**Photgraphy Site**

Started something new! For those of you who know me, know I love taking pictures, so as a result I started a little business of my own called Scenes N Things Photography! I have always dreamed of being able to one day decorate my own house with photography, and I thought some other people may also want to use real photography to decorate there house. Now you can take advantage of that by going to ScenesNThingsPhotography.blogspot.com to check it out!

NEW JOB!!!

Well the church I intervewed with for the teaching position...filled it but not with me...and I am still waiting to hear back from the charter school!! Hoping to find a teaching job especially since I have been in school for four years working toward that degree!! But, I got the job with weight watchers, which just thrills me to death because I really really wanted this job!! I start training thursday night, at the boiling springs location. I absolutely cannot wait!! I will start out training as a receptionist because you have to know how to do that before you become a leader...it is a 4-6 week span of training and then you have to start training as a leader if that is what you want to do!!! I hope to one day become a leader at Weight Watchers, but that will all come with time, going to take it all one step at a time!! I was so excited when I received the phone call because this has been a long time coming and waited for, for a long time!! The centers are becoming computerized but we all still have to be paper trained in case of emergencies when the computers are down or when the power is out and then we will be trained on the computers!! I am so excited about starting...I cannot wait!!! I will continue working with weight watchers even when I do get a teaching job!! If I do not get a teaching job for this coming year I plan to eventually go full time with weight watchers, where I will be scheduled for certain days that are consistent week to week and to sub on the days I am off at weight watchers....that way I can get my foot in the door at some schools for the next year...and when I get my teaching job I will go part time with weight watchers!!! I believe this will be an outstanding job to have, the atmosphere always seems friendly and welcoming!! It will also be so much FUN!!! So ready to start!!!

CHANGES and NEW THINGS to COME

Well I have had a couple of interviews with schools and waiting to hear back from them. Praying that they went well and that I will hear back. I also have an interview coming up June 11th with weight watchers!! This I am very excited about because it is something that is very near to my heart seeing that just this past december I hit my weight goal from doing weight watchers and am in a size four...a size I have NEVER seen before until now and NEVER though I would even starting weight watchers I was expecting an 8 maybe boy did I surprise myself...quite amazing really. With all this going on I get stressed and bogged down worrying as I wait to hear back and know which way my life will go next! I know it is all in God's hands and He is in control, but at the same time being human I still worry and wish I knew. It is hard to know that this could be the start of my career or that I may be waiting another year for it to come to me. I know either way, whatever happens it is in God's hands and what is meant to be will happen, but I am not much of a person who likes to wait!! SO keep me in your prayers. On the other hand on the 23rd and this month me and BJ will be together for a year and a half which floors me, because this is the longest relationship I have ever been in, I believe he is the one for me and hope he feels the same!! I know there are some out there that NEVER thought it would be possible for me to be "serious" about anyone and that I would always date someone for a few months and then break it off because of an uneasy feeling that I get!! BUT believe it or NOT I have made it and boy has it paid off!! And Honestly i think the reason none of those others worked or that I got that feeling is because it just simply was not meant to be!! Anyone that knows me knows that I have always said what is meant to be will happen!!! I am the luckiest girl alive and wow am I glad that waited it out because I have met the man of my dreams!!! It is hard for me to believe that me and BJ have been together this long...it feels like just yesterday we met and started dating!!! I have so much fun with him...from fishing...yes me fishing, I LOVE it it is so much fun...going new places we have never been, going hiking, going to see a movie, going to downtown greenville to walk around and spend the day together, and so much more!!! No matter what we are doing together is always fun...at least I think so!!! :-D Well I just wanted to bring an update...because I am trying to blog more!!!

Busy Busy Busy

I know I haven't been blogging very much lately! I have been staying very busy...between looking for a teaching job and working at Cato's and babysitting I have been very busy! I haven't had much time to blog!! But summer has started and I am loving it!! This satuday me and BJ have a fishing tournament that we are in together at Lake Wiley. It is there his and her tournament that his mom and dad puts on. I am very excited...lol yes excited about fishing!! I have really started to enjoy going fishing with him, we usually go about once or twice every two to three weeks or so at the pond, or when it is pretty and have time and are off together!! I haven't actually caught anything but I have had some bites. I am hoping this luck turns around on Saturday lol we shll see!! I am dstill going to Weight Watchers...I am a lifetime member there and have hit my goal weight but still go to stay on track and to get the support from the meetings because that is what really makes the difference!! I am telling you I absolutely love it and I feel amazing!!! I have lost 35 pounds total...and have dropped 4 sizes!!! WOW I know its amazing!!! I NEVER thought I would be saying I wear a size four and NEVER thought I would have lost 35 pounds. I started out saying if I could get in a size 8 I would be happy and wow did I surpass that thought and blew myself away!!! Weight Watchers is the first thing I have done been able to stick to...and its not about dieting for a week or however long it takes you to lose your weight and then going back to how things were...it is TRULY a lifestyle change it teaches you how to eat better and to be more aware of what you are eating. Well that is all I have time for now...trying to get back blogging regularly but we all know how that goes!!!

It has been a LONG time!!!

Well...it has been a very long time since I have been on here to update!!! Stayed busy with school and work a lot lately!!! Me and BJ have been dating for over 9 months now and he is sooo awesome!!! I love him with all my heart!!! I am sooo lucky to have him!!! I am about half through my first semester of my senior year and my last semester of college is approaching rapidly!!! It is sooo hard to believe I only have one semester left and that will be student teaching!!! Now don't get me wrong I am very excited but...it is sooooo hard to believe how fast it is approaching...I am a little nervous but I always am when faced with new challenges. Drew and Mikayla are growing sooo fast...I can't believe how fast they are growing!!! Work is still going well...I stil enjoy it a whole lot and love what I do!!! Well that's it for now may I will stay on top of updating a little better.

Back again...after a long time of not blogging!!! Its been busy!! Still working at Ron's waiting tables and at Sassy's Tan and Style!! Me and BJ just celebrated our five months of dating on Friday :-D!!! He is the GREATEST guy ever and he means the world to me!!! He has my heart!! I am the luckiest girl ever to have such a GREAT guy!!! Yea I know some of you are probably thinking wow how has he put up with her that long ;-) lol who knows but I sure am glad he has :-D!!! I start summer school a week from tomorrow on June 2nd and will be there from 9-3 45 mon-thurs taking Chemistry!!! What fun ha yea right!!! But its ok because I know some people i am taking that class with so it won't be so bad!!! Then in July I am taking Spanish 1 mon- thurs 11 15- 1 so that isn't quite as bad!!! Went swimming today with BJ, my sis, drew and mikayla...we had so much fun!!! Well swimming wore me out today so Im off to bed!!!

Everything has started back up!!! Another year ahead!!

Everything has started back up and it has been busy busy busy for me!!! School has started and is going well!! I am in my block education courses, and they are GREAT...I have five classes on monday I have 2 classes the 1st one goes from 8 30- 11 10 and the second goes from 11 20- 1 50, then on tuesdays and thursdays I have the same class from 11 45- 1, on wednesdays I have my Clinical one from 8 30- 12 10 and this where I will be traveling to my set school to observe and do some hand on things in the classroom before beginning to do student teacheing they want us to have some experience in the classroom! So far we have been at the Child Development Center at Upstate, and it has been a lot of fun, on fridays my class goes from 8 30- 11 10. I am really enjoying this semesters classes...they are all geared toward my major and they really teach us a lot about the things we truly need to focus on in becoming teachers!!! Work is still going well. Its been crazy lately Im either at school, work, with BJ, or at church!! Haven't been able to go to church as much as I would like to bc I am over the floor at Ron's on Sundays so I have to be there! SO some Sunday nights I am able to make it to church and some Wednesday nights!! We have started meeting at Ron's on Monday nights to have a Bible Study since we are closed on Mondays ad I really enjoy being a part of that!!! Well thats what's been going on in my life lately!!!

Hey Hey!!!

It has been forever since I have last posted!!! I took the praxis~ a test that I have to take to get into the professional education program at USC Upstate~ on October 25th and passed both the reading and the math!! I am still waiting to get my writing scores back from it!!! My grandmother went in the hospital yesterday because her heart rate was too high, the doctors did some test on her that they were suppose to get back to day, she seems to be holding up fine, and I ask that each of you will keep my family in your prayers!!! And tonight my mom decided she wanted something to do at night and she starts working at Ron's Hog Pen with me tonight...she was so excited!!!! I dropped my Chemistry class and lab that I had on Tuesdays and Thursdays because I felt like if I was to stay in there it would drop my gpa so I went ahead and got out. I will be taking this class and Spanish in summer school!!! So that I will still be able to graduate on time!!!

I's been WAY too LONG!!!!!

Wow...its been quite some time!!!!......I have started school for the fall semester..which is going pretty well a little hectic right now though!!!! We have a ton of freshman and new transfers..which means the campus is growing BUT the parking is absolutely NUTS I thought is was bad my past 2 years but um WOW no nothing even compared to this year doesn't even hold a candle to it!!!! They have made some additional parking but geez that doesn't help much bc its full 2..I really don't know what they are going to end up doing but they are going to have to do something!!! Got my last of my basic education classes this semester its going to be NO piece of cake but it is going to be FUN!!! And well while im at it, I start a new job on Monday which I am pretty excited about...back to waiting tables I go at Ron's Hog Pen...and believe it or not I have missed it.......I love meeting new people and its just a way to have fun while you work and the way I see it if I am going to work I might as well have fun while I am at it...don't get me wrong there are bad days but ya know they are worth it......not that I think that at the time everything is going on...you know just things that can go wrong on a typical bad day...but like I said its worth it!!!!.....I go for orientation 2morrow at 2:00...I ask for ya'lls prayers because I got to ask about Wednesday Nights off so I can still continue helping with my churches Youth Group with the Word of Life Ministry we do on Wednesday Nights.....so I am just hoping they will be able to do that for me!!! So if ya don't mind say a prayer for me!!! Well its off to hit the books to do some homework, it doesn't just do itself I have figured out lol so someone has to do it lol so I better get to it!!!!

Whats New!!

Well tomorrow is a week from my last day at the school working so...im going to miss it but im going to go visit them.......I am excited about starting my new job I will get a little nervous as the time comes but as of now im good!!! Today has been a pretty busy day...runnin around doin different things!!! Im hoping the sun is out tomorrow so I can lay out for a couple of hours before going to work...my 8 00 and 11 00 is cancelled for tomorrow so I will have plenty of lay out time so just hope the weather cooperates......this weather is GREAT and puts me in the BEST mood I LOVE it!!!!!! Got to take my camera to work tomorrow to take some pictures with my kiddies at work prolly take it a couple more days next week as well to take some more pics!!!!

NEW JOB!!

Some of you already know this I know but for those of you that don't I put in my two week notice at the elementary school which is BIG for me because I really love the kids there and had fun working there...but I had an opportunity arise today that is really what I need...I got an offer from a warehouse where I will be working on the computer and possibly pulling orders not 100% sure yet what all it will entail!!! I wasn't making very good money at Exrtra Edition and I am very aware money isn't everything but at the same time I have bills to pay so something had to be done!!! Plus Extra Edition doesn't go through the summer so I was planning to look into this job after the summer ended but it came around sooner!! SO Friday March 30 will be my last day at Extra Edition and I will be starting at the warehouse sometime btwn now and then I was pretty excited today when i got the phone call!!! I will keep ya'll updated as I find more out about what exactly it is all about!!! Keep me in your prayers please I would greatly appreciate it!!!