Miscellany Monday

Clearly February is not a good blogging month for me. We are over half way through the month and here I am writing my third post of the month.

I guess the secret is out. We are boring homebodies. Our lives aren't exciting. Nothing worth posting about has really happened. We don't have kids so that eliminates funny kid stories and our dogs are just as boring as we are. Most of the time this is what they are doing.


This weekend has allowed me to enjoy a four day weekend. I've just enjoyed the time off. The most productive thing I've done is laundry.


I also finally discovered the app that lets me put multiple photos together. Score!

Because I was off on Friday I was able to attend and help with a very sweet Valentine's Day Party with one of my favorite two year olds and all her peeps. Here is me with the hostess.

It was a great party. Jill did an amazing job as always. It made me look forward to doing something like this with my children some day.

I'm ending this nice four day weekend curled up in bed with my man watching The Voice. Perfect ending.

“Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.”

Proverbs 17:9

Life As We Know It

I'm still here. It's hard to believe I haven't posted since the first day of the month. Here it is already the 12th.

I wish I had something magnificent to blog about, but I honestly don't. I've just been going through life.

The husband just got home from a 2.5 week business trip. YUCK! He did get to come home last weekend so I got to see him for a couple of days during that time.

With him being out of town, I've been a pretty boring person. Not that I'm all that exciting when he is around.

My days have consisted of going to work, coming home to enjoy a hot bath and a good book, and then going to bed.

Sadly my biggest accomplishment from the past few weeks is becoming addicted to yet another TV show. Have you seen Big Bang Theory? Oh my! It makes me laugh so hard. Definitely a new favorite.

Today we have just stayed in bed all day watching TV and enjoying being in the same room again. I miss my man while he's gone!

I have a pretty busy week coming up. Tutoring after school, professional development workshop, parent-teacher conferences, and a meeting with parents about an upcoming trip to D.C. I'm sure there is more, but those are the things that stick out. Thankfully it will all be followed by a four day weekend. YAY!


There's a chance we may get some snow tonight or tomorrow. I have mixed emotions. I LOVE snow!!! And part of me wouldn't mind ONE snow day. I don't want more than one though. I want to be out of school before Memorial Day. But another part of me thinks we've made it this far without one. Let's just skip the snow and start summer a little earlier. Tomorrow is my busiest day of the week and I honestly wouldn't mind have another lazy day. We'll see.

That's it. Just my boring life that's been going on. Maybe something big and exciting will happen soon. You never know. :)

Wordless Wednesday - Happy February!

Flash Mobs & A Recipe

Last week I received an email asking me to participate in our pep rally today. I LOVE stuff like this. It reminds how much I've come out of my shell since high school. I've really lightened up with stuff like this and I know I owe it to the husband. Anyway. I saw that it was a dance so I jumped at the opportunity to participate. It also said something about a flash mob, and being uncool, I had no idea what that was, but it sounded fun.

When I learned exactly what a flash mob was, I even more excited. Apparently it's a new craze. It's planned, but appears spontaneous. One person starts dancing in the middle of say Target. Slowly one by one people start joining in until there is a crowd doing this dance.

So there are kids sat enjoying a typical pep rally this afternoon when our high school principal started to make an announcement. He barely got started and all of a sudden a Justin Beiber song started blaring. He pretended to be upset that he had been interrupted and then he broke down into our dance. He really hammed it up. The kids went wild immediately. One by one several teachers, including me, made our way down to the gym floor and joined him.

It was so much fun. Since I was dancing I didn't get any pictures. You'll have to take my word that we were GOOD and the kids loved it. :)

Just another reason I'm blessed by my job.


I found a recipe on pinterest awhile back that I wanted to try. Ya'll I never get excited about a new recipe. I don't enjoy cooking. But I've been excited about trying this one. Andrew has been working extremely late for a couple of weeks and we've pretty much eaten dinner separately except on the weekends for the past two weeks. He has been getting ready for tomorrow, when he leaves for a couple of weeks.

I was determined to try this recipe tonight even if it meant I didn't eat until 8. We still ate separately, but we ate the same meal this time.

The recipe was for sweet and spicy bacon chicken. You can find it here. I baked instead of grilled because I have no idea how to turn our grill on. That's the husband's territory.

The chicken was really good. I'm not a huge fan of glazed brown sugar so I would probably leave that out next time. I know that takes away the sweet part. Ours was pretty much all sweet because I didn't use enough chili powder. I was fearful of using too much and ended up using too little.

The husband told me several times that the chicken was really good so we will be adding to the short list of meals I not only know how to make, but will eat. HA!

I also made dessert. We love cheesecake and it's an easy dessert that I know will not go to waste. Over the week, we (or I since he is leaving) will eat the whole thing.

But you, O LORD, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

Psalm 3:3

A Shining Light

I think there are a lot people out there who believe God is no longer in public schools. They think our government has the power to remove Him from public schools.

People can be ignorant sometimes.

First of all no man made law has the ability to take God out of anything. He is there in those public schools whether people want to acknowledge it or not. Personally, I praise Him for being in those public schools. I work in one.

I am extremely blessed to work in a place where God is not only acknowledged, but welcomed. I'm blessed to work for a boss who quotes/uses scripture on a regular basis with students, parents, and faculty without hesitation. I'm blessed to work for a boss who prays for her school and community. I am blessed to work with a group of people who meet once a month to pray for each other and for our students.

In Matthew 5:14, God tells us that we are the light of the world. We are to let our light shine and not hide it. I'll confess that I work in an environment that makes it easy to let my light shine. I am so thankful that I can openly discuss my faith with my students.

There are so many people who are persecuted for even owning a copy of God's Word, let alone sharing about it. I pray for those people and beg you to join me in that prayer. That type of persecution is something that as a Christian in the United States, I can't even fathom. The worst I deal with is someone disagreeing with me. My life isn't threatened because of my belief in God.


Today one of my student's allowed her light to shine. Every once in awhile I'll reward my students with some music while we work. The rule is if I have never heard the song, we can't listen to it. Today a young lady in one of my math classes was begging me to listen to her new favorite song. She wanted to listen to At Your Name by Phil Whickam. No way could I resist that one. She proudly played her song and we had a little praise session right there in math class while working on congruent figures. It was GREAT!!!

I'm telling you, God has really been moving through HGS this year. He has done some amazing things. I've watched him turn ashes to beauty. I wish I could even begin to share with you the things I've been blessed to witness this year. They can all be summed up in the fact that God is good. Always!

Now I stand on solid ground, and I will publicly praise the LORD.

Psalm 26:12

Our Weekend in Pictures

The iPhone has been busy lately. I've been taking pictures of everything we do. I might possibly have a sickness. The husband is tired of me shoving my phone in his face and telling him to smile.

We had a nice weekend together. Thought I'd share a few of those pics and record our weekend for memory sake.

Ms. Liberty Belle got a new toy. She loves it!!

Andrew and I had lunch @ McAlister's Saturday. It wasn't my first choice, but was actually pretty good. My s-i-l, Joy, will be proud to know I'm learning to like their sweet tea. HA!

We followed with dessert at Shake's. Butterfinger Concrete = YUM!

Liberty and I curled up and watched the Miss America pageant Saturday night. We were a little disappointed with the whole pageant, but we had fun watching online with our twitter and facebook friends.

I want a leather jacket. I considered this one for about half a second. It's a cheapy from Target. I want a brown one.

Liam Bailey and I went and picked up dinner Sunday night. He's by "go" buddy. He loves to go bye bye.

I bought some new workout clothes for Zumba. I feel so athletic wearing real workout gear. I normally just wear gym shorts and a t-shirt.

I scored a new Karen Kingsbury book for $3 @ Mardel. I can't wait for the last book of this series to come out in March so that I can read them.

I bought a new razorback shirt on etsy. I was excited to see it in the mail this weekend.

The blessing of the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Psalm 10:22

Up, Up, and Away

Yesterday was the big day. I woke up excited to go flying with the husband. Of course the closer we got to the flying center the more nervous I got. I really do not enjoy flying.

We thought we would do some debriefing down on the ground, fly for 30 minutes or so, and then more debriefing on the ground. That's not what happened at all. As soon as we got there our instructor took us out to the plane.

We climbed in and got all buckled up. Andrew and the instructor went through a pre-flight checklist and started contact with the control tower. I had the biggest smile on my face during all this. I knew Andrew was loving every minute and that made me a happy wife.

The control tower gave us permission for take off and we were on our way. It was a little scary at first, but it didn't take long for me to relax and enjoy the flight. We had a bit of turbulence which I was not a fan of at all.

I enjoyed seeing God's creation from a new perspective. It was beautiful. I would LOVE to go during the fall when the leaves are changing colors. Our instructor flew us out to Petit Jean so we could circle around the waterfall. Though I loved seeing the waterfall, I was not a fan of the circling. That plane was way too slanted for my preference.
After he circled the waterfall a couple of times he asked Andrew if he knew which way Little Rock was. Apparently lots of people get up there and don't know which direction home is. Andrew said he knew the way and then proceeded to fly us home. Our instructor took back over when we got close so that he could land the plane.

I actually really enjoyed the flight. I think it was because I knew Andrew was loving it. It is something I would definitely do again.

But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31