Speaking of Laundry Room Decor

I found this one Pottery Barn's Clearance section via Stephanie's blog. I'm not sure what's more ridiculous: the fact that it's almost 85% off or the fact that the original price was $649!!!!!! Who has that much money sitting around to drop on THAT? Besides people who shop at Pottery Barn...I told you, I was in the Clearance section...and I still can't afford it!

Decorating Again

I've decided I want to decorate my laundry room. Here's a board I've thrown together in about 15 minutes of a Google search. Still has a lot of work to do and absolutely nothing is finalized.


What do y'all think? I'd only use one of the paint colors. The baskets would go along the shelf above the washer and dryer (which I'd L-O-V-E to lower so I could reach it more easily...not sure if that's possible though). The art is just for fun. There's a high stretch of empty wall space now. I thought either art or another, more usable shelf. BTW, the background behind "laundry" is a pale yellow. Polyvore doesn't always get a good save on images

I Hate Rain

I don't really HATE rain. I see it's purpose in saving me the worry about watering the yard/plants. When I'm able to nap, it's great. This summer, Lexington saw more than it's fair share of rain. Highly unusual, but hey, I only worked part time. More naps for me!
What I hate is that even though we received SO much rain, Lexington residents still have NO IDEA how to drive in in. OK, Lexington residents don't have much of an idea of how to drive period (we're too close to Ohio and Indiana...they seep onto our streets). I tutor on Thursday afternoons. My schedule at school is such that I'm able to hop out 10 minutes earlier than usual to allow enough time to from Winchester and across Lexington. It's tight, but I usually make it with 10 minutes or so to spare. Except when it rains and people go crazy.
First, people decided to drive 35 down Man O'War. For those unfamiliar with Lexington, MOW is a major road around town. The speed limit is 45, but you WILL be run over if you drive less than 50. I realize drivers should slow down in inclement weather, but not only were they going 35, but if they hit 36 +, they suddenly broke to 30, then sped back up to 35. Way to kill your gas mileage and mine. Naturally, we hit EVERY light driving such speeds as well.
Then, I almost rear-ended someone because a pick-up decided to pull out in front of another car in the other lane. Said pick-up I assume hydroplaned so that he was perpendicular to traffic. How the car he cut off didn't hit him, I'll never know. Anyway, both lanes obviously suddenly stopped since no one had any idea what was going on. Doofus.
Needless to say, I got stopped by a light and called the tutor place that I'd be a few minutes late since everyone has lost their senses. No biggie. I just hate being late like that. However, I survived (as did other drivers, though I wasn't above getting out of my car and hitting people). More reasons I'm glad I'm a teacher and don't have to go to work when it snows. I'm not going NEAR that one.

You Heard it Here First

If Auburn doesn't get ranked after their win over Tennessee, I quit football. I build up enough DVR during the week to entertain me for a Saturday. You can't let a team go 5-0 and not put them in the top 25. The only exception would be perhaps a D-1 school playing their first 5 games against a D-2 or 3. We didn't do that, though. So AP, let the numbers do the talking. Thank you.

Kid Quote of the Day

C: Mrs. B., is it true that doctors will cut a woman's stomach to get a baby out?
Mrs. B.: Sometimes they have to, yes.
K (thoroughly disgusted): Well, that's not this game!






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There's Nothing Better Than...

...chili on rainy, cool Saturdays...folding a fitted sheet so that it actually looks rectangular (do NOT ask me how I did it. I have no idea and will never be able to do it again)...having an offense that scores points (War Eagle!)...snuggling with my husband and napping on the couch.

Week (not -end) Update

I have so totally fallen down on the whole "Cleaning Challenge" the icon on the right suggests. I just haven't fallen into my rhythm of getting home/picking up and cleaning/not laying down for a nap. I've undertaken a huge project at school, which keeps me relatively late and by the time I trek across the county, I'm pretty worn out and ready to veg. This weekend is grocery weekend though, so I'm hoping while Husband is taking care of that, I can get things cleaned (I may even get CRAZY and decorate for Fall...not quite Halloween yet though) and be on track to start up Monday.
We've otherwise had a pretty low-key week. We ate most of our meals at home to make up for all the eating out we did last week...our checking account thanks us this week. Husband's potential promotion finally posted, so he got all his info in for that. Cross your fingers. He's got a ton of people putting in good words for him with solid examples of how he can fulfill what they're looking for. All my students were pretty good this week. The kindergartners crack me up though. They came in for Library today and since everything has gotten rearranged (my big project), they were pretty excited. One little girl even said, "It's so pretty!" There's no end to their funny quotes ("Do you have a son?" "No." "Well, do you have a hunny?") so I'll stop there. Fall Break is in sight!