This week has been one of excitement and new beginnings. Not only is a new school year getting ready to begin tomorrow, but new lives have begun as well. My friend Azur delivered a beautiful baby girl yesterday afternoon. Lyllian Grace Williams was born at 4:16 p.m. via c-section. She was 8 pounds 7 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. I had the pleasure of going to see her today and she is just precious. I wish I had taken my camera so I could put up a few pics. She has dark curly hair just like her daddy, but we hope it isn't quite as thick as his ;-) I hear she has hazel eyes, but she wouldn't open them long enough for me to see :-( It was so great to see the new family and I can't wait to go back up and visit them again soon. Hopefully I'll remember my camera this time too.
Between all my friends that have had new babies, finding out about new babies to be born, moving, surgery, school starting back up and things in my personal life looking up, August has been quite an exciting month. I'm hoping that things continue to go well and more new and exciting things continue to happen. It's amazing how life's little moments are always so memorable.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Back to Work
Summer vacation officially ended yesterday when I had to go back to work :-( I will admit that yesterday was much better than today. I'm not big on sitting in workshops all day that don't teach me something I don't already know. I am by no means saying that I know everything, but do I really have to sit in 2 two and a half hour workshop over what I need to teach the first 6 weeks when it's all in the computer? I could have gotten so much work done in my classroom had I not had to be there. I will say that I did have a lot of fun bonding and cracking jokes with my team. I don't think the presenters liked us very much though :-)
Since I'm "gimped" out right now it's been kinda interesting doing a lot of walking. Most people just look at me and laugh because when I walk, from the back it looks like I'm 9 months pregnant. I must admit, that I can only imagine what it looks like since I feel like such an idiot to begin with.
Well as soon as soon I get my classroom finished I'll take pics and put them up for you to see. Off to get a glass of wine :-)
Since I'm "gimped" out right now it's been kinda interesting doing a lot of walking. Most people just look at me and laugh because when I walk, from the back it looks like I'm 9 months pregnant. I must admit, that I can only imagine what it looks like since I feel like such an idiot to begin with.
Well as soon as soon I get my classroom finished I'll take pics and put them up for you to see. Off to get a glass of wine :-)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Surgery
I had my surgery today and everything went well. Thank you to all my friends and family for your thoughts and prayers today, they really mean a lot to me. I was scheduled to go back at 12:30, but they were running behind in the OR so I didn't get back until 1:30; the wait was the worst part I think. They say it took about an hour to do the procedure and now I have a 2 1/2 to 3 inch incision on my inner thigh. They gave me some pain meds at the hospital so I'm not feeling too bad yet. I also just discovered that it's still numb around the incision site as well :-) I'm looking forward to getting some sleep tonight and lots of rest this weekend since I go back to work on Monday. Hopefully things continue to go well and I'll be good as new before too long. Thanks again for all the prayers.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Finished Product
So my mom and her friend Sherry came to see me over the weekend and helped me finish doing the last few things around the house. Really all we had to do was hang a mirror in the dining room and a few things in the bedroom. We had so much fun shopping and just hanging out, spending time together.
This is what my bedroom looks like from the closet. I only took one picture in there because I didn't feel like making the bed :-) I promise to take some more pics of it once I decide to actually make the bed.
Here is one of the newly decorated balcony. You can't see all the new stuff out here, but there is an outdoor rug, a new silver sunburst on the wall and 2 new folding white chairs that I can use when I have company. Thanks mom for getting all these cool new things for me to put out here.
My Bathroom
The kitchen/dining room/ bathroom/bedroom separation area.
The Dining Room and the mirror that was a pain to hang.
My Kitchen
The living room wall with the TV. I got some really cute metal butterflies that hang on the side next to the circle candle holder, but you cant see them. This pic is also a little fuzzy, I have a better one but seem to have posed the other one :-)
The kitchen when you look at it from the living room
The living room
My desk area
This is what my bedroom looks like from the closet. I only took one picture in there because I didn't feel like making the bed :-) I promise to take some more pics of it once I decide to actually make the bed.
Here is one of the newly decorated balcony. You can't see all the new stuff out here, but there is an outdoor rug, a new silver sunburst on the wall and 2 new folding white chairs that I can use when I have company. Thanks mom for getting all these cool new things for me to put out here.
My Bathroom
The kitchen/dining room/ bathroom/bedroom separation area.
The Dining Room and the mirror that was a pain to hang.
My Kitchen
The living room wall with the TV. I got some really cute metal butterflies that hang on the side next to the circle candle holder, but you cant see them. This pic is also a little fuzzy, I have a better one but seem to have posed the other one :-)
The kitchen when you look at it from the living room
The living room
My desk area
So I hope you all enjoyed the tour of my new place. I must admit that I love living here now that everything is in it's place and put away. I'm sure I'll be blogging a lot more since school is about to start back up and surgery is scheduled for Friday. I'm not sure exactly how things are going to go after surgery, so I may be a big ball of stress getting things done between now and then. Have a blessed day and a great rest of the week.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Moving Experience
After working nonstop for the last 4 days, things are finally beginning to wind down.
Thursday was probably one of the most stressful days I can remember in a while. It started when I woke up at 5:15 because of the horrible storms that came through. I never went back to sleep because 1) all of the thunder and lightning 2) I knew I was going to have to get up soon for a workshop and 3) I had a million things running through my mind. My electricity was suppose to be turned on sometime Wednesday, but as of about 7:00 that night it still wasn't. So after I got dressed I came over here to check out the electrical situation, and it still wasn't on. By 8 a.m. I was on the phone with TXU trying to figure out what was going on, ready to cry and I still had to go to a workshop. With everything on my mind, technology training was the last thing I wanted to do.
The workshop was so bad, that at one point in time I was filing my finger nails, Robin was making a To Do list and my friend Rachel was texting her husband. We did get out at 10:15 instead of 11:30 so Robin and I ran to Dollar Tree. I LOVE Dollar Tree. The movers were going to be there between 12 and 2 so I had to get home and make sure everything was ready for them. The only thing punctual about them was that they were there at 12, so I didn't think I would have to wait around all day with them. To make a long story short, it took them 4 and a half hours to move me across the street and they still didn't get everything. What they did get, was mostly left in the garage downstairs. By 4:30 when they finished, I was tired, hungry and very pissy.
Friday was better than Thursday, but not by much. By 7:45 I was back at the old place finishing things up over there. After 7 hours, 4 car loads and an uncountable number of stairs, everything was out of there, cleaned and they keys turned in. The first thing I did when I was done, was go for a swim in the pool. After about an hour at the pool, I came back and started unpacking boxes. Since I didn't have TV until yesterday, I spent Friday night listening to iTunes and unpacking.
Yesterday was about like Friday, minus all the stress to get everything done. I got up and slowly kept unpacking. I took a break for about 2 hours and went to the pool with Robin before the clouds came in. For some reason I was wired and told Robin I wanted to go out on the town that night. So her and Brandon came over around 9:15 and we headed to Downtown Fort Worth. It probably wasn't my smartest idea to start drinking Crown when all I had eaten all day was a frozen bean and cheese burrito around 11 am. Before too long, I was feeling no pain and dancing up a storm.
Today I've been fighting the little men in my head that have decided to have a party in there. Since I've been going non-stop for days (as of yesterday, I have unpacked everything) I don't feel too bad for not doing much. I did hang a few things and clean some glass before taking a nap and cooking some dinner. It's so nice to see things coming together. All that I have left to do is hang a few pictures here and there. It's amazing how much one person can accomplish when they really want to.
I promise that pics will be up soon. I just need to finish hanging things first.
Thursday was probably one of the most stressful days I can remember in a while. It started when I woke up at 5:15 because of the horrible storms that came through. I never went back to sleep because 1) all of the thunder and lightning 2) I knew I was going to have to get up soon for a workshop and 3) I had a million things running through my mind. My electricity was suppose to be turned on sometime Wednesday, but as of about 7:00 that night it still wasn't. So after I got dressed I came over here to check out the electrical situation, and it still wasn't on. By 8 a.m. I was on the phone with TXU trying to figure out what was going on, ready to cry and I still had to go to a workshop. With everything on my mind, technology training was the last thing I wanted to do.
The workshop was so bad, that at one point in time I was filing my finger nails, Robin was making a To Do list and my friend Rachel was texting her husband. We did get out at 10:15 instead of 11:30 so Robin and I ran to Dollar Tree. I LOVE Dollar Tree. The movers were going to be there between 12 and 2 so I had to get home and make sure everything was ready for them. The only thing punctual about them was that they were there at 12, so I didn't think I would have to wait around all day with them. To make a long story short, it took them 4 and a half hours to move me across the street and they still didn't get everything. What they did get, was mostly left in the garage downstairs. By 4:30 when they finished, I was tired, hungry and very pissy.
Friday was better than Thursday, but not by much. By 7:45 I was back at the old place finishing things up over there. After 7 hours, 4 car loads and an uncountable number of stairs, everything was out of there, cleaned and they keys turned in. The first thing I did when I was done, was go for a swim in the pool. After about an hour at the pool, I came back and started unpacking boxes. Since I didn't have TV until yesterday, I spent Friday night listening to iTunes and unpacking.
Yesterday was about like Friday, minus all the stress to get everything done. I got up and slowly kept unpacking. I took a break for about 2 hours and went to the pool with Robin before the clouds came in. For some reason I was wired and told Robin I wanted to go out on the town that night. So her and Brandon came over around 9:15 and we headed to Downtown Fort Worth. It probably wasn't my smartest idea to start drinking Crown when all I had eaten all day was a frozen bean and cheese burrito around 11 am. Before too long, I was feeling no pain and dancing up a storm.
Today I've been fighting the little men in my head that have decided to have a party in there. Since I've been going non-stop for days (as of yesterday, I have unpacked everything) I don't feel too bad for not doing much. I did hang a few things and clean some glass before taking a nap and cooking some dinner. It's so nice to see things coming together. All that I have left to do is hang a few pictures here and there. It's amazing how much one person can accomplish when they really want to.
I promise that pics will be up soon. I just need to finish hanging things first.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
What A Day
I have so many things going on these next few days it's not even funny. In fact, I was talking to my friend Becky this morning and she was like girl do you ever slow down.
Today I picked up the keys to my new apartment and took my first load of stuff over there. The electricity is suppose to be turned on today, but as of 11:15 it still wasn't on :-( I'm probably going to take a few more small things over there when I go sign my lease and leave the rest for the movers to move tomorrow. I have to go to a workshop in the morning from 8:30-11:30 and then the movers will be here between 12 & 2. Please keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't rain while they are moving my furniture.
Not only did I get the keys to my new place, but Robin #2 had her little baby girl this morning. Adalyn Grace Averitt was born at 11:12 this morning and the new family is doing great. Her sister blogged about it the whole time and it felt like you were there with the family; it was so neat. I can't wait to go see the new family.
Today is also April's birthday. I'm really sad that I'm not going to be going to mom and Johns this weekend to hang out with her and Brad one last time before Brad leaves to go back to school. It makes me sad that my little brother is going back to Amarillo and I won't get to see him as often. Hopefully he will decide to do his last 2 years of school in Dallas.
Going to get some lunch, check for electricity and then take another load of stuff over.
Today I picked up the keys to my new apartment and took my first load of stuff over there. The electricity is suppose to be turned on today, but as of 11:15 it still wasn't on :-( I'm probably going to take a few more small things over there when I go sign my lease and leave the rest for the movers to move tomorrow. I have to go to a workshop in the morning from 8:30-11:30 and then the movers will be here between 12 & 2. Please keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't rain while they are moving my furniture.
Not only did I get the keys to my new place, but Robin #2 had her little baby girl this morning. Adalyn Grace Averitt was born at 11:12 this morning and the new family is doing great. Her sister blogged about it the whole time and it felt like you were there with the family; it was so neat. I can't wait to go see the new family.
Today is also April's birthday. I'm really sad that I'm not going to be going to mom and Johns this weekend to hang out with her and Brad one last time before Brad leaves to go back to school. It makes me sad that my little brother is going back to Amarillo and I won't get to see him as often. Hopefully he will decide to do his last 2 years of school in Dallas.
Going to get some lunch, check for electricity and then take another load of stuff over.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Busy, Busy, Busy
I feel like these last few days have been a constant go, go go. Sunday I went to the lake with Robin and we met her friend Brandon, his brother, sister and niece. We had so much fun just hanging out, having a few drinks, and floating around. I even made friends with Brandon's niece Haylee :-) She was adorable, but a definite handful. Before the rain came, we left and the 6 of us went to OTB for some dinner. The service sucked and the food was okay, but that's beside the point. After we finished eating, Haylee wanted her uncle Courtney to move over so she could come sit by me and play with the crayons and color. It was so cute and made my day that she wanted to play with me; especially since she wouldn't hardly talk to Robin :-( sorry sweetie.
Yesterday was a rainy, nasty day. When I finally got up, a little after 10, and got on the computer, Robin messaged me and we started having our usual morning chat. Somehow we made the decision to go to the movies and see The Hangover. Oh my gosh... if you haven't seen that movie you must go. It was so funny that I laughed just about the whole way through it. After the movie I drug Robin to Bed Bath and Beyond to look around. I've been wanting a new spice rack for a while, but the one I want is at Crate and Barrel and is $40. So during one of my many online shopping sessions, I found one at BB&B that I liked. It was the same price as the one at Crate and Barrel, but I had a $10 off coupon and a $25 gift card for BB&B so I decided to get that one. Anyways, when I was looking at the spice racks at BB&B they just happened to have 1 like the one from Crate and Barrel that I wanted, so I snagged it up. When I get up to the register to pay, I gave her my coupons and all that fun stuff. To make a long story short, the spice rack ended up ringing up for $20. I was so excited because with my coupon it only cost me $10. After that, I came home with the intention of packing, but I ended up laying on the couch instead.
Today I feel like has been a constant battle of getting everything done. I go pick up the keys to my new place tomorrow and get to start moving things in. The movers will be here Thursday afternoon to move all the big stuff and most of the boxes, but I have a training from 8:30-11:30 that morning. So I pretty much have to have everything done that I need done by tomorrow at the latest.
This morning I had to get up and go sign up for our new health insurance. Talk about a HUGE waste of time. The enrollment process is the exact same way that it's always been, but we had to stand in line and wait to have someone walk us through it all. After messing with all of that this morning, I came home ready to tackle the world; well more like my apartment. I packed the bathroom, closet, and the majority of the kitchen. The only reason I didn't finish the kitchen was because I ran out of boxes. I even have stuff piled up in the laundry basket, and none of it is laundry. After spending the majority of the day packing and all that fun stuff, I finally think that their really may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Now I'm exhausted and getting a slight headache. Once I move, I won't have internet access until Monday so don't be surprised when you don't hear anything from me for a few days. Hopefully thought, once they come set the internet up Monday, I'll be done decorating and can post some new pics. Have a wonderful rest of the week and an even better weekend.
Yesterday was a rainy, nasty day. When I finally got up, a little after 10, and got on the computer, Robin messaged me and we started having our usual morning chat. Somehow we made the decision to go to the movies and see The Hangover. Oh my gosh... if you haven't seen that movie you must go. It was so funny that I laughed just about the whole way through it. After the movie I drug Robin to Bed Bath and Beyond to look around. I've been wanting a new spice rack for a while, but the one I want is at Crate and Barrel and is $40. So during one of my many online shopping sessions, I found one at BB&B that I liked. It was the same price as the one at Crate and Barrel, but I had a $10 off coupon and a $25 gift card for BB&B so I decided to get that one. Anyways, when I was looking at the spice racks at BB&B they just happened to have 1 like the one from Crate and Barrel that I wanted, so I snagged it up. When I get up to the register to pay, I gave her my coupons and all that fun stuff. To make a long story short, the spice rack ended up ringing up for $20. I was so excited because with my coupon it only cost me $10. After that, I came home with the intention of packing, but I ended up laying on the couch instead.
Today I feel like has been a constant battle of getting everything done. I go pick up the keys to my new place tomorrow and get to start moving things in. The movers will be here Thursday afternoon to move all the big stuff and most of the boxes, but I have a training from 8:30-11:30 that morning. So I pretty much have to have everything done that I need done by tomorrow at the latest.
This morning I had to get up and go sign up for our new health insurance. Talk about a HUGE waste of time. The enrollment process is the exact same way that it's always been, but we had to stand in line and wait to have someone walk us through it all. After messing with all of that this morning, I came home ready to tackle the world; well more like my apartment. I packed the bathroom, closet, and the majority of the kitchen. The only reason I didn't finish the kitchen was because I ran out of boxes. I even have stuff piled up in the laundry basket, and none of it is laundry. After spending the majority of the day packing and all that fun stuff, I finally think that their really may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Now I'm exhausted and getting a slight headache. Once I move, I won't have internet access until Monday so don't be surprised when you don't hear anything from me for a few days. Hopefully thought, once they come set the internet up Monday, I'll be done decorating and can post some new pics. Have a wonderful rest of the week and an even better weekend.
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