One hurdle down...only about a thousand more to go!

So, this semester has been pretty crazy and I have spent a lot of my time on a huge project for my Teaching Elementary Health Education class. I had to prepare and give a 45 minute lesson plan to my class (who had to pretend to be a group of Elementary students). I was SO worried about this assignment becasue I had never given such a LONG presentation before. I spent countless hours preparing handouts, figuring out what to do for my bulletin board, and just making sure that I had enough planned to fill up the entire 45 minutes. It was my turn to teach the class last night and can I just say....IT WAS AWESOME!! I cannot wait to become a teacher! I was so worried about it going well, but everything just went so smoothly and I felt so great about it! (I know I sound like I'm tooting my own horn here, I was just really happy about it). If you know me at all, you know that I have worked really hard on doing well in school this semester and it just makes me happy to see the hard work pay off. Anyway....I just had to share that it went well so when I have to give another one, I can look back at this post and know that "YES! I CAN do this!!"

This is a picture of me in front of my Bulletin Board. My lesson was on Self-Esteem and Self-Worth. Please ignore my cheesy grin (I was REALLY excited) and my gross hair. :)

Best thing ever made?????

The DISHWASHER!!!!

So, for the past year+, Dave and I have been without a dishwasher and have handwashed our dishes. Can I just say that I HATE doing the dishes. It is the worst chore EVER!!!! We also have been without a full sized refrigerator. Here is a picture of what we have been using thus far.....

This lovely little ditty has been the humble home of our food for the past year. It is a wonderful little fridge. With some major handywork, it will store a gallon of milk, a jar of salsa, mayo, mustard, salad dressing, a bag of salad, butter, jam, four containers of yougurt, a dozen eggs (this one takes skill), a SMALL package of cheese, and some deli meat. Now....once you get everything into the fridge, the REAL trick is getting it to shut without having all the food fall off of the shelves. THEN, when you want to get something out, be sure to do so in a delicate manner...one false move and everything could fall out. Oh, and one more thing...beware of putting any food on the top shelf..unless you want whatever you put up there to be frozen.

This is the fridge that we have now......

My parents were so gracious and decided to get a full size fridge for the basement kitchen. And I must say that I have never been so excited about a fridge in my life!! It is so awesome! We can have a gallon of milk AND a container of juice AT THE SAME TIME!!! WOW!!....amazing!

Not only do we now have a full sized fridge, but we have a......

DISHWASHER!!!!

The dishwasher has taken the place of our lovely little fridge that I so fondly spoke about earlier. In the past few days I have discovered that there is no better sound than that of a running dishwasher....life is wonderful my friends...life is wonderful.

Halloween 2009

We had a pretty boring Halloween this year. We have no children so Halloween is kind of a lame holiday. I did manage to take a few pictures though. I always like to dress up for Halloween even if all I do is stay home and hand out candy. Halloween is afterall, one of my favorite holidays. So here are a few pictures from the nights festivities...muahahahhahaa.... :)

My pumpkin. I had carved it a week earlier and didn't take a picture of it until Halloween night. By Halloween night, it had shriveled up into a gross mess. It's supposed to say "Ashley".

Dave and I. He's a gamer if you can't tell. ;)

My Poodle skirt that I made. Yay for me!

Megan as an alien thingy...I dunno whay she was but she sure looked cool!

Megan and I spent a lot of the night handing out candy...Dave was downstairs fulfilling his duties as a "gamer" :)

Dave and I ended our AWESOME Halloween night by going grocery shopping at Walmart...way exciting, I know...and yes, I wore my costume.

Just Curious.....

Alright, so I'm just wondering if anybody reads this INCREDIBLY FASCINATING blog. I never receive ANY comments to my posts....SOOOOO either my life is boring and nobody cares, or everyone is just like me, and never leaves a comment. :) Just for the sake of curiosity, please leave a comment so that I know who my loyal readers are. ;)

Oh, and if you're a blog stalker like I am, don't be shy! Chances are, I read yours too! :)

YAY!

Just wanted to say that I received my letter from Weber on Saturday. I was accepted into the Teaching Program!! YAY! I can officially start the program this Spring. I'm so excited!!!!

Thriller

We went to "Thriller" this past Saturday. I have now seen this Halloween dance show THREE times. I LOVE it. My family was nice enough to come with me. I did enjoy it; However, I have to say that this years performance was the worst out of the three...I was somewhat disappointed. It was very apparent to me that there had been some budget cuts. Nonetheless, it was a fun night out with the fam. Oh and by the way, doesn't Dave look "Thrilled" to be there? Again, Dave thinks that it is funny to not smile in ANY photo that I try to get of us. His goal of ruining EVERY picture taken this year is going well. (He WAS smiling right before I took the picture.)

Color Me Mine

This past weekend was so fun! I had some much needed "me" time. Carlie and I were able to go to this sweet pottery studio in Ogden to watch Marny Proudfit (Ben's girlfriend-btw, if you haven't heard of her, you should search her on facebook). I love her music...it is so free and fun. She is very talented. I was so glad that we went. It was the perfect Friday night. If you have never been to Color Me Mine, you really should go. It is this way cool pottery studio. They have A TON of stuff to choose from to paint, and A TON of colors. Carlie painted a dragon piggy bank...lol...dragon PIGGY bank. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but you know what I mean. I painted this really cool mug with dots on it. Here are some pictures from the night.

Carlie and Marny

Me and Marny

Carlie and I

Carlie holding up her cute dragon

This is only HALF of what you can choose from.

I really don't like this picture of me, but it is the only one of me painting my mug. I have a weird smile....

Carlie's Dragon bank

Marny singing

Carlie being the cool person that she is


I can't wait to go back....in fact, I'll be back this Friday to pick up my mug (they have a kiln and they fire everything for you)....Awesome!

Fall is here!

There has been frost on my windshield the past two mornings. I hate frost on my windshield. I hate waiting for my car to warm up. I hate being cold. But, I LOVE Fall. I have been sad the past week or so realizing that summer is over. I am excited for the new season however. I hate the weather that comes with it, but it is such a fun time. Halloween is my favorite holiday. I LOVE it. I love decorating for Halloween. That is what I did this past weekend. YAY for decorating!

I made this "spooky" sign this past weekend. I love crafts...they make everything better. I know I'm a nerd for posting this picture, but I just love it. I was proud of my craft abilities. :)

More Halloween decorations. The top shelf is supposed to be my "cute" Halloween decorations, and the bottom shelf is my "scary" Halloween decorations. (Just for you Car-I know how much you hate "cute" Halloween decorations). Thanks to the wonderful BF Crafts for the scary decorations idea. I loved making these! My favorite is the "zombie juice".

Btw, these are just a select FEW of my Halloween decorations. I have MUCH more. Yeah....I'm a nerd.

Also, I get to go see Thriller on Saturday. I am SO excited! Woot! I bought the tickets over a month ago. My whole family is going....even DAVE (he's so sweet to go with me)...AHHHH can't wait!

Anticipation

I had my interview to be accepted into the teaching program yesterday. I won't know if I get accepted or rejected for another three weeks!! The anticipation is going to kill me! Oh how I hope I get in.....three weeks. AH!

Our Life as of Late

The above picture is of Dave and I at Mike's soccer game a week or so ago. It really has nothing to do with this post, but I like it. As mentioned previously, school started for BOTH of us. We have NO time together. I haven't been to college for awhile so it's been sort of an adjustment for me. I took some time off from school, and I have to say, I LOVED it. There was nothing better than working, coming home from work, and only having to worry about laundry, dinner, and so forth. Now, it's amazing if the dishes get done once a week (gross, I know...but when you don't have a dishwasher, and it takes 1 hour to wash your dishes, AND you don't really have 1 hour of spare time.....you get the idea.) To say that school as added a little stress to our lives would be an understatement. Working full time and going to school full time=no life and no fun.

Alright, enough complaining....I realize that we are not the ONLY couple that has busy schedules, I just had to vent there for a minute. I actually am really enjoying school so far. The classes that I am taking this semester have been a lot different than others. Despite a few classes...(curse you Human Development), I am enjoying my time at school. I have my interview to be admitted into the teaching program next Monday. I really hope that I do well. I would love to be able to start the teaching program in the Spring. Wish me luck!

I apologize, this post is all over the place and doesn't really make sense! I think I just needed to vent to myself. Hopefully Dave and I will survive this semester! It hasn't been fun thus far. December 12th is going to be the best day EVER!!