Picking out our brick.

Heres the brick we ended up with.  We got it cheap because it was leftover from another order.  I think I like it, but its hard to judge what brick will look like on a house when all you can look at is a 3'x3' square.  I guess time will tell! 

 

 

Building a House!

I know my blog hasn't been very interesting for the past few months, but... I think its about to get a bit more interesting.  Lord willing, Jesse and I are (if all goes according to plan) going to be building a house over the next few months!  I'm going to be blogging about the process as we go through it.  After all, thats what this blog is all about, right?  Yeah, its about my life, but I titled it "Where I Belong" because I wanted the blog to be about my process of getting closer to where I belong.  This is definitely a step in that process.  I doubt that this house will be our "forever" house, but...we'll be there for awhile. 

 

This is our house plan that we've picked out.  We are changing a few things about it. 

 

 

http://www.frankbetz.com/homeplans/plan_info.html?pn=3424

 

Today we are going to Peerless Block and Brick to pick out our brick for our house.  This will be the first thing that we pick out so I'm kinda excited about it.

WEST test.... blah

So here I am. I'm sitting in my classroom with 18 9th graders. They are finishing up the 1st session of the Mathematics portion of the WEST test. Some students are snoozing. Some are drawing pictures on their scrap paper. Others and still plugging numbers into their calculators. Strangely, it seems the most intelligent of students are the ones still working. I guess the others are drawing Christmas trees on their answer sheet.

This is kinda boring for me. At least I'm sitting in a quiet room...and its MY room. I just wish I could get up and move around. Clean up. Do something. Guess thats why I'm blogging for the first time in a long time.

So...this weekend was nice. I went to Jesse's sister, Mary's bridal shower on Saturday. It was good. I won a prize! It was a really pretty decorative table lamp! Mary is marrying a guy named Ron and they are moving to Charlotte after the wedding. She is really excited and I'm happy for her. The wedding is on June 12th.

My friend, Cassie is getting married on June 5th, too! I have been looking for something to wear to these weddings for a while now and I can't find anything!!! I have somehow talked Jesse into taking me to Columbus this weekend. I can't wait!!!! Hopefully I can find something to wear there. We'll be staying near the Polaris mall and we'll probably go to Easton too. Friday is his birthday and he wants to eat at Chipotle.

I'm really excited about everything that is happening in the next few weeks!~ School is almost out! I can't believe how fast my first year went by! The summer is going to be great!

On June 6th, my Dad is getting baptized so we'll be going to Mom's church to see that. YAY! There are just lots of exciting things happening in the next few weeks!

Mom is doing really well. She had her 6th chemo treatment on the last Thursday in April. She has an appointment with Dr. Schiano on Wednesday this week and if everything is good then she will be scheduled for a CT scan. If that is all clear then she'll be done. Everyone keeps asking me if that means she'll be in remission. With ovarian cancer they don't consider you to be in remission for 5 years. Instead they say "no evidence of disease" which some people called "dancing with NED" SO, as long as Mom can dance with NED for 5 years then they will say she is in remission.

I will be writing more when we find out more information after Mom's appointment this week.

Gotta go, its almost time for a pee break. (thank God)

			Free Diet Diary my-calorie-counter.com
			Cal	Fat	Sat	Chl	Sod	Crb	Fib	Sug	Pro
Breakfast
1.1	Serving - 4 G	DOMINO - SUGAR - DARK BROWN 2 LB BAG	17	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
0.5	1/3 cup (40g) serving	Hodgson Mill Multigrain Hot Cereal	80	2	0	0	0	13	3	1	4
0.5	cup	Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A (fat free or skim)	42	0	0	2	51	6	0	6	4
0.7	fl oz	Cream, fluid, half and half	27	2	2	8	9	1	0	0	1
0.2	1/3 cup	Ocean Spray® - Craisins - sweetened dried cranberries	26	0	0	0	0	7	0	5	0
2	1 Softgel	Omega 3 Fish Oil Supplement	20	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
0.85	1 Scoop	Jillian Michaels Natural Whey Protein Triple Choc	85	2	0	38	51	6	3	3	13
0.2	oz (14 halves)	Nuts, walnuts, english	37	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
			334	12	3	58	111	38	6	19	23
Lunch
2	tbsp	Pickle relish, hot dog	27	0	0	0	327	7	0	0	0
1	Serving - 56 G	EXCEPTIONAL VALUE - PASTA - ELBOW MACARONI 5 LB BAG	210	1	0	0	0	41	2	2	7
1	1 tbsp	Kraft Olive Oil Mayo Reduced Fat	45	4	0	0	95	2	0	0	0
2	2 oz (1/4 cup)	Kroger Chunk Light Tuna in Water	120	0	0	50	560	0	0	0	26
			402	5	0	50	982	50	2	2	33
Dinner
0.125	cucumber (8-1/4")	Cucumber, with peel, raw	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
0.5	serving	flax	30	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	2
1	cup	Spinach, raw	7	0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1
0.2	cup (1 serving)	Cereals ready-to-eat, UNCLE SAM CEREAL	47	1	0	0	23	7	2	0	2
1	cup	Beans, snap, green, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	44	0	0	0	299	10	4	2	2
0.25	large	Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled	19	1	0	53	16	0	0	0	2
1	2 Tbsp serving	Kens Steakhouse Honey Dijon Healthy Options	70	4	1	10	250	7	0	7	0
0.5	tbsp	Vegetable oil, canola	62	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	wedge (1/4 of medium tomato)	Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, November thru May average	13	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	1
1	Serving - 112 G	JENNIE-O - TURKEY - GROUND 16 OZ CHUB	170	13	3	110	80	0	0	0	19
			468	28	4	173	699	31	10	10	29
Snack
1	1	Oikos Greek YOgurt Honey 5.3oz	120	0	0	0	50	18	0	17	13
1	medium (2-3/4" dia) (approx 3 per lb)	Apples, raw, with skin	72	0	0	0	1	19	3	14	0
			192	0	0	0	51	37	3	31	13
Water Tracker
Totals Target Balance			1396 1500 93 104	45 50 90 5	7 14 50 7	281 200 140 81	1843 2400 77 557	156 150 104 6	21 30 70 9	62 50 124 12	98 113 87 15
			Cal	Fat	Sat	Chl	Sod	Crb	Fib	Sug	Pro
Activity
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