friday, november 12

a work week is always ended on a good note when we, as coworkers, can hang out at happy hour and just enjoy each other's company without worrying about school-related things. thank goodness for yummy chips and salsa ;)

thursday, november 11

lee has a special relationship with a family that he worked closely with during his time at cho-yeh. thier son is in high school now, but lee has known him since he was very young. mitch invited lee to his school play, and luckily it worked out that lee got to go. he said mitch was awesome in one of the lead roles for othello.

wednesday, november 10

lee had a science conference this week in downtown houston. he got a few shirts to support science and this one that has to do with a program they use/are going to use. lee would do better at describing it, but i believe it is a great method of teaching students new science vocabulary and recognizing how difficult brand new words are to them.

tuesday, november 9

after battling with a watery, itchy eye for several days, i finally went to the eye doctor to have it checked out. turns out, i had a type of bacterial infection that probably came from something in my contact case. no contacts and drops 4 times a day for me for a week!

monday, november 8

we bought a new cook this, not that book with awesome recipes that are mostly 350 calories or less. one of the recipes we have found very delicious is the shrimp quesadillas. i was proud to successfully achieve the right crispiness on the outside and still maintain all of the shrimp, veggies, and cheese on the inside when i flipped them. we had enough for dinner and lunch the next day!

sunday, november 7

on a good sunday afternoon, i can typically be found on our couch clipping coupons from the paper. call me an old lady or lame or whatever, but i enjoy saving us money when i can. it is no trouble to buy a paper or cut a few coupons, but it is nice seeing my total go down at the grocery store for doing practically nothing!

saturday, november 6

i was very proud of all of my cleaning and cooking efforts for our guests on saturday. even though it was not a big deal, i still enjoy making our home presentable to guests. i had a very cute food spread, if i do say so myself, for all of us to enjoy throughout the game. however, i only managed to snap a picture of some of the oreo balls at the end of the game (and the reflection of my phone, evidently). i always get so excited about food i almost always forget to take a picture of something before i eat it. ha!

friday, november 5

so, we invited some of my co-workers and their significant others over to watch the lsu/alabama game with us on saturday...which meant i had to spend all of friday night cleaning and getting things presentable for company. no, our place was not in terrible condition but definitely needed some improvements. the main improvement was decluttering our sunroom that had just become a catch all for the random boxes we had never fully unpacked. let me also add that i typically fall asleep on a friday night at 8:30 because i am so exhausted from the week. NOT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! i worked so hard on unpacking the remaining stuff and finding places for it all to go. i got the sunroom down to only our plastic storage tubs (and the tv box), and lee's sports memorabilia finally got its time to shine. i was proud of my efforts for his side of the sunroom. the bookcase was even put together by me as well!

thursday, november 4

we bought toy story 3! but, we have not watched it yet...hopefully, whenever we get another down weekend, we can enjoy our new flick and see for ourselves why everyone thought it was such a great film.

wednesday, november 3

another cold front moved through today...so much that it looked quite wintry outside. this was a definite sign that we needed cracker barrel for dinner. a new one opened little about a quarter of a mile around the corner from where we live. chicken and dumplins' hit the spot on a cold, rainy night.