Caution: Book Nerd! :)

So last week was definitely my author visit week. On Wednesday night I took a trip to the Woodlands to meet Jon Scieszka the author of The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. His humorous books are so fun to share with my students!! It was a fun night out with my friend, Sandi...and talking with Jon Scieszka was totally amazing. He even put my badge on to make the picture funnier for the students.

Then on Saturday I took off to Austin with my friend Deborah to go to the Texas Book Festival. It was like being in Heaven. :) Nothing but authors and books. Ahhhhhh!!

The festival takes place right in front of the state capitol building. It really is a great festival that really stresses literacy!

Wish they weren't working on the capital but still a fun picture.

I met OLIVIA!!!!! :)

Author #1 was more for smaller children but since Deborah teachs first grade she got the book/autograph.

Then we met Stephen Graves of Chicken Big who Deborah knew...He had horrible handwriting lol.

And my reason for going was Sara Pennypacker who writes the Clementine books AND the new Flat Stanley Around the World books. Just wish I had thought to bring those!

The festival said you could only bring 2 books from home but the authors were signing any copies of books you brought. It was a great time and I hope next year's is even better!

This Weekend: State Fair!

Well, this weekend I went with my friend Shanna to Dallas for the State Fair of Texas! (Again...) LOL

It was sooooo crowded!

We didn't waste any time, though. We went straight to the shopping tent then got our tickets. Time for the fried food fest! First we tried the Fried Lemonade and Fried Smores. We split both and I loved them. The fried lemonade tasted just like warm lemon pound cake. The smore was like a warm chocolate donut. Both delicious! And past award winners of the Fried Food Contest a few years past.

The fried smore...

Wow, the inside lol. Awesome....but a bit messy. Definitely needed the napkins and some hand sanitizer afterwards.

LOVE the Go Texan group focusing on locally grown produce and wine. Beautiful mural, as well.

Then we headed to the live animals. Fluffy chicken!

The chicka-poodle. Lol :)

This goose loved me and when I came up he stood on one leg for me showing off. We bonded. Maybe we were friends in a former life :)

My new friend, Duck.

Very sweepy duck with his hat...

The top cock......

"Yessssssss?!?"

Just in case you thought I was joking...this was outside the earlier guy's cage. WHAT A TITLE...

The biggest pig I've ever seen...

This big boy represents the Longhorns football season, "*sigh*"

My favorite cow!!!!

I totally thought milking a cow was different......

Tried getting a fun shot of the rides in front of the Cotton Bowl sign but I couldn't get a perfect one...Still kinda cool, though.

Then I FINALLY rode the BIGGEST FERRIS WHEEL IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE!!! It wasn't even that scary since they LOCK you inside lol.

Fun views...

Awesome view of the Midway...

Hello, again, Big Tex!!

Fried grilled cheese lol. Can you believe it??

Then my highlight of the trip...the FRIED MARGARITA Lol!! It was a funnel cake laid inside margarita mix with whipped cream on top. Heaven.....soggy heaven, really but tastes fantastic. And not a HUGE portion. It got so busy after the Tech/Baylor game let out that we had to go. We could hardly get through the ways. Plus I spent most of my tickets and didn't even have a taste of a buzz. I could have gotten like 50 buzzes with that kind of money but it was fun and Shanna can actually say she's been to the State Fair of Texas!!! Since it's one of the 1000 Things to See Before You Die: USA Edition it's a big thing. :)

This morning Shanna, my grandma and I went to Norma's Cafe for breakfast. It was great. Actually, I'm eating my leftovers as I'm typing this lol.

The inside. LOVE the Texas flag booths lol.

And the back of the restaurant...

The biscuits were GIGANTIC and I had the meat lovers omelette. It was really good and lasted all day for me. Another great trip to Dallas, Texas!!

Next weekend: Austin, Texas for the Texas Book Festival!!

Last Weekend: Astos!!!

I had some car trouble since Plano. I had to get two new tires as the tread was WORN lol and they were first telling me $1300. Ummmm no! But shout out to National Tire and Battery for hooking me up with some great tires. It took some time to do some research and school kind of got busy so I took a few weeks off. However, I have a few things I did.

Two weeks ago went to this fun Mexican food restaurant in Cypress called La Hacienda. They have great chicken enchiladas and I tried the chimichanga and that was good too.

So the following week (October 1) I went with some friends from work to the Astros game during their last weekend. The stadium was pretty quiet but it was a fun night out when the weather was mild. Minute Maid Stadium is really nice but the $7.25 bottle of beer is kind of hard to swallow....

Beautiful stadium!!!!

Warming up and look at those HOT RIDES!! :)

I was SO EXCITED to see my baseball idols Jeff Bagwell (3rd from the left) and Craig Biggio (last or 4th from the left). They were honored for their great service to the Astros Organization. It was really neat, I couldn't believe it was them.

Bagwell!!!! My first base hero and super power batting skills.

Biggio!!!! I always wore the same scruffy baseball helmet because of him and his example lol.

National Anthem....

This was a shot when Hunter Pence was on third base and I was hoping for the score although we did lose that night (as we did many, many times this season).

My mom and I went to visit some friends on the opposite side of the field. Great picture from there too.

And while on the other side, saw a marriage proposal. Awwwww cute! Lol

The lights down...night shot!

7th inning stretch was singing Deep In the Heart Of Texas...loud and proud, baby!

The conductor on top of the stadium! We didn't get any home runs so it didn't get to go much...

And luckily my friends wanted to stay for the firework show. I tried to find the firework setting but it didn't work but you get the effect lol.

Then the night turned for the worse! Let's just say we ended up in a tattoo parlor for the first time EVER and I almost got a longhorn tattoo and....I may have one by the end of the year but we'll see. Lol, I just couldn't get over how a bunch of teachers, safe friends and I ended up with a tattoo and a few nose rings. But I'm not going into details online. LOL