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| I stole this from an old friend...hope you don't mind.
JANUARY
1 Who kissed you on the new year? The man who is now my husband!
2 Did you have a New Year's Resolution this year? Nope, I don't think they really work past February
3 Does it snow where you live? Sadly it does not :(
4 Do you like hot chocolate? Sometimes
5 Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop? Nope, but I'd love to see NYC at Christmas time...even if I wasn't there for the ball
FEBRUARY
1 Who was your Valentine? Chris (obviously)
2 When you were little did you buy Valentine's for the whole class? Of course!
3. Do you care if the groundhog sees its shadow or not? Nope, it doesn't effect Houston too much ;)
4 What did you receive for valentine's day? I really can't remember - and either can Chris
5 What did you give for valentine's day? I really can't remember - and either can Chris MARCH
1 Are you Irish? Um...my mother's maiden name is Dodds...what do you think?
2 Do you like corn beef and cabbage? Sometimes
3 What did you do for St Patrick's Day? Went to work.
4 What did you love about this month? Basketball!
APRIL
1 Do you like the rain? In the spring time...in the winter it's too depressing
2 Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone this year? I don't think so.
3 Do you get tons of candy for Easter? I have yet to not do an Easter Egg hunt!
4 Do you celebrate 4/20? Nope
5 Do you love the month of April? I love it when I'm at home and get to see all the flowers coming up.
MAY
1 What is your favorite flower? Yellow Rose
2 Finish the phrase "April showers…": Bring May Flowers..
3 Do you celebrate May 16th? Nope
4 Is May anything special to you? This past year, my little sister graduated from high school!! And it's the Indy 500!
JUNE
1 What year did/will you graduate from high school? 2002
2 Did you do anything fun during this Month? GOT MARRIED!! (as did my cousin) oh, and we bought a house!
3 Have a favorite baseball team? Not really...I go to Astros games every now and again.
JULY
1 What did you do on the 4th of July? I was in Mexico!
2 Did you go to the fireworks? From the pirate ship dinner cruise that goes out every night.
3 Did you blast the A/C all day? Whenever we were indoors.
AUGUST
1 What was your favorite summer memory of '08? Not in August...wedding and honeymoon; in August, leaving R&R, starting at PHS.
2 Did you have a sunburn? On one side of my body during the honeymoon
3 Did you go to the pool a lot? Sadly no :(
SEPTEMBER
1 Are you attending college/school? I am a Teacher!!
2 Do you like fall better than summer? Yes! In Houston because it starts to get bearable outside. In Indiana because of the leaves!
3 What happened this month? Not much!
OCTOB​ER
1 What was your last Halloween costume? I had black cat ears that I wore at school.
2 What is your favorite candy? Um...peanut M&Ms, Reese, anything peanut/peanut butter based
3 What was your favorite thing about this month? Surviving Hurricane Ike!
NOVEMBER
1 Whose house do you go to for Thanksgiving? If in Indiana, my parents with a lot of Turkey. This year we had it here.
2 What are you thankful for? Having a very blessed year with all the weddings and our new house.
3 Do you love stuffing? Not totally
4 Anything special in this month? I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner all by myself! DECEMBER
1 Do you celebrate Christmas? Yes sir!
2 Have you ever been kissed under the mistletoe? I don't think so.
3 Get anything special this year? A Nintendo DS! (I think Chris likes it more than me sometimes)
4 What do you want this year? A lot of little things, but in general to have another generally healthy and happy year.
5 What do you love most about December? I love all the holiday decorations, and traditions. And I miss the family time.
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| If you haven't heard yet, Chris and I are home-owners (as of the Wednesday before our wedding). It started out great with our Dow moving crew (aka a bunch of engineers that don't know how to pack a moving van....who puts a table upside-down and then doesn't put anything else on it? But they didn't ask me.) We thought we were so smart in asking for all the appliances to be included in the sale. This included the washer and dryer. They sellers didn't blink at the idea.
And now we all know why!
When Chris went to run an empty washer load to clean it out (it was a bit dingy), the water would not drain. Lots of buckets, tinkering, and a million pieces later my dad told us it was dead and we went out for our first big purchase outside of the house itself. (and yes this happened the day before my parents were to come for their summer visit.)
About a month ago we started to grow concerned about our dryer. If wasn't catching any lint, and the clothes weren't really getting "dry". Chris started to take things apart and after much worry on my end, we replaced the vent hose and we think we're back in business...for now that is.
Well, on Thursday morning of last week (a day before I was to have my in-laws show up for a visit) our dishwasher decided to just not start! I played with it, Chris took it apart (which did include flipping the breaker a few times) and we were getting worried about having to buy a new appliance so close to the holidays. Well, my wonder of a father-in-law went to "look" at it Saturday (which is exactly what he did compared to Chris's dismantling; and right after Susan and I handwashed everything that was in it, or course). All of a sudden we heard it running. He asked us if that was a good sound and Chris and I said "YES...what did you do???" He flipped the light switch above it next the the garbage disposal. This switch now has duct tape over it in hopes of never flipping it again. And our hundreds of dollar expense has been avoided yet again. (and this time without even one trip to Home Depot)
So the wonders of being homeowners is just as I said, a wonder. (And I haven't even mentioned the lawn mower - which we are on #2 and have grass in our back yard half way up my shin it seems all due to a temperamental lawn mower)
Outside of the house I'm doing the whole Algebra I thing and it has it's days. I took my first "Mental Health Day" on Friday and can't wait to get my full week off at Thanksgiving!! But in all I'm enjoying teaching and some of the kids have a clue. Post-Ike is going well for us, as well as the communities around us. We really do appreciate everyone's thoughts and concerns through that time. If you look down our street it does seem that we had a bit of a protective shield around us. (We are where the leaning trees stopped).
Okay, that's all...except my shout out to one of my favorite DGG's!! Congrats to both Jenny and George and here's to another PIKE/DG wedding in our future! Miss all of you...(and Youst, get on the ball! - there you go Brooke  )
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| So I have officially experienced my first hurricane. Thursday afternoon and Friday morning was spent boarding up the house. We had all our downstairs windows covered and the two windows in the front of the house (our bedroom and my closet). I was baking, cleaning, and getting valuables in order.
We decided to ride out the storm here at our house because we thought it was far enough in-land. We did okay on the rain front. I've seen more water in the streets after a long thunder storm. As far as the wind went, that got scary. Our whole upstairs shook so bad I slept on the couch in the living room. A few hours later Chris joined. The wind started around 6ish and we lost power about 8 or 9 Friday night. (a lot sooner than a lot of people thought) The wind did not stop until late Saturday morning. When we went out to take in the damage a lot of trees were sideways. We only lost a few in our back yard, and we might need to do some staking on one in the front. A good amount of people in our neighborhood, and that we know in the area lost some of their roofing and in turn got some pretty bad water damage. There are a lot of people that lost their ceilings and now have a big mess of soggy drywall and insulation in their rooms.
We feel very fortunate to only have the minor damage we do. We might also have to replace some fence. But in all, that is not a big deal. Our biggest hardship (which we shared with many) was the lack of electricity. Chris and I both agreed we don't need a lot. Just something to keep our food cold! We lost a lot of stuff from our refrigerator. A good chunk of that was meat from our freezer.
Chris had to work graveyards a few nights this week while we still didn't have power. Whenever he left I went over to a friend from church's house. They had a big generator hooked up to her parent's house so they had TV, AC, lights, a microwave. It was also nice to see other people.
On Tuesday on my way to Amy's parent's, I had to stop by my assistant principal's house to pick up my paycheck. She just got her electricity back and offered the use of her generator. It was a god send. I brought it home Wednesday and started up our fridge. I wasn't able to save much, but I was so blessed to have it. Of course around 1 on Thursday we got our power back. It actually took me going and buying more gas for the generator for the electricity to turn on...but we'll use it for the mower. (You really don't want to see our back yard...that's what happens when you are sick for two weeks and then get a hurricane so all the gas goes to generators and not your mower.)
I still don't have school until Monday at the earliest. Chris has been back at work for about half the week. Some businesses are starting up again, but it's next to impossible to find any good perishable items. There is a very limited supply of milk, meat, and bread in the area. I just know we are blessed to have as little damage and already have power.
Please pray for all those who still don't have power and those that have lost their homes to this storm. There are many that will lose their homes for good. Thank you too all those who payed for our safety through the storm...it helped...every front yard along our street has a pine tree down, except ours. It means a lot that we were on the minds of so many. Oh, and also pray for those in the Mid-west that got hit with the back end of Ike. My cousin's are one of those that got hit over the weekend and lost power. Since everyone is down here helping us get power, it looks like they won't get theirs until the beginning of next week at the earliest.
Many people are in need, but many are still blessed. Be thinking of those that need your help and help when you can. Chris and I hope to help FEMA today at a P.O.D. site. See what you can do too.
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| So yes, it's November 11, and yes, I was at the beach today in shorts and a t-shirt. Oh, and did I say I went in the water too! It's days like today that I like being in Texas. I became a member of a church today. I'm very excited about that because I've never been a real member of a church family. I'm already getting to know a lot of the people.
Well, time to watch the Colts try and lose :(
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| Saw this on a friend's facebook and thought I'd snang it and do it myself. Kind of interesting. There are so many more great movies that I have that are not on here. But still, very interesting. The list is worth a look if you are a movie buff. (And you notice a theme to the movies that I haven't seen. And it's for a reason)
(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
() Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
(X) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
(X) Starsky and Hutch
() Neverending Story
() Blazing Saddles
Total so far: 6
(x) The Princess Bride
(X) AnchorMan
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
() Labyrinth
() Saw
() Saw II
() White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
(X) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 12
() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
() Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(X) American Pie 2
(X) American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 15
(x) Harry Potter 1
(X) Harry Potter 2
(X) Harry Potter 3
(X) Harry Potter 4
(X) Harry Potter 5
() Resident Evil 1
() Resident Evil 2
(X) The Wedding Singer
(X) Little Black Book
(X) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 23
(X) Finding Nemo
(X) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(X) White Chicks
() Butterfly Effect
(X) 13 Going on 30
() I, Robot
(X) Robots
Total so far: 30
(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
() Universal Soldier
() Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(X) Along Came Polly
() Deep Impact
(X) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
() KING KONG
Total so far: 37
(X) A Cinderella Story
(X) The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
(X) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
() Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 42
() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(X) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
() Secret Window
(X) I Am Sam
(X) The Whole Nine Yards
(X) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 48
() The Day After Tomorrow
() Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
(X) Gothika
() Nightmare on Elm Street
(X) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
(X) Coach Carter
() The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 55
() Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(X) Ocean's Twelve
(X) Ocean's Thirteen
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremacy
(X) Bourne Ultimatum
() Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
() Predator I
() Predator II
() The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 64
(x) Independence Day
() Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
() Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
() My Bosses Daughter
(x)Maid in Manhattan
() War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 69
() Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
(X) Calendar Girls
() Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
() Big Trouble in Little China
() The Terminator
() The Terminator 2
() The Terminator 3
Total so far: 76
(X) X-Men
() X2
() X-3
(x) Spider-Man
() Spider-Man 2
() Spider-Man 3
(x) Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
(X) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
(x) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
(X) Shrek 3
Total so far: 88
() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(X) Old School
(X) The Notebook
() K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
(X) Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
Total so far: 94
(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
() Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 99
() BASEketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
() Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
() Three
Total so Far: 100
() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
() Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
Total so far: 102
() High Tension
() Club Dread
() Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(X) 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
() Waterworld
Total so far: 105
() Kill Bill vol 1
() Kill Bill vol 2
() Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() The Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total so far: 105
(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(X) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(X)Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 111
() The Matrix
() The Matrix Reloaded
() The Matrix Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal
Total: 113
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