Halloween Eve

I was so looking forward to a nice relaxing night alone. Daniel is with his firm on a mandatory team building retreat at Old Waverly. Yeah, I know! What a nice weekend to be at Old Waverly when it's pouring rain. He's still not much of a golf dude so I guess he's ok with the rain for now.
As I'm enjoying my relaxing evening of Hulu and getting caught up on most of my weekly shows, my cell phone rings. I look to see who it is only to find that the person has blocked his/her number. I shouldn't have answered it, but I did. The "kids" on the other line told me I was "the lucky caller and that if I answered the next few questions right then I'd win $2!" I hung up immediately! Stuff like that makes me nervous! I know it was probably just kids, but I'm still going to set the alarm and sleep in the closet tonight. I know! I know! I am a scaredy cat.
So much of a scaredy cat that once a teenager rang my doorbell when I was home alone to sell me the Clarion Ledger and I never answered the door and stayed in the closet until Daniel got home. I later found out from a friend who lives in our neighborhood that it was only a teenager. :)

Goin to the Chapel...

Well, yesterday was my sister's wedding. I left on Thursday after work headed for Tuscaloosa to do "the wedding thing". When I got there, I enjoyed a nice run on the treadmill while Madz sat in front of me asking every two seconds "How far now?" I don't think she liked being there. :) We then went back to her apartment to peel the stickers off of 200 bubble bottles. Needless to say, I never want to see another bubble bottle again! Friday we went to get her nails/toes done and we had rehearsal and rehearsal dinner that night. All this time, I am really nervous because my throat was really sore and I was supposed to sing in the wedding. I was trying not let the nerves show. As the wedding day approached, the exhaustion began to set in. All of the wedding festivities went off without a hitch and both bride and groom looked fabulous! I didn't even cry during the wedding. I know! Hard to believe, huh? I did shed a tear or two on the way home, though. Now I can focus more on National Boards and getting it all packed up!

Happy March!

I started off my Sunday looking at the snow on the ground. After a great time of worship with great friends, we partied it up "baby" style at a baby shower for Sarah Beth and Brent. Their little bundle of joy's birthday is fast approaching! I got a few pages typed out yesterday on my boards and now only have two pages left. I can't believe I've made it this far! I tried to finish it up today, but with not much luck due to my relaxed state of mind after spending most of the afternoon laughing at Parker and Noel talking to each other.
I've discovered a new recipe some might enjoy. I'll put it on here, but you have to remember I cook WITHOUT measuring things so...Here you go! Enjoy.

1 lb of ground beef or turkey
1 can of baked beans
1 or 2 cans diced tomatoes
1 or 2 spoons full of brown sugar
"some" barbeque sauce
1 can black beans
1 can "white" beans (I can't remember what they are called.)

Brown the meat and mix all of the other ingredients together with the meat. Let it all simmer all afternoon (or for a few hours) and serve with cornbread.

Procrastination

It's been a while since I have updated here. I decided people might be interested in what has been going on since the last time.I decided at the beginning of the school year to try and get my national board certification. I began my entries with telling about how I have improved my career professionally and how this has impacted my students. Then came the math/science entry in which I chose to dissect cow eyes with my students. Needless to say, they loved it. Especially the second time we did it. Yes, I said second time. We dissected cow eyes twice because my first video of this lesson didn't turn out the way it needed to be. So, I dragged a friend to a slaughter house to pick up more cow eyes. (I ordered the first set of eyes from a biological supply company.). While we were at the slaughter house, a man asked me how I was going to cook the eyes because he thought I was planning on eating them. (ha ha!) After this I taught the writing lesson on taking a tour through the digestive system and then the history lesson on Civil Rights Leaders in MS. I even had a student shed a tear or two during the history lesson and video. This is probably the most fun I've had in my teaching career. Being forced to branch out of my comfort zone and stretch these young minds has been so interesting. Now, the typing it all up about what took place prior, during, and after each lesson has been NO fun at all. It has, in fact, consumed my weekends for the past 8 months. I plan on using this weekend to finish typing up my last entry and hopefully my wonderful husband will proof it. Spring Break will be used to pack and ship this whole thing. Daniel has been a real trooper during the whole process by taking care of many of my responsibilities around the house. Now, I guess I had better get back to work on all of this. Oh yeah, I've also been traveling back and forth to Tuscaloosa for wedding showers thrown for my sister. She and Stephen get married this coming weekend!!!