We all float on anyway

I am so excited guys! I just saw that we advanced to the next level of Project Food Blog! We couldn't have done it without your votes, thank you so much. I never thought we'd advance. I can't wait to see what the next challenge has in store for us. Love you all.

Why isn't school like Glee? It's just not.

I had my first Back to School night last night and it was great. I was so nervous about meeting parents last night but once I met a few of them I felt confident and okay. Granted, I'm student-teaching and not alone in the classroom but still.

I am doing something amazing. I am still in that "I'm a teacher and I can change the world one student at time phase." Bear with me.



The other day, I went to lunch with my sister and got Thai food. I frequent a local place called Thai Cottage. It's delicious, decently-priced and I am the mayor on foursquare. (LOL)

I always order panang chicken with extra veggies. I wish brown rice was an option but I don't think it is. I'll forgive them though because the panang is always spicy. Plus, seeing rice in the shape of a heart kind of nerdily makes me happy.

Curry is an obsession of mine.



Another obsession is fairly new. Cranberry orange nut bread Clif bars. SO GOOD.



Not with the PB although I'm sure that'd be good. These bars almost trump the pumpkin pie Clif bars. Almost.



The Justin's almond butter is so good. I had it on a piece of wheat toast on the way to work. I need to try it on a honeycrisp apple next.

Please send honeycrisp apples and pumpkin pie Clif bar thoughts directly to me. I need them both in my life.

Flashback Friday!!!

I keep forgetting to do flashback friday posts.



Oh how I love Oahu. Oahu was the first Hawaiian island that Andy and I visited together. I went to Oahu in 10th grade with band (yep, I was a band geek) with my parents in 2004 and with Andy, Tiffany and Gary in 2007.



We shopped at the International Marketplace.



Hiked Diamondhead.



Went to a Luau.



Rode horses on the North Shore.

Oahu definitely isn't my favorite island but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful and full of awesome things to do. The Turtle Bay resort on the North Shore is unlike any place I've ever seen. It's so pretty. We rode horses there for an hour or so and fell in love. I want to go back to Oahu and stay on the North shore instead of Waikiki.

Did you flashback friday today?

Have you been to Hawaii? Which island (s)?

Hawaii, I miss you.

Andy and I went to Hawaii the past two summers with our friends Tiffany and Gary. Tiffany and I have been best friends since we were twelve! We all went out for Korean BBQ (Post about that later) and reminisced about how much we missed Oahu and Maui. So in honor of that, I've decided to post a few pictures of Hawaii. Truth be told, I would love nothing more than to move there.


The view from the top of Diamondhead in Oahu. So worth the climb!


Andy at the luau looking adorable. The luau was fun but I wouldn't do it again.


The four of us in swam to a waterfall in Oahu!


Riding horses at the Turtle Bay Resort.


I want to swim right now!


Andy and I at the top of Haleakala.


Sunset in Kaanapali


Andy and I looking nuts in the rainforesty area on the Road to Hana.

Have you ever fallen in love with a place while on vacation? Do you plan on going back?