DIY:: SHELLAC!

I love a good manicure but I hate paying money for one! In attempt to be more frugal, I decided manicures from a salon were a "no-go." But then I ran across this on Pintrest.

I thought to myself, I could totally do this! I did some research on the "shellac hack" and it got pretty good reviews. Most people said it lasted well over 7 days and I got excited. Then, I came across another pin claiming to have "perfected" it. This girl added Gelous, second bottle green top. 

What & Where I bought it:

Sally Henson Hard As Wraps -- Walgreens

Gelous -- Sally's Beauty Supply

OPI's Skull and Glossbones -- Already had

Top Coat -- Sally's Beauty Supply

How to "hack" the shellac:

1 coat hard as wraps

1 coat gelous

1 coat polish

1 coat gelous

1 coat polish

1 coat top coat

*Let each coat dry before starting another.

I absolutely loved the results!! Overall this only cost about 15 dollars. Half of what a normal shellac manicure would cost me. But, the best part is for 15 bucks and I can get many more manicures out of those bottles! My shellac lasted about 6 days then I had a really rough day at work and I got a tiny chip. It was barely noticeable but to me it was HUGE. It drove me crazy so the next day I just took all the color off. 

I decided to paint my nails CAJUN SHRIMP by OPI. I LOVE this color! It's not too red for me! This is one of the best "pintrest projects" I've done! 

2014 Goals

It's February. That means I survived January! In the post I decided to talk about some of my 2014 goals. I am not really a type planner type of girl, even though I need to be. So here are some things I want to see myself do before this year is up.

1. Run another 5k..(and be a little more prepared)
2. Blog at least once a month
3. Print and mail wedding pictures to my family
4. Pay off my credit card (and keep it that way)
5. Sell more Scentsy
6. Take more pictures with my camera, not my phone.
7. Run a 10k or Half Marathon
8. Take the pups on more walks
9. Make the bed everyday
10. Take more day trips (Starkville is calling my name!)
11. Catch a college or MLB baseball game
12. Have more pictures in my blog post

I normally don’t make resolutions only because I never see the point. Hence why I am making yearly goals. A lot of people make resolutions  that are ridiculously hard to keep and when they fail, it’s like the whole mission is failed. I don’t like doing that. This year I decided I wanted to live better and really appreciate the things I already have. Basically, to live simple. 

A personal goal I set for myself is to become the Goodwill shopper I used to be. I have found many great things at different Goodwill’s around the area. To reduce spending, the first place I will go when I think I need a new outfit, will be the Goodwill. Cringe if you must but there is nothing wrong with clothes from Goodwill. I can not wait to show ya’ll most recent GW finds. 

"Ringing" in the New Year!

Watch out y'all. I'm actually posting a blog with pictures. 

I've always wondered why people were facinated with New Year's Eve. People stress to the max to find the perfect outfit and make sure they go the best party to celebrate the last night of the year. But WHY? I have never really understood it. But,  I do admit, I've been caught up in the hoorah of the "holiday" in the past. That being said, A and I rang in NYE with some great friends at the Auto Zone Liberty Bowl in Memphis. My Mississippi State Bulldogs were taking on the Rice Owls. We had a great time and the Bulldogs won!! 

Storming the field after the last few seconds of the game!

The Group!! 

44-7 HAIL STATE!

The weather felt good until the sun went down and then it got a little chilly!

Our end zone. 

Ran into my girl Toro.

My Marie. I love her!

A is an Auburn fan, but he came to support the bulldogs anyway!!

A quick catch up post!

I have been absent from this blog for awhile now. Some days I just don't have the energy to do anything. I come home and do some wifely duties, eat dinner, shower and sleep. I have four unfinished blog post that, lets be honest, I probably will not finish. I log on to my blogger read a few  blogs and then think, I really need to blog. So, I start to write, and well, I stop. I can't go back, I feel like my heart isn't in that post anymore.

Twenty-thirteen, hands down, best year of my life. Number one the list, A & I got married!!! I couldn't have asked for a better wedding. I actually blogged some of my wedding you can check that out here.

We bought our first house! We looked at a lot of houses before we decided. I love my little house and it doesn't hurt it came with a pool! Pancho LOVED the pool. She loved standing on the first step. On really hot days she would "sun" for awhile then go cool off in the pool. Ozzie, not so much, he didn't like it. I am hoping this summer he enjoys it more!

We shared our first married Thanksgiving at my Grandmommas and a few days celebrated at A's parents house. (I forgot my camera) 

Our Thanksgiving Spread

My cousins who are growing up way too fast.

I am a little sad that this year is over. It's been such a great one. I know that 2014 is going to be awesome! I can't wait to see what The Lord has in store for the Miles! 

First 6 months of forever

We have been married SIX months today. SIX whole months. I am loving this season in our lives. We've had ups and downs and somehow always come out stronger than before. You always think you know your significant other. Then, you get married. Your spouse is there, all the time. I have learned a lot about A, myself and about marriage as whole.

Here are a few things I have learned about marriage in the last 6 months.

Early riser: --I learned VERY fast that my husband is NOT a morning person. He doesn't like to be awake any time before noon if he had his choice. That being said, I am a total morning person. This makes for interesting weekend morning when he is home from work. I try to let him sleep awhile but sometimes I can't stand it. I have to wake him up, which that doesn't make him happy. but he is a good sport and most of the time will get up.  

Whats for dinner?-- One of the hardest things for me to do is to be motivated to cook dinner. IknowI'materriblewife.Another thing I am adjusting to is if I'm not hungry, my husband still is. I could eat buffalo chicken dip for dinner every night if A. wasn't around.

Guess What? -- This is phrase I learned super quick you can't say without people thinking you're pregnant.  We've been married for like 5 minutes people. Give us time. I can not being feel good and the first question is...ARE YOU PREGNANT? Can't a girl just have a stomach bug?? I can have headache, ARE YOU PREGNANT? I can have a paper cut, ARE YOU PREGNANT?? It's pretty funny but unless the Lord has other plans we are just have some time for us.

Laundry-- Talk about shock, how many clothes can two people have??? And towels...Our laundry is NEVER done. I am trying hard though. When it was just me I liked to one laundry one night during the week and and one day of the weekend. That is not the case now. 

The first six months: AMAZING!! 

Teacher Talk: Outfits

Hello ladies! I hope everyone is doing well. Can you believe we almost have two months of school down?? After our first post series and chatting with my new friend, Gini, I am very excited about this post. I must admit, I am no fashionista. I normally do not fall into the "in" trend until it's almost over. I dress for comfort. I want to cute AND comfortable. I never know what my day will hold.  I am one of those teachers that will wear Tom's over heels ANY DAY!! I don't know how those teachers do it. I am kind of upset because they dryer messed up my FAVORITE shirt.  Some of these pictures aren't the best but I hope they capture my so called "style."

This is probably most comfortable outfit. (This was a no make up day) Sweater and tank top are from Old Navy, Pants are from Columbia, they could actually qualify for yoga pants but they dress up great :)

"Mrs. Scotti what's wrong with your hair? It looks like you didn't brush it." --quote from this day. After concluding that I can't pull the "scrunchy" hair look off, I put it up and the same kid said, "Now your hair looks good." 

I forgot to take this picture that morning. Say hello to my beautiful grandmother.
Dress & Sweater both from Target.

Another one of favorites!
Dress is from Old Navy & Sweater is from Target...are you seeing a trend here?

My husband laughs when I take "selfies." This picture is not quality but I am loving these navy blue linen pants from Old Navy & this shirt is from Kohls.



If you have been teaching for 5 minutes you know that having comfortable shoes is VERY important! My 2 favorite pair of shoes are: Rainbows (for the early months of school) and Tom's. Who doesn't love Tom's?? I've gone through 2 pair of grey Tom's. My hubs refuses to buy anymore but I have a pair on my Christmas list, so we shall see!!

Teacher Talk: Introduction

Hello ladies! I am so excited for this link up. One, because it's my very first one (I hope I do this right!). Two, I am getting connect with other teachers!

My name is Scotti, yes that is my real name. I am 28 and a newlywed. My awesome husband (I love saying that!) is a firefighter/paramedic, who will soon be leaving for the fire academy within the next few months. 

I teach special education at the high school level. My class is self-contained, community based class or CBC for short. All my kiddos are significantly cognitive delayed, which means that their disability effects much of their independent thinking or adaptive skills. I have nine awesome kids with rulings ranging from autism to Down syndrome. 

My school has three CBC classes, which is some what unusual but for the size of our school (almost 1700 students) it evens out. My class is the middle class and we are on a kindergarten to second grade level. Academically, I teach them everything. We go to a general education PE class which is awesome and we go to a regular lunch. 

I could give a long drawn out reason why I chose teaching and why I chose special education. The answer is pretty simple. This is where The Lord called me. Honestly, I didn't pick SPED, it picked me. I believe in my heart I am doing what The Lord put me on this earth to do and some days are much tougher than others. Even through ALL the paper work, meetings, conferences and trainings my heart is always full.


PS--Sorry for the lack of pictures, I promise to do better next time! :)

ABC...123

Hey everyone! I hope everything is going great your way. I can not believe it is August! August means two things: my birthday and school/work is starting back. Twenty thirteen brought me to the ripe old age of 28. Twenty-seven was the best year of my life and I can't wait to see what this new age has in store Adrian and I. 

Last week, my husband finally talked me into going to look at new vehicle for him. And we came came with this... 

I will admit, I was iffy on getting anything new, because his truck was only 2 years old. I am the kind of girl that keeps a car until the wheels falls off. Then I would I buy new wheels. When I traded my maxima in it a 192,000 miles on it! In the end, I am in love with the jeep. Especially with the top off. The forecast for the week looked rainy but we got to take the top off on my birthday and cruise for my birthday. 

After my birthday, I tried to catch up on my house work before going back to work. Well, Monday rolled around and I still had laundry to do but work was calling my name. This time of year I am itching to get into my room and make things new. 

The picture above is when I first started working in my room. I was beginning to get overwhelmed because the table needed to be fixed, I hadn't made my copies for take home folders, and I still needed to type up all the important first days of school. One my goals for this year was to be more organized. Organization has always been of weakness of mine. But this year I will be organized! I worked my little tail off today getting papers together, lesson plans and.my favorite part, getting my classroom ready. Here is my favorite part of the day. 

There is more on down the board but its not quite ready yet! We have one more day of meetings & working in our rooms. I still get the same butterflies the night before school starts as I did when I was little. I can't wait to see my kids and meet the new ones! 

Wedding Recap: BRIDE & GROOM

I mentioned before that Adrian and I decided to a "first look" and get the majority  of our pictures done with so we could spend time with our guest. I was happy we went this decision. A is not a big fan of pictures but he participated with a good attitude this day, I mean it was his wedding too. :) Enjoy! 

Wedding Recap: FIRST LOOK

Adrian and I decided to the first look for a few reasons. The number one reason being that we didn't want to be all caught up after saying "I do" taking pictures. We wanted to spend time with our guest. 

Our first look was something I will never forget. I wanted to run down that aisle to him as fast as I could. The suspense killed me. It seemed like it took forever to get to him. (and Whitney made me walk slow so she could capture the moment.) 

Our First Look: