Monday, September 26, 2011

I am officially obsessed with Mad Men...

Brody says hi. He had a pretty good weekend, even though the Aggies lost.

Meal Planning Monday
monday :: baked potatoes and spicy garlic salmon
tuesday :: garlic chicken in lemon-butter sauce with noodles and salad
wednesday :: cheesy enchilada casserole from last week (didn't get around to it...)
thursday :: coconut chicken
friday :: leftovers or take-out (Tyson's out of town)

Sunday, September 25, 2011

On my camera...

 My new toms!

 I added a few more pictures!

My newest owl, Gertrude! A present from my sister-in-law :o)

Finally got my ID...I'm official!

Attempting to catch up on Project Life...

 
A peek in our living room...so untidy.

My classroom now has an Aggie flag!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Can I Pause this Moment?

Today, one of my classes applauded me. It was about half the class, but still. Made me smile.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Thankful.

Much needed RAIN this weekend. My awesome co-workers and team mates. Tyson finishing a draft of his record of study Sunday night. Sweet students that were (for the most part) flexible when I was feeling awful yesterday. Family. Brody Bear. My sister-in-law and her husband. Random acts of kindness. My students who wear and show owls to me on an almost daily basis. Impromptu Hobby Lobby trips because I realized Ashley was behind me in the turn lane. Rudy's breakfast tacos (so looking forward to that this weekend!). Coffee.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Overheard.

So today was one of those whirlwind days. Which was kind of nice, because I got a migraine during my second block and felt absolutely horrible for most of the day. But it still went by quickly because so much was going on. We went to the library as a class for the first time, and when my academic class got back we had a little down time while papers got handed back. I overheard one of my girls saying that three of them had all gotten the same book. This initially irked me, because we have a book report due every month and I thought they were just going to work on it together to save time. But then she told another classmate that they were going to have a book club. And my heart melted just a tiny bit. They are also racing to see who can finish first, but it's still pretty cute. Apparently a boy in my class got it also (it's a Gossip Girl-esque type), so that should be interesting.

Also overheard in the library:
"I can't find any books on teen pregnancy!" --one of the guys in my class (seriously.)

I told him I could make sure he got teen pregnancy as his research topic when we do social issues next semester, but he seemed kind of horrified at that idea.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Menu Planning Monday

I have been super blog-lazy lately. I blame my guilt from not completing my new teacher trainings on time...but I am finally caught up and feeling better. So I resolve that I will post every day this week!

Menu Planning Monday
sunday :: which wich for lunch, snacking for dinner
monday :: baked potato night!
tuesday :: chicken bacon pasta
wednesday :: cheesy enchilada casserole
thursday :: work function happy hour/celebrate Tyson being done with his paper
friday :: College Station!

If you could pray for Tyson, we would both sincerely appreciate it. He is finishing up his Doctorate in Engineering, which consists of a paper documenting his last year of work experience. Specific requests are that he is able to use his time wisely and communicate his words effectively.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

A little bit nerdy...

Hola! I've spent pretty much all day on the couch being productive for school. Our school loves technology, and encourages finding ways to incorporate it (even in strange different ways, as you will see). So I thought I'd share this little video that will kick off my introduction during Open House this week.



He's supposed to be Albert Einstein, if you couldn't tell...