Working 9-5, what a way to make a living...

I don't actually work 9-5, but I do work a couple nights a week teaching business English at a local technical college from 6-9. And I LOVE IT!!!

My entire life I have wanted to be a lawyer or a teacher. I even made business cards with my name and the word 'lawyer' when I was about 4 and I gave them out to strangers. I, consequently, got in trouble for talking to strangers, but that's how serious I was. The last 2 years of my undergrad I started praying about which career to go into and after 2 years of praying I got nothing. So I went to the bishop because I needed to know whether to take the LSAT to go into law or the GRE to become a college professor, he said that it is his belief that unanswered prayers just mean it's my choice. Hey, thanks! That's a lot of help! If I were able to choose between the careers I would have already done that. So I was back to square one and no time left, I had to make a decision. Awesome. I had several friends in law school at the time and I even knew a few who had graduated, so I had a good idea of what I was in for if I took the law route. And I had been surrounded by English professors for years of college, so I knew what I was in for if I chose to teach. My favorite English teacher told me that I better be prepared to spend a lot of money on an education that will pay very little, but the people you meet and teach make up the difference. I, obviously, chose to teach. And I haven't regretted one minute, but rather, enjoy and feel grateful for studying English further.

I'm really blessed that I get to teach English while being able to stay at home with my kids when I'm not even done with my education yet. I love, LoVe, LOVE my job and I look forward to days when I get to go to work. I can only imagine how it will continue to get better from here because I chose to do what I was meant to do. Even though I'll never make big buck from my degrees, I'm pretty blessed in every other aspect of my job and my life. Have I mentioned how amazing my family is too? My boys are smart, funny, adorable, and absolute joys, and my husband is my favorite everything!

...speaking of Jim, I'm so proud of him because he starts college in the fall. I'm especially happy because he's so excited about starting school. He's going to be an excellent teacher as well!

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Homemade laundry soap

After about a dozen of my friends started making their own laundry soap I decided maybe it's time I give it a try too. After talking to a friend that I KNOW is a neat freak like me and she has 4 kids with double the dirty, sticky, crayon-laced clothes that I have, and she raved about homemade detergent I was sure I wanted to make my own laundry soap too. You can find my recipe here . I was able to get spaghetti stains off of a white shirt and make Jim's dingy work shorts really clean and bright again. All of this with just one little tablespoon of homemade detergent. I did pre-treat the dried spaghetti sauce with a bar of the Fels-Naptha soap (found in the detergent) because someone told me it's a great stain remover and pre-treat agent, and it is! So here's how I made mine... Step 1: Gather all the ingredients. I found ALL of the ingredients in the detergent isle at Walmart. I did buy the generic Oxy-clean, and it's more than enoug...

Maybe a new birthday tradition...

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