Sushi

Just recently, I would say in the past four months, I was introduced to the world of Sushi. Now I can't get enough!! For a while there I was having sushi almost three times a week. Sometimes more than three times a week, I've had it twice in one day a couple of times.

As some of you know I would update my facebook status saying that I enjoyed my sushi today. Well a few of my church friends would make comments and ask if I eat it every day, and I would be like almost. They also like sushi a lot too, so we decided that we would have a sushi lunch event. Yesterday was the big event. There were six of us that got together at one of the local restaurants to have sushi. It was really good, and we had great company.

So far my favorite kind of sushi is the Spicy California Roll, the Dragon Roll with Eel, and the Crunch Roll. The best part about it is that it's pretty good for you too. It's not fattening! It's a lot better than the other things that you could have for lunch. The Kroger's that is a minute away from my work has a sushi bar in the store that is made fresh for you, and it is CHEAP. I really think that it's the best too. I even got Lisa liking sushi!

I think everyone should try it at least once, but if you're going to try it, DO NOT try it at a Chinese buffet!!!! It is completely gross! So don't let that be your sushi experience. If you have tried it at a buffet, and that it the reason you will not try it please try it again at a different place. I suggest trying the spicy California roll, or just the California roll. The California roll is a good way to ease your way into the whole sushi experience.

Party Like It's 1999!

It has been 10 years since I have been in High School. I graduated in '99. Last Friday I made a trip back to high school, except in a different roll. I went as a teacher, well not really a teacher, but a substitute teacher. There is a big difference between a teacher and a substitute, for the most part students listen to a teacher not so much a substitute.

My work has decided to try to go to a four day week and working extra during the week and having Fridays off, so I decided not to waste my day off by doing nothing and make a little extra money at the same time. So I came up with subbing. I subbed at Lisa's school once as the Special Ed teacher, and I subbed for an English teacher last Friday at one of the high schools in the area.

I walked into the office Friday morning to talk to the Assistant Principle and to find out what class I would be subbing. She was talking to another teacher and told me that I would be in an English class. She said, "She has a pretty good class, Except for her last class!!!" The other teacher was like, "Oh yeah her seventh hour is bad!" Great you know that is exactly what you want to hear the first time you sub. The principle said, "but the good thing is that today is pep rally day, and the end of the day is short, so you won’t have them very long!"

It was pretty easy, the teacher had the class’s assignments on the board, and all I had to do was tell the class their assignment was on the board, check roll, and sit back and make sure they didn't get to loud. Well kids haven't changed much since I was in high school, and I remember that every time we had a sub we didn't do what we were supposed to do. So, I wasn't expecting them to do the work that was left for them.

The teacher left a seating chart for the class and asked to check roll by the seating chart. I thought this was funny, because when the kids came in they were like "oh a sub", and I could tell that they didn't know what to do about where to sit, because they would first go to sit in their assigned seat, then they would get up before the bell would ring and go sit by a friend. Well I noticed this, so when the bell would ring I would say, "Your assignment is on the board, and I will be checking roll by your assigned seats, so if you are not in your right seat you will be marked absent." It was fun watching them all get up and return to their right seats.

I had two English III classes, which the teacher left them to read a book and take notes. Yeah, like that was going to happen! You expect a whole class to sit there and read a book. Of course, they just sat there and talked the whole class hour. I didn't mind they were pretty good, I also let these classes get up and change seats. I mean really they were going to talk anyway to their friends, either by screaming across the room, or just sitting next to them quietly talking. I also had a Creative Writing class, their assignment was to working on some forum writing. Not going to happen. This was a very small class of like 10, and she said there wasn't a seating chart for them, so they could sit where ever they wanted. This class was pretty good they just talked the whole time.

I also had three, I say THREE ENGLISH I CLASSES!!!!!! FRESHMAN!! I don't like Freshman. There is something about that age group I just don't like. Kids are just stupid at that age, and of course her last class was an English I class. Now she left them more work to do which was great they had to read out of their book and take notes in outline form at least three pages to turn in at the end of class. Well the first English I class did the assignment and was very quiet and worked. The second English I class worked, but they talked to much, and some of the kids just didn't do it. Well the last class, "The Bad Class" I think one person did the assignment. They had some really aggravating kids in this class. One especially, she was irritating. She wouldn't shut up and she was loud. When the bell rang for that class I was thinking, “thank goodness that girl was getting on my nerves.”

The day was over, and the Assistant Principle said they always need subs on Fridays, and that she would call me again. The only thing is that this Friday I can't sub because Liam's baby sitter has a doctor’s appointment and she will not be keeping, so I have to stay home with him and then the next Friday I will be on an airplane flying to Disney World so I can't sub that day. I hope she calls me again even if I have to turn her down two Fridays in a row

Tech Homecoming

Saturday was Tech's homecoming!! Lisa and I have decided when we graduated and left school that we would try to make it back every year to Tech for Homecoming. We don't even go to the game. We just go to ABS (Association of Baptist Students) to visit with our friends from college. Well this year we almost didn't make it. We didn't know if we were going to go until we got up that morning. Liam had been sick all week, so we didn't know if he would be feeling good enough to go. We woke him up that morning, and he seemed to be feeling good so we decided to make the trip. We had a really good time visiting with our friends from college. We miss them all so much! There was great food, and great conversation.

We rolled into Ruston about 10:30 and we went straight to Brooke's to drop Mia off, well when we got there Brooke said that Layla was sick, so she said that we can bring Mia to Jennifer's house. We went to Jennifer's and dropped Mia off at her house. Then Lisa and I wanted to take some pictures of Liam on Tech campus. Lisa need to go to the book store to find a bear for her mom. When we walked into the bookstore the first thing we see was Robert's big head. Then I turned and saw Jody, Lindsay, and Janie!!! We looked around the bookstore for a while and then we went to see if we could find our brick on campus. No such luck the haven't put out any bricks since 2000.
Then we went to go take some pictures on campus.


After we took pictures we went to the ABS to see all our friends. The Alumni also talked Mrs. Karan in to allowing us to get "Tech Blue" Hoodies!! YAY. Can you believe that the current Tech Students didn't want "Tech Blue" Hoodies. The students at the ABS now are so sad! They don't do anything!! When we were students we did everything for homecoming to help Mrs. Karan out. These new students don't do anything.

After we visited a while with everyone we also had a baby shower for Jennifer. For baby Eli Lee. We played a game of knowing the Watsons.

After the shower Lisa and I had to leave to make it to Shreveport for the night we were getting Liam's picture taken in Shreveport for his first birthday.

We had a great time at TECH, and we can't wait until next year.

Pumpkin Carving/Halloween

Well we waited a little late to carve our pumpkin for Halloween because we were just so busy this past week, and Liam has been sick, and not in his normal good mood. We ended up not carving our pumpkin until Friday, Halloween day, when Lisa got home from work. I had the day off, so I got everything ready for the carving event. Then when Lisa made it home we started carving the pumpkin. Liam had so much fun. He loved every minute of it; he liked sticking his hand in the pumpkin and pulling out all the junk. He wanted to eat it too.

After we carved our pumpkin we dressed Liam and Mia in there Halloween costumes, and started out for our walk around the neighborhood to do some trick-r-treating at the houses of people that we know. We also have some friends in the neighborhood who always have a Halloween Party, and they invited us to join, so we decided that we would go back home to drop Mia back off and then go back to their house for the party. When we went back to our house, Lisa stayed outside with Liam in the stroller, and I brought Mia back into the house to put her up. She said that while I was in the house a bunch of rude teenagers (only wearing a mask) started coming down the driveway to get some candy. Lisa turns around, and says that she wasn't handing candy out, and one of those teenage boys said to her very rudely, "then why are you standing in the driveway?", She said right back to them, "Because we are about to go Trick-r-treating!" She then told me when I came out what had happened, and I said well why you didn’t say, "You seem to be too old to be trick-r-treating anyway". She said she would have if our neighbors weren't walking over to see Liam in his costume. It was pretty funny seeing teenagers walking around trick-r-treating.

We made our way back to our friend’s house to have some yummy food. They had a big pot of gumbo, and another big pot of Chili. They both were sooo good, and they had all kinds of cookies and candy. The food was really good, and we had a good time visiting. They have been inviting us to their party for years now, and we just never have gone, just because we have had other things to go to, but we said we are going to their party from now on. These are the people who Lisa has taught their little girl in first and second grade, and then tutored her thought third, fourth, and fifth grade, and now Lisa is teaching her again in Sixth grade, and they go to our church. Lisa also brings her home from school everyday too because they live in our neighborhood. The mom is a lactation consultant, and really helped Lisa out when we first brought Liam home. They also have baby sat for us. They are just a great family who we can count on if we needed anything.