pre-reception and cake

the USB cord was found!

see, what had happened was...

is being absent minded equal to a lack of discipline? I forgot to post yesterday. but he's the kicker, i posted comments! so i wason blogger real hard but i forgot to post! Waaaaah! I need a neck transplant; one that will keep my head attached!!!

Thanksgiving. The last one i remember liking was 2004. that's when i cut all my hair off for the 1st time. well i cut it the following day... 2005? Don't remember. I know who I was with in school but I don't remember what was going on. not significant enough. 2006 was the fiasco with the lady from my church not opening the door and coming back to a fight with my brother. here we are at 2007. I'm going to get my hair braided after school and then head over to Hollywood. This should be an interesting holiday.

Mom invited Drew and I over. weeks ago, I asked drew what he wanted to do. "A quiet dinner at your place sounds cool; I might bring Lena". It was going to be me, drew, Kitty and her new man, Mayflower (who she broke up with yesterday. *sigh*). ast week, Kitty said she doesn't want to cook annymore and she's going to her parents'. great. I told drew and he made plans for us to attend his friend's seafood thanksgiving. These are the people I see and watch football EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY. A whole bunch of white people with drew being the youngest (27) the next youngest? 34, then 40+ year olds. They are fine with me but I wasn't planning on not being with family this year. I don't know. i feel tension coming up cause mom thought we were coming over by default. i asked him what his sister is doing and "she doesn't have a cell phone right now so we haven't talked" "can you e-mail her andrew? Andrew! I want to hang out with your sister sometime, she's cool and she invtied me to dinner. Don't get in the way, don't push her or this converation aside, Andrew. make it happen by the time I come back" I'm going to ask about her later.

I woke up pissed. I have an attitude. what;s today's date? does the moodiness of PMS come 2 weeks before the bloodbath?
I can't find my USB cord so i can upload my most recent pics.
OMG, my oldest and youngest aunties on my dad's side came from England for the wedding! and they brought their daughters; the oldest and youngest grandchildren :-) My pharmacist cuz Sarah is 32 and baby Gifty is 11 months. we took some awesome pics! I love my cuz's accent which is a mix of Ghanian and British. So cool! Waaaaaaah! Where's my cord!? i want to show my dress!!

okay, today, i'm wearing my new tweed boots. i know its real extra but they are cute.

wi-fi? maybe

since i i'm not sure about wi-fi in the resort, i'm blogging like crazy before i leave.

1. check out the record dish. like jameil said in her most recent post, we've been blogging quite regularly. we don't want to be the only people who comments so appease me please!

2. i forgot.
oh yeah. i went to get my face waxed and decided on a polish change yesterday right? (just my eyebrows and chin guys) i got this color that i like to call "plum skin". its so dark and looks soooooooo fabulous! OMG, i thought I was going to be a strictly red or french mani chick but this is the shit. i can't wait to go to the reception and show my nails off :-)

am i really throwing up hooks??

just based on the way i love my nails, i can tell i'ma be one of them hoes who show the shit off of her engagement ring.

okay ladies, i'm bout to hit the road. i will take the mac with me and holla at y'all (if its possible). GO GET YOR NAILS DONE!!

some recent pics

just ONE of the EIGHT (or nine??) scantrons I have to fill out for report cards. no. ma'am.

today at the playground. i really thought this generation would know how to take pics with a camera phone.

my new earrings... in the dark. BLING-BLING!!!

a close shot of the high slide; a shot of two of my kiddies on the 2nd highest slide

at the playground. this was the day i went down the slide and almost killed myself. can you see how high that slide is? i went down it today. thrice. twice backwards.

what is rain? 6/30

in science, we're learning about the Earth and its processes. yesterday, i asked, "how does rain come from the sky and into our lakes, rivers, and oceans?" thinking they'd look at the picture of the big book and say, "run-off from mountains Ms. Kutieboots" (or something along that line... i don't think they know what "run-off" is), most of them said:

"rain is when someone does something bad and God cries"

or

"God is watering his garden"

:-)

How precious

what to call this? post 5 in 30

just a random ass post for this 5th day in Novemeber.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TONI PHOENIX!! that hoe is 37!! yay! i hear 37 is the new 23, OW!

So today, it felt like Fall. You know why? Maybe its cause its actually Fall but S. Florida just got the memo. They say its a cold front but why can't it be the season is changing?
woke up Saturday morning to get some crossiants right? stepped outside with a tank top and shorts... sooo had to go back in for the hoodie and pants. it was 67 degrees and before y'all up north hoes jump down my throat, it went from 88 the day before to 67. not a good look. it of course warmed up to 83 and that has been the trend. I like Fall down here. I text my homies in Tally to see what the weather was like and D said, "45 degrees but its going to warm up." keep telling yourself that.


new topic

remember once upon a time time, a young blogger you have grown to know and love had a 24th May that was HORRIBLE!! she was depressed

wow, that was only last year...

she had just come to the conclusion to end a toxic relationship, her brother was a bastard child, on top of any and everything else that could go wrong. the only saving grace in that Spring she'd like to forget was her then best friend who said he got her something for her birthday. he didn't know what to get cause it was btwn sirius satellite radio in her car or an iPod nano. Granted its been over a year but guess who just got her iPod? and not just any iPod but the TOUCH!!!

Omarion, say it for me now!

TOUCH!

This thing is so gangsta! Yo, I can get on the internet (with wi-fi), have picture albums, watch videos or movies... it looks and acts just like the iPhone except it doesn't have constant internet connection and I can't call people on it. I can AIM though :-) OW! I LOVE IT!!! Thanks Drew!


new topic

So my mom comes to my school today; it was cool cause she brought sugar cookies for the students who have been on green. While we were eating lunch, she busts out with, "yeah I tried to make an appointment to get your hair pressed but Ms. Howard is having back surgery"

did I, like south Florida, miss a memo?

oh, i did forget to send one: i haven't relaxed my hair yet.
i'm back to TOLERATING it. why don't we shoot for locks this x-mas break? and speaking of x-mas break, who told the year to pass by so fast!?!?!? i STILLL can't freaking believe we are in November. Like all up in November, not the 1st or 2nd but damn near the second week of it!! Football is already in its 10th week!!! INSANE! This year went by at light speed!!!


new (and last) topic

i realized what a wonderful world we live in today. i was a bit upset today cause a main pvc pipe broke underneath the playground i take my students to everyday. thinking i had to take them in and not get their energy out, i remembered about the big playground across the way. we trudged over there and it was so worth it. there are three slides and all of them are slippery/fast. how do i know? i slid down the highest one but lets not forget that i
- hit my elbow so hard going down slide
- almost fell down trying to run to keep my momemtum from the gravity + slippery slide + tweed pants
- got static shocked the whole way down FROM aforementioned pants + slippery slide
- almost broke my ankle cause my new BCBG patent leather/peep-toe/d'orsay stilletoes planted their heels in playground turf which is like rubber asphalt.
i would say peer pressure is a bitch but them lil niggas are 5. and mom had a FIELD DAY laughing at my ass limping back to the chair. whatever, the most precious moment that was one of ZEN was when the children were playing and having a wonderful time. i had to take a picture with my camera phone and make it my wallpaper. I closed my eyes and heard them giggling, I saw Bradly go down the slide backwards, I felt the Florida breeze on my skin, smelled the grass, and could taste being a kid again. I love being a teacher :-)

blog every day?

I can try.

jameil asked, "Is it me or does everyone think about posts to write in everyday life?"
or something along that line.

*raising my hand like an eager k-2 student who THINKS they know the answer*

YES!! All through the day, I'm like, "oooh! i have to post that!" something a kindergarteners says that i find so cute or powerful... they are so smart and its adorable how innocent they are.

I was listening to Mis-ed of la hill, who by the way is preg with her FIFTH child from that Marley boy who's name I like (rohan) and I wanted a forum about love in my class. So I asked, "What is love? There are no wrong answers, i just want to hear what you think"

- My mommy and daddy
- when you kiss someone a lot
- when my mom reads to me a night
- when you like someone a lot and bring them chocolate
- when you're always nice to someone so you marry them


so presh. just like the e-mail that went around a couple of years ago :-)

another thing one of my kinders said that I found tooooooo cute! J is my smart one. he knows all his letters and sounds, numbers, colors, days of the week. during social studies when we were studying needs and wants, he said "we need tvs! ms. kutieboots!! how are you going to watch the news if you dont' have a tv?!?! you don't watch the news?!!?"

i lied and told him I do. i couldn't have this kindergartener showing me up!!! anyway, when making letters with play-doh, he made a giant J and used his thumb to "measure" it. it was "37 engines long!!!" not inches, but engines :-) he's so cute! OMG, on hat day, he wore a fitted. but you know that fitteds (if you're from NY or Jerz) are the OPPOSITE of fitted. he's a lil cutie from NY whose yankee's hat was waaaaaaaaaaay to big; just like they like it :-)

okay, i gots to go to work now :-)

a taste

i don't think i can upload everything we shot.

more to come...

i've crossed!

i'm now a teacher!! yay!! i have my own gradebook, roster, classroom, and key! all i need is a jacket...

my distraction

so this is my wall. its painted my favorite color and i love it! the fabric on the headboard is what kitty gave me for my 25th. aren't the sheets gorgeous??? i love pink and green!

oooh, i have my hibiscus plant in the room too. the pot is the same color as the wall and the flowers are the same color as the ones on the fabric :-)

i kno you're probably thinking, "pink ad nauseum" in stace's room but its actually cute. i have a candle and some picture frames that are the same color on the cream side of the room so its all good :-) a friend of mine got me two wall flowers from bath and body works: cucumber melon (green) and sweet pea (pink) Thanks Toya!

Drew and I have been e-mailing back and forth. the poor baby is confused but you know what? i've been in his shoes. i broke off a relationship out the blue b/c my bf was going to college. i felt like i'd be stifling him and holding him back from his freshman year. he was like, "how are you going to tell me what will happen freshman year? its you i'm with"

sorry dre' :-(
and now drew is apologizing to me.

karma is a bitch.

playing with the Mac

look for the little one

she's me... she plays sousaphone. the only girl at suncoast who's done so... so far

once again

Where's Waldo?

or better yet, Search for Stace!

Andrew came to my class on the last day of school and took this silly pic of my babies and I... can you spot me? here's a hint: you don't realize how chic all black is till highschool. I would've posted this earlier but I literally left the country less than 24 hours later!


for those of you who don't know me and those of you who do, can you see me doing anything else?? Teaching brings me sooooooo much joy! I've left my house in tears only to walk into the classroom, hear Mira say, "Ms. Kotei, i'm wearing pink shirt today, we're twins!!" or hear Brandon say, "Ms. Kotei, my mom is proud of my A on my math test, thank-you!"

I can't wait to start my profession! People always say, "Don't rush to grow up!" "The real world is not where it's at!" "Enjoy being a kid!"
Who said anything about not being a kid????

update

- amy winehouse is the shit! i have both her albums on the good ole iPod shuffle and I'm LOVING the first record 'Frank'. I think its better than 'return to black' which is, if you listen, almost copying motown. its still all good and better than whatever is out right now but if you like RTB, you'll ADORE 'Frank'

- i got a part time job at CVS. its at the same sopt i got my first job 8 years ago. the volume has died down TREMENDOUSLY so i won'tbe attending anger mgmt or breaking down and crying out of frustration from unruly customers

- my principal called me into her office for an informal chat about next year. she wants me on board at a 3rd grade teacher.






hol up. i'm a primary chick (K-2). she's sees me as a superstar who could do wonders in 3rd grade. its actually an honor for a 1st yr teacher to get offered a testing grade (FCAT) as their 1st year so... i'm getting geeked. plus, the 2nd graders i have now will be what next year? 3rd graders! thinking about looping...

- my trip to the zoo with kindergarten was soooooooo presh! they are sooooo adorable! i wish i knew how to upload vid cause i got some clips. i love being a teacher :-)




- Dreezy and i are grrrrrrrreat! he's so bomb. makes me want to laugh my head off at all the other fools. scoff and guffaw at them. ha HA! I stand victorious! that's how i feel :-)

OMG, he LOVES my hair! he thinks its bomb when its wrapped. you know you have a non black BF if you show up with your hair wrapped and he thinks its done. honey? this is a wrap. its what we black women do BEFORE BED. its not a hairstyle. take me to liberty city and see who's amazed. no-one. it is not a style. he's amazed when its not done and spellboud when its freshly relaxed. got the shit done on thursday and he LOVES how its roller wrapped and seemingly shorter. his fave? the swoop bang over one eye. LMAO!!!! short hair and long nails and the boy is good to go ;-)

So we went to Key Biscayne for the Arts Festival there and it wasn't all that.
more for old people. cross the bridge back to mainland florida
and walk to the arts park walking distance from Dreezy's house. it was the grand opening at Young Circle and the whole weekend was full of festivities. you know the flute player who played for ron burgandy in anchorman? the 'yaz flute'? nestor torres was soo there on friday night! and what you saw will ferell do in the movie was EXACTLY how he moves!!!! he was BOMB as was FIU's jazz band. also, this miami artist, romero britto, unveiled a piece for the park. it was sooooooo nice! the weather was great and the vibes were good!

haters wanna hate

so this weekend, didn't quite make it to an official fest but i did stumble upon st. patrick's day event in the middle of downtown hollywood. i have no pictures of that because i was walking home (dreezy's) from church. i was actually upset that i had green on cause i felt like i was patronizing the occassion. one time i pinched my dad cause he wasn't wearing green and he said, "does the irish man wear kente during february?"



damn pops. ole hater.


i did get some pics of us hanging out in a friend's backyard. we grilled (again) and enjoyed company on a lovely sunday afternoon. y'all should really move down south and wear tube tops and sarongs in March.




damn stace. ole hater


P.S. Jameil, why did this boy BUY fruit salad, hold up a freaking piece of cantaloupe and prove that he was right?

such a bitter loss. the only melon i eat is watermelon, sorry i didn't know the correct color! daaaaaaamn!

Marley Fest *updated with links*

so this weekend, Dreezy and I were watching the Saturday morning news show when we heard the International Chocolate Fest was in Miami from 930 till whenever. Bet. it was 8am, we could make it!

NOT!

went back to sleep, I woke up at 10 to watch 'That's So Raven' and he was still knocked the fcuk out. we FINALLY got up around noon, went to Aventura Mall for some sushi and headed to Bayfront for the 14th An Bob Marley Fest. HEADACHE trying to get in! security were some bitches, talking bout Dreezy (who does he think he is in this shot???) should park downtown and carry his keys in. ummmm? that's 98lbs. let him in and once he sets up, he parks somewhere else. nope. we had to wait for Johnny to come with the pass.

waiting in the car


Johnny and the rest of the band show up and its still a headache but whatever. we get in, they perform with Mikey (the drummer's son who EVERYONE thinks is me and Dreezy's) I hang out backstage the whole night, we went to the Hypnotiq VIP section for an hour, got me an Empress shirt designed by a Marley and we don't move our cars till we left. PRIME PARKING! mind you, we got there around 3 and left around 1130

so yeah, the show fest was BOMB!! I've never been and missed out when Erykah and Lauryn used to to come but it was still cool! it was str-8 reggae acts for the first time, with the exception of Mr. Cheeks who is an unofficial marley... he was wack! his last song was sooooooo 'Lights, Camera, Action' from '01!! anyhoo, i had a BLAST taking pics and seeing all the acts UP CLOSE! Gentleman is FINE and fiyah! Capleton is FIYAH as is Sizzla Kalonji! Believe it or not, we didn't stay for the Marleys. Too many of them. later found out they did a long set together but whatever. they all aren't talented. my fave one (stephen) has no stage presence. the most famous one (ziggy) is losing his touch, damien... never really felt him. I like his one song that was on red star sound vol 1 and there is another one who performed on a late show the other day... WACK song! sounds like dave chappelle's parody of dylan on making the band. anyhoo, here are some pics









i don't know how to rotate on here... just facebook.