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Another Snow Day!!

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Well, we got a doozie of a snow storm last night. They have been building it up all week, and it delivered. Starting at about 11 last night, the snow started coming straight down. Lots of tiny flakes to make about 6 inches, I would guess. I had mixed feeling about this snow storm because tonight, my girlfriends and I are going to see P!nk in concert at a venue about 50 minutes away. So, the whole time the storm was predicted, I was hoping for enough snow to cancel school, but for it to stop early enough so the main roads would be clear for our drive to the concert. AND, it looks like that’s what happened. It stopped snowing early in the morning, and the treated roads are already looking good.

Here are some pictures from my yard. We have this very scary and VERY large pine tree in the back yard, and the snow has the branches weighed almost down to the ground when they are usually above our heads. I think this has terrified my dog, because she will not go out. She used to love the snow, but not today. The last picture is of her sitting in front of me all anxious-like with a slipper in her mouth.

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I am going to do some grading today, read some magazines, and walk on the treadmill, and do my kettlebell work out. I’ll be honest, Monday and Tuesday were not good days with calorie count or exercise. I had a test done at the hospital yesterday that I was nervous about, and I think that contributed to it, but I can only take one day at a time. So, today is a new day.
(I guess I should mention that the test went fine!)

I am so excited to see P!nk tonight!!!

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Have a great hump day everybody!!!
(Or my Saturday!! because I took tomorrow off as a personal day – woot woot!!!)

Love,
Beth WA

I play favorites.

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There are a few things I love about waking up in the morning. One of those things, is that my calorie count starts all over, so it’s a clean slate. I get to decide exactly what I want for breakfast….I love so many breakfast foods; oatmeal, eggs, smoothies, and PANCAKES.

The other reason I like to get up is my cup of coffee.
Well, it’s more like cream and coffee, in that order. I love Coffee-mate Sweet Cream flavored sweet creamer.
I have a Keurig, that I also love, because I am a one cup of coffee person. This is for many reasons. One, in my old age, I have become more sensitive to caffeine. Second, I am counting my calories, and with my creamer addition, I don’t like to use too many calories on my cup off coffee.

We have lots of coffee mugs to choose from…

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The bottom one is my favorite. It is short and wide. So, it fits into the Keurig very well, and then has room for me to add my delicious creamer!!!

Yummm…the calmest part of my day.

Today was a day where I felt like I didn’t get a minute to take a breath and realize what was going on. I hate that. When I can’t remember looking a student in the eye and having a conversation with them. I know I told kids I would do things that I never got done, and I was very impatient.

I suppose some days are like that.

And the kids will forgive me. That’s the best part about working with kids. They are so forgiving, and willing to overlook your flaws.

Tomorrow is an inservice, and it ends at noon. Woo hoo!! Looking forward to a Friday afternoon off.

Have a good evening!

xoxo
Beth WA

Cream with a splash of coffee

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So, every day I drink one cup of coffee. And to be completely honest, I mostly like the creamer that I add to it. That’s why I limit myself to one cup of coffee per day. So, last year my husband got me the Keurig for Christmas. It was the perfect gift because
1. I only drink one cup a day.
2. My flavored coffee won’t ruin his plain black coffee.
3. It limits my cream intake to 1.5 tablespoons

Sounds like a lot of cream, but I’ve truly come a long way. I used to have 2 sweet n low, and about 3 tablespoons of cream. Blech.
I weaned myself mostly off artificial sweeteners. Occasionally, I will add a Splenda.

Now, my normal cup of coffee is the Nantucket blend with 1 tbsp of Bliss Sweet Cream. It’s delicious. I was completely satisfied with this, and didn’t even realize I was missing something…until…
I was reading Becky’s facebook, from Just a Little BS, and she mentioned this little amazing kitchen tool called the Aerolatte. It is AMAZING. It’s a little coiled battery run thing that you immerse in your cream or milk, and it foams it up, so you have a latte like drink rather than just coffee with cream. AND, you can decrease the amount of cream, you use because it bulks it up. It was perfect for me.
EXCEPT, the problem I now I have is that I love it so much, I have been drinking 2-3 cups of coffee per day. Hopefully, once school starts up on Tuesday, this will go back down to one!

And to compound this coffee issue was the Holiday Pack of Keurig that my husband bought me for Christmas. It had three delicious flavors; egg nog, gingerbread, and cinnamon french toast. I am currently addicted to Egg Nog coffee with spiced vanilla rum cream frothed into it with the Aerolatte. Here is a picture of the Aerolatte and my latest cup of cre.. coffee.

I hope everybody has a Happy New Year!! NYE is my dad’s birthday, so we usually celebrate it with him. This year we are just chilling at my ‘rents’ house with my bro-ham and his wife and daughter. In an awesome twist of events my bff who lives in California was supposed to fly back to California today but her flight was canceled, so she and her husband and her delicious baby boy will be spending the evening with us as well.

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-Beth WA