Today I went to Athens to take a test in my foreign policy class and to take Bella to Kayla. It was a really good trip. It just made me miss my college friends alot. I did get to see Kayla and Miranda though. I saw Kayla when I dropped the cat off and then Miranda and I had dinner at Logans. We stayed there talking forever. It was nice to catch up. Oh, I also checked out 7 books about Watergate from the library. I'm working on my Vietnam class paper now and I'm thinking that I picked a very interesting topic.
In other news, I am checking into grad school. I have the GPA requirment for UA's history program and I emailed the dean who is in charge of my program to ask if early entry is an option for me. Since I'm not interning until the fall, the summer would be the perfect time for me to start the grad school program and get a feel for the classes. However, I'm not sure if they will accept me considering that I won't technically have a degree until the fall... We shall see... I am also trying to decide if I want to take the thesis route or just take two extra classes... I'm leaning toward the two extra classes...
I'm working at the high school next week. I really love working over there and I can't wait to get a job and be permanant. I LOVE working with the cheerleaders and I just know that this is where I belong. I feel like such a part of the community and I feel so loved by the kids. It's a great feeling.... Now, if I can get a job teaching history there next year then I will be all set!
Well, I guess I better get back to my Watergate book.... I have 7 huge books including Nixon's memoirs to read in the next couple of weeks...
Friday, February 26, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Mountains
First of all, we had a fabulous time in the mountains this past weekend with Dave, Lindsay, and Jacob. It was so nice to get away from everything for a few days and relax. We slept late and ate ALOT and just had a great time hanging out together. Me and Lindsay totally kicked the husbands' butts in some Monopoly and they got us hooked on House. Both couples spent around $35 on candy in G-Burg. We had the BEST breakfast ever. Jacob had his first "big-kid" throwing up episode. (Which wasn't too fun for anyone...but he was fine.) AND we drove to the top of the mountain and spent a few hours playing in the deepest and prettiest snow I have ever seen. It was a great getaway and I am SO glad we went!
I got my first few grades back from school. I made a 95 on my first Vietnam assignment and an 88 on my first Foreign Policy test. So, I'm doing well right now. I just hope I can keep it up.
I have signed up to sub for Tiffany every day next week while she gives the grad exam. This is really good because we need the money! Having our mobile home in Arley on the market instead of rented out is costing us $450 a month in income. Yikes!
We're having a great time with the cheerleaders so far. I really believe that they are going to be a great squad. It's so much fun working with them. I can't wait to start my internship in the fall and really be back to being involved in the everyday routine.
I think that we have found a new home for Bella. I really love her and wanted her to have a new family that I really knew would take good care of her and love her. My friend Kayla from Athens said that her mom wants her and wants her to live inside. Josh is VERY happy because Bella ripped up a very large section of our nice carpet in the guest room and it's now having to be replaced. Not good.
I guess that is all that is new with us for now.
I got my first few grades back from school. I made a 95 on my first Vietnam assignment and an 88 on my first Foreign Policy test. So, I'm doing well right now. I just hope I can keep it up.
I have signed up to sub for Tiffany every day next week while she gives the grad exam. This is really good because we need the money! Having our mobile home in Arley on the market instead of rented out is costing us $450 a month in income. Yikes!
We're having a great time with the cheerleaders so far. I really believe that they are going to be a great squad. It's so much fun working with them. I can't wait to start my internship in the fall and really be back to being involved in the everyday routine.
I think that we have found a new home for Bella. I really love her and wanted her to have a new family that I really knew would take good care of her and love her. My friend Kayla from Athens said that her mom wants her and wants her to live inside. Josh is VERY happy because Bella ripped up a very large section of our nice carpet in the guest room and it's now having to be replaced. Not good.
I guess that is all that is new with us for now.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Pageants and the mountains
I have been so busy lately. SO much has happened that there is no way I can cover it all in one post. I will hit the highlights though. We had Varsity try-outs last week. It was also Josh's birthday. He got a new Iphone which is making me totally jealous. I can get one in September for my birthday though. The pageant was Monday night and it went great. I got SO may compliments on how great it was. This morning several people told me that it was the best pageant they had ever been to. They told me that it was well organized and very entertaining. Mission accomplished. :) I had a great time doing it but I have to admit that I am SO glad it's over and I can get back to my life. I am now working hard to study for a HUGE midterm that I have to take tomorrow at 4:00 in Athens. I will leave home in the morning and get my car cleaned and oil changed. Then I will head to Lindsay's house and pick up her and Jake. Then we will load their luggage and go pick up the husbands at work at 2:00. We are leaving from there and heading to Athens. I will take my test at 4 and then when I'm done we will head for Gatlinburg. We are staying the weekend in Lindsay's parents' cabin in the mountains. I can't wait! Although, I do have another book due Friday night and I will have to work hard on it on the way there. But, after that I'm going to relax for the weekend and enjoy myself. Today, after school, we are having out first cheerleading practice. We'll see how that goes. I was supposed to go meet the sweet new baby (Andy and Tj's) but I have to stay home and study. I made Josh promise that we would go back next week. They have named her Ava Drew and she will go by Drew. SO CUTE! :) I can't wait to meet her. Oh, Sydnee and Gracie's pageant was last weekend. They both got Top 10 and Gracie won Photogenic. I must admit that regardless of my own bias, I thought they both deserved to win. I was so proud of them. Anyway, they had fun. Olivia is going to be in the Little Miss Gardendale pageant this coming Saturday. I will let you know how that goes. She is going to perform talent for the first time, she will be singing "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. Which is so adorably cute because she thinks the words are Julio and Juliet. SO CUTE... :) Anyway, I gotta go cause my class is about to leave.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Quick update
Well, February is about halfway over. This week has been CRAZY for me. We did do cheerleading tryouts yesterday afternoon. We kept 14. They are going to be a really great squad I believe. I am really excited to get started working with them. Our first practice is Tuesday. The pageant got postponed until MOnday night, which is fine because I have everything ready and I got to spend today resting and relaxing, which I seriously needed. Tomorrow is Sydnee and Gracie's pageant at Curry. I will be leaving home tomorrow morning at 9:30 and meeting them for lunch at Cabo. Then we'll go get their hair done and then go back home so that I can do their make-up. The pageant officially starts at 4:30. I think that they will both do really well. I haven't even thought about my schoolwork this week. I have my second Vietnam book (The Quiet American) due on Friday of next week and a HUGE midterm in 19th Century America on Thursday. Also, I will be leaving from my midterm, Thursday, to go to the mountains with Josh and David, Lindsay, and baby Jacob. We'll only be gone for the weekend but it should be a nice little vacation. I just have to go do the pageant on Monday and then spend Tuesday and Wednesday totally cramming for that big test. It's been really great being so involved at the school again. It gives me such a great purpose to have so many sweet kids surrounding me everyday. They make me feel like a celebrity, which is always nice. I can't wait to graduate and get to spend everyday doing to the job that I love. Just 2 and a half months left of studying and then I get an entire summer to myself. I CANNOT wait! Maybe I will be able to keep my house clean and my laundry caught up. That seems to be getting the best of me these days. For now, I'm going to go do some laundry and curl up in my bed to watch Grey's Anatomy. Josh is going to be home soon and we're going to finish a movie that we started on Tuesday and then clean up the house a little. That's about all for me for now. :)
Monday, February 1, 2010
Happy (BUSY) February
Today is February 1, 2010.
I love my life. I am busy and I like it that way. I also LOVE days when I get to stay home and do nothing. ALthough, as a college student, I have learned that even when you have days where you stay at home and have "nothing" to do, there is always something you should be doing. (i.e. studying, working on a paper, etc.) AND as a substitute teacher, you plan these days of staying home and you look forward to sleeping in late and then at the last minute someone calls you to sub. Bummer.
As of right now, I have three days off this week. I am working today and Friday. BUT, I am off Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I am SURE that will change. I won't be too sad because we need the money but I will be a little sad because I LOVE to sleep late, especially when the alternative is getting up at 5AM. That's never fun. I do have to be off on Thursday though because I am going to take a couple of tests at Wallace.
However, I am thankful to have a job that I enjoy (somewhat)and have the free time to work on my school work. I'm not complaining. Really.
Tomorrow night is our parent meeting with the cheerleading hopefuls. We are going to just explain tryouts and what to expect after the girls make the team. Josh is going to get our taxes done by himself. He's going to a lady close to his office that everyone from his work has been talking about. They have all said that they got big returns because she has special powers because she used to work for the IRS or something like that. We're keeping our fingers crossed for $10,000.(That's a joke, by the way.) However, considering that we had to pay in last year, I'm not very confident. Just hopeful. :)
Tonight Tiffany and I are going to Zumba. We really love that class. Josh and I went to Academy Sports and I bought some cute workout clothes so I won't feel like a fatty in the oversized pajama clothes that I usually wear to the gym. In that room with all the mirrors, wearing big baggy clothes can do bad things to your self-esteem. I have now lost 16 pounds.
Pageant stuff is coming along. I ordered trophies. We got the decorations and crowns in. I have laid out the order of events and figured out that I am going to use the theme song from FAME for the opening number. That song is AMAZING and I LOVE IT!! It's got a really good beat too so I'm thinking it will be a really good one to use. I am excited about getting to start working with the girls next week. I'm picking up the general walking-out music from Mr. Hayes today and Josh is going to burn it all onto one CD that we can just play continuously. I have our M.C. but no judges yet. She is going to try to find some of her pageant friends to come do it. If not, then I will find them. I need to call and order our flowers and find the materail for the sashes. I keep forgetting about that. Oops... There's alot to remember. I am so nervous that I will forget something important...
Financial Peace is going good for us. I am going to go this week and open up our savings account with our emergency fund money in it....and we don't have any credit cards so we are already ahead of the game on that one.
Our trailer is going to be officially on the market this afternoon. We are praying hard about that. It hurts us financially to not have any rent coming in but we are just praying that it sells quickly. We aren't going to make any money off of it but we just want to get rid of it so we're selling it for just above what we owe on it plus the realtor's commission. Charlotte Pugh is selling it for us and she's a family friend so she's giving us a great deal on the commission. She's been really great to us througout the whole experience.
I love my life. I am busy and I like it that way. I also LOVE days when I get to stay home and do nothing. ALthough, as a college student, I have learned that even when you have days where you stay at home and have "nothing" to do, there is always something you should be doing. (i.e. studying, working on a paper, etc.) AND as a substitute teacher, you plan these days of staying home and you look forward to sleeping in late and then at the last minute someone calls you to sub. Bummer.
As of right now, I have three days off this week. I am working today and Friday. BUT, I am off Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I am SURE that will change. I won't be too sad because we need the money but I will be a little sad because I LOVE to sleep late, especially when the alternative is getting up at 5AM. That's never fun. I do have to be off on Thursday though because I am going to take a couple of tests at Wallace.
However, I am thankful to have a job that I enjoy (somewhat)and have the free time to work on my school work. I'm not complaining. Really.
Tomorrow night is our parent meeting with the cheerleading hopefuls. We are going to just explain tryouts and what to expect after the girls make the team. Josh is going to get our taxes done by himself. He's going to a lady close to his office that everyone from his work has been talking about. They have all said that they got big returns because she has special powers because she used to work for the IRS or something like that. We're keeping our fingers crossed for $10,000.(That's a joke, by the way.) However, considering that we had to pay in last year, I'm not very confident. Just hopeful. :)
Tonight Tiffany and I are going to Zumba. We really love that class. Josh and I went to Academy Sports and I bought some cute workout clothes so I won't feel like a fatty in the oversized pajama clothes that I usually wear to the gym. In that room with all the mirrors, wearing big baggy clothes can do bad things to your self-esteem. I have now lost 16 pounds.
Pageant stuff is coming along. I ordered trophies. We got the decorations and crowns in. I have laid out the order of events and figured out that I am going to use the theme song from FAME for the opening number. That song is AMAZING and I LOVE IT!! It's got a really good beat too so I'm thinking it will be a really good one to use. I am excited about getting to start working with the girls next week. I'm picking up the general walking-out music from Mr. Hayes today and Josh is going to burn it all onto one CD that we can just play continuously. I have our M.C. but no judges yet. She is going to try to find some of her pageant friends to come do it. If not, then I will find them. I need to call and order our flowers and find the materail for the sashes. I keep forgetting about that. Oops... There's alot to remember. I am so nervous that I will forget something important...
Financial Peace is going good for us. I am going to go this week and open up our savings account with our emergency fund money in it....and we don't have any credit cards so we are already ahead of the game on that one.
Our trailer is going to be officially on the market this afternoon. We are praying hard about that. It hurts us financially to not have any rent coming in but we are just praying that it sells quickly. We aren't going to make any money off of it but we just want to get rid of it so we're selling it for just above what we owe on it plus the realtor's commission. Charlotte Pugh is selling it for us and she's a family friend so she's giving us a great deal on the commission. She's been really great to us througout the whole experience.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Sunday six plus a little crazy in between
1. We just got in from our first session of Financial Peace University at church. It was good, very informative. Now this week for homework we have to fill out a budget form that is supposed to help us plan how we are going to spend our money. If you know me, then you know that I am 100% OCD about planning and lists. So, this budget planning is right up my alley.
2. My diet has been going pretty well. We rejoined the gym and Tiffany and I discovered Zumba (which is amazing) and Josh taught me how to do some other exercises that really feel (because of ALL of the soreness) like they are working. So far, I have lost 12 pounds. My jeans are seriously falling off already and it's very exciting. I want to keep going and tomorrow starts month #2 for me. Wish me luck!
3. My schoolwork is, well.... NOT going well so far. Can you say P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-O-R?? Yep, that's me... I have had my first book assignment for my Vietnam class for a month now and am yet to really start. It's due Friday. NOT GOOD! It's going to seriously take me all week to get this done. (ALSO NOT FUN!) I also have a couple of tests that I have to take next week but then I should be caught up and I am seriously going to attempt to not fall so far behind again.
4. The pageant is starting to come together, which is good. I need to make a few phone calls tomorrow but other than that I have done almost everything that I can do before the week of the event.
5. February is going to be crazy for me... Josh's 21st birthday is February 9th. The weekend before we are going to have a birthday get-together/Super Bowl party for him at our house. Then we are going to go do something special together on his birthday evening. The next night we are going out to dinner with his friends from work. Josh has worked in the same office with the same people for two years now and I have never met most of them. That should be interesting. Also, this same week is cheerleading clinic and tryouts for our Varsity squad...AND Friday is the pageant and Saturday is Gracie and Sydnee's pageant.
So....
I will start on Monday going to the middle school to practice with the girls for the pageant. We will have two seperate practices (one for 5th-6th, one for 7th-8th). Then after school I will have clinic with the cheerleaders. I will leave there on Wednesday to have dinner with Josh's work friends. Thursday is the actual cheerleading tryouts. After tryouts we will be staying to decorate the gym for the pageant. Friday is going to be a SUPER crazy day for me. I am the sole sponsor/director for the pageant so I pretty much do everything myself. (I'm not complaining, I don't like for people to help. --But, on that note, I don't even work at the school this year and am doing this event out of the kindness of my heart. SO, when that same special someone from last year comes to me to tell me how crappy of a job I did (which she will) I plan to tell her that I would be glad to come by any time and tell her just how bad I think that she is at HER job.--I know that you know (if you know me at all) that I NEVER stand up to people who bully me because I am quiet and nice. I usually just smile and nod and then go stand in the corner and cry (which is exactly what I did last year when she cornered me during the event to tell me that it sucked but maybe I could learn from my obvious mistakes and do it better next year). However, I sincerely hope that God gives me the courage to stand up this year and defend my un-paid work. :)
Sorry about that rant. I know it came out of nowhere. I have a lot of pent-up emotion. Letting people run over you never really gets you anywhere. I will learn that eventually.
Back to my crazy February, I will then be doing make-up for Gracie and Sydnee the following Saturday (that's two pageants in a row, but who's counting?) for their elementary school pageant. The next week I have a midterm on Thursday and we are leaving from my midterm to go to the mountains with David, Lindsay, and Jacob. They invited us to come spend a weekend in Lindsay's parents' cabin in Gatlinburg and we accepted. That will be a nice getaway from all of the chaos. ....AND I think that's all of my crazy February that is planned out so far...
6. Since I seriously have no idea what God has in store for us in the future, I am attempting to just focus on the present and stop putting so much pressure on myself to plan everything out. Again, I am a planner, so this will be hard. We'll see how that goes. :) Although, with all of the crazy chaos that is coming up next month for me, I don't think I will have much time to think about anything at all...
2. My diet has been going pretty well. We rejoined the gym and Tiffany and I discovered Zumba (which is amazing) and Josh taught me how to do some other exercises that really feel (because of ALL of the soreness) like they are working. So far, I have lost 12 pounds. My jeans are seriously falling off already and it's very exciting. I want to keep going and tomorrow starts month #2 for me. Wish me luck!
3. My schoolwork is, well.... NOT going well so far. Can you say P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-O-R?? Yep, that's me... I have had my first book assignment for my Vietnam class for a month now and am yet to really start. It's due Friday. NOT GOOD! It's going to seriously take me all week to get this done. (ALSO NOT FUN!) I also have a couple of tests that I have to take next week but then I should be caught up and I am seriously going to attempt to not fall so far behind again.
4. The pageant is starting to come together, which is good. I need to make a few phone calls tomorrow but other than that I have done almost everything that I can do before the week of the event.
5. February is going to be crazy for me... Josh's 21st birthday is February 9th. The weekend before we are going to have a birthday get-together/Super Bowl party for him at our house. Then we are going to go do something special together on his birthday evening. The next night we are going out to dinner with his friends from work. Josh has worked in the same office with the same people for two years now and I have never met most of them. That should be interesting. Also, this same week is cheerleading clinic and tryouts for our Varsity squad...AND Friday is the pageant and Saturday is Gracie and Sydnee's pageant.
So....
I will start on Monday going to the middle school to practice with the girls for the pageant. We will have two seperate practices (one for 5th-6th, one for 7th-8th). Then after school I will have clinic with the cheerleaders. I will leave there on Wednesday to have dinner with Josh's work friends. Thursday is the actual cheerleading tryouts. After tryouts we will be staying to decorate the gym for the pageant. Friday is going to be a SUPER crazy day for me. I am the sole sponsor/director for the pageant so I pretty much do everything myself. (I'm not complaining, I don't like for people to help. --But, on that note, I don't even work at the school this year and am doing this event out of the kindness of my heart. SO, when that same special someone from last year comes to me to tell me how crappy of a job I did (which she will) I plan to tell her that I would be glad to come by any time and tell her just how bad I think that she is at HER job.--I know that you know (if you know me at all) that I NEVER stand up to people who bully me because I am quiet and nice. I usually just smile and nod and then go stand in the corner and cry (which is exactly what I did last year when she cornered me during the event to tell me that it sucked but maybe I could learn from my obvious mistakes and do it better next year). However, I sincerely hope that God gives me the courage to stand up this year and defend my un-paid work. :)
Sorry about that rant. I know it came out of nowhere. I have a lot of pent-up emotion. Letting people run over you never really gets you anywhere. I will learn that eventually.
Back to my crazy February, I will then be doing make-up for Gracie and Sydnee the following Saturday (that's two pageants in a row, but who's counting?) for their elementary school pageant. The next week I have a midterm on Thursday and we are leaving from my midterm to go to the mountains with David, Lindsay, and Jacob. They invited us to come spend a weekend in Lindsay's parents' cabin in Gatlinburg and we accepted. That will be a nice getaway from all of the chaos. ....AND I think that's all of my crazy February that is planned out so far...
6. Since I seriously have no idea what God has in store for us in the future, I am attempting to just focus on the present and stop putting so much pressure on myself to plan everything out. Again, I am a planner, so this will be hard. We'll see how that goes. :) Although, with all of the crazy chaos that is coming up next month for me, I don't think I will have much time to think about anything at all...
Friday, January 22, 2010
Oh so random
I have had a pretty busy week and have still not managed to get much of my homework done at all. It is freaking me out because now I am working on a very limited time schedule and I have LOTS to do if I want good grades. (not really an "if" situation.) So, I worked on my calendar this morning to try to get organized for the next week or so. I have a really busy semester and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed that I won't be free until April.
Today I am going to do some laundry and clean up the house. Then I'm going to settle in and start working on my outline and study guides. For the next week I will not be able to do anything with my free time but study... Tomorrow we're going to Jasper in the morning to watch Sydnee and Olivia's Upward game. They play at 10 then Jackson plays at 1. We're staying in town because Mario has a game tomorrow night and we're going to go to the high school to watch him play too.
I have definately found an MC for the pageant and am working on judges. I have ordered the crowns and decorations but I still have to call about the trophies, flowers, and find ribbon for the sashes.
Tiffany and I have decided to take over Varsity cheerleading at WB. It's a big decision considering that I am not actually employed there yet but I am definately interning there in the fall and then hopefully will get a job there after that. Tryouts are in just a couple of weeks and then we will be doing that pretty much full time after that. I'm very excited about it and ready to get started.
We have oficially (well, almost) put our trailer back on the market. Charlotte Pugh (White Pepper Real Estate) is listing it for us and she is amazing. We have talked about putting our old furniture in there to sell and getting new stuff but now I'm thinking that we might not do that. We still have so many projects that we want to do around our house. I am just excited for it to go back on the market and praying that someone wants it VERY soon! I know that it's the right timing and I'm praying that someone has been driving past it every day thinking I wish that place was for sale (like we did). It's such a cute place and is so quiet and comfortable, I don't know why anyone wouldn't want it!
Today I am going to do some laundry and clean up the house. Then I'm going to settle in and start working on my outline and study guides. For the next week I will not be able to do anything with my free time but study... Tomorrow we're going to Jasper in the morning to watch Sydnee and Olivia's Upward game. They play at 10 then Jackson plays at 1. We're staying in town because Mario has a game tomorrow night and we're going to go to the high school to watch him play too.
I have definately found an MC for the pageant and am working on judges. I have ordered the crowns and decorations but I still have to call about the trophies, flowers, and find ribbon for the sashes.
Tiffany and I have decided to take over Varsity cheerleading at WB. It's a big decision considering that I am not actually employed there yet but I am definately interning there in the fall and then hopefully will get a job there after that. Tryouts are in just a couple of weeks and then we will be doing that pretty much full time after that. I'm very excited about it and ready to get started.
We have oficially (well, almost) put our trailer back on the market. Charlotte Pugh (White Pepper Real Estate) is listing it for us and she is amazing. We have talked about putting our old furniture in there to sell and getting new stuff but now I'm thinking that we might not do that. We still have so many projects that we want to do around our house. I am just excited for it to go back on the market and praying that someone wants it VERY soon! I know that it's the right timing and I'm praying that someone has been driving past it every day thinking I wish that place was for sale (like we did). It's such a cute place and is so quiet and comfortable, I don't know why anyone wouldn't want it!
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