I will send down showers in season;

there will be showers of blessings. Ezekiel 34:26

Whew! Monday is almost over! I am tired today though and was SICK AS A DOG all morning. I don't know how I taught! But I survived, and feel a lot better this afternoon. I am just loving my kids this year!

Seasons.
I am reading a cute new series about a group of women that live in a cul-de-sac, they go through seasons of trouble, worry, happiness, etc. you get the picture. The series is based on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
The first books is Seasons under Heaven. The next book is Showers in Season. The third book is Times and Seasons. Finally, Seasons of Blessing. The books are by Beverly LaHaye and Terri Blackstock. They are not my favorite ever, but they are good just the same :)


It really got me thinking. Then today, on Beth Moore's blog, she was talking about different seasons in our life...referring to our walk with God.


So to my 4 seasons: you've been on my mind! We are all at different places in our lives right now. I wonder if we're going through a common season though? That would be a talk for one of our late night drives home from Tally. or a trip to Coyoacan.

Speaking of seasons...Hurricane Season! What is up with this crazy weather we have coming up??!!! It is going to be very rainy and windy tomorrow in SGA. What a mess! I will def. be wearing an anorak and rain boots to work in the morning!


In the spirit of the CMA's coming up on Wed. night I thought I'd post one of my fav. new songs out right now, by my favorites Lady Antebellum. What is better than live Country Music? I'm just wondering :)

Matt's alarm clock played this when it went off at 5am this morning (well it actually BLASTED it) and it has been stuck in my head all day! :)

BLESSINGS!

This awesome family lives in Sylvester...in our neck of the woods :) I found them through their sis in laws blog that I just started reading. I have always loved this song by Third Day, but I love the country twang that this cover has. If they had a cd, I 'd buy it! This is def. a blessing to me.

Speaking of blessings, we've had a weekend full of them. We kept our good friends, Becky and Jonathan Jense's baby girls, Anna and Abby all weekend. Becky had her 20 yr reunion at Lowndes this weekend and they stayed with her parents over there.

I have watched these girls grow up, I had the priveledge to teach the youngest in K when I was student teaching, and I've taught them in VBS year after year as well. They camped our in our bonus room with Blakely!

I'm in a list making mood so I'll list what we did.
Friday Night
We ate at BK and then went across the street and painted pottery! It was soooo fun! I made a plate...we'll see how it turns out. Later, Matt and Anna watched Home Alone, and Abby and I went to bed while watching Nick.

Our creations!
Saturday
We got up and checked on, Dixie, their beagle (they live down the street in our subdivision). Then I checked out 11 books from the library, they came with me and played on the computers while Matt went in to work for a bit. Then the girls played golf with Matt in our yard most of the afternoon. We ate dinner at Barberito's and then bowled and played pool.
We all watched Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney and sang to the guitar some before going to bed.

Cosmic Bowling
Sunday
The girls slept in! Then their mama, Becky, came over to get them. Becky had a great reunion, she sat in her pj's and we went over everything that she bought and all the details of her weekend before the Jense family went home to get some rest!

A few random thoughts:
Matt and I love having the girls. We are so proud of them!

I personally, love the in depth talks that we have about all the kids in their classes. I know or taught most of them, so I want the scoop!

We have discussions about literature (childrens lit and series' that is) and I try to influence them on great reads I think they should check out and test on. We'll see if it worked!

I love driving them in the tahoe. They sit back there and belt out all of Taylor Swift's songs!

I love watching Matt with them. He takes good care of them, and plays with them all the time. Last night Anna Beth went to find him, because she was scared!

2 more things. I am addicted to books. I tried to just check out a few books like I did last week. But of course I came home with 11. It's a sickness.

I am LOVING music right now. So many good cd's are being released. Carrie Underwood's new one is AMAZING. And I'm anxiously awaiting Casting Crown's new one too. On top of that there is Miranda Lambert, Colbie Caillat, and many many awesome country songs out right now!



Ok, let's wrap this super long post up. We have a crazy busy week. I have meetings and conferences, Matt has meetings, and I have appointments galore. Whew! We're already looking ahead to Friday night!

I can almost see it....that dream I'm dreaming..

Just a few things.

1. I realize that I'm addicted to my job. This morning I was walking in at 6:15am and thought hmm, feels like I just left. Oh wait, I did...I left at 6pm. I spend so much time at my school, and things are really coming together! However, I don't want it to consume my time like it does. I want to find a balance, and I think I will...SOON!

2. My principal called me into her office to "talk" today. She said that she never sees me, which is true. She just wanted to see how I was and she told me that she missed me. SHE MISSES ME??? That makes me feel so good. We did get to talk a lot last year, and I had some issues that she helped me resolve last year, as well as she was my primary observor. Now my AP does my observations. I LOVE my administrators! What a blessing to work for amazing women, who have bascially guided me every step of the way...from student teaching, switching schools, and now bascially growing up!

3. We went for a walk tonight after supper, and it reminded me of how much I love my neighborhood and love this time of year! I am giddy over holiday plaids, sparkles, gunmetal shades for nails, and glitzy shoes. Let's not forget RUFFLES and BOWS on everything!

Some days certain dreams or desires of my heart can get in the way and steal my joy. However, I'm learning to just face the climb and be thankful for the place in life that I am in. I am so grateful for so many blessings....I just need to remember all of the things in my life that I need to praise God for each day!

Cheesy, but who doesn't love Hannah Montana..my girls in my class and I were singing this today on the playground :)


That's all.

I've been bitten by the bug....

the higher degree bug. I took about a 6 month break between my Bachelor's and Master's. Now, it's been about 4 since I finished my Master's. Hmmmmm....

I know I don't miss the torture...the late nights of driving, the NO TIME for myself or job, or the PRESENTATIONS and LIT REVIEWS.

But I miss learning, and discussing recent topics in education. I miss getting handouts and working in groups (adult groups mind you). And of course I miss grad girl dinners :) HELLO!

We'll see. Spring 2010 might just be calling my name.





What does God have in store for me this time?

Happy Halloween Weekend!

Happy Halloween Y'all!!

Family, friends, shopping, football, and food can probably sum up our Halloween Weekend! It was great!

We had some neighbors drop by on Friday night to bring cookies and my Cowboy Ball shirt by the house!! We had fun with them! Then my parents and G got to town and we ate chicken pot pie and pumpkin muffins and watched a movie in our bonus room! Very Fun!

Saturday, we got up and went to Tally to purchase a new tv! Matt is thrilled! The tv, my friends, is what I decided to spend my first bit of Master's Raise money on! I really wanted a kitchen table and barstools, but decided that it would be better to finish the living room first. Next up, couch and rug...maybe when Matt sells his car!


Matty and his new toy!

We ate lunch at The Red Elephant and then got back about 30 minutes before kickoff of GA/FL game. We had it hooked up before kick-off and watched football for the rest of the night. I cooked chili and hotdogs(for chilidogs) and we waited for trick-or-treaters! We got a lot! Huge groups rode down to our house in golfcarts! Yay!

We layed low and missed two of our friends Halloween bashes this year, as well as our church's Fall Festival...they both live in our neighborhood, but we wanted to spend all of our time with our family. We got to see them when they came by the house to trick-or-treat anyway!


Daddy passing out candy!


Watching the game!



We carved pumpkins too. This was the first time we've done this in 2 years because I'm not in grad school (the ultimate time consumer)! However, I was sort of over it because I had already carved one with my class :) Matt was very into it though :)

We loved getting our extra hour of sleep today! We've spent most of the day watching Lifetime movies and working on stuff for work....with all of our windows wide open!


Mama not ready to leave!

I am ready to watch Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters on the big screen tonight though! We're ready for another busy week! We are loving this November weather so far!

BANANAS!

Two ladies that I LITERALLY DIE FOR...I've loved them both for years. Kelly Ripa was Rachel Zoe for Halloween!!! LOVE THIS CLIP!

Pumpkin Patch Disaster!

I volunteered to work the patch months ago...probably my first JSL meeting because you know I love pumpkins! Of course when Oct. 27 came around it was the rainiest day EVER. I made sure and called the Cultural Center (I have to have about 15 hours I think a year for league) to see if they were still having it. Of course, they said yes.

I ended up being the only person there working it. Only one person stopped by to get a pumpkin in the monsoon...and they ended up not getting one. And the tent filled up with water and collapsed. Luckily, I dodged the flood of water, and got to come home a little bit early!

Even wet, the pumpkins still looked pretty though...especially under all the oaks and spanish moss. I'll try again next year :)


Walking up to the CC in the dreary weather. We actually have our monthly meetings here.


I had to stand the entire time b/c the table and chairs were wet. I was trying to place the money and stickers in a spot where they wouldn't get wet.


You can sort of see the sagging tent about to collapse. Don't the pumpkins look pretty?


Rainy tennis courts.


And rainy playground. I was a little bit bored.


Leaving!!! Woo Hoo! :)

Changing the subject. This week has been crazy! CRAZY! Halloween week and Red Ribbon Week and a full moon in elementary school is INSANE!! It has felt long and I'm very ready for Friday! The weekend can't get here soon enough.

I think this is so cute: My kids are very obsessed with this one Halloween cd that I have. They LOVE Ghost Busters and Harry Potter. I had no idea that they even knew what those two movies were! But they are all about them. They also tell everybody that they pass that I have plum colored nails, they are not painted black. Wait to make me feel special and call attention to my nails. I feel like every one is thinking I painted them black for Halloween. They are OPI Lincoln Park After Dark and are a plum color that sort of look black/burgundy. I painted them for Cowboy Ball..not Halloween friends :)



This is the color. Although if you know me, I love a short black nail. :)