We saw the sun!

It has been so rainy here lately! It has rained everyday. The sun finally poked out this weekend with no rain in sight (although we still are under a flood warning.)

I completed my last full week at MMS last week. I have 4 days this week. I am scared/excited to be moving on. I will miss all my students though.. well most of them anyway ;)

Thursday, I went over to Uncle Sammy and Aunt Lana's for lasagna. I had planned on cooking since J was coming home from Wisconsin. I just brought him some leftovers from the lasagna and pie. Yum! So on Friday, I made eggplant parmesan. I even made my own bread crumbs! It was pretty good, although next time, I will make a few changes.

Here it is!


The eggplant came from the produce stand. It was so good!

Today after church, I cooked again (with hopes of having lots of leftovers so I don't have to cook this week. :)) I made my first poppyseed chicken. It was very good. I might try to freeze some since it makes so much!

Here it is!


I can't remember cooking this much this often before. Hope J doesn't get used to it!

On Thursday, we will head to KY for EJ's wedding. It should be a fun weekend!

Happy Fall!

I can't believe it's been over a week since I updated! I have been teaching all the classes now. It is very time consuming planning for all that! I am really enjoying it though. I am sad that next Thursday is my last day at Madison Middle!

John is in Wisconsin, so his mom came down. So we have been shopping when I get home from school. And we had IHOP tonight. I had New York Cheesecake Pancakes with Strawberries. AMAZING! Seriously. (And of course, we had a coupon to use at IHOP.)

The kitties have been around more, but they are not really kitties anymore. They are more like small cats. They don't run away if you look at them either. Maybe one day, we will be able to pet them. One day.

I am very excited it's fall. That means cooler weather (in a couple of months), Halloween, then Thanksgiving, (then graduation), then Christmas, (then a big girl job??? what???). Ok, maybe I'm not ready for it to be fall yet!

Next weekend, we are headed to KY to see EJ get married. It will be a crazy weekend since I will have to finish all my first experience paperwork in the middle of wedding craziness. Then I have to be in Hattiesburg Monday morning. :(

And, as always, still hoping and praying (and praying and praying) John finds a job soon!

All's Well

We had a great weekend! We got up Saturday morning around 9:30 and made pancakes and bacon. Then, we watched Marley & Me and Big Fish (one of our favorite movies). Then we watched some football! John definitely loves football season. Too bad the dogs lost. :( Maybe this week will be better...

I am still enjoying my student teaching. I did well on my first evaluation today. On Friday, I begin teaching every class. I teach 5 of the 6 classes now, and that's exhausting!

I am so nervous about changing schools and going to MSD. I know it will be so much harder than my first experience. If all goes well, graduation is in 87 days!

John is going to Wisconsin next week for a few days with his dad. John is also addicted to our new ipod touch (thanks, Marion!) It is pretty cool, but it is definitely his new toy! I mean, it's an iphone without the camera and phone parts. He enjoys searching the internet and finding ridiculous apps.







(For followers of my coupon blog, I might not go until later this week. I am swamped with school work.)

Another one down!

My first experience student teaching is halfway complete! I can't believe it. It is going by so fast. I really like what I am doing, but at the same time, I can't wait to go to MSD.

Not much has been going on otherwise. John's family dog passed away yesterday. He was old and had been having some health problems, but nobody was ready for Spike to go. :(

Other than that just homework, job searching and Krogering. :) Kroger is supposed to have a good sale next week. I'm excited!

Next Friday I start teaching every class! So keep me in your prayers!

And of course, as always, we are hoping and praying John finds a job soon!

Labor Day!

We went out to the Reservoir today with Chris, Courtney, and Kathleen. It was such a nice day, and surprisingly, there weren't too many boats out. We tubed, skiied, wakeboarded, etc. There was another boat in the same area as us, and the people wakeboarding were dong flips and 360s in the air. It was awesome to watch! I got little sun, but it will probably be the last time we go out for a while; hopefully I won't be "white, not tan" for a while.

When we got back, we got clean and headed to Chick-fil-a! I wore a Southern Miss shirt and John wore a Central Michigan Chippewas shirt. So we both got our free chicken sandwich! We didn't get anything else but the sandwiches and headed home. We were so exhausted, we both napped. Some more than others.....

Glad this week is a short one! Professional Development Day tomorrow (yay no students!) Only a 3 day week with students! John has an interview tomorrow at 10. Hoping for a GREAT week!

2 weeks down!

I have now finished two full weeks of student teaching. It really has gone by SO fast. I am looking forward to next week because it is only a 3 day week with students. On Tuesday, we have a professional development day. Woo. Next week, I am teaching 4 classes a day. It should be somewhat exciting!

This weekend, we went up to Columbus. John wanted to go dove hunting, and we both wanted to go to the State game. I got out of class early Friday, so we got to get out of Jackson before the traffic was too bad. John got up Saturday morning at 4:15 to hunting. Yeah, you read that right. 4:15! He shot a couple of doves and was home around 9:30. He took a quick nap before we headed to Starkville. Marion rode with us, but had forgotten her ticket in her dorm. We had to take the long way (read: lots of traffic) to get close to her dorm. We normally wouldn't have gone this way otherwise. Well, we witnessed the most awesome thing: someone getting tased (tazed?)! We're not really sure of what caused the policeman to do it, but it was so funny watching the drunk guy shake. It probably wasn't fun for him, but it was a highlight to our day.

Anyway, we continue on to the game. We got there late so no one was at the UCSC tent. There were chairs, drinks, and cookies there though. We took advantage of that! We had real tickets on the West side of the stadium, so we made our way that direction. There were people in unbelievably long lines waiting to get in. Apparently, State hired new security people, and they were slow. We get in just in time for the players to come out onto the field. And within seconds, apparently there was lightning somewhere, so there was a 30 minute game delay. The sky then fell out for the next 15ish minutes. Thankfully, I snuck my umbrella in, so we stayed somewhat dry. It rained off and on throughout the first half, and I couldn't take it anymore. We left and went to the church to hang out with Richard. It was a pretty boring game anyway.

So that was our weekend. We are leaving Columbus this afternoon to head back to the apt. And, as always, we are praying this is the week John gets a job! He has an interview Tuesday at 10!


96 days!

Kroger- A Day Early (and some other stuff)

John doesn't want me to turn this into a coupon blog, but I get excited; so feel free to skip this part. :) Edited: I have started another blog for my couponing! Mississippi Coupon Queen

On Saturday, we went water skiing/tubing with Chris and Courtney. It was SO much fun, but we are STILL sore. We are still debating if it was worth it. :) John has been hanging out with Dustin at church. Today they went to eat at P.F. Changs. I think tomorrow after church we're going bowling with Dustin and Allison. It will be nice to do something fun! I am enjoying my student teaching. The paperwork is no fun, but I like it a lot. I went to class last night at Millsaps. It was a good class. I really look forward to it, which is saying a lot! It is class after all (but I don't have to take the tests ;)) I started teaching 2 classes this week. Both of them are resource classes, which means I just help the students with homework/assignments from other classes. It has been challenging remembering 6th, 7th, and 8th grade work! Scatter plots, cells, collective nouns... I have been relearning all sorts of stuff! Next week is a 3 day week for the students and 4 for the teachers. It will be a nice break. 101 days until graduation!