'long time no blog'

well what can i say? last week was abc stay at home week! so, you know my social calendar was quite full. only partly kidding....i did have a quite a bit of work also. but i found time to watch dancing with the stars, america's next top model, project runway, the office, and greys anatomy.

kyle came to visit me last weekend. we got in some good shopping, burn after reading, and several good meals. kyle also managed to squeeze in a little movie time with a lady friend as well. but of course, i wouldn't want to detail all of his happenings online!

teaching is going well. at least i think it is....not sure if the students would agree or not! sometimes they are listening and then i can tell sometimes they are completely zoned out! i actually enjoy teaching for the most part though, i think.

katie and i saw ghost town this weekend. it was pretty funny and i would recommend it given the current slump at the cinema.

here are a few pics from my house...since i haven't taken any others lately. the first is my bed, the window in my room, and then the guest bedroom.

Master of Disaster

I defended my thesis today!! So, now you can call me Master Shipman. :)

Woo hoo!

I was so happy to have that finished.

In other news...school has started and it is already busy busy. I thought I would take the evening off, but no luck. Going to start reading some articles now before bed.

I'm teaching a class this semester, well co-teaching with another grad student. I haven't taught my first lecture yet, we are swapping off. I pretty much feel like a poser--I'm teaching an upper division psych course, so the students are only a few years younger than me! I'll update on that later.

I'm also workin on some new projects this semester. One is what I like to call the Army Emo grant. In which we are developing training for emotional management for army leaders. Also working on another grant, no details available for that one!

I went to Miami this past week to see Nathan's parents and celebrate his bday. We had a nice time. Sorry, no pictures. My camera is MIA.

I took very few pictures from Andrea's wedding, but here is one.

Just because its a fancy hair place doesn't mean they won't do this to you....

Don't worry, I removed some of the flowers from the 'do before the ceremony.

six flags, andrea's wedding shower

mom, ty, and i went to six flags to help celebrate ty's 9th bday! it was a blast and ty was even brave enough to ride batman!

the 3d ride was a bit later in the day as you could probably tell....

andrea's bridal shower was today at my house! katie and i (the ladies in white) were two of the hosts. it went really well, all of our food was delicious! including the always popular (c/o kim's recipe) fruit dip.

andrea cracked us up with her one request, a barbie bridal cake.

vacations all i ever wanted

well i'm back in norman, ok after a long vacation, including the family trip to florida and then relaxation in coleman for several days. in florida, we got to enjoy plenty of beach time.

There was plenty of driving time of course--15 hours total! and that was with three of us in the backseat together. it wasn't too bad though and we really didn't have one of our traditional knock down drag out fights luckily.

Every evening we got to enjoy delicious seafood. By the last evening, however, kyle, ty, and I were wanting something different! so we ordered Chinese food while the others had seafood yet again!

I didn’t make many pictures over the fourth, but I will share my favorite one! This one captures a dramatic moment by miss jenny, when she saw lightening in the distance and feared there would be no swimming.

Fun with friends

Hi everyone! Had a fun time this weekend going out with the girls! We had lots of fun chatting, laughing, and busting a move.

On Sunday, Nathan and I went to church in Norman. There was a really good lesson on hungering and thirsting for righteousness. As opposed to always pursuing happiness, as most people try to do. In pursuit of righteousness, happiness will be a byproduct. It was very uplifting. After church we got do enjoy a delicious meal at Ted's.

4 more days of my summer class!! I will be glad when its finished. After that I really need to finish up my thesis. Although, the time pressure on that has kind of eased up since one of the profs on my committee is apparently going to be out of pocket until the the second week in August! Ah, the leisurely life of a college professor....

I will be co-teaching a class this fall! I'm excited about it because I'm hoping it will help me decide if teaching is something I would like to do after I graduate. Its an upper division I/O psychology course. So, we'll see how it goes....

No pics, just updates

I don't know about any of you, but sometimes I feel a little funny about posting details of my happenings online. Sometimes I feel like I should be intentionally vague about certain aspects of my life, like when I'll be out of town. Anyway....

My old roommate and dear friend has left me for Peace Corps work in Moldova. If anyone wants to hear chronicles of her tales, check out http://sunflowerlenses.blogspot.com/. I miss you Rebecca!

In other news....I've been busy as a bee with house work. Well, more purchasing things for my house and deciding where to put/arrange them. I'm very pleased with my progress and the look of my home. :) I'm just very slow to get it the way I want it. Stay tuned for pictures in coming days!

Family vacation is coming up very soon! I'm hoping for some fun on the beach, good meals, and relaxation with the family.

Tonight I'm going to go up to OKC to have dinner and go out on the town with some girlfriends. In fact, I should probably be getting ready now! We are going to eat dinner at Cheesecake Factory, which is one of my absolute favorites. :)

its magic!

i have honed my skills in photoshop. now i can be the airbrushed model ive always wanted to be!

btw....dani is supposed to get induced tonight! everyone keep her in your thoughts and prayers.