FREE Movie Monday & Rollei News

Today's Free Movie code is:

44KBV9

I know Rollei news is not very exciting to all readers, but here it is....

Rollei was bitten by a copperhead again last night. Yes, this makes the 3rd time in 3 years. Could be more, though. We had to rush him to the emergency vet and spent too much $$ on shots. Hopefully, this will not happen again any time soon.

Here is a before & after:

(Sorry the second one is blurry.)

FREE Redbox Rental

Every Monday, Redbox has a free rental code.

Today's code is:

S8U5N2

This code is good for one free movie and you can use it until midnight tonight.

~If you want to rent more than one movie for free, bring more than one credit/debit card. You can use the same promotional code, you just need different cards to charge it to. The charge will be zero as long as you return your movie on time the next day.

~When entering in your free movie code, you need to enter it on the FIRST screen before picking the movie. Click the small "Rent with Promo" box on the bottom left of the screen. Enter in the above code and then make your movie selection.

Wedding Weekend

Lots of Rehearsal & Wedding Pictures at Random

Steven & Grandma D.

Jim's Mom & Dad
Grandma D. & Jim's Dad
Jim watching Annie walk to him.

Jim & Annie

Beautiful gown!

Mom & Steven
Some of my family...
Good advice from his dad, I'm sure.
Jim's mom watching...

I felt like I was pretty annoying with my camera all weekend. And even so, I still didn't get but the one of Jim & Annie together!

This wedding was just lovely. Everything was so beautiful and meaningful to the new couple.

Everyone had a great time!!

CONGRATULATIONS JIM & ANNIE

Love, Love, Love THE OFFICE

My not-so-guilty Obsession:

Before the strike ended, I started watching "The Office" on TBS not knowing that what I was watching were re-runs. I found all of the episodes on NBC.com and got mostly caught up with seasons 1-3. Only season 4 episodes are now available on NBC.com.

This show is pretty clean, with a lot of dry humor, and a little romance. Todd and I watch it together--The only show we always watch together. I am usually laughing within the first 15 seconds of the show.

For those of you who don't watch, now is the time to get into it! There will be 2-hour re-run blocks on the next 2 Sundays, May 11 & 18. This is the perfect chance to get to know the characters and really enjoy the format of the show!

So, tune in to NBC this Sunday evening and at least watch "Fun Run". Happy Viewing!

Jump!

This took Rollei about 10 minutes to learn.

Aren't you impressed?

Todd's zooming action at the end was just too funny! Is that really how I laugh? How sad.

Several Things In No Particular Order

CONGRATULATIONS to my cousin who got engaged on Friday. By the way, cuz, in the rare case that you may have not known, Friday was officially "Pi" day: 3.14! Isn't his fiance' lucky? He's such a kind, and good person. His inside matches his outside. Same is true with the bride! And, doesn't Grandma look so pretty, too?! Hopefully I'll get a picture of the couple together to share soon.

You kind readers may remember about a year ago when I so proudly posted pictures of our new entertainment center. I mentioned that the hole for the TV was a little too big for our current TV. Remember?....

We moved up in the world a little today...

This TV is a much better fit for the hole. We're really excited about it.

(We put in "Blades of Glory". Very funny movie, by the way.)

Here I am with Rollei, enjoying the big picture!

I just think this is funny. Rollei hangs out of his bed about half the time.

This is our Spring Break week. We're glad to have a much-needed break to relax. My sister's family is visiting, so I'm glad to have some time to hang out with them. Todd has several photo settings this week, also.

Hope you all are having a great week!

Second Place

I am not competitive.

We had a chili cook-off at school on Friday. Participation was "optional," but if everyone on their team participated, then everyone on the team would be allowed to wear jeans for the whole week before Spring Break. For those of you who don't know, allowing teachers to wear jeans is HUGE. So, my participation was a little forced.

Thursday evening, I went to Wal-Mart and bought all the meat and supplies I needed for the great chili cook-off. Todd came with me. We like to shop together. We busted our budget on stuff that night. We finally got home, then around 9:30, I started to cook.

As I browned the meat, I realized that I hadn't bought any tomato sauce! Neither Todd or I was willing to go out and buy tomato sauce, so I had to deal. I had 1 can of pre-seasoned tomatoes for chili, which also called for the addition of 1 can of tomato sauce. I used a can of petite diced tomatoes instead. I sprinkled in a little garlic powder and cumin.

To make this already too long story short, I won 2nd place in the competition. The kids loved the chili. Of course, the room was nasty from them eating in it (Breakfast in my room starts tomorrow and I'm thrilled!). As they announced the winners, the kids SCREAMED and ran to hug me all at once. I tripped and almost fell with all the kids attached to me.

One of my students was Principal for the Day because he reached "Star Level" with Reading Counts. He promptly brought me my prize ($15 for Saltgrass Steakhouse). Then one of my girls found her Perfect Attendance ribbon and gave it to me. She said, "Mrs. K, I'm so proud of you! You make really good chili."

Oh, and Rollei must have been really hungry Friday, too. He stole my new small loaf of white bread off of the counter and ate 3/4 of the loaf! He looked a little tubby.

Have a great week!