Job Hunting

Well, if you know me IRL, you might be shocked to hear this, but I have bitten the bullet and decided to apply for teaching jobs in the public school. This change of heart was a long time coming was very abrupt, and I have to admit that I am still shocked, myself. However, I am very excited about the prospect and hope and pray that I didn't wait to late to submit my application.

It all started Saturday afternoon. I had just driven to College Station to go to a baby shower for one of our good friends from church (whose husband grew up in DeKalb, TX for those that know the area... such a SMALL world!). While I was there, I was still adamant about only teaching in a preschool. Little did I know, though, that this would change all too soon.

To make a long story short, Alan and I went to dinner that evening at The Cheesecake Factory, my favorite, and on the way home we just talked about preschool vs. public. At this point in our life, it just makes more sense for me to be in public education. Needless to say, I couldn't sleep Saturday night and began researching and applying for various school districts around our house. As of today I have completed and submitted applications to three different districts and debating whether or not to submit an application to the fourth four different districts. Hopefully I haven't waited too long to submit my application.

I would value your prayers as we begin this new phase in our lives. Hopefully I will soon be able to tell y'all that I have a position in a local elementary school (preferably pre-K through second grade, although I won't turn away any position).

Long time, no blog...

Well, it's almost been a month since I've last blogged. I've thought about it often, but just haven't made the time. Not to mention I haven't done anything picture worthy in the home in quite some time. Let's do a quick recap of the past month (minus pictures, because I didn't take ANY)...

• Easter weekend my parents came to our house to celebrate Dustin's 21st birthday. Can't believe my baby brother is 21!!
• The next weekend found us spending time with my parents on Friday at the Cheesecake Factory (YUM!!), watching my nephew on Saturday, and finding time to go to Home Depot to pick out vegetables for our new garden.
• This past weekend, we went through 4 paint samples before finally finding one for our bedroom, me hanging out with my SIL and nephew and Alan helping them move stuff to storage, and surprising one of our friends at their baby shower for their baby boy! (We had so much fun seeing them and the rest of our old Home Group). We MISS you guys!!

The garden was something that was already in place in our backyard. However, the previous owner's had beautiful ginormous Sago Palm. It looked like it was dying and Alan couldn't stand it anyways, so Alan decided it was time for it to go. He spent forever trying to get it down and eventually realized it would have to be taken down in sections. I wish I had pictures documenting the demise of the palm, but I didn't even think about it at the time. We've slowly been putting parts of it into the trash on Fridays, so all I had left to take pictures of was the bottom part (maybe?). It left us with tons of sago spawns, so we're still picking out the seeds whenever we tend to our garden.

Now, on to the pictures of our garden. We planted it Saturday, April 10. And until the rain of last Saturday/Sunday have seen nothing. Well, much to my surprise, when I went out with the dogs on Sunday after church to make sure they didn't trample on the seeds did their business, I was shocked to see many of our seedlings were a couple of inches above the ground. Now, remember, the day  before there was NOTHING sprouting in the garden (minus the cucumber plant that we bought as a seedling). Ok, enough talking, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. :)

 

Container plants (front cherry tomato, 

back L to R jalapeño and red, yellow, and green bell peppers)

Jalapeño

Cherry Tomato

I think we're getting blossoms!!

Big Bertha bell pepper (green)

Yellow bell pepper

Red bell pepper

All three together (hopefully we won't have to re-plant these!)

Again, I think I'm seeing the beginning of a blossom!!

Garden plot (squash is in the front two corners of the triangle, 

zucchini in the back corner, cucumbers in the very middle and 

green beens in rows between)

A row of green beans

Looking down at the bean plants! (how cool!!)

Close-up of cucumber plants

One of the squash plants (the squash and zucchini all look the same to me, 

so no zucchini pictures)

My mouth is watering just thinking about all the yummy veggies that we'll have this summer. Hopefully next year we'll also have some fruit (like cantaloupe and watermelon and such) to plant as well! I'm also debating whether to get a couple of fruit trees. I know we want to plant a tree or two in our backyard, but I don't know if it'd be worth it to plant a peach and/or apple tree. We'll just have to wait and see. :)

Only 25 days until graduation!!! I can't wait to be DONE with school. This summer I'm watching my nephew again, so I won't be getting bored AND I'll be making a little bit of money. Now all that is left is to find a job. Ugh... Hopefully one will turn up soon!