Troy and I went to Muskegon this past weekend; it was a lot of fun! We stopped to see a friend's new baby on the way; oh man, she was so small I was afraid to hold her! I don't remember being this afraid of Abby when she was born, but Abby was usually swaddled, so she wasn't as floppy and she seemed bigger ( Read more... )

I'm still working for my adviser at UofM. I keep thinking that I'm going to eventually get away from that place and focus on education instead of all the past research I was doing. But with trying to save money for a wedding, I figured it couldn't hurt to keep working there since he pays well. I went to AA last Friday to meet with him and get some ( Read more... )

It has been an incredibly long day. I took the train to chicago on Saturday to see Rosie and go try on wedding dresses with her. I thought since I was only staying one night, taking the train would be easier and more relaxing than driving. It went ok, but it was so cold that the cars were frozen, so we left much later than scheduled. Then it had to ( Read more... )

Troy finally got all his stuff into the new house. Poor Pudge, I like hanging out at the new house far more than my own apartment, so I've spent a lot more time at Troy's than at my place. Although, now that I'm home she's just out playing in the living room, so I guess she didn't miss me that much ( Read more... )

Troy owns a house! He closed on the house yesterday and has already moved in most of his stuff. All that's left is the big stuff and a few little things. I really like the house, although there are lots of little projects to work on which I'm kind of excited about. We got a really nice note from the daughter of the previous owner, she told us that ( Read more... )

Ok, well I know I've been bad about writing in here and I told some friends I would update more frequently, so here goes. I'm subbing this whole week for my cooperating teacher from my methods class last semester. She was going on an anniversary trip for the week, so she asked if I would sub since I already know the kids and I actually have a ( Read more... )

Troy and I wanted to announce to everyone that we got engaged this past Sunday. On Saturday, Troy also got an accepted offer on a house here in Toledo (though nothing is finalized yet), so I think he just committed his whole life away in one weekend! I included the email Troy send to his coworkers at the bottom because I think it's hilarious ( ( Read more... )

The semester is finally done!! I am so glad to be able to relax a little bit. I still have some GA stuff to do, but I'm done with all my classes. I'm going to Ann Arbor on Monday and it sounds like I am going to be handing all my research stuff at UM over to the new post-doc. As much as I like the income I get from there, I will really be glad to ( Read more... )

Wow, I've totally neglected writing in this thing. I still check it almost daily to see what my friends are up to, but never take the time to write what I'm up to! It's been a VERY busy semester. I'm taking 4 classes (which really aren't that bad), doing 2 field placements (getting over 200 hours in the classroom), working as a grad assistant at UT ( Read more... )

It's been almost a month since I posted in here. I just discovered the coolest thing ever! Something my English major friends might especially enjoy!!! This website (www.dailylit.com) is so neat! They have a whole bunch of books, mostly classics, and you can sign up to have a small portion of it sent to you through e-mail or RSS feed every day. ( Read more... )