first day

just a quick recap before I crash (serious dark circles going on!). I love the staff so far, I feel like it's going to take forever to learn names/personalities of my students but we had a great day together, I feel so disorganized but that's to be expected right now, the Georgia math curriculum is so crazy, smartboards are incredible, and I am so excited to be exactly where I am! overwhelmed, but so loved and supported by so many, truly blessed!

big news!

life changes SO fast! i've been thinking about returning to teaching for almost a year, and by november i was sure of it. schools here had a break this week and we had a middle school trip to sharptop - it was awesome! so i was planning on telling my team after this break that i was going to try to get a teaching job in the fall. God's timing is so different than mine!

i had an interview last friday morning, and by friday afternoon, i was offered a job teaching high school math at a wonderful school! i start on wednesday, and this past week has been a BLUR! talk about an emotional rollercoaster.

i am so excited and thrilled, but so anxious and scared for my new job. and i am so sad to leave my job and the staff at johnson ferry, they have become family to us and i can't believe that i won't get to work with some of my closest friends anymore. but above all else, i have this crazy peace that can only come from God, that he has chosen me to step into this role, that i am supposed to spend every day helping teenagers. i am not guaranteed employment next year, but at this point i don't even care! psalm 139 keeps reminding me that God knows about all of my days, that i don't have to stress or worry, but fully live in the day he has given me!

so today i am going to fully live the rest of today by soaking in the beautiful weather, celebrating another k-state victory, and going to see never say never with some of my high school friends! bieber fever baby!

Saturday mornings

I've been looking forward to this morning for a while! I've put in a lot of hours at work lately and couldn't wait to grab a few more minutes of sleep! and penny was especially snuggly this morning, love it!

I came home from jazzercise to this



open floor plan?

bring on the French doors, sliding door, you will not be missed!

then I made my dad's famous green smoothie and skyped with Libs, ruff, and my parents.

oh Saturday, I think I love you.

snow day number three

so, we're still shut down here in atlanta! 6 inches of snow plus a generous layer of ice on top, our roads are still awful due to lack of equipment.

but i am not about to complain about three days of free vacation (although i might feel differently someday when i have kids to entertain). we have no problem entertaining ourselves and our dogs. and yesterday when i was getting our office organized i found season 1 of the sopranos that i borrowed from my brother 2 or 3 years ago, oops! but we finally found the time to watch it! and i've made some progress in my harry potter reading, duh.

hunter in the snow! williams ruined any positive feelings he ever had for the white stuff.

our house today covered with very crunchy snow

and a short video of p money, she thinks these have been the best three days of her life!

snow day 2k11!

woohoo, snow day in atlanta!! EIGHT INCHES in our area, that is a big deal! it might take a few days to clear the roads, they're a mess.

snow pup! this one LOVES the snow!

hunter? not so much. he was not cooperating in our photo shoot. i promise he is not pooping in this picture.

i'm making ricky try to get a good picture of hunter, we'll see how that goes!

and i may have had snow ice cream for breakfast. oops. it's supposed to sleet over the snow all day, so i had to while i had the chance!