Day #5

well, it's the first friday of summer break. :( that means one whole week is done ALREADY! lee's done molding young minds for the summer. my next year office is organized-ish. i've got a fresh haircut....what's next?

lee says, "buuuuuuhhhhhh". wait, he's changing his comment: "vietnamese food is NOT chinese food."

good to know. :)

we'll leave you with a picture of young-pup-buck. he turned 3 this week. not only did we celebrate our third wedding anniversary, we got to celebrate puppy's third birthday.

how cute! :)

Day #4

Being that Brianne is oh-so busy today setting up her work dwelling, I was told to update Day #4 for her. Today Joe and I took our summer enrichment class students downtown to visit some Vietnam memorials/museums. It was nice to get out of the classroom and it has been great teaching a class/subject to kids who actually care to listen. It has also been interesting to both gain a greater understanding and become all the more conflicted about this war (insert belated Memorial Day shout out to all the men and women who have served/are serving). If I would join the Army, it would be sans testicles as Brianne would have her say on the matter.Brianne continues to extend her "community service" hours...at least that is what I have been calling her going in beyond her internship requirements and working for free. I showed up at the end of the day to help her rearrange the furniture in her office. As we all know, I have the guns it takes to beast mode furniture. Note to Brianne: Next time you are moving anything that may require you to get down on the floor, make sure you are not wearing a skirt!

Being that yesterday was our 3rd Anniversary, we made a list of 10 things (5 each) that we would like to do before our 5th Anniversary. A sampling of the ones that I can mention are taking a class together (dancing, ceramics, etc.), taking another vacation alone, and having a baby either in existenct or bun in the oven status. Since Brianne was dealing with puddly mess kids last night at Brooke's Place, we had planned to celebrate tonight. I suggested the drive-in movies but Brianne thinks it may be a bit too nipply outside so we will probably just get something to eat and see a movie indoors.

Well that is my first blog update and I don't quite feel as gay as I thought I would so you may hear more from me in the future.

-Lee

Day #3

today i went into my future job site and organized my future office. this basically means that i organized/threw away 30 years worth of papers that had never been filed. really fun. i love cleaning up other people's messes.

lee taught his summer enrichment course again today. he dropped me off and picked me up. what a nice guy. i was especially happy he did this since it was raining and COLD all day.

on a more positive note, today is our 3 year wedding anniversary. :) i love this boy soooo much!

happy anniversary, lee thomas. :)

Day #2

Lee molded more minds, I actually did something productive (learned a bit more about my job next year), and then we sat on the front porch in our new rocking chairs during a summer rain storm. it was quite lovely....lee, however, couldn't believe that we were doing this WITHOUT being retired.....

rockin' chairs

"I WANNA ROCK!"

overall, these were the cheapest, the easiest to get home, the easiest to "assemble" and pretty stinkin' cute. they were actually the comfiest, too. :)

also, i was hangin around my old stomping grounds (38th Street) and couldn't resist taking a picture of the most clever signage, ever.

in case you can't read it, it says, "BABES The Name Says It All!". let me remind you that this "gentelmen's establishment" is located at 38th and Lafeyette directly between a KFC and an Eyeglass World.

yikes.

Summer - Day #1

so here's the scoop....i'm going to try to update this thing once a day ALL summer. i want to at least take 1 picture a day, too. that way, i can remember EXACTLY what we did the last summer before i become a working-woman! :)

today, lee's going to be molding more minds at Speedway thanks to a summer school grant. since we're down to one car, i'll be driving him up there and then visiting Lafeyette Scare Mall and Garden Ridge...and probably Goodwill. so, once again, while lee is being a productive, wonderful citizen, i'll be shopping. :)

i'm hoping to score a couple of rocking chairs for the front porch....these are at Garden Ridge:

we'll see...i'm sure i'll find something!

early summer walk

buck LOVES walks. we took him to the Monon Trail today. he was a very good boy - he didn't bark at people or dogs! :) i think we walked a good 2 miles. he was so thirsty that when we went down to the creek, he drank right from the water....not sure how great of an idea that was, but he's usually too much of a scardey-cat to get next to the water - so we were proud to say the least! lee and i had fun, too. it's nice to get out of the house and enjoy the beautiful weather together. :) our anniversary is next week - 3 YEARS! can't believe it!

here are some photos we took while visiting the Broadripple Art Center on a little side-adventure from the trail. i MUST have these flowers at my house. anyone know what they are?!

i'm officially a Butler University alum!

so, i graduated. yep. i'm a proud owner of a Master's degree from Butler University.
following is a picture journey of the evening at Butler...

me about to walk on stage...

me on stage

me getting "hooded"

me lookin so proud

all my "fans" - thanks for coming!

and the real icing on the cake is that i got a job the next week. i will officially be a Beech Grove Middle School Hornet next year! it'll be a whole 30-second drive every morning! :)

i can't believe it...

I'M DONE! :)

it feels great! i am waiting to hear how my licensing/graduation requirement exam went...i don't feel too great about it, but i'm hoping for the best. i'm turning my portfolio in on wednesday. THAT'S IT! i'll be done forever! i'm not thinking of getting a PhD anymore. i'll be happy with a masters level of education.

so what's next....well, job searching. FUN. oh wait, it's a terribly lengthy and depressing process. but it'll be worth it when i can finally start my career next fall.

also, yard work. we did all of the inside stuff on our house already. moving on to the yards. they need LOTS of work. my favorite upcoming fix - the pergola on the back porch that we built last summer. i can't wait til that's done, and i actually think it'll be fun building that with lee.

lovin the weather, too.

progress....

is being made.... (see previous post!)