Snow Day 2011

After a weekend spent with John in Charleston, and planning for the upcoming week, the South gets hit with a Snow Storm 2011. Milk and bread was flying off the shelves, as I was heading back to good ol' North Augusta. Instead of sleeping in and enjoying relaxing on my snow day (that i did not want might i add), I got to wake up call with the announcement from John that his car was giving him problems again.

So after finally waking up, and realizing what is going on, and 5 hours later, we have found a car online being sent to Charleston from Columbia and hopefully will be buying "us" a new-to-us Toyota Camry.

Goodbye Blazer, Hello Sedan

Hopefully, I will be down in Charleston for my long weekend with a new car in our possession. His friends at school must like him alot because they are going to pick him up and take him to work and help us save some money and not have to rent a car. I mean he is a catch, who wouldn't like John?!?

Back to Snow Storm 2011, Snow in the south is like a once in a liftime experience it feels like. I thought moving home to North Augusta was going to make my snow days slim to none. During my time at Winthrop in Rock Hill, SC, we atleast had one or two snow days a year. We even had a fire day my last year in graduate school. Another story for another time.....

The Homestead after the Winter Storm.

Mom & Dad aka the Roomies

Me & the MOB

Mom in the Snow

Happy Snow Day to All!!!! Back to Searching for Lesson Plan Ideas before indulging in the BCS Championship game!

i LOVE fall

I love fall! Fall time is one of my favorite times of year with all of the scents, colors changing, crisp cool air with a light weight jacket, football, and my list could go on and on. Just the other day mom brought us home a NEW....wait for it......CINNAMON BROOM!

My family is VERY football oriented. Between growing up with my Saturdays in the Fall time surrounded by Clemson Football, to growing up in a football town where everyone seems to be there on a Friday Night in North Augusta, it just has always been a football kind of fall. This year I have tons of teams to keep up with.

With John coaching the Berkeley Stags down in good ol' Moncks Corner, SC, my family has been following their scores, results, and even a game or two. We have a copy of his schedule on the fridge that daddy likes to mark with W or L. (He does this with North Augusta's too) I went down to the Berkeley/Summerville Game (Week 2) and my friend Brittany from Grad School went with me. First off we got lost, being from North Augusta, I assumed that the stadium was at the High School. Well I should of known better than that, I mean Rock Hill has a stadium shared between two schools, well after we asked a guy on a moped for directions, we were set. (actually he said follow me, after he went 10 mph, we passed and found it ourselves). This game was like being in Texas on Friday Night Lights. Both sides were PACKED to capacity, tons of team spirit, and summerville has a jumbo screen with live playbacks, introducing players, etc.

Now, once in every blue moon, does Clemson play a REALLY good out of conference team, well this year it was the Auburn Tigers at Auburn. I suggested to my family back in the Spring, that this would be an awesome game to go to since it is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME experience. So after figuring everyones travel arrangements, booking the hotel, we were off to Auburn, AL. We picked John at the ATL airport since he flew in from Charleston (He has meetings on Saturdays from 6am - ?). And then we were off! After parking in some college students front yard for $25, we were ready to tailgate.

The game was tons of fun regardless of the outcome in the end, and was a great experience overall!!!!

I hope this week goes by fast, as I am traveling to Charleston Friday to visit John. Varsity plays on Thursday night this week, so I can hang out with him on a Friday night, can't name the last time that has happened. Okay it happened in August, but still! I want to check out a Farm with a Cornmaize :)

10 interviews later....

Well hello everyone! I have LOTS to update you on but first I had to change my blog to make it more fall Festive! My Friend Casey got me in the mood even more for Fall when reading her posts.



Well right now, I am subbing all throughout Aiken County and still working at Gap/GapKids. I had the opprotunity to interview all over the state of South Carolina was not offered a job at any of them except for a Kindergarten Assistant in Berkeley County. I would of LOVED to be closer to John, but due to monetary concerns, time, and overall to maintain my lifestyle, it would not have been worth it.



We have seen each other everyweekend since he moved away, with either me traveling there or vice versa. We even met in Columbia two weekends ago to travel to good ol' Union for a wedding.



So now I am just a grown woman still on the road to the big kid life with 2 degrees and working PT at the Gap and subbing, hoping this will lead me into God's path that he has destined for me in teaching.

Updates in My Life...

Well everyone, I know I have been a little slack on updates to my posts lately. I moved home to North Augusta on May 28, 2010. As soon as I stepped foot in town, my life has been busy busy busy. That weekend we had John's brother's wedding (Richard/Crystal) and rehearsal dinner. I did their slideshow for the rehearsal dinner and passed out programs for the wedding. It was such a lovely wedding and everyone had a great time, especially me & john.

We started the "real" dancing with our own little jive to Lady Gaga's Bad Romance.

Also, I have had some interviews for various jobs at schools in different parts of SC, but have yet to "land" one. I am keeping my spirits high and know God has a plan for me. John recently found out and has been offered a job at Berkley High School in Moncks Corner, SC as a teacher and a football asst. coach. We are all super excited for him as he has found a job! Hallejuah!

I have been staying busy this summer babysitting for two girls in Evans, GA and working at the Gap at the Augusta Mall. I watch them 2 - 3 days a week in the month of June while their regular sitter has been taking summer classes. And then pushing sales in the retail world of the Gap.

Will update more as John and I took a fun day/evening trip to Atlanta & have 4th of July plans coming up :)

Let it Rain.....Pollen

With Spring brings the dreaded pollen. I went home to North Augusta this weekend to celebrate Easter with family and friends. After a 2 hour trip home turned into a 3 hr and 15 min drive, I was ready more than anything to be home and not in the car. As soon as I arrive, I realize that the pollen was so thick and it did not take my car less than an hour to look like it was caked on.

I came back to Rock Hill/Charlotte this morning and as soon as I got back I realized the pollen was falling here, but no where as bad as it was in North Augusta.

Can you tell which car came from the land of pollen?

Oh It's Just Me!

31 days stand between me and graduation with a week full of projects, meetings, classes, and work. Time to get cranking!!!