New Year, New Blog

I am restarting my blog. Last year, I bought a house and had a baby. This year, I was transferred to a new school and a NEW JOB!

I was a K-2 self contained special education teacher and I am now going to be a 3-4 inclusion teacher! All of my teacher materials are in boxes in my garage!


See how organized my library is?!

Re-Missing You

Since last we spoke, I have had a really hard time keeping up with this blog... It has been a cross between I can't think of anything to say and I have been so busy putting out fires that I have not had any energy left to update you on all of the progress. But things have happened in the last few (many) weeks that I do need to share:

1. We finally closed on our cute little house and today we bought a refrigerator and a dishwasher!

2. We are moving tomorrow and Tuesday! We are going to try to move after work each day. Crazy, huh?

3. Baby is great! We get to find out if it's a boy or a girl in the next 2 weeks. Super excited to start decorating!

4. We took a trip down Route 66. It was AWESOME!

5. I'm worried about Atticus and the move. He is an indoor/outdoor cat and I really don't want him to run away.

I will post more in the next few days but this is a little preview of things to come :)

Pregnancy Pants

So I'm getting ready for school to start up again!

I feel:

*excited

*nervous

*tired

*sad for summer to be nearly over

Part of my end-of-the-summer ritual is buying new fall staples. This

year, I get to buy pregnancy pants! This did not sound fun to me when I thought about it. I imagined myself in giant muumuus and just looking and feeling miserable.

After one day of shopping, let me tell you, I am totally sold on pregnancy pants! The pants I tried on are so flattering on my body, I found myself wondering where they had been all my life! I even found khaki's (which I generally hate). And boy, are they comfortable! This year I am looking forward to being one of the most stylish people at my school!

I plan to buy:

*The perfect khaki pants I found

*Lots of colorful tunics

*Black capri's

*Black pants

*Lots of prints

Generally I am a black shirt, black pants kind of girl. Pregnant Cathy is going to be as colorful as a rainbow!

New (old) Idea for Bathroom Lighting

These retail for $50-$100 and can be made for $15-$25. I love them! Easy to DIY and super cute with lots of character!

Here's a double sconce:

I also love the chandelier, but I think if I only had mason jar lighting, it would be a little bit of overkill!

Factoid:

My belly feels hard... there must be something going on in there.

This makes me laugh every time...

I hope my friends don't think this about me...

Tidbits

Things I don't like about being pregnant:

1. I miss Coffee!

2. I hate being nauseous!

3. Vodka Soda with Lemon and Lime

Things I like about being pregnant:

1. Attention! I know I'm not supposed to say that, but it feels nice when people acknowledge this monumental event in my life.

2. Decorating a room any way I want without my husband's input.

P.S. I would never do this, but if I wanted to I could because I'm the one carrying the baby! Haha!

3. Knowing that soon, we will have the best baby that ever existed!