From Dixon With Love

It was SO nice not to have school this week. Monday, John had the day off, so we went to the mall to buy a wedding gift and got new brake pads for my car. What a day! Haha. Tuesday, I spent the morning working on school work. I only had 4 assignments left. I finished 3! While John was at work Wednesday, I finished up! Now I only have to show up Monday-Friday this week, go to a meeting next week, and GRADUATE!!! (12 days!)

When J got off work Wednesday, we headed north. I drove because he was talking on the phone to a contact at the company he is interviewing with. Hopefully she gave him enough information to do well in his phone interview Tuesday. We had Thanksgivings with J's family, then headed to Tupelo. Thursday we had Thanksgiving with my family, then headed back to Ridgeland. J worked Friday and Saturday. He did get off work in time to see THE BULLDOGS BEAT THE TEAM UP NORTH!!!! Seriously, an awesome day. I changed our table to look more Christmas-y. Can't wait until Christmas- just not sure where or when it will be!!!


Our Christmas table!


Please keep praying for John's interview! I know we haven't stopped! :)

Another week

So I forgot to mention that on Nov. 10, we went to Whataburger. If you wore bright orange, you got a free burger! (We also got milkshakes... kids' size, of course.)

***Now back to our regularly scheduled program***

Monday night I cooked a roast and we went to Coldstone (and yes, I had a coupon!)

Tuesday night I made meatloaf from the Pioneer Woman's cookbook. John was not sure he would like it... but it's wrapped in bacon. Who can say no to something wrapped in bacon?

It was delicious!!

Wednesday, we decorated for Christmas. It is a little early, but it was fun! We don't have many decorations, but here is our (little) tree!


Thursday night we went to a young couples Bible study. It is just starting, but we really like it.

Friday, I got home early. The students left at 1:35.. and so did I! I only have one more week of teaching left!!

Saturday, we enjoyed doing nothing. I did make a run to target (see coupon blog.)

Today, there was a soup fellowship meal after church. Thankfully, someone had made broccoli and cheese soup. Yummmm! After my usual nap, J and I made sausage balls. He couldn't remember if he liked them (um, seriously?!?!).

He was the roller.

All done!

I gave J one right out of the oven, and his reply was, "I want more." Oh, we were meant to be.

J has the day off tomorrow, so we are going to get my car new brake pads and go to a few stores to compare Coke product pricing, etc to get ready for J's upcoming phone interview. It is next (Dec. 1) Tuesday at 1. Please be praying for this!

Wednesday after J gets off work, we'll head to Columbus for dinner, then onto Tupelo. Thursday afternoon, we will head back home. I am hoping to finish all my assignments this week since I don't have school. I only have three left to do! I am 19 days away from graduation!!!

Ahem...

Black Jerseys!

Us at the game

We saw this truck on the way to Columbus from Atlanta.

Still no camera...

I really should look for my camera.. maybe another day.

I had a preliminary interview with a school in South Carolina today. I am not really that interested in it, but if that's all we get, we'll take it.

This big news is that John did well on his test Friday. He got an email today saying he did very well. He is working on setting up an official interview for Dec. 1. It will be a phone interview, and apparently just a preliminary interview. We thought we had already made it past this step! (We figure it's because they want to make sure he's a good candidate before they ask him to drive to ATL again.) We just keep praying this is the job for him!

It has been chilly here today. I am hoping it warms up soon!

Whirlwind week(end)!

I apologize in advance for no pictures. I cannot find the camera at the moment.

-Graduation in 26 days!!! (10 teaching days left!)

-Wednesday, John sent an email to the HR person he had an interview with about taking that assessment. He made up a story about how he would be close to Atlanta and Nashville Friday, so we could take the test. Thursday he got an email confirming the time for him to take the test in Alpharetta, Ga (outside ATL.) I rushed to get us a hotel room, left school early, and we headed to ATL! He took the test Friday morning while I hung out at a bookstore. He feels like he did really well, and he should hear from them sometime this week. The next step will be an official interview. Please pray this is the job for him!!

-I finally found a number for a job I was applying for in ATL and called them Friday. While all my information is not in yet, they seemed eager for me to get it all in to move the process along. We are praying this is God working everything out for us!

-After lunch Friday, we headed to Columbus for the weekend. We went to the game Saturday (and I must say we HATE Alabama fans), then back to Jackson today. We are pretty tired of traveling!

-I finished up my two full weeks of teaching at MSD. I still have 10 days left to teach, but I don't have to teach all day. I have most of my other work done, but still have a few things left to do. I plan on working on that next week while I don't have school.

Think that's all for this week... When I find my camera, I will post pictures!

What's better than apple pie? flat apple pie!

-Sophie got us a cookbook as a wedding present. It arrived this week (it just came out.) It is pretty amazing. I can't wait to try out some recipes. We did made Flat Apple Pie using the cookbook. We made 2 Friday. We have half a pie left... it's that good.


-John's phone interview went well. He made it to the next stage: the test. We aren't sure when that will be though. He will have to go to Atlanta or Nashville to take it. Hopefully we will know something soon! So keep praying!! I have found a couple of jobs to apply for in the area, so hopefully we can have work!

-I went on a field trip Wednesday to Greenville. We went to the Native American Days at the mounds there. It was interesting. The students got to play stickball, which they liked. One girl also peed in her pants. On the bus. Yeah....

-I taught all classes this week. It was very tiring, but only one more week of that. Graduation is in 33 days! Woo hoo. (which means I'll be unemployed in 33 days.. what?)

-We also had our first paycheck in 4 months this week. Very exciting. It's not much, but it sure helps! It will pay for all our groceries this month anyway! And we will get another paycheck Friday.. wow. Sounds so great!

-We're hoping to go to the Alabama game this weekend. John might have to be at work Sunday morning though, so we'll see. He won't find out until next Friday what his schedule for the week of Thanksgiving is though, so our plans are still up in the air.

Quick Update!

Say a little prayer for John's phone interview. It's tomorrow at 3!

--Postponed until Wednesday afternoon.

Falling Back!

Ok, ok, you knew I was going to say it... I graduate next month!!! Woo!

This past week John worked 4 days. He had an interview with Frito Lay on Tuesday. He also got an email from a company he has been applying to for months saying they wanted a phone interview. So hopefully that will be sometime this week. Say a prayer for him, because he really wants this job! (But he would take the Frito Lay job if he had to :)) This week, he is working Monday-Thursday and Saturday. We aren't sure of his Thanksgiving schedule, but we are hoping we can make the rounds.

I finally had my phone interview on Friday. It was supposed to be last week, but they called late and canceled. This week, they called 45 minutes late. That sure does make them look good. We're not really interested in moving there anyway.

This week we decided to make a pumpkin pie (pie crusts and pumpkin were on sale, of course.) I also made a quiche. We did discover that we don't really have an appropriate pie pan, so our pie is a deep dish. :) Still tastes good though!



And our quiche is a little on the thin side because of the dish, but it was still good, even if the crust to quiche ratio needed to be changed.



We also went to a Halloween party on Friday night. We went under the impression we were going to UMC's party, but we didn't make it there. We ended up going to a house party, so we didn't really have much fun and left pretty early. But it was fun dressing up. And there was some good food!

Me and Courtney:


Ernie and Ernie:


Me and John:


Chris and Courtney:


The Prom Queen, The Doll, Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife, Beth, The Jester, and both Ernies!


Saturday, we went to Dustin and Allison's to watch the game and eat. Frank and Tiffani came and brought Murphy. This is Murphy (white dog) meeting Sampson(basset hound who is afraid of chihuahuas). They were quick friends.



We ate chili, watched the dawgs win, and handed out candy to trick or treaters. There was also pumpkin coffee. And cupcakes. It was a good time! We are planning on having a Thanksgiving get together where we dress like Pilgrims. A tacky Christmas sweater party is also in the future. It's nice to have friends here.

I also discovered that one of my students (who just transferred to MSD) goes to our church. She doesn't know sign yet, but is learning. It's nice to know a little more about her so maybe I can teach her better.

I might have also started decorating for Christmas.......