I'm excited : ) I finally updated the layout of the blog, and so it's all nice and coordinated. Now if only I could remember to update on a regular basis...however, since there is hardly anything worth mentioning, I just blog it as I see it...

Anyway, if you do by chance happen to read this, let me know what you think, and leave some comments. My blog is like, naked without them, lol.

More Updates

Well, just to keep everyone up to date on things (though I don't really think that many people seem to read this), Cody and I got married August 10. Then, on September 13, we adopted the newest member of our family, a siberian husky we named Dakota. I will put up pictures as soon as I get them onto the computer.

Other than that, we haven't done much else, nor anything exciting. I have been working as much as possible, so that for the next few weeks I can devote my time to doing my PCE at St. Joseph, so I can complete this semester and then do my student teaching starting in January. The student teaching I'm not so worried about - it's the getting everything else done on time that I am worried about. I have to get ten more tasks completed and passed by Oct. 15, which shouldn't be TOO hard, and then getting everything else finished, as well as taking the last of my exams by Nov. 30. Although, the bright side is, that once I get all that completed, I will have the entire month of December to relax because student teaching doesn't begin until Jan. 5, so I will have some time to prepare before I start that. I met my host teacher and class yesterday, and I think it will be great. There are fourteen kids in the class, so I should be able to get everything done and completed on time.

More later.

It's On!!

It's official. August 10, 2009 I will become Jennifer Rebecca Nedbalek Schubert. What a mouthfull. Lol. I've often joked that in the classroom when students misbehave, they will have to write 1,000 times "I will behave for Mrs. Nedbalek-Schubert." Just writing the name will give them handcramps.

Everything has been planned, just about. The time, the place, the attire. We are just waiting for a few things to get here in the mail, etc. A week and a half. I'm so excited!! So very very excited.

And Finally, It Happens...

It is finally official! Cody and I are getting married : ) We have set the date for August 10, (yes, 2009). It is just going to be a small family affair with me and him, his parents, my parents, Amy (my sister), Brandy (his sister), Robert (Brandy's husband) and Lexie, (Brandy and Robert's daughter). We decided that just going for it would be the best thing and to just do it!!

More to come after more things happen (like when I get a picture of the ring).

My Book Facination

Let's see. I just started re-reading some of my old Baby-sitters Club books. The funny thing is the discrepancies that I have noticed, and how little they bug me as compared to those found in the Sweet Valley series. The funny thing is, when reading Mary Anne's Book, more or less, all of the plot of Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic was recapped, yet the picture in Mary Anne's Book showed Mary Anne with the short hair, that is shown on the cover (right), yet during the time of the story, she still had long hair (left). I just thought that was quite funny and something worth sharing. However, I recently read an article talking about Ann M. Martin poured over each story before it was published in order to make sure that everything fit. So I guess we should just let the picture go.

There are 131 BSC books (just regular books, not including the Mysterys or Super Super specials). I have all of them. There are 35 (I think) mysteries. I have all of them. 15 Super Specials, yeah, you see where this is going. For the past few years all of those books have been boxed in the garage. When recently I started cleaning out the garage, I was afraid of the shape of what the books would look like. I was surprised (and grateful) that all of them are in good shape, except for a few stains on two or three, that actually could have been there to start with. I remember that my very first BSC book was Mystery #1 Stacey and the Missing Ring. I bought it at the school book fair in 3rd grade, and was hooked immediately, and after that point, I bought them whenever I could, and then finally caught up, and then waited each month for the next one to come out and then bought those, as well as the Little Sister books. (Which I have almost all of those, and am working on completing that series). It may seem nuts that I'm 26 1/2 (literally!) which puts me in the close to 30 range, and still reading these books. However, you must take into account that they first came out when I was about 3 1/2 ( so obviously I couldn't have started reading them then.)

My shopping at used bookstores, online, and at thrift stores, I have been able to get all of the books in the series. What'll happen after I read the ones that I haven't yet read? I guess they'll get put in the box with the ones that have been read. However, this time around, I'll keep up with the books, keep them INSIDE and always make sure I know where they are. It's a wonderful way to go back and mark special attention to certain books or passages that are metnioned by others in their blogs or on websites.

A Few Moments to Vent

Well, it seems that now I can't mention anyone or anything by name because there are SOME PEOPLE who like to take my words and turn them around for their own personal gain. Which truly pisses me off, because everyone knows that when you resort to that, it's only yourself that you're afraid of.

I've been doing a lot of cleaning lately, both literally and figuratively. It all started with me helping my mom to clean out the garage (oops...I said her name!). After finding books that have been boxed up in there for like, a hundred years, as well as my old report cards and school programs, it put me in a nostalgic mood to reconnect with old school friends as well as to remember the past. In part, it has worked. Between me and one friend of mine, we have uploaded half of those school pictures you get at the end of the year, you know, the ones with your whole class? There were always four classes for each grade, and we never were in the same class. Which works out great for this, because now we just need to find people in those other classes to give us their pictures. I think this is a great start to our reunions. That's right, it looks like I'm going to be heading up our 10 year reunion that is going to happen in 2 years. I think it'll be fun though.

Meanwhile, during all of this, it has inspired me to clean myself of the past, without forgetting it completely. That's probably a sense of irony or a paradox or something, but it seems to work. I'm tending to remember all the good stuff and throw out the bad. Like, I remember that in 6th grade, I loved the beginning of having creative writing and getting all into it, but I hated being targeted by the snobs and bullied. So I'm tossing that out, and remembering the good stuff. Easy as pie. Or so we think...

At the same time, other plans are going great : ) I have decided on a color scheme...purple and white. Not just purple though, but all shades, from the lightest lilac to the deepest purple. I like the monochromatic scheme (see, all those years in art did SOMETHING for me!) I already have everything picked out, and it's just a matter of actually buying it, organizing it, etc.

Hmm, what else is there? I guess nothing, at least at the moment,

until next time.

Mother's Day

It is officially Mother's Day. I feel really bad in the fact that I didn't get my mom an "official" Mother's Day present, however I do have something planned that I hope is received the way that I see it.

Mother's Day is one of those days that I think about more than Father's Day. I guess because growing up my mom was always there for me a lot more than my dad was. I mean, she was the one who went to school functions, who actually paid attention to what was going on in my life, and basially my dad funded everything. Now he always wonders why we only go to him when we need money. I wonder why? That is the only thing that he has ever been good more, as sad as it is. But then again, as the saying goes, if the shoe fits...

But back to my point. Anyway, like I said, when I was in school, my mom was always the one that went on field trips with me, who came see school programs or parties or the what not. My dad was always "too busy". Except when it came to Amy's field trips. He decided he needed to "be a dad" and actually went on a few. Not that I'm jealous. I had a lot more fun with my mom than I would have had with my dad. The only thing he ever went on with me was to Camp Allen in fifth grade. He didn't even take off work. He drove down after work every day and then went home. We were only gone three days. I don't think it'd have killed him to take a few days of vacation.

Speaking of, we never went on a family vacation. Ever. The only things we ever did was go to Astroworld once a summer (c'mon, it was in Houston...not the moon). Now that Amy and I are all grown up, adults, he wants to "do things as a family". It's a little late to do the right thing now, as the song goes.

I'm now getting off topic. This started off being about Mother's Day, and ended up being a rant about my dad. But trust me, that could be a whole book all on its own.

Basically, I want to say that I hope my mom has a Happy Mother's Day, even though there is no chance she will ever read this.