It's me, Charity

Whooo Hooo!! It's What's Up Wednesday! Joining in with the girls to talk about what's up lately! What I'm eating this week: Ranch, ranch, everything ranch! My Friend gave me a bag of hotbox ranch for Easter so I've been dipping anything and everything into ranch. Tonight I'm making some hamburgers for dinner after I'm done teaching.  What I'm reminiscing about- Nothing that I can think of? What I'm loving- Finally having a smartphone!!! Nothing like a new technology gadget to get me excited!! What I've been up to- Well I posted about Easter, and this week it's just work, work, work! I've been working on my taxes which is never fun. What I'm dreading-Taxes. Blech. What I'm working on- Teaching little, and big people to play the piano :) What I'm excited about- April and hopefully consistently spring like temps coming. My allergies and my wardrobe is ready for it to pick a season and stay the

For once I actually have something interesting to blog about! As we all know last weekend was Easter, and this year I decided to switch it up and host my first holiday dinner at my house! Our Church had several services, one being a SATURDAY afternoon service. I was all about that! Mornings with my chronic illness body are really not great for me. So an afternoon service was an answer to prayer! I'm still praying when we move into our new church building that they add a Saturday evening service. But I digress. I invited my parents to come to church with me and then back to my home for dinner as well as some other guests! I think this was the first holiday dinner we've had with friends, and I don't know why we waited so long to include other people!! I had such a fun time decorating the table and getting stuff to look pretty. I legit had a list for the week of what I needed to do on each day. And I might have taken a few too many pictures of my table s

N ormal people do Weekend Wrap Up's, but being a person with a chronic illness, my weekends are not very exciting! They are usually spent resting up for the next week. So with that in mind, here is my Week Wrap Up!  By far the best part of this past week was finally being able to use my newly set up Porch Swing!! I love it!!!  My Mom came last week and put it together while I was teaching, (What a Good Momma!!) And earlier this week it was finally warm enough for me to enjoy it! I will say that the seat is rather short, I carry my height in my thighs, so I felt like I was missing some of the seat! It's also kind of short, but I got 4 inch blocks to put it up on so that my knees aren't up to my chin. #TallPeopleProblems  My grass is already turning green! Ack!! And yes, I know I have patches of no grass at all. My backyard is still struggling after the Great Sewer Repair of 2015.  My pasty white legs got some much needed sun! I am proud to say I now ha

I saw this on someone's blog and thought it looked fun! So I tweaked it a little bit, and added some of my own! Here are Five things for your Thursday!  Five foods I eat every day 1. Ice Water. LOTS. Of. Ice.Water. 2. Coke or Dr Pepper (usually) 3. A Sandwich. I love Sandwiches! 4. Something Sweet. 5. Veggies. Lately I've been trying hard to eat more of them! Five places I'm dying to visit 1. Hawaii. 2. Europe 3.Every State in the Union. 4. Texas. Thanks to Chip and Jojo for making it look fabulous! 5. Iowa. Because two pieces of my heart are there.     Five celebrities I want to be friends with 1. Tim Tebow.  *wink* 2. Chip and Joanna Gaines. 3. The Mix and Match Mama and all of her friends! 4. Whoever owns Barnes and Noble so they will give me free books! HA! Five songs I could listen to on repea t 1. Anything by NSYNC. Ok Mostly anything. 2. I'll be, by Edwin Mccain. 3. Joy to the World by Avalo

We all know I celebrate my Birthday BIG. I am fond of calling it my Birthday week. This year it has stretched out a little bit longer than a week, and I am ok with that! :) Friday got the weekend started off with a special surprise dropped off by one of my students! A Gigi's cupcake!!! This is how I felt..  If you've ever had a Gigi's cupcake you understand my excitement. If you haven't, I will pray for you.  Gigi's cupcakes are the most delicious cupcakes with about 3 inches of frosting. Possibly 4 inches. It's massive and wonderful!  The only thing better than one Gigi's cupcake is two Gigi's cupcakes. Hashtag Blessed.   Friday night I went to Gigi's for my free birthday cupcake, treated myself to Firehouse subs, and then went to Gordman's to redeem the Birthday cash they sent me. I got some yummy smelling body spray, super cheap! Love Gordman's!  And then on my way to check out the shoes I just happened upon th