I have this morning off! I've been working a lot this week. Monday and Tuesday I subbed, then I went over to Legacy and worked another 2 hours. On my feet for nearly 10 hours ... it makes for a long day. My feet still hurt this morning.
Speaking of subbing, it seems to be picking up. I'm booked every day this week, and a couple of days next week. This afternoon I'm going to a school I've never been to yet. Actually Ben went to middle school there so I'm excited to check out his old stomping grounds.
I don't know if I blogged about this, but the second week in my new ward, I got called to be the Ward Choir Director. I was kinda nervous about it, and not really sure whether I would enjoy it, but I have actually REALLY been enjoying it. It also helps having Ben there supporting me at every choir rehearsal. He sings so well--I love having a husband that can sing. The choir performed for the first time this last Sunday. We sang "High On The Mountaintop". I thought it sounded great, and so many people said the same thing. We really need to recruit new members though or it's going to fizzle out. We have one family which is in the process of moving and they initially constituted about 6 or 7 members of the choir. Now the men are all gone and that was 4 or 5 of them so ... we need some more men in the choir!
Ben received a calling this last Sunday. It was exactly what he was hoping not to do ;-) He got called to be the Teacher's Quorum advisor in Young Men's. I knew he'd be great at it but he is so funny. He just didn't want to be in Young Men's. Well, he will LOVE it, I know he will. And he is such an amazing man and he will be a great example to those young men. They don't know what they have there yet, I'm sure ... (Did I mention I love my husband??)
Still waiting on wedding pictures. The photographer emailed me and said he was going to try to get those out this week, so ... Here's to hoping!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Cookie dough and an anniversary
Of all the things I've every tried to feed my cat, I've noticed she usually will go for something sweet or something cheesy. Better yet, she loves straight cheese. She usually recognizes when I'm cutting up that yellow block of deliciousness too, because she comes at me with the loudest meows she can muster. Usually, for just a few seconds, I will dangle a piece of cheese just inches away from her little nose as she dances on two legs trying to get it. I get so much amusement out of that cat, it's ridiculous. Today for lunch I was shredding up some leftover pork loin that I made on Sunday so that I could add barbecue sauce and, voila! I would have some different to eat. So I tried to give her some of the fatty end of the meat that I cut off, but after licking it a few times, she left it in her food dish and then when I got home from work I found it in the middle of the floor. Tonight, however, I decided to make chocolate-chip cookies and when she noticed I was cooking, she said, "meow meow!" and so I thought I would give her some cookie dough since she seemed to want it so badly. Turns out, she likes cookie dough just about as much as I do. When I took "Comparative Animal Nutrition" at BYU, they taught us that generally, cats don't like sweet things, while dogs have terrible sweet teeth/tooths (uhm...yeah). Well, I guess they broke the mold when they made my cat. She is one of the oddest cats I've ever known. I think one of the most interesting things I've ever fed her is cheese and crackers. By that I mean wheat thins with cream cheese, which is, by the way, a delectable snack which I don't indulge in much any more ... But at any rate, I would break her off a small piece of cracker and scoop up some cream cheese with it. She would gobble that up faster than anything.
Moving on from my cat ...
Yesterday was our 1-month wedding anniversary! When I got home from work Ben was practically bouncing on his heels so I knew there was probably flowers or something in the bedroom. But, I dilly-dallied for as long as I could just so he would keep hovering around me. It was really cute :-) Finally he said, "aren't you going to go change before dinner?" Why yes, I said, and so I went into the bedroom and there was a dozen beautiful roses on the bed and also a spice rack. I've been wanting a spice rack so badly! Incidentally, so has Ben. My husband is very thoughtful ... The flowers are SOOO beautiful. Although the first picture looks a little pink, they are really red and yellow.
We decided to go to Ted's Montana Grill for dinner. If you haven't ever been there, you ought to look and see if they have one near you. Of course, we live near Atlanta which is the heart of "Ted Turnerland" so there are a few of these restaurants around us. They serve Bison, which is healthier than beef, and everything they use is either reusable or biodegradeable or recyclable. Yes, they even use paper straws. AND, the soap in the bathroom is in powder form and it's biodegradeable. I'm talking hard-core. It's great though. We've been three times and I haven't yet been able to get anything but a bison-burger there. I just can't get away from them--they're soooooo tasty! I wish I had taken a picture of the burger but it was just so good that I forgot all about the fact that I had my camera when they put it in front of me. Ben had a bison steak which was pretty good too, but I still wouldn't have traded my burger in for it. We had the brownie a-la-mode for dessert and when the waitress brought it, I asked her to take a picture of us. (I finally had remembered I had my camera). A minute later she was back with another digital camera and asked if she could take our picture and she would print it out and give it us in a special "Ted's" frame. We agreed and she came back very shortly with a little folded card thingy with our picture slipped into the frame on the inside. When we got home though, I cut it apart and taped it back together the way I wanted it so I could put it on our bulletin/memory board. My plan is to print out pictures occasionally when we do fun things and put them on the bulletin-board, collage-style. So far, the card from Ted's and my mission nametag are the only things on there. Oh well, here's the picture:
Overall it was a very nice evening. I feel very blessed to be married to such a wonderful and thoughtful man. Here's to one month and many more to come! Cheers!
Moving on from my cat ...
Yesterday was our 1-month wedding anniversary! When I got home from work Ben was practically bouncing on his heels so I knew there was probably flowers or something in the bedroom. But, I dilly-dallied for as long as I could just so he would keep hovering around me. It was really cute :-) Finally he said, "aren't you going to go change before dinner?" Why yes, I said, and so I went into the bedroom and there was a dozen beautiful roses on the bed and also a spice rack. I've been wanting a spice rack so badly! Incidentally, so has Ben. My husband is very thoughtful ... The flowers are SOOO beautiful. Although the first picture looks a little pink, they are really red and yellow.
We decided to go to Ted's Montana Grill for dinner. If you haven't ever been there, you ought to look and see if they have one near you. Of course, we live near Atlanta which is the heart of "Ted Turnerland" so there are a few of these restaurants around us. They serve Bison, which is healthier than beef, and everything they use is either reusable or biodegradeable or recyclable. Yes, they even use paper straws. AND, the soap in the bathroom is in powder form and it's biodegradeable. I'm talking hard-core. It's great though. We've been three times and I haven't yet been able to get anything but a bison-burger there. I just can't get away from them--they're soooooo tasty! I wish I had taken a picture of the burger but it was just so good that I forgot all about the fact that I had my camera when they put it in front of me. Ben had a bison steak which was pretty good too, but I still wouldn't have traded my burger in for it. We had the brownie a-la-mode for dessert and when the waitress brought it, I asked her to take a picture of us. (I finally had remembered I had my camera). A minute later she was back with another digital camera and asked if she could take our picture and she would print it out and give it us in a special "Ted's" frame. We agreed and she came back very shortly with a little folded card thingy with our picture slipped into the frame on the inside. When we got home though, I cut it apart and taped it back together the way I wanted it so I could put it on our bulletin/memory board. My plan is to print out pictures occasionally when we do fun things and put them on the bulletin-board, collage-style. So far, the card from Ted's and my mission nametag are the only things on there. Oh well, here's the picture:
Overall it was a very nice evening. I feel very blessed to be married to such a wonderful and thoughtful man. Here's to one month and many more to come! Cheers!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Waiting on ...
I'm not really sure what we're waiting on here. So far there haven't been any teaching jobs open up. I guess that means that I'll substitute teach again this year. I keep thinking that maybe I should try getting another job. But I really hate to do that because I really want to be a teacher. Should I settle just to boost our income? I don't know the answer to that. In the meantime though I am very lucky to have such a supportive husband.
We started building up our food storage this week. I used some of the money we got from our wedding and went to Aldi's and Sam's Club to get a few items. I'm pretty sure now that we are close to having our 3 month supply, although I don't know how "comfortable" all these foods are. I love fresh foods so much that it would be hard for me to subsist on canned and bottled foods. I KNOW we don't have a 3 month supply of water though. I don't know where we would store it either. Well, one thing at a time.
It's been hard not working. I am feeling very lazy. I always find stuff to do, but sometimes I sleep in very late. This morning I actually got up about 7:45. I was very proud of myself. Have I gotten anything done you ask? Well, this and that. Hey, I'm blogging! Be grateful! This afternoon I plan to take my resume and cover letter to some schools in the area to let them know I want to be on their sub list. Which reminds me ... I need to get a hold of the county and change my name on their records. They are so impossible to get a hold of!
I went to JC Penney's yesterday and bought a lot of clothes. Well, to me it was a lot because I never buy that much in one visit. I was desperately in need of some professional-looking clothing though for subbing or teaching or whatever I'm going to be doing. I was so impressed with the selection of clothes they had at JC Penney's, especially for bigger people like I am. The clothes were not frumpy looking, instead they looked very nice and flattering on me! And the best part, is that I got them all on sale. I am SO proud of the fact that I got 2 pairs of dress pants, and 6 dressy shirts all for $100. Everything I bought was on sale, and half of it was on the 70% off clearance rack. I got one hoodie sweater for $2.38! That's right, I'm a bargain shopper. I guess this is the time for sales because it's back to school!
Well, I guess I'd better find something productive to do so I feel good about myself later. Or maybe I'll just sink into a good book for a while ...
We started building up our food storage this week. I used some of the money we got from our wedding and went to Aldi's and Sam's Club to get a few items. I'm pretty sure now that we are close to having our 3 month supply, although I don't know how "comfortable" all these foods are. I love fresh foods so much that it would be hard for me to subsist on canned and bottled foods. I KNOW we don't have a 3 month supply of water though. I don't know where we would store it either. Well, one thing at a time.
It's been hard not working. I am feeling very lazy. I always find stuff to do, but sometimes I sleep in very late. This morning I actually got up about 7:45. I was very proud of myself. Have I gotten anything done you ask? Well, this and that. Hey, I'm blogging! Be grateful! This afternoon I plan to take my resume and cover letter to some schools in the area to let them know I want to be on their sub list. Which reminds me ... I need to get a hold of the county and change my name on their records. They are so impossible to get a hold of!
I went to JC Penney's yesterday and bought a lot of clothes. Well, to me it was a lot because I never buy that much in one visit. I was desperately in need of some professional-looking clothing though for subbing or teaching or whatever I'm going to be doing. I was so impressed with the selection of clothes they had at JC Penney's, especially for bigger people like I am. The clothes were not frumpy looking, instead they looked very nice and flattering on me! And the best part, is that I got them all on sale. I am SO proud of the fact that I got 2 pairs of dress pants, and 6 dressy shirts all for $100. Everything I bought was on sale, and half of it was on the 70% off clearance rack. I got one hoodie sweater for $2.38! That's right, I'm a bargain shopper. I guess this is the time for sales because it's back to school!
Well, I guess I'd better find something productive to do so I feel good about myself later. Or maybe I'll just sink into a good book for a while ...
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