Kate's Eye View

Jeremy and I moved in to our new apartment last weekend. The move went quite well in part because we were ready to go and because we had some friends help us! Normally we move everything my ourselves so it was nice this time to have the help. We had our walk through and they were very impressed and we are getting all of our deposit back. The property manager wrote on the move-out sheet "In better condition than move-in". That felt good to hear. Hopefully we'll get the money before our vacation. It has been just over a week since we moved and we are almost all unpacked but unfortunately we need to get a storage room somewhere because there isn't enough storage space here for all our empty boxes, sports equipment, and Christmas stuff. We really like this new place. It has a really nice pool and hot tub outside in the courtyard. There is also a nice gas grill you can use whenever. The fitness center is also very nice with all the equipment you need to get a good...

Since my last post I officially finished the kitchen cabinet refinishing project! Here are the pictures: BEFORE AFTER I started packing this week. It is good to give yourself a lot of time to get ready to move I think so it spreads the stress out over a longer period of time and is in smaller doses but it is also hard to decide what to pack up so early! I am constantly looking around asking myself what we can live comfortably without for the next two and half weeks. So things like books, winter clothes, extra mug/bowls/glasses/plates get packed up but the rest of it I don't want to do too soon then end up having to rummage through boxes later when we need this or that. So, it is refreshing to know that in only one week I have to have everything packed. You can live with less for one week! :) On Wednesday night I made a fantastic dinner consisting of Spanish seafood flavored rice, Spanish garlic shrimp, and petite lobster tails. It was so good Jeremy took a picture. We ate it...

I had my interview yesterday and I think it went well. I prepared a teaching portfolio with materials such as my license, resume, references, Praxis scores, transcript, HS lesson plan, MS lesson plan, examples of activities, picture of pasta DNA in the classroom, email to students, email from parent.... It ended up being 37 pages long! I also made a pretty sweet cover for it: The position I applied for was for 6th grade and 9th grade Earth Science. Earth Science isn't my first choice but I'll doing anything! It would be fun nonetheless. Apparently they teach the curriculum through the use of kits. Utterback did this and I really wouldn't mind it especially since Earth Science wasn't my main focus in college. At the end of the interview they said they were looking to make a decision pretty quick and they would be in touch with me soon. Also, when I was getting ready for my interview yesterday Jack called from CityScape, our current property management company. ...

Today was a good day because I had my in-person interview with Otter Tail Environmental. I was supposed to meet with the same person that did my phone interview about two weeks ago but I ended up with another person who also seemed very nice. He basically just reiterated what the job entailed (working independently 40+ hours a week doing mosquito surveillance and pesticide application when needed). I think the interview went very well and he seemed impressed that I already had a college degree and experience working in a lab keeping track of data and being very detail oriented. He said I would hear back from them probably by the end of next week, so around April 24th. Yesterday I applied for a teaching position at a school called Bruce Randolph School and today I got a call to come in for an interview on Monday!! I am so excited and hope it goes well. It sounds like a really neat school because it has been undergoing a transformation from a failing middle school into a passing scho...