I do love Halloween- the creative costumes, false eyelashes and glitter. A suprise around every corner. What a great celebration of creativity and fantasy each year. Last year, Neil and I were Luchadors (mexican wrestlers). It was great.... but this year...
This year is a little different. This Halloween season is a season of work. Work fills the cool crisp air... work falls like acorns onto the hood of my car. Work percolates from the many slow-cooker recipes of work. And in order to stay on top of work, this weekend will be filled with work and handing out candy at the door to neighborhood kiddos we look forward to meeting for the first time.
Ah, work. How do I love and hate thee?
You fill up my life and take over my life.
You stimulate my brain and fry my brain.
You and your partner in crime- procrastination, have about done me in for good.
But, I will defeat you yet.
It's me, you, a multi-modal social justice project, a literature review, half a semester of grading and mini-snickers bars.
Here we go!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Begin with good
Philippians 4:8 (New International Version)
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Begin the week with good thoughts of good things. Every morning, take note of your attitude, and give it to the Lord.
God's faithfulness is true.
God's grace is noble.
God's guidance is right.
God's love is pure.
God's blessings are lovely.
God's creations are admirable.
God's presence with us today is praiseworthy.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Weekend in Review
Friday - Gave my new slow cooker a run with apples and pork tenderloin, Digital Is Meeting for Central Texas Writing Project, wine and a movie with Neil
Saturday - Up early to clean the house, then painted the master bedroom with Barb and Steve, Thai Topaz spicy mango delight for dinner and Karate Kid on the big screen at home
Sunday - Church, Egg and I, Arts and Crafts to channel my pent up creative energy, and a late afternoon bike ride through the hills, dinner at our favorite mexican restaurant with a view.
What didn't get done? - mounds of work, mountains of school work, and an abyss of grading- think I'll head to bed to prepare for the week I have ahead of me. Oh, what a day I will have tomorrow due to this procrastination. But, oh what a lovely day I had today.
Saturday - Up early to clean the house, then painted the master bedroom with Barb and Steve, Thai Topaz spicy mango delight for dinner and Karate Kid on the big screen at home
Sunday - Church, Egg and I, Arts and Crafts to channel my pent up creative energy, and a late afternoon bike ride through the hills, dinner at our favorite mexican restaurant with a view.
What didn't get done? - mounds of work, mountains of school work, and an abyss of grading- think I'll head to bed to prepare for the week I have ahead of me. Oh, what a day I will have tomorrow due to this procrastination. But, oh what a lovely day I had today.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Too tired for sentences...
Too tired for sentences
Started pilates
Student teacher observations
Purple week for anti-gay bullying awareness
Pink month for breast cancer awareness
Oct. 20 National Day of Writing
Date with Sallie in Wimberley
Date with Barb and Steve in SA
Defeated my Statistics Midterm
Planning a multi-modal literacy review
Planning a literary review paper
Planning a presentation
Planning a meeting for tomorrow
New slow-cooker and cookbook
Need to get up now to get dinner in the slow cooker
Need to get dressed again for a meeting with my adviser
Need to grade papers
Need to clean house
FULL STOP.
What lovely reasons to be tired. What a full life I have.
Random aside:
My cats are playing chase in the room around me. My girl cat just landed an inch from my own head resting on the arm of the couch. I sure am glad she didn't land on my head, or nose for that matter.
Thank you Lord for the busy world around me.
You sure do know how to tired a girl out.
Started pilates
Student teacher observations
Purple week for anti-gay bullying awareness
Pink month for breast cancer awareness
Oct. 20 National Day of Writing
Date with Sallie in Wimberley
Date with Barb and Steve in SA
Defeated my Statistics Midterm
Planning a multi-modal literacy review
Planning a literary review paper
Planning a presentation
Planning a meeting for tomorrow
New slow-cooker and cookbook
Need to get up now to get dinner in the slow cooker
Need to get dressed again for a meeting with my adviser
Need to grade papers
Need to clean house
FULL STOP.
What lovely reasons to be tired. What a full life I have.
Random aside:
My cats are playing chase in the room around me. My girl cat just landed an inch from my own head resting on the arm of the couch. I sure am glad she didn't land on my head, or nose for that matter.
Thank you Lord for the busy world around me.
You sure do know how to tired a girl out.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Tizzy Friday
Oh the piles are a mounting up on my desk...
The thoughts are a spinning up in my head...
A paper to grade, a paper to write, a house to clean and errands to run.
What a tizzy of a Friday I have begun!
Since my chef's hat has been buried under textbooks and papers lately- a home-cooked meal for dinner is several days overdue.
Slow Cooker Chicken will be tonight's fair. Easy enough to leave while I click away on Draft 1 of my research paper, and yummy enough to feed my soul and the stomach of my husband after a long work week.
A full day of work today, and a full day of work tomorrow- then we'll hop on a plane to DFW to watch the Cowboys in the new stadium! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! The electric energy of a football stadium in October is enough to kick my little tail into high speed even into Saturday!
Let's go Cowboys- let's go!
Let's go house cleaning - let's go!
Let's go slow cooker- let's go!
Let's go research - let's go!
Here's hoping your inner-cheerleader get's you going today too!
The thoughts are a spinning up in my head...
A paper to grade, a paper to write, a house to clean and errands to run.
What a tizzy of a Friday I have begun!
Since my chef's hat has been buried under textbooks and papers lately- a home-cooked meal for dinner is several days overdue.
Slow Cooker Chicken will be tonight's fair. Easy enough to leave while I click away on Draft 1 of my research paper, and yummy enough to feed my soul and the stomach of my husband after a long work week.
A full day of work today, and a full day of work tomorrow- then we'll hop on a plane to DFW to watch the Cowboys in the new stadium! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! The electric energy of a football stadium in October is enough to kick my little tail into high speed even into Saturday!
Let's go Cowboys- let's go!
Let's go house cleaning - let's go!
Let's go slow cooker- let's go!
Let's go research - let's go!
Here's hoping your inner-cheerleader get's you going today too!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Begin a new week
Week one of October -
Reflection - I made it through my first 8 hour Statistics Midterm, and I'm actually am more interested in statistics than ever. It's actually pretty cool stuff, once you get over the hump of craziness.
My house is not perfect, but it has not crumbled under our feet...yet. Housework has gone from pesky chores to a sought after excuses to postpone boring textbooks. Everywhere I look, there is something to do. For now- I'm bunkered in the guest room in clicking on two laptops and playing fetch with my cat. Funny how things change...
Thoughts for this week-
Continue making my to do list for 2 days in advance. I tried doing a week at a time and cried. Two days is much more palatable.
Tackle the gradebook.
Begin major papers.
Scout cute Fall decorations that I will buy after Fall is over and they go on clearance.
Take every opportunity to go OUTSIDE and enjoy the beautiful weather.
Exercise!
My Lord, my Lord- thank You for another week.
Through chores and events- it is really only You I seek.
I praise You for the beauty I see all around me.
I praise You for helping me be what You what me to be.
Reflection - I made it through my first 8 hour Statistics Midterm, and I'm actually am more interested in statistics than ever. It's actually pretty cool stuff, once you get over the hump of craziness.
My house is not perfect, but it has not crumbled under our feet...yet. Housework has gone from pesky chores to a sought after excuses to postpone boring textbooks. Everywhere I look, there is something to do. For now- I'm bunkered in the guest room in clicking on two laptops and playing fetch with my cat. Funny how things change...
Thoughts for this week-
Continue making my to do list for 2 days in advance. I tried doing a week at a time and cried. Two days is much more palatable.
Tackle the gradebook.
Begin major papers.
Scout cute Fall decorations that I will buy after Fall is over and they go on clearance.
Take every opportunity to go OUTSIDE and enjoy the beautiful weather.
Exercise!
My Lord, my Lord- thank You for another week.
Through chores and events- it is really only You I seek.
I praise You for the beauty I see all around me.
I praise You for helping me be what You what me to be.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Dr. Lou Dr. Lou!
If you know me well, very, very, very, well, or perhaps you are keen to my allusions and occasional attributions to Dr. Lou on this blog... you will pick up this little known fact about me... I consider Dr. Lou Holtz to be my long lost grandfather. I love him.
If you do not know who Dr. Lou is- I insist you look him up. Seriously- you should do it. Listen to one of his speeches and you suddenly feel better and more motivated to go get 'em.
Today, around 8:30 p.m. I arrived home after a long day of work and school. Still in my work clothes, I kicked of my slip on "teacher shoes" at the door, and I hear a voice that could only belong to one person. Quickly, my head whipped around -
"Dr. Lou!" I shouted!
"Do you want me to rewind it?" asked Neil, already rewinding.
I jump on the couch to hear my guru speak after such a long hiatus between this football season and last.
"Don't listen to the negative thinkers." says Lou, "There will always be someone who says, 'We could never to put a man on the moon.'One hundred years ago, the patents office thought they should close their doors because everything good had already been invented. Don't listen to these negative thinkers. If you want something to happen, the key is to believe. You have to BELIEVE to accomplish your goals."
Well said, Dr. Lou, well said.
If you do not know who Dr. Lou is- I insist you look him up. Seriously- you should do it. Listen to one of his speeches and you suddenly feel better and more motivated to go get 'em.
Today, around 8:30 p.m. I arrived home after a long day of work and school. Still in my work clothes, I kicked of my slip on "teacher shoes" at the door, and I hear a voice that could only belong to one person. Quickly, my head whipped around -
"Dr. Lou!" I shouted!
"Do you want me to rewind it?" asked Neil, already rewinding.
I jump on the couch to hear my guru speak after such a long hiatus between this football season and last.
"Don't listen to the negative thinkers." says Lou, "There will always be someone who says, 'We could never to put a man on the moon.'One hundred years ago, the patents office thought they should close their doors because everything good had already been invented. Don't listen to these negative thinkers. If you want something to happen, the key is to believe. You have to BELIEVE to accomplish your goals."
Well said, Dr. Lou, well said.
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