Sunday, October 16, 2011

Fall, already???

I can't believe I haven't blogged since July. I guess I took a blog vacation, but I am back.  The beginning of this school year has been crazy to say the least.  I inherited another school, which means three schools this year total, but you know what I still love teaching Art.  I don't think I can picture myself doing anything else.  Yes in a perfect world I would have my own classroom, at ONE school, and have unlimited resources for any kind of project my imagination could create...but that's just not LIFE right now.  God has given me this opportunity, and this is what I have so I am going to make the best of it.  It could be worse, I could be teaching something I hate...like MATH. Ughhh.  At least I have a passion for what I teach.

Both John and I have been on retreats with our church this month, which has been much needed and invigorating.  It's nice to get away once in a while, and makes us in a better mood.  We're still going through Financial Peace on Wednesdays.  Talk about a Debbie downer, the information we are learning is very useful, if we would actually apply all of it.  I feel like it's exhausting writing up budgets, creating envelopes, I just feel like I don't have time for all that.  We are applying the practical stuff though, like cutting down on impulse purchases and we are learning to save, which will help us out on a rainy day.

We figured out our Halloween costumes for this year. I spent most of the day Friday, FWCS had fall break (No, I didn't skip school. Lol), shopping Goodwill.  They have 1/2 off weekends once a month and I have kinda made a tradition out of it.  I bought Cooper's purple Dragon costume for 5 bucks, what a steal! So the Wall's are kickin' it old school, we're going way back to Medevil Times.  John's the knight, aka "Dragon Slayer", I'm the beautiful princess (of course) and Cooper will be the vicious Dragon.  We should be a sight for sore eyes, but I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun.

No pictures with this post, sorry.  I'll get on that.  Lot's of fall festivities to come...