Our LIttle Home: Weekend Edition

I'm sitting in our little apartment; it's -13 degrees Fahrenheit, but it really feels like -39 degrees outside. It's been a chilly weekend outside, but it's been so nice and cozy inside.

(Friday morning before heading into school)

It was nice to be home from school on Friday and not have to go anywhere for most of the weekend. It was an exhausting week...so what is a teaching couple to do? Be asleep by 6:45pm? Sure!

Saturday was lovely. :) I woke up feeling extremely refreshed. At 5am. Since my husband wouldn't let me go grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. So I went at 7:30 instead.

Our dear friends Katie and Jon came over for supper on Saturday and yours truly made her first turkey! It was lovely to see this sweet couple. It was after their wedding reception that husband and I got engaged!

Today, we had a snow day! (of sorts) We woke up for church and most of our corner of the world was under a blizzard warning. So what do two adults do on a snow day? Make a fort of course! 

After one venture into the cold for groceries today, roads closed, homemade buns (which finally worked!), Oops! All Berries, tv with my husband, grading, coloring mah hair, and many many blankets makes for a lovely weekend.

I realize this was super boring. My bad. here are a few more photos to hopefully revive you.

(buns!)

(Oops! All berries)

I've got the day off tomorrow. Hopefully it'll all clear up by Tuesday! Sleep well!

Change

Change \ˈchānj\
the act or result of something becoming different

I don't know about you, but my life is going to be changing this year. 
I'm not sure how. 
I'm not sure when.
I just know it's going to come. 

I'm not a lover of change. I'm also not a hater of change. It can be good and it can be bad. What I do know, is that it's inevitable and I have to endure it.

Sometimes enduring change can be overwhelming and stressful. My challenge right now is to not let the changes in my life cause me anxiety.  Will you accept that challenge with me?

Also, I know that God will help me through any change that may come. I'll be praying about what will come. Will you too?

I know this post is extremely vague, but since I don't even know what form these changes will take--it's hard to be transparent about them.

Be sure to check back! I'll be updating you on the changes going on in my life.

Until then, Happy HUMP DAY!

Crash Course: Literature (I did not coin this term)

This guy is great!

1. I've now shown this video to 4 of my English classes today.

2. My girls love his books. (I've only read The Fault in our Stars and I LOVED it too!)

3. They've noticed that he talks reallyreallyfast.

4. He does a whole series on Literature, Geography, Math, History, etc. 

5. He's hilarious!

On that note...I'm not hilarious, so I'm outta here.

Happy Tuesday!

10-on-10 (of sorts)

Since I didn't take 1 photo on the hour, for 10 hours...I'm going to try something else. 10 things about this year on the 10th day of the month. Here we go. (Sorry for the lack of pictures!)

1. I was sick for New Year's Eve. Boo! So we had supper, rented  Star Trek: Into Darkness, and fell asleep promptly after the clock struck midnight. 

2. Even though we didn't get much sleep over Christmas Break, we were somewhat ready to get back into the swing of things. For the most part. 

3. We finished Psych season 3 and are almost finished with season 4. Netflix the rest? Yes please!

4. We cleaned our apartment! This may not seem like a big accomplishment...but if you've seen the state of our apartment since day 1, you'll understand the significance. 

5. School started. 'Nuff said. 

6. The start of school brought some brutally cold weather. Some of you may laugh because much of the country has been cold. But seriously. I went to school the other day and it was -27° F. Windchill was, at minimum, -35° F. Yikes!

                     

See?! I wasn't lying!

7. In the same vein...MN Gov. Dayton canceled school on Monday! He canceled because it was going to be Cold (with a capital C). (Side note: It was too cold in the cities. In MSP. Up here in the North we've already had multiple days this winter where it's been -50° with windchill.) 

8. My dad, mom, and sibs came over for supper on Monday. It was the perfect day since school was canceled. Win! Husband made some delish shrimp ravioli. I don't eat shrimp, but everyone else loved it. Creamy red sauce with white wine; yum!

9. I spilled my coffee. We use a pour over system for brewing our coffee. If you've ever spent any time with me, you'll know how much I love my coffee. What a tragic start to my day. Not only did I spill my coffee, but I burned my hand right along with it. I love our pour over system, but when it doesn't fit on top of my saweet new coffee thermos, something is wrong. 

                                

                      

I know there's no crying in baseball and you're not supposed to cry over spilled milk. But what happens when you spill your coffee?

Anyway...

10. There's a birthday boy in the HOUSE! Husband celebrates his birthday tomorrow! So...what's a wife to do? I HAD to give him one of his gifts tonight. Since we got internet today...his gift was...Chromecast! For less than 1/2 the price of an Apple TV, how could I say no!? So as I type this, husband and I are enjoying an evening of trying out his new toy. Watching Skyfall. 

Sorry for the ramblings and the lack of photos. With that, I'll bid you a happy weekend!