Like Totally by Scraps of Ellay

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Do you miss the 80s? Do you have old pictures of yourself with big hair and acid washed jeans that need to be scrapped? Well, Scraps of Ellay has just released the perfect kit for you. I mean like, totally, she really has! Just take a look at the preview...

There are 20 papers, over 50 elements and four full alphas. This kit is awesome and you can pick up some matching glitter paper, cardstock, messy canvas paper and quickpages or you can buy the bundle and get it all!

I scrapped some pictures of the wonderful Erika, who is nice enough to volunteer in my classroom between her college classes and her job. She's the best!

Make sure you check out the Scraps of Ellay blog for more layout inspiration.

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We may be dumb...

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Well, it official...or as official as any online poll is. According to Travel and Leisure's Favorite Cities Poll people in Miami are dumb and rude. The good news is that we look good and know how to party. Isn't that all that matters anyway?

The funniest (and also the saddest) part of the survey is that people who are actually from Miami and took the survey and agreed that we're dumb and rude. I didn't take the survey, but I wish I had cause my city has been given a bum rap! I mean, we aren't that dumb. lol!

Our crowded streets (thank you visitors from other cities) earned us the number one spot on the bad drivers list. I'm not going to say too much about this cause I've already shared enough of my driving stories but, I will say this.....You call it bad driving. I call it creative driving.

Apparently, this isn't the place to visit if you're interested in classical music, antique stores or flea markets. Seriously! Did you really need a survey to tell you that?

Now, if you're interested in hanging out with a bunch of pretty people for some drinks during great winter weather well, we've got what you need.

Plus, I would also like to point out that Miami has Orange Croc Guy, the Cute Fajita Delivery Guy and me. What more can you ask for?

The Story of Me part 23

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(***Now you'll begin to learn what happened when Harmony could no longer live with Grandma Pat.)



People Who Loved Me
Gene and Mary Harrison

The Harrison’s were always good to me and I feel badly that I never loved them the way they loved me. I hope they were able to understand that the fault was all mine. They deserved to be loved. I should have loved them and a part of me even wanted to, but I was broken. I was broken and the pieces of my heart didn’t fit together correctly anymore. Love was something strange to me. Love was something that never lasted. Love was something that wasn’t worth the effort.

The Harrisons had wanted children when they were younger. They planned on having a large family, but that wasn’t what life had planned for them. The Harrisons filled the void by taking in foster children when they were younger.

There was one adoption attempt that fell through after the birth mother changed her mind and took the baby back. They were so hurt by that betrayal they stopped taking children into their home. They said that it just hurt too much when the children left and they couldn’t live with the pain anymore.

When I could no longer stay with Grandma Pat the Harrison’s took me in. They didn’t have to do this and I will never forgive myself for the things I said to them or for the pain I caused them by not returning the love they gave so freely.

There used to be times when I would revisit certain days in my mind and change the way things went and the things I said or didn’t say. Days when I would picture myself returning a smile or a hug and saying the words, ‘I love you, too’. Those were wasted times…wasted days. I couldn’t change the past or make the pain I caused go away. The only thing I could do was move forward and try to learn from my mistakes.

Good thing I didn't bet money...

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I came very close to betting money that my room would be clean today and it's a good thing I didn't. The trash was emptied and someone sorta kinda pretended to sweep, but clean? not so much.

The teacher across the hall wasn't in school today. I'm really hoping she was at home with her son and not out lawyer shopping cause so far the donations for my defense fund have been pretty sad. I've managed to raise 83 cents and a button but one of the pennies is actually Canadian and the button is ugly.

At this rate, I'm got no choice but to cop a plea and snitch on my other friends or I may be doing some serious time on this whole, "baby thinks he's a vampire" case.

OMG! Jerry Springer, here we come. LOL!

Where do I begin?!?

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Here's the quick summary of my day----My principal cleaned my bathroom and I'm afraid I may get sued.

Remember how I went to school Friday only to learn that my room hadn't been cleaned? Well, it wasn't cleaned Monday or today either.

On Monday, I was headed over to talk to my principal again, but was warned that he was in a bad mood so I changed my mind. I figured I would "mention" it if I ran into him. Any other day he would have popped into my room---but not Monday.

This morning, I was actually mad when I saw that my class still hadn't been cleaned so bad mood or not I was going to the office. My principal wasn't there. I was told that he would be in later in the day, so I decided to send him an email. I tired to be nice in my email and apologized for starting his day with a complaint. I explained how it had been four full days since anyone had cleaned my room, bathroom and carpet area. I said that it was gross and unfair and that I was upset and that he owed me big time.

It's ok that I said he owed me big time, cause he's used to hearing me say things like that. lol!

The man emailed me back right away saying that he had assumed it was taken care of when he didn't hear from me on Monday. My reply let him know that I decided not to tell him after being warned that he was in a bad mood. I left out how I was afraid that he may hand me a toilet bowl scrubber like he handed me the trash bag on Friday. lol!

When he got to school, my principal came right to my building and into my room and laughingly told me that I shouldn't listen to rumors. About 15 minutes later, he came into my room again wearing gloves and carrying a bucket of cleaning supplies. The man went into my bathroom and cleaned it for me.

When he was finished, I offered to move the kids off the carpet so he could vacuum but he said that I was pushing my luck and I decided to drop it. lol!

How much do you want to bet my room is clean when I get to school tomorrow?

Around 11:00 I learned that the teacher across the hall had to leave and they were going to put the para from my room into her class for the rest of the day. It's turned out that the teacher had to leave because her 16 month old had gotten into trouble at daycare for biting (again). He was actually suspended! She had to go pick him up and he's not allowed back for the rest of the week.

Now, other than that whole biting thing, he's really a good baby. He's not mean to the other kids. He shares and plays nicely. He just bites and he only bites the kids he likes.

This teacher is the one that I'm afraid will sue me, because after she left school it dawned on me that I may be part of the reason her baby bites people.

You see, this teacher is one of my friends---one of my Twilight loving friends. We've read the books and seen the movies. When the second movie came out, she was WAY pregnant with this kid. So, he was in the womb listening to the movie and to us talking about Team Edward.

I think the baby thinks he's a vampire and it's all because mommy went to the movies with us.
I just know she's going to sue.

Any and all donations to my legal fund will be accepted!

Another Here Comes Santa Brag Book page

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I'm stopping in just long enough to give you another brag book page I made using April's Here Comes Santa kit. Just click on the preview to go to 4shared for the download.