7 quick takes....



1. Ahhhh, Friday! It is my favorite day of the work week! Today should be a pretty easy and calm day. I have already completed my first hour (9 more to go). Work is going really well, it is fusturating being in Early Childhood because  I know I will never be rich, but I am Ok with it.... most days :p
2. College Game Day came to Morgantown last weekend. It was fabulous! We had 21 hours of college football. A bit tiring but totally worth it. The game was awesome too. Even if we didn't win. Isn't this picture awesome?



The Gold you see waving is WVU towels, 60,000+ waving is an awesome sight!



3. We are still waiting to hear the results of my dad's biopsy. We should know something sooner than later. We are still all really postive. His surgery went well and now we just have to wait.

4. Bow (deer) Season starts in WV tomorrow. I will be a hunting widow.

5. I am hoping to spend Sunday and Monday working on the house and putting up more Fall/Halloween decorations. There is a chance of snow flurries in our forcast for this weekend. I.AM.NOT.READY.FOR.SNOW

6. In 11 weeks it will be Christmas. I can't believe this year is almost done. It really has flown by!

7. Lastly, I will leave you of two of my favorite pictures from my brithday weekened. Family X2

Today is my last day of work. 43 hours of work this week over by Thursday. I am tired, exhausted and ready for sleep... But that isn't an option till Sunday.

We are going home tonight to be with my parents as my Dad faces a pretty scary surgery tomorrow. The C word is a slight possibly at this point. We could use some BIG prayers, please.

Saturday morning, in the wee hours we will be heading *like 3am* back to Morgantown to get in line for ESPN College Game Day. We will hang out till it starts at 8 stay till its over then go home and CRASH till we get up for the game, I am hoping to to start tailgating at 4. It will be a long but AWESOME weekend.

I can not wait for Saturday. I am praying that everything is great with my dad and we really can enjoy ourselves Saturday.... It is honestly the biggest college football game for WVU in my lifetime!

Football

I have been absent for far too long. It is a very hard habit to break. I have at least 20 post in waiting to actually post but for some reason they never make it.

Life is great, but that my friends, is another story. Today I need to talk about football. My favorite part of fall, one of my favorite parts about WV, one of my favorite topics.

We started off this year with a new coach, I was very excited. I strongly disliked our old one. We have a few bugs that need worked out, but things are going OK. We are 3-0 and have a big game coming up this weekend. LSU. If you haven't heard they are #2 in the Nation. We are #16. Big game, big deal.

Even bigger deal, for the first time in my life and HISTORY, ESPN College Game Day is coming to town. Umm Crap. I may have an excitement overload. Our town, well we get pretty rough. Fire Marshalls have already started taking couches off of porches. We burn them if you haven't heard! I am not Proud or Promote this, FYI. We also pregame harder than most party. We have a reputation of being bad (this will be revisited soon). But most importantly, our fans are amazing (for the most part). Our coaches, players (any sport), there is just something there.

I will be partaking in the normal, happy, toss a few beers back tailgates. I will cheer loudly and sing proudly when we beat LSU Saturday.

And if that wasn't make your heart stop beating exciting enough, well hold on! Because we are also starting a new path, right into the hearts of the SEC Conference. They don't want us, we know it. But they are taking us. I love the Big East, it has been our home and it will be hard for me accept we are no longer with them. (I mean hellooooo 'Bama is a FAR away roadtrip) But we will be with the more elite kids now, Right? I am not a huge fan of this move but I am trying not to think about it.

Right now, all I can think about is trying to meet Kirk Herbstreit and beating #2 LSU. And hoping for no riots, couches burnt or pepper spray. Let's GO!!!

Blogging....

I struggle with writing in here as much as I once did. I am not sure that exact reasoning but blogging has defiantly taken a back seat.

It has been a whirlwind few months. I really do believe that after I moved in with Justin we have not stopped running or doing something EVERY day. Things have finally slowed down and although some of the slowness comes from sad events, we are finally to the point we are not running every weekend.

April was my last post. In this post I asked for prayers for my Chickie, my grandmother. Sadly to say, at the end of May we lost her :( My heart is still very sad and there is still a hole I know that will never be filled and I get sad when I think of the upcoming events in my life that she will not be here for, but I have 26 years of wonderful memories that will help.

My Pap is still declining but is happy in his nursing home and doing Ok. Justin and I went home for Father's Day - This maybe one of my favorite pictures.... I am blessed with terrific men in my life.

My new job is no longer new, lol. I have settled into a nice routine. I am still enjoying it and looking forward to what the next few months unfold and the challenges that will surface.

Things with Justin are still better than words. Moving in together was as great as I'd hope. I tell him all the time that being with him is the easiest thing I have ever done.

For the first time in a long time, I am completly at peace with everything in my life. :)

A Picture Post...

Camo and Glocks, two words that used to NOT be in my vocabulary. 

My sweet Buster. He is my baby, I am that dog person. Don't judge :P

Saturday we went and found Ramps. Yummy and such a nice day to spend outdoors. 

I love his little half smile. I am pretty sure there isn't anything I don't love about him though.

Buster loved being outside yesterday. He ran and ran, he has done so well with the move and all the transitions. I really am blessed.

7 quick takes....

1. My grandmother is at the Cleveland Clinic, she could use some prayers. Hopefully we will have answers soon - and hopefully they are answers we want to hear.

2. My new job is going FANTASTIC. I love it. I made the right choice and I have no doubts. I have just enough in the classroom time to get the teacher in me out but just enough out of class time to really enjoy the teacher part.

3. I am finally feeling better. Not 100% but almost there. I am sooo thankful. Justin took such great care of me and babied me, I was totally spoiled it made dying feeling sick easier.

4. The other big change in my life is the relocation and living with Justin. I didn't have any doubts about this but I worried about Buster and the commute. Buster is thriving in this environment. He loves it here and is doing so well with the routine. Thankful should be the title of this post because that is what I am filled with. And being with Justin is everything I'd hoped it would be.

5.  I signed up for E-mealz - it is fantastic. We haven't really followed it yet but it has great meals, simple plans and really is saving on our grocery bill. It is so nice knowing what we are fixing when. I am excited to start really implementing it into our routine daily.

6. I took this picture with Justin's new Nikon - Isn't he adorable?

7. Again, my goal for this weekend - CLEAN MY HOUSE and unpack. It needs it, desperately.

My 2nd work week and I'm already sick ....

If any of you have ever worked around kids in a mass setting or even sent your kiddos to day care you know that the germs are endless. Your body eventually builds up a kick ass immune system but the first few weeks, well they are tough. So tough that I took yesterday and today off so I wouldn't die on the job. (I am not dramatic at all, FYI) My fever reached as high as 103.7 - I really did feel like I was dying. Poor Justin - he took such great care of me and really put up with a lot of whinning and crying. He has been a life saver. So here is to hoping all the sick germs miss us and Justin does NOT catch this....