Monday Memories....

 Friday

Lee and his cousin started putting up our privacy fence the middle of last week, so Friday night Lee had to spend an hour after work cement the post and I sat on the couch and FINALLY joined the Pinterest train! Bare with me though, still learning;)! We wanted to grab something close so we went to a local Bar-B-Q joint. We then headed home and relaxed and watched more TV! It was a much needed laid-back evening.

Saturday

Saturday morning my mom, Lee's mom, my sister, our friend and some more friends headed out for a girl's day at Christmas Village! I was determined to find me some goodies this year and it was a success. 

I found this sign to add to our Thanksgiving decor....

 I also got some scarfs, a shirt, and Christmas frame I will show around Christmas time, an earring/necklace holder, and a beautiful bird house I will show when it is placed in it's designated spot! 

And MiMi bought little man sweater! He has been freezing since he got his new haircut (lion cut;)

 After our successful shopping trip, mom and I headed to the store to get some grub for the BIG GAME.

I think our eyes were bigger than our stomachs (as mom always says:)

We had steak, shrimp, and chicken kabobs, fresh green beans, corn on the kob, hash brown casserole, and we ended it with strawberry shortcake (red & white for ROLL TiDE!)

I know, sad we lost but still I will always wear crimson & white! :)

 Last weekend, we stained the deck, we are quickly marking things off of our TO-DO-LIST!

It looks much better!

Our privacy fence... 

It has some tweaking to do and of course, It now has to be stained but looks pretty good! :)

Still got some touches to add under our patio, but we will get there ONE DAY!

Waiting on spring to make get some pretties!

 

Sunday

Sunday, we got up and I worked out (I am back working out! On my second week!) 

We went to church and had a wonderful service. For lunch we went to Milo's (not too healthy, OOPS) Then headed home and Lee did some work outside and I sat around... again;)

We went to my sister's for dinner to celebrate her and my mom's November Birthdays! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WONDERFUL SISTER!!:)

Have a BLESSED Monday!!

Fill in the Blank Friday- Link up!

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I stumbled across this fabulous blog that hosts this and I thought it was a wonderful idea! Thought I'd give it a try!

Go link up @The Little Things We Do

1. My favorite thing about this week was/is Christmas Village w/ the girls  and how could you forget the BIG Alabama vs LSU game this weekend! ROLL TiDE!! Grilling out and relaxing at HOME SWEET HOME!
2. Colder weather makes me feel cozy inside. Starting a fire,  getting in my PJs & curling up on the couch to watch reality TV (Lee's FAVORITE shows;), Also, it reminds me that Christmas is right around the corner!
3. Three things that make me terribly happy as of late are I am working out AGAIN after two years! (embarrassing), my husband (my heart), and I have a THREE DAY work week coming up! Heading to Gatlinburg to celebrate our 1 year anniversary!!!!
4. If I could only wear one kind of shoe for the rest of my life, I'd choose flip flops!
 5. My personality type is I am a pretty laid back person, try not to sweat the small stuff! Tender hearted. (I'm not good at questions like this!) 
6. I have a serious problem resisting Homegoods,french fries and diet mtn. dew!!
7. My favorite color to wear is over half of my closet is black! Boring, I know. I am also loving the taupe and grey!

First Year Teaching Memories....

I do not often blog about my career as a teacher, you just never know these days, but there are a few memories I would like share/remember...

As a teacher, you are often left notes on your desk, and you never know what you are going to get...

There are often the sweet notes, that remind you why you chose this profession....

 Dear, Mrs. Pody I love you. And thanks for teaching me.

ps. I like your hair. 

(You can always use a good compliment;)

 Mrs. Pody makes me so happy I smile.

(No need to elaborate, that just makes my heart smile;)

 Mrs. Pody you are a wonderful teacher and fun. Thank you for being a perfect teacher.

(How sweet is that?!)

 I love Mrs. Pody so much.

I hope you like teaching your class. Cause we don't want to go we want to stay with you

(Such a sweetheart...)

Then you have the notes that give you a much needed laugh... :)

 It's always fun to see how they view you.... 

She even gave me some beautiful pink earrings :)

 This one made me laugh out loud... Their creative minds are so funny!

 From: Pody

To: Lee

It's a Chevy.

On the side it says:

Look on the back Lee and Pody (I love how he is referring to me as PODY)

Which do you want?

 (This is the back, He even gave Lee a choice! ;)

Yesterday, I walked into the room and found this laying on my desk. 

I thought it was hilarious....

 Mrs. Pody at a club with he husben on a school night.

(This gave me a much needed laugh! Like I said, you never know what you are going to open up amd find!!! I love my high heels & extremely short dress and Mr. Lee's gigantic feet.

Little does she know, her teacher is a boring girl! ;)

Having the last name "PODY", you often get some interesting pronunciations...

So far I have gotten: PONY, POTTY, JODY, POSY, POOTY, CODY, and the list goes on.

My students have now given me the title Mrs. Purdy so I'll take that... :)

They are sweethearts (MOST of the time;).

HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND!

Hopefully I will be back Monday with a weekend update....

Fall Decorations 2011!

This weekend, Lee and I did a little fall decorating around the house. I LOVE decorating this time of year! Especially when you go to Lowe's and get to the register, you realize you have a gift card left over from your wedding; and it is all practically "FREE"! Just wanted to share a few with you....

(I don't have my "professional" camera YET, I am still saving though!!! Bare with the poor quality pictures;)

 It's FRIDAY! 

Lee and I are going on a date tonight and HOPEFULLY stopping by the LOYAL HOMEGOODS! Lee ordered my upper cabinet lighting this week, so that, of course, calls for MORE pretties! :)

HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND!

Random Update.... Questions Anyone?!?!

What's been going on around the PODY Household....

• We are continuing to make progress on our home. Lee has been working his booty off to make the yard look nice and it looks GREAT. We added some monkey grass around our maple tree and a few more plants to add some color. When spring gets here I am going to go crazy (I am already researching outdoor furniture but TRYING to wait to see what comes out new closer to season;)! Our next big project is adding a privacy fence in the back yard and getting our fire pit set up.
• This weekend Lee got the sound system throughout the house hooked up, it sounds like we are opening up a club.... ;) While Lee was busy with that mom and I slipped out to do a little shopping! We wanted shop for clothes as well as home decor but traffic was BAD so we only got to home decor. But we found some perfect items that I can't wait to share! We have a long way to go but a few more touches and I hope to get my sis over here to take a few pics! 
• BIG things left on the list: rug and coffee table for keeping room, table for foyer, side tables for family room, a few more decorations for the master bedroom and family room, outdoor furniture/decor, then I plan on making our "playroom" an office/craft room for now and it IS going to be my black and white room. Always wanted one and never stuck to it! That's all I can think of for now.
• I have been focusing A LOT on school and my little angels. First year teachers always have to do a little extra preparing but I have a great team that helps me out tremendously! Mom and I decorated my classroom for fall/Halloween so I hope to share those when I get my first classroom pics (hint, hint LYNDSEY!;) My children are very observant and notice EVERY LITTLE THING I change in the classroom. I like to freshen things up for them; they enjoy it. If it wasn't for my mom NONE of this would be possible though, she is my HERO!!:) I have a sweet little group (of 24 as of today!!); there are definitely stressful days(that's for any job), but I absolutely love my job and my class; extremely blessed!
• I have been reading your blogs but I have been in a blogging rut lately. Hoping that changes today!

I would  love to participate in the cute question game everyone is doing! EMAIL or comment ANY question you would like to ask! :) 

HAVE A BLESSED DAY!