Zach and Nathana

We have not been too exciting around here since the last post. Yesterday was a real day of rest for Zach because he took about 2 naps, each lasting at least 2 hours. I was glad he could finally get some sleep. Last night Mama, Daddy, and Suzanne brought us supper. We watched "How To Train Your Dragon" while Suzanne and I did our nails with the Sally Hansen press-on nails. Today has been discouraging in some ways. We were planning on going to church at first, and after a lot of consideration, decided that it would be way too hard on Zach. Then we decided we would just go to Mama Joyce's for lunch. I washed Zach's hair in the sink and got him dressed, and by the time that was all done he was in such pain! It is so hard for me to not be able to do much for him. So we stayed home and he got to take a well deserved nap. The afternoon passed by quickly and I was able to do my elliptical for the first time in three (I KNOW!) days. I am even more ashamed to admit that it r...

I of course say that because our rest has been few and far between. Our night went something like this. •11:00 p.m.- Zach took a percocet, I emptied his drain and we collapsed into bed. •1:00 a.m- Bathroom run •3:00 a.m.- Bathroom run #2 •5:00 a.m.- More meds for Zach •7:00 a.m.- We were basically up for good. It took forever for us to join the land of the living. I don't think I took a shower until almost noon! Zach's mom and sister came with our niece. She was definitely a nice distraction from everything because she is so sweet and funny, but our talking really hurt Zach's ears for some reason. ( and stop your laughing, we weren't even that loud, his poor head just couldn't handle the four of us. I got to run out to Target quickly while they were there to get movies Zach wanted. He was so happy when he saw I found them. I bought the A Team and (much to my future regret) Blazing Saddles. Trust me though, if you saw how puny he is, you would have ...

Zach's surgery went well, but not exactly as planned. We are home and resting. After his pain meds, he reported that, "It (his arm) felt horrible." It broke my heart, but I know now he is on the road to healing! More tomorrow, for now, we must sleep!

And I'm not talking about the Will Smith movie that came out a few years ago. I am talking about the amount of weight I have lost! (And I don't intend to go looking for it! hehe) I was really surprised when I weighed seeing as it has only been about 3 weeks of really exercising. I have been walking on and off, but just recently started the elliptical. Zach and I have been cutting back on all that we eat for a little while though, so maybe that has helped some. : ) I ask that you pray for me as I know I will (and already am) tired every day just from work. I ask you to pray for me always to exercise when I just don't feel like it or have no motivation. I have to say though, right now, I have so much motivation. I picture so many good and positive things, and I intend to keep that up!! It's up to all of you on my down days to lift me up! That's what friends and family are for, right? I also know that several of you are also needing motivation on many le...

1. Well, the last week has been anything but boring! Last week was the first full week of school and I didn't even get hit by any cars on bus duty! That's a win/win situation! In all seriousness, I am having a great time getting settled in and getting lesson plans established for my first and second graders' reading blocks. I start with them next week. 2. Nellie has one obsession. Ice, Ice, Baby. The puppy girl will do anything for ice. She just loves it. So therefore, I love to watch her eat it. It's just too fun! 3. Today is Zach's first day back to school! I told one of the other teachers at school I was like a nervous Mama, wondering if he had gotten up on time, what he was wearing, and how his day was going. He will hate reading that! (That is if he ever reads this!) 4. Poor hubs had to go straight to work after school and will be there until 8:30 or so. I plan to have supper waiting when he gets home, though. Poor boy is gonna be tired and hungry! ...

Goodness. There could not have been a harder task for the last day of this challenge. First of all, I do not always enjoy looking at pictures of myself, and second, I hardly have any pictures of just me. So, here's what I liked best. My hair curly, holding the roses Zach got me for Valentine's Day! This has been a fun 10 days!

Two songs, almost as hard as picking my four books. I just love music so much and I could listen a hundred songs. So here are just the first two I can think of that mean a lot to Zach and I. 2.Fishin' in the Dark. It has been our song since we started dating and it has been Zach's ringtone for almost as long. Interesting note though, we've never gone fishing in the dark. And also every time I hear my phone ring that song my heart speeds up because I know it's my hubby! : ) 1. When I say "I Do.". Megan sang it at our wedding and every time I hear it I tear up, overwhelmed by the love I feel for Zach. I really am the luckiest lady in the world to be his wife.

Well, it's not day 8. Three movies. 3.How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days. My favorite movie probably ever. I just love Kate Hudson in it. 2. Pride and Prejudice. The one with Kiera Knightly. I could (and have) watch it over and over again. 1. Get Smart. It has Steve Carell, and is hilarious.

Today is day 7, so it is time for four books. You should know this is nearly impossible for me to just pick four books, so I may cheat and list some series. 4. Little House in the Big Woods along with every other Laura Ingalls Wilder book. I have always loved reading, but when I first read this book in the 4th grade I fell in love with reading. I also felt I was born in the wrong time period and would be better suited as a pioneer. I eventually come back to reality though and remember all the nice things we have now, and will have to settle with that! 3. Harry Potter . The release of all seven books spanned over half of my life at this point, and I just love the magical world you get to enter when reading them. My next goal is to get to go the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! (if only!) 2. The Holy Bible. Although I won't lie and say I understand everything I read in the bible all the time, I enjoy studying God's word and trying to figure out how he's usi...

Today is Day 5, so it is time for 5 foods! 5. Lasagna. It is my (and Garfield's) favorite food ever. I would eat it every place that Sam I am would eat Green Eggs and Ham. 4. Chicken. Fried, grilled, broiled, baked, fileted. However it's prepared, I'll eat it. My Mama jokes that we'll all turn into chickens because we eat it so often! Especially from Chick-fil-a. 3. Brownies with ice cream on top. The brownies also have chocolate chips in them. Yuuuuuum! 2. Cherry Delight. I had never had this delectable dessert until I started dating Zach and his Mom made it. It is soooo good. I will usually even choose it before brownies!! 1. Deer. We use it any recipies that call for ground beef and have recipies just for it. Deer stroganoff, "deery" mac (as we've coined it), deer burgers. You name it, and we probably use deer in it. Deer is so lean, when it is processed they actually have to add fat to it to help it hold together when cooked into patties...

Six of the most glorious places in the world to me 6. Home Sweet Home. Nothing can beat it, especially when you've lived there your entire life. I love my parents' house and you can tell I still refer to it as home. 5. Our house. Yes, it is hard to call it home, but I am still working on it. I do love to come home and think about all we have done our little house and all of the memories we have already made here. It's where we settled in after our honeymoon, it's where we brought in our precious Nellie into our family, and it's where we celebrated our first Christmas as a married couple. So in a lot of ways it is becoming "home-ish." : ) 4.Mama Joyce's house. It's where my brother, sister, and I spent many summer days and days after school. Less than half a mile from my parents' house it was our second home. We learned that we weren't supposed to baptize kittens or chase the chickens, but we could certainly pick up gum ba...

*Okay, so after my fear post yesterday, last night there was a tick on my upper thigh when we got home from Target! It was a tee-ninsy deer tick and I flipped. Thank goodness it was crawling and not bitten in! Moving on... 7 wants! Woo hoo! How can I pick just seven? Or how can I come up with seven? I have so much already! 1. I want in the next few years to build my idyllic "forever" house. It is much like the home in "The Notebook" in my head, but with tall, wide windows in the front. It would have wrap around porches on both levels, would be either white or brick, would have 10 or 12 feet ceilings, with a couple secret passages/rooms. Not too much right? I'm already making my own rough blue prints! : ) 2. I want children. Obviously not too soon, but maybe in the next few years. It is so exciting to think about, and with friends starting to have babies, we can't help but talk about it! Now if you want specifics, I'd like 2 boys and 2 ...

Today is day 3, so it's time to face my fears! 8. I am afraid of the things in the dark. Not scared of the dark, as Zach would like to think, but just the stuff in it! 7. I fear/dislike change. i.e.- I get upset when restaraunts change out food items I like and mix it all up. I don't mind the good change, but the bad change is not as fun! 6. I fear being alone. When I am home alone, Nellie and I are always basket cases. It scares me, even though nothing has ever happened. 5. I fear losing my family. Even though I know memebers of my family are going to heaven when they die, I still don't like the idea of not having them here with me. Very selfish, I know, but that's human!! 4. I fear spiders. I would rather face about 5 poisonous snakes. 3. I also fear ticks. It is ridiculous how I act when I see them, but they just freak me out so badly! 2. I fear the robot type people that are at some museums that talk and move. They are creepy. 1. I don...

Day 2, so it is time for my nine loves. 1 Jesus, after all, he is the definition of love itself! 2. My Mama, Daddy, sister, brother, and rest of my family. 3. Zachary Taft Scheller. I love him to the moon and back. He's my other half and he completes me! 4. Nellie-Girl Scheller. Be still, my heart. This little puppy holds the strings to my heart and bless me, I am just her silly little puppet. I never dreamt we would have fallen so in love with her. I even love her rottenness and strong will. Heaven help me when we have kids, because Nellie loves being our one and only! 5. Chick-fil-a. God gave Truett Cathy the finesse and skill to invent the chicken sandwich and God gave me the skill to eat them. I am also enjoying the Chick-fil-a being on my way home from school! Bad for my wallet, but oh so yummy! (Don't worry, I eat the healthy stuff on occasion!) 6. Being a wife. May sound like I'm talking about Zach again, but I promise I'm going a...

One of my friends is doing this challenge, so I am taking it up too! It will mix things up a little bit! Secrets, Secrets, Secrets.... 1. I still sleep with a teddy bear. Zach persistently asks when I am going to give it up and my response is always, "When we have children... maybe." Hehe 2. I tri-fold my unmentionables (underwears!). Like fold one side in, then the other, and then under. Zach thinks it is ridiculous. 3. I am constantly discussing things with myself in my head. Not crazy talk, but more like J.D. off of Scrubs. Hence how I end up day dreaming often. 4. Even though I am an aide this school year, I am still shakin' in my boots a little. Especially about bus duty. I really don't want to get run over in the prime of my life. 5. I eat food in sequence of what I like least to what I like most. I also eat only one type of food at a time. i.e.- eat all green beans, move on to roll which I eat all of, and then eat all of lasagna. My foods are al...

....so far at least! 1. First of all, today was my first day of school... as a teacher for a change! I accepted the Title 1 Aide position at Loge Elementary where I student taught. I am so excited and happy that I am now an official member of Loge! (Although they made me feel so welcome when I was student teaching.) Some of you may be (or maybe not) wondering what that means my resposibilities are. As I understand it so far, I will: Teach a reading block for both 1st and 2nd grade. (That'll be my whole morning) Do SSP with grades 1st-5th in the afternoon. SSP is when we review math and language arts standards that students need to know. Extra perks (haha) include lunch/recess duty for 4th/5th grade, which will not be bad as it's once a week and the fourth and fifth graders can usually handle themselves! My other daily (morning and afternoon) duty is bus duty. I am the main "Stop" person at our cross walk. I was so nervous this morning for it, but I ha...

Now that you are all singing along, here is a picture recap of our vacation to Destin, Florida. Zach was ellusive of pictures, so I worked with what I had! Hehe. Here is Zach at the huge Alvin's Island in Panama City Beach. We drove over there on Thursday night to eat at Pineapple Willy's. He was way excited! Here is Zach and I at Pineapple Willy's. He wasn't thrilled about having to wait 1 hour for us to be seated, but it was well worth it when I got my ribs! Here I am before we went out. Zach was relaxing inside out of the heat. Inside picture! See, there he is! : ) This was Tuesday night when everyone else went out to eat seafood, but my sweet husband said we could go somewhere I could eat and that he didn't even care if he ate seafood! We ended up at Jim N' Nicks BBQ with no wait and where we were given these delicious cheddar biscuits. They were seriously sooooo yummy! I wish we had a Jim n' Nicks up at home! And...

Well, our Nellie girl is ONE year old today! We have had her all that time except for the 10 weeks she was with her dog mama. We sang to her this morning (okay, just me, Zach didn't participate) and Nellie seemed to not care. We love Nellie so much and are so glad she is ours. So long ago I was so nervous to be bringing a "house" dog home. Now if she is at my or Zach's parents' it is just too quiet! I can't imagine our lives without her! 1 year stats: 20 ish pounds (hopefully not gaining too much!) Things Nellie loves: Getting her belly rubbed Running, running, running Riding in the car Getting in the trashcan and chewing up Kleenex. Hiding when she gets into trouble. Playing with water bottles Snuggling with her Mama Playing with her Daddy Bathtime Chewing her pork chomps. They are her absolute favorites! I think that is about it for her likes! We are having her birthday party Sunday and Zach seems to think I have gone waaayy too over the top! Really I am...