Weekend, Classroom Stuff, Playlist, and New Workout Clothes!

How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good. Friday night we ate dinner at this Italian restaurant in Bryan called Cafe Capri. It's a neat little place.  I didn't take any pictures....can you believe that? Saturday we spent the day hanging out by the pool. Oh man was it HOT! I think the heat index was around 100 degrees! 

OMG y'all...I'm like in love with the dollar spot at Target! Remember the cute Dr. Seuss bags I bought last week for a dollar? Well today I went back and they had tons of teacher stuff! I was jumping up and down I was so excited! Kristan - I tried to call you but you didn't answer! : ) I know it will be until next year till I have my own classroom but it's always good to start collecting stuff early!

I thought these little signs were too cute - I'm thinking I could use them to help with classroom management.

 Great Job Award, Happy Birthday stickers/ homework stickers, and passes!

Stamps, teacher planner book, "My Name Is" nameplates, class schedule poster, and an apple timer!

All of this stuff cost only $14! I think I need to become Target's spokesperson!

My parents bought me an ipod for Christmas and I just downloaded/installed it the other day! I know....very late! The main reason I wanted an ipod is for when I work out. Here are some of my fav songs on my playlist......

Undo It- Carrie Underwood

Free- Zac Brown Band

California Gurls- Katy Perry

Man In The Mirror- MJ 

Billionaire- Travie McCoy

When I was at Target today I also bought a new workout outfit! Now I have no excuse not to work out! Here is a picture of me before I left for the gym today!

Hope y'all had a fabulous weekend!

Shoo Fly Go Away and Frozen Gramwiches!

Last night Caitlin, Matt, Matt's brother, and me ventured out to Lake Bryan to go to Lakeside IceHouse that has a really nice patio overlooking the lake. I have been wanting to go to this place so I was so excited! However, it was a total let down! When we arrived the rude bar tender informed us that the only thing on the menu for the night was chicken sandwiches and burgers. We all ordered burgers that were literally ready within 3 minutes...I'm guessing that they had been sitting out. As we set down our food, flies start swarming our table. Not just a couple flies but like 20. People also had there wet sweaty dogs on the patio as well. We were disgusted! Looks like we won't be going back there! I was bummed out because I was looking forward to eating somewhere different! However, I did manage to take a pretty picture of the sunset!

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I mentioned like over a month ago that every Wednesday I would do a "Weigh in Wednesday" post. Well...that did not happen. Since I'm out of school for the summer I have no excuse not to start exercising and eating healthy. I have been doing Jillian's 30 Day Shred...I like it so far! Yesterday I wet grocery shopping and bought a lot of healthy foods. I also found some recipes in The Biggest Loser Cookbook that I'm going try!

Tonight I cooked salmon and asparagus. I was disappointed in the salmon. It was kinda fishy! I bought the salmon at Wal-Mart so maybe that's why! Do y'all know any good salmon recipes that will take away the fishy taste? Or where do y'all buy salmon at?

But this dessert recipe from The Biggest Loser Cookbook was delish!!

Frozen Gramwiches! 

2 whole low-fat graham crackers 

1/4 cup light or fat-free frozen whipped topping

Break the crackers into 4 squares and spread the whipped topping on two of the crackers. Then place the other two crackers on top. Freeze for about 2 hours and then you have yourself a Frozen Gramwich! It's only 150 calories!

YUM!

Have a great night! :)

Happy Wednesday!

Thanks everyone for giving me advice on what color I should paint my living room! When I paint it next month I will make sure to post a picture!!!

Last night my mom and I went to a Yoga class at the YMCA. It was my first time to do Yoga and it was very relaxing! My favorite part was at the very end when our teacher had us lay on our back with our eyes closed while we listened to relaxing music. Then she walked around and put a towel over our eyes that had a lavender scent on it. I about fell asleep!!


Summer Reading:
During the school year I hardly have anytime to just read for fun...I am too busy reading textbooks or studying!! When we went to Destin a couple weeks ago I started reading Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin and loved it! It was a great summer read and was fast paced! Last night I finished her second book called Something Blue. The next one is called Baby Proof...I will start reading it probably this week! What have ya'll been reading this summer?

Friday I am going to New Braunfels, Texas to go float the river! I love that part of Texas...it's so pretty. My best friend's mom lives there so we are going to go stay the weekend with her! Her townhouse is about 5 minutes from where we put our tubes in. I had so much fun last year...I cannot wait to get there!

Hope everyone has a great day!
♥Christa

Trainer, Dinner, Reality TV, and Girls Night!

This week has been so nice! I only had to go to class on Monday because our teacher let us do a "class vote" to decide whether we wanted our Wednesday class to be online instead of in class. Of course most voted online! Monday was the first time I met with my personal trainer to workout. And boy did she work me out! I was sweating big time by the end! She combined both cardio and weight training into my workout. (I also have a funny story...next time you see me ask).

Last night I decided that it was my turn to cook dinner for Matt and Caitlin! I went to the store yesterday afternoon to get stuff to make Hamburger Pie (a.k.a Shepherd's Pie). The only thing I messed up on was the instant mashed potatoes. Your supposed to boil the water, salt, butter, and milk before you stir in the potatoes. But I put the potatoes in with everything else to boil ha! At first I didn't think it would be a problem till the potatoes pretty much started popping out of the pan. So I had to re-make it! I think everything turned out okay. I hope! I'm not sure if it was as good as my Dad's though!

Kiptyn

I am so happy that Jillian kicked off David and Juan. They both needed to go! I cant believe David tried to kiss Jillian at the end and she rejected him. How embarrassing! Do ya'll think any of them have girlfriends? I still do not like Wes. He has a website that I found about his music career. I'm thinking he is there just for publicity. I still like Jake. But Jillian thinks the poor guy is too perfect. And now I'm really starting to like Kiptyn from California. He is really cute and sweet. I thought they had a good date on Monday night.

Kendra from the Girls Next Door is doing her own reality TV show that just started. I think she is little immature since she has always had people cater to her. When she was 18 she left her parents house to go live at the Mansion and she has lived there since last year. Now she is 23 and finally living on her own filming this TV show. Last year she got engaged to Hank Baskett whose a NFL player. Supposedly their going to be getting married this summer. I wonder how long they will last!

My friend Kristan who moved back home for the summer is coming down Friday to hang out with Caitlin and I....I'm excited! I think we are all going to go out Friday night for a girls night!

Summer School, Personal Training, and Bachelorette!

I stared summer school today and I almost was late to my first class. I hit the snooze button a few too many times. Also, it took me almost 25 minutes to find my class on campus. All of my previous education classes are in the Education building but on my student schedule it said that the class I am taking this summer is in the CHAN building. I had no idea what CHAN meant. So I was walking around campus like a chicken with my head cut off asking everyone if they knew where the CHAN building was. No one knew. So finally I looked through my syllabus and it said it was held in the Chemistry building....kinda weird. Wish I would of looked at the syllabus to begin with! So I walk into class drenched with sweat at 9:35. I made it just in time!

I think this is going to be a pretty interesting class. It's all about how to teach children how to read. And I already LOVE the teacher! It is a M-F class and she said we only have to meet "in class" twice a week and the rest is online. I can sleep in some now!! Summer 1 session at TAMU ends July 2nd but my teacher said the last few days of our class will be all online. We are planning to go to Destin in between by summer one and two sessions....which was going to be a short trip. But now I am thinking we can leave a couple days early and I will just bring my laptop on the trip with me so I can do my last few online sessions and take my final. Today I went to the REC and signed up with a personal trainer. I am thinking she is a student at A&M. Her profile said her major was Elementary Education. I bought 10 sessions for $230 dollars which was not bad at all. Last summer at the YMCA 10 sessions cost over $400. She is supposed to call me in the next 2-3 days so we can get started. I am looking forward to lifting weights again!


What did everyone think of the Bachelorette tonight? I think David needs anger management help! He scares me! Juan needs to go. I wish she would realize Wes is not good for her. He sings that same verse in the song he wrote over and over. I think that's they only part he has knows. Ha! And that foot guy is creepy. I still really like Jake. Ed and Robby seem nice too. What do you think? Who is your favorite?

Armadillo Dash 5K Run

Yesterday I signed up to do the 5k Armadillo Dash with my friend Natalia. I had to wake up this morning at 5:30 to pick up Natalia to be at the race before 7. At 5:30 I was thinking man...why did I decide to do this! Haha! It was freeezzzing cold out this morning!! The wind was not as bad as yesterday but it was still pretty bad. Some people were wearing shorts and t-shirts. I would of froze! I ran/walked the 3 miles in 45 mintues Once I started going I warmed up fast! Natalia finished in 24 mintues since she runs the whole race. Natalia said that was a record time for her! Once I was done I was glad I did it! I felt accomplished by having my workout done for the day by 8:00 o'clock! Afterwards, Natalia and I went to Starbucks to treat ourselves! I will post a picture once Natalia's friend tags us in it on Facebook! (I forgot to bring my camera).

I cant wait till tomorrow for the season finale of the Bachelor! Natalia is mad because her friend texted her last night and told her the spoiler about who wins! So..no one tell me!! :)