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ok i'm going to try and start over with blogging. i had a wordpress blog, and i decided i didn't want that one. i tried to delete it and it told me that i could not keep the same name, which is MY name... well at blogspot you can keep the same name. so here i am. and when i got here, i realized that i had already had a blog here!!! haha!! :) i talked about a day that deanna and i walked around the park in denton and ate a picnic and then went swimming. i don't really remember that day, but it sounded fun.

so today was the first day of school- the first day of school i have ever missed. i'm sad, but it was still a good day. actually ever since friday the days have been super great! i will list them out for you, because i love lists:

friday- well actually friday was pretty terrible lol. it started off by being clearly rejected by a potential- get that- potential- job. i mean i wasn't even given the chance to interview! then my air conditioner stopped working- in the south- in august. i had decided it would be fun to go see a movie for the last day of summer, and i had an incredibly embarrassing moment there dealing with lady things, and we all got stomach aches from the stinkin' hot dogs we ate! on top of all that, at precisely 4:00 that afternoon, i was officially unemployed thanks to the end of summer. however, i did not cry about having to leave the children, and we also had a fun dinner with matt's manager. those two reasons made it an OK day.

saturday- wow! super great day!!! i felt like a kid with how excited i was at the end of this day. hubby decided to take me on a denton date so we could reminisce at all our old spots. first we went to the little chapel in the woods where we got married. there were weddings going on, of course, because it was saturday, but we walked around and took pictures and stuff. next we ate at fuzzy's and then beth marie's, which we ate at the courthouse where we got engaged. afterwards we went to the in-laws' house and had a nice time! i got a little crafty there, but i don't want to say what i was doing in case anyone in particular reads this... it's a secret. but i was really having fun with that. then beau and jill came over and we went to texas roadhouse... yummm... and they came back to our apartment and we all hung out and talked. i love them so much and i wish we could see them more. we always have so much fun with them and it's so easy to hang out. after they left, i got on facebook, and luke had tweeted that they were all over at the smiths', so we went too. it was really fun. i ate the most amazing cake and icing i ever had. it was good, too, because i only had 3 bites- two of which i shoved in my mouth all at the same time because hubby was trying to get the rest lol.

sunday- we went to church, and Bleecker was leading worship. wow! i guess they are trying to move worship to after the sermon, but we didn't leave for like 15 minutes because i was crying so hard. the Holy Spirit just rocked me and although i was VIBRATING because i was crying so hard, it was a really intense and awesome moment. it actually really went along with the whole sermon, because matt was next to me, but i was completely focused on the Lord. later we ran some errands and what not, and then we went to see my family. that was fun. we played yahtzee. my mom made lobster bisque, but she put the lobster eggs in there so it was hard to eat. that is just so disgusting. i tried not to think about it, but when you know, you know.

today i have just been hanging out, emailing schools unfruitfully, and trying to get back into subbing. to me that's the best option when i don't have a regular teaching job. i'm trying to not talk too much about that, because i will get so sad. but then i went running and did the eliptical a little bit and i watched a bit of TV. it's so great having TV!! then sister bear came over and we went to costco where her new love interest works (ew). afterwards we went to CVS to buy make up and she got a milkshake at steak and shake. also i must say that my hair looks super cute and different today. so i feel good.

tonight we are going to drop dinner off at some kids from our old home group because they just had a baby. i made pot roast and it's going to be amazing! here's what you do:

Natalie's Awesome Amazing Super Fantastic Pot Roast

you'll need:

a roast

a bag of baby carrots

2 stalks of celery

1/4 a yellow onion or more if you'd like

3 cubes of beef bouillon

1/2 cup water

some mashed potatoes

cut up the veggies (not potatoes though) and put them on the bottom of the crock pot. put your roast on, and lay the three cubes of beef boillon randomly on top of the roast. dump in the water and let it cook on high for 4-6 hours or low for 8-10 hours. put your roast and veggies on top of your mashed potatoes, and try NOT to devour it.

i love cooking, and i am so blessed to be given the opportunity to use the gift God gave me.

well i have a lot more i could write about, but i'm done. maybe tomorrow i'll make a list of all the things i love in life.