You Complete Me

The title of this post would indicate that I have in fact seen the movie Jerry McGuire, but I have not. You would have to live under a rock to not know this famous line though!

So far so good on the challenge front!

List Challenge Day #2 - Things that complete my life

Well now this one is going to require a little more thought than day #1! I also think that this list may change from time to time, but for now, let's give it a go and see what comes out!

1. My faith

Even when I am weak in my faith, it is still a huge part of my life. I don't know where I would be honestly with out the love and care from my heavenly father.

2. My family

They say you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family. Well, I would pick my family if I had to choice. Even if we drive each other nuts, they are family and they love me even when I am being ugly.


3. My friends

Friends are the ones you run to when family is driving you crazy! I interact with my friends more than I do with my family on a daily basis and many of them have seen my darker side and the depths of my heart.

4. My job

Even if I complain about my job (I mean who doesn't at some point) I do love what I do. I often think of my past teachers and the impact that they made on my life. Even this last week I talked with one of my high school teachers and was blessed with his wisdom and love. I want to be that for a student twelve years after they aren't in my class anymore.

5. Books

I would be lost without them. I can't go a day without reading something. I have a book with me at all times because you just never know when you would get a chance to read!

I also got up and did my second mile since I won't have time to do it later today.

What completes you?

Fall Bucket List Check Off ~ Go to a Play

Is there a rule in the blogging world that states how many posts you can write in one day? Hope not, because I am doing two today! Look at me go!

I am finally able to mark off an item off of my fall bucket list! On Sunday, I took my little sister to her first dinner theater! We went to see "She Loves Me" which is based off of the movie "Shop Around the Corner" which is what "You've Got Mail" is based on. I adore plays very much and wanted to share that experience with Molly.

For the life of me, I can not take a picture by myself! I am such a dork.

 



Also on Sunday, I had soup to go with Soup Sunday, but this time I didn't make it. My dear friend Jane made it. I was so jealous because she seriously just threw some stuff in a pot and warmed it up. It. Was. Amazing! Better than any of the ones that I have made from a recipe!

Maybe the soup just tasted so good because it was shared with friends!

Challenges in October

I should be at school right now working, but I am not. I am tired. So I am home, blogging. :0)

 

I love October even if sometimes we have a love/hate relationship!
For the month of October I want to be very ambitious and participate in three different challenges that I found on the Internet.

1. 31 Days of Lists Challenge
2. A push-up challenge
3. 31 miles in 31 days challenge

The list making one is a fun one and also one to help me journal more. I used to journal all the time, but since I graduated college and started teaching it has been pretty sporadic and I would like to do it more. I may or may not post all of the lists on the blog, but hope to do some of them because I think it is going to be fun.

Push-ups and I get along about as well as two cats tied together by their tails. I am not good at them. A year ago I was doing ok at them and then got sick and wasn't able to go to kickboxing for about a month and I haven't gotten back to where I was at. So I am going to show those push-ups who is boss and get better at them!

31 miles in 31 days is pretty self explanatory. I want to walk (and maybe jog a little) 31 miles in the 31 days of the month. The idea is mainly to get up and moving. I failed my goal from my fall bucket list for working out in September, so this is my redemption.

So without further delay, here we go!

List Challenge Day #1: Favorite Sounds

1. When a child is truly, unadulterated laughing
2. Water (rain, ocean, river, crick, swimmers doing the butterfly)
3. Mac Powell's voice (from the Christian group Third Day. Makes my heart melt! AND while looking for a picture on the Internet, found out that he has a solo country album! Might have to check that one out!)
4. The mountains (the silence, the breeze, the bugs, the elk, the trees, all of it!)

Ok, now I better get on the other two challenges before time runs out!

What are your favorite sounds?

*Snapshot Saturday*

I almost forgot! In fact it is technically the 29th but I haven't gone to bed yet so it counts!

Today was a lazy day with some work, but should have had a little bit more work in it. As I laid down to go to sleep, I thought of all the things I didn't get done today that I should have (hence the reason I am still up thinking about it.) Oh well.

I did get some laundry washed, dried and put away today which was a huge accomplishment. I also spent some time reading in bed with my freshly washed sheets and blankets!

Not a bad Saturday!

What is your *snapshot saturday*?

Friday...finally!

Thank. You. Sweet. Jesus! It has been a long week.

Not only is it Friday today, but the kids have the day off and I get the chance to catch up! We are scheduled to have ILP (Individual Literacy Plans) meetings today and between those meetings, we are free to do what we would like. For me that means tackling my giant pile of papers to grade. So I am going to put in the disc of Law and Order: SVU that I have had from Netflix for weeks and get my grading on.

We are also having a potluck as a staff today. So who is up and cooking at 6:00 this morning? This girl.

I found a corn casserole recipe in my favorite four ingredient cookbook (although this had five, so not sure how it snuck in there.) I have never made it before, but it smells good! I really do need to stop trying new ones and just find one that I always make.

AND I am one lucky girl to again participate in Breakfast Burrito Friday! Love Fridays and celebrating getting through the week!

Do you have a potluck dish you fall back on? If so what is it?

Happy Friday!

Erin Molly

28 years ago I was a happy, cute two year old who had the whole world in my hands. I had the love and attention of my parents and my grandmother, life was good. AND then.... I got a stinky, smelly, screaming little sister. All hell broke loose that day and it hasn't slowed down since. Thanks for shakin things up Erin Molly! Happy birthday!


This was my Facebook post this morning (it kind of cracked me up!) My little sister turned 28 today. I don't feel old myself until I think about how old she is and then I feel old! I can't believe that she is 28! Where does time go?

Here are a few things that I love about my sister:

 

She looks good in EVERY hat she puts on.

 

She is the aunt with the sense of humor.

 

She is an good hiking buddy.

 

She can shoot a gun like it was her job.

 

 

She is a determined little fart.

 

And most of all, she loves me.

 

 

Sunday Soup Week #2

Technically it is week four, but the last two weeks weren't soup making days. Even with a busy day, I was able to get a soup made.

This morning my dear friends, Jane and Henry, asked me to help them at their "flood" house. Last week they were affected by the flood and now the clean up stage has begun.

 

 I made the hour long trip with them to their house and on the way we just had to stop and celebrate the birthday of the ice cream cone!

 

This is why we had to drive an hour around.

 

Both sides of the bridge look like this and there isn't much of an idea of when it will be fixed. So until it does get fixed, the drive will be about an hour to get to the house.

 

We arrived and started packing stuff up in order to clean and replace cupboards and floors. They had already moved out most of the furniture and personal items the past week. Today the focus was the little things that you just aren't sure what to do with them. If you have ever moved, you know what I am talking about.

 

I helped as much as I could, even if it was providing comic relief and taking their minds off of their ruined home. I mean who wouldn't laugh at two people fighting over if a mosquito bite was really there or not?

 

Once we got the truck loaded and found a spot for Hobbs (my big dog boyfriend) and me in the backseat we headed back to the other side of the river to unload and have some soup.

 

I tried another recipe off of Pintrest and made Jalapeno Popper Soup.

 

 

 It was alright. Seconds were had, but a second making probably isn't going to happen.

 

I enjoyed my day of being with friends and helping them out, even if my body might be saying otherwise and I was attacked by several mosquitoes. (Really I was!)

 

P.S Happy First Day of Fall!