Catching Up

I had so many things in my mind that I wanted to blog about, but now they seemed to have slipped away! Let's see if I can remember.

I met Jaime and Amanda up at the school this morning. Our plan was to work on some scheduling for one of the advanced classes, help Amanda start packing up her room, and just piddle around in general. Our plans quickly changed when Amanda found black tarps draped over everything in her room. They decided to put a new roof over that part of the building and now she's not allowed in her room until they are done! Very nice! Now, we are only going to have about a week to get her moved and ready for school to start. So, giving up on that quest we went to the counselor to discuss schedules. Jaime got very sick, turning white as a sheet. Amanda and I were very concerned about her, since she's usually healthy as a horse! She decided to her school day short and go home, so Amanda and I headed to Chick-Fil-A to grab a quick lunch and then to Wal-Mart to see what deals we could find. By the way, props to me for eating a salad for lunch! :) Anyway, boy did we find a good deal. Wal-Mart had certain Cricut cartridges on Clearance. Amanda and I each got one for 20 dollars each. Wowza! Considering these are normally anywhere from 35 to 60 or more dollars each, these were very cheap. We also got some necessary school items, but I did not find my much anticipated Sharpie pens that do not bleed through paper. See, I'm sorta a freak about pens. I mean I have a million of them. I love Sharpies and I can't wait till I can find these new pens in stores. I know, I'm an idiot! Oh well! So, that was pretty much my day. I came home and took a nap -shocker! I had a good time with the girls while it lasted, but it was way too short!

I've also finished reading The Queen's Fool by Philipa Gregory. This is the fourth book of the Tudor series. It was very good, but none of them have compared so far with The Other Boleyn Girl. Even though these are ficiton novels, Gregory does a great deal of research in order to write these books and she tells you at the end of each novel what parts were created by her and what parts she took from actual history. She also gives you a list of where she did her research. So, I'm now reading the last book in the series, The Virgin's Lover. This mainly deals with Queen Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn's daughter, and her favorite courtier Robert Dudley. I think I'm really going to enjoy this novel because I've heard that Elizabeth was a real bitch (excuse my language) and I'm very interested in learning more about her. If she was anything like her mother, I'm going to love reading about her.

Not suprisingly, I've discovered a new reality show that I am hearting very much. Mama convinced me to watch Sheer Genius the other night when she stayed with me and I loved it from the get go. I've been Tivo'ing it so I can catch up on all the reruns. I think Amelia may have mentioned this show in one of her blogs. There is this one guy on the show who is so gay! He's hilarious. He was commenting on one of the haircuts and said it was "fugly"! I absolutely cracked up when he said that because it reminded me of Amanda saying that all the time. I think that's such a funny word!

Well, I better get off of here and get something accomplished for the day. Honestly, I have a lot to do before school starts, but I'm not caring! What has gotten into me? It's so great to not care, but also a little scary! Goodnight, bloggers!