Five for Friday

Greeting friends, this is my first Five for Friday post of the new school year and I'm very happy to say that I am posting from home at 10:30am because I don't work on Fridays! It's glorious. I've been cleaning, rocking out to music on Pandora, and enjoying the solitude that comes from having the house to myself, I'm stoked!

 BEFORE

1. I failed to report that Whitney got a newish hair style last Saturday to start junior high. 

AFTER

Sharolyn (our stylist of 7 years) thinned it out (Whitney's hair is super thick and getting curly), cut some bangs, and flat ironed it beautifully. We just wish we could recreate this look at home. I keep telling Whitney she has to practice, practice, practice but so far she's mostly invested her energy into complaining about it instead. Aargh! At least she had a few days of feeling good about her hair before she had to wash it and begin the battle again.

 

2. I got thrown into the deep end of being the primary secretary last weekend when I had to scramble to find 8 substitute teachers to replace all our male teachers because the Stake was coming to do a training for all the men. It was crazy for a bit but some nice women agreed to help out. I made these as thank you gifts.

3. I was able to upgrade my phone to the iPhone 4s a couple weeks ago and got this awesome case from this shop on Etsy...of course I love it.

4. Speaking of phone cases, we gave Landon a phone for his birthday (eek!) and Adam designed this case for him. It's pretty cool and I probably should have asked Adam to make a case for me, but they're a little pricey to have made so we did it for a birthday gift for the boy instead. (#84 is Landon's football jersey number in case you're wondering.)  

5. I saw this on Pinterest this morning and it resonated with me. I always know things are going to work out and I'm grateful for that, it keeps me from being a worrier.

"American Fork Junior High, this is Jill"

This photo actually goes with my 12 on the 12th grid, but since I have nothing else to post today and since I'm at Michelle's mercy for my grid I'm using it. Today was absolutely crazy busy at work and I did great! I wear this ear piece so I can answer the phone even if I'm away from my desk (and also so I don't go crazy picking the phone up a million times) and it has taken some getting used to but I think I've got it.

It's weird when things come so naturally, but I'm guessing that since I worked at the junior high last year and since I've run an office before this hasn't been a hard transition. Of course, I say that but really the teachers aren't all back yet and the students aren't either, so I may be singing a different tune next week.

Speaking of tunes, I may or may not have spent over an hour (at home, not at work) searching for the perfect ringtone for my new iPhone. It was fun to search through iTunes trying to decide what song won't end up driving me crazy but I finally settled on "Free" by the Zac Brown Band because I like it and because I know it will get stuck in my head constantly and I think that message will be uplifting for me. Good times.


Comment Window Tidbit: I'm a little afraid that I'm going to get a hunched back from sitting at the computer for so long. I get up a lot while at work, but then I come home and sit at our computer for a long time too. Oh dear.