Flying over Colorado

We flew in from Denver, well before the blizzard hit so we didn't have any problems. We took a couple of pics when we were flying over the mountains. The first day we were in Nevada I woke up and checked the temperature and it was 4 degrees. The other picture that is posted is the front yard filled with snow. A few days later it rained and all of the snow melted. Since then it hasn't been that bad.

Christmas Cafe

What I wished my table looked like (above)

my table (above)

We have a Christmas Cafe at church where we each can host a table. Each host decorates their table and plays "host" to the guests at her table. Each lady had a different style. Here are just a few pictures of some of the tables.

Present

it doesn't have the 60 on my picture

Josh gave me one more present for my birthday. There is this local artist that draws local scenes or animals and I really like him. He reminds me a little of Walter Anderson. So he got me this print that I really liked. Notice that that artists last name is Thames.

Birthday

Yesterday was my 29th birthday and unfortunately I wasn't feeling that well. We had made dinner reservations at Cypress and I was bound and determined to make it there. We went to visit Meagan and Jeff before we went so they took a couple of pictures of us dressed up. Dinner was great but our service was less than excellent. Oh well, the food made up for it. We will be leaving in a week to go to Nevada for 2 1/2 weeks and off to Orlando after that. I will try and post when we are gone.

New TV

We have been debating getting a new tv for 2 years. The TV we wanted was really just too expensive. Well we caught a break. The weekend after Thanksgiving Sears had a sale that took off 500 dollars from the original price, it was a tax free weekend in SC and we don't have to pay interest for 2 years. So needless to say we got it. It is pretty cool to have HDTV the picture is really clear. Josh of course loves it.

Thankgiving day pic of us

Josh and his Yankee socks

Here was a fall picture we took on Thanksgiving

Did I forget to say .......It snowed last week

Last Tuesday we had a weird coastal storm that brought snow to Charleston. It wasn't cold enough to stick but it made for an interesting story.

Early Christmas

My Rachael Ray knives

We also had our annual Christmas picture and opened presents since we will be in Nevada this year for Christmas.

Thanksgiving

Here are a few pics from Thanksgiving.

Early Birthday

My new Ipod Shuffle

Homemake Chocolate Icing Cake

We celebrated my birthday a little early since my mom and sister were in town. We went to the Japanese restaurant and had cake and presents back at home.

Savannah

We finally made it for a weekend trip to Savannah. It was nice to walk around and see some of the history and antique stores.

Fall Festival

Josh playing the egg toss game (notice I am not his partner)

A group of us are resting after all of our work

Praise team (I'm the tall one in the middle)

We had our fall festival last weekend at church. It was an all day event but a lot of fun. I had my first experience cooking for 400 people.

CSU Homecoming

We had homecoming this past weekend and I had two of my students that were on the homecoming court.
Gigi is on the left and Chicora is on the right.

Great students and great Christian girls.

Andrew and Leslie visit

A little over a week ago Andrew and Leslie stopped by for a quick visit. They were on their way to Florida so they stopped off in Charleston. It was a quick visit but it was good to catch up. I think it has been over 2 years since we last saw them. We ate breakfast at Poogins Porch, which is a nice little old house in downtown Charleston. I really enjoyed the food and atmosphere. We then met up with Meagan and Jeff. Josh and I also walked around in charleston to places we haven't been before so you will see some pics of that.

I have a Copyright

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I got notification a few weeks ago about my dissertation. When you submit your dissertation to the university you also fill out paperwork to register your document with the Register of Copyrights. Here is the webpage that documents the copyright.

October

I have grossly neglected the blog this past month. We really haven't been doing anything that great. I have been busy working. We are currently on Fall Break and it is midterm already so this semester is almost over. Josh has been working every weekend with baseball. I did go to one of our football games. I have to say eventhough Southern Miss had trouble getting fans to consistently come and stay at the games there was a buzz of activity that day that was exciting. I have been looking on my other friends blogs and USM had homecoming this past weekend. I do wish we were a little closer so we could visit for the weekend. So far nothing great is planned for the upcoming weeks so I may not post anything until Thanksgiving. That is of course, if Josh takes off a weekend and we actually go do something.

Saturday Tea

Today Josh was out of town recruiting so me and a friend spent the day enjoying some of the sites of Summerville. She took me to a tea room where we ate lunch and of course had some specialty tea. I have to say it was a really unique treat. When I called and told Josh about it he was like " Yeah I know the place I have eaten there". Big suprise to me.....Josh eat lunch at a tea room?? Well when his parents were in town last year they went there one morning when I was at work. He probably told me and I just forgot. I also spent the day discovering some great local shopping places. There is a consignment shop just down the road and they have some really great antique furniture. I almost bought a drop leaf table and chairs but I already have one and where would I put it. Then we found a store call Tomlinsons. It was sort of like an Old Time Pottery just not as big. Again, this place is just 10 minutes from my house. How could I have missed it. Well needless to say Josh probably shouldn't go out of town so much b/c I keep finding great shopping places when he is gone.

Jeff's Birthday

We went to visit Jeff and Meagan this weekend for Jeff's birthday. We missed out on the Amazing Race tournament prior to the cookout but we made it for the food. It was funny b/c we had brought Jeff his gift but as you can see he had one for Josh too. Now Josh will wear his new hat golfing or on the field :)

Fellowship of Oakbrook

We have been attending a new church the past 2 months. We really like it there b/c it is a contemporary service. I have joined the praise team and I sing at the 11 o'clock service. We also have a small orchestra that plays with the praise team. I wish we would have went there a year ago, I really think it would have made the transistion easier.

Kudo's to Lauren

Lauren Highfill, one of the grad students from my former dolphin lab, won a great honor from the APA (Amercian Psychological Association) conference that was recently held in New Orleans. See the link below for the full story.

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Ernesto coming on shore

Here comes our tropical depression (storm) (hurricane) or whatever it is going to be. Well all schools are cancelled tomorrow so now that puts my classes a day behind. I am probably the only person upset that school is cancelled. Josh thinks he may go in to the office for a couple of hours tomorrow. I say enjoy the day off.

Back To School

We are in our second week of school and so far my classes are going well. I am trying to be more layed back this semester. We'll see if it helps me be less stressed out. One thing that has helped is that I am not teaching any new classes so I don't have to completely prep for a new class.

This past weekend Josh and I helped out with a community service project that CSU and Summerville Baptist Church hosted. I have to say my contribution was much easier than Josh's. I served cake for a short while and Josh shoveled mulch on a playground for a few hours.

Last night CSU held a concert by Sonic Flood so Josh and I went to that. It was a good concert and it was kinda of nice to be in a smaller venue to see a band. Although the girls sitting next to us drove us crazy b/c they kept getting up and moving past us. I am not kidding we had to let them by more than 20 times.

one year later- Katrina Dolphins

I saw this on the morning news. Here is the link.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2318974&page=1