Weekend Adventures at the Coast!

This weekend I... took a weekend trip to the beach!!

This was the type of weekend I wish we could have every weekend.
Friday was the semester grading day at school, which means, no kids and we get a full work day without meetings. These are days I can actually get stuff done! I got a ton organized (not nearly enough though) and got my plans settled for the next 12 weeks. I always feel so accomplished after grade day.

Friday night we took the hour drive out to the coast and checked into our hotel. It was already dark by the time we got there, so we couldn't really hang out in the sand. We did walk around and found a restaurant/bar and had dinner. We headed back to our hotel after and ended up buying a movie on pay per view. Not that kind of movie. It was The Watch with Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill. Um, it was weird. Not as funny as we thought it should have been. Eh. It was only $5.

Saturday was AMAZING! The weather was phenomenal. Sunny, high 50s and no wind! Are you kidding me? We had been planning this weekend for awhile now and we couldn't have asked for better weather! We spent the day wandering along the shores, napping on the beach, walking along the jetty and exploring the little shops. The biggest let down of Saturday: we really wanted some fro yo, but we had to settle for ice cream cones. Tough life.

Here's a couple pics from Instagram. And these tsunami debris watch posters were all over. I understand why we need to get rid of stuff floating over from Japan, but there has always been Japanese things washing up on our shores. 

Here is another treat from the weekend: Sea Lions!

How cute are they?? We don't see them every time we are at the coast, but it certainly isn't a rare thing.

Sunday was actually The Mister's birthday. After we checked out of our hotel we headed to the casino for the breakfast buffet, and a little gambling. We doubled our $50, and headed home. We sort of watched the game, I totally watched Beyonce, made some Boboli pizza and did laundry.

How was your weekend? What is your favorite thing to do at the beach?

5 for 5!

I have seen plenty of people posting 5 goals each week, and how they did. I thought I would join up this week!

1. Be ready the night before. That means pick out clothes, pack my lunch and get my bags ready for the next day before I get in bed.
2. Try Kickbox Boot Camp at my gym. I've been meaning to try it out since it started last month.
3. Finish choreographing my Justin Beiber Zumba song. The middle schoolers have spoken. I actually have it half done. I need to finish and practice before I can teach it.
4. Send stuff to print for this unit. We are supposed to submit things we want copied to the print shop our school district runs. Monday is the start of a new semester so I am starting all over. I would love to have everything for this first unit sent away this week.
5. No coffee shop. I do love a treat of fancy coffee, but I have noticed my "treats" happening much more frequently. Making coffee at home is cheaper and less calories.

January Update

I just heard a fact this morning that 50% of people have already given up on their new year's resolutions. Let's see how I am doing at working towards my goals for the year. I am only going to update y'all on the goals I have been doing something with. Check out my 13 in '13 tab to see what all my goals are for the year.

#1: Save $: This was on my goal list last year and I succeeded. 10% of each paycheck will be put into savings every month. Plus at least half of whatever is left in my checking at the end of the month.

• Just did it! With online banking there really is no reason not to do this.

#2 Park in the garage: 

• I have been working on this one for Resolutions in Motion. We are half way through the challenge, and while I have made a dent, I still have plenty to do.

#4 Read: My goal is 25 books for the year.

• I finished Notorious Nineteen. I just downloaded Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris. I'll let you know how it is. 

#5 Exercise 12 hours a month.

• Nailed it. In January I worked out 15 hours (by the end of the day today!)

#6 Run

• My friend and I started the Couch to 5K. I did this a few years ago, and it really does work. I have also picked out a 5K in April that a couple people from work are going to do.

#7 Sew More

• I signed up for the Craftsy Block of the Month class to learn how to quilt. I haven't started it yet though.

#9 Reconnect with my girlfriends

• Running gives you time to chat :) I have been having so much fun seeing Kimberly and jogging with her again. I also have gotten to hang out with my best friend from high school a few times as well this month. Yay!

#10 Purge

• Besides for the things I have gotten rid of from the garage, I have also gone through our DVD and book collections and got rid of a box of each. I also am trying the hanger trick I have seen on Pinterest. (turn the hangers backwards, and 6 months later, get rid of the stuff you haven't worn.) We will see how that works out. I also purged my underwear drawer. I took pictures of that, but I realized that would be a weird thing to post on the internet. 

In one month I made progress on 8 of my 13 goals. None of them are complete yet, but two of them are ongoing. 

How are you doing with your resolutions for the year?

Old Lady or Teenage Girl?

A little over a week ago, Taylor at Daily Tay wrote a post about how she is an old lady trapped in a young body. As I was reading it, I found myself nodding and saying "me too!" At the end of the post, I decided I was also an old lady, and I was okay with it.

Then yesterday, Helene wrote about how she may or may not be a teenage girl. At the end of her post I too realized that I was really a teenage girl, and I am okay with it. Except now, I am having an identity crisis. Old lady or teenage girl??

Fact:
I prefer to go to bed around 8:30-9:00 most nights. I use to be able to stay up until at least 11:00 and still be ready to go for class at 8 am. On weekends I also wake up around 6:30 am. This is considered sleeping in to me, since my alarm goes off at 5:15 on weekdays.
Conclusion:
Old Lady
I have been known to stay up until 1-2 am during the summer however. 

Fact:
There have been numerous days where I am dressed like one of my 8th grade students: skinny jeans, t-shirt, TOMS or UGG Boots. (I have multiple pairs of both...)
Conclusion:
Teenage Girl
I prefer loafers/flats to heels any day of the week. I just can't handle wearing heels all day. How do you ladies do it?? I also think a cardigan is one of the best pieces of clothing ever.

Fact:
Hot tea is my drink of choice. Plain hot tea. In fact, you may call me a tea hoarder. In my kitchen right now I have at least 5 or 6 different boxes of tea bags.
Conclusion:
Old Lady
My love of tea started in high school at a local hipster coffee shop. 

Fact: My favorite cold drink is chocolate milk.
Conclusion:
Teenage girl
I prefer my chocolate milk made with Ovaltine.

Fact: I have had to Google SMH, INYMI, ROFL etc.
Conclusion:
Old Lady
I am on Twitter and Instagram. Plus I can hashtag with the best of them. #imnotasoldasiact

Fact: My iPod has a wide assortment of Kei$ha, Bieber, Nicki, One Direction, Pitbull and the like.
Conclusion:
Teenage Girl
My iPod has a ton more on it as well. Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharp, Simon and Garfunkel etc,

Fact: Loud music/bars are not for me. I would much rather have a nice conversation where we don't have to scream to hear each other.
Conclusion:
Old Lady
I do love going to concerts!

Fact: I can't figure out where to shop at Macy's and Nordstrom. BP is usually to young looking for me (except for the cardigans) and the non-juniors department of Macy's seems like somewhere my grandma would shop.
Conclusion:
?????

So what do you think: old lady or teenager girl? How about you??