Hmmm… Where
to start. I know it has been several
months (read, 8), since I have posted on here. But something about life settling down into a
routine and yet about to become hectic, has made me want to take up documenting
the adventures of the Transue family. First
of all, Thomas continues to love his job.
It is certainly stressful at times, but it is a stress that is
challenging, not defeating. His
coworkers are awesome, and I am super happy to call most of them my
friends. Some are even good
friends. The brewery is now operating at
full capacity, and they just got two more fermenting tanks in this past
week. A new bright tank is on the way as
well, as I understand it. Thankfully,
Thomas has gone from working about a 70 – 80 hour work week, and now is down to
a modest 50 – 60 hour work week.
As for
Liam, he has started “school” at an in home child care facility called “Little
Explorers”. He has several friends
there, including two babies, which he loves.
His teacher, Miss Nikki, does so much for the children with her
curriculum, they are all learning fast!
I go every Friday, and teach the little kids French – I make posters for
them, read them stories, and sometimes we sing songs. They have a ball, and there is something so
nice about a toddler’s willingness to try anything.
I am
continuing to plug along with grad school, and loving it. Right now I’m taking a French poetry class,
that challenges me, but I love it as well.
So far in my grad school career, the lowest grade I have received is a
92 (which is still an A!). I do have a
paper to finish up from last semester, that I got an extension on because of
the chaos that was my life at that time.
In other news, I have FINALLY been approved by the Transylvania Board of
Education to substitute, and I go on Tuesday (March 26) for orientation and to
get put into the system. I am super
pumped. I’m also trying (when I’m not
horrifically sick) to go to Brevard High School once a week to work with their
French teacher, just doing miscellaneous support things. As the weather here in Brevard turns, my
understanding is that the population of the town doubles. Tourist season is big here, and I am really
excited to watch the town come alive. I’m
also hoping that the population increase will mean that my favorite restaurant
in town, HobNob, will need more servers for the summer. I have a good friend that used to work there,
and another that works there now and I’ve heard it’s an amazing place to
serve. Plus the owner is super nice, I’ve
met her quite a few times.
I have
apparently decided, on top of all these other things, to become quite the “do-it-yourselfer”. Just yesterday, I started several seeds to germ,
which I’m going to plant around the beginning of April. I am going to grow sunflowers, marigolds,
morning glories, tomatoes, spinach, mustard greens and dill. We will see how this works out, and you can
be sure in the meantime I will be scouring The Smitten Kitchen’s website for
fabulous recipes with mustard greens, tomatoes and dill, which I will then
torment everyone with on FaceBook/this blog (assuming I actually keep up with
it this time). I also have decided to
haul out my sewing machine to give sewing another try. My first two projects are going to be making
myself an apron (since I cook now!) and some napkins to go with these fabulous
placemats that my Mother-In-Law gave me.
I’m also going to call the fabric store where she bought it (since it’s
in Asheville) and see if they will still do my “free” sewing lesson, for having
bought the machine there. Otherwise I’m
gonna pay for Charlotte Maxwell to come up for the weekend and teach me
everything she knows in two days. Oh,
and of course, there will be knitting projects on top of all of this.
I would
love to post some pictures, but I am currently having an issue with my memory
card reader. I will do best to resolve
this issue, and have pictures posted soon, of our new house, and some projects
I am working on. In the meantime, have a
great week everyone!
