Announcement

Brian and I have realized we're both horrible at keeping secrets, so we thought it was time to announce that . . .

I'm Pregnant!!

The baby's due in January. And we're both very excited!

My Handsome Best Man

Brian was a best man today at his friend, Dave's wedding-- the same Dave who was best man at our wedding.

I was laughing so hard all night at the reception because the receiving line was shifted down a little further than normal, putting Brian and Dave right at the center of the backdrop. I thought it was hilarious! But I don't think anyone else noticed. =)He definitely knows how to strike a pose for the camera! ;) I'm trying now to think of more reasons to get him into a tux. I thought he looked so classy~!

Old habits are hard to break . . .

I have serious punctuality issues. This week I decided to do something about it. I remembered a project we had in my Educational Psychology class in college. We had to change or create a new behavior by supplying ourselves with rewards (Pavlov's theory). I changed my study habits that semester with a few simple boxes of Junior Mints.So I decided on Sunday (as we drove to our 1pm church at 1:05) that I would be 15 minutes early to everything this week. If I had 7 consecutive days of meeting my goal, I'd treat myself to Coldstones. I started yesterday. I did pretty well, but I was only 7 minutes early to work. Then today, I tried again and got worse. I was only 3 minutes early. As I walked in the door to summer school this morning at 7:27, my principal looked at me in amazement. Finally, he said, "What is going on? During the regular school year, we meet at 8:15 (implied: I'm never there at 8:15!). Now you're required to be here at 7:30 and you've been early every day???" I explained my ice cream reward to him. Unfortunately, I also explained that my goal is to be 15 minutes early and ended with, "It just seems I'm late no matter what time I shoot for!" (note: probably not the smartest thing to say to your boss.)

Seriously-- why is my mind so messed up that I can only be on time when I'm trying to be somewhere super early?! I don't get it!

Update: my reward is now contingent on being only 10 minutes early AND only for 4 days total --- I really want that ice cream!

a wedding in the family!

my older brother's getting married in october and i'm getting a new sister-in-law!!
i only have a picture of me with my brother. i don't have a single picture of abby because i haven't even met her yet! i'll get to meet her on the day of their wedding- weird, huh? i guess that's what happens when your family lives all over the country. my older sister & brother-in-law in TX didn't meet brian till our wedding either.

even though i haven't met her, i know she's won over the rest of my family and they all think she's the sweetest and best girl for my brother. i'm so happy!

I'm Getting Littler

No . . . I'm not blogging at school . . . on my lunch break . . .

Today was field day. One of the 3rd graders (who was my 2nd grader last year) came up to me and gave me a big hug. Then he pulled away and said, "Mrs. Nye, you seem like you're getting littler!"

I started cracking up! Of course it's not that he's grown a foot in the last year and now comes up to my shoulders-- I must be the one shrinking! However, I think I'm going to assume he was speaking of my waist size. Yes, I'm sure that was it!!

g.g.

i cried 2 years ago when they announced the end of "gilmore girls"

i cried when the last episode was over

i cried and squealed and shouted for joy last night when i saw a commercial advertising "an all new gilmore girls season" coming in june

i cried when i researched it online and realized it's just the next season of reruns that they're airing

now i'm just angry

what's my name?

The other day in a faculty meeting, the reading teacher was making some reference to me and she called me "Danna (like Anna) Nay (instead of 'Nye')." I thought it was terribly funny.

However, my husband thought it was much funnier and has since found another variation of my name that he likes (and uses in public): Da-nay-nay.

Oh brother.

Creative Dating

Brian and I are taking this Marriage Workshop class (NOT counseling-- don't worry!). Our assignment this week is to go on a creative date for less than $10.

Any ideas???

does anyone know . . .

where i can get a shower curtain like this?

i saw it awhile ago on this blog and i fell in love. i've looked everywhere i can think of & i still can't find it. if anyone knows, please tell me!!!

Appreciate Your Teachers

In honor of teacher appreciation week, I'm going to post a cute gift idea. It was made by one of my students and her mother at the beginning of this school year. I thought it was so cute, I kept it in my classroom where I could see it everyday. Only recently did I bring it home to put it to good use-- and since then I've received compliments from everyone who's entered our guest bathroom!Although I haven't made this, I did ask them how they did it:

1. Buy a bottle of soap.
2. Empty the contents and clean off any labels.
3. Copy a cute saying or something onto a transparency and cut it to fit in the bottle.4. Place the transparency in the bottle.
5. Place marbles or something in the bottom.
6. Pour soap back in.
I'm sure this would also make a cute end-of-year present for teachers.

And I don't mean to imply that teachers expect gifts. We don't!! I just know some of you like to give gifts. I just thought I'd help!!