Prayer Requests

At the end of my last post I mentioned prayer requests. As I am sitting here I am realizing that I have a couple of other friends that could use some prayers. They may not admit it, but I know they both have some things weighing on them right now too. So please pray for my friends Danielle and Jenn as well. Jenn is taking an insane amount of hours this semester, so I would like to pray for her sanity and strength to make it through the school year.

Not that everyone couldn't use some extra prayers, but I know these two would really appreciate the extra thoughts. Prayer is a powerful thing and it is important to remember to trust in the Lord because He has a plan for us all. The verse I find myself turning to more and more is: "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" - Philippians 4:13.

Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!

First Week of School

It has been one crazy, chaotic, life-adjusting week (feel free to insert you own term)! I showed up Monday early..well what I thought was early to a madhouse! Parents were every where and were 20 minutes early!!!! I think I bumped into about 10 different individuals. I could literally feel the claustrophobia setting in as I was walking the halls. I stayed camped out in my room for a solid 45 minutes. I need to take a deep breath and calm my nerves. After the chaos had died down, I made my way to my supervisor's room and we got to work. We started going through files and so forth. My week has been pretty much the same. Get up early and head to work..go through files, make copies, organize my room. I am being a little OCD about it. It is however almost completely done! So I am hoping to have pictures tomorrow.

In other exciting news, Jonathan and I are putting a contract on a home tomorrow. We have walked the house twice now and LOVE it. We knew when we walked in that it was the one for us. I don't want to give too much away because it is not a done deal by any means, but if everything goes well, we will be under contract on Saturday and start the option period. Jonathan has not been sleeping well this week because he is our finance "guru" and he has been crunching numbers and trying to determine what is best for us in the long run. We made some final decisions today and everything should be good. I just need to get my two paychecks under my belt and then we can move forward with closing. We will hopefully be closing in early October, which is perfect for us! So we are sending up some big prayers to the Big Man upstairs to watch over us during this process. So any additional prayers are welcomed. My sweet friend Meredith and her family could also use some extra prayers as well.

We will keep updating as the status of the house changes. We are ready to get everything in writing tomorrow, so we can both get a good nights sleep.

New Weekly Blog Addition..

Starting on Fridays..I am going to do Photo Friday's. I am excited about doing something every week. So Photo Friday's will be different each week. Each week there will be guidelines for the photo to post. I figure it will be a great way to see reader's/bloggers favorite photos. I will be testing the waters for a few weeks. Who knows if I can come up with enough different categories of photos to last a few months! This week will be...

The photo that surprises you....

This is me on my wedding day. I look at it and I am in awe. I have received so many compliments of this photo. The reason it surprises me is because it is not my personality at all..it is very sexy and simply stunning. That is not how I would normally describe myself. I am the epitome of a prepster..anything JCrew and I am sold. But this picture just takes my breath away.

Can't wait to see what photo surprises you the most.

Back to School Cleaning

So a few changes to the blog..fun fonts which took forever and a white background..I am not totally in LOVE with it, but it needed a little something to mix it up. I am madly in the love with the picture of jonathan and I are our wedding day and that is staying for awhile..we are still newlyweds! It is hard to imagine that we have been married for almost three months! Time is flying by. The reason I LOVE this picture is because it is us to a "T" and Kevin was able to snap us during a break of the photos..I LOVE that I can rest my head on J's shoulders..it is soo comforting to me. I love that he can wrap his arms around me and completely take me in. I love that his hands swallow mine..I could go on and on. So enough of the mushy stuff. Tomorrow is Day 3 at my school. I will be moving furniture around and hopefully will have the room done! I am so ready for my room to be organized and in functioning order. I am all for starting out the school year organized.

Rug Around..

Ok ladies I am in need of some help. My new room at the elementary school is a rectangle and has laminate floors. So I want a rug to soften the room and make the room feel more inviting and warm. Basically I have white walls, some cubbies, a filing cabinet and tables for the kiddos. I am hoping to switch around the room a bit, but for sure want a rug on the floor. So do I do stripes, flowers, circles?? I just don't know. The catch is that I don't want to spend like 150 bucks on something my kiddos will be destroying with paint and other craft items! So here are two I have found so far...Any tips or places to find a cute but moderately priced rug would be greatly appreciated!

Day 2 was a success...tomorrow is another long day..this schedule is killing me!!

Happy Hump Day everyone!

M & J

My Personal Chef..

Since we have been hitched Jonathan has taken on more responsibility in the kitchen. It has been a huge help to say the least. He has become quite the "King of the Grill." I must admit that I enjoy cooking, but will not complain when I come home and he has marinated the chicken and seasoned the veggies. I didn't have to do a thing..all I have to do is clean. I am soo thankful that Jonathan has taken a liking to cooking.



Our recipes tonight:


Grilled chicken breast marinated in Stubbs Chicken Marinade and in Raspberry Vinaigrette..both are liquid marinades.

• Place chicken breasts in large Ziploc bag..add your seasonings of choice. We did two types tonight.
• Refrigerate for a couple of hours if time allows.
• Fire up your grill and throw on the chicken breast until the temperature of the chicken reaches 190 degrees Fahrenheit. I bought my man a digital thermometer at Marshalls for a whopping 3.99.

Veggies:

• We quarter the veggies..squash and zucchini.
• Season with garlic pepper salt
• throw on the grill for 5 minutes.

Enjoy your grilled veggies and chicken breast! We sure did tonight.

For dessert will be enjoying fresh strawberries and whipped cream. YUM!

The hubs is also enjoying going to the grocery..I am convinced that it is because we have a fabulous new HEB right around the corner. I also love to grocery shop, but if he wants to do it then I won't object!

Today I enjoyed an all day inservice..let's say I was yawning until about 10:30. I am not used to this whole getting up before the sunrises situation! I have this week to get used to it and then next week the kiddos show up! The rest of this week I will be at my school organizing my room, reviewing files and setting up my schedule.

On that note I am officially making a salary..so about 30 days from now Jonathan and I can make a move on the house front. We are being patient and don't want to get burnt out looking at too many homes before we can make an offer...but we also are under a time crunch as well. As long as we close by Nov. 30th we will still qualify for the Tax Credit. So all we can do is look and hopefully find something we both agree on! Should be a fun process.

I am hoping to add a new something or other to the blog this week..we shall see.

M & J

Weekend Round-Up.

So this past week I was a busy bee. I spent Thursday at my new school and part of Friday morning, until they sent me home because I am a contract employee to the district and do not start getting paid until tomorrow. So my friend Tina and I hit up all sorts of stores looking for items for our rooms. We had a blast helping each other pick different things out from magnets to storage bins we did some damage. So Friday afternoon I met Jenn at Marshalls on West Gray..I needed to return some items and of course I could use to browse the aisles. Well I walked out with two picture frames and she didn't end up with anything more exciting. She and I parted ways and I met Tina over by the Galleria. We hit the Marshalls and Old Navy. More luck at Old Navy. I found the cutest shirt for Mer's son, Carson. I am thinking it will be part of his birthday present, but I doubt I can hold onto it for that long. I just love that precious boy! So Tina and I decided we would have a craft night..we headed over to Hobby Lobby to gather our supplies. I found a great photo board for my room..it was 50% off. This is not it, but looks very similar.
We decided we would make something to hang on our doors. We each made "Ms. Megan" or "Ms. Tina" for our doors. We painted the letters and stenciled on polka dots. They are super cute! I am also very proud of myself! Pictures to come once my room is done.

Saturday I spent the day with my mom..we ran some errands and hit another Marshalls..seeing a pattern here??? Nothing to noteworthy..found another work shirt. Now that's all I buy! Who knew getting a grown-up job meant having to buy grown-up clothes. I think I am set though for awhile. I HOPE I am.

That night we went to the Hrachovy's Graduation Party for their daughter Leah. I have grown up with her family, so it was great to be there to celebrate her big accomplishment. Congrats Leah on graduating from A&M! Jonathan and I crashed at my parents house that night..we watched The Hangover with my parents. I have to say that it was over-hyped by the time we watched it. It was very funny, but we still think Wedding Crashers is better!

I slept in Sunday morning and then met Danielle at Town Center for a few hours. We did a little window shopping...and got some good deals at Forever on tanks..seriously that's all we bought! Maybe I am getting a little old for that store? Or maybe it is just that location? Not sure. After shopping with Danielle. Jonathan and I headed to Pearland to pick-up a fish tank. I have specifically instructed Jonathan that this new, bigger tank will not be set-up until we move into our house...whenever and wherever that may be.

Today marked my last official day of summer..tear. I ran errands and helped Tina set up her room. We had fun organizing her room and materials. She will be kindly returning the favor later in the week. Tomorrow we have an ALL day inservice with all of the SLPs in HISD. Should be fun, but we have to be there at 8am..I feel a cup of coffee already..and I am NOT a coffee drinker.

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends.

M&J