Well, it was the first Thanksgiving we spent completely at home. We had a few gracious invitations for lunch/dinner, but with my new diet, it's too big of a risk. We politely declined and enjoyed staying in to get some things done around the house. We watched some cable at our neighbor's since they were out of town and played some board games. Mike made our Thanksgiving dinner, Taco Soup with cornbread. It's a great winter meal and one of our staples. We ventured out to Michael's later in the evening for a couple of office items. It's not the normal Thanksgiving, but it was important for us to spend some quality time together, without distractions.
I've been thinking of revamping some things for this blog, and the photography blog. I'm hoping this will reduce the lack of structure and improve some traffic. Until I figure out exactly what that's going to look like, I'm going to use this wonderful season to reflect on some of "My Favorite Things." There's not necessarily an order to the blessings, but in light of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I'll share some ideas that I am grateful for and can't imagine my life without.
1. CHRISTMAS! I love Christmas and everything about it. We put up the tree yesterday and all is decorated. My least favorite part, taking the tree down and cleaning up after the holidays.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
around the world (or nation) in 80 days...
Well, it hasn't quite been 80 days, but it has been awhile since I've updated the blog. We haven't really made it around the world during that time either, but we did manage to make it down to Florida and back in less than 48 hours...driving. We've been busy!
We traveled to Orlando to tie up some lose ends on our condo. In the next 60 days, it should be behind us for good and we are thankful for a productive and gracious trip. We loved seeing a few dear friends and the warm sun. We spent quite a bit of time talking while we were stuck in the car and shared our short and long term goals, which are always changing.
I came back to work with lots of papers to grade. We've spent this weekend playing catch up. I have grades two classes of assignments, but still have three to go. As much as the students don't like completing the assignment, I don't like grading them. If it was up to them, I wouldn't assign any work. Any one that has made it through school, knows the value of practice, so I have to keep my job of a teacher and practice makes perfect. In between grading, I have joined Mike with perfecting the photography business. We are so thankful for David and his revision of the website! Thank you! What do you think? Plus, we've had 5 different appointments over the past week. What a great gift! You can see some of the recent work at saraGphotography. We'll be in Florida over Christmas break. If you, or anyone you know, is looking for a photographer, please let us know and we can see if we can work something out.
Mike has also started blogging. If you haven't already checked it out, be sure to do so. It's a different vibe than what you find here.
Happy Thanksgiving!
We traveled to Orlando to tie up some lose ends on our condo. In the next 60 days, it should be behind us for good and we are thankful for a productive and gracious trip. We loved seeing a few dear friends and the warm sun. We spent quite a bit of time talking while we were stuck in the car and shared our short and long term goals, which are always changing.
I came back to work with lots of papers to grade. We've spent this weekend playing catch up. I have grades two classes of assignments, but still have three to go. As much as the students don't like completing the assignment, I don't like grading them. If it was up to them, I wouldn't assign any work. Any one that has made it through school, knows the value of practice, so I have to keep my job of a teacher and practice makes perfect. In between grading, I have joined Mike with perfecting the photography business. We are so thankful for David and his revision of the website! Thank you! What do you think? Plus, we've had 5 different appointments over the past week. What a great gift! You can see some of the recent work at saraGphotography. We'll be in Florida over Christmas break. If you, or anyone you know, is looking for a photographer, please let us know and we can see if we can work something out.
Mike has also started blogging. If you haven't already checked it out, be sure to do so. It's a different vibe than what you find here.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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