I am moving into a new age!
I am now a MacBook girl. I bought a new Apple computer and am so excited! Being a PC girl for my entire life has made this a little difficult but I am getting the hang of it. If I have any questions then I ask my trusted Mac expert, Mark. If he doesn't know then I use my moving from PC to Mac book. I think that I will love it. So far everything is going well.
The summer is picking up with things to do. I am going to inservices and trying to get things orgranized for the beinging of school. I am going to go to San Diego to visit the Sherlocks in August before school starts. It will be a great time.
Other than that nothing much going on. Hope everyone is well out there!
Kim
Friday, July 06, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
One Whole Year!!!
Well yesterday Mark and I celebrated our first anniversary. We had a great day. We went to eat dinner at a very nice Italian restaurant in Ft. Worth. We had good food, good wine and good company. Thanks to our great friends - JD, G and Kimmie for the bottle of champagne to celebrate.
Other goings on...
Still off of school. Enjoying being a housewife for the summer. We have painted our dining room and have decided that since the popcorn on the ceiling dates the house that we are going to scrape it off and paint it bright white. We are going to do one room at a time and take it weekend by weekend. We actually tested a small area and it is not as hard as we thought that it might be. After we get the ceilings scraped we will paint the rest of the house. Make it fresh as they say!
Jason, Amanda, Avery and Addison were here for a couple weeks on their way to Virginia. It was so nice to see them and spend time with them. Pepper (our dog) got to spend some time with Tanner (their dog) for the time they were here. They get a long very well.
Mark has gone back to GameStop. HD didn't work out. It seemed like they weren't interested in training him like he should have been. The new job is actually better hours, closer to home and a job more suited to his skills.
Better go for now!
Love,
Kim
Other goings on...
Still off of school. Enjoying being a housewife for the summer. We have painted our dining room and have decided that since the popcorn on the ceiling dates the house that we are going to scrape it off and paint it bright white. We are going to do one room at a time and take it weekend by weekend. We actually tested a small area and it is not as hard as we thought that it might be. After we get the ceilings scraped we will paint the rest of the house. Make it fresh as they say!
Jason, Amanda, Avery and Addison were here for a couple weeks on their way to Virginia. It was so nice to see them and spend time with them. Pepper (our dog) got to spend some time with Tanner (their dog) for the time they were here. They get a long very well.
Mark has gone back to GameStop. HD didn't work out. It seemed like they weren't interested in training him like he should have been. The new job is actually better hours, closer to home and a job more suited to his skills.
Better go for now!
Love,
Kim
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Big News!
In the previous post I mentioned that I had a very promising job prospect. I had a telephone interview last week with a school in the Birdville ISD. It went really well and have decided that from now I on I will only interview by phone. The personnel director called me the next day and offered me the position. Since I had not met the teachers and principal I decided that I should. I went, talked with them and they seem really nice and normal. I have accepted the position. I will be teaching 3rd grade! I am so excited and can't wait for the new year although I am excited about having the summer off.
Yeah!!! Exciting news!
~Kim
Yeah!!! Exciting news!
~Kim
Friday, April 27, 2007
Exciting Things Happening
Lots of exciting things are happening around the Hughes House these days.
For those of you that don't know, Mark has been hired on at The Home Depot. He will be working as a department head in lawn and garden. It is a step towards more money and power (his words - not mine!). Lawn and garden is the largest department in the store, the biggest money maker and the one with the most changes throughout the year. It is will be a big challenge for him but he will do exceptional at it. The store is brand new and will really be a one of a kind store. The only drawback is that he will be working in Grand Prairie - funny it seems like we all go back to where we started. It is a little bit of a drive but will be worth it in the long run. One of the best things is that he will be off of overnights.
Many of you know that I, too, am on the job hunt. I know that teaching is what I am supposed to do with my life I just don't think that Grand Prairie is where I am supposed to do it at. I am looking closer to home and have some very promising leads that I will write more about later when/if things pan out (don't want to jinx myself). Things work out for a I reason and I think that having a 2nd year under my belt has really allowed me to answer those interview questions much better and just instill in me more confidence. It will be very sad to leave some of the good friends at Crockett but I know that since they are good friends I will still keep in touch with them. We weathered some tough times but that is what brought us together. Others I will not miss (names deleted to protect --- well me). The hardest part is leaving the kids. I have developed bonds with some of them but I know as soon as school is out they will forget about me. It is one of things that they never tell you about in teaching. You attach yourself to these kids for almost 10 months and then they are gone from your life pretty much forever. I equate it to a death almost. Even the bad ones leave a stamp on your heart. Enough with that kind of talk!!! Probably why they call me the pushover!
I will close for now and hope that this finds everyone (is there anyone still out there?) doing well.
Kim
P.S. Sorry about the heavy use of parenthesis.
For those of you that don't know, Mark has been hired on at The Home Depot. He will be working as a department head in lawn and garden. It is a step towards more money and power (his words - not mine!). Lawn and garden is the largest department in the store, the biggest money maker and the one with the most changes throughout the year. It is will be a big challenge for him but he will do exceptional at it. The store is brand new and will really be a one of a kind store. The only drawback is that he will be working in Grand Prairie - funny it seems like we all go back to where we started. It is a little bit of a drive but will be worth it in the long run. One of the best things is that he will be off of overnights.
Many of you know that I, too, am on the job hunt. I know that teaching is what I am supposed to do with my life I just don't think that Grand Prairie is where I am supposed to do it at. I am looking closer to home and have some very promising leads that I will write more about later when/if things pan out (don't want to jinx myself). Things work out for a I reason and I think that having a 2nd year under my belt has really allowed me to answer those interview questions much better and just instill in me more confidence. It will be very sad to leave some of the good friends at Crockett but I know that since they are good friends I will still keep in touch with them. We weathered some tough times but that is what brought us together. Others I will not miss (names deleted to protect --- well me). The hardest part is leaving the kids. I have developed bonds with some of them but I know as soon as school is out they will forget about me. It is one of things that they never tell you about in teaching. You attach yourself to these kids for almost 10 months and then they are gone from your life pretty much forever. I equate it to a death almost. Even the bad ones leave a stamp on your heart. Enough with that kind of talk!!! Probably why they call me the pushover!
I will close for now and hope that this finds everyone (is there anyone still out there?) doing well.
Kim
P.S. Sorry about the heavy use of parenthesis.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Home Improvements!!!
We have been doing some home improvement around the Hughes House. We finally have curtains in our living room! Those windows are gigantic so we had to find some that were long enough. Thanks to Ikea and my sewing machine we found what we were looking for.
That's all for now! We will work on the other front beds in the coming weeks.
We have not limited our home improvements to the inside, we have also done them outside. Well, Mark mostly but I helped pick things out!!!
An overview
That's all for now! We will work on the other front beds in the coming weeks. Love,
Kim
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