Littles are cute

Out my window: thinks of how warm it was this past weekend...goes to check out the five day forecast...*le sigh*

Clothing myself in: jeans, white cami, bright pink tee with white and grey striped cardigan and pink heart earrings...oh, and my bright pink Valentine's day socks ;-) tomorrow is a staff work day, so today was the Valentine's day celebration at the preschool.

Around the apartment: Gettin' the laundry done! I also have a pile of papers to go through that have been accumulating on my desk and the dining room table...tax papers, junk mail, you name it. Eh, that'll be a project for tomorrow.

The hubby: It was sooooo nice coming home to him after a fun weekend in St. Louis. So nice.

In the kitchen: I had a week of recipe FAILS last week. The crockpot mac & cheese was decent, but the salisbury steak fell apart in the crockpot, so it was more like salisbury...mess. I think the issue is that the directions have you only sear each side and then put it in...the grease didn't get all out that way, so it separated out while cooking. I was so mad. On the chicken parmesan casserole, it called for cubed, COOKED chicken, and THEN you bake it. Guess who cubed the chicken, and forgot to cook it? *raises hand sloooowly into the air* Luckily, after nuking it for about 5 minutes, the chicken came out well cooked. Phew.
On the schedule this week has been: chicken fried chicken using the recipe from my friend over at Every Day is a Gift, easy ham and cheese rolls and beef tips and gravy.

Crafting: The shower went over really well, everybody seemed to like the games and I heard all good things about the prayer! However, now I am tired. Still tired and recovering. To be honest, the night after the shower I had to get some homework submitted online, but it was also a nice getaway for a while from everyone. And the next day I had a parent meeting for my youth group. This introvert reached her people limit.

Learning: Synoptic Gospels: Beginning on the Gospel of Mark
                Fundamental Moral Theology: First paper due this week on the topic of why the nature of the soul is so important for establishing what the ultimate end of man is and what the objective nature of that end is.

Reading: Not too much at the moment, actually, this week was light on reading.

Watching:  I watched Frozen (:-D) with my expectant friend and her sis in STL. It was a much needed girls night. Besides that...I don't know, I'm drawing a blank. I'm tired.
 
Bringing me joy: I really don't like it when one of my littles at the preschool get hurt, but then they're snuggly until they calm down, and I like that. They're cute. One of them has started to say my name (and their main teacher that comes in when I get off is also named Chelsea, so they're very exposed to the name), and it comes out something like: Ehl-shee. It's super cute. Especially when you're coming into work at 6:30am in the morning, not quite awake, and hear an excited voice yell down the hall, Ehl-shee! Oh man. So cute. Also, this conversation happened recently between a couple of the older kids:
Z: What does your house look like? Like, what colors are in it?
M: Well, there's some greens...
Z: Oh, our house is brown, like chocolate milk, except we don't drink it, 'cause it's paint.

Thinking about: oh good grief people, when will I stop being so tired? I want to tell myself and my body to stop being so tired.

Pictures to share: Eh, I got nothin'.