Made By Day By 7:30am

So the teachers parking lot is in the back of the school next to where the buses drop off. I always seem to arrive when the buses are unloading and see familiar faces, mostly groggy faces, getting out of the bus. 


This morning a little girl who was in the library yesterday (1st grader) said to me... "Mrs Knight...you remind me of my step sisters teacher that she had...her name was Mrs. Knight too. She worked at Sul Ross!" I about cried. I said "THATS ME!" I know small story- no big deal but to have a child's step sister remember you two years later made me smile. I told her to tell her hello! (She has since moved to Minnesota to live with her dad). 


Made my heart smile. 


Also, this morning I randomly checked my google reader before kids start coming to the library and came across The Fisher Family. I read her blog all the time and I love it but todays hit home. I printed it and hung it in my office.


Be still and know that

 I AM GOD 

(Psalm 46:10)

I have the capacity to take care of all of your problems 

(Exodus 16, 17:1-7, John 2:1-11, Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 2:1-12, Matthew 9:18-26 )

I will never let you go

(Hebrews 13:5-6)

Ultimately everything is for your good

(Romans 8:28)

I love you more than you could ever imagine

(Romans 8:38-39, John 3:16)

I can change things

(Deut 23:5)

I can be trusted

(Prov 3:5-6, Hebrews 1:3a, Phil 4:6)

I am in control. 

(Psalm 47:7, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18,  Revelation 21:4, 1 Corinthians 15:57)

*copied straight from her blog for today- hyperlink is on her name. love it*

Surprise

I am working on a project which is why I have been MIA. I can't wait to share with you what I have been working on...


almost finished...

Maya Angelou quotes...

'I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.'

'I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.'

'I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.'

'I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life.'

'I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.'

'I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back...'

'I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.'

'I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.'

'I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back....'

'I've learned that I still have a lot to learn..'

'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.'

Where Have I Been?

I feel like I have been a very bad blogger lately. I promise I'll be better soon. And then you will all wish I would go back to being a bad blogger. : ) 


Awwww...I am in the library and one of the older men teachers just cut through and told me that he meant this is the most sincere way. He liked my green dress the other day, and my red dress today and he realized it wasn't the clothes that he liked- he thought I was a very pretty young lady. Sweet little man. : ) 


Anyways- I have been go go go. 
**School has started back and I have been exhausted every day when I get home. 
**Justin has been home so much more and I am TOTALLY loving that! 
**We have watched my next door neighbors dog. 
**We are searching for a night stand for my side of the bed.
** We are also searching for a new rug for the living room. The one we have has seen better days. 
** We have eaten dinners with the Cokers.

and yesterday best of all...

...we welcomed a new nephew to love.

~Samuel Knight Hameedi~ 

7:33 pm 9.5 pounds!! 

the picture on my phone has disappeared so I will add a picture of the sweet little boy when I get another one. This is the third boy for Cambrey & Joe! God is so good and has blessed them tremendously! I am so happy to add another little one to love. 

Busy

I have been super busy lately. So I will  do this in list form because everyone loves a good list.

1. We have been on the road a lot. We went to Kason & Carla's last Saturday for the day. Then went and spent the night with my parents and grandma. Then a few days later we went to visit to Conroe to see Mr. & Mrs. Knight before Mrs. Knight left for Virginia to help welcome our new niece/nephew. We have been on the road!!!

2. I took 8 girls senior volleyball photos last Sunday. I am happy with the way they turned out. Here is one of my favorites: (the quality got downgraded a lot because I am out of space on picasa)

3.  I had my first day of school this past Friday. It was basically a get to know each other day since its a new school everyone is new to each other. Which has its positives and negatives. But overall- it was a wonderful day. And I felt so official in my polo. : ) 

4. Pip has been obsessed with sleeping ON my pillow the second I get off it.

5. This is currently the background on my computer- such words to live by. (minus the creepy eye looking flowery thing)

6. Here is a look at my empty office and what I will look out at. : ) I'll have to post the after once I get some of my stuff up and it looks like my area 

7. Yesterday morning I took some baby photos for her upcoming baptism. 

8. This morning we went to church, came home, made spaghetti, Justin mowed the lawn, I did some laundry, went and got a snow cone, and now I'm about to go take some maternity photos!! Woo Woo!!! 

9. Tomorrow is our first "real" day of school. We will actually have meetings all day and be learning and preparing for the kiddos to come back. 

Being Domestic

So I have been addicted to Pinterest for some time and I barely ever get on facebook anymore because I immediately go to Pinterest before going anywhere else and stay there forever. : ) Anyways, I have found so many wonderful recipes on Pinterest and have been trying some of them out. My pinterest is here.

I started with a basic chicken crock pot dinner found here.

It was okay. I probably won't make it again. It was good for a crock pot meal but not much flavor. I served it over rice. It did make A TON! I even cut back the chicken since it was just Justin and I and we still ate it for two dinners and a lunch for me.

Next we made the chicken goat cheese quesadilla. They were my favorite thing we have made. I LOVE GOAT CHEESE so add in some chicken and cheese- delish! I served these with an avocado sour cream dip. Also, delish. 5 stars for this meal. And again we had leftovers. They are found here.

For lunch I am making these. I'll let you know how they turn out.

For the sweets I have made Pink Lemonade Funfetti Cookies- they were DELISH and super easy.

I am going to the store this afternoon to pick up the ingredients to make...

- Strawberry Nachos- *I can't wait for these*
- Baked Ham & Cheese Sliders with Poppy seed dressing
-Skinny Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Nutatella Puff Pastry
- Lime Sherbet without an ice-cream machine
-Homemade fondant

To see all of these recipes go to my pinterest and look under the cooking board and/or sweets board. ADDICTED!

Also just for fun--- so I was in the kitchen getting the baked potato ready and when I came back into the living room Pip was laying on the couch watching "The Dog Whisperer" with his paw right on the remote. Apparently, he is in charge of the remote today.

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

the wonderful:
I got a job!! It is at the new school where I really wanted to be. However it is not a teaching position but its the next best thing for me. I am going to be the library assistant. I absolutely LOVE reading children's books and now I am going to get paid to read to the children. And of all years this is a great year to be in the library. They cut the librarians in half. So the librarian I will be working with with only be there half the time and the other half I will be in charge of the library. Doing the lessons, teaching the kids, keeping the library running. It is perfect. : ) I am super excited. Here is the story area of the library:

the good:
I used my Mom's steam mop on our floors! THEY SHINE! I will never go back to the regular mop again! I loved it!
the worst:
I had a spot removed on my back a month or so ago. Well before we left for Mexico I got my results that I had moderate levels of atipa cells. (pre-cancerous) So they were going to have to take more out. When I had the spot originally removed they just burned it off, well I had to go back on Monday and have some more taken out.

the bad:
Pip ate an ant bait station last night. UGH! talk about panic when it comes to this momma bear. I was so scared! Thankfully we googled the brand and it said he should be okay just to keep a close eye on him. Well thats what we did and low and behold he threw up a little while later, drank some water and seems to be fine ever since.

the ugly:
the photo of my back with my stitches