Stacy's World

Fall

2010-11-24T10:27:00.005-06:00

I love God. I love family. I love friends. I love work. I love life. Getting ready for thanksgiving I realize the abundance of things I am thankful for. :)

Here are a few recent photo shoots I have done on the side of teaching!

www.stacyannbristow.com/adams

www.stacyannbristow.com/joseph2010

www.stacyannbristow.com/seamans2010

Check them out.

Happy turkey day! :)

Caved

2010-09-20T21:44:00.001-05:00

I have gone to the other side... Herbal Clear deodorant I will try you, but if I smell bad, it is over! :)

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Sunday evotional

2010-08-01T12:01:00.001-05:00

Did the wind and waves stop because Jesus said so... Or did it stop because God was honoring the fact that the disciples finally realizes Jesus was what they needed to calm the storm?

Mark 4

There are present sufferings and they will be with us until we die. The glory will be revealed when we die and then become Christ like.

The Christ likeness in every Christian wants to get out.

Romans 8:18-23

What is the hope? Groaning in life wanting to experience the impossible Christ likeness...

What do you do when you are experiencing silence? Slow down, be silence, keep praying.

1. Silence is temporary
2. You may experience silence... But know that God is always faithful.

Romans 8:24-27

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Project

2010-07-30T22:06:00.001-05:00

Functional flowers! They are kind of like an El Camino... Car in the front and a truck in the back... Flower on the top and pen underneath. Or maybe like a mullet business in the front party in the back...

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Sunday Evotional

2010-07-25T11:56:00.003-05:00

The kingdom of God is here and now. When you become a Christian you join the KOG.

Has Jesus cost you everything yet? If not you are not paying a big enough price. Living for Jesus should consume you. (don't take this the wrong way, it doesn't mean that you have to be a lonely homeless person being a hermit in your cardboard box house to be a Christian.)

Joy- Jesus others you (how to obtain true joy)

Sometimes when you read the Bible... You have to do what it says. (duh)

Question yourself..
Can I do this in the Glory of God?
Does this disappoint others?
Do I have doubt?

Dealing with disappointment

You will have disappointment in your life. If you are a follower of Christ things happen for a reason. Don't let disappointment cause you to be afraid to follow your heart or cause a lack of faith in God's plans for you.

Faith and fear are directly correlated.

Fear= lack of faith?

What are you holding back on because of fear?

Within the book of Philippians joy comes up 17 times. (in a short book written from jail) Paul was faithful and did not fear what was to come, therefore he was able to rejoice always.

I struggle with this because human nature and instinct cause fear. I think there are different kinds of fear. Could it really be that Paul was 100% fearless after committing to Jesus? I believe that he knew that whatever happened was for the Glory of God, but, even knowing that, I think any human would have to have some kind of unavoidable, earthly, instinctive fear of the here and now. Is it the expectation that we live life without fear? Is that even possible?

Daniel= old man
Gina= dance party

When you grasp the grace of God, circumstances no longer matter, no matter how big or small your sin is your mandate is to rejoice in the lord always.

Read Philippians 4

- posted on the go!

2010-07-24T13:55:00.007-05:00

I had a wonderful time in Oregon with my family! We stayed very busy and got a good glimpse into the life of my sister. I am so happy I got to spend some time with my precious nephews and wonderful sister and bro-in-law, and my parents! We visited many palces from snow capped mountians, to waterfalls in the gorge, to the peaceful beach. The weather was perfect the whole time we were there. The high in Oregon was cooler than the low in Texas! Shout out to my other sister Trish and bro-in-law Jeremy for keeping Harley for me! :)

Portland trip!

2010-07-13T01:22:00.001-05:00

Today my mom and I made the long trip to Oregon! We left Dallas on a very small plane to connect to our flight in Houston. It wasn't too bad though because it was a short flight. I was a little worried when we arrived at Houston because we did not have assigned seats on the plane. As soon as we found our gate we checked in and they gave us our boarding passes, the only seats left were seats in the middle of a 3 seat row, not together. We asked if There was anything we could do and the attendant said no, but told us to check back with her. After checking back a couple of times she decided to give us the exit seats!!! These are the best seats to have because they give a lot of leg room. It was a very nice flight.

When we arrived we had two very handsome gentlemen waiting on us (Roma and Aleks) with some beautiful flowers! We made our way to Jen and Rom's place, had some tea, ice cream, and a nice chat, and then we found our spots to sleep!

Church

2010-07-11T11:55:00.001-05:00

Just a few things I got from church today....

God called us to be fishers of men not cleaners of fish.

Ginacooperworship.com rocks!

Greg and Michelle went to the best University in Texas.

Man may know the path of his life but it's the Lord who knows the footsteps.

My God is in a box...stupid box.

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7/10/10

2010-07-10T16:27:00.001-05:00

Grilled avocado and cheese sandwich.

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7/7/10

2010-07-07T19:11:00.001-05:00

Black bean quesadillas

15 oz black beans
1/4 cup salsa
1/2 cup cheese

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What are you doing on July 24th?

2010-07-07T11:29:00.002-05:00

Google wants to know!

July 24th

Google wants you to submit a moment from July 24th for a film they are making for the Sundance festival.

Dinner

2010-07-06T19:20:00.001-05:00

Grilled cheese tomato and avocado sandwich.

Ingredients

Bread
2 slices of tomato
Half an avocado
Colby cheese
Butter

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Whole Living

2010-07-06T15:20:00.000-05:00

In preparation of my trip to Oregon and with encouragement from my sister Trish, I have decided to start blogging about a change in my lifestyle. I am going to make a strong effort to live healthy. Now, I know I have tried this before and have always reverted back to unhealthy things, but if I don't keep trying I will never succeed.

Does this mean that I am giving up all plastic and will only eat eggs from a farm that gives it's chickens spa treatments, or that I will go to the farm that raises my beef and make sure that my cow is treated okay and thank it in advance for the nutrients I will get from it's life? No, but I can make vow to not eat McDonalds ever again and limit eating out to special occasions and fun with friends. It means that I can make a trip to a grocery store that promotes and inspires healthy living once a week, and try to make healthy foods easily available to myself. It means that I can start a healthy fitness routine. It means a lot.

I will still drink my coffee, watch my favorite shows, use plastic wrap at times, wear deodorant, and even play on my IPhone, but I am not a slave to any of those things. (except the deodorant, Texas summers are brutal)

I have 39 days of summer left and I plan to enjoy them, that means not making plans every day, not volunteering for things that will constrain my time, (don't worry I volunteer for plenty during the school year) just hanging out with friends and family, reading, relaxing, and even doing a little work (believe it or not this is something I enjoy doing).

I have realized that for this to really work I need to do for myself, my way, and in my time. So, if you have other plans for how I should be living my life...delete them. :)

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Prayer

2010-05-23T23:55:00.002-05:00

Praying for Xander. Xander has an open heart surgery tomorrow. Praying for peace for Marsha and Ryan, strength for Xander, and wisdom for his doctors. Love that kid!

End of the school year...

2010-05-11T19:53:00.001-05:00

It’s the end of the year
Time for end of year buzz
Does this mean what I think?
I’m afraid that it does

7th graders are ferocious
Did you see the food fight?
8th graders are precocious
They always are right…(ha)

The TAKS test is done
The kids think that’s all
Let’s have some fun
They yell down the hall

NO! we reply
We have much more to do
We have lessons on PI
And final tests too!

No way! Not cool!
they say in a fuss
The count down has started
You can’t make us

But they sit in their seats
as the count down goes on
They learn all their lessons
before time is gone.

It’s the end of the year
it’s time that they leave
we have counted the days
it is hard to believe

It’s the end of the year
The bell rings and they go
The halls are all clear
We will miss them you know.

-Stacy Bristow

New year

2010-01-19T21:33:00.001-06:00

The new year is here!! A lot has happened since my last blog! I am not going to go into detail, but 2009 was amazing and 2010 is going to be even better!

Summer

2009-06-30T22:26:00.007-05:00

It has been a whirlwind of a summer so far! George and Reba, twelve days in Greece, a very short visit with the family, and now some down time. I have a bit of reading to do to get ready for the school year. We are going to be reading these books: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A Midsummer Night's Dream, That Was Then This is Now, Pygmalion, and a couple of others I can't remember. I have my work cut out for me! I have posted my pictures from Greece here... That's is all for now!

weeee!

2009-06-07T23:06:00.003-05:00

School is out! What a wonderful feeling! I have decided that summer is not for the students to have a break from the school work, but for the teachers to have time to recover from the craziness!

I have a busy summer ahead of me, it all started last night with the very awesome George Strait and Reba concert. It was at the new Dallas Cowboy's Stadium! We had an awesome time. I have posted some of the pictures from that.

The next thing on my agenda is a little trip to GREECE! I am super excited and ready to go!! When I get back I have a couple of classes to attend, then it is home to spend a VERY short time with Jennifer, Roma, and the Boys before they go back to Portland.

After that I will jump on getting ready for next year. I have a lot of awesome things going on at work! I will be teaching a few Pre-AP 8th grade classes!! t really is a huge compliment for my boss to pick me for this position, it shows that he has great confidence in my teaching ability. I just hope I can do it! I am not sure what else I will be teaching, I have 6 classes total and pre-ap takes up two.

I also have been asked by the district to be a facilitator at the beginning of the year orientation for the district! I will be helping teach teachers some new stuff we will need for the next year!! This was also a huge compliment coming from the head of the language arts department for the district!

Anywho, I have a little summer job tomorrow taking some pictures. So I better get some sleep!

GREECE!!!

2009-05-09T22:26:00.004-05:00

The plane tickets have officially been bought!! We are leaving on the 10th and will return on the 22nd!!!! Yay for Greece!

Relay For LIFE!

2009-04-26T19:08:00.004-05:00

This weekend I participated in the Wylie Relay for Life. I raised $250 this year! Thank you for donating!!! Next year I want to raise $500, so start saving! The relay is a very rewarding experience. Our team alone raised $3,877. All together Wylie raised over $90,000. We are going for over $100,000 next year. I have embedded a video with my pictures from the night. I walked 14 miles in 12 hours! I have a busy week shaping up this week. Tomorrow night is the finals for our volleyball team we are in fourth place!!!! (only out of five teams :P) This weekend I will be traveling to Graham for cousin's wedding! I am so excited, I feel like I haven't been to Graham in forever!!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Busy Busy Busy

2009-04-23T00:03:00.003-05:00

Things are flying now! I have tons going on. Last weekend I had an awesome experience in Waco at Church Under the Bridge. CUB is a place right next to the Baylor campus that serves as a church to anybody who wants to come. We went down and stayed in a volunteer house. On Sunday morning we found our way to the bridge right across the street from Baylor. There around 200 homeless people waited in line for coffee, and a meal. After helping give out the food, and water we had church. It was very cool being out under I-35 with semi-trucks blazing above while we prayed. That is what the pictures are from.

Tomorrow night I have my NJHS induction, Friday night is our Relay for Life walk. we came in 5th place out of 60 teams in donations raised. Thank you for donating!!! Saturday night I am going to see Steele Magnolias in McKinney, next weekend is Lacy's wedding, then the weekend after that is Mother's day, followed by the weekend of Trish's housewarming!! Lots of awesomeness happening.

I think that Shelly and I have changed our minds about our travel. I believe we have decided to go to Greece instead!!! We are still waiting for her time off to be approved but It probably will be! I am super excited about this. I guess that is all for now.

Should I stay or should I go?

2009-04-07T20:11:00.003-05:00

Shelly works with a lady named Mary, who travels to London a lot (her husband lives there) Mary is going this summer, the Monday after I am done with school. She wants us to come with her. She is paying for the hotels we just have to get food, plane tickets, and spending money. Shelly said if I need to she can pay for my ticket and I can take it off the rent $100 at a time. I can afford it but I am going to Portland this summer for sure so that may make it a little tight. So I like the Shelly plan, and if it turns out I can afford it I will just pay her back faster. We are also going to Valencia, Spain for $45 Sooo what do you think...should I stay or should I go?

Life is greatness...

2009-03-30T21:06:00.003-05:00

Things that get better with age...
1. Cheese
2. Sheets (more cuddly)
3. Families
4. Fruit Trees
5. Friendships
6. Casseroles (before they get moldy)
7. Wine
8. Stacy's Life

Yes, I am finding with each year new abundant blessings are poured down upon my life. This year is no different. We started off the year with a bang. Daddy started his new job, Jennifer started a new life (Nicholi's life), Trish is starting a new Journey with her engagement, I started a new car, and hopefully soon Momma will be starting lots of new things!!

Yes, Lefty is gone. She was a good ol' car but it was time to move on. I bought a 2007 Saturn Aura!! I looooove it! It has everything I could dream of, sunroof, a place for my ipod, leather seats, and most importantly BOTH windshield wipers work!!! WOOT! It is perfect.

This week I will be getting a new roommate! This will offset the cost of the car which is great. Her name is Shelly, she is an x-ray tech at a hospital near by. I have a feeling that we will have a lot of fun together. She is the one in the picture from the Roger Creager concert. We already have tickets to the George Strait/Reba concert at the new stadium in June!!! We also are playing volley ball on Monday nights right now and when that is done we will probably go back to Monday night tennis. Great fun.

I just took some pictures for a good friend of mine at the arboretum. She got engaged a while ago but we wanted to do her photos at the arboretum during the Dallas Blooms so we went there. I am now the proud owner of a membership for the arboretum!! This means that any day I can get up to six people in with me for free. So Trish whenever you are ready for some engagement photos I have a plan and some practice. We can even take your picture in front of a pirate ship...oooOOOooo.

My kiddos did really well on the TAKS test. I had 93% passing and the rest of them were really close. They will pass the next round!

Keep praying for my friend Marsha's baby. He is doing okay right now but they are thinking they are going to have to go back in for a surgery soon. (juneish) He has a variety of different problems and the doctors can't seem to figure out the deal. Please go and read her caringbridge web blog and sign her guestbook for some encouragement. The link is... http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/xanderthomaswade and her and her husband Ryan check it daily for words of prayer and encouragement.

Other than that I have been trying to stay busy...I have been going to a few concerts, working on plans for school, playing a few sports, and loving life. I hope to get out and visit Jennifer soon!! I can't wait to see Nicholi, I am thinking sometime in my vacation months...(I love teaching) :) That's all I got how'd ya like that? Love you all!!

Roger

2009-03-03T00:51:00.005-06:00

Went to Gilley's with my good friend Shelley...we had a blast watching some Roger Creager. More concerts are coming up too!! Most exciting will be the George Strait Reba concert at the new Cowboys Stadium!! I can't wait!!

Great Weekend!

2009-01-25T23:26:00.008-06:00

I had an awesome weekend! Like I said in my last post it started with a wonderful night at the symphony with my sister Trish. Last night I made it out to the PBR with some friends from church, we had a blast I have some pics of what we saw. Today I topped it off with some down time with my best buds the Wades.

On our ride home on the DART I found out that Eastfield College near Dallas has a great teacer program...however I do not recommend going there to become a teacher.

Update yo...

2009-01-23T23:26:00.005-06:00

Last time I "blogged" was the day before Trish's birthday...I have been busy okay!!

On Trish's birthday we went out and had a wonderful evening. My parents were in town and we had so much fun together! We went to Dodies, on the Harbor, and then to Fireside Pies for some drinks and desserts.

For Christmas Trish bought me tickets to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. I went tonight with Trish, Jeremy, and Jeremy's friend Jason. First, we went to the Blue Marlin and had yummy pasta. Then we were headed for a great time and a little adventure. This was the first time any of us had been to a real symphony. We had front row seats, apparently this is not a good thing, we were sooo close the drummer and violinist told us we should sneak into the balcony during the second act, so we did. They were right the sound was much better from up there!

Thanks for the dinner and tickets Trish!! It was great fun! :)

Now it is time to go and get some rest because tomorrow I am gong to the PBR at the American Airline Center! Great fun! :)

Goodbye old year. Happy New Year!!!!

2009-01-08T23:03:00.007-06:00

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.

Happy new year to all. Of course I am a little late in posting but what can I tell you it wouldn't be Stacy's world if I were on time.

I had an awesome time with my family over the holidays. I went to Graham and relaxed a while, helped Daddy move out of the old office and into the new. Relaxed some more and had lots of great fun. We decided this year to break from tradition and have steak on Christmas day instead of Turkey. Was it weird, with steak that good there was no room for weird! Anywho Christmas was wonderful!

I was lucky enough to ring in the new year with some new friends. We had an awesome time playing games, watching movies, and eating yummy sweets at my friend Cassie's house. It was great fun.

A few days later I was able to meet up with some of my old college buddies. (look at me sounding all old and stuff) We went to the Cotton Bowl. We arrived in the parking lot at around 9 a.m. The game didn't start until two but that did not mean the festivities had to wait until then! We had a good time catching up and cooking out. Wish I could say our team did a great job and we celebrated a victory, but my Red Raiders lost, and we celebrated other things instead while we waited for the traffic to clear out.

Now I am back in the grove of school, still loving teaching. Right now we are finishing up our first semester. Mid term exams are next week! After that it is on to learning about tolerance, TAKS practice, The Outsiders, Tom Sawyer and much more.

I got a new camera for Christmas and am still trying to figure things out. I have a few picture posted here and the rest are on my picasa. I have some video of that amazing Goin' Band From Raider Land too. Someday I will have time to sit down and figure out how to post video that doesn't take day to load. Until then deal with the pictures!

I hope everybody has started their new year out with a bang. Lets have a fabulous 2009!!

2008-12-10T20:45:00.002-06:00

From Movies

Say What?!

2008-11-03T19:41:00.003-06:00

Can you say number 2??? AHAHAH Wreck em' Tech

If you have not already voted, get out there and do so! If you live in Graham don't forget to vote for my dad!!

Harrell for Heisman!!!!

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-30T23:37:00.003-05:00

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —
Only this, and nothing more."

Okay so here is what has been going on recently. Last week Xander got put back in the hospital, boo, but now he is out, yay!

This week at school we decided to put on a mystery theatre for our students it was great fun. I was Cattie Adams, the Short Stump Saloon owner who had lost her husband four years ago when he went looking for gold and never came back. My students thought I was the murderer, they were wrong!

My dad's election is coming up and we are all ready for that to be over! We all know no matter what happens God is in control.

Today was not so good. Harley was not feeling well. He came up to the school with me so I could keep an eye on him to see if he got better. No luck. So I took him to the vet, he had some kidney stones! They were blocking important things and they had to catheter him. It was very tricky because his bladder was so full and could have busted. Thankfully that didn't happen. He now has to stay at the hospital and be monitored, probably until Monday. Then they will do a little surgery to remove the stones. :( boo

On a happier note, Texas Tech is now 8-0. This weekend we play Texas University. I think we will win. If we don't I will probably be eating crow when I get back to school because the majority of my students are Texas fans!!! Wreck em' Tech!

I decided a couple of nights ago to carve some pumpkins. They are the ones you see in the picture. I especially like the double t. Maybe I am a little partial. I guess that is all for now.

Peace out.

Three words

2008-10-25T16:12:00.001-05:00

Eight and Zero!

Three more words...

WRECK EM' TECH! :)

What a week!

2008-09-01T08:56:00.004-05:00

"Well the names have all changed since you hung around, But those dreams have remained and they're turned around. Welcome back welcome back welcome back." That is right school is back in session! I had a wonderful first week! We did introductions and dove right into divided quotes, hyphens, and our part of speech of the week, nouns. I have successfully gotten back in to the groove of things.

Also this week little Xander will be going in for a little surgery, Marsha thinks they will be there about 10 days. The actual surgery is on Friday, so keep their family in your prayers. He is having a tube put into his stomach to help him eat more comfortably. Due to their little hospital stay, this week I have a little visitor! His name is Amos. He is the one in the picture with Xander. A cute little Cavachon puppy given to Marsha and the Fam by someone who read her story.

One more thing I did this weekend was take some cute pictures of Ty Foster, Marsha's nephew. He is the cutie in the other pictures.

Of course I did keep up with my team! They were not on T.V. but Texas Tech did defeat Eastern Washington 46-24. Graham Harrell threw for 536 yards! Critics said this was a mid-season level team playing this game! On a sad note Danny Amendolea got cut from the Cowboys, :( oh well we still have one Tech grad there.

Well I am off to plan this week of school. I will be teaching about the 60's!! Viet Nam, hippies, the draft, drugs, and civil rights. All to tie into our book That was Then This is Now, by S.E. Hinton.

Have a week full of abundant blessings!!

X-Man

2008-08-12T10:21:00.003-05:00

X-man is a little name nick name given to my best friend Marsha's baby Xander. He was born in April with 6 heart defects. Since then he has had two open heart surgeries and he is doing great! Here is a little video about his life so far. Some of the pictures in the video are Stacy Bristow originals. And above are the most recent pictures I took. Enjoy! Also for more of Xander's story visit his web site http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/xanderthomaswade

The Last Lecture

2008-07-31T12:39:00.004-05:00

If you have not seen this lecture watch it now. I have no words for it...maybe greatness.

Thank You Heroes

2008-07-28T08:48:00.004-05:00

We had a solider send off in Wylie today. While we were awaiting the troops to pass by I was thinking of all the times I have seen soldiers in a parade, troops marching up the streets in the news, young men and women in army trucks smiling and waving, and that is what I expected to see this morning. But, this was no parade. These were American soldiers, who said goodbye to their families, loaded up on these very buses, on their way to the airport, to get on a plane and serve their country. These are men and women who woke up in their beds this morning and will not awake in there own homes, near their families, for many months. What amazing people. What heroes.

If ever there was a time for a prayer to be heard. And now is the time, to hear every word. Now that our boys called soldiers have gone, Please march with them and keep them strong. Stand beside them if they have to fight, And in the darkness be their light. Don’t desert them, march in their faith, So they’ll be here when the morning breaks. Bring them home safe and sound, Across the waters to peaceful ground. Home to loved ones, mother’s wives, daughters, sons,Bless them all, each and every one. They stand for freedom and make our flag true,These boys called soldiers for the red, white and blue. A prayer for a soldier, please let it be heard, And please Lord, hear every word. A prayer for a soldier, with the job to be done, Please bring them home, these soldiers your sons. Please bring them home, the soldiers, your sons.

AMEN.

Car

2008-07-21T19:04:00.005-05:00

Altima Coupe
Pontiac G6
Toyata Camry
Volkswagen Jetta

It is time for me to buy my first brand new car!! In the next few months I will be saving up for my down payment!! Here are some automoblies that I am considering. Opinions, comments, and votes welcome!!

Also I have walked 20,000 steps in the last two days! Woo hoo!

43 Days to go!

2008-07-18T12:04:00.003-05:00

"If you get into a fight, don't take your helmet off," he said. "We're looking for smart football players, not dumb ones. In the interest of time, don't get into any more fights today."

It is a while away but I Can't wait until Tech Football!!! I love our coach!

Today...or yesterday now I guess!

2008-07-17T01:16:00.004-05:00

Today was an awesome day! I started off with a little sleeping in (I am going to start to conquer that now to get back in the swing of waking up early for school!)

Then off to the gym for a little workout. After that I had to quickly shower to make my hair appointment!! Yes I cut it shorter!! I love it! Pictures to come later because I don't feel like digging out my camera right now.

After that I had a little visit with my friend and saw her beautiful baby boy Xander! From there I jetted off to lower greenville to catch one of my favorite bands (introduced to me by Trish) Tilly and the Wall. They tap dance!! They totally rocked! I love love love live music!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNIFER!!

2008-07-14T16:52:00.002-05:00

Happy birthday to my awesome sister Jennifer!(located on the front of the ant) She is 29+1 today!! Love you Jen!

Bombs Bursting

2008-07-04T00:16:00.002-05:00

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!

SO..the United States used to belong to England, and follow the rule of a king, until a tea party and a massacre changed our destiny. Then GW (not Bush) took charge of the continental army and fought fervently for eight years. In the meantime, a war of words was being waged in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, something we like to call The Declaration of Independence was created.

John Adams, a lawyer, the first Vice President and the Second President of the United States, was one of the members who signed the Declaration of Independence. He wrote to his wife, "I believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival... it ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other..."

Let the festivities begin! I started last night with an awesome fireworks show (pictures above) put on by the city of Wylie. I expect pomp and parade, shows, bells, and more illuminations tomorrow!

Also, and most importantly, a beautiful lady (also pictured above, about to be attacked by dinosaurs apparently) was born on this day 83 years ago! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!!! LOVE YOU!!

Summer activity

2008-07-03T20:49:00.000-05:00

Here is an example of some work I did for a friend. It was of her beautiful kids for her husband for father's day!

Also I bought a new lawn mower...in my quest to be just a little bit green (and to not have to buy gas for a lawn mower) I bought one without a motor!!

It is time for some fireworks!! Happy Fourth Everybody!

Summer

2008-06-30T14:33:00.000-05:00

Everytime I post on here I tell myself that I am going to keep up with it from now on. We will see if I really listen to myself this time. Summer is going well so far. I feel like I have been very busy. My friend Marsha is back in the hospital with her baby, he had the second open heart surgery of his life, and is recovering well! I have been out to Children's Medical center a lot lately visiting. I helped redo a bathroom for a friend, and did some painting with my sister at her awesome new house!! My yard has been transformed from this ugly mass of mud to beautiful grass and flowerbeds! Yesterday I created another flowerbed and planted two big plants. One Hydrangia, and one Hibiscus. We will see if they last. Also this week I am teaching 4 year olds at Vacation Bible School. We had a lot of fun this morning and 3 more days of it to come! This Saturday I am going to my Cousin's house to take some pictures of a big party he has planned for his mom. It is the second of my photography gigs this summer! I remember summer as lounging around, having fun, and sometimes being bored. These days that is not the case. I feel motiviated to find as many things to do as possible, and there seem to be plenty of things around!! So for me summer is not "off time" it is "do anything you WANT to do time" and I am liking this!

Crazy Days

2008-04-19T09:03:00.000-05:00

Well it has been a crazy week! Last Sunday at 11:02 a.m. my best friends Marsha and Ryan had their Son Xander Thomas Wade! Shortly after we found out that he has a problem with his heart. He is now getting ready to undergo open heart surgery on Monday morning at 6 a.m. Xander is very strong and is eating from a bottle and breating room air (not on a ventalator) The doctors are going to go in and put a tiny peice of plastic to re-route the blood and then 2 other surgerys will come later. Hopefully he will recover quickly and be at his house in 10 days!!! Keep them all in your prayers!!

Spring Break!

2008-03-17T00:19:00.000-05:00

It is that wonderful time of year we like to call SPRING BREAK!!! To most people who have earned a degree and moved on past their school days these are just a memory of travel, parties, days off and fun times. But for educators the break lives on! I started my week off by doing a little yard work and then diving into a book. This is one of those books that you just can't put down, I was warned by the many teachers that I should be ready for some late nights. The book is called Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. It is a love story with a Vampire twist. It sounded a little weird but I gave a chance. Those many teachers who warned me that it was going to keep me up, because I will just have to know what is going to happen next, were right. Another warning they threw out there for me was that I should have the second book in the series right there waiting for me when I finished the first. To this warning I did not heed, but after finishing the first book in two days I wish that I did! Let us just say that I will be shopping for New Moon tomorrow!! I got so caught up in the story today that I have a very bad sun burn from not paying attention to the time I was out in the sunlight. Off to apply Aloe!

Today......

2008-03-08T10:56:00.001-06:00

I got some beautiful flowers from my Sister and Bro-in law and their family! My table will be decorated with beauty now for my quarter of century birthday! I took some pictures but for some reason Blog isn't working right now for me to post them. This week was CRAZY! We had the TAKS test on Wednesday and my students sound pretty confident that they did ok. We won't find out until after spring break how they did. We also had some crazy snow! I built a little snowman for my students to say good luck on the TAKS but again I can't post that picture, but I will come back later and put it up for all to see. Another thing I did last week was join a gym! I am excited to get back into the routine of exercising. It was a great deal and it has 24 hour access and all of the machines that I like. Plus it is only a few blocks from my house so no excuses! Everything is going great here I still love my job and know it is what I am meant to do! Hope all is well where you are!

Long time no post :(

2008-02-19T16:33:00.000-06:00

Ok OK I know I need to post.....post coming soon but tonight I need to grade 40 compisitions and I am babysitting for my awesome friends while they go and watch Barry Manalow (SP??) So keep checking I will post about life soon!! :)

House

2007-10-08T00:12:00.001-05:00

The search is over I have found me a place to live!!!! It is very awesome. It is a 3 bedroom house with a yard, hardwood floors, a wonderful kitchen, ceramic tile, and a huge master closet, a yard, and it is only a few blocks from work!!! I have a few pictures but there will be more to come in the future. I will be moving in the next few weeks.

2007-09-02T08:15:00.000-05:00

These are a few pictures from my classroom. The first one is a look from the front, the second one is my traits of writing wall, the third one is my inspiring quote, "If better is possible then good isn't enoug," the fourth one is an example of my students work, we made coats of arms for each class, they got to pick two colors, and an animinal that showed an attribute of our class. This class picked an elephant because he has a long trunk to suck up the knowledge and put it in his brain and elephants live together and work together like a family. They are so smart! The last one is a veiw of the other half of the classroom from the front.

Yay! I'm a teacher and I love it. It is the best job in the whole world! I am so glad I finally found where I belong. I got through my first week teaching with very few problems. I have such an awesome supportive staff at my school, they are always there to jump in and help me at any time. Before school started they decided that I could handle teaching both 7th and 8th grade English, and one of my mentor teachers decided that I should be in charge of the National Jouinor Honors Society! It's a challenge but I am definately up for it! This is my favorite time of the year, fall tempratures are coming, the trees will be turing into beautiful works of art from God, and of course Football is here! Here is my top ten list.

1 Texas Tech Why? Duh! Because they are awesome!
2 Texas A&M Why? Because they are not afraid to get the sense knocked out of them because they don't have just a whole lot to knock out!
3 Texas Why? Because they are so ugly that everybody else will be running the other way and lose but us Texas teams are used to their unsightliness so we will triumph.
4 USC Because their Mascot also rides on a horse but he wears a skirt.
5 Florida Why? Gatorade: it will help them this year. But not enough to be better than Tech.
6 Ohio State Why? Their colors are red and black close to Tech's scarlet and black but not close enough.
7 Oklahoma Because Far and Away is one of my favorite movies.
8 Auburn Becasue I went to kindergarten in Alabama.
9 Nebraska Because their mascot always smiles, even after we beat them 70-10 in 2004.
10 Oregon Because The Mascot Quacks! and my Nephews live in Oregon!

So we will see how I do. Well it is time for church! Talk to everybody later!

Love You!

Stacy

2007-07-19T17:33:00.000-05:00

I went and picked up the keys to my room yesterday! More pictures to come after I have finished decorating. This is only one half. Pretty awesome! I'm a teacher!!!

That's right....room 208!

View of my room.

Yesterday I decided that it was my day off I was going to Farmersville. A cute little town North of Wylie.

Just thought this was a pretty church downtown.

This is Blevin's Gallery, apparently it is one of the largest Thomas Kinkade Gallries around. Mr. Blevin's is good friends with "Tom" and his wife. Pretty neat!

This Is called the Onion Shed they have a flea market here every fist Saturday. The ladies from the antique shop seem to think that this is a party every month. I think I will go check it out next time.

This is a cute Little Antique shop downtown. I bought myself an antique green apple paperweight to celebrate my new room!Her is a picture of the Sugar Hill Cafe. It had a cute little store attached and they had beautiful dishes from Germany for sale!

2007-07-19T17:21:00.000-05:00

JULY 4Th 2007

Here are some pictures from July 4th to show our awsome celebration.

2007-07-14T09:20:00.001-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNIFER!!! May the last year of your 20's be the best!! LOVE YOU!!

2007-07-13T11:28:00.000-05:00

My internet is down at home :( hopefully it will be back up today though! Harley got a haircut and I want to post a picture!! Anyways got to get back to work.

2007-06-28T20:24:00.000-05:00

This week has been crazy! But it is going to slow down after we have our huge 4th of July celebration at work...I have to work 12 hr that day but I get time an a half so its ok..anyways Yesterday I took my PPR test and I passed!!!! That was the last test I had to pass to be an official teacher! I didn't have to take it before I started being a teacher but I went ahead and got it over with! So YAY!! Just one and a half more months and I get to start teaching!!

2007-06-24T09:23:00.000-05:00

Oh yeah I forgot to tell everybody it is official! I signed my contract last week!! Look what they gave me! Woot!

What's up

2007-06-23T17:43:00.000-05:00

Hello All! I thought it was about time to log in and let you all know everything that is going on! First of all most excellent news...I AM A TEACHER!!! That's right Only 1 year and 6 months after committing myself to teaching I got a job! Not only A job but THE job. I am an 8th grade English teacher for Wylie's Burnett Jr. High. Just goes to show that when you fully give something up to God and trust in him it will be perfect! I start that job on the 27th of August. In the meantime my summer job is AWESOME!! I am a marketing assistant for a beautiful mall. It is an outside mall you know the kind you go in a store an then go back outside in the sun to get to the next store. They have a nice little park and a big fountain and everything. At the moment we are planning a HUGE 4th of July party. I am doing things like ordering chairs, making signs, I am fully in charge of the Food Court, setting up fun things for the kids like bounce houses, face painting, balloon making and more. Everyday I am here at work they tell me how awesome I am at my Job! They even tried to talk me out of teaching..HAH. And everyday that I am not here they call me in because they want my help! Next week I will be going to teacher classes in the mornings, new hire orientation/classroom management I am very excited about these I am going to get to meet 20 other teachers that are new to Wylie. I am hoping to start teaching a Sunday School class soon also! It is going to be called the 20 someones and will be at Wylie First Baptist church if you want to come! More details to come on that one. My sister Trish just bought a house!!! It is very cute! My other Sister Jennifer and her beautiful family are all going to Estonia in July for 3 months so I will be sure to keep this updated for them especially! If you haven't seen the movie Pursuit of Happiness you should it is an awesome movie...just FYI. OK that is all for now!

Long time no talk

2007-05-18T17:06:00.000-05:00

OK I am back again. The school year is coming close to an end and I have been very busy with working and job searching a lot. I have a very promising interview with the principal at the school that I have been working with a lot this year. He said it will either be next week or the week of memorial day! I had an interview on Monday with a Plano school. I think I did well but it is not my ideal place to work. When the interviewers said..."we don't want to ask you those cheesy questions about teaching philosophy, discipline in a classroom, or anything else related to teaching," I knew this was going to be interesting. The biggest question they asked was about what I do in my free time...Then they explained to me how they do not stay late, or put any extra effort into what they teach. I know that is not the place for me. Lets hope that I get the job I know is right for me. Had a great weekend with my family I went to Graham and relaxed and went to the Wild Catter...mmmm...then we went to down town Ft. Worth and ate some Mexican food, at a great place Trish picked out, on Mother's Day. It was awesome. Anyways keep my interview in your prayers I will be reporting hopefully sooner than later!

2007-03-19T21:26:00.000-05:00

Well this weekend I went to the Plano ISD Job fair. I think it went really well! I don't have any interviews yet but I for see some in the next few weeks. One principal told me after talking to me that I am going to make a wonderful teacher! I wrote my follow up letters and e-mailed them out today. I can't wait to see the feedback I get in the next few days! We started back to school today after a wonderful spring break. Things are still going awesome there. I think my kids are starting to get more motivated everyday! Well that is all for today here are some pictures from the arboretum that I took.

What's Up

2007-03-15T08:42:00.000-05:00

Today is going to be a beautiful day! Marsha, Michelle, (Marsha's Sister) Eliana, Ethan and I are heading to the Arboretum! If you are wondering why I am not at work...it is SPRING BREAK! I think we picked the best day of the week to go out and see the beautiful flowers of the Dallas Blooms! Look back later for pictures!

Beautiful Flowers!

2007-03-09T17:48:00.000-06:00

Here are the BEAUTIFUL flowers Jen Roma Aleks and Luka sent me they smell wonderful!!!

Start of a new blog

2007-03-09T17:34:00.000-06:00

OK so in the past I have had many web sites, blogs, my spaces and whatever other kind of keep up with Stacy kind of Internet doohickey I could find. This one seems to be the easiest to sign into real quick and type something. SO I am starting out my 24th birthday with a new way to keep up with me and this time I plan to stick to it. School was awesome today, my students decorated my board with Happy Birth day Ms. Bristow all day long. Tonight I am going out to dinner with my very best friends Marsha and Ryan (eliana too). That is all for today, I am going to try out the new picasa picture poster thingy so that I can put pictures on this blog too. Ta Ta for now.
Stacy Ann