We had a great Christmas! It was a quick trip, but it was worth it!
Thursday night, we left for Atlanta. We got there about 12:30 and slept til 7:00.
Friday, we got up and headed to Columbus. Got there in time for lunch. We had BBQ! Very excited about that. Grannie and Granddaddy came over for supper.
Saturday, we woke up and Santa Clause had come. We had a big breakfast, then headed to Tupelo to see my family. Santa came again! Then we had a Mardi Gras Christmas, complete with King Cake! We headed to the cabin to see more family and play games.
Sunday, we had a big breakfast in Tupelo before heading to Fulton. It snowed almost all day, but didn't stick. Then back to Columbus to rest up for the drive home yesterday!
It was a pretty drive. To about Birmingham, there was lots of pretty snow. Then it all seemed to have melted until Columbia, SC where it got prettier and prettier! When we got home, we took one load in, then changed so we could play in the snow. Weather reports said we had 9 inches here Sunday. There were about 6 left yesterday... sad it is all melting.
Today, I have just been unpacking and catching up on laundry. Anna came and we had lunch. I have sold a few books on Amazon, so I have been to the post office twice. :)
J is taking his tests tomorrow in Raleigh! Hope he passes! Lots of studying tonight. Hopefully I can motivate myself to study for the GRE. That verbal section is going to be killer!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Christmas Pictures
Christmas time!
A White Christmas in MS
A hand of snow in NC!
Snow!!!
Icicles on our neighbor's house
Snow Tuesday MorningThursday, December 23, 2010
Christmas Take One
We opened presents from each other last night since we are leaving tonight for MS.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Christmas Break is Here!
Christmas break!! yay! I am very glad to be off for (almost) 2 weeks! One perk of being a teacher! :)
This past week was a bit crazy! I had a workshop in Raleigh on Monday. It was nothing special. A waste of time really, but it was something besides real work, so that was nice! Tuesday was Natalie's birthday, so I made cupcakes, and Charray and I headed to Fayetteville to celebrate with her. We picked up Marci, and ate at an Italian place before heading to Nat's apartment for cupcakes and presents.
Thursday we didn't have school! It snowed early in the morning, then turned to freezing rain. Wednesday night, they announced a two hour delay. Then Thursday morning at 7 they canceled school! J was supposed to go to Raleigh to take 2 more insurance tests. He left at 6:45, but got stuck here in town for 1.5 hours because of a wreck. He couldn't even turn around and come home. He just went to straight to work, and will reschedule the tests. Hopefully for some time next week. We also has J's office Christmas party. It was at a B&B in Dunn. It was fun fun, but short. The spinach artichoke dip was SO good!
Friday, we rented a Redbox and had some chili.
Saturday, we were about to go running outside, when it started sleeting! So we changed plans and went to the gym. Afterwards, we went to Food Lion and got stuff to a make white chocolate covered pretzels. Yummy!
Yesterday, we made it up to Cary for class again. It is pretty good. We are thinking about placing membership soon. Just wished we lived a little closer so we could be more involved.
Today, I taught the 7:45 class, then met with Natalie. Now I am just going to read until J comes home. We have finished all our shopping (our last gift should arrive tomorrow), so I am going to enjoy doing nothing. :)
We are leaving Thursday night for Mississippi and will get back sometime Monday... will be a quick trip!
Also, I have decided to get my master's in Curriculum & Instruction: New Literacies and Global Learning with a focus in K-12 Reading. I am taking the GRE on Jan 29 and hope to start at NCSU in June! I am planning on going part time (2 classes), so I will still work. If all goes according to plan, I will graduate in May '13!
This past week was a bit crazy! I had a workshop in Raleigh on Monday. It was nothing special. A waste of time really, but it was something besides real work, so that was nice! Tuesday was Natalie's birthday, so I made cupcakes, and Charray and I headed to Fayetteville to celebrate with her. We picked up Marci, and ate at an Italian place before heading to Nat's apartment for cupcakes and presents.
Thursday we didn't have school! It snowed early in the morning, then turned to freezing rain. Wednesday night, they announced a two hour delay. Then Thursday morning at 7 they canceled school! J was supposed to go to Raleigh to take 2 more insurance tests. He left at 6:45, but got stuck here in town for 1.5 hours because of a wreck. He couldn't even turn around and come home. He just went to straight to work, and will reschedule the tests. Hopefully for some time next week. We also has J's office Christmas party. It was at a B&B in Dunn. It was fun fun, but short. The spinach artichoke dip was SO good!
Friday, we rented a Redbox and had some chili.
Saturday, we were about to go running outside, when it started sleeting! So we changed plans and went to the gym. Afterwards, we went to Food Lion and got stuff to a make white chocolate covered pretzels. Yummy!
Yesterday, we made it up to Cary for class again. It is pretty good. We are thinking about placing membership soon. Just wished we lived a little closer so we could be more involved.
Today, I taught the 7:45 class, then met with Natalie. Now I am just going to read until J comes home. We have finished all our shopping (our last gift should arrive tomorrow), so I am going to enjoy doing nothing. :)
We are leaving Thursday night for Mississippi and will get back sometime Monday... will be a quick trip!
Also, I have decided to get my master's in Curriculum & Instruction: New Literacies and Global Learning with a focus in K-12 Reading. I am taking the GRE on Jan 29 and hope to start at NCSU in June! I am planning on going part time (2 classes), so I will still work. If all goes according to plan, I will graduate in May '13!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Let it Rain, Let it Rain, Let it Rain
No snow for us! Just lots and lots of (cold) rain!
This week, J studied for his insurance tests. He takes both tests on Thursday in Raleigh.
Monday night, J was in the Erwin parade. It was pretty cold, so I just took him some clothes and came home! :)
Friday, J got a call from someone at church inviting us to the young marrieds' Christmas party on Saturday. Since we hadn't planned on doing anything, we decided to go. It was so much fun! So glad we went. We ate and met some new people, talked to the ones we had met already, and played dirty santa. I ended up with dominoes! So now we can play Mexican train! J ended up with a Woot flying monkey. He is beyond excited.
Today, we decided to go to class. There is a young married class now, and since we had met more people now, we decided to go. It was really good. Starting to feel much better about our choice of church now!
After church, we decided to eat at Carolina Ale House. I had heard good things about it, so we went. We got fried pickles as an appetizer. YUMMY! I had a burger and J had a buffalo wing wrap. After our waitress brought us our check, the manager came out and said he heard it was out first time there and offered us FREE dessert. Um, yes please! We had apple pie a la mode. SO good!
This week-
I have a workshop tomorrow in Raleigh.
J is taking his insurance tests.
J's Christmas party Thursday.
1/2 day of school on Friday!
13 days til Christmas!
This week, J studied for his insurance tests. He takes both tests on Thursday in Raleigh.
Monday night, J was in the Erwin parade. It was pretty cold, so I just took him some clothes and came home! :)
Friday, J got a call from someone at church inviting us to the young marrieds' Christmas party on Saturday. Since we hadn't planned on doing anything, we decided to go. It was so much fun! So glad we went. We ate and met some new people, talked to the ones we had met already, and played dirty santa. I ended up with dominoes! So now we can play Mexican train! J ended up with a Woot flying monkey. He is beyond excited.
Today, we decided to go to class. There is a young married class now, and since we had met more people now, we decided to go. It was really good. Starting to feel much better about our choice of church now!
After church, we decided to eat at Carolina Ale House. I had heard good things about it, so we went. We got fried pickles as an appetizer. YUMMY! I had a burger and J had a buffalo wing wrap. After our waitress brought us our check, the manager came out and said he heard it was out first time there and offered us FREE dessert. Um, yes please! We had apple pie a la mode. SO good!
This week-
I have a workshop tomorrow in Raleigh.
J is taking his insurance tests.
J's Christmas party Thursday.
1/2 day of school on Friday!
13 days til Christmas!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Jingle Bells
It wasn't a very exciting week here. J passed 2 of the 3 tests he took. Considering he was sick, that is pretty good! I had a busy week with 2 back-to-back meetings Thursday on opposite ends of the county. And the main road I take was closed due to railroad construction.
Saturday was the Jingle Bell run. I jingled the whole way. I ran the entire time, too! I was towards the back of the group, but I finished in 33:30, which is 2.5 min faster than last time! After the race, we did a little shopping and ate at Red Robin. And on the way home, it snowed! It stuck more in Raleigh than it did here.
Today, I signed up for the Krispy Kreme Challenge, but just as a casual runner. Woo hoo!
Tomorrow night, J is in the Erwin parade. 20 days until Christmas!
Now I leave you with a couple of pictures:
This is what we did since we don't have outside electrical outlets. It is hard to tell, but we have some gold strands with leaves and berries worked in with the garland.
Saturday was the Jingle Bell run. I jingled the whole way. I ran the entire time, too! I was towards the back of the group, but I finished in 33:30, which is 2.5 min faster than last time! After the race, we did a little shopping and ate at Red Robin. And on the way home, it snowed! It stuck more in Raleigh than it did here.
Today, I signed up for the Krispy Kreme Challenge, but just as a casual runner. Woo hoo!
Tomorrow night, J is in the Erwin parade. 20 days until Christmas!
Now I leave you with a couple of pictures:
This is what we did since we don't have outside electrical outlets. It is hard to tell, but we have some gold strands with leaves and berries worked in with the garland.
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