Friday, March 6, 2009
Happy Weekend!
Raise your hand if you're excited it's Friday!!!???!!! (hint: mine's raised!) AND my hubby's cooking me dinner - hooray for having a husband who cooks!!!!!!!! :D
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Short hair and Saturdays!
So I know technically I got my hair chopped off in August, but you know how it grows out and you get it cut again and then it grows and you cut, over and over again. So I just got my trim Thursday and I must say, short hair is so much easier! Sheesh! Who knew I'd turn into a short hair fan so easily?
What are you all doing this weekend? We're more busy than usual for a weekend around here. Matt had a reception last night at school, and then I met him, Raphael, and his wife for drinks in downtown. Today I have taken Matt to school, gone to the gym (p.s. I think I hurt my back :/ yikes), gone to the grocery store, showered, and now I'm about to leave for lunch with Summers and Lisa, followed by a movie with Summers, Cori, and Rachel! :) Then, tonight, it's Sambuca with the Agnews. I will now take suggestions for what I should wear tonight! It's going to get down to 35 by tomorrow morning, so it's going to be chilly! I'd really like to wear a dress - obviously with tights and boots or something b/c of the cold. Maybe slacks? But I don't really have any dressy winter-time tops.
So the 8th graders are getting to me. For my FBAers, do you remember the time Mrs. Blount banged her head on the chalk board while saying "8th grade is a hopeless battle!"? Well, I am soooo with her! My 7th period makes my skin crawl. I ACTUALLY broke out in hives Thursday during 7th period. How lame is that? AGHHHH!!! First TAKS test is Tuesday - reading. Luckily I have a good group in my room for that. Cori's always raving about how she's looking forward to spring break. And yes, I AM looking forward to the break, but 8th graders after spring break are just high schoolers trapped in what they consider hell. Needless to say, they get a bit more unpleasant.
Speaking of spring break - I'll be in Dallas Saturday the 14th through Wednesday the 18th and I'm taking reservations :)
Love yall.
What are you all doing this weekend? We're more busy than usual for a weekend around here. Matt had a reception last night at school, and then I met him, Raphael, and his wife for drinks in downtown. Today I have taken Matt to school, gone to the gym (p.s. I think I hurt my back :/ yikes), gone to the grocery store, showered, and now I'm about to leave for lunch with Summers and Lisa, followed by a movie with Summers, Cori, and Rachel! :) Then, tonight, it's Sambuca with the Agnews. I will now take suggestions for what I should wear tonight! It's going to get down to 35 by tomorrow morning, so it's going to be chilly! I'd really like to wear a dress - obviously with tights and boots or something b/c of the cold. Maybe slacks? But I don't really have any dressy winter-time tops.
So the 8th graders are getting to me. For my FBAers, do you remember the time Mrs. Blount banged her head on the chalk board while saying "8th grade is a hopeless battle!"? Well, I am soooo with her! My 7th period makes my skin crawl. I ACTUALLY broke out in hives Thursday during 7th period. How lame is that? AGHHHH!!! First TAKS test is Tuesday - reading. Luckily I have a good group in my room for that. Cori's always raving about how she's looking forward to spring break. And yes, I AM looking forward to the break, but 8th graders after spring break are just high schoolers trapped in what they consider hell. Needless to say, they get a bit more unpleasant.
Speaking of spring break - I'll be in Dallas Saturday the 14th through Wednesday the 18th and I'm taking reservations :)
Love yall.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Test Blog...???
So yeah, I know, it's been ten million years since I blogged. So... this is my test email to see if anyone even checks to see if the lazy Em is even blogging. SO..... if you read this, write me a comment so I know :) hahaha I know... dork supreme But this way I know whether or not I should take the time to start my blogging back again :)
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
We're Back!!
Can you belive it!??? By the time I got home from the library, our power was on. Not only that, but our cable and internet are working just fine! Looks like we'll be hosting lots of power-less friends for a few days! No school for me until Monday. Matt goes back tomorrow.
Thanks for your prayers - they worked!!!
Thanks for your prayers - they worked!!!
Surviving Ike
So we made it through our first hurricane. I am going to give you more details on this post than you ever cared to know, but somehow, it's calming for me to write out all of our adventures from the past few days.
I am currently writing this from Matt's school's library. Clearly, we, along with 69% of the rest of Houston, are still without power. We do have water though!
So here's how it all went down:
Thursday: So I came home from school and immediately ran a load of dishes and did ALL the laundry in the house while Matt was braving the grocery store. He came back with the craziest assortment of whatnots, but it has helped us survive! We cooked up some chili and had lots of leftovers. We then went to Home Depot for plywood, a new drill, screws, etc. We came home and our wonderful neighbor, Eli, who is a contractor, came over and taught Matt how to put plywood up on windows with brick frames. He and Matt worked on our two houses for HOURS, but got us safe. We learned that Cori and Trent, Matt and Sara, and Nichole and Cody all decided to leave. We'd be braving this one solol
Friday: We woke up to the news of the crashing waves of Galveston and decided we'd venture out to look for a third flashlight or lantern. After our 3rd store, we went to Target, which was hilariously empty (the shelves I mean), but we did manage to get another gallon of water and some awesome glow sticks (Ocean's Eleven style!). We went to four or five restaurants before we found our beloved Cyclone Anayas was still open - a delicious lunch.
Getting closer to landfall, we got all candles out and ready and filled the bath tub with water. Summers and Chris lost power early - about 7ish - so they came over. Chris carried a case of beer and laptop and Summers came with wedding albums and her Prada shoes. The sight was hysterical. We sat watching the news for a long time. Summers went to sleep around midnight and the lights went out about 1am. The wind had been really strong, but it got crazy at this point until 7am. We watched the wind whipping for a long time. The coolest thing was the sky. It kept on lightning all morning long, but we never heard thunder b/c the wind was blowing so hard. But the weird part was the colors. When the lightning happened, the sky was TEAL, ORANGE, and PURPLE. It was so crazy. It was pretty scary, but kind of cool from then on out.
Saturday: The wind finally stopped blowing SO hard around 10am and we followed Chris and Summers to their house to check things out. Our complex did well. We only lost our very back fence and part of car port awnings. We did lose MANY limbs and leaves. We drove very slowly b/c of the wind and got to see how torn up the city was and FINALLY hear some news. Their neighborhood looked pretty bad. They lost part of their fence and many limbs. We all worked to clean up their yard as best we could, and then we grilled brauts and had ourselves a little garage feast. After a rainy walk to the Buffalo Bayou to see the flooding, Matt and I went back home and took down the plywood, etc. It was SWELTERING. You've NEVER felt such humidity. It was horrible for the rest of the day. It was so humid my carpet, couches, towels, clothes, pillows, and blankets were all damp. Soooooo gross. We decided we'd try to bathe. I called dibs on first! I got in the freezing cold bath water we had saved (we had NO water at this point) and stood. I lathered up, and then would use a tea pitcher to dump FREEZING colod water all over. It was horrible. Then Matt had to do the same using the water I just bathed in. Poor guy. That evening we heard that water was being sold for $35 a bottle nearby. Can you believe that? We heated our leftover chili on the grill's burner and used already cooked chicken to grill quesadillas. It was delicious, but I was so hot and emotional that night, I didn't eat much. We sweated the night away and a huge rain storm came in. That was the worst. The rain was coming in our open doors and windows (p.s. a roach flew at my head that night- not fun), Missy was soo hot and couldn't calm down b/c of the thunder. I took her in the rain to the car at 4am for A/C. It was so scary b/c it was sooooooo dark everywhere. We came back in and got back on our floor palate. We didn't get much sleep. That was the worst night.
Sunday: We did another round of showers, but this time got to use fresh water b/c a trickle had returned. Then we went to Fox Sports Grill with Summers and Chris for A/C (the Galleria never lost power) and food and football. It was nice. The line was insane! We were lucky to get a table. We stayed there until about 4 and then went back home. It was a little cooler so we sat outside with half the neighborhood and ate peanut butter and honey/jelly sandwiches. Then we got back on the floor (3rd night at this point - it's way hotter upstairs) and slept much better b/c of the cool front. We did have to sleep wearing Off b/c of all the bugs in the house by now. We all woke up cold.
Monday: Nichole and Cody had come back Sunday to find they didn't lose power, so they invited us over. We had WONDERFUL hot showers, watched the news, and Nichole cooked amazing chicken spaghetti for us. We just soaked up their A/C till about 3, then went home and played cards. Cori and Trent came over (they returned Monday afternoon) and we grilled the steaks we had in a cooler (by now the fridge had to be cleaned out) and wine by candlelight. It was pretty fun, but of course they had to leave at 8:30 to make it home before the city-wide curfew. We slept on the floor again, but didn't have to sleep with the door open finally. We woke up freezing.
Tuesday: We went over to the Agnews for hot showers (they have hot water but no power), and we're now at STCL mooching A/C and internet. I'm hoping for a yummy Mexican lunch if we can find someplace with power.
All in all, Matt and I have learned SO much this past weekend. We are tired of relying on people from other cities to tell us the news in our own, we're shocked that our church, less than a mile from our home, is a FEMA pod (and we actually needed the FEMA help), and we're blessed that we have some places of refuge and that we still have our home. We have many more stories to tell than I shared here. I hope I didn't bore you all to death, but it makes me feel better to release the emotions we've felt.
Thank you all for continually checking on us! We'll let you know as soon as we have power again. Keep praying!
I am currently writing this from Matt's school's library. Clearly, we, along with 69% of the rest of Houston, are still without power. We do have water though!
So here's how it all went down:
Thursday: So I came home from school and immediately ran a load of dishes and did ALL the laundry in the house while Matt was braving the grocery store. He came back with the craziest assortment of whatnots, but it has helped us survive! We cooked up some chili and had lots of leftovers. We then went to Home Depot for plywood, a new drill, screws, etc. We came home and our wonderful neighbor, Eli, who is a contractor, came over and taught Matt how to put plywood up on windows with brick frames. He and Matt worked on our two houses for HOURS, but got us safe. We learned that Cori and Trent, Matt and Sara, and Nichole and Cody all decided to leave. We'd be braving this one solol
Friday: We woke up to the news of the crashing waves of Galveston and decided we'd venture out to look for a third flashlight or lantern. After our 3rd store, we went to Target, which was hilariously empty (the shelves I mean), but we did manage to get another gallon of water and some awesome glow sticks (Ocean's Eleven style!). We went to four or five restaurants before we found our beloved Cyclone Anayas was still open - a delicious lunch.
Getting closer to landfall, we got all candles out and ready and filled the bath tub with water. Summers and Chris lost power early - about 7ish - so they came over. Chris carried a case of beer and laptop and Summers came with wedding albums and her Prada shoes. The sight was hysterical. We sat watching the news for a long time. Summers went to sleep around midnight and the lights went out about 1am. The wind had been really strong, but it got crazy at this point until 7am. We watched the wind whipping for a long time. The coolest thing was the sky. It kept on lightning all morning long, but we never heard thunder b/c the wind was blowing so hard. But the weird part was the colors. When the lightning happened, the sky was TEAL, ORANGE, and PURPLE. It was so crazy. It was pretty scary, but kind of cool from then on out.
Saturday: The wind finally stopped blowing SO hard around 10am and we followed Chris and Summers to their house to check things out. Our complex did well. We only lost our very back fence and part of car port awnings. We did lose MANY limbs and leaves. We drove very slowly b/c of the wind and got to see how torn up the city was and FINALLY hear some news. Their neighborhood looked pretty bad. They lost part of their fence and many limbs. We all worked to clean up their yard as best we could, and then we grilled brauts and had ourselves a little garage feast. After a rainy walk to the Buffalo Bayou to see the flooding, Matt and I went back home and took down the plywood, etc. It was SWELTERING. You've NEVER felt such humidity. It was horrible for the rest of the day. It was so humid my carpet, couches, towels, clothes, pillows, and blankets were all damp. Soooooo gross. We decided we'd try to bathe. I called dibs on first! I got in the freezing cold bath water we had saved (we had NO water at this point) and stood. I lathered up, and then would use a tea pitcher to dump FREEZING colod water all over. It was horrible. Then Matt had to do the same using the water I just bathed in. Poor guy. That evening we heard that water was being sold for $35 a bottle nearby. Can you believe that? We heated our leftover chili on the grill's burner and used already cooked chicken to grill quesadillas. It was delicious, but I was so hot and emotional that night, I didn't eat much. We sweated the night away and a huge rain storm came in. That was the worst. The rain was coming in our open doors and windows (p.s. a roach flew at my head that night- not fun), Missy was soo hot and couldn't calm down b/c of the thunder. I took her in the rain to the car at 4am for A/C. It was so scary b/c it was sooooooo dark everywhere. We came back in and got back on our floor palate. We didn't get much sleep. That was the worst night.
Sunday: We did another round of showers, but this time got to use fresh water b/c a trickle had returned. Then we went to Fox Sports Grill with Summers and Chris for A/C (the Galleria never lost power) and food and football. It was nice. The line was insane! We were lucky to get a table. We stayed there until about 4 and then went back home. It was a little cooler so we sat outside with half the neighborhood and ate peanut butter and honey/jelly sandwiches. Then we got back on the floor (3rd night at this point - it's way hotter upstairs) and slept much better b/c of the cool front. We did have to sleep wearing Off b/c of all the bugs in the house by now. We all woke up cold.
Monday: Nichole and Cody had come back Sunday to find they didn't lose power, so they invited us over. We had WONDERFUL hot showers, watched the news, and Nichole cooked amazing chicken spaghetti for us. We just soaked up their A/C till about 3, then went home and played cards. Cori and Trent came over (they returned Monday afternoon) and we grilled the steaks we had in a cooler (by now the fridge had to be cleaned out) and wine by candlelight. It was pretty fun, but of course they had to leave at 8:30 to make it home before the city-wide curfew. We slept on the floor again, but didn't have to sleep with the door open finally. We woke up freezing.
Tuesday: We went over to the Agnews for hot showers (they have hot water but no power), and we're now at STCL mooching A/C and internet. I'm hoping for a yummy Mexican lunch if we can find someplace with power.
All in all, Matt and I have learned SO much this past weekend. We are tired of relying on people from other cities to tell us the news in our own, we're shocked that our church, less than a mile from our home, is a FEMA pod (and we actually needed the FEMA help), and we're blessed that we have some places of refuge and that we still have our home. We have many more stories to tell than I shared here. I hope I didn't bore you all to death, but it makes me feel better to release the emotions we've felt.
Thank you all for continually checking on us! We'll let you know as soon as we have power again. Keep praying!
Monday, August 4, 2008
Living in Houston...
I must say, last summer when I moved here, it was very odd to me to see the digital billboards that say "hurricane forming in the gulf, fill your tanks with gas." It is even more strange to be expecting a hurricane. I mean, I know it may not even be a hurricane, but wouldn't you be concerned if you'd lived in Dallas all your life and the possibility occurred? It's odd. I'm not really worried too much, just anxious. As for now, it's very sunny. As for tomorrow? You can find all three of us staying home and waiting out the massive rain... cleaning house! I can at least brag it's only going to be 87 tomorrow here - have fun in Dallas with the 108s guys!!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sorry for the delay!
So, I know, I've been terrible about blogging, and you've all let me know. Haha! Oh well! So I will try to recap the last month as quickly as possible.
First, Missy did heal from her injury, only to re-injure herself last week. She is fine again, but I told her if she's going to have to keep going to the doctor she's going to need to get a job. Sheesh! Dog's are expensive!
So June wrapped up quickly. I did a training for a program called History Alive! that our district uses daily in our lessons. I was dreading going, but actually learned quite a few things. So it took a week out of my summer, but I think it may have actually been worth it. Who knew?
Matt went to work the last week in June. Then that brought the weekend of the 4th! We went to the Countryman lake house with Cori, Trent, and Missy. We all had a fantastic time. I was nervous about how Miss Priss would do, but she did wonderfully! We all enjoyed time on the lake, in the sun, and with Matt's family. I wish we were back right now!
Back to Matt's job - it's great! He has already gotten to do WAY more than he did all last summer and fall with his old firm. He's writing memo's, motions, etc. all the time, going to hearings and getting to sit at the real table and everything, and he even found a crucial error made by their opponents, which got Matt's firm exactly what they were asking for (which they may not have gotten otherwise!). I'm very proud of him.
This past weekend, Matt found out that he officially made next year's Moot Court team and that he will be the team's writer. For everyone besides Rachel who doesn't know what this means, he'll be writing the team's brief on the case they are given. The team will go to Austin for competition, but he won't have to do the arguing. However, a good portion of the team's grade will be based on Matt's brief. This is a wonderful opportunity for Matt, and thankfully, he's had some slow days at the office when he could already begin work on the project. He's a little nervous about working this fall, being on the team, and carrying a full load! (I am too!)
Other than that, Missy and I have been on summer vacation for the most part. As soon as we got back from the lake, Mom came for a week visit. We ran errands and she watched me cook dinner, but best of all, she did the dishes!! haha. We had a good visit - I always like for people to come see our life in Houston!
This week has just been doctor appt. catching up and errands that I can't do during the school year. Nothing exciting - so don't be jealous because you THINK I'm just lounging around! I'm trying to study to take a certification test August 4th, and it is NOT going well - so let's hope I can get that in gear!!
Next week I have professional development on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday evening I'm going to Dallas, where Matt will join me Friday night. Mom's taking us to Jersey Boys Saturday night! I'm also excited to see Natalie, Jen, Rachel & Tim, and Bubba, Dee, & the kids!!!!
I know this blog has been pretty boring - you probably do NOT care about all the details, but technically, yall asked for it! I'll be better about posting. Sorry! :(
First, Missy did heal from her injury, only to re-injure herself last week. She is fine again, but I told her if she's going to have to keep going to the doctor she's going to need to get a job. Sheesh! Dog's are expensive!
So June wrapped up quickly. I did a training for a program called History Alive! that our district uses daily in our lessons. I was dreading going, but actually learned quite a few things. So it took a week out of my summer, but I think it may have actually been worth it. Who knew?
Matt went to work the last week in June. Then that brought the weekend of the 4th! We went to the Countryman lake house with Cori, Trent, and Missy. We all had a fantastic time. I was nervous about how Miss Priss would do, but she did wonderfully! We all enjoyed time on the lake, in the sun, and with Matt's family. I wish we were back right now!
Back to Matt's job - it's great! He has already gotten to do WAY more than he did all last summer and fall with his old firm. He's writing memo's, motions, etc. all the time, going to hearings and getting to sit at the real table and everything, and he even found a crucial error made by their opponents, which got Matt's firm exactly what they were asking for (which they may not have gotten otherwise!). I'm very proud of him.
This past weekend, Matt found out that he officially made next year's Moot Court team and that he will be the team's writer. For everyone besides Rachel who doesn't know what this means, he'll be writing the team's brief on the case they are given. The team will go to Austin for competition, but he won't have to do the arguing. However, a good portion of the team's grade will be based on Matt's brief. This is a wonderful opportunity for Matt, and thankfully, he's had some slow days at the office when he could already begin work on the project. He's a little nervous about working this fall, being on the team, and carrying a full load! (I am too!)
Other than that, Missy and I have been on summer vacation for the most part. As soon as we got back from the lake, Mom came for a week visit. We ran errands and she watched me cook dinner, but best of all, she did the dishes!! haha. We had a good visit - I always like for people to come see our life in Houston!
This week has just been doctor appt. catching up and errands that I can't do during the school year. Nothing exciting - so don't be jealous because you THINK I'm just lounging around! I'm trying to study to take a certification test August 4th, and it is NOT going well - so let's hope I can get that in gear!!
Next week I have professional development on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday evening I'm going to Dallas, where Matt will join me Friday night. Mom's taking us to Jersey Boys Saturday night! I'm also excited to see Natalie, Jen, Rachel & Tim, and Bubba, Dee, & the kids!!!!
I know this blog has been pretty boring - you probably do NOT care about all the details, but technically, yall asked for it! I'll be better about posting. Sorry! :(
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