Video Contest Runner-Up!

Well, the exciting news for the summer is that Carissa and her friends entered an amazing video in a video contest! They submitted the video for Breakfast Breaks (kind of like Lunchables, but for breakfast) to win a chance to be in a video with the Jonas Brothers. Well, they didn't win, but they got one of 4 runner-up places! They get tickets to any concert and some other miscellaneous stuff. They will be going to a concert in Tampa on Sept 4 and get a meet-and-greet with the Jonas Brothers! They are VERY excited! Here is a link to the video, if you haven't seen it already . . .

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Summer Update

I realized today that I haven't blogged anything in a while. Not much is going on, actually. Summer has come, along with the oppressive heat, and I'm slightly irritated and grumpy about the whole thing. Steve and Carissa are both off this summer. Steve usually travels over the summer which makes me feel better about having to work over the summer. When I was teaching, I still didn't take the summers off. I worked at Rollins College Summer Camp. It always seemed okay because he was working, too. Last year he only traveled (what he did for his summer job) twice, I think. Well, this year the lady he worked for decided not to do the summer institutes, so he isn't doing anything. It's killing me. Well, he IS working for a writing camp for two weeks. It's a half day program. While I'm glad it's something, it does not help me in the slightest get out of bed in the mornings. Plus, we always used his summer money as our "extra" money. Considering that we'll be buying a house soon, this would be a good year to have that extra money. Oh, well.

Carissa is busy staying up late and waking up late. What every teenager needs to do over the summer. She will have some babysitting opportunities in July and will be attending band camp and cheer camp in July, too. She is doing some summer reading. She will also be my maid on weeks that she doesn't have stuff going on and that we don't have company. She has a few random band practices in June and regular cheer practices on Mondays and Wednesdays. She's busy obsessing about the Jonas Brothers, too. She won a contest. I'll blog about that, too.

That's it from here.

8th Grade Dance

This past Friday was Carissa's 8th grade dance. This is a bit more of a spectacle than my 8th grade dance was. Nowadays, people treat the 8th grade dance as though it were prom. Limos, hairdos, etc. We didn't allow all of that to happen. No limo. She chose NOT to get her hair done, but I did let her get a mani/pedi. We found the dress on sale, but the shoes weren't. =) She looked great and had a good time. All of the girls met at Kelsey's house and Kelsey's mom took them to the dance at The Doubletree Hotel by Universal. Then they went to Citywalk afterwards for a little while. Here are the pics (you can click on them to make them larger):