I'm learning!

With each new day of being a wife, I am learning a lot! I decided I would share a list of random things that I have added to my "pot of knowledge" or I guess "crockpot of knowledge" would be more appropriate? haha I'm such a nerd...

1. Greg expects a big "YAY!" after he finishes playing a song on the piano or he will keep playing the last line over and over again until I do.
2. I found that spreading a weekly cleaning list out over the whole week (except Sunday) my house is always clean and I don't have to cram it all in one day.
3. I have been battling with my crazy wrinkly sheets since we got them, but I'm finding easier ways to keep out the wrinkles... dry on a low heat setting, and listen for the dryer to finish, then rush to put them on the bed!
4. Get as much school work done AT SCHOOL and avoid at all costs bringing it home... that eats up all my time... especially while sitting in front of the TV.
5. Never under any circumstances neglect my BSF lesson... especially when it asks you to read all of Dueteronomy!!!
6. Greg LOVES to hear himself talk, sing, yell... etc. at ALL times of the day :-) haha

Well thats about it for now. I thought that would make for a fun blog post. The dryer just stopped and I need to rush those sheets on the bed!!! :-)

A lovely day for a tea party!

Here are some pics from the tea party in San Antonio my family made a day trip to attend! What an awesome experience and I wish so much that I could have gone! over 9,000 people attended to protest the awfully irresponsible spending going on in Washington and to fight for the future of our children and grandchildren.

My bro and sis!

Ted Nugent

An elderly man who, despite his health concerns, attended to fight for his grandchildren's future.

Some of the signs are priceless...

I love the signs!

Priceless!

Even dogs have more common sense than the looneys in Washington!

Hope you enjoyed the pics!

Its finally the weekend! Lets see... things I want to do:

1. SEW!!!
2. Movies- Greg and I really want to see the Ghosts of Girlfriends Past movie!
3. Listen to Greg finally finish learning Amazing Grace on the piano... then hear it about a million times!
4. Plant something... I might start my container garden! Its almost too late!
5. Make homemade ice cream!
6. Wedding Blog

Things I have to do:
1. 2 lesson plans
2. Grocery shopping
3. Vacuum and dust
4. Listen to Greg finally finish learning Amazing Grace on the piano... then hear it about a million times!

Some things I find, overlap... haha
All in all, it looks like a good weekend! Hope everyone has a great one too!

Free Time? What?

I have free time today??
It actually took me a while to figure out what to do with myself!

No lesson plans (finished at school)
No dinner (Greg wants to give me a break and take me out tonight!)
No cleaning (Did that once I got home and all before 3:00!)

My sewing room has welcomed me with open arms! I'm estatic to get started on a gift for my sister-in-law and her little one on the way! ;-)

But what am I doing on here blogging and wasting my precious time???

Later!

p.s. Today is my dad's birthday! Happy Birthday daddy!

A little bit more catchup!

This past Easter weekend was a blast! My favorite times are when I am with my family, and now that I have two to celebrate with from now on, I got to have double the fun!

Friday started off with a crawfish boil at Greg's aunt and uncles house in Montgomery!

And we met the cutest dog ever! We even contemplated stealing him!

On Saturday my family came over for burgers and.....

Homemade lemonade! I had to take a picture! haha.
My mom also made the BEST peach cobbler and lucky us, Greg and I got to keep the leftovers!

My brother had a nice lounge in the hammock. He's just so photogenic...

And Easter Sunday, Greg and I attended church with my family, and then visited Greg's grandparents and cousins that afternoon. I don't have any pictures from then because I took a 3 hour nap! I still can't believe I did that... oh well, I guess my body was telling me to slow down a bit!

I am so glad I am finding this little time at the end of my day to blog! I really missed it the past month!

Tomorrow, my family is taking a day trip to San Antonio for the Tax Day Tea Party! I wish so bad I could go, but my final student teaching observation is tomorrow. Well, I can't wait to see pictures, hopefully tomorrow shows the looneys in Washington what the American people are feeling!

Later!

Lets rewind!

Time to play blogger catchup!

Rewind to day 1 of our new life together at home! I was so excited to start my wifely duties and make dinner that night, so I took a picture of my preparation...

Greg's all time favorite meal that I have made before is Lasagna. This recipie I got from my mentor teacher at Cy-Creek that the kids had made in class the week before. It is called "mock lasagna" and it turned out very good! In fact, I think I will post the recipie...

Mock Lasagna

1 pound ground beef

1/2 cup chopped white or yellow onion (i used white)

1/2 tsp oregano

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp garlic powder

2- 8 ounce cans tomato sauce

1/2- 12 ounce package medium noodles (any noodles will do!)

1 Tbsp maragrine

1 cup cottage cheese

8 ounces cream cheese- softened (i put it in the microwave for 30 seconds- perfect consistancy)

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup chopped green onions (this added a great flavor to the recipie, however I would cut it back to 1/4 cup- its pretty strong)

2 Tbsp minced green pepper

Brown met and white onion; drain. Return meat and onion to skillet; add seasonings and tomato sauce. Simmer 10 minutes. Cook and drain noodles according to package directions. Add 1 Tbsp maragarine to cooked noodles to prevent sticking. In a mixing bowl, combine cotage cheese, cream cheese (heated in microwave!) green onions, and green pepper. Place half of noodles in a greased 8X8 inch pan. Add cheese mixture. Add remaining noodles. Top with meat mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.

** The ingredients may not fit in the 8X8 pan, so you can cut back on the meat topping, cheese mixture or noodles when layering.

This is a wonderful recipie, fairly easy (high school kids managed to do it!) and a cheap meal!

This also freezes WELL so wonderful for leftovers!

Hope you guys enjoy the mock lasagna! That I will always remember as our first meal at home!

Well moving on in the game of blogger catchup...

About a week later, Greg and I decided that we would need a desk to keep our computer at, the printer, all of our files and important papers, and the usual desk items great for cluttering! So we drove on over to Wally World (Walmart) and picked up (well pushed on a cart) a very large, very heavy UNASSEMBLED ( we will get to that later...) better homes and garden wooden desk.

Fitting it into the car was a job in itself... but we met a very nice Walmart employee (quite a rarity) who helped us tremendously! Then getting it into the house... this desk is VERY heavy so after pndering how we could wheel it in the house on a cooler, a suitcase, and a roly chair.... we ended up having to take it in piece by piece... After about an hour or so.... we finally got it in the house, overwhelmed by the amount of work we had ahead of us!

During the next three days, we built this huge desk taking one piece at a time...

The last couple of steps had to be moved into the living room.... Memphis was playing...

Yes, I did use the tools!


And here is our finished project! I love this desk, especially since it was our first "project" together! :-)


Well, I'm glad I was able to get in some catchup blogging! Headlines is on Jay Leno and Greg is calling from the other room! haha! Until (hopefully) tomorrow!

Sav

Well so much for my wedding post last weekend! I am just one busy married woman! So busy that part of me feels like its not normal! I haven't watched a full TV show, read a book, surfed the internet.....and I haven't once sat down at my sewing machine!!! From laundry, dinner, dishes, grocery shopping, couponing (or trying to) house work, and of course me being bogged down with lesson planning, I have realized how short the days have become! I couldn't even imagine having kids right now! I am really missing my hobby time...

I know that right now I am still trying to adapt and get used to my new way of life and learn all those time saving tips... so it will get better! Thanks to my 3 day weekend, I think I will even get to try out a new handbag pattern with some new fabric... and maybe read in the hammock! (weather permitting that is)

Even with all the hustle and bustle (and I know it sounds like I am venting!), I absolutely love being married! Being a wife seems like what I was destined to do! (take that feminists! haha) Being able to finally put Proverbs 31 in to full use, I feel like there are now so many more opportunities for me to glorfiy God. Serving my husband and ultimately serving God has been such an exciting journey and its only been 3 weeks!
Now I have to say, Greg makes it so easy to love being a wife. Its like being with my best friend all the time, and I really have never felt so content. :-)

Well, I am typing this blog at school during my planning period, and the time is almost up! Tomorrow I will do my best to get a wedding entry up, I promise! There have been a lot of fun things to post about the past couple weeks, so once the wedding blog is up, I can start on small daily blogs!

Speaking of, my mom has a blog now! http://aspiringannie.blogspot.com/ And its really great! Except everytime I read it, I get a little homesick :-( Oh and I love the "simply savannah.... aspiring annie" similarities!

Its good to be blogging again!

Wedding Blog.... Coming Soon!

I promise!!! :-) I have so many pictures to organize, but it will be here by the weekend!!

Thank you all who came to celebrate such a special day with us! Everyday I have been overwhelmed with how blessed we are! :-)

p.s. my new email address is Savannnah.Mercer@yahoo.com
Yay for my new last name!! haha!