rustypants speaks

keira

knightley = holy cow sooo hott!! go. see. the. movie. (i’m a pig. i know it.)

the silence on the boards hasn’t been due to lack of events, more due to lack of time.

what’s going on, you wonder?

• we’ve gotten official notice from the Florida Board of Education certifying us to teach down there – Lise is now certified in Art (K-12) – Scott is now certified in Elementary Education (K-6) and ESE (Special Education K-12). what’s the next step with this certification? read on…
• Escambia County Schools still have not listed the available jobs for the 2007-2008 school year. a handful of them are up (including a Deaf/Hard of Hearing position – shame i don’t like deaf education…) but we’re still waiting for the jobs to be listed so we can begin interviewing for them.
• the house in cincinnati is almost ready to list. we’ve spent the last couple months slowly working on stuff, then with my finishing at Xavier a couple weeks ago, we’ve moved into high-gear. hopefully everything will be done by the end of may so we can get this house on the market and sold. the picture at right is the beginning of the end for our canary-yellow kitchen. big bird, we hardly knew ye…
• tentative pre-approval from the mortgage company in florida indicates that we can look at getting a home loan for up to $150,000. we’re DEFINITELY not looking for a home in that range, but it does open our options up quite a bit. when we were in pensacola last month, our house search was very disappointing. now that we’re looking up to about $125,000, the search has given me some hope – there are some nice places down there in the 115,000-125,000 range.
• school’s almost out here (nine more actual days of school) so this is cause for celebration (and has given us a mental energy boost in working on the house) and will help us focus more energy on florida.
• tentative move date is july 25, or thereabouts. we actually have to report to the school system on august 9, so we’re going to need time to get settled, etc. – again, this is tentative – we’ve still got plenty of things that have to be worked out. the wild thing is: this is only eight weeks from today – shouldn’t i be all freaked and spazzed out? hmmmm…

the bottom line? we’re psyched about this move! things have been going well in regards to having everything come together, getting support from friends and family, having the money available to do the work we need, the housing market slowly picking up, our mental health as we prepare, etc. – it’s been a very rewarding process so far. lise and i have come together in an awesome way while we work on the house and prepare to move – all the things we’ve been hoping to accomplish with this (more time together, getting closer, having a common and exciting goal together and working hard towards it) have been seen and we’re excited about what the future brings!

time’s a-wastin! come over and see us soon!

kirsten

dunst =

omg

sooo

hot

ever had one of those days where even the smiling face of a smiley cookie sets you off?

yeah. it’s been one of those days.

“Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ’s love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism. While we may want to ascribe this to human nature, it is clear that such hatred draws considerable support from the Bible. How do I know this? The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite chapter and verse.”

Thoughts?