Saturday, October 31, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
What a week!
This has been an awesome week!
Let's start with Monday:
Monday we went to the fair since it was $2 day! Since it had been raining so much, the fair was extended to Monday. They were running a special: $2 parking, $2 entrance, $2 corndogs. Kate Kate just happened to send us some money that we got on Monday, so we went. We ended up parking in the public library parking lot (even though the guard told us not to), so we didn't pay the parking fee. We each got a foot long corn dog and we shared an apple funnel cake (seen above) and a sweet tea. We tried to win a goldfish, but it wasn't our day. We mainly just walked around and people watched. It was so fun!
Tuesday
John got a call for a seasonal job at Barnes and Noble. It was just an interview, but it went well. I got an email from a lady in McAllen, TX wanting to set up an interview with me for a job there. Things were looking up!
Wednesday
I had signed up for a free $15 box of Edible Arrangements through a promotion. This is what we got! SO good!
Thursday
We did a little Christmas shopping.
Friday
John got a call about the seasonal job! Yay! My interview was postponed to next week, but I did speak with a lady in TX for a few minutes. We drove to Columbus for the weekend.
Saturday
Was game day!
Even though we didn't win, I can say that Florida and Tebow are so overrated! Go STATE! The game was awesome. The atmosphere was insane. What a great day!
Sunday
We headed back home early because John had orientation for his job. After 2.5 hours of orienting, he came home and we carved our pumpkin.
Cutting into the pumpkin:
J cleaning out the pumpkin:
Me carving the eyes:
The final product:
Overall, it has been a great week. I have 5 weeks left of student teaching. It has been challenging, but I really like it. I am learning more and more everyday.
John has an interview for a real job on Tuesday with Frito Lay. As happy as we are that we will have some income, a real job would be great!
And here's a pumpkin or two for you!
Let's start with Monday:
Monday we went to the fair since it was $2 day! Since it had been raining so much, the fair was extended to Monday. They were running a special: $2 parking, $2 entrance, $2 corndogs. Kate Kate just happened to send us some money that we got on Monday, so we went. We ended up parking in the public library parking lot (even though the guard told us not to), so we didn't pay the parking fee. We each got a foot long corn dog and we shared an apple funnel cake (seen above) and a sweet tea. We tried to win a goldfish, but it wasn't our day. We mainly just walked around and people watched. It was so fun!
Tuesday
John got a call for a seasonal job at Barnes and Noble. It was just an interview, but it went well. I got an email from a lady in McAllen, TX wanting to set up an interview with me for a job there. Things were looking up!
Wednesday
I had signed up for a free $15 box of Edible Arrangements through a promotion. This is what we got! SO good!
Thursday
We did a little Christmas shopping.
Friday
John got a call about the seasonal job! Yay! My interview was postponed to next week, but I did speak with a lady in TX for a few minutes. We drove to Columbus for the weekend.
Saturday
Was game day!
Even though we didn't win, I can say that Florida and Tebow are so overrated! Go STATE! The game was awesome. The atmosphere was insane. What a great day!
Sunday
We headed back home early because John had orientation for his job. After 2.5 hours of orienting, he came home and we carved our pumpkin.
Cutting into the pumpkin:
J cleaning out the pumpkin:
Me carving the eyes:
The final product:
Overall, it has been a great week. I have 5 weeks left of student teaching. It has been challenging, but I really like it. I am learning more and more everyday.
John has an interview for a real job on Tuesday with Frito Lay. As happy as we are that we will have some income, a real job would be great!
And here's a pumpkin or two for you!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Fall is here!
It almost seemed to skip fall and jump to winter. It has been pretty chilly! The wind has not helped anything. But in typical Mississippi fashion, it will be mid-70s again this week. :)
It has been a long week. My placement as MSD was finally decided Wednesday morning, but not after I spent a day in kindergarten. I was so glad to have high school back. It was a hard week since it felt like I was walking into another world. Language wise it was completely overwhelming, but I'll make it though and come out a better signer. I start teaching two classes tomorrow, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. Thankfully, the students in those two classes are nice and are patient with me. I am not looking forward to teaching the middle school girls. Can you say HORMONAL? It is bad! I do enjoy Fridays though because the students leave at 1:30 :) I have to stay until at least 3 though, but I get lots of work done!
I have also started applying for jobs. It is zero fun. Most places do not accept a resume, so I have to type the same information over and over and over. Hopefully, a job will come out of it though. And a job in a place where John can work, too.
Richard came down this weekend. We went to Krispy Kreme! We also went to the Jackson Street Fall Festival in Ridgeland. It was very disappointing. Not much activity. Richard also introduced us to Farm Town on Facebook. We were both anti-applications on Facebook- until Friday. We are both addicted now. In 48 hours, we have both reached level 24 of 34.
Yesterday, I made Chicken Taco Pasta. I had found it as a healthy recipe using ground beef, but we had chicken thawed, so that's what we used. It was so good! Just pasta, chicken with taco seasoning, salsa, sour cream, and corn. Yummy!
Next weekend is the Florida-State game in Starkville, so we will probably head that way Friday.
Well, I need to go plow so I can move up another level in Farm Town!
It has been a long week. My placement as MSD was finally decided Wednesday morning, but not after I spent a day in kindergarten. I was so glad to have high school back. It was a hard week since it felt like I was walking into another world. Language wise it was completely overwhelming, but I'll make it though and come out a better signer. I start teaching two classes tomorrow, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. Thankfully, the students in those two classes are nice and are patient with me. I am not looking forward to teaching the middle school girls. Can you say HORMONAL? It is bad! I do enjoy Fridays though because the students leave at 1:30 :) I have to stay until at least 3 though, but I get lots of work done!
I have also started applying for jobs. It is zero fun. Most places do not accept a resume, so I have to type the same information over and over and over. Hopefully, a job will come out of it though. And a job in a place where John can work, too.
Richard came down this weekend. We went to Krispy Kreme! We also went to the Jackson Street Fall Festival in Ridgeland. It was very disappointing. Not much activity. Richard also introduced us to Farm Town on Facebook. We were both anti-applications on Facebook- until Friday. We are both addicted now. In 48 hours, we have both reached level 24 of 34.
Yesterday, I made Chicken Taco Pasta. I had found it as a healthy recipe using ground beef, but we had chicken thawed, so that's what we used. It was so good! Just pasta, chicken with taco seasoning, salsa, sour cream, and corn. Yummy!
Next weekend is the Florida-State game in Starkville, so we will probably head that way Friday.
Well, I need to go plow so I can move up another level in Farm Town!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Whew!
Another long, busy week!
I started MSD on Thursday. I haven't got my official placement yet because they are trying to move me from kindergarten to jr high/high school! I spent Thursday touring the campus and observing the history teacher. Since 9 wks test had just finished and the volleyball team was in SC, we just watched movies, so it wasn't too hard! Friday, I observed 2 teachers (mother and daughter). But again, the volleyball team was gone, so we just sat around most of the day.
Saturday, I woke up and finally felt better! We had bacon, eggs, and pancakes (leftover from last time we cooked them) while we watched The Bridge of Madison County. It was pretty good. We went to Wing Stop last night to watch some of the LSU/Florida game with Chris and Courtney and some other people. We didn't stay long, though.
The weather has been so cool here! It's been nice to keep the windows open. It's finally fall (well, until Tuesday.)
John went to play football with some people in Brandon. I have just been trying to do some homework so I don't have as much to do at the end. We also went to Rite Aid today. The cashier was not very nice though and one of my coupons didn't work. Ugh. Probably won't do much more shopping there.
Next weekend, Richard is coming down. Ridgeland has a Fall Festival we might go to. The Viking Cooking School is supposed to be putting on demonstrations, so I really want to go!
And... the kitties have been coming around some, except they are no longer kitties.
I started MSD on Thursday. I haven't got my official placement yet because they are trying to move me from kindergarten to jr high/high school! I spent Thursday touring the campus and observing the history teacher. Since 9 wks test had just finished and the volleyball team was in SC, we just watched movies, so it wasn't too hard! Friday, I observed 2 teachers (mother and daughter). But again, the volleyball team was gone, so we just sat around most of the day.
Saturday, I woke up and finally felt better! We had bacon, eggs, and pancakes (leftover from last time we cooked them) while we watched The Bridge of Madison County. It was pretty good. We went to Wing Stop last night to watch some of the LSU/Florida game with Chris and Courtney and some other people. We didn't stay long, though.
The weather has been so cool here! It's been nice to keep the windows open. It's finally fall (well, until Tuesday.)
John went to play football with some people in Brandon. I have just been trying to do some homework so I don't have as much to do at the end. We also went to Rite Aid today. The cashier was not very nice though and one of my coupons didn't work. Ugh. Probably won't do much more shopping there.
Next weekend, Richard is coming down. Ridgeland has a Fall Festival we might go to. The Viking Cooking School is supposed to be putting on demonstrations, so I really want to go!
And... the kitties have been coming around some, except they are no longer kitties.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Long, Busy Weekend!
On Thursday after my last day at MMS, we headed to KY. Friday the boys played a little golf while momma and I (mainly her) worked on the cakes. I did manage to squeeze in a little Christmas shopping, too. Friday night we went to the rehearsal; it was so pretty with the moon out! Saturday, we went to Applebee's for a pancake breakfast, picked up the flower arrangements, and got a few other things. Caitlin also managed to lock her keys in her car... but anyway. We got to Kenlake about 2:35 and started getting ready. We had to finish the cakes and get everything ready for the guests to arrive. It was pretty crazy, but we had a good time!
Sunday, I came down with something and still have not been feeling a lot better. Monday, I had to be in Hattiesburg for meetings about student teaching. I managed to go to the clinic where the nice doctor and nurse stayed late to see me. I got some medicine, and am hoping I feel better soon.
I start student teaching at MSD on Thursday. Right now, I am placed in kindergarten, but I may get changed to high school science... either will be a challenge in different ways.
At the meeting, they talked a lot about how to apply for our teaching license and finding a job. I have a lot of work to do!
66 days until graduation - That's 2 months and a week.. wow! It's coming soon!!
Here is the bride's cake my talented mom made (well, I did put the cake topper in ;))
And here are the THREE groom's cakes:
Sunday, I came down with something and still have not been feeling a lot better. Monday, I had to be in Hattiesburg for meetings about student teaching. I managed to go to the clinic where the nice doctor and nurse stayed late to see me. I got some medicine, and am hoping I feel better soon.
I start student teaching at MSD on Thursday. Right now, I am placed in kindergarten, but I may get changed to high school science... either will be a challenge in different ways.
At the meeting, they talked a lot about how to apply for our teaching license and finding a job. I have a lot of work to do!
66 days until graduation - That's 2 months and a week.. wow! It's coming soon!!
Here is the bride's cake my talented mom made (well, I did put the cake topper in ;))
And here are the THREE groom's cakes:
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