Changes in Life

Change is something we all have to face every now and then. I have some new changes on the blog and in life! What do you think of the new blog look? I have been wanting a new design for a few months now but I decided to bite the bullet and actually do something about it. I love the banner because I am huge quatrefoil lover! 

I still want to do a few minor changes, but so far I like it. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice on how do make the Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest Icons? I have some of they are all spaced a part and I am looking for them all to be side by side and easy to find. I would really like to find a somewhat cheap way to make them, if not free! So please let me know about that! :)

As far as life changes.. I start back to school with all teachers today. I have been on contract for a week already, but I have been working in my room putting up bulletin boards and working on the class's syllabuses. Here in Alabama we had a new law passed that school could not start until August 20th because they wanted people to still travel to Alabama to visit the beach and other venues. I must say I enjoyed the longer summer, although I did attend a lot of meetings. The only down side is that we lost a lot of our holidays and teacher work days because we are still getting out of school May 24th. I will miss sleeping in and going shopping, but I will be glad to get back in the routine and get everything going again. 

A few of the thing in my classroom.
I guess you can tell the themes are owls and chevron!

I just know that fall means football!! That is a whole other post in itself! 

I hopefully will get in the groove of posting. I will be going back to school to finish my certification, so I know it will be a busy first semester. Stay tuned to see my new nephew, pics of Polo and all the traveling I did this summer! 

Today I linked up with Melissa at the GFC Blog Hop so if you are visiting I am glad you stopped by! Make sure to follow and leave a comment and I will do the same on your blog!

Beach Waves

Greeting from Panama City, Florida! I have enjoyed seeing my family, shopping and of course the beach! I may or may not have gotten extremely burnt today :( Oil sheen is fabulous at bringing on a tan quicker, but it doesn't feel very good during the burnt stages. I will keep this short and sweet since I am on vacation, but don't forget to enter my giveaway ending tomorrow. You can find all the details here. It is a great giveaway and it is easy to win! :)

Panama City, Summer 2011

Beach Trip to Panama City

Eating at Spinnakers

Emily & myself

Waiting to eat at Angelo's Steakhouse

Ansley, me and Emily

My beach read

My brother, mom and me

Eating at Margaritaville

We had so much fun, I can't wait to go back!

Tomorrow I Will Be Laying in the Sand!

Tomorrow I am going on vacation to...

The beach!

I know I said not to long ago that I would never want to go back after living there, but I am really excited about this trip. The best part is getting to see: 

 Ansley & Adam!

 They live in Panama City, FL and we are going to stay with them.

I need to paint my nails this color before leaving, it's called sand

I will still be blogging so make sure you check back the rest of the week! Have a wonderful Tuesday! :)

Take me out to the ballgame...

Does anyone know what today is?
 Here is a hint:

It's Opening Day for Baseball. Today most everyones status on Facebook is about baseball. They are even posting their favorite team's schedule. I would say baseball is my second favorite sport because football just can't be beat. But as much as I love football, there's something special about a warm spring day and hearing the crack of the bat!

When it comes to sports I used to always rebel against whatever team my family pulled for, I don't know why but I did. Would anyone like to guess who their favorite baseball team is?

Living close to Atlanta we grew up listening and watching the Braves. My brother's jersey number was always 10 because his idol was Chipper Jones.

My brother, George playing 2nd base

George getting ready to bat

My first baseball game ever was at Turner Field. I was a lot younger and I don't even know who the braves played that day. It was a fun experience and I have been back several times since. Now for the team I root for.....

My family has kind of shunned me for liking the Yankees, but I believe they are one of baseball's most prestigious franchises. I have never been inside of Yankee stadium, but I did see it while visiting New York. I have been to several other parks though.

When I was 13 my family and I went out to California to go to the Bama vs. UCLA football game and while we were there we attended a Dodger baseball game. That was a lot of fun! Then when I was 15 we traveled up the east coast to go visit family in Maine. We drove so we could stop off and visit different places a long the way. We decided to stop off in Boston to visit the Red Sock's Fenway Park. They were not playing a game that day, but we did get a tour, walk on the field and get up close and personal with the famous wall, "The Green Monster."

In January 2010 while my family and I went back out to California to watch Bama play in the National Championship:) we went and visited San Diego one day. We got to see the San Diego Padre stadium. Baseball was not in season, but we did walk around the stadium and take pictures. 

This past summer while I was in Washington D.C. on a business trip some of my employee friends and I went over to see the Washington Nationals stadium. They were playing the Braves at home and we were hoping we would be able to make it to the game after our last meeting. Once we finally got there it was already in the 9th inning and security wouldn't even let us stand right inside the gate :( It was still a fun experience, I am glad we still went to the stadium even if we didn't get to watch the game!

I am very lucky to have been to all of these places and to have seen these stadiums! I have heard my parents and grandparents talking about making a trip to Chicago to watch a Cubs and Braves game! If that happens I will definitely let you know! Good luck to all the teams this season, especially the Yankees and Braves =)