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After over a year of no blogging and almost a year of no crafting I have decided to join Ali Edwards One Little Word class… I have tried Project Life/Project 365 in the past and failed… So I figured that my first project back into the crafting world should be a little more manageable/smaller than that one is. One Little Word is more of a monthly based class and even then the deadlines aren’t strict. If you miss a day you aren’t finished for the year, like I felt with PL/P365.

My word for this year is going to be balance… I want to start to balance priorities in my life. After working almost everyday from 5am-5pm I realized I need to stop doing that so much, it just results in me being stressed and sick. So this year I am trying to balance my work responsibilities with other things, me things… Family, crafting, reading, fun…
Here is the first page of my One Little Word album.

I still need to work on the title page and a few other things for January, but so far I am ahead of the game. I have most of the January things done and it is just half way through the month! Go me! Now if only I could find my paper trimmer………

Well we’ve been in Clarksville for about a month and a half now… I have been teaching for just over one month. In that one month I have already been evaluated, sent home the first round of progress reports, had a meet and greet and an open house… Up next is conferences and picture day. Woo hoo…  Well I finally also got around to taking some pictures. No, not of the house, of my classroom of course. Since that is where I spend 90% of the time I am awake it seemed most appropriate.

There are more on my Flickr page

After looking at over 8 houses today we found our new home in Clarksville. It is absolutely beautiful and we love everything about it!

So by now I think most people have gathered the hints and  facts through my Twitter and Facebook page… But I thought I could make it all official.

Jason got offered a tenure track professor position in Clarksville, TN. So we started making plans to move down to Tennessee come August 1st, and he started making plans to quickly finish his dissertation. Well yesterday he defended his dissertation, so now besides a little bit of paperwork and an official commencement day of July 31st he is essentially a PhD!

During this time I started to figure out how to get my teacher’s license down there and apply for jobs… This past week I had four phone interviews… I got a call yesterday for an offer for a 2nd grade position. I am so excited and scared…. The first day of school is August 6th and we weren’t even planning on living in Clarksville until August 1st…  Ahhhhh

I feel like our grown up life is finally beginning now… we both got REAL jobs for the first time. I am excited about all the possibilities, scared about getting it all accomplished and sad to leave my friends here in Iowa….

We are taking the “Last Train to Clarksville” see you all later!

Today is the day… 2 hours until the start of the Boston Marathon. As of 5am Jason left his phone. So now I wait nervously to get that first text message that says he crossed the start… Hopefully they send one at the start, not all do… You all can track him or others, like Ryan Hall (who I am hoping wins it!!!), on BAA.org! This is will be the first marathon Jason is running that I’m not there for… I hope everything goes ok…  Besides getting text messages about him I will be getting updates on some of our dailymile friends who are running… All told I am following 6 different people!  Can’t wait!

Went to see Alice in Wonderland with Jason and Rachel. My expectations weren’t very high. I recently read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I wasn’t very impressed with either. I also am not a fan of Tim Burton movies and I had heard some mixed reviews. So, after going in with those expectations I left surprisingly pleased. It was entertaining and well done. I think it is important for people to realize that this is in no way a retelling of the old Disney movie nor is it a retelling of the books. It is, however, more closely related to the books. It is also not for children… I would definitely say a child should be over 10yrs old and then only at a parent’s discretion. Nothing overly graphic but definitely enough moments to cause some nightmares… So overall I say, go… see it. It is good. You won’t miss much if you choose to see it in 2d as opposed to 3d so don’t worry too much about that.

Other happenings. Jason has talked me into trying the 100 Push-up Program and I am also doing the 200 Squat Program… Today was day one and I feel like I can’t walk. It is going to be a long 6 weeks. I am in the lowest category for push ups and the second category for squats, but by the last round of squats I was wishing I was in the lower category!

Jason also started a fun tournament on Dailymile. It is called March Mile Madness, check it out. If you run, give it a try. It seems like to will be fun to watch everyone progress.