Talking Dog

Lucy likes to talk on the phone. . . and run up our cell phone minutes. Enjoy! :)

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Since my last real update, you know two months ago, there have been a couple of blog-worthy events. Most importantly Miss Pope is now Mrs. Hermans! :) The wedding was beautiful, the reception was great, and it was all so uniquely Emily and Jud.

It was too funny to meet some of their friends from Atlanta who had never been to Texas. Boy did they ever embrace the Texan stereotypes! I'm talking cowboy boots and hats, and one of them even had a sheriff's badge. I have to confess that I've only had one pair of cowboy boots. They were red and I was seven.

At the reception I had the chance to catch up with my other favorite Emily. I love that with true friends it doesn't matter how long it has been since you last talked, you can always pick up right where you left off.

A couple of weekends after the wedding, Eric and I headed to San Angelo for homecoming. We stayed with Wes, Stacey, and the future Baby Jordan. Sarah C. also came in for the weekend. Once again, yay for good friends. . . AND good food! :) Boo for no pictures. Sorry.

I think I'm going to have to wrap this up for now, especially since I have to wake up in a little over 5 hours in order to get ready for school. Pray for me tomorrow. It will be Halloween and I'm afraid the kids are going to be CRAZY!

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Top Ten Things You DON'T Learn about Teaching in College

Cheesy? Yes. . . but still so true.

Updation

• Visiting the day spa was a good experience. I drove about half an hour to Crawford, home of President Bush AND location of The Spa at Canyon Oaks. Each guest at the spa gets her own suite (complete with bathroom and sun room) where the spa treatments come to her. Despite my preceding nervousness, I was able to relax and enjoy the pampering. I am oh-so-spoiled by my husband! :) My verdict: Visit a spa for massages and facials. Visit your local salon for manicures and pedicures. Completely skip the lunch and makeup.
  
• School started back up this past week. Imagine my surprise when I got to school on Tuesday to find that my 22 student class had increased to 27! Thankfully only 25 showed up that first day, which means that only two of my students did not get a desk. Our school, particularly in the upper grades, is overcrowded. The good news is that there is a state law limiting 4th grade class size to 22 students, so hopefully by the end of this upcoming week they will begin transferring students to other schools.


• With school starting back up, I am beginning to question my career choice. I honestly can't say that I wake up in the morning wanting to go to work. I also honestly can't say that I come home in the evenings and relax. For me, it is work, work, work all the time. I know this isn't how I want to live my life, but I'm having trouble thinking of alternative careers. I'd love to go back to school and get my masters in something, but first I have figure out what that "something" is. . . .


• Last but not least, Eric and I recently began sponsoring a little girl through Compassion. Her name is Sada and she is a little five (almost six) year old girl from Tanzania. She is too cute! We are super excited about the chance we have to pray for and develop a relationship with her.

Laredo and a Day Spa

Eric and I just got back from a short trip to Laredo to visit his friend Josh. It was a sports-filled weekend complete with a softball game, baseball game, and of course watching the Olympics. We also went and saw The Dark Knight which I did not like one bit. I'll stick with my feel good romantic comedies.

Tomorrow Eric is treating me to a day of pampering at a day spa. I've never been to one and I am NERVOUS! Hopefully I'll come back more relaxed than I am right now. :)

Summer in Pictures

Eric and I have discovered the best thing about being teachers--SUMMER! In just a couple of months we have vacationed in NYC, moved into a house, celebrated our anniversary with a day trip, worked hard on a week long New Orleans mission trip, attended two Texas Ranger games, spent a weekend hanging out with friends from college, and our next plan is to spend a couple of days with Josh in Laredo. After realizing how long it would take to actually write a post about our summer fun, I decided I'd just put together a post made up of pictures. After all, a picture's worth a thousand words. . . . :)

No, we don't own Rangers jerseys. . . .

Yes, the rally cap worked. The Rangers won with a walk off homerun.

We toured the Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham and. . .

visited the site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Indepenence.

Happy 1st Anniversary to us!

We worked with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans' 9th Ward.

My group did roofing and siding on this house and one other.

We had the awesome opportunity to see a house dedication ceremony.

It was good to catch up with friends,

catch a MercyMe concert (with Josh Hamilton) and,

sit in the stands hoping to catch a fly ball.

That has been our summer so far. We have a week and a half of freedom left, then it's back to the classroom for another grueling 9 months. But do you know what follows those 9 months? That's right, SUMMER!