Pauly Shore day!

I am excited to share that I will be at Addison Improv tonight seeing Pauly Shore!!! I am very excited, not as excited as John who has been quoting him for the past few days, but excited!! We are going with my lovely lady friend Lindsay and her awesome sister Mary! Should be super fun times! I have only been to Improv once, and I loved it-- prob the hardest i've laughed, ever.

I went up to school today and worked on my room. Surprisingly accomplished a lot... which for me is a miracle! I got the classroom arranged close to complete. (if you know me, that will change several times throughout the year, BUT is the way I want it for now) So I am proud to say that. In previous years I try to get my room done in July and not bother coming back up until staff development, like another mini break-- well see if I can accomplish this!

yeeeeowza

Welp. I did it... I made my first mattress purchase of my life. I have been sleeping on a ridiculously old mattress my mom bought... possibly 15 years ago. It's reached a point where, i now blame the mattress for my recently developed insomnia. Now, you'd think this was my first ever "grown up" purchase by the way I have been feeling all day. A few words to describe: anxious, stressed, numb, excited, and the list could go on. For now, I will focus on the not exciting fact that I will surely have another sleepless night since I do not receive the mattress until tomorrow. Exciting fact, tonight is my last night on the small, uncomfortable thing and then Ill have my beautiful, brand new, sure to ensure quality nights sleep, in my bedroom. However, this is not my first, and surely the last "grown up" purchase, but I did pay cash for the thing which makes this here teacher a little tight on the money for an entire month... Who wants to come play wii or watch netflix with this girl?!? Pool?!?! any takers?! sigh... Another downfall with exciting purchases that aren't complete is the fact that I am dying to complete the bedroom now.

MUST.BE.PATIENT.

Until then, I will just visit my cute, soon-to-be, complete bed at potterybarn.com.

In other news, John has been helping me complete my new business website, I applied for a Texas Tax ID, registered for my client site, began my photography blog. We've been busy bees!

Lauren Augustine Photography

new lens=LOVE

One of the things I have known/am being reminded of is how much I truly love to capture my dogs on film. I toy with the idea of sticking with this and only shooting (photographs/not bullets) dogs. Then I start thinking-- who really wants to have/pay money for pictures of their dog or cat! However, you have people like me and several of my friends whose animal is their child... and why wouldn't people want quality photos of their "kid". Well, all that to say.... Dakota was playing withwhat I think to be his best friend-- a bright green tennis ball. OH BOY. Little background: He absolutely loves playing with balls whether it's a tennis ball, raquet ball, or huge toy ball-- the dog is in heaven. No lie, we tried to hide one from him once and he opened up the ottoman (It was one of the storage type) and got the ball out and ran away. The guy is obsessed! I am actually watching him plan how to retrieve his ball that he lost to the couch.

Anyway, without further a due- Dakota.

.love.

buzy beeeee

That is the best 2 words to describe me lately... "busy bee"... haha, yeah right- total joke. No excuse as to why i've been so neglectful via blog world lately other than just not much to say. Which even today is the deal. Anyhoo--- a few new things....

1. my recent obsession : These women inspire me so much. Discovered them this season on The Biggest Loser. I caught myself telling John the other day how much I miss them every wednesday because they were a reminder of my goals and encouraged me, without even knowing, to become healthier and live a new lifestyle. A day or two after saying this to the bf I saw via twitter that Hannah had posted a link to their brand new blog!!! SO EXCITING.

2. To follow up #1- I have learned to enjoy Twitter!! For the longest time it's overwhelmed me. I had an account...but honestly, sort of steered clear of it. Needless to say, I have overcome my fear and really enjoy following some of my FAV celebs! However--- also get annoyed/entertained by people who "over tweet"... yea.. it's possible!

3. I have realized this summer that it is almost impossible for me to finish anything I start. :( JB pointed this out to me yesterday and he is so right. WELL STINK! Some examples: P90x (made it 5-ish weeks and got busy with a move). My DIY Projects--- start them, but havent quite gotten around to completing. Books. You name it... I've probably started it and am "working" on completing it. grrrrr......

4. Speaking of starting things... I started the Couch to 5k program. I am hoping in 9 weeks I will be able to tell you I finished it too. Could be the first?? Well see. So far, I am really loving it! One of my "resolutions" or goals for this year was to run a 5k... WELP im working on it!! day 1 was quite depressing, let me tell you. I had a sore groin, I have had weak ankles since my soccer days, and I was just plain out of shape! I was walking weird for 2 days and was just in pain. PATHETIC-- I am 26!!! That is not old!! But, I guess I am learning things change and it takes my body longer to recover in my late 20s (depressing). I finished day 2 earlier this morning on the tredmill. TOTALLY different feeling! I really enjoyed it and caught myself thinking how I could go on a little longer, ofcourse I didn't, but I thought about it!! Ill keep you posted on this one!

5. 4th of July was fun! I wasn't expecting much as our plans sort of just fumbled into place but I really had a great time! Had a few friends over for a little pool party action, JB cooked his famous brisket, and watched some fireworks. Good times all around! :)

6. My nerdy man is/has been working on learning computer "languages" (don't ask).. and is in the process of creating a video game!!! As tired as I get of hearing about it-- I am so proud of him!!! I can't wait to see what mindless game he creates for the iphone/ipad for me to become obsessed with. I might even be more proud that he's actually getting into a form of social networking and blogging his computer game creating journey here

Look at me!!! I wrote WAY more than I was expecting to write! :) Hopefully Ill update again sooner rather than later....

LA