ABCs of Me

I was getting caught up on reading all the blogs I follow (boy I have been slacking!)  I came acroosed this on Moore to Love's blog and decided to do it too!

A. Age: 22 but feeling much older!

B. Bed size: I must say I LOVE MY BED! It's a queen size, and the most comfortable thing ever!

C. Chore that you hate: Cleaning the shower.  Least favorite task ever.

D. Dogs: No but I have had puppy fever for awhile!  I am especially in love with blue heelers

E. Essential start to your day: Nothing like a hot shower to wake you up!

F. Favorite color: I love green and purple.

G. Gold or Silver: Silver all the way.

H. Height: 5'3 and love it

I. Instruments you play: Does a mean air guitar count?  Cause I am pretty good at that!

J. Job title: Preschool Teacher

K. Kids: No :/  I want kids but other things must fall into place first.

L. Live: Beautiful Colorado!

M. Movie: The Notebook (gets me everytime) and I could watch The Hangover again and again

N. Nicknames: I don't really have any.  My mom calls me Anna Bana or Peanut though.

O. Overnight hospital stays: Never

P. Pet peeves: Dishonesty. Messes/clutter.

Q. Quote from a movie: "haha Classic!" from the Hangover

R. Right or left handed: Lefty when it comes to writing or eating, right for anything else!

S. Siblings: A big brother!

T. Time it takes you to get ready: Right around an hour or so

U. Underwear: Is pretty important in the whole getting dressed process I would say!  And it must always match my outfit haha!

V. Vegetable you hate: Hmmmm, I can't really think of one that I "hate"

W. What makes you run late: Indesiciveness when picking out an outfit :)

X. X-Rays you’ve had: My teeth, my neck/spine, my hip.

Y. Yummy food that you make: I have some famous beef tacos, good chicken enchilada casserole, several pasta dishes. Yeah I am a decent cook, or so I have been told :)

Z. Zoo animal: Monkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!

Decorating Bug

This is really nothing new per say, but recently I have really enjoyed filling my time with Etsy excursions and finding new and pretty things to fill my surroundings with.  Since I am kind of in limbo right now, I am trying my hardest not to buy too many things.  But I did feel the need to place some new "pretties" in my bathroom and bedroom.

Above the toilet in the bathroom

The bed

The dresser wall

And here is the jewlery box up close...

Another huge project I did was helping my mom to completely redecorate the main level of the house (front room, kitchen, kitchen nook, and family room).  It was quite the project.  I simply made a suggestion to update the place a bit and before I knew it we were at Lowe's and I was painting away!  Everyone is very happy with how it turned out, I can say however I have no plans of painting a single fireplace brick again in my life :)

Before:

After:

♥ I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives. ♥

Words to Live By

So the new title of my blog "Learn. Live. Hope" is derived from "Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow"  I find this quote to be beyond true and I will always try to live by this.  Anyways, I have been wanting to "complete" my tatoo for awhile, and finally last weekend I did.  I love it ♥

Halloween Fun

Wow!  I have not been good at blogging lately at all!  Goal of the day...to get back on track :)  I have been keeping myself busy with work. I was planning a field trip to a farm with a pumpkin patch and such for the kiddos, but due to a snow storm it got cancelled.  We did however have a very good halloween party yesterday for the kids and the families.  It turned out great and they all looked so cute in their costumes!  We danced, we had yummy snacks, and even managed to get them to do a mini cotume parade for the parents :)  I must say that through these last few weeks those kids have been my saving grace.  Some days can be hectic and stressful, but those sweet kids keep me going.  They give me a purpose in my life right now.  And can brighten my day with a simple comment or look.  I love them to pieces and wouldn't choose any other job in thw world right now!  And as for Halloween, even us teachers got dressed up for the occasion...

I was a ballerina, then Ms. Cassie was a princess, and Ms. Audrey was Ms. Spider from James & the Giant Peach!