District Meeting!

This morning i attended our district orientation! EISD is the same as i remember! They have high expectations and are a great group of people! I am extremely excited to be working there this semester! I can't wait to get started and learn everything i can! Even after all these years of classes i feel like there is just so much more to learn! There is always room for growth!

They stressed building relationships the most! Not just with students, but with other teachers, principles, staff and the community! Westlake is like a small town and people talk and it is important to be well represented in that community! He even mentioned attending the WHS football games! How much do you think it would take for me to get Bo to go with me lol!!

Of course confidentiality is extremely important in my profession as well and they emphasised that strongly! Not only can you not use names but you can't say things that may lead people to think it may be a student! It is a tight nit community and if you say something in line at the store, or Post it on the Internet you can be severely punished for it! So as much as i Love to share my passion for teaching and the students, there of course will be a lot that i cannot!

They did have me worried about getting a job in the district! They hired about 68 new teachers this past year and not just 1st year teachers but people changing districts and very seasoned teachers. They said they had over 2,000 applications to choose from! The key now is to make myself marketable! I am thinking of adding a special ed component, but i don't know how to do that! I wish i would have done that like two years ago and just tacked it in with my normal coursework! We can just take the TExES exam and get the certification but i don't think i would be prepared for that! I only took one special ed class and it was just very basic! Another thing i wish i would have done is just work with students more! I know I have a lot of experience working with students but they said that they are obviously going to choose the people who have worked with kids more than the person who worked at Chili's through college....Well i still work at Third Base and let me tell ya I don't think they count drunk sports fans and children! Even if they act like it at times! lol!

I'm working on my intro letter to the Parents in my class! It's hard to put myself in their shoes and think about what i would want to know! How do i assure them that even though I'm a new teacher their students education will be top notch! I would be scared to hear that for two weeks the certified teacher is giving her class over to a new one! I've made it look more like a newsletter its pretty cute! I just want to start off on the right foot with these parents! Parents are key in the EISD community!

Well tonight Bo comes back!! I've missed him so much! Cooper will be happy to! He's been looking a little lonely! I don't play as well as Bo does! I've got to go be a good girl now and do some dishes woo!!

Oh btw!!! Does everyone like the upgrades! I got bored yesterday lol!! And i just want to say i am so happy that I've inspired some of my friends to start blogs!! I can't wait to read them all and keep in touch!

The calm before the storm

Today I got to fill out some fun paperwork that makes me an official EISD student teacher :) Then i took what I'm sure is an amazing photograph for my id tag lol! It just seems strange to be wearing a picture of myself everyday! All for safety though! ohhh and when I was at the Administration building i saw a picture of my cooperating teacher hanging in the hall! She was teacher of the year in 04!! I feel so lucky to be working with someone so talented! I will completely be a sponge this semester! Soak up everything i can!

This morning we had another meeting with our university mentor! We just talked in more detail about what was expected of us and our lessons! It is going to be a Crazy semester that is for sure! She said to expect to be at the school from 7am till 5pm everyday! She also said a general comment against working and how if we do work along with student teaching it was going to be difficult! But unfortunately I have to work! I put my availability only to Saturday all day and Sunday morning. That way I get a lot of time to work football games but then have Sunday night to get myself back in focus for the upcoming week! Football season is really the biggest time for us at Third Base so there is no way i am missing it! I am just going to be a tired girl! Oh yeah and that whole planning a wedding thing in there 2! LOL Fun Fun Fun!!

We have our big district orientation on Thursday then i am off till the 8th!! I just don't know what to do with myself until then!! I don't know if there is a way to prepare myself for the crazy 13 weeks that is student teaching or if u just have to run and jump! Hopefully I will find something constructive to do with my time!

Other than that not much is going on! Bo is at a conference in Dallas until late Thursday night!! He left Sunday morning for a kick off Golf Tournament, last night was the big opener, and today was the first all day activities! I am so proud of him! Sales and Bo just fit perfectly! It is really lonely being in the house by myself but on the positive side Cooper seems to be extra snuggly when dad's not around lol! Thats all i have for now kids!! TTYL

Good news and Sad news

First the good news!
We have launched the wedding website!!! http://boandstephanie.com/ It was actually pretty easy to create! I hope yall like it! Once we get more information about the actual day it will go on there! Plus we need to register eventually lol! Then we can post those there too! Makes it easy on everyone!

Now the sad news,
Rodney my parents cat and my baby boy got hit by a car Thursday night. Dad is the most heartbroken, Rodney was his man cat! He would follow dad around outside and they took man naps together. He was huge weighing in at 24 pounds and when he stretched out he was over 3 ft long! Just a monster of a cat! His heart was as big of his body! He was such a sweetheart! The biggest cuddle bug you would ever know! He was just so amazing! Now it is time to say good night to my Big Beautiful Baby Rodney you will be missed!

Cedar Creek Eagles!

YAY!!! I'm at Cedar Creek Elementary!! First grade with Sarah Boltie!!

The Seminar went great! It was fun to see some people that i hadn't talked to in a while! We met our University Mentor and she was great too! They scared me today though!! I got a note saying that i hadn't cleared my tentatives which is everything you are supposed to have done prior to student teaching! Well i did it at the end of my summer session and i even had email contact with the director confirming it! Luckily i printed off the emails we had so when I went to the office they just said they made a mistake!! Scared me though! It makes me a little upset because now that is how my University Mentor is going to remember me! I will just have to wow her and make her forget about that incident!

Anyways! I am very happy with my placement!! I was kinda hoping for Kinder but First is a great age too! Thats when you work hard on mastering your reading skills!! We have meetings this coming Monday, Tuesday and Thursday then we don't start until September 8th! So it looks like i will have a week off to regain some focus! I am so excited to start this chapter! It is going to be a lot of work but its not work when its something you love! As we all know i adore teaching so i just can't wait to see what challenges i am going to be facing! i wish i could start right away!!!

Tonight Bo and I are going on the lake with some of his work friends! Do some wakeboarding and end with some Hula Hut yummyness!

Student Teaching-Random day with mom

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!! AHH its finally here! I Start student teaching and that is my last step towards Graduation!!! After 5 1/2 years i am SOOO DONE! lol! Tomorrow I should meet my university mentor, find out my school, grade level and teacher!! Along with all the fun stuff that comes with student teaching!! I am so excited to start this new chapter! I have a new car, new haircut, new clothes, and a new attitude! Should be off to a good start!!!

Last night as Bo and i were starting the movie "Definitely, maybe" (super cute btw everyone should rent it!) I get an unexpected knock on my door to find Mom! She unfortunately had to come in because uncle Doug is in the hospital but no worries he is set to make a full recovery! So Today we had a great little day together we went to lunch, Micheal's, garden ridge and then against Rheannon's wishes we went and looked at Davids Bridal and Alfred Angelo for Bridesmaids dresses! At both places i love the Pool for the Maids and the Clover for the House party! I just don't know which store to go with! Me being the bad bride just says take a vote and go with it lol! They are all going to want different styles so why not! I picked a color they can do the rest lol! I also got a beautiful dress from Davids Bridal! Its super nice and very sophisticated! Click here to see it! Its the silver, but in person it doesn't look as silver as it does on the web! Come to looking at the website all their colors look bad online! I promise pool and clover look great in person!

Anyways I need to get my Beauty sleep so i wake up super refreshed and ready to go!!!! Wish me LUCK!!!!

To Infiniti and Beyond

We did it! We found my dream car!!

It is a 2006 Infiniti G35! Bo's great credit allowed us to get amazing financing and of course his negotiation skills helped out when it came to the total price!It is beautiful! I can't wait to take everyone for a drive!!

Here is Bo and I after we went out for a long drive down 71!

An interior shot! Its just smooth! Everything about it is perfect! I love the way it drives and it has every option except for navigation which i don't need anyways! I've always been good with directions! All that is in my head i don't need TomTom telling me what to do lol!

The whole shopping for a new car experience was not for me! I can't handle the games that these dealerships play! I was so angry when we left Infiniti the first time! I really wanted the car but they just weren't playing with us! The car we were negotiating at that time had navigation which i didn't want anyways! But we went to lunch went back to acura and then they called us to come back and take a look at this one! This one was more beautiful than the one we test drove and has the sport package! But because it didn't have the navi they were able to budge on the price more! When we finally agreed i had to leave to go to work but Bo stayed behind and two hours later we were the proud owners of the Infiniti! This is Bo and I's first big purchase together! Which was exciting! We are now financially bound together lol!

I gotta run to the grocery store! But i wanted to do a quick update to show off my new baby!!! I think i will call it Buzz Lightyear lol! To Infiniti and Beyond!!!

Wedding, HP and Cars!

Bo and I have been working hard on getting the wedding website ready to post!! Its pretty cool! He just needs to finalize his groomsmen before we surprise them by putting their names on the web lol! We have also made the Save-the-date magnets which we will be ordering soon! I finally feel like things are in the works! We have been engaged for so long now that the wedding seemed it would never come!! But here we are! We bought invitations today and are creating a website, looking at caterers! All sorts of fun!

Here comes my nerdy side! lol! I am so upset about the Harry Potter Film being pushed back from November 21st this year to July 17th next year! They say its due to a lot of factors like the writers strike and wanting their target audience to be on summer va-cay but seriously! A whole year! It comes just after they sent out the teaser trailer which looked awesome! I started re-reading (for like the 4th time lol) The 1/2 blooded prince and was almost done with it! Oh well looks like i will just be reading it again next year! I'm not sure how much of a great idea the whole move was! This will probably just push the other films back further and since there are no more books coming out the HP craze may diminish? I mean not for me and the other loyal fans but in general! Lets just be honest i will still be at the midnight premier! I will just be married then and it will be extra dorky! lol!

Bo and I started looking at cars today! My car is awesome but it has an expensive belt that is going to need to be replaced at the next service! So we are looking at a couple of options that would make more financial sense for us! We are looking at VW Passat/ Jetta, Acura TL, and some Infinity. Today we visited the Acura dealership and drove a TL and a TSX. I absolutely adore the TL we drove! It was more than what we were going for but it would make an amazing car that could last for many years! It was in great shape! Its pretty and drove really well! I can see myself in it! But i don't want to fall in Love with that one before i drive the others! I had a Passat for about a month when my car was getting fixed and i loved it! So its just gonna come down to price point i guess! We leave that in Bo's hands lol! He has a great sense for finance and especially buying cars! I trust that we will be able to find a car that will fulfill my needs with out going over my budget!

Gotta run! A group of us are going to the Salt Lick tonight! YUM!

I'm a Blogger now!

Everything in my life seems to be going 90 miles an hour and then all the sudden it stopped! For two weeks i have NOTHING TO DO! So i started a blog! I hope to share some of the exciting things going on with me!

The next couple of months should be very interesting!
1- I start Student Teaching August 21st! At that meeting i will find out the grade and school that I will be interning in! I know i will be in EISD which i am extremely exited about! I went there and had a great experience! Iwill learn more in those few months than i have the past 4 years! This is probably the only time i can't wait for summer to end!

2- Planning the wedding should be in Full Swing soon!!! We have an amazing photographer already! Check out his website! It just blew me away! http://www.rebelwithacamera.com/ We also have a great location in Westlake called House on the Hill! It has both outdoors and indoors areas and places for the wedding party to stay for the weekend! I also have picked out my dress! Its hiding in my closet! Hopefully Snoopy Bo won't go look! I just need to find a great alterations place because it doesnt fit perfectly yet! So far its looking like Lupe Cardenas, she has some great reviews online! Anyways more things will happen once we get the final budget! GRR lol!

3-Bo's Job has just been so great! He really has worked so hard and proven himself there! I can't wait to see what is instore for him!

4- Bo and I are cooking better for ourselves and working out together! Time to get in that wedding shape! Everyone says you are in the best shape when you get married! Well Since Bo and I have been together for 6 years!!!! We both were in much better shape senior year of high school! I guess that happens when you have Football and Hyline to keep you active lol! So we are getting ourselves back into shape if nothing else just to spend more quality time together!

Anyways Guys! I hope not to be totally boring and to keep you up to date with all the fun stuff that is going on with me! Stay Tuned!