Happy New Year! Happy Saturday! Happy I Still Have One More Week of Vacation! 🙂
Ahhhhh.
Fires. In fireplaces.
I do not have a fireplace at my house.
Actually, wait, that’s not true. I do. But it’s pretend. I can build a fire in it by turning on a light switch. And then it makes a funny noise and a light flickers and it looks sort of pretty, but not really, because it’s fake, and puts off no heat whatsoever at all. AT ALL.
I was able to spend a lot of time at my parent’s house last week (I even spent the night several nights in a row, sharing a bedroom with Kerry like we used to when we were growing up) and every single night, my dad made a fire.
Ahhhh.
I spent a lot of time sitting in front of it and I was in heaven.
One night while I was staying at my parent’s house, my mom made all of us hot cocoa. Hot cocoa is not hot chocolate, by the way.
My mom makes hot cocoa with Hershey’s cocoa. The actual stuff. And she makes it in a pot on a stove. In other words, she actually cooks it. Or bakes it. Or mixes it and stirs it. Or whatever the technical cooking term may be.
I cannot explain the deliciousness of my mom’s hot cocoa. It’s almost like she needs to open a little Hot Cocoa Pop Up Store or something during the winter months so other people can enjoy it, too. Because if you asked me to make it for you, I would have absolutely no clue as to how to replicate it for you (just spelling that out for you in case the fact that I don’t know technical cooking terms wasn’t clear enough).
You also always get a choice – whipped cream or marshmallows. Although, I’m sure you could have both.
I’m craving some right now.
Deliciousness!
Maybe I shouldn’t say anything and just let this picture speak for itself.
Okay, who am I kidding? Of course, I’m going to say something.
I made it to the New Year’s Eve party. I even made it to midnight, although Steve and I were home and in bed by 12:10am.
We played a ton of games and this one was called Tie A Kleenex Box Around Your Waist, Fill It With Eight Ping Pong Balls And Shake Your Bootie Until They All Fall Out (Or Something Along Those Lines).
Steve beat me during our round because I had one ping pong ball that was stuck. And I was dying laughing. So instead of shaking my bootie, I was mostly bent over double, trying to catch my breath.
However, during the lightning round of One Person Gives Clues In Different Categories And Her Teammates Shout All Of The Guesses That They Can Think Of, I killed it and the girls finally won!!!!! I was the person giving the clues to Singers Who Have Also Acted and I was a MACHINE! My girls were awesome, too. We were AMAZING.
We didn’t brag, either.
We strutted.
Well. It’s back.
And it’s Ben.
He seems nice enough, but he’s no Brad Womack. 🙂 Or Josh Murray. Remember Josh Murray? He’s the boy that Andi Dorfman picked and I was slightly obsessed with him. He was the former pro baseball player and his smile killed me. KILLED ME.
And if someone could please tell my brain to remember why I walked into the kitchen, or back into my bedroom, or why I just grabbed my purse in the same way that I can so easily recall the names of bachelors and bachelorettes from shows that aired years ago, I would appreciate it because I keep forgetting to do it myself.
Seriously, though, I didn’t have to look up any of those names. They just came to me. Like a finger snap. Snap.
Let’s all stand back and be in awe of my life priorities.
Speaking of which, I’m contemplating bringing back Talk About It Tuesdays, but only if I can get ten or more people to say they will read it and/or comment about it each week. Otherwise, I’m just going to sip my red wine and watch the show with a bowl of candy. And a bowl of popcorn. All of which will be low fat, low carb, and low calorie options due to the whole it’s a new year, I’m going to pretend to be healthy for a least the first few days.
So. If you’d like me to bring back Talk About It Tuesdays, I’ve started a petition.
You can find it at the end of this post where it says Comment.
I’m almost finished with the Winter Edition of The Write Spot and hope to have it in my store by tomorrow. This one is already in our homework for when we return, although we’re using the tiered version so that students can become more independent. Click the picture or {HERE} to grab all three versions of this sample to help differentiate writing in your classroom!
And that’s it for now.
That’s all I’ve got.
Don’t forget to sign the petition if you want Talk About It Tuesday to return this winter.
😉
Happy Winter Break! I vote yes for Talk About It Tursday!
Bring back Talk About it Tuesday.
PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!! Unless you want me on your couch every week while you watch a show so I can get the commentary. BAHAHAH.
Bring back Talk About It Tuesday!
pLease bring back Talk about it Tuesday! Love it and look forward to your funny comments
Please bring back Talk about Tuesday!
I absolutely LOVE like as in Big Puffy Heart love talk about it Tuesday!! So YEESSSS bring it back <3
Karen
I have been waiting so patiently for the winter edition of The Write Spot!! I have both the fall and holiday versions and my kids and I absolutely LOVE them!!! Can't wait for this one as well. Happy New Year!!
Please bring back Talk About it Tuesdays! I've had a hole in my life since it has been gone!
Bring back Talk About it Tuesday! I have missed it!
I love your Talk About it Tuesdays, also!
Yes on Talk About it Tuesdays!! And I made white chocolate covered popcorn for New Year's…it is practically healthy!
Yes, yes, yes!!! I need Talk About It Tuesdays in my life!!!!
Your Australian fan needs Talk About it Tuesday!!!
Please bring back Talk About it Tuesday!! I look forward to it more than the show itself! ?
I love the freebie and yes if you brought it back I would read it but have a confession to make "I don't know what Talk About it Tuesday" us.
I'd definitely READ Talk About It Tuesday if you brought it back, because I've always enjoyed your commentary! I've never actually watched the show and have no plans to. That would make commenting difficult!
Jan
Laughter and Consistency
I never watch the bachelor because I get just too embarrassed for the people on it. :). I do, however, love reading your Talk about it Tuesday posts. It makes me feel like I have a clue, without actually having to watch. And you are hilarious!
Please bring back Talk about it Tuesday's. I do not watch any of these shows but many of my co-workers and friends do. Without your weekly updates I cannot follow their conversations. Any chance you could watch Vampire Diaries and blog about that as well? It would make Friday night at the bar easier to follow. By the way I am a SPED teacher for 4th and 5th grade in an inner city school and I take many of your ideas and scale them up to meet my kiddos IEPs. Thanks for sharing,
Oh, yes! I think Talk about it Tuesday's would be great fun!
Love the Bachelor! Thinking I would like Talk about it Tuesdays's too????
I totally look forward to your comments every week!
Oh please, please bring back Talk About It Tuesday! Your play by play makes my Tuesdays!
I started following your blog this summer after seeing you at the TPT conference so I'm not familiar with Talk About it Tuesday but it sounds fab! I refuse to talk about it at school since my colleagues look at me like I am green with 6 heads when I do so….game on…talk about with bloggy buddies. Awesomeness!
Yes, love reading your Talk About it Tuesdays. I vote to bring it back!
Yes, please bring back Talk About it Tuesday!!! I am not a laugh out loud while I read person – except when I read your posts 😉
Yes please bring back Talk About it Tuesday!!!
Please bring Talk About it Tuesday back into my life!! Your commentary is part of the reason I love watching!
I heard you allude to Talk About It Tuesday during your TpT Vegas panel chat, and thought back then how much fun it would be! I totally hope you bring it back!!!
Love the look of the hot cocoa and the fireplace, would love a Christmas where that would be the norm..lol.. Loved reading your blog, I will surely be back!
Definitely bring back Talk About it Tuesday!! I love those posts 🙂
Bring back talk about it Tuesday. I read the Pinterst Told Me To version but missed your version so much.
Love your freebie. Will be purchasing the whole set as well.
Happy New Year and PLEASE keep talking! You make me laugh and we all need more laughter in 2016! Thank you for all you create and share, too!
I read everything your write so you KNOW I will read Talk About it Tuesday!!!!! Write on!!
Definitely bring back Talk About it Tuesday. It cracks me up!
Please bring back Talk About it Tuesday! I love, love, love it!
Yes!!! Please bring back Talk About It Tuesdays! No one I know in real life is as obsessed with the show as I am. Sad, but true. I think I need some new friends? Soo, I need some peeps to share it with, like you and all of us here! 🙂
I hope you're watching the Bachelor because it's crazy crazy! I'm taking notes and I can't believe the stuff that Lace is doing!
Patty
Please bring back Talk About It Tuesdays! Ever since you stopped, I have watched the show thinking, "What would A Teeny Tiny Teacher have to say about this?" I miss it so much!
The fire and the cocoa. Yum. Tell your parents I'm on my way.