I know that I shouldn't be wasting my time writing this blog. But I am in desperate need of something to relieve my boredom. Unfortunately, no one has updated their Facebook in the last 10 minutes and I have already stalked all 100 blogs (personal, crafty, food, photo... you name the blog.. i've read it in the last 3 hours) that I have on my blog roll.
A waste of time? No! I have found inspiration, laughter, love, hope, and happiness.
I now have 5 dinner ideas I'm desperate to try out. I have three baby shower gift ideas that I think will turn out fabulously.
Have I written any lesson plans? Yes! (Three of them.) Did I write ALL of the lesson plans that I planned on writing/need to write tonight? No. Not even close.
I am really struggling with being prepared. I got stuck when I was starting the Dairy Unit with the Foods I class, and haven't been able to catch up. Class is going well... and I have been blessed enough to be able to pull everything off without feeling like an idiot. But I feel like I am constantly under prepared until right before class is starting, and then I can pull it all together.
However, like I said... my student teaching experience is going really well. I am learning a lot, and LOVE being up in front of the class. At first it really weirded me out to have the students call me Mrs. Peaden. But now I LOVE it. "Mrs. Peaden? Are we cooking today? Mrs. Peaden? Jason is touching me. Mrs. Peaden, Mrs. Peaden, Mrs. Peaden!" I LOVE it. It makes me so happy and I love telling all the little eighth grade girls about my dashing and wonderful husband. You would think that our love story was the cutest chick flick that they had ever seen. It's so fun!
I realize that I should be doing lesson plans instead of writing this blog right now, but I have declared myself finished for the night, and now have 15 minutes to get ready for bed before lights out.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Hidden Valley Ranch.
David and I love ranch. Hidden Valley Ranch to be specific. No other ranch will suffice. Simply put, Hidden Valley Ranch tastes the way ranch is supposed to taste.
Many of you know this, most of you however, don't understand the extent of our devotion. We eat ranch with most everything: veggies, pizza, spaghetti, salad, chicken, macaroni noodles, you name it. Needless to say, we go through ranch at a fairly rapid rate. Before we even got married, we started buying all of our food together. After going through an entire bottle of ranch in a shockingly small amount of time, we decided to set a life goal together. Someday we will have our own hidden valley ranch commercial.
Sounds far fetched? Give me a break. You remember Jared right? And now Christine with her "drive-thru diet."
Why shouldn't David and I someday become the spokespeople for Hidden Valley?
So what did we do? We have started numbering each bottle of ranch that we buy at the store. I regret to inform you that we did not get any pictures with the first five bottles, but I can guarantee that they were numbered! Our eventual goal is to contact Hidden Valley with hundreds of pictures of us using their product throughout our lives together in hopes that they won't be able to say no to giving us our own commercial. Just picture it "Music playing in the background. Thousands around the nation buy Hidden Valley Ranch every day because they and their families can taste the difference, but one family would accept no substitute for the very best ranch around... and they documented their dedication to Hidden Valley through the last 50 years they have spent together. Flip to a shot of David and Shantel. David says, "Before we even got married we vowed to never buy a brand of ranch that wasn't hidden valley. It was part of my promise to give Shantel the absolute best that she deserves." (Or something really cheesy like that.)
Okay, Okay, I'll spare you the rest of what will someday be an award winning advertising campaign. Maybe we will even get a spot during the super bowl!
Here are some pictures of us with our beloved ranch bottles.
And then of course from our "European Adventure" (we are trying to capture our Hidden Valley Ranch in context.)
Please try not to be disgusted at how much ranch we consume. Just be impressed with our foresight. This is our brilliant get-rich-quick scheme (minus the quick part). But if we are going to be eating the ranch anyway... we may as well document it and then try to get paid for it later! (At the very least, we may end up in the Guinness Book of World Records!)
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Red Ladder Design - Debut
MY WEBSITE IS FINALLY DONE!
Please welcome Red Ladder Design to the wonderful World Wide Web by popping over and checking things out. Then just come back here and let me know what you think!
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