The one where I fell off of a chair during parent conferences

There are some things in this world that I think could only happen to me. I'm talking about life altering situations that not many other people experience, at least not to my knowledge...not like this. Let's see...where should I even begin?
Our school has some pretty fancy chairs. They are not like any school chair. They have two L-shaped legs that helps prevent students from tipping back on them and falling. Sounds like a wonderful idea right? Another fact worth noting is that the seat and back are two separate pieces. On to the point...Wednesday was our parent/teacher conference night. I had parents come in and sit at my back table-a table that has fancy chairs around it. So one of my parents comes in and we both sit down. I notice that MY chair is a little wobbly. I don't really think much of it so I just start talking about grades. I notice that I'm starting to fall a tad bit to the right. Of course to balance myself, I lean all of my weight to the left. Bad move! What I wish I knew five minutes earlier is that two of the screws were missing. So when I shifted my weight to the opposite side, the whole seat fell off, leaving me on the floor!! Yes, I fell off the freaking chair...landed on the floor...WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARENT CONFERENCE!! I quickly realized there is no cool way to redeem yourself after an incident like that. Luckily our conferences are only fifteen minutes. Needless to say, I quickly gave her the scoop and wanted to move on!
As if I hadn't had enough excitement Wednesday, you know with falling off of a chair in all (IN FRONT OF A PARENT). I was so ready to go home. I have been sick and had a horrible cough all week. Then talking all day at conferences really didn't make my throat feel any better. I went home and wanted to take some night time medicine. I rummaged through our medicine cabinet for anything that was for PM. I found some Tylenol pm liquid. Probably as fast as I could, I read the directions to see how much I needed to take. As I filled the cap, I knew it was going to taste horrible. I took the whole shot, which tasted like pure alcohol. I laid down and tried to relax. All of a sudden my stomach started to feel really bad and I felt like I was going to get sick. I went back and looked at the label again to make sure I took the right dose. It would be my luck to OD on Tylenol pm. But I didn't, I took the right amount. However, I did stumble on the expiration date. Of course, it was EXPIRED!! Now, just a day before I was talking to someone very close to my heart, someone who shall remain nameless, and they said that expiration dates don't really matter. As I was feeling very ill, I started to doubt this advice. I thought for sure I was a goner. I knew I would fall asleep, with my last memory of me falling off of a chair during parent conferences, and never wake up. SPOILER ALERT... I did wake up and lived to blog about it. So maybe expired medicine isn't so bad after all.
For all you teachers out there...I sincerely hope you do not fall off of any chairs during your conferences!

I Baked A Cake, Went Blog Lurking, and Have a Prayer Request

You're probably expecting a blog raving about how awesome my oriental salad was with my new found recipe in my email inbox. Not quite. Since I don't have the secret recipe from Mary's messengers, I had to do something different. Today is Jason's birthday (Happy Birthday Jason!) so I baked him a cake. Not just any cake...a double layer, strawberry chocolate chip cake. It was delicious!

In other blogging news...
I have recently found myself blog lurking (real word I swear) lately. Not in a creepy, stalker way. In a way that I have a heightened sense and awareness of how other people write. I know it's a little weird but I'm fascinated by how people write. Put that on your list of "Things I didn't know about Kacina." There are two things that have really inspired my writing lately: 1. Kayla Aimee's blog (no idea who she is...found her by blog lurking) 2. Dave Berry commentary (if you have never read any of his commentary, you should). Of course, in my own writer's notebook, I try to imitate writing like author's I enjoy reading. And of course, I share my most writings with my 6th graders to show them that I practice what I preach--most of the time. They only think I'm a little crazy, so I can live with that as long as my stories and passion inspire them to write.

Prayer request...
I was told "don't be alarmed." Well, as soon as you say those words the first thing I'm going to do is BE ALARMED! We, as in IPS school district, found out that they are going to rift about 350 teachers and are closing six elementary schools (not my school). They said it could affect 3rd and 4th year teachers. Lucky me! I never get picked for anything, kind of like how the fat kid (that was me) gets picked last for kick ball at recess..wouldn't you know this is the time I may get picked to go first. Of course, with big news comes lots of rumors and speculation. I'm trying hard not to freak out so please just keep the teachers that may be affected by this rift in your prayers. Thank you!

Happy blogging and enjoy some new music I added :)

Love Is In The Air

So much has happened in the past two weekends! Let's start with a CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. and Mrs. Hetrick on their beautiful wedding on Saturday. Thanks to Emma and her crazy organization and planning skills, everything went perfectly! A few highlights...



Half of the bridesmaids getting their hair done at In Touch. The best part was when Emma told Luella that she looked like she "just came out of a magical forest." Although, I have to say that her hair was pretty whimsical and she did look great! Great job Lula :)

Here are all nine bridesmaids and the blushing bride just before taking pictures.

This is Emma doing her Spanx dance after Abbey so nicely put on Emma's underwear for her. She was so pumped that the only way to express her joy was through dance.

Ten minutes until the wedding starts! *What you don't see is me frantically trying to sew a panel into Luella's dress so there was no peep show on Emma's big day. My melons, if you will, were a little too big for my dress. I didn't know what to do. I tried it on for Emma months earlier and we decided that something drastic had to be done because it was not pretty. Abbey so kindly donated her extra fabric that she had hemmed off of the bottom of her dress and I used it to sew a panel into my dress. It looked great and you couldn't even tell it wasn't supposed to be that way. So I brought all of my sewing materials the day of the wedding just in case anyone else had trouble with their "melons" too. It all worked out great and there was no peep show!

Don't let these faces fool you. I would like to let the world know here and now that these four sisters are dangerous. They have been keeping a secret recipe from me that a very dear friend of mine told them to pass along to me. Mary (not sure of Mary's last name), nonetheless someone close to my heart, stated that she "gave all the girls the recipe" to my favorite oriental salad that she makes. See, Mary seeks me out at the Gallmeyer weddings and lets me take home the extra oriental salad. Luckily she was at Emma's wedding so she could set the record straight and tell me that I should in fact have this in my hands. Gallmeyers, Juday, and Luckey, my email address is kacina.pfeiffer@gmail.com and I should see this recipe in my inbox tomorrow ;)
How could I end this blog without mentioning a monumental happening with my camera. My camera got hijacked for a short time. When I got it back I had 13 (yes, I counted) pictures of Steven Ray Newman. What's crazy is that I don't even know SRN. I just met him the night of the wedding. However, I do know his fabulous gf and my former, favorite roomie Larissa. I now have images forever etched in my mind of Steven Ray Newman and a picture of just his pearly white teeth on my camera.

****Funny Note****
As I'm so diligently blogging like a good blogger, Jason just got home and had this conversation with Kaitlyn:

Jason: Hi KK! What did you guys have for dinner?
Kaitlyn: (in a perfect two year old voice) Toilet rolls
Jason: TOILET ROLLS? (to me) Hunnie, why are you feeding them toilet rolls?
Me: Huh? (to Kaitlyn) What did we have for dinner?
Kaitlyn: Toilet rolls.
Jason: Kinsey, what did you guys have for dinner?
Kinsey: Tootsie rolls
Me: That's not at all what we had. We had meet and cheese roll ups. (I think they were trying to say tortilla rolls. We practiced that word as I was making them)



In other blogging news....
It's probably my proudest moment...I made apple cider. I can hear it gasps of shock but hear me out. Kacina? Apple cider? Yes my friends. Listen up, this is how it all went down...

Last weekend I met up with Emma, and little did I know that she was going to treat me to the best weekend EVER. Emma and Greg too me to a great Mexican restaurant, El Mosquito (or something like that), in Manchester. Then I went with Emma to her mom's house where we made delicious brownies. After that it was to the Gallmeyer's for a little thing I like to call "cider pressin." There were thousands of apples everywhere. I really stepped up to the plate and got down and dirty right away. I was a little nervous at first but I was probably the best presser out there...aside from grandpa Bob. I feel like we really had a great system going. Emma won strainer of year, I won presser of the year, and Ron and Grandpa Bob won best teammates of the year. Jill, Amy, and Emily did a good job too but no awards were won. Megan lost lots of cider while pouring...it went all over my hands. (Just kidding Meg..you did a great pouring job. I didn't see anyone else that wanted to step up to the pouring plate).
I told everyone I know about my apple cider and made everyone I know try it. The response was a very positive one and I will probably start pressing my own cider from now on. I am really looking forward to the next season with the Gallmeyer family! Thanks to Jill, Megan, Emily, Amy, and Emma for letting me be a part of this awesome night. You guys are the best :)


Well, I hope everyone has a great week! I am very excited because we only have school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Then we are on fall break! Love you all :)

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

So many of you have been waiting for it .. so here it is! This is the Spanish rap that my class has been working with in Spanish. I love it and so do they. Enjoy it .. go ahead and sing along!

Spanish Rap