EMPLOYED!

So I got a job today!

I will be tutoring part time for a local school district in the early evenings. I am just happy that I finally have some sort of employment so that we can have some sort of income (even if it is meager). I will probably start sometime next week.

I am now just looking for another part time job, preferably at an elementary school, during the day to rack up more hours. I have another interview tomorrow...cross my fingers

I am busy... but not THAT busy...

yes, I will always find time for a chance for FREE fashion!

This site is giving away free handbags every hour! I am totally on it!

But besides that:

1. Chris celebrated his 26th birthday
2. I celebrated my 23rd birthday
   
3. Chris's poor White Sox's are out of the series
4. We finally have a DVR! (hooray, no more commercials during Prison Break, Pushing Daisies, The Hills and ANTM)
5. BYU hasn't given us a heart brake yet
6. Chris has a temp job working on the grounds at the Seattle temple (I proud to say that my hubby has a part in making "heaven on earth")
7. I have found one of the joys of teaching is FREE books from scholastic book orders
8. I finally finished Breaking Dawn (ok)
9. we got our WA drivers license (FINALLY Chris has a different picture then the one from his one from age 16 with his "I am so cool" attitude")
10. We are called to teach the CTR 8's in Primary
11. I am getting more into the routine of teaching and still enjoy going into work each day (DIANA, I will post pictures soon!)
12. My poor brother is waiting on baited breath to see what is future at WaMu is
13. I got my first Ticket and car accident with in 2 DAYS of each other! (lets just say that was a rough week)
14. I have discovered the joys of BOOK ON TAPE for making my commute more enjoyable.
15. FALL IS HERE!
    

why our lives have been "hectic" lately....

Ok so I will try and not be to lengthy (although it runs in the family) but A LOT has happened in the last week or so. Hopefully this will be worth reading for the climatic ending.

So life without jobs is fun for well... about a month TOPS! So being unemployed for like almost 3 was killer, especially for my hard-working husband. Lets just say we spent a lot of time in two places:

1. the computer (with things such as fixing resumes, filling applications, searching craigslist, and blogging to entertain myself)
2. on our knees... with lots and lots of prayers

So back in July a principal from a district up in Washington contacted me to see if I was interested in a teaching job. It was totally out of the blue... so I started to pursue that possibility some. So in a progression of events... I set up two interview in Seattle and flew up from Cali for a week for them. They both went really well and I just had to wait to hear back. In the meantime I flew back to Cali for a Jones Family Reunion (another post coming later).

Well jump to Tuesday this week. I was officially hired by Lake Washington School District for 4th grade. So I had to fly up that night to be in town for the huge New Teacher Training. This whole time Chris is still in Cali finishing up the family reunion and then will pack up our stuff and move it out here (all by his lonesome...poor guy). So yes we are moving once again and hopefully not for some time... Moving is no FUN!!! I am super sad to leave Cali and Chris's family but we are joining my family up here in Washington.

If this post makes no sense... I am sorry. My brain is completely fried from all the hours of training I have been enduring, along with the mounting stress of trying to get together my classroom. I am seriously behind compared to all the other teacher who were hired months ago...
WISH US LUCK.. we will need it!

I LOVE AUTUMN!!!

Ok so I do not know this child in this picture but I saw it when I was online and I think it perfectly sums up how I feel about Autumn and I think Chris would agree. Whenever I see a pile of leaves on the ground I get this big childish grin on my face and I cannot resist kicking the leaves up with my feet, while the whole time embarrassing Chris. I just love the changing leaves that then fall and the crisp air. I adore being able to pull out my sweaters and begin to wear my pea coats and wrap scarfs around my neck. Lately it has been perfect weather here in Utah, sunny with that brisk fall air. So I am pretty happy.

Also another reason I love Fall is becuase to me it always mean "back to school" which being the geek I am I always LOVED going back to school each year. Well although I went back to school back in August to BYU, this past week I started going to a different school... an elementary school. For about a month I have and will be in a 5th grade classroom in Lindon, UT. Instead of going to my BYU classes I just go to the elementary school instead all day. I get to help out in the classroom, observe the teacher and teach some lessons. I feel really lucky, I have a great class and my partner (another BYU student) is a great friend of mine. I think some of the 5th grade boys were a little bummed to find out that my partner is engaged and that I am married, but hey its nice to know someone has a "crush" on you even if they are 4 foot nothing and about 11 years old. I am very excited because for next week me and my partner Lauren are going to teach a science unit on electricity with fun experiments like "racing pop cans" and making a light bulb light with just a wire and battery and a bulb. Hopefully all goes well and the students enjoy it. I am realizing more and more though that teaching is ALOT of work, but it is OH SO FUN!

Life is pretty good in general other than that. Chris has had a crazy week with two major tests, a paper and one all nighter! We both have been fairly sleep deprived this week, resulting in sluggish days and feeling oncoming sickness. I think part of this is due to our new job (well its not that new... we have been doing it for like a month now). But yes, I am a little embarrassed to admit but Chris and I are BYU custodians. Yes we wake up at 4 AM every morning (m-f) to clean for 3 hours in the ASB building. Other than the time its actually a very easy job, we get to work together and our supervisor is super nice. It just came to a point a month ago when neither of us had been employed for over a month or two we realized we needed to get something so we just took this job to get working and it is ok pay. So yeah I am pretty much going through my "bedtime" routine like by 9 everynight... so I feel like i am back in 3rd grade when I had such an early bedtime.

We both just ended out intramural flag football season this week, with both of our teams losing, but neither of us were that bummed. It was a fun season and I personally ended it with a bang with a BIG touchdown!!! WOOHOO! speaking of football, this week was a great week for BYU football with home games this past Saturday and Thursday that we got to go to.

ok well I will stop blabbing on and on about or rather simple and boring lives.