New Pictures

Krystal took our pictures a couple weekends ago at Pullen Park. They're beautiful! Here's a sampling!

Our First Thanksgiving

We had our first Thanksgiving dinner at home as a married couple yesterday! I made all the food and it was absolutely delicious! It was a ton of work though, especially for 2 people! We have so much to be thankful for! Here's our menu...

Brined Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Cinnamon Apples
Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce
Hawaiian Rolls
Banana Pudding Trifle

Check out my food blog later this week for the recipes!


We also got our first Christmas tree today! It's beautiful and looks great in our apartment! Stay tuned for a decorated pic...all the decorations I had are in storage at my parent's house! So we can't decorate until after next weekend!

Martha

You all know I love Martha Stewart. Her cookbooks, her merchandise, anything Martha, I'm all over it! I follow a lot of blogs. This writer was invited to the Martha show. Read her post. It's hilarious!

http://doughmesstic.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-york-state-of-minds.html

More Good News!

Charlie got a promotion today! YAY! He just got back from a business trip in Atlanta. It was hard to be apart! I don't think I'll ever get used to it. People tell me once we've been married for a while I will be glad for a few days to myself. Honestly, I hope this is never the case! I hope I always dread being apart! Although, I mostly wish we never have to be!

Work is going well for me. It's nice to be back in the classroom. This job is definitely not teaching, but I do get opportunities to work with small groups of students. I love that part. The best thing is the stress level is SO low! No lesson plans, discipline problems, or difficult parents!

Say a prayer for me, I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow! I'm thankful for Charlie. He'll be home to take care of me.

Answered Prayers

I finally have a job!!! I start Thursday at Middle Creek Elementary School as a 3rd grade assistant. It's not teaching, but in these times, I'm just happy to have finally landed a job in Wake County Schools. I'm hoping that it will lead to teaching soon. At least for next year. It's kind of a blessing because I'll be able to come home after work and focus on being a wife. No papers to grade, lesson plans, or conferences. Although, I can honestly say, I miss those things. The school is only 5 minutes from home. So that's also a blessing.

P.S. Did you see the buttons to the right? I designed them!!! Isn't that cool? If you click on them they will lead you to our other blogs. Enjoy!

Grocery Run

While making dinner the other night I realized I was short one ingredient. I had already started cooking, so I sent Charlie out. He came back with my can of cream of chicken soup and these...

Thank you Honey! Daisies are my favorite! Isn't he sweet?

Redesign

My mom was here visiting us last week. She's super smart about everything. Really, she knows so much stuff! So it was no surprise when I asked her to help me design a background for my other blog, Feed the Pig, that she would know how to do it. Check it out. It's adorable!

We have nothing new to report. Married life is fabulous and we still aren't sick of each other. I don't have a job yet, but I had an interview last week and one today. God is in control!