Apply, apply, apply

I feel like my life right now consists of applying for jobs and working on the quilt.  So not a fun vacation.  If anyone wants to send a teaching position my way, go for it!

Only positive aspect of this:  I get to spend lots of time with my kitty boys who love to attack my hair :)

oh hello blog...

Well it certainly appears that student teaching took up a good bit of my time this semester. Seeing as how my blog seems to have been a bit abandoned.
But, as of yesterday I am a college graduate and perhaps that will mean I have more time for the blogging world.  Speaking of graduation, I cannot believe that the semester has already come and gone.  It went by far too quickly for my liking.  I have been on the hunt for a job since about mid October, so please keep your fingers crossed.  Until I find that perfect job I get the pleasure of continuing to work at Einsteins and substituting.  Not the ideal situation, but it will keep the bills paid and kittens fed.  I am excited about the possibility of having some more free time in the future, more time for cuddles, cooking, and perhaps some blogging :)

My life for the past few months has pretty much consisted of school, school work, work, and a little bit of Ben time.  Here are the highlights:

They wait for me daily in the window. Sweet boys.

Blu loved our scarecrow!

Our Halloween decorations.

Statesboro Fair

We ate a LOT of junk food!

I made an awesome resume!

We cuddled.

Crosswords at work. 

We went to the Atlanta Zoo for Ben's birthday! 23!!

First full family road trip. 

Will Henry's on Thanksgiving night. 

We decorated for Christmas!

We dressed fancy!

I graduated!!!!!!

It has been a fun few months even if I thought I was going to die of sleep deprivation at times.  I am ready to take on the world now!

Friday's Letters

I'm jumping on board the Friday's Letters train!

Dear Friday, I wish you felt more like Friday rather than Monday.  Dear Student Teaching Orientation, Why is it that I left feeling more confused than I went in? I thought it was supposed to clear things up, I am disappointed in you!  Dear Pizza, We've been together a long time, and while I adore you, I think we need some space.  You're too delicious and I can't resist you even though I know I should. Dear Kittens, You have been incredibly cute these past two days, keep it up, I'm going to need it next week! Dear Operation Move In, You suck, Statesboro is in total chaos thanks to all of the new freshmen.  I will not miss you when I am gone.  Dear Ben, I love you tons, even though you forget about the laundry. 

- Lizzie

(Later I'll share my recipe for delicious mini pizzas that you can't resist!)

Babies are too sweet

Ok I'm not talking about human babies, I'm talking about my kitten babies.  They've been cuddly and cute all day. I just can't get enough of them!

Monster Mash Miles

Miles has spent his day lounging on the bed, and squeaking for treats. 

Little Boy Blu

'm going

Blu spent his day helping out with craft projects and curling up on our laps. 

I'm not sure how any household can handle life without animals, my kitten babies cheer me up on my worst day and are always there for a good cuddle.  Today has been an extremely relaxing day and I plan on continuing with this relaxing feel by watching Battlestar Galactica and eating peach cobbler mess (more on that another day!)

--Lizzie

Today, we are...

1. Eating delicious peach cobbler.  Recipe here. Definitely try it, incredibly yummy!

2. Cuddling with Blu Bird

3. Playing with Miles in the window and curtains

4. Making mini succulents!

Lots of fun packed into this Sunday.  Our plans for later are even more exciting, including making potato chips!  What kind of fun do you fit into your Sunday? 

- Lizzie

Just a few...

Of my favorite things about yesterday:

Miles hanging out with me on the couch. 

A new small piece of artwork. 

Blu enjoying the cat hammock! 

Rearranging my bedroom

Much larger and rhino shaped artwork!

And the kittens enjoying the new window space. 

What did you enjoy about your day?

-Lizzie

Monday, Monday...

Well I definitely didn't expect to be writing another blog today, but I just finished a project and had to write about it... Yeah it's that exciting.  Before I get to that let me just say that I had the worst experience at Chick Fil-A today.  I'm pretty sure we waited in line for approximately 25 minutes... ridiculous.

That's not to say I didn't thoroughly enjoy my free chicken sandwich (love coupons) or side salad.   Now this is definitely not me supporting Chick Fil-A and their ideals... it is simply me supporting my own love for delicious chicken.  However I can now say that I won't be visiting that establishment for quite some time, at least not until they hire a more competent staff.  

Now onto the super exciting stuff!  

So a long, long time ago (maybe three months) I began to make one of those hoola hoop rugs.  Well let me tell you those things are not nearly as easy as they might appear.  Talk about time consuming.  I ended up making it about half of the size I really wanted to make.  So now what was I to do with this teeny tiny rug... well I had no idea so I just left it on the floor for a while.  It was a pleasant surprise to see that the kitten babies loved it.  They would sit on it at any time possible.  I then came up with the brilliant idea of making it into a cat hammock! The gentleman and I attached some strings and had it looking somewhat like a hammock.  However since the we were both moving soon, we decided to wait to hang it up.  So we got to the new apartments and it was time to hang it up! 

Except we decided to just hang it under the coffee table.  Which worked pretty well.  The cats loved it and we knew they were safe on it, considering it was pretty much touching the ground.  However I longed to have a true cat hammock, hanging from the ceiling.  So today we hung it up. Let's just say it didn't work as well hanging from the ceiling as it did from under the table.

Our once strong and sturdy hoola hoop was bending and breaking at every possible point.  It was awful and I feared for Miles' life the entire time he was in there.  I mean yes it worked and it might have stayed together, but I couldn't trust it with my babies' lives.  So off to Walmart we went to find a sturdier hoola hoop.  We were a little surprised with ourselves when we left the store with not another hoola hoop but a picture frame... minus the glass.  I got right to work tearing apart the old contraption and adding some support to the new picture frame.  

Using strips from and old t-shirt made
great and bouncy support for the hammock. 

Once the support was attached, I wrapped the hammock section/rug around the frame.  

After wrapping the hammock section around the frame we secured it with a few pieces of hemp.  Once secure, we added the hanging strips and hung it up.  It is awesome and Miles definitely loves it. So much so that Blu has not even had a chance to see it yet.  

Everyone here is very pleased with the new and improved cat hammock.  However I am beginning to wonder, are we those crazy cat people? 

- Elizabeth

and so it goes...

I'm down to my last week of summer! A week from today I will be preparing for the first day of school. (eeeek!)  In my last few days of freedom I'm trying to pack in as much fun as possible.  Today's fun started with a 6 hour work day :( but since I am now free of work I have planted some catnip for the babies! It doesn't sound like much fun, but it's something I've been meaning to do for weeks.

Isn't my little pot precious?? 

Another bit of fun has been completely reorganizing my photos on the computer.  Ok, so it's not really that fun, but it makes me feel accomplished!  Speaking of accomplished, I really need to work on my resume for student teaching!  I need to finish it so it can be critiqued prior to orientation.  Which will then lead to me applying for jobs! (again eek!!)   For actual fun, the gentleman and I are planning a beach trip for this weekend and planning an elaborate fort/movie night.  And, as always, my two main furry men, are still as lazy as ever, spending their summer days lounging around. 

Aren't they just so handsome!?

Hoping everyone is filling their last days of summer with some sunshine!