Go green!

Have you heard that green is the new red????
Going green is supposedly the 'new' trend this year for Valentine's day.
And since green is my fav...(as well as pics of nature...)Thought I'd share...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Dawn needs...

On Facebook today a friend suggested I do this... so I figured, who better than google to tell me what I need...it knows everything else, right?

What you do is go to google.com and do a search. Type in your first name and the word "needs" after it.

This was what I got under my search:

Dawn needs a tripod.
Dawn needs a headcount before Thursday of this week, so sign up quick!
Dawn needs an energetic and fun style to suit her personality. (I already have this! :)
Dawn needs money ... (who doesn't??!!)
Dawn needs to be as mature as Buffy was once she started slaying ...
Dawn needs to get over herself. (never been accused of that before!)
Dawn needs to be on TV Land.

Dawn needs a hug.

Dawn needs all the healing energy she can get on her side.
Dawn needs a vocalist.
Dawn needs a serious, creative, and committed guitar player.
Dawn needs your help.
Dawn needs your vote.
Dawn needs to go!
Dawn needs to live.

Dawn needs to make it discreet.

Dawn needs a bang & some make-up. (ha! ha!)

Dawn needs to develop more speed endurance.
Dawn needs to wake up and realize that he will one day leave her and then she will never have anyone that will treat her as good as him.
Dawn needs to to give it up and just focus ...
Dawn needs you. She loves you.

See...Google does know what is talking about...except for the vocalist and the guitar player bits...not planning on starting a band any time soon! LOL

Happy Friday the 13th!

As I was driving to work today, I saw a dead black cat on the road. Its eyes were wide open and its tongue was sticking out.
Do you think I should take this as a bad sign?? Cause the whole tongue sticking out kinda made me laugh. LOL

How much is it worth??

I got my house appraised today... I never realized a stranger (who I freely allowed into my house) could make me so nervous. I wasn't nervous, as in scared, I was nervous as in anxious. Anxious that my house won't appraise for what I need it to.

See... like many others these days, I am refinancing my house. I want to get the PMI off. I want to lower my interest rates. All of this terminology was unfamiliar to me less than 3 weeks ago. Yet, folks around me pushed me forward. (Sometimes I need a good push.) This will help me save $300/month. In teacher (I'm on a tight budget) language, this is a LOT!

In all this unfamiliar teritory, I am also dealing with bankers. Bankers that are telling me I have excellent credit, yet can't get me lower than a 5.25 % rate. This is frustrating to me!

So...here I sit...waiting on others to deal me my fate ~The appraiser with the amount my house is worth...the banker with the lowest interest rate possible...
And yet, somehow, this is supposed to make me feel like I have taken control of my life and finances...

People can be so...so...SO nice

Tonight I quickly ran into the grocery store with the boys. They both need snacks for their Valentine's Day parties and I knew this week would be hectic, so I decided to get it out of the way.
Of course, things can never be that simple for me. We get in there and I start to realize, "Oh I don't have this, and I need to grab that..." $65 later we are finished.
We head out to the car. I begin to dig around for my keys...Where are my keys??!!
I peek inside the window. There they are... in the ignition - A terrible habit I have, mind you...which is why I ALWAYS keep a spare set in my purse. I begin to dig. Nothing. I then remember I had switched purses before going out the other night and had faithfully transferred the spare key. UUGGGHHH!!!!
I pull out my cell and call my ex in-laws knowing they have a key. My ex says he will bring it, but it might be a while. The boys are beginning to complain that they are cold. All along, while I am trying to juggle keeping the boys safe in a parking lot and being frustrated at myself, a couple next to me loads their groceries into their car. After I get off the phone with my ex, I tell the boys that I guess we will go sit inside where it is warm.
As I turn my grocery cart around and head back to the store with the boys, the gentleman from the car beside me comes running up from behind. "Is there anything I can do to help?" he asks. "No. We'll be fine. We have someone coming to bring us a key."
"Can I drive somewhere to go pick up that spare key for you? Really! I don't mind."
"Thanks for the offer, but he will be here soon."

I know it shouldn't seem so strange to me that a person would be willing to help another person out...but this man had no idea where he might be having to drive to get this key and he definitely didn't know me from Adam...yet he was willing.
Maybe he could hear the frustration (or desperation) in my voice...maybe I looked like I really did need to be rescued...whatever the reason, it gave me a warm fuzzy feeling that there really are good folks still out there.

Cold Computer

Tonight Sam was downstairs on the computer playing online games . Next thing I know, he is by my side.

Me: You done?
Sam: No... the computer's cold.
Me: I know it is cold down there, by the computer, just cover up with that blanket, okay?
Sam: No, Mom, the computer is cold!
Me: What?

I head downstairs. His game has locked up my computer.

Me: Oh! The computer is frozen!
Sam: Oh...frozen.

Just the wrong synonym...He knew what he was talking about! LOL

25 Random Things About Me

1. If I wasn't a teacher I would want to be a professional photographer
2. My favorite shows are Big Brother, Greys, Private Practice, and Pushing Daisies
3. I don't care what kind of car I drive...I just refuse to drive a mini van!
4. I've never done a single drug.
5. I tried a cigarette one time ...and didn't cough or anything... so my friends didn't believe it was my first time.
6. I have dated more men in the last 6 months than I did in all my years prior to being married
7. My children's middle names form my grandfather's name - and it wasn't planned that way
8. I was born in Alaska... and when I had a furry white coat in 5th grade (in Missouri) and the kids called me "Eskimo Dawn"
9. My legs are longer than any of the legs of the men I've dated even though I am shorter than they are.
10. I am the only girl in a family of 4 kids.
11. I knew I wanted to be a teacher when I was 5 years old.
12. I never forgot a broken promise my mom made to me about getting me a horse, so I NEVER promise my boys ANYTHING unless I know I can actually make it happen.
13. I don't care that I'm 5'8", I love wearing shoes that have a good heel to them.
14. I hate it when females point out my skinniness - I am not this way to piss them off
15. I LOVE being surprised!
16. It humors me to sit and listen to other people's conversations.
17. I have a horrible short-term memory...but my long-term memory is without fail.
18. My mom dying when I was 22 changed my life in ways I could have never foreseen.
19. I am a mom to two wonderful boys who are polar opposites of one another...and being a mom to Sam has made me a better teacher.
20. I don't like to re-watch tv shows I have already seen, but own seasons 1-4 of Grey's Anatomy
21. I have loved twice in my life...and both have hurt me...yet I still talk to both almost daily
22. Things like ouiji boards and fortune tellers scare me.
23. The only surgery I have ever had was having my wisdom teeth removed.
24. I like to sing and dance, but normally don't do either one in public.
25. I love having inside jokes where you can just look at a person and laugh because you know what each other are thinking