My husband and I attended the parent orientation for the middle school last night. Our daughter moves up to the middle school next year and the administration wanted to let us know how things work there. One of the weird things I found out, which was not discussed at the orientation, is that the kids aren't allowed to carry bookbags during the school day. They are allowed to have them for the to/from school trips but not during the school year. That makes no sense to me. Unlike the elementary school, the kids will be transferring classrooms so they will have to carry books around. I'm going to make sure to ask the administration about it. It's not like she's going to be carrying around an expensive kenneth cole briefcase or anything. Then again, schools are infamous for having terrible policies.
Business is booming
I haven't talked about my Zumba business lately. My classes have really grown a lot this year. I've gone from having 5 - 10 people to having 20 - 30 in each class. It is so awesome and it makes me very happy. Besides having much more fun in class, I'm also finding that I have fun when I design business cards online. I would have thought that would have been boring but it's not. I really enjoy mixing and matching styles and colors. Who would have thought the business-side would be as fun as the teaching-side?
Are we done with winter now?
While the first day of Spring actually happened back in March, the weather has still been a bit too cold to really be considered spring. Thankfully, we have moved out of the super cold temperatures. Instead, we have moved into the rainstorm that is April. I hope that the warmer temperatures are here to stay. I really don't like the winter.
Make it level!
I have decided that leveling pads are the coolest things. Their whole entire job is to just make things level. I know a few tables that could use those. They're made for industrial use but I wonder if they could be fitted to a table to stop the wobble. There are feet with screw tops so they would work in theory. I need to try this out!
Time to Pay the Taxes
Since I haven't posted anything in a really long time, I've decided to give you a list of free things you can get today, Tax Day. Arby's Arby's Facebook page has details on how to get free curly fries or potato cakes.
Boston Market At Boston Market, you can get 2 rib meals for $10.40 with no coupon!
Carvel Carvel's Facebook page will give you a coupon for an 18-pack of Oreo Lil' Rounders for $10.40 (if you like them).
Cinnabon 2 Free Cinnabon Bites! See their Facebook page for more info.
HydroMassage Get a coupon for a free HydroMassage on their website.
Sonic Drive-in Half price drinks and slushies all day!
This is probably the only good thing about tax day!
Ew. Smoking.
Confession: I used to be a smoker. I started when I was about 16 years old in high school. I quit when I moved in with my then-boyfriend-now-husband when I was about 22 or 23 years old. Since then, I've found all types of smoking to be pretty gross. Smoking used to be a big stress reliever for me so I tried the electronic cigarettes, pipes, even some cigar brands but I didn't like any of them. Now I just try to get massages on a regular basis. It doesn't always help the daily stress but it does help get rid of pent-up stress. And it doesn't make me stink like smoking does.
HTC EVO 4G LTE
After three years, my Samsung Galaxy cell phone began to fail. It would freeze whenever I'd try to do two things at once. For example, if I was calling someone and I received a text at the same time, the whole phone would freeze and I'd have to remove the battery. Then the screen started to flip out when I opened apps. Check my email - static. So we picked up a new phone for me on Friday. I thought about upgrading to the new Galaxy. My husband has the HTC EVO 4G LTE and, after a bit of research, I realized that the phones were pretty similar. I originally got the Galaxy because it had a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Apparently I am a dying breed and keyboards on smartphones are almost impossible to find. The woman at Sprint did offer me a Motorola that had the keyboard but I had already decided on the HTC.
So far, I'm liking the HTC. Everything seems to move a bit faster than it did on my Galaxy. (I am taking into consideration that my Galaxy was old and I loaded a lot of stuff on it.) My only hesitation with the phone is that it is so thin. But I got a cute purple hard case for it so it doesn't feel as fragile. Hopefully I'll still enjoy this phone a few years down the road.
To be a cool kid
I try really hard to not spend a lot of money on certain things. While coach sunglasses look super cute, they are also super expensive. Instead, I go to Target and get a pair of $5 cheapo sunglasses. They work just as well and it gives me more money to spend on video games or something. Maybe one day I'll splurge and get a super expensive pair of sunglasses. Just to see how different they are.
Pennsylvania Burlesque Festival
On Friday, I attended the Pennsylvania Burlesque Festival with my family. My cousin, Buster Britches, was performing so we all came to support him. I've never seen burlesque in person before. It was quite interesting. A lot of the acts were slow and sexy but a few were hysterically funny. I found that I enjoy the funny ones much more than the slow dances. I think I might try to find some more burlesque performances to check out without my family. I'd like to try to leave the "watching naked girls with my mother" weirdness at home.
Review: Warm Bodies
We actually went to see Warm Bodies on opening weekend. Life has just been too busy to write the review! So here it is:
Warm Bodies is a different type of zombie movie. Instead of being horror or action, it's a romance movie. R (Nicholas Hoult) is a zombie who wants more out of life death. He meets human Julie (Teresa Palmer) while her team is foraging for medicine. Despite his desperate need to eat brains, R saves Julie from the other zombies. Soon Julie notices that R is getting better. Somehow, his love for her has restarted his heartbeat and is turning him back into a human. And it's affecting the other zombies as well!
The previews for Warm Bodies were awesome. We knew right away that we needed to see it. And we weren't disappointed! There is a bit of action in the movie - Julie's dad, played by John Malkovich, is a general and prone to shooting things before looking at them - but don't expect it to be the main plot of the film. If you can still catch it in the theater, I highly recommend it. If not, buy the Blu-Ray or DVD!