random photos...

this is me, working on a screenplay =) i love to write.














this is jack. he is adorable. and he's a little two small to run around in 2 feet of snow. hehe! he doesn't know this, though. he thinks he's a very big dog. =P










































this is my mom and me on superbowl sunday. they braved the un-plowed roads to bring us over to their house to watch together.














this is jack, again. like i said, "adorable."

check!

applications are in! hooray! =)

and now, only 2 months late, the rest of the christmas photos i said i'd post "later." haha!

after christmas morning at our place, we had breakfast and gift-giving with my parents (and maddie)














i gave my mom a teacup that i painted way back in june at the leone family reunion! i had such a hard time keeping it secret for that long!!


















aren't they cute?? almost 31 years of marriage!














aren't they cute, too?? daniel got to go up to jersey to give his parents their gifts in person.














and rachel came down from college in northern maryland to visit a friend, and she was able to stop by and spend some time with us. we got her a ring that has a fossil in it. she promptly named it and petted it. =P

recent developments

as some of you may already know, i've put a lot of consideration into the idea of teaching over the past year or so. after getting married and settling, at least for a good while, in maryland, i realized that it was time to pray about what God's dreams were for me as a part of "Mr. & Mrs. Clark." i am a dreamer, and i needed new dreams - dreams for US, instead of just for me.

anyway, in this quest, i keep coming back to teaching. so i'm applying to 3 alternative certification programs in prince george's county, to teach English. i'm excited about the ideas that i have and about the opportunity to do meaningful work. i'm also daunted by the challenge it presents. any wisdom or encouragement any of you have would certainly be welcome.

the two most pressing goals right now are to study for the praxis test and to finish up the last pieces of my applications. one of the three is complete. the other two are pretty close! so here i go - i should really study instead of blog =P