Gas Prices

The economy is not doing so well and everyone is worried. Well I am not! I just bought gas for the cheapest I have seen it in almost a year. I only buy Chevron so sometimes it is higher than the other stations but not today. I bought gs for $3.23 a gallon. On top of that I also bought exactly $36.00 worth of gas without trying. I even took a picture of the prices because I was sure no one would believe me!
The only down side is that only a few hours later I drove past the station and found the price had DROPPED! By four cents no less to $3.19 a gallon. It took away some of my glory but I still feel good about it. You can check out gas buddy to find the lowest prices in your area and compare (link in title). I feel pretty good about it in my part of the world. Hope gas has dropped in your area too! Happy driving!

NaNoWriMo

Jason is the English major not me. However, I want to write a novel. Yes I know I don't have much to write about but I want to try. I have a ton of ideas but I am not sure I can turn it into a 50,000 word novel that someone might read in a month. I am going to try though. I know some of the ladies doing it (mostly from the nest) and there is a local group for me to get support from. I don't have a genre or much of an idea yet but I am working on it. I will keep you all up-to-date with it. If you want more information about it check out the link in the title. You will also notice I have a new gadget on the side which shows how many words I have and my friends have so far. Ok send me some creative thoughts and no you cannot read it yet!

Off to think on a topic.... Wish me luck!!!

Halloween Presents!!

OK so my totally awesome mom is still doing holiday themed gifts. This year it includes Jason so we got extra stuff! We of course go candy... which I totally don't need but love. Yay candy corn!

We also got this totally cool decor!

No I have not read the Twilight books yet but I hope to soon. I love this Potato Head (he also can be a ghost). I think it goes together very well!!

And this crow is darling. Not so scary though ;) I think he might stay out until Christmas he is soo cute! Thanks mom!!!

Birthdays... I missed a few

Alright, I will admit I have missed (or been late for) some birthday's the last few months. It is almost as if this after-wedding brain fart has happened and I have not noticed we are now in OCTOBER!!! I was late for Nicole's (which she didn't seem to mind... thank goodness she is a very forgiving sort), and was almost late for Mark's (my own brother... I am lame). I have also missed lil' Andrews birthday (totally a brain fart since I was around when he was born). Fortunately, I should not miss the next few. I have two aunts with birthday's this week (Happy Birthday Pattie and Carolyn!) and Big Andrews birthday is next week (Happy Early Birthday!). I probably have more family members but I have misplaced my birthday calendar.... this means cleaning time!!! If I find more I will give more shout outs!!

Now I just need to hope I don't mess up next month! I just need to remember time does not stand still... we are no longer in August and I just haven't gotten that yet!

Jobs not so available

So, as I am sure many of you know, we are both currently unemployed (but not unemployable) teachers. Today Jason finally applied to sub in two of our local districts. It has taken a while and a lot of hoops to jump through but it is finally done. I am so happy he is finally going to be doing something for money. He was also offered a position to do some after-school program in Marin county teaching computer skills to kids. I don't think he is going to do it but at least he had an offer (the hours and pay is not worth the time and drive). He will probably do the program over the summer though because it should be fun and will be worth it as a full-time position.

On to me. As many of you know I want to move out of teaching k-12 (or to be more exact High School). I want to move to Community College but need my Master's first. Since we can't afford to send me back to school yet I am looking for employment which might let me work in the Community College without actually being a professor. I had a first interview with SCC and it went relatively well for the position of Lab Tech. I hope to hear this week about it. I am also looking into working for the county too. My applications have meet minimum requirements and I hope to move to the next stage with that. I have also applied to most of the local temp agencies looking for employment. Something should pan out.

I guess I am just hoping for the best. we really want to get to work but it takes time. At least things have started looking up for us. We will keep you up-to-date on all of this.

City of Ember

Ok so Jason and I went to go see a movie this weekend. We wanted to see "Burn After Reading" but could only find it on the other side of the bridge (not worth an extra $4 personally). Therefore, we had to come up with another choice. The only one that we could agree on was "City of Ember" which is based on a YA novel of the same name. I have never read the book but it sounded good. Plus it was supposed to be funny. I mean Bill Murray plays a good-for-nothing mayor of a city under ground. It should have been good. So we went to see it and the first thing we couldn't get past was how similar to Bioshock it was. We both liked playing Bioshock but it was very disturbing. (Look at the link if you don't believe us). Then the story seemed very discombobulated in parts and was very contrived toward the end. It is good if you can totally suspend disbelief, which Jason can not do. I think it could have been good but did fall flat. Too bad! At least we had a romantic outing together.

Oh and I totally do not recommend this movie for kids unless they can handle dark and a little negative.

Halloween Costumes anyone?

So while at the Dixon Corn Maze, which is held by Cool Patch Pumpkins, we thought about Halloween costumes. Jason kind of wants to be Oscar the Grouch with the full trashcan and all. I, however, do not want to be Big Bird or Oscar's little sister. I really want a couples costume... it would be my first one and as this will be the first Halloween as husband and wife I want it to be good. I think I will be this way with all of the holidays so be ready!

As we will be spending Halloween with our friends, the Sagans, we need good and maybe scary (but not too scary) costumes. Jason picked up this pumpkin and was contemplating putting it on his head... you know like the Headless Horseman. So would I need to be Ichabod Crane? I mean Johnny Deep did play that character so I guess I could. Or maybe I could be the witch that controls the Horseman... kind of like the Horseman's wife or something... hmm. I must think on this more.

We also saw these scarecrows. I had to take a picture in honor of Mike, who is a HUGE Nightmare fan. Maybe we could be Jack and Sally, just not as skinny. I could so make Sally's dress and a Santa costume is very easy to come by. I think that one might work too. What do you think?