Needing something to distract me...A LIST...perfect!
TEN of my favorite foods:
Pizza!
Potato chips!
Nachos!
Enchiladas!
Paneer!
Cheesy breadsticks!
Bagels!
Chocolate peanut butter ice cream!
Corn on the cob!
Chocolate-covered pretzels!
Can you tell I love food?
NINE of my all-time favorite movies:
Mean Girls
The Notebook
Speed (don't judge me)
Elf
27 Dresses
The Hangover
Pirates of the Caribbean
A Time to Kill
Step Up
EIGHT celebrities I'd Like to Marry:
Channing Tatum
Aaron Rodgers - life would be so much easier if he was a Steeler
James Marsden
Josh Elliott
Brody Jenner - I just wanna look at him all day
Matt Ryan
Ryan Clark - he makes me laugh
Mike Tomlin
SEVEN things I'm loving right now
Scarves
Twitter
My desire to be social
Books
Looking at beach rentals for this summer
Parmesan cheese
Stalking cute boys on Facebook
SIX places I'd like to visit someday:
Ireland
London
Alaska
Chicago
Greece
Thailand
FIVE games I played as a child:
Clue
Guess Who
Super Mario Bros
Cribbage
Battleship
FOUR things I'd rather never see again:
My family in grief
My student loan bill
A weather forecast of over 90 degrees with high humidity
Any video of me
THREE things I'd like to do this year:
Travel, as always
Fall in love
Pay off my car
TWO facts about me:
I am a lifelong vegetarian and no it is not because I am card-carrying PETA member. I hate the taste of meat.
I have never done a cartwheel. Never.
ONE meaning behind my blog name:
Henner is the name my Goddaughter Katie called me when she couldn't say Heather. :)
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sunday Social
Feeling sad lately...my mind has been focused and stuck on one thing and that one thing (OK, person) is obviously not feeling the same. Maybe a little Sunday Social will cheer me up?
1. What is your ideal way to relax? Hmmmm...my couch/bed, a good book, my own thoughts, and no worries...:)
2. Where is your favorite place to be? Hard question. It depends on my mood. Also, I fear that I may be one of those people who always wants to be where she is not. Here are some places that usually never disappoint me: the library, my childhood home, and near water.
3. Who do you consider your biggest role model? Not to be difficult but I'm going to pick a non-answer. I admire anymore who is working toward something, or has found something that makes them happy. I tend to elevate people in my mind and then I end up consumed by them (hence my opening statement) and I am trying hard not to do that. I am working on just admiring qualities, not people. Gosh, that sound cynical and it wasn't meant to be.
4. What does your life look like in 3 years? Wrong day to ask me this question because my heart and head are battling over my future. I would love to say that I will be happily married, living in a comfy home, and enjoying my life, but I fear that my life will be exactly the way it is now. And I don't mean to complain about my life. I have a wonderful life, but I would just like someone to share it with. There, I said it (sigh).
5. If you could go back and change one decision, what would it be? I had a conversation with a friend before about regrets. She couldn't understand how I didn't live with regrets. I tend to make my decisions and believe that what will be, will be. I don't see a reason for wondering "what if". That being said, you caught me in a weak moment and if I could do it all again, I would have asked the question that I wanted to ask to the man who has consumed my thoughts. Maybe it would be better if I just knew.
6. What is your biggest accomplishment in life thus far? I am proud of my independence. I also fear that it is an obstacle in my life but I'm able to be me and that's not something everyone can say.
1. What is your ideal way to relax? Hmmmm...my couch/bed, a good book, my own thoughts, and no worries...:)
2. Where is your favorite place to be? Hard question. It depends on my mood. Also, I fear that I may be one of those people who always wants to be where she is not. Here are some places that usually never disappoint me: the library, my childhood home, and near water.
3. Who do you consider your biggest role model? Not to be difficult but I'm going to pick a non-answer. I admire anymore who is working toward something, or has found something that makes them happy. I tend to elevate people in my mind and then I end up consumed by them (hence my opening statement) and I am trying hard not to do that. I am working on just admiring qualities, not people. Gosh, that sound cynical and it wasn't meant to be.
4. What does your life look like in 3 years? Wrong day to ask me this question because my heart and head are battling over my future. I would love to say that I will be happily married, living in a comfy home, and enjoying my life, but I fear that my life will be exactly the way it is now. And I don't mean to complain about my life. I have a wonderful life, but I would just like someone to share it with. There, I said it (sigh).
5. If you could go back and change one decision, what would it be? I had a conversation with a friend before about regrets. She couldn't understand how I didn't live with regrets. I tend to make my decisions and believe that what will be, will be. I don't see a reason for wondering "what if". That being said, you caught me in a weak moment and if I could do it all again, I would have asked the question that I wanted to ask to the man who has consumed my thoughts. Maybe it would be better if I just knew.
6. What is your biggest accomplishment in life thus far? I am proud of my independence. I also fear that it is an obstacle in my life but I'm able to be me and that's not something everyone can say.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Scavenger Hunt Sunday!
1. Sparkly
2. Door
I won the school door decorating contest!
3. Decorate
4. Stripes
One of the cutest kids ever and I LOVED her sweater, but she is a student so I had to ugly up her face. :(
5. A Few of my Favorite Things
Food. Just food.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Scavenger Hunt Sunday!
I took a day trip to New York City this week. It was my first time there in 20 years! And my first time for the holiday season. It was so beautiful and my I heart NYC obsession is in full effect. Most of my pictures came from this day trip (with one stolen from the archives).
Not the best picture, but it was so pretty. And so cold. "I'm stuck in colder weather..."
World Trade Center Memorial: a place of great calm now.
Friday, December 7, 2012
It's OK Thursday (Friday edition)
It's OK...
...that I am, once again, writing this list on a Friday...
...that I took a personal day off to go to NYC. Really, it's OK.
...that I wasn't at school the following day due to a training.
...and I left early today to pick up a file. OK, maybe that one isn't OK...
...to have not bought one single Christmas present yet.
...to have carts filled with items to by for Christmas on several different websites.
...that I LOVED that my students were so happy to see me when I came to work today.
...to correct an adult who is trying to mess with the routines I have already set in place for my students. GRRR.
...to love NYC so much that I googled "teaching jobs in New York" on the bus ride back home.
...to have job jealousy of others.
...that it doesn't feel like Christmas unless I am home with my family.
...to eat mozzarella sticks and french fries for dinner.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
From Somewhere in New Jersey
I'm on the Megabus from NYC to Baltimore.
Today was a "mental health day" for Heather. Does anyone else suffer from extreme guilt when taking a day off of work? I do. I feel guilty that its a day when my students are learning. I feel guilty that someone else in the building may be acting as my substitute because we are either too cheap or its too hard to get a real substitute. It shouldn't be that way. I should be able to use the personal day that I am given to use in any way I see fit. I had fun. It's been 20 years since I have been to New York and I've been wanting to go back that whole two decades. By the way, when did I get old enough to say "it's been 20 years since I did that"? But, back to the topic, I rarely take days off, and have never called out sick in my five years at this school. Even when I had walking pneumonia and passed out in the shower. I'm dedicated and responsible and I don't like feeling like or being treated as though I'm not. The sad thing is that I think I'm the one making me feel guilty. Had to get that off my chest.
Heather
Today was a "mental health day" for Heather. Does anyone else suffer from extreme guilt when taking a day off of work? I do. I feel guilty that its a day when my students are learning. I feel guilty that someone else in the building may be acting as my substitute because we are either too cheap or its too hard to get a real substitute. It shouldn't be that way. I should be able to use the personal day that I am given to use in any way I see fit. I had fun. It's been 20 years since I have been to New York and I've been wanting to go back that whole two decades. By the way, when did I get old enough to say "it's been 20 years since I did that"? But, back to the topic, I rarely take days off, and have never called out sick in my five years at this school. Even when I had walking pneumonia and passed out in the shower. I'm dedicated and responsible and I don't like feeling like or being treated as though I'm not. The sad thing is that I think I'm the one making me feel guilty. Had to get that off my chest.
Heather
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Sunday Social
1. What is your favorite holiday season tradition?
I love the Christmas candle-light service at church. I've been to it at different churches and it is always beautiful and reverent. When the lights go down and the sanctuary is filled with tiny, flickering candles, and everyone is singing "Silent Night", that's when it feels like Christmas.
2. Do you have a certain holiday movie you watch more than others? What is it?
I mean, of course...
"SANTA!!! I KNOW HIM!!!"
3. Show us your favorite decoration or pinterest decoration you wish you could have.
4. Favorite holiday song?
Hard question! I guess I would pick "Oh Holy Night".
5. Favorite holiday dessert?
6. What is on your wish list this year?
Nothing really. I did agree that I need new pots and pans. I'm so old.
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