I GOT A...

STUDENT TEACHING POSITION!!! Woooo hoooooo, words can't even express my excitement right now! A little while after I posted and complained about not having heard anything yesterday, my program called me... and said I got a position with my first choice school district! I'll be student teaching 3rd grade language arts and reading, and I'm STOKED! Oh, and I start Tuesday. As in, 4 more days. Yep. AHHHH!

Many thanks to my whopping 5 followers for all your sweet comments and words of support! :) Can't wait to update everyone soon!

Xoxo,
H

Where has the time gone?!

My goodness, it's been too long since I've posted... things here have been craaaazyyyyy. Let's see... last weekend, hubs and I went to visit my best friend at her parents' lake house. She's actually living there right now to be closer to her job. Not too shabby, eh? Her boyfriend and parents were there for the weekend, so we all hung out, made yummy food, went out on the boat, tubed, and swam. Pretty relaxing weekend. LOVE.

Since then, we've been working like mad people trying to get our house all fixed up and pretty. I'm SO excited about how things are coming so far. We've done a LOT of painting and will soon be ready to put in our wood floors and granite. WOO! I'm *particularly* excited about the master bedroom. :) What we originally thought we wanted (in terms of paint colors) is not at all what we ended up going with... will post pictures when it's all finished. :) In the meantime, isn't the suspense killing you?! ;)

Still waiting to hear about student teaching. DUMB. My program has been working very hard to place me in the district of my choice, but the district is being a bit obnoxious frustrating difficult to get in touch with and return phone calls. It's like, can't you just let us know one way or the other whether I'll be able to student teach there?! Yeah, it'd suck if I couldn't, but at least I could move on to another district and not continue to waste my time. Lame arse.

As I'm sitting here typing this, the power just went out. We had a big storm last night (yessss- MUCH needed!), but the power's going out NOW?! Er... confused?

Hopefully it won't take me as long as last time to write another post! ;) LOVE TO ALL.

Xoxo,
H

Good luck, Booga boo!

My honey takes the first part of the CPA exam today. Eeeeek! Wish him luck!!! :) He's pretty much been preparing since the day we got back from our honeymoon (not kidding... though I wish I was), so my heart will BREAK if he doesn't do as well as he would like/needs to. He still has 3 more sections left (shoot me), so it'd be reallyyyyyy cool if he could pass this one and not have to retake it. But... everything happens for a reason, right? (As long as he passes.) And what's meant to be will be, right? (As long as he passes.) And God doesn't give us more than we can handle, right? (As long as he passes... k, totally joking. But seriously. I REALLY hope he passes, for his own peace of mind and mine!) I know he'd love nothing more than to pass this section so he can move his happy little butt on to studying for the next... and I'd kind of like my husband back, ohhhh, I don't know, this year? So fingers crossed. Say a little prayer (or 5)!

I'll probably get some stuff done then just bum around the house today. Still waiting to hear about if/when I will get placed for student teaching. Blahhh. I think I'll make a nice dinner for Chris when he gets home from taking his test this afternoon. Hmmm, what to make? Any ideas/suggestions? (From my whopping 3 followers- whoop whoop! Lots of love to you all! :) hehe)

Well, that's all I got for now. Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!

Xoxo,
H

Progress on our new HOME!

So far, we've been making some pretty legit progress over at our house, in terms of fixing it up and what not. *happy dance* This does NOT mean we are anywhere near being done... ohhhhh, no! We still have a wayssssssss to go, my friends... but... progress is still progress! I need to remind myself of that. And to be patient. And to not expect perfection. And to chill OUT.


In the past few weeks, we have...
-Removed the picture frame molding from the walls in the living room and study (and there was SO. MUCH. OF. IT...)
-Filed the holes that the nails/staples from the molding left behind
-Sanded over the areas where there was molding
-Textured the walls where there was molding
-Primed the walls in the living room and (partly) in the study
-Removed the wallpaper (and glue that kept it on!) in the kitchen
-Primed the walls in the kitchen
-Painted the two back bedrooms (a neutral tan color)
-Bought and painted new crown molding


...Moving right along, I'd say. :) And I'm pretty stoked about it. Sure, it may take freaking foreverrrrr to do everything we want to do, but hey... Rome wasn't built in a day. ;) And the house is already starting to look completely different from when we first stepped foot in it. WOOP.


Pictures to come soon! Happy weekend, all!


Xoxo,
H

Seriously?! Thursday!

Well, I think I'm going to stay with Blogger for now... and probably awhile. I just really like the overall style and features of this site, and I've really enjoyed starting to read other people's blogs and getting to know them. The other blogging website has similar features, and I know more people using it, but I don't know... half the fun is meeting people here on Blogger. :) We'll see how it goes. Maybe I'll keep both?

Okay, this is my first attempt to "link up"... whatever that means? Ha. It looks like fun, so I'm trying it. *I apologize in advance because I don't think I'm doing this correctly! I don't really understand how to put a button in a post that will link to someone else's page. So... I just inserted a "picture" of the button below and linked back to the blog I got this from in the text below that. If anyone can explain how to do all of this, I'd love you forever! :)*

I enjoyed reading From Mrs. to Mama's post today, and I've had some "SERIOUSLY?!" moments this week, so here it goes...

1. SERIOUSLY, weather?! When will this heat ENDDDD? I'm not much for cold weather, but I'm DEFINITELY ready for some fall time. Commmmme onnnnnnn...

2. I went with one of my best friends to her doctor's appointment yesterday (she's pregnant and right at about 33 weeks). The doctor told her she was looking great and that her baby could be an 8-9 pounder. SERIOUSLY? If only you could see my friend... she looks great, and we went into that appointment assuming the doctor would say her little girl is on the SMALL side!

3. Speaking of pregnancy, I haven't been feeling so hot the last couple of days, and a few friends and family members have automatically jumped to the conclusion that I'm pregnant. SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE?! I'm attributing my nausea to tummy problems or bad food. But I still find it humorous that as soon as you get married, you're not allowed to get sick without people assuming you're carrying a child... silly!

4. My husband has started studying for the CPA, and he took his first practice test and got slightly less than what he'd hoped for. Seriously, I'm SO proud of him and think he did SUCH A GREAT JOB! Sometimes, he's wayyyy too hard on himself. :( But I guess I get how that goes... he takes his first (real!) test next week, so I know he's only nervous about doing well. 

5. My mom left today to go help my middle sister move into a new apartment at school. So, Chris and I offered to stay at my parents' house while she's gone for a few days to keep my youngest sister company. I'm seriously pretty stoked about it... we've been temporarily living with my in laws, so it'll *kind of* be like we're at our own place (until we can ACTUALLY move into our own place). Woo hoo!

6. "And she was like, 'SEEWEEUSLY?!' And I was like, 'Seeeeeeeeweeeeeusssslyyyyyyy!' And she was like, 'OHMYGOSH!'" ...This has become my adorable 6-year-old cousin (and Godchild!)'s favorite thing to say (she says it ALLLL THE TIIIIME... about anything and everything!), and "seriously" has become her new favorite word. She says it just the way I typed it. It's hilarious. And adorable. And she and my aunt just recently moved to Florida, so I miss her terribly and miss hearing this! Love you, Lilly boo!

What made you go, "SERIOUSLY?!" this week? Go link up on Becky's blog! :)

Happy Thursday!

Xoxo,

H

Torn

…between keeping my blog on this site and continuing to blog on another one. A few more people I know are on the other one, but Blogger seems to suit my style a bit better. Hmm… decisions, decisions.

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?

(Probably a semi-pointless post... simply because no one is really following me at the moment. ;) That's okay, though. :) Still getting my thoughts out! Maybe one day I'll have 1 follower many followers? hehe)

A little about

ME! :) I realized I started this thing and sort of got right into it and never really said much about where I am at this point in my life. So, here we go!...


I got married to the love of my life and high school sweetheart about a month and a half ago on June 11th. AKA, the best day of my ENTIRE life! :) :) :) We'd been together for just more than 7 years when we got married, so it was about time. ;) 

We honeymooned on the UHHHHMAYYYYZINGGGGG island of St. Lucia and stayed at the all-inclusive Sandals resort. OMG- if you've never been to a Sandals, GO! If you HAVE been to a Sandals, GO (again)! It was such an amazing place, and the fact that it was all-inclusive was soooo nice! St. Lucia was gorgeous, the people were phenomenally friendly, and the food was delicious! I can't wait to go back! :) Maybe for an anniversary or something?! :)))

Since then, we've been trying to get settled in and enjoying every minute of newlywed bliss! My husband, Chris, just finished up his master's in accounting in May and will be starting work at a big accounting firm in October. He had the choice to start in July or October... and he definitely chose October. Who can blame him? After 5 years of non-stop, grueling work towards his degrees, the guy deserves a little break! Besides, he has the rest of his life to work! In the meantime, I'm working towards my teaching certification. I graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism and have absolutely no regrets! I LOVE journalism and always dreamed of being a reporter. I was lucky enough to intern at a big TV station in my hometown a few years back, and I learned soooo much! Then, I was even more privileged to have landed a job at another TV station right out of college. I met some incredible people and learned more than I possibly thought I would. It was truly an experience of a lifetime! I realized, though, after working there that as much as I loved the profession and as much passion as I had for it, it wasn't something that ultimately fit into my and my husband's long-term goals of eventually settling down and having a family. So... feeling a bit overwhelmed and unsure of what would come next, I decided to go down another road and fulfill a different passion that had, for awhile, been in the back of my mind... teaching. I am currently enrolled in an alternative certification program and am hoping to start student teaching soon! I'm SO excited and can't wait for what's to come!


Chris and I are ALSO in the process of buying a home! Eeeeee! We had gone back and forth between many different options- renting an apartment temporarily, renting a condo/townhome, buying a condo/townhome, buying a house... we were overwhelmed and didn't know what the best option would be for us right out of college and newly married. We ultimately decided to buy a home and were very pumped when we came to that decision. We started looking... and looking... and looking... and found some that we really liked, when we were hit with, yet, ANOTHER big decision. My parents have some rental property and offered to sell us one of the homes because the tenants that had been living there had just moved out. Our first thought was, "Thanks SO much, but no thanks..." because it wasn't at all what we pictured- we had hoped to live a little further from our families, maybe a little closer to the city, and in a newer home; this was about 1 minute from my family's house (and 3 from Chris'), in the heart of the suburbs, and about 20 years old. But... it was a GREAT little starter home and would really help us get on our feet. Besides, we figured we'd only live in it for a couple of years and THEN would be able to buy our "dream" home. So... we accepted their offer! We're waiting right now to get in touch with a broker and what not to start the paperwork to change the titles from my parents' names to ours, but my parents have said that it's already "ours," and we can start working on it and fixing it up whenever we'd like! So, we have! I'll post some pics very soon, but my goodness... things are happening so fast, and we couldn't be happier or more excited! We're living with my in laws right now, so things are a bit crazy, but we feel VERY lucky and fortunate to have such loving, generous families who are so willing to help us get on our feet. We are TRULY BLESSED!


Well... now that I've written a novel, I think it's time to go. Gotta go work on some more teaching stuff, anyway! ;) Hopefully you (whoever "you" are... because no one's currently following me at the moment! :) ) have learned a little more about me, who I am, and what's happening right now in my life. Lots and lots of love!


Xoxo,
H