Okay this a MAJOR update..
Well its been a long time since I have updated. I have so much to catch up on.


So.. I went to Idaho a month ago to make a surprise visit to one of my best friends my first year of college. Her husband had asked me to come up for a surprise baby shower. It was so much fun and defiantly a ride down memory lane. It was so weird being back in Idaho, I sort of missed it but not enough to ever go back.

Then the following weekend I went to Sparks, Nevada, close to Reno for a State Leadership Conference for Student Council. I was super excited about going until, the day before I realized I may not have my job for next year. My excitement soon became not excited at all and now maybe a little depressed. I went to the conference and had a good time but wish I would have treasured it a little more since I never actually thought it would be my last.

After the conference I came home and became very depressed with what was happening with my job for next year, I felt like the administrators at my school were beating around the bush, not really telling me I did or did not have a job. I soon figured it out, they had eliminated my job, supposedly to "save" me. What a bunch of crap in my mind.

I then realized that I did not have a job for the next year and had no idea what I was going to do, I became sad and depressed and spent many hours crying. I felt like I could barely talk to anyone without getting teary eyed. One day I was talking to one of the administrators and I just started crying for no reason, I went to my back storage room to get myself back together before my class started, my students came back asking me what was wrong. They had asked me to not tell my students I wouldn't have a job next year at the school because they were worried calls would be put into the school asking why, and I guess they didn't want to have to deal with that. It was that day that a young 15 year old kid said something to me that I will never forget. "Ms. Tracy, don't worry, just remember when one door closes another door opens." How true his wisdom was.

I decided at the last minute to go home for my week long spring break, I felt I really needed to be around family. Before I left I scheduled an interview for the Monday I got back for a teaching job in a near by town. I had a great time at home and enjoyed spending quality time with my mom, she gave me the hope, strength and courage to go back and face all of my challenges. The Friday before I left to go back to Vegas I got an e-mail saying I didn't need to come for an interview they had already filled the position, a little upset I decided it must not have been right. I believe that same day the principal from my school e-mailed me saying he had talked to the principal at another school about me coming over there. So I went an interviewed there and found out before I left that I would be going to there school for the 09-10 school year.

***So its been a long time since I started writing this. I am going to back track some more in another post.

I love shopping.. Here is my recent shopping trip.
Total out of pocket I paid was $19.29
Total Saved was $130.91. I am thinking this shopping thing could get a little out of control, but I love it anyways. I got so much stuff that I can use. Those stockings were .36 cents.. Can't beat that!

call me crazy...

You may call me crazy or just be jealous of how much money I'm saving. But here is a little glimpse of my new game called get the most for your money. I have bought this plus tons more... All these are deals that I am finding at my local CVS, Walgreens, and Target, with their weekly ads and my coupons I am saving hundreds of dollars..

crazy week of <3

So this week is going to be sooo busy..

We have..
*Executive Elections
*Candy Gram Sales as well as delivering them
*Pep Assembly
*Basketball game
*Mardi Gras Carnival
* and the last home basketball game

Its going to be a super busy week, but I am looking forward to it. :)

Fire Detector

So it was Sunday night, and for some reason on Sundays I have a really hard time getting to sleep, I think I am just thinking about the week and everything that has to be done by the end of it. So it was about 10ish that I went to bed, let me remind you I attempt to get up at 4:30 so I really need to get to bed pretty early. So I am tossing and turning then I hear this beep every so often, and I am like what in the world could that be... So I get up and find out its my fire detector, but there was a little bit of a problem.... I don't have a ladder, and my ceilings are vaulted so I am thinking I am in trouble. I get my dinning room table chair, and am so grateful the guy at RC Willey talked me into getting a counter height table because that makes the chairs a bit higher. Stand on the chair, and realize I am too short to reach the dumb thing. So I get a knife from the kitchen and think maybe I can shut it off with that. Not so much...So I its like 11 now and I realize I have a step stool, sore I put the step stool on the chair and then get on top of there, I can finally reach the fire detector so I take the battery out, and the blasted thing continues to beep. I am so frustrated now, I try pulling the wires out of the wall. Not knowing what to do I call the only guy who I know who I work with who I know would be up that late practically in tears, and he says well you've got to put a new battery in it so it will stop beeping. So at 11:15ish I get dressed again run to the 7-11 down the street, to buy 1 9v battery for $4.30. I put the thing in and I finally get to sleep at 12 midnight, only to wake up a few hours later, what a way to start the new week.

a lil of this a lil of that....

My mom has been bugging me to post another entry, the main reason I haven't been writing is because I don't see anything exciting going on. Although, now that I think about it last week at school it was our 1/2 way mark till the end of the school year. Well since I am the Student Council Advisor, I thought it was important that the teachers get to celebrate, so we had a 1/2 way party. It was soo cute, I have pictures but they are on the camera at school so I will post them soon.

Other than that nothing really exciting has been going on. I had my second evaluation from my administrator about my teaching, it was very positive. He said that he was very impressed with everything that I am doing, and that he hasn't seen someone do as well as I do in a really long time, especially with my subject and everything that I have taken on. That made me smile, especially because somedays you just think it was a huge flop.

Other than that life is good, the weather is AMAZING!! and I am getting my car fixed hopefully this week! I still haven't posted a picture of that but i will. :) I hope everyone is enjoying this new year.

up late

For some reason I am still up at 10:30 pm. Maybe it was because I took a nap after school, or maybe because I have been reading about saving money at CVS. I usually never shop at CVS because I think it is way over priced, but I have been learning about there Extra Buck rewards, and am thinking I am going to see if I can save some money. I think it will be a great thing to learn before starting a family. Because once you start a family you are on a strict budget, right now since I am on my own I don't really look for the great deals, although I love one when I see one but its not a priority for me. I am going to start working on seeing if I can save some money :).