Liza with a Z!!

What a week it has been!! The drama all began last weekend with a visit from my dear friend Liza aka Lucille 2 aka Bryant Duffy! We decided to go shopping for the day in Des Moines and got to have lunch with the Matt Ford family! They are a delightful bunch and we had a blast!! Liza picked up the usual, VERY fitted t shirts!! I would dare say he bought a childs size medium!! Liza likes em fitted!! I picked up some essentials: shoes and some fashion tops. Just what I needed, some new clothes!! It's hard to keep up in this world people!!! Being fashionable is like a fulltime job and requires keeping up on trends and taking fashion risks!! This is starting to sound like the survey I took on the Buckle webpage!! Potential employees have to take a survey all about work and fashion! Very leading questions like: do your friends ask you for fashion tips??? YES!!! or are you afraid to take fashion risks?? NO!!! It was a great survey!!

Liza and spent last Saturday night out and about in downtown Cedar Falls. We both love the atmosphere of Cedar Falls downtown and started at the Stuffed Olive! The evening took an unexpected turn when a bachelorette party showed up full of moms from Shell Rock!!! The last thing teachers really want to do when they go out is run into parents from their school. We were soon bombarded with moms who were actually very fun!! We all toasted the bride and they left on their bus for another destination. Liza and I next stopped at the Voodoo Lounge and met up with our dear friend Shrew aka Julie Lein. I am still hoping that Julie will go as Sue Sylvester for Halloween!! All she needs is her track suit and she's good to go!!!

Sunday involved a trip home to Humboldt to the parents and the christening of their Ms. Pac-man machine!! Uh huh, they bought a full-sized machine and put it in their basement. It is only like my favorite video game of all time!!! As a child, I would take my paper route money.......I'm pausing for some of you to get that picture....I would take my paper route money over to the local Pamida store and spend it all playing Ms. Pac-man!!! It was good times.. I developed mad skills and now can easily score over 100,000 points in one game!! Without saying too much, I did have the high score at College Square Mall for months. The visit home was lots of fun and the Ms. Pac-man was amazing!!

The week has gone by surprisingly fast and school is definitely back in session!!! Kids have lots of energy and it can be downright exhausting teaching all day!!! This week really hit me by Friday!! Thursday night was back-to-school night at one of my buildings which is always a full night!! Isn't it a real eye-opener when you get to meet the kiddos parents!!?? Enough said.. Friday started off with a bang as my friend and colleague Charissa went to the emergency room and gave birth to her twins that same day!!! The babies are eight weeks early, but things are looking good!

Some closing thoughts. I so enjoyed the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion show!!! Those ladies know how to bring it!!! I think the DC housewives should watch New Jersey and take notes. I am sick of reading lame status updates on Faceplace!!! People need to get creative!! I am also tired of overly dramatic status updates on Faceplace!! Some things just shouldn't be shared to everyone! People need to filter!!! Lastly, as I am watching reruns of Will & Grace, I am just channeling my inner Karen Walker. What's this, what's going on here, what's this all about??? LOVE HER!!!

Happy week everyone!!