Sunday Twins!

First cold Sunday= lots of plaid at Church

Fergie Furbelow

This is Fergie Furbelow. She is a character from "Jetsons: The Movie" and we have the same  name (except that mine is spelled with a "u"). My 26-year-old friend Michelle informed me of this after she watched the movie with her husband :)

New TV show obsession

So. I'm hooked. 

I've done a pretty good job in recent months abstaining from excessive tv-watching (or hulu-watching) but Parenthood is about to change all of that. I'm currently on episode 7 and I'm loving it. Probably because I find Lauren Graham's fast-talking ways hilarious (Gilmore Girls anyone?) and every time I see Minka Kelly I think of Friday Night Lights, which is an epic show as well. So. All that to say that if you, too, are a fan of this show, we should probably hang out and have a marathon someday soon.

And if you're not hooked, you should be. And then we can be friends  :)

This is what happens when, a) I finally get my staff ID card, and b) I've been proctoring a test all morning and need to entertain myself during lunch

Quarter Barrel hangout adventures

Forever roomies

Yes... I wore sweatpants to the bar. Don't judge.

An evening at apartment 11

This was our evening entertainment. Seriously, we just sit there for embarrassingly long periods of time and watch them play.

Bengals game with my Dadda

Father-daughter hangout with the Fazenbakers

Kid's soccer, pasta, and an afternoon nap- another Oxford Saturday

Saturday morning, I went to the Oxford Community Park to watch my friend's kids play soccer... and they were adorable. I then made myself some delicious pesto pasta for lunch, took a lovely nap with my kittens, and watched half of a 3-hour-long movie (apparently it's really good, but so far I'm just really confused and somewhat disturbed). I'll give you the update after I finish it tonight.

The really long movie

Go Cards!

Friday night, I went to my first Colerain football game.... and it was a BLOWOUT. Colerain totally dominated and I think the final score ended up being 55-0. Yikes. I left with 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter because it was actually somewhat painful to watch.

And eating some delicious soft serve at Orange Leaf sounded like a lot more fun :)

A beautiful afternoon at Hueston Woods

More Summer Project flashback

Party at our condo... a regular occurrence

Beauty speaks. Beauty invites.
Beauty nourishes. Beauty comforts.
Beauty inspires. Beauty is transcendent

Piñata party in the living room... with a metal bat. Naturally.

Summer Project flashback

Being twins with Lori... missin' that lady a lot these days

Downton Abbey has stolen my heart

On top of watching the X-Men trilogy, Liz and I also managed to bust through both seasons of Downton Abbey.... and we're hooked. Sadly, we'll have to wait a few months for season 3 to start up but I have no doubt that it will totally be worth the wait.

X-Men marathon

So. I had never seen the X-Men movies until about a week ago... which is when Liz finally realized that I hadn't seen them and decided that we would watch the first one. Then I got hooked and the next two days were spent watching the second and third movies as well. Loved them. And, given the release date of the first movie, apparently I'm about 9 years late... typical :)

"The time has come for those who
are different to stand united."
to stand

Song Obsession #18

This is a song that was played during communion at the Oaks (the church I go to) a couple of weeks ago... totally tugs at my heart-strings.

Send wings to lift the clutch of sin

You who dwell between the cherubim

From war without and fear within

Relieve the grief from the 

shoulders of crumbling men

Thursday fun

In case you can't see it, my primary activity for August 16
was to "hang out with Liz all day because she's the greatest."
Hmm... it appears that someone has hacked into my computer...

Sam's Club!

Testing out the mattresses

More cat destruction...

I'm hoping this is just a teenage rebellion phase

Babysitting Flashback... swimming adventures

One of the few people I know with
hair blonder than mine

Moreeee ice cream :)

Spring Street Treats is our new favorite place

The babies are going through a bit of a destructive phase...

This particular morning, I awoke to the sound of
glass shattering... They thought it'd be fun to play
with the picture frame on the wall. Yes... so fun for all of us.

But then I found them snuggling like little
cutie pies and all of my frustration dissipated :)

Bowling Round 5... team style

Spencer and I lost... I was counting on him to
carry our team and he flopped

Welk and Liz- the victors.

Happy first day of work!

To celebrate me successfully making it through my first day of work, Liz and I hit up Krishna and enjoyed some incredible chicken tikka masala (spice level 2)... with plain nan... in case anyone wants to surprise me with carry-out someday. 

I managed to get a giant blob of sauce on my
white t-shirt and the nice waitress miraculously
 happened to have a tide to-go pen with her.
Which was pretty awesome.

The cats have been ripping up my new backpack... but they're really cute so I'm not as mad as I probably should be

I'm Backkkkk!!!

My dear bloggers! I'm so sorry for abandoning you for the past two weeks. There's so much to catch you up on!

Here are a few big ones:

1. I now have a full-time job teaching at Colerain High School (HUGE blessing)
2. I have moved about .8 miles down the street from my apartment into a house (with some friends from Cru)
3. I have made a step towards overcoming my commitment issues by officially becoming a member of the church I've been attending for the last 4 years 

A delicious "four corners" waffle (kiwi, raspberries,
strawberries, and choc chips) to celebrate my last
free morning before starting my new job