dog park

took mr.bailers to the dog park yesterday and we took the cutest polaroid together.

you should be green with envy

i am so excited because yesterday i bought tickets to see wicked!!!!

i have been dying to see this show and will be counting down the days until march 18th.

aaahhhh i can't contain my excitement.

kids say the darndest things

my student: i'm sitting next to my best friends (he looks at me) you're one of my best friends right ms.serrano?

me: i'm your teacher

my student: yeah and you're my best friend

:) my heart melts

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"camp annawanna, we hold you in our hearts..."

growing up in the 90's i was all about nickelodeon and one of my favorite shows was "salute your shorts". after seeing that show all i wanted to do every summer was go to a sleep-a-way camp. unfortunately for me i don't come from a very affluent family so i never went:(

which is why i will live out this dream as an adult and get paid doing it!

my friends, i will be going to pennsylvania this summer to work at a summer camp. and i won't be just any counselor, i'll be a division director and if you know me you know this is a good thing because i am much more of a leader than a follower.

to some people being with kids all day outdoors doesn't sound very fun but to me its the most exciting thing ever! i love working with kids and i get to go horseback riding, water skiing, wakeboarding, atving, camping, white water rafting, try a flying trapeze and lots more. i was amazed with all there is to do. i'll also be only 2 hours away from my good friend amie in nyc so you know where i'll be spending my days off! counting down the days till summer.

dear miami

what is this craziness i found on my car this morning?!

miami, this week you have not been living up to your reputation whatsoever. yes i remember this but i'm over it. like i said short and sweet.

forecast says we may get back up to the 80's by the end of the week.

i may start to forgive you.

freezing in florida

this is a pic of me in my winter gear when i use to work at discovery cove.

everyone always asks me if i miss it and on days like today i can say 100% without a doubt no! how would you like being soaking wet in 30 something degree weather?! it's not fun even if you have a dolphin in front of you lol.

sending warm thoughts over to my awesome former coworkers at dc.

this weather needs to hurry and warm up because us floridians can't handle this for much longer!

on your mark

you now how one of my new year's resolution was to run a half marathon, well i'm going to be forced to try this out a lot sooner than i would like.

you see back in october i registered for the disney princess half marathon on march 6th. and it seemed like a great idea because i had been running all summer and i could do 4 miles easily and for me thats huge. this girl (me) hated running with a passion. i couldn't run down my block without needing a break. but when i lived in chicago for a few months my aunt inspired me and turned me into a lover of running. anyway it seemed like a good idea and i had all this time to train so it would be cake come march. well my birthday rolled around and so did the holidays and i did some traveling and my running was put on hold. but it was ok because i had a training schedule that started the first week of december. well december comes and i decide to do something that puts my running on hold for even longer. at this point i try and find out if i can get out of the marathon and get my money back but alas it is non-refundable, non-transferable.

so here we are today, i haven't ran in over 2 months and i have to be ready for a half marathon in 2 months. so today i decided to do a light run, mind you i'm not supposed to be exercising or working out but i figured jogging 1 mile wouldn't hurt just so i can see where i am. and where i am is kind of scary, i finished my mile without stopping but there was a lot of heavy breathing going on. there's a big part of me that is nervous as heck and thinking i won't be able to do this but there's a little part telling me maybe i can pull this off.

if you finish the marathon in a certain amount of time you get a disney princess medal and you all know how much i want that! so keep your fingers crossed for me!

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state of reluctance

can't get out of bed this morning.

i can't believe its the last day of winter break already.

boo.

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2009

2009 see-ya! not sad to see you go. i had some ups but definitely some bigger downs.

i've experienced the biggest betrayal of my life but i finally got started with my career.  you win some, you lose some.

2010 i welcome you with open arms. i look forward to new beginnings i hope you will bring.

personally i like new years resolutions so here are some of mine

1. trust in God completely and stay positive

2. get a job at a good public school

3. have a more healthy and active lifestyle

4. complete a half marathon

i hope you all have a wonderful and safe new years eve tonight. i wish you much love and happiness in 2010!

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live in love

for awhile i've been trying to think of a good name for my blog and it finally just came to me and now i wonder why i didn't think of it sooner because this is my motto in life, live in love.

when most people think of love they think of their boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife but living in love means so much more than that. i define living in love by loving everything and everyone. having love for yourself, God, nature, life and people. i know it sounds kind of cheesy but can you imagine what our world would be like if everyone genuinely "loved their neighbor".

yeah its a crazy concept but its how i'm trying to live my life although its not easy, at all, because there are some people that make it very difficult to love them.

but all we can do is try, right?

so long christmas, come back soon

i hope everyone had a delightful christmas because i know i sure did. i have to admit i wasn't too sure it would be enjoyable because of my current condition (which i'll divulge later) but i was pleasantly surprised.

it was very low key, christmas morning was the usual opening presents with family and then for dinner my mom cooked an amazing feast that we enjoyed with some family and friends.

i love that my family hasn't grown out of the tradition of opening presents on christmas morning. i also love that my mom still loves to spoil us. i can't wait until i can spoil her.

i woke up to this surprise next to the tree...

isn't she a beauty?! i can't wait to ride her.

i also got a new camera because ol' pinky doesn't like to open up her lens anymore.

my other favorite are these...

i have a mildly odd obsession with disney princesses and collect all things disney princess so every year my mom gets me a new disney princess ornament and this year with the help of sister i got 6:)

and this is just a cute picture of my baby on christmas morning.

i decided that next year i'm sending out christmas cards with a picture of bailey and i in santa hats. since everyone else sends pictures of their families i think it will be appropriate...

and a tad bit funny.

oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree

i love this sight!

i hope everyone has a very merry christmas with family and friends.

jingle bell rock

last monday my class and the other second grade classes took part in the school's christmas show. it was all very last minute and we had like a week to put it together. we decided on doing jingle bell rock with a modern twist and i somehow became the choreographer. i must admit at first i was a little nervous because the other classes were just lost. but amazingly enough monday it all came together and it was just so cute. i was like a proud momma watching them on stage:)

here are some backstage pics of my kids:

before going on stage one of my students said "i'm going to make you proud".

they're pretty cute:)

a little late...

i know thanksgiving is way over but i'm behind on my blogging and just wanted to share my classroom turkey. i love it so much and it took me forever to take it down from the wall. my super creative co-worker made the turkey and then my students drew what they were thankful for on the feathers. she's so cute and definitely going up every year.

my dog is the cutest

this is my silly dog bailey. i love him so very much. yes i am one of those people that loves my dog like a child. he's my little boy. he does the cutest things sometimes like jump in my suitcase while i'm unpacking.

and then i close it and he still manages to get in!

p.s. he's a yorkie and usually looks much cuter with all his hair but i had to shave it all off recently:( can't wait until it grows back.