and....BREAK!

Most days I would tell you how much I love my darling pups. Most days I would brag on and on about them. But today, I'm totally annoyed! They have escaped the yard twice today, and are trying to tunnel under the fence. So, in light of being COMPLETELY irritated, I'll try to remember what I like about my dogs.

Well, first, they are funny. They play tag, and chase each other and Jazmin acts like a little fat kid who never has enough to eat (and yes, she's the smaller one).

Don't they just look SOOO innocent?

Back to the annoying...so, we bought them these cute sweaters because I really did think she was going to die from freezing. Obviously she isn't going to, because Jazmin somehow convinces Appa to rip her sweater off of her. This was taken this Sunday when we took them to the park all morning. They did so well :)

And....Craigs List. We are clearly obsessed. We have now bought:

• decking


• dog run


• shed


• tool box


• hot tub


• tread mill


• ummmmm anything else (I think so, but I can't think right now)

Yup, we like Craigs List!



And here is a fantastically amazing picture of me after I was done waxing the hot tub.

see??? finished! Fill, heat, and enjoy!


So, I'm on break and I'm loving it. I have a week off to enjoy and relax, oh, and grade papers. I have a giant stack of them too. But it's been nice to clean the house, sit and drink coffee, you know, the important things in life!


We have the great opportunity this year to spend Thanksgiving with both families. My parents and Rachel are headed to Oregon (right now) to spend Thanksgiving with my grandparents, so my dad's parents decided we should have Thanksgiving here a week early! Awww, I love them :) So, we had dinner with my parents, grandparents, cousins, the whole gang! And Thursday we are headed to the Dixon/Butler's for another Thanksgiving dinner! Yummm!!! We are so blessed to be able to have both our families so close! But to those of you in Oregon, I'm missing you too! Hopefully we'll have some time this Christmas to go visit. We'll see...



Well...I feel like I've rambled about a lot of nothing in this post. So, for all of you still reading, thank you! Happy Thanksgiving, and be safe where ever you are headed!

Blog Fail

It's been MONTHS since I've been on. Here's the recap of my crazy life.

1. I have 2 dogs that escape out of my yard at least 5-15 times a week.


2. Rachel lives here and helps chase dogs.


3. Rachel helps my in my class at least twice a week.


4. I love my hot tub.


5. My room is a crazy place full of crazy kids, who I love dearly.


6. I hang out with 23 children all day long that are 6-8 years old, and I love it.


7. I have 5 pages of wonderful stories about my darling class in my journal, if you ever want to hear a great story...give me a call, kids say the most amazing things :)


8. Everyone I know is having a baby. And no, I'm not, yet.


9. I get to go on a date this week with my husband because him and I barely live in the same house together.


10. I get a week off next week and I'm ready to dive into a new project :)


11. My biggest annoyance in life right now is that our neighbors put up their Christmas decorations this weekend...it's the MIDDLE of NOVEMBER!!! Don't get me wrong, I love, love, LOVE Christmas, but, Thanksgiving needs it's moment in the spot light as well.

Ok - that's about it. That's my life in a nutshell. Things are pretty much the same. I'm getting into a groove at school, and really enjoying my wonderful team and class. It's been a crazy couple of months...but well worth the couple of weeks of yuck I went through to get here. I was very overwhelmed at first, but now things are running much smoother and I understand what I'm doing and what needs to be done :)