The Dollar Store across the street from my work is my new happy place. It's a Dollar Giant outlet, and it's HUGE! It has aisles upon aisles of just about anything you could ever want - canned goods, toys, office supplies, craft supplies, candy - all for just a dollar each! But by far the best discovery was the one I made last week - the M&Ms. Let me explain . . .
A while back, maybe 6 or so months ago, the movie theatres had a special kind of M&M available with their popcorn combo. They were mint crisp flavour and I LOVED them! Ever since I first tried them at the movies, I have been looking for them in the candy aisles of all the grocery and department stores I've shopped in, to no avail. I finally figured I'd have to get them at the M&M store in New York when Jennifer and I go in the spring. Then last week, I was in my happy place getting poster board. There, next to the cash register, was a display of mint crisp M&Ms. The big bags. A dollar each. I bought one package. They're still delicious. I'm going back next week to get another package. I may even get two. Like I said . . . the dollar store is my new happy place :-)
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Halloween Tree
Here is my new Halloween Tree! I bought it today at Michaels. I know it's a bit hard to see, but the tree itself is sparkly purple. I bought a couple of packages of mini ornaments to put on it. Currently it's sitting on my mantle at home, but I'm thinking about taking it to work for my students to enjoy. They asked me a couple of weeks ago if we could put up a Christmas tree in December. I think having a Halloween tree in the room might be good practice for a future Christmas tree. If this tree lasts in the room without any damage . . .
I have to say, I haven't been shopping at Michaels for a long time and it was fun! There were so many things I wanted . . . a bunch of foam Halloween decorations, pumpkin carving sets, table decorations, and a bunch of Halloween light and sound village pieces. It was hard to say no . . . I did end up buying a couple of haunted house type wood pieces and some paint. I'm going to paint the wood pieces and display them at home.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Meme
Spell your name with some favorite songs.
Alrighty . . . but this is tough!
K - Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer) *This is not one of my favourite songs, but it starts with K*
I - I Will Remember You (Sarah McLachlan)
M - My Grown-Up Christmas List (Kelly Clarkson)
Name: Kim
Birth date: August 8
Nickname: Kim (My full name is Kimberly). Other people have called me "Gim", "Kimmy" (these people don't actually live once they've said the name), "Teacher", etc.
Eye Color: hazel
Hair Color: Depends who you ask. I call it light brown, others call it dark or dirty blonde. One of my students once called it golden.
Zodiac Sign: Leo the Lion
The shoes you wore today: To walk to and from work, my running shoes. While at work, black slides.
Your hobby: Reading. Watching TV or movies. Surfing the 'net.
Your fear(s): Snakes. Moths. Small birds.
Your perfect pizza: Hawaiian
Goal you’d like to achieve: Finish this meme in under an hour!
Your best physical feature: My eyes I guess
Your bedtime? Usually around 11pm
Most missed memory? My dad.
This Or That…
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
McDonald’s or Burger King: McDonald's
Adidas or Nike: Nike, if forced to choose.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither. I'm not a big iced tea fan.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla for ice cream and cake. Chocolate for everything else.
Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee. Black, 3 sugars
Do You…
Smoke: No. I never have and I never will!
Curse: Yes. Sometimes a lot, sometimes I go for weeks without uttering a bad word.
Sing: For my own personal enjoyment, yes.
Dance: Not really, though a certain Youtube video might contradict that statement ;-)
Have a crush: Not currently. Well, unless my Hollywood crushes count ;-)
Think you’ve been in love? Yes. I don't want to talk about it.
Want to go to college: Well, I've been once before. I graduated and everything.
Like(d)
high school: Certain parts of it.
Want to get married: Maybe, if the right guy comes along.
Get motion sickness: Not anymore
Think you’re a health freak: Um, no.
Get along with your parents: For the most part.
In the past month…
Gone to the mall: Oh yes!
Eaten Sushi: Nope.
Been on stage: Only if the front of a classroom counts
Gone skating: NO!
Made homemade cookies: No
Stolen anything: No
Ever…
Been beaten up: No
Shoplifted: Um, not that I can recall. But I may have helped myself to the bulk candy at Safeway once or twice when I was younger.
Age you hope to be married: I think I'll finally be ready when I hit 40 or so
Numbers of Children: 0 right now. In the future, who knows?
Describe your Dream Wedding: Family, friends, a guy who loves me, and me in a gorgeous white dress that makes me feel like a princess
What country would you most like to visit? France
In the opposite sex...
Best eye color? Blue
Best hair color? Dark
Short hair or long hair? Short
Height? Taller than me
Number of people I could trust with my life: Um, probably more than I suspect
Number of CDs that I own: Yeah, like I'm actually going to count them all now. I'd guess around 50. I'm not big on buying CDs anymore.
Number of tattoos: Zero
Number of piercings: None. I had my ears pierced, but the holes grew over.
Who were you with yesterday? My coworkers and students and my mom.
What woke you up this morning? Probably the need to pee. I woke up before my alarm rang.
Where are you? Here. Where are you?
Is tomorrow going to be a good day? Well, since tomorrow is Friday, HELL YAH!
Do you like anybody? I like a lot of people.
Ever thrown up in public? Uhhh, not in front of people in public, but in a washroom in a public place, yes.
Passed out because of alcohol? LOL. If you knew me, you'd know why this is funny!
What kind of home would you like? A happy one
What do you want to be when you grow up? Taller. Haha. I already am grown up and I'm doing what I want to do, for now.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I can't see into the future, sorry
Do you like candy necklaces? What kind of random question is that?!
When was the last time you fell over or ran into something? Can't really remember
Do you listen to music every day? I guess so. There's usually music playing in the background of wherever I am
Do you still go trick or treating? No
What was the last thing you ate? A peanut butter cup
Are you a fast typer? In my way.
What's your favorite type of soda? Coke. Didn't I answer that already??
Have you ever moved? Yes, several times.
Have you ever won an award? I don't remember. Probably not.
Are you listening to music right now? No. I'm watching Ugly Betty
How long ’till your birthday? 10 months
When were you the saddest in your whole life? When my dad died back in March
What time is it? 8:50pm
Do you use ebay to buy or sell? Nope
Who makes you mad? Who doesn't? Seriously, there's a particular coworker who pisses me off . . . and sometimes my students make me mad.
Have you ever heard a song written about you? No
Something you want to happen in 2009? Visit New York
Honestly, do you miss 2008? Ask me again in a few months
Honestly, whats on your mind? My next blog post
Honestly, what are you doing right now? Scratching my butt. Haha.
Honestly, have you done something bad today? Truly bad, no. Had a few bad thoughts though.
Honestly, who is the last person you talked to on the phone? Probably my mom
Honestly, what makes you mad most of the time? A certain coworker who's an idiot!
Honestly, do you bite your nails? No
Honestly, do you want to see someone this very moment? No.
Honestly, are you keeping a big secret now? No. Or yes. What defines "big secret?"
Honestly, do you have a friend you don’t actually like? Yes. She's a nice person, but she's a bit irritating. She doesn't read this blog.
Honestly, are you in denial? No
Honestly, do you get up in the middle of the night and eat? No
Honestly, do you like anyone? As I think I typed before, I like a lot of people
Honestly, does anyone like you? Lots of people like me
What do you do when you’re mad? Yell. Be sarcastic. Try to not be mad anymore.
What’s the worst thing you’ve done when you were mad? I pushed my sister once when I was really mad at her
Ever made anyone cry when you were mad? I think so, yes
Do you swear when you’re mad? Yes. How did you guess?
When was the last time you actually cried? I don't remember
Ever cried yourself to sleep? Yes
Do certain songs make you cry? Not really. I have cried during songs before, but usually not because of the song but because of the memories the song triggers.
What usually makes you cry? Memories. Arguments. Really frustrating things.
Are you usually a happy person? Well . . . generally I'm fairly content and satisfied, but I probably don't usually come across that way.
What makes you the happiest? Depends on the day and the time of the month :-)
Do you believe in yourself? Yes.
When people say they think you are good looking/pretty, do you get happy? Um, I don't recall anyone ever calling me good looking or pretty. Sorry, but that's the truth!
I tag anyone who is still reading this!
Alrighty . . . but this is tough!
K - Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer) *This is not one of my favourite songs, but it starts with K*
I - I Will Remember You (Sarah McLachlan)
M - My Grown-Up Christmas List (Kelly Clarkson)
Name: Kim
Birth date: August 8
Nickname: Kim (My full name is Kimberly). Other people have called me "Gim", "Kimmy" (these people don't actually live once they've said the name), "Teacher", etc.
Eye Color: hazel
Hair Color: Depends who you ask. I call it light brown, others call it dark or dirty blonde. One of my students once called it golden.
Zodiac Sign: Leo the Lion
The shoes you wore today: To walk to and from work, my running shoes. While at work, black slides.
Your hobby: Reading. Watching TV or movies. Surfing the 'net.
Your fear(s): Snakes. Moths. Small birds.
Your perfect pizza: Hawaiian
Goal you’d like to achieve: Finish this meme in under an hour!
Your best physical feature: My eyes I guess
Your bedtime? Usually around 11pm
Most missed memory? My dad.
This Or That…
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
McDonald’s or Burger King: McDonald's
Adidas or Nike: Nike, if forced to choose.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither. I'm not a big iced tea fan.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla for ice cream and cake. Chocolate for everything else.
Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee. Black, 3 sugars
Do You…
Smoke: No. I never have and I never will!
Curse: Yes. Sometimes a lot, sometimes I go for weeks without uttering a bad word.
Sing: For my own personal enjoyment, yes.
Dance: Not really, though a certain Youtube video might contradict that statement ;-)
Have a crush: Not currently. Well, unless my Hollywood crushes count ;-)
Think you’ve been in love? Yes. I don't want to talk about it.
Want to go to college: Well, I've been once before. I graduated and everything.
Like(d)
high school: Certain parts of it.
Want to get married: Maybe, if the right guy comes along.
Get motion sickness: Not anymore
Think you’re a health freak: Um, no.
Get along with your parents: For the most part.
In the past month…
Gone to the mall: Oh yes!
Eaten Sushi: Nope.
Been on stage: Only if the front of a classroom counts
Gone skating: NO!
Made homemade cookies: No
Stolen anything: No
Ever…
Been beaten up: No
Shoplifted: Um, not that I can recall. But I may have helped myself to the bulk candy at Safeway once or twice when I was younger.
Age you hope to be married: I think I'll finally be ready when I hit 40 or so
Numbers of Children: 0 right now. In the future, who knows?
Describe your Dream Wedding: Family, friends, a guy who loves me, and me in a gorgeous white dress that makes me feel like a princess
What country would you most like to visit? France
In the opposite sex...
Best eye color? Blue
Best hair color? Dark
Short hair or long hair? Short
Height? Taller than me
Number of people I could trust with my life: Um, probably more than I suspect
Number of CDs that I own: Yeah, like I'm actually going to count them all now. I'd guess around 50. I'm not big on buying CDs anymore.
Number of tattoos: Zero
Number of piercings: None. I had my ears pierced, but the holes grew over.
Who were you with yesterday? My coworkers and students and my mom.
What woke you up this morning? Probably the need to pee. I woke up before my alarm rang.
Where are you? Here. Where are you?
Is tomorrow going to be a good day? Well, since tomorrow is Friday, HELL YAH!
Do you like anybody? I like a lot of people.
Ever thrown up in public? Uhhh, not in front of people in public, but in a washroom in a public place, yes.
Passed out because of alcohol? LOL. If you knew me, you'd know why this is funny!
What kind of home would you like? A happy one
What do you want to be when you grow up? Taller. Haha. I already am grown up and I'm doing what I want to do, for now.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I can't see into the future, sorry
Do you like candy necklaces? What kind of random question is that?!
When was the last time you fell over or ran into something? Can't really remember
Do you listen to music every day? I guess so. There's usually music playing in the background of wherever I am
Do you still go trick or treating? No
What was the last thing you ate? A peanut butter cup
Are you a fast typer? In my way.
What's your favorite type of soda? Coke. Didn't I answer that already??
Have you ever moved? Yes, several times.
Have you ever won an award? I don't remember. Probably not.
Are you listening to music right now? No. I'm watching Ugly Betty
How long ’till your birthday? 10 months
When were you the saddest in your whole life? When my dad died back in March
What time is it? 8:50pm
Do you use ebay to buy or sell? Nope
Who makes you mad? Who doesn't? Seriously, there's a particular coworker who pisses me off . . . and sometimes my students make me mad.
Have you ever heard a song written about you? No
Something you want to happen in 2009? Visit New York
Honestly, do you miss 2008? Ask me again in a few months
Honestly, whats on your mind? My next blog post
Honestly, what are you doing right now? Scratching my butt. Haha.
Honestly, have you done something bad today? Truly bad, no. Had a few bad thoughts though.
Honestly, who is the last person you talked to on the phone? Probably my mom
Honestly, what makes you mad most of the time? A certain coworker who's an idiot!
Honestly, do you bite your nails? No
Honestly, do you want to see someone this very moment? No.
Honestly, are you keeping a big secret now? No. Or yes. What defines "big secret?"
Honestly, do you have a friend you don’t actually like? Yes. She's a nice person, but she's a bit irritating. She doesn't read this blog.
Honestly, are you in denial? No
Honestly, do you get up in the middle of the night and eat? No
Honestly, do you like anyone? As I think I typed before, I like a lot of people
Honestly, does anyone like you? Lots of people like me
What do you do when you’re mad? Yell. Be sarcastic. Try to not be mad anymore.
What’s the worst thing you’ve done when you were mad? I pushed my sister once when I was really mad at her
Ever made anyone cry when you were mad? I think so, yes
Do you swear when you’re mad? Yes. How did you guess?
When was the last time you actually cried? I don't remember
Ever cried yourself to sleep? Yes
Do certain songs make you cry? Not really. I have cried during songs before, but usually not because of the song but because of the memories the song triggers.
What usually makes you cry? Memories. Arguments. Really frustrating things.
Are you usually a happy person? Well . . . generally I'm fairly content and satisfied, but I probably don't usually come across that way.
What makes you the happiest? Depends on the day and the time of the month :-)
Do you believe in yourself? Yes.
When people say they think you are good looking/pretty, do you get happy? Um, I don't recall anyone ever calling me good looking or pretty. Sorry, but that's the truth!
I tag anyone who is still reading this!
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