Mr. and Mrs. go to school.

Yesterday was my first day as an official substitute teacher and while I was extremely nervous, things were a little easier for me since I was subbing next door to my hubby! Yup that's right not only did I brave my first class ever, but it was a high school math class YIKES!!! I survived and didn't have to show any of the classes that I'm an idiot when it comes to math.

I loved being able to get ready with Coby and then ride to work together. He was such a great help and always managed to find time to sneak in my class and see how I was doing.

Getting ready to head off to school.

My first class (9th grade Pre-AP Geometry) was taking a practice TAKS test so that was a easy peasy. My second class (11th grade IB Math, which means they are the super smart kids) had a class assembly so again easy. Well, their assimbly was cut short so I had to come up with something for them to do. So I got them to work on a worksheet that the teacher left for them and then we disscussed it as a class. These kids were really fun, they were funny and I even had a kid come up, shake my hand and introduce himself to me at the very beggning. He wasn't being serious so it helpped me relax a little bit more and just laugh.

After that I had a 2 hour break for lunch and a conference period. Normally they would move me to another class during the teacher's conference period, but they didnt need anyone so I was free to do whatever I wanted. So I had a long lunch with Coby in his room and doodled on his smart board while he got ready for his next class. After lunch I had another 9th grade Pre-AP Geometry class so all I had to do was pass out their tests. This class was by far my hardest, right after lunch all you want to do is sleep and that is all these kids wanted to do. So I was constantly telling them to pick their heads up and finish the test. Once I got them all started I poked my head out my door to see if Coby was free to talk. Instead I see a kid coming out of Coby's class, he looked at me smiled and said "He's mean" (referring to Coby). I looked at him, rolled my eyes and said jokingly "Yeah he's real mean". After class I went into Coby's room and saw him getting on to the kid I saw outside so I began to shut the door when I hear, " Yeah and she said you are mean too". What the hell that kid just threw me under the bus when I was joking! I guess I learned my lession, sorry babe!

After everything was said and done I had survived my first substitute experience. I had a few of the other math teachers ask me if I wanted to sub for them soon and I even got a call while writing this blog (from the teacher across the hall from Coby) asking if I wanted to sub her class. I can't wait, I really enjoyed the kids and getting to spend the entire day with Coby!

Weekend of Labor

Coby and I spent Labor Day weekend working our butts off getting some things crossed off our ever growing To Do List. We are both extremely sore, but super proud of all our hard work (oh the joys of being homeowners haha).

Saturday we woke up and got started on the swing set in the backyard that came with the house. All the swings were broke, it was covered in rust (a tetanus shot waiting to happen) and took up much needed dog run space. The screws were so rusted that we ended up stripping them and had to use a saw to get it apart. After we loaded that up in my truck we headed to the front yard to dig up the flowerbeds. There was a lot of excess dirt so we hauled it to the many holes in the backyard that the dogs had dug. With a truck full of weeds,grass and swing set parts, we headed to the city dump. The dump was a dream come true to Coby and he wanted to look at all the trash that other people brought to see what we could use at home. Thank goodness nothing came back home with us! When we got back we leveled out the flowerbed and laid down this black tarp that stops weeds from growing (thanks Pam). We also put down a new rock border (thanks to my mom Sandy) that we got from my house in Austin. By this time it was 7:00pm and we got ready to go eat dinner with some of our friends.

Sunday morning we woke up (extremely sore) and headed to Home Depot to get plants and mulch to finish the flowerbeds. Back at home Coby trimmed our shrubs (which desperately needed a cut), then we planted our new flowers, hammered in my welcome sign, and placed the bird bath (also came with the house) from the backyard. Once everything was set we added all the mulch for the finishing touch. Everything looks great and we are pretty impressed with our landscaping skills, here are some pictures ( I didn't take any before so sorry you don't get to see that).

Picking up the shrub trimmingsOur purchases from Home Depot (Thanks mom for giving Coby a gift card to there)The buried rocks that were the original boarderCoby "The Gardener" planting some flowersThe finished product!!

Coby also hung a garden hose hanger on the side of the house, put a screw by the front door so I can hang the cute new "Welcome" sings that I have been collecting and replaced a few fence slats. We still have many more things to do, but for now we are satisfied!

And so it begins

Sunday night was the start to my living hell!! Coby stayed up till midnight to draft the players for his fantasy football league. This means football 24-7 for the next 4 months, Sundays and Mondays are dedicated to watching the games, while Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays are devoted to picking the right players for next weeks games.

Now don't get me wrong I love me some football, but not THAT much. Hopefully Coby will prevail and win again this year which means a big payout. So I guess I can put up with a few months of endless football if it means that in the end I get to do some major shopping!! oh and GO COWBOYS!!!