That last semester I became obsessed with a book by Sharon Creech called Love that Dog. She's a wonderful young reader's author and it's such a cute story about Jack's journey through his poetry unit. I was able to find the follow up book to it called, Hate that Cat and it's just as good! There was an awesome poem at the end of the book written by Jack himself...
THIS IS JUST TO SAY
I will listen
for you
I will hear
all the sounds
in the world
all the
delicious
ineffable
effable
sounds
all the
thrumming
and
humming
and
tintinnabulating
sounds
I will hear
all the sounds
in the
world
and I will write them down
so you
can
hear
them
too.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Who we're meant to be....
We received the greatest Christmas card from my parents today...
Do the things
that make your hearts happy
because it's Christmas
and because you're both
very special and loved.
I love that Deren and I drum to our own beat and don't try to be people that we're not. We're following the path that was laid for us and we don't stress to make a life that is not meant to be ours.
This Christmas and New Year we'll be doing the things that make our hearts happy because that is the kind of people we are. I love our life.
Do the things
that make your hearts happy
because it's Christmas
and because you're both
very special and loved.
I love that Deren and I drum to our own beat and don't try to be people that we're not. We're following the path that was laid for us and we don't stress to make a life that is not meant to be ours.
This Christmas and New Year we'll be doing the things that make our hearts happy because that is the kind of people we are. I love our life.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Meowy Christmas
Every time Christmas rolls around I still can't help but laugh at my friend's ugly Christmas sweater choice one year... Meowy Christmas with a bunch of ugly cats coming out of Christmas presents. It was even better when she woke up on her the morning after her 21st birthday with the shirt on. Classic!
I have a 10-12 page paper looming over my head but I thought catching up on the blog seemed like a better idea. My classes are all finished and this paper is the last thing I have left for the semester so I'm feeling pretty good. I only have a few pages left and a bit of editing. I found out a few days ago that I passed my PRAXIS test for Missouri teaching certification. I'm so excited. This makes me feel like I should probably stay to teaching MO for a few years after graduation. I'll probably take the MN PRAXIS in the spring so I'll have that one under my belt as well.
We're looking forward to Christmas in West Point, IA this year. A BIG change for me. I don't do change very well but I do like to try new things. Go figure how that works. Between Christmas and moving on January 1 we're not really decorating for the holidays. We put up a wreath on the door, but not tree or stockings. It's kind of sad. But I have an evergreen candle burning and bought a $1 tree from the target dollar section - it's cute enough :)
Deren's pretty pumped about his Hawkeyes. We're excited to be in our new place on January 5th with our big screen watching Iowa crush Georgia Tech (hopefully). Anyone who wants to come over and break in the new place with us is more than welcome!! We'll probablly have our annual superbowl party too, this year will be way better because we'll have more room, more seating, better viewing, etc, etc. I'm so excited to move...get me outta this APT!!!
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!!!!
I have a 10-12 page paper looming over my head but I thought catching up on the blog seemed like a better idea. My classes are all finished and this paper is the last thing I have left for the semester so I'm feeling pretty good. I only have a few pages left and a bit of editing. I found out a few days ago that I passed my PRAXIS test for Missouri teaching certification. I'm so excited. This makes me feel like I should probably stay to teaching MO for a few years after graduation. I'll probably take the MN PRAXIS in the spring so I'll have that one under my belt as well.
We're looking forward to Christmas in West Point, IA this year. A BIG change for me. I don't do change very well but I do like to try new things. Go figure how that works. Between Christmas and moving on January 1 we're not really decorating for the holidays. We put up a wreath on the door, but not tree or stockings. It's kind of sad. But I have an evergreen candle burning and bought a $1 tree from the target dollar section - it's cute enough :)
Deren's pretty pumped about his Hawkeyes. We're excited to be in our new place on January 5th with our big screen watching Iowa crush Georgia Tech (hopefully). Anyone who wants to come over and break in the new place with us is more than welcome!! We'll probablly have our annual superbowl party too, this year will be way better because we'll have more room, more seating, better viewing, etc, etc. I'm so excited to move...get me outta this APT!!!
Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!!!!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Away we go!
Like always I feel like our weekends are spent on the road. Maybe when we both retire in 30+ years we can become a truck driver couple. We'll be pros of roads by then! haha.
Our latest travels were to Ames (practically two weekends in a row). The first was for the Iowa/Iowa State game and tailgate. It was awesome to relive my college days with some of my very best friends. I think it's so cool how that rivalry brings everyone back no matter what!
The last trip to Ames was the ISU/Army game. The whole Bleyl family was coming down (sans meghan) so I tailgated with them! It also happend to be my 25th birthday. So I got to ring in a quarter of a century with the whole Bleyl clan...well almost the whole clan.
There is big news under the Thompson roof.... We're moving! Not back to Minnesota (yet) but into a townhouse with more room - 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms to be exact :) It's new construction so we will be the first ones in our townhome. 3830 N Bennington Ave will be our home come January 1, 2010. I know it's far away but we can put a deposit down on a place as early as 90 days and we were in the office on October 1 filling out the application. I'm super excited, can you tell? I even started to unpack, err, I mean, 'declutter'! haha. The money will be tight but we talked seriously about this and it's really something we want to do. We want more room not only for us but when we have guests or people over we'll have more room. Our guests will even have their own bedroom and bathroom (with TWO sinks!) So, to my friends reading that live in Iowa or MN...you are welcome anytime after January 1 :)
Our latest travels were to Ames (practically two weekends in a row). The first was for the Iowa/Iowa State game and tailgate. It was awesome to relive my college days with some of my very best friends. I think it's so cool how that rivalry brings everyone back no matter what!
The last trip to Ames was the ISU/Army game. The whole Bleyl family was coming down (sans meghan) so I tailgated with them! It also happend to be my 25th birthday. So I got to ring in a quarter of a century with the whole Bleyl clan...well almost the whole clan.
There is big news under the Thompson roof.... We're moving! Not back to Minnesota (yet) but into a townhouse with more room - 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms to be exact :) It's new construction so we will be the first ones in our townhome. 3830 N Bennington Ave will be our home come January 1, 2010. I know it's far away but we can put a deposit down on a place as early as 90 days and we were in the office on October 1 filling out the application. I'm super excited, can you tell? I even started to unpack, err, I mean, 'declutter'! haha. The money will be tight but we talked seriously about this and it's really something we want to do. We want more room not only for us but when we have guests or people over we'll have more room. Our guests will even have their own bedroom and bathroom (with TWO sinks!) So, to my friends reading that live in Iowa or MN...you are welcome anytime after January 1 :)
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