Absent

Going on TWO amazing vacations......see ya later!

Cleannnnnnnnn up!

So we are cleaning up to go home....this is a friend of mine who had a lot of stuff...

this is my room...a few boxes and things but I am good to go!

Summmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmer

My Romeo

I love you Graham Allen Morrison. Thank you for asking me for forever...I love you so much and I am so blessed to be called your wife.

Thank yous....

Thank you ladies who stood beside me on this huge day in my life...Robyn, Kelly, Lanier, Summer, Krystal, HB and Laura...I had so much thinking about what dress you would wear, talking to you on the phone or email throughout the 5 months of our engagement, planning and thinking about veils and music and twinkly lights and most of all having you be apart of this life changing day with me. I picked you for a reason. Yes I needed someone to make me laugh (summer) when I got nervous or someone to give me a hug (lanier) right before they moved those double doors- - - but more importantly I needed accountability. When things are tough and hard and frustrating I know that you can help me remember my wedding day, the vows that were spoken and the covenant that was made. Thank you for standing beside me on May 24, 2009 and for the days to come.
Thank you summer for making that sash juuuuuuuuuuuust right.

And Lanier for helping Cindy fix my veil...

Robyn you are awesome for getting that bug/spider out of my dress so that it didn't become a permanent decorative piece.

And sis for helping me put on my shoes so that I could walk down the aisle in style...

A beautiful life

I miss this house. I miss the street. I miss all of our late night walks, mid day walks and making this house our first home after coming back from our honeymoon. Don't get me wrong, I love the new house, we have big God sized plans and we are happy there - but this week I have been sentimental. The other night when I was waiting for Allen to meet me for Chinese I drove by 2154. I thought about all the features in the house that I miss. I miss sitting on the couch in our living room and just talking. I miss the tiny outdated kitchen. I miss the back porch with the big glass windows.
As we packed up the house it felt less and less like ours, and more like an empty house. I think that if I were to walk in there today I would just cry. I get attached to things easily if they represent memories of joy and happiness to me. This house, as much work as it needed - as much as I complained about the overcrowded basement - it was a place of such LOVE. I told Allen that I loved him for the first time in that house, we dreamed about marriage in that house, we painted kitchens and dining rooms and Allen re -tiled floors. I mentally planned out a nursery and we opened that house to friends and family whenever they needed it. We came home from our honeymoon and enjoyed almost a whole year of marriage in that house. We laughed and made smores in the fireplace and got our first Christmas tree.....

This new house will hold many many amazing memories of love too....but I will never ever forget that beautiful home and all the memories that it holds for me. I know Allen has many more since he grew up with that as his grandparents house and lived there in college. Sometimes its just hard to let go.

**picture taken by Summer Merier

a great start to an end

So its about 10 minutes into the last day of the school year and a student just threw up in the hallway. I ran inside my classroom because I just can't deal with that right now...known in my family for having a weak stomach.

Welcome to the last day of school!

Packing Up

We have finally reached that time again...the last day of school. As a student I loved the last day of school. Signing yearbooks, teachers were laid back, knowing there was no homework, the happy but sad emotions throughout the hallways knowing you wouldn't see some people until the next year. Good times.

Experiencing it as a teacher though is quite the different story. Oh I am glad that there is the end of the school year on the calender. I am very glad that it is tomorrow but the last day of school is SO pointless. Students are told not to bring anything to school, not even a pencil so they know that they are not doing any work. I have been watching the same scenes from Apollo 13 over and over again because we have 5 periods of students to get through. We have the students that are sweet and want to tell you how much fun they had in your class. I like those students. Lets just have those students for the last day of school ;). We also get the students who say "today is the last day i have to see you again right?" haha....they think that there 11 year old little words cause insult. That's what I want to tell them anyway, but no one wants to hear that you don't want to be seen anymore. Oh well, teenage girls - after teaching them I just can't wait to raise one! (insert sarcasm here). So the last day of school we welcome them in, show them movies, feed them, put them on the bus and then say "Have a wonderful Summer!" and wave happily goodbye.

We are left to pack up our rooms, clean out our desks and check of lists so that we the teachers can be free for summer. I like lists, I used to like them a lot more and I defiantly like MY lists better than the "teacher" lists...its 3 whole pages!!

But really I can't complain, I have 2 whole months off to enjoy any way I want and I am beyond happy about that! Summer 2010 is going to be seriously awesome. Just wait....

Take Out

Last night was a Chinese dinner kinda night. Our local Chinese restaurant "Hong Li" is our favorite place to eat. You have to be picky with Chinese food...in my opinion at least because some Chinese is just not good. Our usual standard is to order sesame chicken and Mongolian chicken so that we can have leftovers. Sometimes we order my favorite, "sizzling rice soup" and then just one entree.
I love that this Chinese restaurant offers all that brings back nostalgia. The calender place mats, so you can check whether your a boar, rabbit or snake... the traditional blue and white china plates and the sweet and sour/hot mustard sauce to accompany the fried wantons on the table.

Mongolian Chicken was our entree of choice with sizzling rice soup and it was a great dinner with our family:)

Here is handsome husband smiling for the camera....what a great date :)

spell it out

B -basically this is torture

O - oh my gosh how am i going to get through tomorrow and Friday and post planning?

R - riddles don't even help me

E - every year its bad, but this year is the worst!

D -dreading tomorrow. and Friday. And Monday and Tuesday

O - on the other hand, I am SO thankful for a job!

M - mostly I am just super restless because i am counting down the days until our one year anniversary, our trip to the mountains and trip to the beach!!

Mas Casa

Living room and a peek into the dining room....

Angle in the bedroom...

wish i was there now!!

What a Begger

Maggie wanted a bite of my peanut butter pie....I dont blame her it was yuuuuuuuuum!

Many things

Many things to look forward to for the upcoming trip home...one is fried pickles.

Another one is my mama. She is pretty cool.

Another one is Fancy Q and the 3 other amazing women I get to meet to have sushi lunch with when I am home. I love them. They seriously crack me up, lift me up and we have some amazing memories together.

Happy Tuesday!

The weekend wrap up

This weekend felt like it lasted forever! It was so nice to have a weekend that didn't fly by! Friday night Allen and I hung out at the Vortex because I was craving a grilled cheese and tomato sand which and Allen had a super spicy burger. We walked around downtown for a few minutes and then headed back home to catch up on some tv shows that we didn't get a chance to watch this week.

Saturday morning we slept in and made Cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Allen had to go meet with a wedding party that was getting married at Northside later that day so I stayed in and watched "Americas Next Top Model" and talked to my mom on the phone. After Allen's meeting was over we meet at Chick-fa-la for a quick lunch before he headed back to work.

At chick-fa-la I got a kids meal and found one of our good friends kids picture on the back! Such a cute little cow!! We parted and I went to go run errands while we did a wedding. We met back up at the Home Depot to look for a grill and a tree. We were successful with the grill but postponed the tree pick up for another day. Allen hung out with some guys for a birthday (that's where the large over sized Mexican plate comes in) and I watched a bad movie "The heartbreak kid" and stayed in.

Sunday we put the new grill to use and made some amazing grilled corn, hamburgers and hot dogs. At least that is what Allen and lee ate, I was feeling a little puny so Allen grilled me a bagel and that was my dinner!

Looking forward to the LAST week of work (hooooooooray) and more grilling out with husband!

10 days and counting

I cannot believe that we are 10 days away from being married for one whole year! What an amazing ride it has been and I can honestly say that I am more in love with allen today than I was that beautiful day that I said forever to him at our wedding celebration! Yay for love!

Do you see what I see?

exhibit A: a spotted seal, large body small head lots of spots
exhibit B: super mutt, large body small head lots of spots

also....why do I find her sleeping in our shower?

Breath of fresh air

I love our front yard and I love our back yard. Growing up in a home with a big back yard was so much fun for me and my family. When we started looking for a home to buy I did not think that we would find one house with a big back yard. I was very surprised and we found several. However, the one that we bought was by far the most beautiful and private....
Come on over and stay while, have a glass of lemonade and relax

I love this back yard...it is defiantly a refuge and a sanctuary for me

A stress relief

So its the second to last week of school. Lots going on mentally, physically, emotionally etc.

I am so ready for the upcoming mountain trip, the upcoming beach trip and celebrating an amazing year of marriage with Allen.

Today though, I am planning on going over to one of my sweetest friends houses and relaxing with a baby in my lap. She is still so tiny that she can't hold her head up but she LOVES to be held. I am counting down the minutes.

how do you relieve stress?

In the waiting room

There are so many things wrong with this picture. I wish that I could spell it out for everyone and then maybe contact the local news/radio station so that people could be aware of how wrong things are being played out right now.

Instead, I have to give it to the Lord. I will probably have to talk to him throughout the day and surrender on an hourly basis. Maybe more than that.

Thank goodness for God's grace that is new every single morning and sufficient for me!

Thank goodness for family that cares so much for me and prays for me every single day!

Thank goodness for friends who encourage me just by being nice and letting me know that they are sorry I am having to go through this, or can be frustrated along with me, or can say that they are still praying.

I am more than blessed. I really am.

Monday = Dday

So after months of people talking in the corners, months of worry and definitely months of prayer Monday is the day we find out who will be losing their jobs. Other schools in have released numbers to people and I am sure some are still waiting but Monday is our day. I do not feel prepared. I am aware of the odds up against me and I am also aware that compared to how powerful and great our God is that those odds don't mean anything.

I really believe that God opened the door for me at my school. He gave me a job title that I never would have picked on my own but one that I really love. I do not believe that my time is up to be a teacher at this school but that doesn't mean that it is. I really think that if God put me here then he will remove me when His timing is right. I feel so sorry for everyone affected by this massive lay off in our county. I know that no one is looking forward to being told they no longer have a job. I really hope those left will be supportive and understanding and caring.

So my prayers go out to everyone including our family. If your reading this and it is Sunday then please pray for Monday. If its Monday please pray and if it is any other day of the week, please pray.

Many thanks and much love.

Elizabeth Barrett Browing

" I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you"


I am so glad that people can put words to thoughts and feelings that I experience in life in such a beautiful way

home sweet home

just a few more weeks and i can go home to my beautiful family and home. I love st.simons island. I love the salt air and the gorgeous old trees.

its okay to be 26 and homesick right?