OUR HOUSE!!

I am super pumped to say that...we are closing on OUR first house on Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) This was totally NOT what we expected to happen, but God has blessed us far beyond what we would have imagined! We were trying to keep it a secret until we knew for sure, but now we know for sure! Everything went through and we are closing Wednesday!! My in-laws have been INCREDIBLE! They have worked their southern cans off helping us paint and clean and everything else under the sun! :) Our families have both been so generous and so helpful! We are SO thankful!! :) I am just so blessed and thankful. Please keep us in your prayers! :)

Ephesians 3:20

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”

Deuteronomy 7:13

"He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land--your grain, new wine and oil--the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land that he swore to your forefathers to give you."

Bless-to honor in worship; to offer approval or encouragement.

Faculty Follies

Internship is going AWESOME! I LOVE W.E.S and I LOVE my class and awesome teacher, Carol Matthews! The school is great and I couldn't ask for a better cooperating teacher! I am very blessed!

Every year, W.E.S puts on a show called "Faculty Follies". Teachers get into groups and come up with skits to songs. The teachers asked if we interns would do a skit. We decided to be good sports and participate. We dressed as the California Raisins and danced to "Heard It Through the Grapevine." The other teachers' acts blew us out of the water, but, hey, we tried! It was a lot of fun. I was the lead singer and the other girls were my backup singers. It was cute.

I'm loving this half of my internship so much that it makes me sad to even think of it ending in 4 weeks! :( I want to stay there forever!

Internship!

Well, I am LOVING my internship so far! W.E.S is an awesome school and I have an awesome cooperating teacher and an awesome group of 2nd graders! Everyone is so sweet! It's great to finally be in the classroom. I truly feel like this is my calling. My teacher trusts me enough that I am starting to teach some next week. :) She and I get along great and I am just so blessed to have her as my cooperating teacher. The kids are so great and very sweet. I am just happy that my fears did not come true. More to come later...

EW...

Well...apparently I am allergic to Loratab...I have been feeling AWFUL since Tuesday and it wasn't my teeth. I felt insanely dizzy, nauseous, and had a pounding headache...I will spare you all the gruesome details. Today I felt the worst that I have ever felt in my entire life, I am sure of it. I drove to AUM on a wing and a prayer to the last intern meeting this month. My head was pounding so hard that I could barely keep my eyes open. I was basically driving with one eye open. I was also extremely nauseous and dizzy. We are not allowed to miss an intern meeting or our grade will drop one letter grade...so needless to say, I was making it no matter what. I arrived at AUM in a daze. All through the meeting the room was spinning. After our first meeting, we went to Goodwyn hall for our second meeting. I propped my head up and snoozed for most of the meeting. This is SO UNLIKE me because I am usually a very alert, "A" student! I knew something had to be terribly wrong and I almost drove myself to the ER. I decided to call the doctor who removed my wisdom teeth Monday. He said that I was apparently having a reaction to the Loratab! He said to immediately stop taking it, eat, take Benadryl, and sleep it off for the rest of the day. I followed doctor's orders and slept for most of the day. I still have a headache and I'm still a little nauseous and dizzy, but it is NOTHING like it was. I am PRAYING that this all gets out of my system so I can be on my toes for internship! This is so unlike me to be this unproductive. :( I hope to feel at least 90% better tomorrow. Please pray for me to make a speedy recovery so that I can be in tip top shape for internship! I hope this may help people to be more aware that some meds that are supposed to be good for you can really make you sick! God Bless.

Loosing My Wisdom...

Well, I finally bit the bullet and had my wisdom teeth removed yesterday! What a ride! LOL. I was so nervous and scared! It was the first "surgery" I have ever had. I kept telling Wes "Now, if I die please take care of our animals...my family...etc." Well it really wasn't that bad. I didn't die...hence this blog...(Thank you, Wes for praying with me before everything! It really helped me to calm down! God was definitely holding my hand through the whole surgery.) Anesthesia is some cool stuff. Once they finally hooked the IV up (my veins were small because I was cold), they started shoving stuff on me and covering me up and shoving stuff in my mouth. The nurse looked down at me and said you'll be getting real sleepy in the next few minutes...I was thinking "Yeah, right! I'm still awake!" Well, the next thing I knew, they were taking everything off of me and I had gauze shoved all in my mouth. They said, "Ok! It's all done! Let's take you to your car!" I couldn't believe it was over. Wes was waiting in the car and I looked real stupid with all that gauze in my mouth when I smiled at seeing him. On the way home, he stopped and got my meds and to my surprise, I was not delirious at all. I wasn't even that sleepy. Wes came back with my meds and a cute puppy stuffed animal (I am a child, because this really thrilled me). When I got home, I took my antibiotic and Loratab and was off to dream land with my stuffed puppy and real puppy (my chihuahua) at my sides. I mainly watched movies (kiddie movies) and slept. The pain didn't really hit me until this morning at 6am. The right side is swollen and achy because the bottom tooth had to be chopped up unlike the others that were easily pulled. I am very thankful that all went well. I just pray for a very fast recovery because tomorrow is my first intern seminar at AUM, Thursday I meet my intern teacher, and Monday, internship starts! Please pray for a speedy recovery! Thanks for reading (sorry if it sounds silly because I'm kind of medicated) and thanks for the prayers!

It's A New Year...Hello 2010

Well I CANNOT believe it's already a new year! This year has flown by. I'm really hoping that this year is better than last year. Last year was not bad, but it was tough. I'm SUPER excited to be graduating this year!!! That is definitely something to look forward to. I also PRAY that Wes and I can get a great job this year! And REALLY pray we can buy a house. We shall see... I'm just really hoping this is a very blessed year. We sure need it.

I have decided to not make any "New Year's Resolutions" but just to make some general goals for myself. I'm always very timid to make goals at this time of the year because I want them to be sincere and not just conformity. SO, with that said, my GOALS in general are to 1. Loose weight 2. Get in shape 3. Save money 4. Become more active 5. Become an overall better person.

I did achieve one resolution last year and that was to read more. I read 10 books last year. I am hoping to exceed that number this year.

I hope everyone had a great New Year and I hope this year brings you many blessings!

Jeff Dunham

As part of my Christmas, Wes gave me tickets to see Jeff Dunham in Birmingham for the day after Christmas. I was pumped! For those of you who don't know, Jeff is a ventriloquist. When I was first introduced to his comedy bit, I was a little unsure, but...after a while, he really grows on you! He's HILARIOUS and very talented. I was a little nervous about the live show, because I heard rumors that he wasn't as good live as he was on his DVDs...the rumors were wrong.

We began by stopping of at the in-law's house to drop off our "child", Pistol Pete. We then went to Olive Garden and had a wonderful meal for FREE because of the wonderful gift cards we got for Christmas. After we ate, we traveled to the BJCC for the show. We had great seats, in my opinion. They were squishy (lol) and they were direct so that we didn't have to turn our heads to see the show. The show began with "Guitar Guy" who is kind of like Jeff's human sidekick. He was awesome on the guitar and had some hilarious songs, even one about us being free in 2012 from Oprah, Obama, and hopefully The View. It was hilarious. We also learned that "Guitar Guy's" son is the lead guitarist in "Avenge Sevenfold". After "Guitar Guy's" bit, there was a 15 minute intermission. Finally after the intermission, Jeff came on! He did about a 10 minute bit of his own before bringing our his first puppet, Walter, the grumpy old man. Most all of Walter's material was new and it was great! After Walter was Achmed the Dead Terrorist and after Achmed was my favorite, Peanut! Then there was Jalapeno on a Steek which he does while also doing Peanut. After Peanut and Jalapeno's bit, Peanut talked a little more and then Jeff ended the show and ran off stage. People began leaving, but then Jeff ran back on stage! He said "Hold on! I haven't done this guy in a while, but I figured it was appropriate, so here's Bubba J!" Bubba J is his red reck puppet...I guess he figured it was appropriate with him being in Alabama. It was funny because everyone knew Bubba's lines and it freaked Jeff out. He said it was like some weird church service. "Everyone open your bibles to Bubba 2:16". The whole show was awesome and I was sad to see it end! We had a great time and I highly recommend his live show!

Thanks for reading!