courtney rebecca

If you don't already know, I love Texas hair . The bigger the better. Jason just thinks it's funny, but whatever! I am blessed with a ridiculous amount of naturally blond hair, so I figure I should just embrace it. My dear friend Celina posted the following video on Facebook last week with a link to a tutorial for no-heat vintage curls. Well, I had to try it. One of the worst things is when it's hot outside and you have to curl your hair. Especially with hot rollers. Ugh. So like she mentioned when she posted it, this would be a great option for summer months when it's just torture to flat iron, curl, or roll your hair. So I tried it last night. Oh man. I'm obviously not as good at it as her, so my curls weren't even and didn't continue all the way around the back. But it totally worked! And when she says vintage curls, she means it. Jason called me Farrah all morning at church. I kinda love it. What do you think?

Hooray! I had my interview today, and I got my job back for next year! I will be the teacher librarian at Green Gables Elementary and Red Rocks Elementary. Praise the Lord!

Hallelujah! The call finally came today. My interview for my job plus half time at Red Rocks is this Friday at 2:30 Mountain time. So for you Texas folks, that's 3:30 pm! Pray pray pray that it goes great and they want me to stay for next year! I am hopeful and confident, but I value your prayers so much. Thank you! I'll post again the minute I know something!

I officially re-applied for my job tonight. Interview should be next week! Prayers appreciated!

I am so thankful for the opportunity to reapply for my job (+ half time at Red Rocks). I went up to Red Rocks Elementary today to talk to the librarian from this year and just get a feel for the school. Uhm, wow. First of all, their school has windows. So that's something we don't have at Green Gables. But the librarian there was so sweet and really seemed to be making an effort to leave her library in a good place for whoever is there next year. Hopefully me! I'm also thankful that many of my wonderful coworkers have been willing to write recommendation letters for me with very little notice. They have been so positive, and I'm so glad that we have a good relationship. I'm going to miss just being at Green Gables. I love my teachers. I'm also thankful that today is Thursday, which makes tomorrow Friday. I need another weekend! I am wiped out!

I absolutely love it when Kingsley sits on the couch like a person. And I love it when you ask him a question and he tilts his head. We were messing around with him on the couch the other day and he did both at the same time! So adorable.

The first job I ever had was the summer after I turned 16. Up until this point, I had claimed that I didn't really like kids. This was pretty hilarious, considering I WAS a kid. Anyway, I got a job at the Cliff Nelson Recreation Center as a day camp counselor for the 5 & 6 year old group. At 16 years old, I was responsible for a group of FIFTEEN 5 & 6 year olds. Uh, yikes. When I think about that now, I have no idea why anyone thought this was a good idea. But believe me, I learned a lot! And it really changed the direction of my life... if I hadn't worked at Cliff Nelson, I think I would be doing something completely different now. But thanks to that first job, I continued on to work with kids in just about every other job I've had! I even got to be a counselor at Kadesh when my sister was a camper. And this summer, I'm back at it again. And I'm back with 5 & 6 year olds! I found out on Friday that I got a job at the Happy Trails Day Camp, which is just...

Here are some of my recent tweets and random thoughts. I thought the IKEA was opening in November, but now it's opening in July!! http://bit.ly/fkdAT9 Hubby just gave me the okay to buy a Tardis cookie jar. Heck yeah! So true. RT @ jpetroroy : Severus Snape is one of the best characters in all of literature. Had a lovely happy hour with librarian friends today. I love spending time with them! We chatted about SmartBoards, Animoto, etc. So fun! Kraft macaroni & cheese tastes especially delicious when you haven't eaten in 20 hours. Forgot to mention in all the fun hospital stuff today, but I got a summer job! I'm going to be a camp counselor for 5 & 6 year olds. Yay! Lee Pace got cast in The Hobbit as King Thranduil! http://on.fb.me/k2uVZb I just tried on my summer shorts from last year. They fit so much better! And one pair is too big! Losing 10 pounds was a fabulous idea. Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. And my dad is at the Wizarding World of...

Decision: I'm going to start wearing my hair in pigtail braids again this summer. Look how cute Katelyn and I were in December 2006!

Well, Jason and I had an eventful Friday. On Thursday night, right when we were watching our favourite Thursday show, Community (if you don't watch it, you need to get your life right. first season is out on DVD, no excuses!), and I got a really bad pain in my side. I thought it would probably go away, that I was just having a bad stomachache, buuuut it didn't. I went to bed still in pain, and I woke up at 3 am still in pain and unable to sleep. Since it was 3 am and I was already up, I figured I'd stay up and watch the royal wedding. Yup, I got to watch it live! It was nice. Until it got boring around 4:30, so I went back to bed. I woke up a couple of hours later still hurting, so I called in to work and got a doctor's appointment. The doctor ran a bunch of tests, but couldn't find anything out of the ordinary besides my pain. I had a couple of the signs of appendicitis or gall bladder problems (and the pain was in the right place) so she didn't want to send me...

I basically skipped all of April for my scripture memory verses. Oops. ;( I still had verses on my heart, but I didn't pick any new ones. Here's my new one for the first half of May! I hadn't really thought about what I was going to choose, but the verse that Beth posted on the Living Proof Ministries blog (the reason why I chose to memorize scripture on this particular calendar this year) was just what I need right now. My job is still up in the air, but the waiting is drawing to a close. I know the Lord will provide. 14 Wait patiently for the L ord . Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the L ord . Psalm 27:14, NLT