I'm Back!

So I'm ready to try blogging again, but with no guarantee of super regular posts.  Baby steps. Baby steps.

First off, I've been MIA for the last year because I had a temporary teaching contract.  It wasn't quite full-time, but when you are teaching subjects for the first time (Math 7, Science 8, Science 10, Physics 20, Physics 30) especially when they are not your major, it becomes more than full-time!  And then add the hour commute each way! It kept me crazy busy!  Just ask my husband!  For a while there, I actually ended up mostly moving in with my parents (to cut down on the commute) and only came home one night a week, plus the weekends.  Looking back now, I wonder how we ever did it.  I never want to go back to only seeing Nathan on the weekends.  But over all, the whole thing was a great experience and I learned and grew so much as a teacher.  

Now that I'm not teaching full-time, I have way more time, but I'm finding that I'm not always good with using it wisely.  I hope that as I try to regularly blog again, I may be more motivated to be more productive, giving me something to blog about!  

In this post, I mentioned things we need for our house.  Looking back I'm actually quite impressed with how many of those things can be crossed off!  (And I should hope so, considering how long ago that was.)

• A welcome mat for our doorstep
• A mat for our shoes in the entry
• A garbage can for the main floor half bath
• An ironing board
• A sofa table for the living room
• End tables to match the sofa table for the living room
• Drawer shelves for the kitchen
• A headboard for our bedroom
• Possibly curtains for the living room and our bedroom

And here are some things that have since been added to (and crossed off) that list:

• Clock wall
• Redo bedside tables
• Coat rack
• Toilet paper roll art
• Vinyl wall quote for kitchen
• Develop basement

Over the next few days I'll share pictures of those things that have been crossed off.  

I also will share other things that I have accomplished, or hope to accomplish with you.  And, because I know I left you hanging on the 30 Day Getting To Know You Challenge, I'll toss in some more of those posts.  

Stay tuned!  You will definitely be hearing from me again soon!