Friday, November 7, 2008

NC


This past weekend we went to NC... we had a teacher workday Monday and election day off Tuesday, so I took off Monday so that we could stay for several days. We went to South Fork Sunday night and afterwards went to a young couple's house with some friends and were introduced to Rock Band. Although we both had our doubts, as neither of us enjoys "video games," it was incredibly fun. Doug talked about it all the way home. He wants to get PlayStation just so that he can get Rock Band! Monday I had breakfast with Sarah and lunch with Leslie. We visited Doug's Granny Monday afternoon. She had a knee replacement last week but seems to be doing well. His Aunt Iris flew in from Oklahoma to take care of her.

My computer at work has not been behaving at all. I can't open Explorer, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, or Excel. So basically I can't do anything. The computers in the labs aren't bringing up my documents, so I feel quite behind. I really need to send out an e-mail about the Haiti meeting on Sunday, but I can't access the spreadsheet that has all of the team member's e-mail addresses.

Next week Alison Winstead and Jennie Rickleton are staying with us. That will be fun.

Doug takes the GRE Monday! Pray for him!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Nashville

5K in Germantown Saturday morning...

Trip to Centerville Saturday afternoon... with lunch at the Beacon Light...


And Joanna's wedding Saturday night
Precious Charlie

Sunday, October 5, 2008

5K- not so easy!

Doug and I had a big surprise at the 5K yesterday!  We had both been running quite a bit, so we felt really prepared.  We knew that it was going to be a "cross country" course, but we had NO idea how hilly the course would be!  It was SO hard!  We still both got medals- I was 3rd for my gender age group and Doug was 1st for his gender age group.  Next week's 5K in Nashville (on the road!) will seem like a piece of cake!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

September

September flew by for us.
First was a semi-relaxing Labor Day weekend...
then a not-so-relaxing Magazine Sale at GACS...
and my birthday weekend with a visit from Jess, AnnaRose and Jenny...
and there was the REI scratch and dent sale...
(6 pairs of shoes between the 2 of us)

and our trip to Colorado to the French World Missions Workshop...
(Castle Rock)

(mountains)
(weird airport)



and finally, my parents visited the last weekend in September!

Our October plans:
1st weekend: 5K at GACS
2nd weekend: NASHVILLE! (our first visit in nearly 3 months)... 5K, visit family and friends, Joanna Tenpenny's wedding
3rd weekend: ??
4th weekend: Jenny visits

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Les Jeux Olympiques

Doug is enjoying our home entertainment center (antenna) by watching lots of olympics.  

This weekend we went to Greenville to Vicky's wedding, Thomasville to spend the night, church with the Williams', packed up Doug's bedroom furniture, stayed for his aunt's 60th b-day party, got stuck in traffic at the SC state line, and didn't get back til 10:15 Sunday night.  Yuck.  Monday we unloaded the furniture and rearranged the apartment.  The guest room looks REALLY good now!  It actually looks a lot better than our bedroom looks.  

This weekend the newly acquired furniture will get its first use with Amy and Crystal's visit.

Anyone else want to come visit???

Friday, August 15, 2008

Home Entertainment Center

After a year without TV, Doug broke down and bought "rabbit ears" for $9 so that we can watch the olympics.  The picture is not so great, but the sound is good.  We feel a little bit more connected to the outside world, but it doesn't seem like we have been missing much.

Monday, August 11, 2008

First day of school!

I'm so happy it is 3:15!
Today was long!
My throat and feet hurt!
But it was a good first day. I have really good classes! All of my "bad" students either switched schools or aren't taking French this year!

I'm looking forward to a new start and doing new and different things in my classes this year. I want to use more music in class... today I had Carla Bruni and Francis Cabrel playing as the kids entered the classroom. It was a good way to also talk about French politics since Carla is Nicholas Sarkozy's new wife.

Well, time to go home and relax... and maybe work on lesson plans. 4 more days til the weekend!