Midweek Randoms {August 14, 2013}

Wow. Am I ever glad it's Wednesday!! I'm completely back in the mode of thinking, "Only ___ days until Friday" the very second that I open my eyes in the morning. I'm thankful for my job, I love getting to work with kids, but it's exhausting... especially at the beginning of the year! I hate wishing my life away, though, so I'm going to try to make a more conscious effort to not do that this year.

I'm hoping to have a few recipes to post soon, but...well, I haven't been doing a whole lot of cooking lately! {I always go through this phase when I start a new school year!} Hopefully, I'll get back into my routine soon. :) Anyway, I'm linking up with Megan again for Midweek Randoms.

• I mentioned several weeks ago that we renovated our home office and that I would post a before and after. I totally intend to do that, but I keep waiting because I feel like I'm not completely done. Knowing me, though, I'll probably never feel like it's done, so I need to just go ahead and post it! I'm just going to go ahead and make that one of my weekend goals! :) Here's the sneak peek I posted last time I talked about it.

• We had Meet the Teacher at our school last night and I got to meet most of my new students. It seems like I'll have a sweet class, but that first day of school will really tell me what I need to know. ;) It's always hard to start a school year with a new group of kids. I get so attached to my class from the year before that it feels like no other class will ever compare! {Dramatic, I know...} Don't worry, though, I'll give these new guys a chance. :)

• Speaking of school, teachers {me included} are serious snackers...and I love it! There are snacks and treats *everywhere* this week! Donuts, juice, Cheez-its, granola bars, fruit, trail mix, candy...the selection is quite impressive. I love how the stress eating is encouraged and embraced. No teacher will ever judge another teacher on the pile of mini candy bar wrappers beside their professional development handouts. Oh, and if there are ever treats in the work room, you better get there early! :)

• Okay, so I'm going to get a little mushy on you, but last weekend made me love my husband even more. He got home from work on Friday night and asked me what I wanted to do. You'll never guess what I said. Seriously. I told him that I wanted to go to school for a couple of hours to work. What?! On my last Friday of summer? I'm ridiculous, I know, but he didn't even hesitate. He just said, "Let's go." I love that man. I was feeling stressed because I'd gotten *several* e-mails telling me that stuff had been delivered to my room, so I knew I'd feel better if I got it all organized before Monday morning. Daniel helped me unpack and organize school supply boxes, label desks, and organize textbooks. Oh, and when I came home late from work last night, he was color coding 100 markers and 120 colored pencils with colored duct tape. Really, he deserves an award. {And I know I've posted a couple of these e-cards, but I seriously love them. They are hilarious!}

Probably from cutting all that laminated stuff...

• We are pretty much hooked on Netflix. We love finding a series and having Netflix marathons on the weekends. I'd been hearing about the show "The Killing" on several other blogs so we decided to give it a try. We loved it! It had us guessing the entire time. It was a little grim because it was about a murder {obviously} and the fact that it was set in Seattle {seriously, always raining} made it extra gloomy, but we still really liked it. Anybody have any other Netflix suggestions?

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• We went on our "back to school" date last Saturday night at The Cheesecake Factory and I ordered their strawberry lemonade. Oh my goodness, this lemonade. I almost always get water at restaurants, but every time we go to The Cheesecake Factory, it's a *must* for me to order this lemonade. I love it so much that if they give me a refill when we're almost done with dinner, I ask for a to go cup! I just can't leave a whole glass of it on the table!! {I always feel stupid when I do this, but when we were waiting for our table I saw *several* people walking out with to go cups of strawberry lemonade. Apparently, I'm not the only superfan.} Anyway, I googled a copycat recipe and found this one that says it tastes similar. I'm *definitely* going to try it!!

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• Only 17 more days until football season starts! I'm *so* excited!! I do have a couple of "football food" recipes ready to share. I love making snacky {is that a word?}, appetizerish {definitely not a word} foods on Saturdays for us to eat while we watch the game. There's something so cozy about getting everything done around the house on Saturday morning and then getting all comfy on the couch with a yummy snack to watch the game. I can't wait!

Well, I hope y'all have a great rest of the week! Only 2 more days until Friday! ;)