Come What May

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

My Love/Hate Relationship

Can I please tell you that I hate going out of town because I feel like I can never catch back up.

Hubs and I went out of town for his best friend's wedding this weekend.

I was already behind before we left with report cards due, half-days at school, and "teacher planning" aka please sit through these meetings all day and not have any time to plan.

But this post isn't about any of that. Stay tuned though because apparently I have 50+ photos from the past week and a half.

October,

We really did use to get along.

Cooler weather.

All things pumpkin.

My favorite holiday.

We really go all out costume wise...

Having a legit excuse to watch Hocus Pocus

And lets not forget I got engaged in October.

Sadly, ever since I began this whole teaching thing October seems to mean other things.

Like being sick for almost a whole month straight with different things.

The end of the first quarter, boo report cards.

And all sorts of other craziness that didn't seem to effect me before.

So long October,

I'll remember you not so fondly when I'm dealing with my kiddos coming down from a sugar high and lack of sleep.

See you next year, hopefully your redeeming qualities will once again outweigh the negative.

aka, please don't let me have strep again!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The One With the Engagement

In honor of it being two years since hubs and I got engaged I though I would share with you my foolproof way to get a man to propose!

Please keep in mind that this is a 6 year plan.

This is a video from the weekend I met Kyle.
Not only did him and his best friends think this was hilarious, but there I am in the background. In other videos you can see multiple other people from our youth group standing around watching this behavior!
Clearly digital cameras had yet to produce videos with sound!

Nerd Night

This is what me and my best friends did that night. We also prank called the boys below us. ALL NIGHT! This is, to this day, my favorite trip ever.

Obviously we were an immature match made in heaven from the start.

Sit in front of him on a bus. Shamelessly use his best friend to have an excuse to talk to him the whole drive.
Talk to him on AIM whenever you get a chance.
Make sure he asks you out and to prom on the same night, in an Arby's parking lot.

Prom 2005

After he asks you out, don't hold his hand for two weeks or kiss him for a month and a half.
Don't go anywhere with him just the two of you.
Make him go see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with you. Because he's late, make him purchase his own ticket and come find you and your friends.
Alternate weeks of being out of town for the entire summer.
Now that he's wrapped around your finger, break up with him over AIM because "it's just not working since we never see each other." (Bonus points if it's his mom's birthday)
Start dating someone else on a trip you convinced him to go on with the youth group.
Accidentally go on a date with him when everyone else bails last minute. Kiss him on that same night.

Before officially dating again, New Years Eve Blowout 2005

Ask him to come over to help you set up your new iPod.
Agree to go to his sister's wedding, but only if you're boyfriend/girlfriend again.

When he goes to college an hour away, work on all weekends so you can only see each other every few weeks or so.

Call him every night, forcing him to stop hanging out with his friends.
Go to college 4 hours away from him.

Immediately get a job and join a sorority so you're insanely busy.
Make him drive the 4 hours every month so he can sleep on your floor for the weekend.
Drag him to sorority functions.
After three years of this start telling him that you want to be engaged.
Tell him you want to be engaged by the end of the year.
Ignore the situation and hope for the best.
Visit him at his school and talk him into walking on the beach at night.

By the end of the night you WILL have a ring on your finger.

Kyle, I will forever be grateful that I have such a wonderful man to call my husband.
I can't wait to see where our love story takes us.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

2 Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies!

Now that I'm working I don't have much time for crafts, but I still try to squeeze in some new recipes!

This past weekend I found a super easy pumpkin cookie recipe.

I absolutely love all things pumpkin and can't believe I made it so far through October without making something yet!

As soon as I saw the recipe I went out and bought the things to make them that day!

The ingredients!
Seriously one box of Spice Cake and one can of pumpkin!
Pre-heat oven to 350

Mix the two together until combined.

Drop on sprayed cookie sheet (I put mine on parchment paper) and place in oven.

Bake about 15 minutes. They are a very cakey cookie, so don't expect them to get hard!

Allow to cool and ice if desired!
I used Cream Cheese frosting.

We may or may not have eaten half of these in one day....

Linking Up with Melissa, Sarah, and Amber

Monday, October 22, 2012

Airing My Dirty Laundry

I put a load of laundry in the dryer and another in the wash and went out to run some errands.

When I came back the dryer was stopped so I thought I must have been out longer than I thought.

I opened the dryer to find it dark and still full of wet clothes.

Try to re-start it and nothing!

Tried flipping the circuit breaker, still nothing.

Tested the washer and it was fine.

So I was stuck with one load of partially dried clothes and another full load of wet clothes.

What's a girl to do?

Create her own clothes line of course!

Except all of my clothes pins have been moved to my classroom.

Hence the hangers.

Unfortunately, we barely have enough hangers for the clothes we hang!

So I dried the first load and re-washed and hung the second one the next day.

Here's to hoping our landlord gets it fixed soon!

Having a landlord who lives part time in Spain is super frustrating some days!

Now don't think you can get away that quickly today!

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Let the Games Begin!

For those of you who have never played Settlers of Catan,

you are seriously missing out!

The first time I ever played was the summer before college.

At the time I remember it being fun, but since I had my wisdom teeth pulled only moments before I didn't think much else about the game.

Last month, friends of ours brought the game over and we've been hooked ever since.

As in we've played three different weekends in the last month.

Each time we've played three games.

And those games are not that quick either!

This past weekend, our cousin had friends over to hang out.

The main focus of course was Settlers.

However, for some odd reason the game only allows for 4 players.

With the expansion pack you can play with up to 6.

We had 7 people, so we had to be creative.

Enter an epic version!

Multiple games and expansion packs combined, plus a few rule modifications.
It was amazing even though I lost all three rounds.

As a random side note:
Our church rocks!