got excited about my snack. My HEALTHY snack.

And not just “yummy” excited. Blissfully-don’t-bother-me-right-now-excited. I closed my bedroom door and put on my favorite music and just enjoyed my snack.

I think I may have been replaced in the night. I hate healthy food. Or I guess I should say hated. I usually avoid it. Whenever I read a low-cal recipe with soy-anything in it, I immediately move on. A friend posted on pinterest about using cucumbers as crackers and I got a little grossed out.

I have been known to eat dessert AS A MEAL. I’ve also been known to say things like “there’s always room for ice-cream (my ALL time favorite dessert)—it just fits into all the crevices in your tummy.” I always choose full-fat versions of stuff, because—get this—I CAN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE and it bothers me. And even if I can’t taste it, I say crap like, “well, whatever they put in there to make it taste the same can’t be good for you.”

SYTYCD: Top 20 Perform, Part 2

Overall thoughts: I was a bit underwhelmed with this episode. Last week, I kept saying THIS is my favorite performance. And then the next couple would get up there and I would change my mind. I had so many favorites last week, I couldn’t decide who to vote for! (And I kind of forgot they close the voting after the show, so I missed it and never voted. Oops!) This week, a few were really well done, but a lot of them just fell flat.

**In the interest of being spoiler-ish free, I won’t reveal the eliminated dancers until the end of my post. Although if you follow SYTYCD on facebook, they already took care of that for you.

SYTYCD: Top 20 Perform, Part 1

Yikes this is a long post! I know it will shrink as *sniff* dancers get eliminated :(

This week the top 20 performed again, but this time they were matched up as partners and competing.

This year, for the first time, there will be two winners—one boy & one girl, but FOUR contestants will be eliminated next week. That is going to be a rough cut next week.

Summertime!

I love summer.

Actually I love all the seasons for different reasons (oh a crack myself up!) but since the first day of summer was last week, right now, I love summer!

I love it for all the regular reasons: warm weather, sunshine, beach trips, lots of free time, traveling, etc. As a teacher I still get summer vacation like the kids do. So I really love summer. I’m listening to one of Pandora’s “summer stations,” drinking my favorite coffee enjoying the warm CA sunshine streaming through my window. I’ll probably take a book out to the patio this afternoon, because I can!

Another reason I love summer?

If I had a penny for every time I started to exercise...

A few months ago I decided that I was finally going to get serious about working out. I’ve made this promise to myself dozens of times before so I can’t guarantee that THIS will be the time but you got to start somewhere.

I’ve joined the Zumba craze via the wonderful world of a DVD player. Logic? It was more expensive than the monthly gym membership but I paid it once instead of every month. Plus I have no faith nor desire to see my booty shaking at all in a public atmosphere (neither do you, trust me!) So I felt it best to save other’s eyes and suffer my living room walls to my “dancing” (if these walls could talk…)

Do you know what Zumba is? A simple google search will tell you all that you need to know. Youtube it if you want to watch others acting crazy. Or read my blurb below:

My Next Book Shall Be Called:

Unraveling of a Substitute's Mind 

or

How To Piss Off the Substitute Teacher in 5 Easy Steps

The list of asinine things a student will do when they have a substitute teacher is endless. It never ceases to amaze me what they try to get away with or how they think they can treat me.

I could write a book.

Making Waves...In My Knitting Bag ;)

I'm not really sure why I decided not to blog for the entire month of April. It wasn't really intentional, but it happened! Sister was in town for spring break so that accounts for a good chunk of my time, but the rest is just laziness I guess :)

A slight employment update: I did not get the job I interviewed for last month :( But I've had over twenty sub assignments over the past few months. So that's good. I've also spent a lot of time on education employment websites (yes, those are a real thing) and I've been applying all over the state of California (shhhh don't tell my roomies. haha, just kidding. I live with my parents. They are looking for an excuse to kick me out.)

But the main reason I wanted to post today? To share about my latest yarn project!