Today we… – booked THE house.– visited my wedding dress in Hartselle. We set up appointments with the alterations lady and a pick up date.– bought my beautiful veil and headpiece– got quotes on some great catering places– got quotes from a rental company for ceremony chairs, bistro tables, etc…– verbally committed to a DJ and received the finalizing paperwork… Keep Reading
45 days…
I updated my wedding registries yesterday. I watched the “days to go” counter go from 550 to 46. It was awesome. I don’t really feel like blogging right now, but I know I need to because my future self is going to want to read and remember the craziest seven weeks of my life – the planning of my beach… Keep Reading
giving thanks.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. This quote has been plastered up in my classroom all month long as part of my Thanksgiving/gratitude bulletin board. Beside the quote is a colorful fall tree created out of “leaves” that my students created. Each day during the first week of November they created… Keep Reading
favorite things
I used to be a huge Oprah fan. HUGE. I was actually a video guest on the show when I was a senior in high school. She used to have her “Oprah’s Favorite Things” show about once a season, and I always made sure to watch that episode because I loved all her occassionally bizarre findings. I’m no Oprah, but… Keep Reading
St. Jude’s
The following is an email from one of my 8th graders that I love dearly. Please consider supporting this young man! I received permission from Mrs. Lewis before sending this email to all my classmates and families. Many of you have been with me since November 13, 2007. Every minute of that day will forever be with me beginning at 10:30 am. … Keep Reading
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.
I was thinking the other day about how every plan and every dream I ever had for myself has not or is not working out. And I am completely okay with that. I can vividly remember telling my “life plan” to my junior year English teacher with FULL confidence that it was going to work out. She smiled and simply… Keep Reading
blunt poetry
Today was my students’ deadline to turn in a poem as extra credit for a national poetry contest. The following is written by one of my quiet seventh graders. My friends are the popular crowd My friends are the friends you hang out with just to look cool My friends pick on people Including me. My friends never include me I really… Keep Reading
ramblings on getting hitched… and what a brilliant God we serve
This post will probably receive the imaginary prize of the most random blog post ever, but what’s the point of having a blog if a writer can’t use it as an “outlet” for all the random thoughts in his or her head? I love this blog. 🙂 All Halloween-weekend long my facebook friends were posting pictures of their creative costumes,… Keep Reading
