3.4.11

I honestly CANNOT believe that it is already March. Seriously...where does the time go???

So, the show has wrapped. I'm on to having to actually teach the students lessons in a classroom environment...say what?!? I've spent the majority of my FRIDAY night working on a powerpoint presentation for Monday morning (they warned me you're ALWAYS a teacher). Yeah. My students would call me a dork for working on a Friday night. BUT...I'm being a proactive PLANNER. I want to play with my friends tomorrow night, so I work tonight. Right???

I can't put into words how much I LOVE what I'm doing right now. I feel so incredibly blessed and pray that this career continues. I could not ask for more. Simple as that.

On another note...

Les bon temps rouler! Happy Mardi Gras weekend to my peeps that truly celebrate it. I ordered a king cake or several from da Big Easy...we're having a get together here at the house on Fat Tuesday and my fantastic mama is sending some king cakes my way so I can share them with my guests and precious kiddos at school (that apparently LOVE king cake).

Funny story: "Mrs. Rafferty, I just need to go to Mardi Gras."

My question, why? You're in 9th grade, you have plenty of years to experience Mardi Gras.

Student's answer? "I want King Cake!!!"

Seriously???

Timmy is doing great. He went down South last weekend for a bachelor party. The party actually turned out to be great timing, because he got to partake in the "practice march."



Favorite quote (from a favorite FEMALE family member): " I will never understand why grown men need to practice walking and drinking. I think we need a practice shopping day or something like that. :)"

Yep. Can't wait to head down and partake in the female part of our men's great marching club. We got our stuff down pat...yeah?

Starting Wednesday, I'll begin my 40 days of Thankful. Crazy. I feel like I just did this yesterday.

Thanks for not giving up on me during my blogging hiatus. Before you know it, I'll be posting every day...for at least 40ish days. :))

10.25.10

So...on Saturday morning, Tim surprised me with this precious little gem. Isn't he just the cutest, most random man sometimes?? I love my new Halloween decoration!!

On another note, a day late...but Tim and I have officially been married for six months! I can't believe how fast time flies!! I still haven't changed my name everywhere...I guess I should get on that, huh? Is there a time limit on some of this stuff? :)

I have a super busy week ahead of me...boo...lots of school and lots of work. At least it will make the days fly by!

I'll end with this awesome quote I found. I love it--as I use similar phrases quite often at work--and now in school. Thought I would share with you--as it could easily be applied to our day to day living. Hope everyone has a great week, in case I don't get to blog in the chaos of what I have to get done this week.

“You have to know the past to understand the present.” --Dr. Carl Sagan

While the cats are away...

...the mice will play!

Our good friend, Amanda, was stuck with all the fellas on Halloween night (bless her heart!). But thankfully, she's a great gal--and had her camera ready.

Here are some photos of our boys on Halloween, while we were in NOLA.

BTW. Nick's costume is on BACKWARDS! ...sigh...I LOVE these guys. Always providing great laughs!!!

ESPN College Game Day --Week 11

Well, our Timmy boy is just beside himself this week. Resting up and getting ready to head out to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area for the weekend. Why? Why oh Why?

Well, since you asked.

Week 11 ESPN College GameDay will be hosted at TCU!!! In addition to the Gameday announcement, TCU is ranked #4 in all polls--which is the first time a non-BCS conference team has achieved such a high ranking. Go Frogs!!




Tim and his parents have already snatched their tickets up...good thing they did because I just came across this headline: Utah game sold out, student admission still free.

I don't get to go. This wedding and school thing has taken up all my free time and I just can't leave LR right now (I've got to set my priorities, you know, and the trip to NOLA to see the Saints DEFINITELY tops my priority list!!). I'm really bummed that I'm going to miss out on all the adventures, but I'm really glad that Tim gets to go. These kind of days are what make it for him.

I'm reaching that "burned out" mode. Work is too much, school is pestering me and nevermind wedding plans!! But I'm not worried about it--this stage won't last forever and I truly, truly believe that this will ALL be very worth it in the end!!

I started painting our tv room (only 6 months after I bought the paint) and ya'll...it looks SO good! I can't wait for it to be completely finished! I will post some before and after pictures when all is said and done (and sorry--can't promise it won't be another 6 months until it is officially "done").

I got my professional bridal portraits back and I'm really excited about some of them! I can't wait until I can share with blog land. Only 165 more days to go! ;) AND, I ordered my invitations. They are perfect! Well, at least the proofs are--so surely that means they are. Perfect. You know? I'll probably post a JPG image of the invitation once I formally send them out--but I don't want to ruin any surprises I've managed to keep for all of the family/friends that regularly check Our Little World.

That's all I have for now. Sorry that I'm not posting much. Something has to get neglected sometimes with crazy schedules and crazy work!!



Thanks for stopping by!!

Pictures Post...as promised

I made myself sit down and upload pictures tonight. I've been sitting in this room for about five hours now--but I can successfully say that Save the Dates are addressed and waiting for stamps, the babys shower was successful AND pictures that have been neglected have been uploaded and some have been edited for my "year book." For your viewing pleasure--here are some pictures from the end of September and October (to date).

Group shot at the Crane wedding.
Nick, Veronica, Helen, me and Tim. Steve was our photog. :)

Me and my baby at the Crane wedding



Amanda and Jason Alley

You might remember me talking about this shirt here.

Homemade birthday cake. Lots of love went into this (and ignoring Tim!)

Blowing out his candles...

The boys were hard to get pictures of...here is Tim, Bobby and Jason

Girls shot. Why is it so much easier to get all the girls together?!?

Me and Lauren. This took about four shots before we got this picture. Bobby thinks he's a comedian sometimes...

me and Lydia

Me and Amanda. Geez, she makes me look short!!

Pictures of the baby shower. Here's the fireplace. I got my inspiration from Mandy's decorations for her little boy's first birthday! SO CUTE. Though, the balloons were being a pain in the rear.

Centerpiece. The limes looked AWESOME. I got lots of compliments on them. The letters were painted by me and Veronica. The blanket is purple and the onesies are green. My camera was acting funky in the lighting. (Cindy has chosen purple and green for the nursery--and her little girl's name is going to be Isabella Grace--hence the initials everywhere)

Cindy and Isabella racked up!!

Cindy and Isabella with the baby shower hostesses: Mrs. G, Vicki, Tracy and me

Cindy and Isabella with Aunt Sherry, Aunt Tracy and Grandmother Herndon

Taylor "Les Miles" and Shay "Go Hogs." Sometimes it is too easy to get Tim riled up. We're lucky he even took this picture of us. :) He was NOT a happy camper at the moment of this shot.

Now I am finally going to leave this office and go take a hot bath. SO GLAD the Save the Dates are done. AHHH!!

happy birthday

Today is Tim's birthday! We don't have too much planned for today--but tomorrow I'm treating him to dinner and on Saturday we're having friends over to hang out and watch football. I'm getting Whole Hog. YUM, YUM!!!

Happy birthday Tim! I love you so much!!

Gluten-Free

So...gluten free it is. At least for the next two weeks.

Tim has been placed on a gluten free diet for the next two weeks. He's just so distraught about it, the poor guy. Last night we went to Whole Foods and there is an entire gluten free section. Tim's spirits lifted a little after that discovery. We were even able to get some dinner to go from Chili's--who has a gluten free menu.

We found gluten free flour, pretzels, snacks, sweets, tortillas and pasta! I told him he'll never even know the difference!!

In our research, we also discovered there is gluten free beer. Now, we haven't tried that, but it is on our list of things to do.

I'm remaining positive about this, even if it becomes a permanent deal. As I told Tim, we'll just learn to live with it. Nothing to fret about.

It's the little things...

Tim never fails to amaze me. I was not going to publish this--I simply wrote it for me...as I treat this blog like my diary. BUT...as I am having a writer's slump and don't want to neglect the blog...I thought I'd share:

He truly has the kindest heart sometimes, and the thing that amazes me the most, is that his kind gestures are always played off like it is no big deal.


Tim left a little gift (sea monkeys) for a very special friend (Sarah and Taylor) of his--which touched Sarah's heart in more ways than Tim could even imagine. It brought a smile to the face of a lady that finds it difficult to smile these days.

When I asked him about it this morning--he said he didn't know what I was talking about. Later in the day, he finally admitted it--but said he was just doing it to get a laugh. I had a feeling when I read about sea monkeys that Tim was the culprit, because he happened to have sea monkeys in his car. And he knows how much Sarah loves her smoothies!! He succeeded in giving the Adams a smile and touched my heart while at it.

I just want record how very kind and special my Tim guy is.

I'm am SO lucky.

Funny Guy

I definitely need a procrastination moment or I'm going to lose my mind! It's crazy how sometimes things seem SO unorganized and chaotic in a world that is supposed to be automated. I can't for the life of me understand why some of the things in my job have to be so confusing to all involved!! AHHHH!!! Anyway. Enough of that soap box. Tim told me a very funny story on Saturday and I just had to share with everyone.

So--on Friday Tim received an email from his boss. It stated that a prospect had called and Tim should follow up. Her name was Ellie Faunt. His boss provided her number as well as what she was interested in investing...

Tim--being the dutiful employee that he is immediately picked up the phone and dialed the number. When a gentleman answered he asked to speak with Miss Ellie Faunt. He immediately got laughter on the other end of the line. Get it? Ellie Faunt? Elephant.

His boss got the biggest kick out of that and for the rest of the day asked Tim if he had spoken to anymore elephants.

Looks like Tim has a prankster for a boss man, huh? I got the biggest kick out of that story and the fact that Tim fell for it!! In fact, I'm giggling now as I write this. Ellie Faunt. Silly guys.

10 Years Later...

What a busy weekend!! Tim and I both had our 10 year high school reunions. On Friday, one of my dearest friends from high school drove in from Memphis. We had a meet and greet at a bar downtown called On the Rocks. Tim and his classmates all met up at Catholic High and did Catholic High boy things. Now, of course, I'm the only one that took any pics--so I don't have a lot of the Catholic festivities. Just trust me. Tim had a blast!!

My Claire Bear and me Friday evening

Shantez, Nicki and LaQuita at On the Rocks





Claire and Shantez

Jonathan was another one of my really good friends in high school. I harrassed him enough to finally make an appearance on Friday night.

The Organizers :)

On Saturday it rained...so no golf tourney for the boys and no BBQ for my classmates. We went bowling with a bunch of CHS guys instead. Here are the (very) few I managed to get w/out a complete tantrum!!

Tim, Selig, Turner and Ryan

My bowling man...isn't that a GREAT ball???

Brad and Tim go bowling together EVERY Tuesday

The sun came out when it was time to get ready for our banquet. My class got REAL lucky in that one of our classmates is the head chef at a very nice restaurant in LR called 1620. So--we got to have our banquet there!!

The Set Up:

Oh Kedrian. He's a funny, funny guy. Always kept me laughing in jr. high and high school!!

Basketball and Football Homecoming Queens (Shanell)




Shantez and me

John Bounkhong. One of my great friends from h.s!!!

Me with two of my favorite high school fellas...

Bobo...

Wow. I took a lot of pictures. Denna now works for NASA. Way to show us up, huh? Denna and I went to school together starting in the first grade!! She's amazing--has overcome just about everything (she's blind and never let it hold her back!).

1620 made us a cake!

The Catholic High/Mount St. Mary Mixer...I came after my dinner.

Tim and Carl. No height difference at all!!!

Rachel and me. Can't wait til she gets to come back to AR!!!

Deacs, Zane and us. Deacs and I were sorority sisters.


And that's all folks!!!