So my ipod is currently in Houston with Chelsea but she is bring it back to me this weekend so I just did a shuffle on my itunes.
I recently uploaded a lot of current songs so my shuffle is pretty current.
1. Mammas Song- Carrie Underwood
2. Hope Now- Addison Road
3. Revelation Song- Kari Jobe
4. Dj Got Us Falling In Love- Usher
5. What do I know of Holy- Addison Road
6. If We Ever Needed You- Casting Crowns
7. Just A Dream- Nelly
8. Smile- Uncle Cracker
9. Justin Bieber- Baby
10. Alright- Darius Rucker
I want to go home and download some more songs this afternoon after looking at all of yalls list! Don't forget to link up with Katie!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Package!!
So today I get home from work and see a big white box at the door....SCHOLASTIC!!!!!!!!
I ordered some Halloween/Fall books because they were on sale and they arrived today!! Yippie!!!
I got...
Who Will Haunt My House on Halloween
Who Will Haunt My House on HalloweenThe Littlest Pumpkin
The Best Thanksgiving Ever
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!
Fancy Nancy & The Late, LATE Night
Let it Fall!
The Spooky Wheels on the Bus
Spooky Hayride
I got home, opened the box and read all of them. I love it! Made my day!! Justin thinks I'm insane because I have like 1000 books in the attic from my classroom but you always need some new books : )
Something I've Learned
So I was looking back at my blog archives and realized I have never blogged as much as I did the month of October- 34 posts!!! The whole reason I blog is to leave a footprint behind. What I do is make my blog into a hardback book. Yes it takes FOREVER. I use a program called Blurb and copy and paste each blog individual, and then add each picture individually but it is totally worth it. It is amazing the results- I just like to go back and read it and I know one day my kids and maybe even my kids kids will look back on this book and be like WHAT!? What was she wearing? What is that hairdo? Look how skinny she was, what happened!? Plus I was totally that kid who would search through my grandparents attic and basement and hope to find some sort of journal/pictures of the past. So in hopes I will have a child like myself, I will leave them some journals to read. haha! Anyways, it is totally awesome and I totally recommend it. I have currently had my 2009 blog printed and am in the process of making the 2007 & 2008 (they will be one book since I only blogged like 5 times in 07) and then I will begin 2010. I am determined to be caught up by December. On Saturday, I worked for 3 hours and got one month of 2008 done. It takes FOREVER-but WORTH IT!
Anyways, today for the challenge is something I've learned. Oh I can't even think to write down things I have learned. Ya know we could go basic and say I've learned 2+2=4 or 5x4=20 or how to brush my teeth, get dressed, etc. but to go deeper....
I have learned we are not guaranteed tomorrow. I think every day how lucky I am and how different it could have been. I have learned to stop planning for the future and live each day like its your last. I have learned to tell everyone you love them every time you see them, it may be the last. I have learned to live your life for the one made you. I have learned that sometimes its okay to cry. I have learned that sometimes its okay to get in car, roll down the windows and scream. *it really does make you feel better
On a less serious note, I have learned if you make your husband pay for the monthly gym membership you better go. : ) I have learned that eating candy every day when you get home from school makes your clothes not fit. (hence the gym membership) I have learned that having a comfy bed makes you want to sleep more than if you have a rock of a bed.
Lastly, I have learned/am learning to love. (The Love Dare- amazing book.devotional)
And just like Katie said in her post this really could be a continually thing. We are learning new things and changing everyday.
Anyways, today for the challenge is something I've learned. Oh I can't even think to write down things I have learned. Ya know we could go basic and say I've learned 2+2=4 or 5x4=20 or how to brush my teeth, get dressed, etc. but to go deeper....
I have learned we are not guaranteed tomorrow. I think every day how lucky I am and how different it could have been. I have learned to stop planning for the future and live each day like its your last. I have learned to tell everyone you love them every time you see them, it may be the last. I have learned to live your life for the one made you. I have learned that sometimes its okay to cry. I have learned that sometimes its okay to get in car, roll down the windows and scream. *it really does make you feel better
On a less serious note, I have learned if you make your husband pay for the monthly gym membership you better go. : ) I have learned that eating candy every day when you get home from school makes your clothes not fit. (hence the gym membership) I have learned that having a comfy bed makes you want to sleep more than if you have a rock of a bed.
Lastly, I have learned/am learning to love. (The Love Dare- amazing book.devotional)
And just like Katie said in her post this really could be a continually thing. We are learning new things and changing everyday.
Big Cats
I got this in a email and look how cute these cats are. I never thought about what happens to the leftover pumpkins or how much fun a bunch of huge cats could have with these pumpkins!! *I wonder if Sophie or Pip would have as much fun?*
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Favorite Vaca
Today at Katie's 30 Day Challenge is your favorite vacation. I could go with a lot of them. Any vacation I get to go on is one of my favorites!! like our yearly trip to Virginia to see my mom's side of the family, our yearly trips to the beach, my honeymoon, our cruise, etc. but a trip that I know I will never be able to reproduce and was so much fun was the summer before my senior year of college.
Before we left we all came over to my parents house and we had gotten a cookie cake that said Happy Birthday Princess Jasmine (we were all the different princess- I was Snow White because the 7 dwarfs and all the animals were my students, Megan was Beauty, Jordan was Jasmine, Chelsea was Little Mermaid, Kimberly was Cinderella and Lauren was Sleeping Beauty- we deemed Jordan's dad the genie since he was making our dreams come true)
Me making my wish at the Magic Kingdom
All 5 of us after eating a wonderful dinner at Blue Zoo one night. 
For Jordan's actually birthday, we spent the day at Epcot exploring the countries- this is a picture of me and the birthday girl!
My 5 best friends and I had thrown parties for our 21st but Jordan was the last one to turn 21 so we figured we better go big. And when I mean go big, we did just that. All 5 of us (my friend Lauren couldn't come) headed to Florida to spend a week at Disney World! All expenses paid! Her dad said when we got back he would NEVER do that again. We had the time of our lives. During the day we went to the different parks and at night we would dress up and go out to eat. One night we went to Cirque Du Soleil. Friday we went to the magic kingdom. Saturday & Sunday we moved hotels and hung out together. Monday we went to Universal and Isle of Adventures, Tuesday we went to Epcot and Wednesday we came back home. It was so much fun. It was my first vacation without my parents and with my best friends none the less.
Before we left we all came over to my parents house and we had gotten a cookie cake that said Happy Birthday Princess Jasmine (we were all the different princess- I was Snow White because the 7 dwarfs and all the animals were my students, Megan was Beauty, Jordan was Jasmine, Chelsea was Little Mermaid, Kimberly was Cinderella and Lauren was Sleeping Beauty- we deemed Jordan's dad the genie since he was making our dreams come true)Me making my wish at the Magic Kingdom All 5 of us after eating a wonderful dinner at Blue Zoo one night. For Jordan's actually birthday, we spent the day at Epcot exploring the countries- this is a picture of me and the birthday girl!It truly was a vacation I will never be able to recreate. I love my best friends. I can't wait until this weekend when we will all be reunited again for some Aggie football!! We are all over the place now so all 6 of us together is rare! Yippie!! (Me and Kimberly in College Station, Lauren and Megan in Dallas at dental school, Chelsea in Houston and Jordan in Florida!)
Monday, November 1, 2010
Pumpkins, Football & Halloween
*Warning- LONG post, but has photos*
This weekend was a blast. We had so much fun from pumpkin picking, to Aggie football, to trick or treating with my niece and nephew- such a wonderful weekend!!
Friday:
After school I hurried home so we could go to the pumpkin patch. You don't understand. I have been begging Justin to go with me to the pumpkin patch to no avail. But Friday I texted him during work and said "Can we go to the pumpkin patch after school" as my last attempt to get him there before Halloween. His response, "sure" I was shocked so when school was out and the "fall" parties were over I hurried home. Daniel was here so the three of us headed to the pumpkin patch down by our house. Sadly, there was a pitiful selection of pumpkins so we got a baby pumpkin and took some pictures before going to HEB to get a real pumpkin. : ) 
After pumpkins came the catch. I knew there had to be something since Justin had been so sweet not only about going to the pumpkin patch but also taking pictures with me. The catch: the boys were going to the deer lease to hunt. I was okay with that though. I had some cute new photos of J and me, two pumpkins and needed to catch up on DVR anyways. : ) We went and ate dinner real quick at Koppe Bridge (amazing burger place) before they were off to hunt. Of course, they shot nothing and arrived back home around 9ish. We hung out awhile before going to bed. Another early morning game was going to be here soon...
After pumpkins came the catch. I knew there had to be something since Justin had been so sweet not only about going to the pumpkin patch but also taking pictures with me. The catch: the boys were going to the deer lease to hunt. I was okay with that though. I had some cute new photos of J and me, two pumpkins and needed to catch up on DVR anyways. : ) We went and ate dinner real quick at Koppe Bridge (amazing burger place) before they were off to hunt. Of course, they shot nothing and arrived back home around 9ish. We hung out awhile before going to bed. Another early morning game was going to be here soon... Saturday:
We got up around 6:30 on Saturday morning and headed to campus to tailgate before the game at 2:30. A little ridiculous if you ask me....really 6:30 for a 2:30 game!! These boys really love their tailgate. We got there and ate some food and all hung out together until the game. They had an extra ticket so Justin and I both got to go. It was such a good game to go too. Its funny because I never go to games yet I always seem to wind up at the Tech vs. A&M game. (which is the first Aggie game I ever went too) The Aggies held their own and pulled out a win! 
We stayed the whole game and the weather was PERFECT. I wasn't sweating at all and I didn't need my sweatshirt until the very end. After the game, we went back to the tailgate and watched the Rangers beat the Giants in the World Series before loading up the tailgate and heading home. We didn't get home until around 10:30! Such a long day- but it was totally worth it. 
We stayed the whole game and the weather was PERFECT. I wasn't sweating at all and I didn't need my sweatshirt until the very end. After the game, we went back to the tailgate and watched the Rangers beat the Giants in the World Series before loading up the tailgate and heading home. We didn't get home until around 10:30! Such a long day- but it was totally worth it. Sunday:
We slept in before getting up and getting busy. I made a list of everything I needed to get done and got pretty much all of it done. Laundry, Grocery Store, Cook, Clean, Etc. After checking off each thing on my list, the trick or treaters arrived. Shortly after our first few trick or treaters we had some familiar faces at the door. Ella & Grayson or should I say...Little Po Beep and Prince Caspian. We ended up going over to their neighborhood and trick or treating with them. They were so cute. Thanks Taylor & Eric for letting us be a part of your Halloween fun! When we got back to their house we skyped with Cambrey (my SIL) who lives in Virginia and got to see my other two nephews Halloween costumes- adorable!! Then we skyped with my MIL and FIL so they could see Ella & Graysons costumes. I had never skyped before it is really cool. I am in the process of getting it on my computer now. : ) There is an on going joke in our family about my love of candy. Justin gets upset with me if I go someplace strictly to buy candy- I have been known to do this before- so last night I stole Ella's candy bag when we got back to the house and do you know what she did!?! She took her candy bag and hid it from me!! Hahaha! We laughed about it for quite some time. She eventually brought it back to me but she had to decide what she would give me. Aren't they so cute?? 
My hubby is pretty cute as well : ) 
My hubby is pretty cute as well : ) Favorite City
Today on the 30 Day Challenge is Day 22. I can't believe I have kept up and am almost finished!! Crazy! Todays topic is your favorite city. This is a very difficult one for me. I am not a very big traveler. (I would LOVE to be, but I'm not). I married a man who has no desire to go overseas and has already been everywhere else!
I love the city I grew up in. It was nicknamed "the bubble." It is a suburb of Houston. I would not want to live there right now seeing as I am a young married woman with no children but I feel like it was a wonderful place to raise a family. I would love to eventually move back to a suburb of Houston.
I also love Destin, Flordia. Growing up we went two times a year. Once during Spring Break, normally with my cousins. Both our families would pack up and drive the 10 hours to Destin. And again during the summer time. I always loved getting there and going out to the beach and laying out and playing in the water. Obviously, as I grew up the things I enjoyed doing changed...ie- building sandcastles to laying out with tanning oil. : ) I have so many memories of Elissa & I at Destin. "Burnt or Dead" - Elissa is a red head and would get burned really bad- one year she got 2nd degree burns and so we laughed about some video online where a cartoon says, "burnt or dead?" and said it was lissa...or the time we were out in the ocean together and suddenly Elissa starts screaming and running towards the beach and a jelly fish had stung her- it was totally not funny but imagining us running like crazy kids acting like we had been bitten by a shark or something makes me laugh today. To make things even better, later that day Emily (Elissas little sister, my other cousin) is in the water with me again because Elissa refused to get back in (rightfully so, I wouldn't have been anywhere near the water after that) and we are playing around jumping waves, etc and Emily starts screaming...she too has gotten stung by a jellyfish. Apparently, I attract jellyfish.
Destin may not be the best beach in America or the best city but the memories I have there make it my favorite city.
I love the city I grew up in. It was nicknamed "the bubble." It is a suburb of Houston. I would not want to live there right now seeing as I am a young married woman with no children but I feel like it was a wonderful place to raise a family. I would love to eventually move back to a suburb of Houston.
I also love Destin, Flordia. Growing up we went two times a year. Once during Spring Break, normally with my cousins. Both our families would pack up and drive the 10 hours to Destin. And again during the summer time. I always loved getting there and going out to the beach and laying out and playing in the water. Obviously, as I grew up the things I enjoyed doing changed...ie- building sandcastles to laying out with tanning oil. : ) I have so many memories of Elissa & I at Destin. "Burnt or Dead" - Elissa is a red head and would get burned really bad- one year she got 2nd degree burns and so we laughed about some video online where a cartoon says, "burnt or dead?" and said it was lissa...or the time we were out in the ocean together and suddenly Elissa starts screaming and running towards the beach and a jelly fish had stung her- it was totally not funny but imagining us running like crazy kids acting like we had been bitten by a shark or something makes me laugh today. To make things even better, later that day Emily (Elissas little sister, my other cousin) is in the water with me again because Elissa refused to get back in (rightfully so, I wouldn't have been anywhere near the water after that) and we are playing around jumping waves, etc and Emily starts screaming...she too has gotten stung by a jellyfish. Apparently, I attract jellyfish.
Destin may not be the best beach in America or the best city but the memories I have there make it my favorite city.
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