Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Call me a "foodie"

The Hash House is by far my absolute favorite place to go for breakfast.
Every single thing on the menu is DIVINE and the portions are out of this world.
With Rachelle, Stephanie, and Jill in town I had the perfect excuse to make a much needed appearance at this favorite spot.
To defeat the portions Stephanie and I shared this bad girl.
This bad girl is a "Blackberry Granola Pancake" from The Hash House.


Needless to say... we didn't like her at all. :)

Friday, June 17, 2011

My Friends Have Come!

In all our glory here we are...
Good morning!
Stephanie is here!

A Season Like No Other

Some call it "student teaching",
We call it teacher boot camp.

A season like NO other.

One of the best
and one of the hardest
times of my life.

8 crazy weeks with Kindergarteners+
8 hilarious weeks with Fourth Graders=
1 credentialed teacher complete with the title-- Ms. Whipple.

Fourth Graders

Making it through... one happy hour at a time!

Kindergarteners

And we made it!
Ms. Whipple and Ms. Souser

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Tis the Season...

... to be Jolly!
Christmas time is here in San Diego and especially so in my apartment! Wishing you and yours some happy holiday cheer!

Tis the Season... to also countdown!
10 days until the semester ends,
11 days until I drive home for Christmas with Sarah Schmidt,
11 days until Sarah meets Macer,
18 days until I am reunited with some amazing women and my love Katie Scoville,
18 days until some Sacramento fun with great friends,
And
20 days until Christmas!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

It's a Fall Day

I woke up this morning to rain! And what a beautiful sight it is as it is still raining right now!
The rain makes today a fall day, my cinnamon enhanced coffee makes today a fall day, my new fall leaves desktop background (cheesy I know... just couldn't help myself) makes today a fall day, and a trip to Julian makes today a fall day.

I am a happy girl!

Many have heard me whine about how I can't stand that San Diego does not really experience fall. Native San Diegans think that San Diego has "fall" but really, they haven't a clue as to the greatness of what fall really holds. And today, I have to say "good job San Diego for pulling fall off, you actually did it!".

I will be home sweet home for the Thanksgiving holiday come Monday night and I not only anxiously await such a sweet reunion because of all the amazing things "home" is, but because "home" means some SERIOUS fall. Can't wait!

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy this holiday in community and let us all be thankful!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

A Day in the Life

It seems to me this title is appropriate for this day because today I feel as if I am living a day in the life I have wanted to live for a day for quite some time.

It all actually started last night. I went to bed watching a movie, a movie that I only made it 1o minutes into because I was THAT tired. So sad! But nonetheless, it was such a great feeling being able to take the time to "watch" a movie as I fell asleep.

I woke up today at 8am and went to Yoga with two absolute loves. I got to experience a wonderful hour of relaxation, stretching, and bliss. I left feeling quite relaxed and rejuvenated, and totally thrilled by the fact that I have nothing that I HAVE to do today. Nothing!

I came home from Yoga, made coffee, made my bed, poured an amazing cup of coffee, grabbed a blanket, hopped on into my papasan chair, and READ The New York Times, my paper of choice.

I read an insightful article about unemployment and how jobs are increasing, but just not enough. I have been thinking a great deal about politics lately in relation to education, unemployment, and the recent state elections, and in fact have found myself in a series of wonderful conversations with my roommate about the insanity of the current government, things both good and bad. Our conversations lead to dreaming about how we could make "Unemployment" so much more productive, change "Social Security", redistribute money within the realm of "Education", and elect different state officials as to bring some much needed change to the table. Now if WE could just make these things happen.... such crazy political notions are quite fun to dream about.

After reading my electronic paper (kind of sad...definitely lacks in providing the aesthetic pleasure of a real newspaper), I took a pause and mentally jumped for joy because I actually had the time in this moment to BLOG! Oh my oh my!

And so I write about a morning that has been a little slice of Heaven. I don't want it to end! I had just told one of my best friends about how my ideal day would consist of sitting down at the end of a busy day with a glass of wine and my laptop and writing a fulfilling blog. This morning has been exactly that, only with a cup of coffee and at the beginning of the day, but nonetheless, fulfilling.

Happy Saturday! May we all enjoy the fullness of God's Grace and Peace in our hearts and in the life happening all around us on this wonderful day.

And by the way, I am hoping for my "ideal evening" sometime very soon because I have some ideas, thoughts, and life updates I want to share!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

These days...

I watch kids
do homework
sleep
do homework
watch kids
go to class (little variety here)
do homework
watch more kids
get sick
go to class
sleep
watch kids
lose my voice
watch kids
Get the gist?

and what I don't do is
blog.
Forgive me.

I am home for a weekend of fun (Danielle and James' Wedding! Congrats!) and relaxing. And boy am I in such a need for both!

To sum things up: "life is life"-- a wise quote said by Ms. Anna Taggart. A woman wiser beyond her years :)

UP next, when I blog again (hopefully before another month goes by...ah!) I will share some pictures and a good story all to liven things up a bit!

Adiosssss