Marriage and Family Class at SMU

This semester I am taking a marriage and family class at SMU. It is such an interesting class. Each student has to read two books and write a paper to present to class. The final paper is a reflection paper on what you have learned from the class. The professor has been a marriage and family councilor for the past 30 years or more. He has great stories and insight on marriage and family and where it will go in the 21st century.

The first book I have read is about family life from the time of the mayflower through the 1980's, as the book was published in 1988. The book does have some stuff at the end about where the author saw marriage and family going on into the future.

I learned a lot about marriage and family that I did not know such as the past roles and how they have taken us to what we see today in family units and marriages. Just to see how things have changed in our country from the man being the head of the house to women's rights and the role children play in a marriage and family. The book is written in chronological order which helps the reader follow the information and take in a bit. Overall the book made me thankful for where we are today. I am also interested to see where things will go in the 21st century. So, now I am off to work on writing my first rough draft of my paper as it is due the beginning of March. I will have one down and two to go. Also, want to get a head start on book number two which is about nostalgia and family.

Grad school

I started my class for the semester last week. I a, taking a marriage and family class. Should be interesting and I really liked the professor. Since recently (in June) being married I think this class will be helpful. We are to read two books and share them with the class. I have picked out my books and dates. Now to get reading and take notes for my paper. Each paper has to be 5 to 7 pages to read or present to the class. S I will be starting that soon. I got both books on amazon kindle app for the IPad which is great. So that is what I will be working on this next month or so. Once I finish one book I will start the other.  So that is my update on school. I will post more about my class as time goes on.

Holiday Update

I cannot believe that it is December already. I feel like time is just flying by! I cannot believe that B and I will be married for 6 months this month. I have been working on figuring out what to get everyone for Christmas this year. As usual, I have not a clue what to get my brothers and my dad. Guess that needs more thinking about. The good news is that I have a few more weeks to figure it all out and come up with something.

I finished my Wednesday night class last week, turned in my last paper and now am waiting to see how I did overall in the class. Also, tonight is my last Monday night class. We are meeting at the Barley House a local bar. Haha. It should be a fun last class. This week my goal is to finish my last research paper which is due by next Monday at Noon. Then, it will be time to celebrate that the semester is over.

In other holiday news, we have decorated our first Christmas Tree as a married couple. It is so much fun. We decorated it the Saturday after Thanksgiving so we can enjoy it for a while. I was so excited to use all of the ornaments that we got last year at my ornament shower. It was so much fun to go through them all and hang them up. The biggest problem was finding the little green hooks to use, which we finally found at target right in front of our faces. We got a lot to use in the future and to just have. By a lot, I mean two packages with 100 each. Hahaha.

Well, that is all for now.

Old email address GONE

After months of hearing others complain about getting spam from my old email address I was FINALLY able to figure out how to delete my account. It was not an easy task either. First, I had issues with changing the password and deleting the account. I finally found out that my account was merged with my old sbcglobal account. So, once I figured that out I was able to log in and delete the sbcglobal account. Next, I logged in and deleted my old yahoo account. It had been sending spam for months, as someone had hacked the account. So, now hopefully that will end people getting emails from my old account that are spam. Just had to share, as this was a big deal after months of frustrations.

In other news, I have one five page paper, a one page summary of a research project and a research paper all due soon. So, guess what I will be working on. I am trying to get a jump start on all of this as I feel that time is going so fast that all of the above will be due before I know it.... I am looking forward to having everything turned in.

papers, papers and more papers

In grad school I have learned a few things. First you write A LOT and when you think you are finished you are not. You must go back and re-do it. Second, there is never a finished paper and it is all about the current draft to turn in. Third, everything takes time, a lot of time at that. It is important to take breaks and hang out with friends and family and it is impossible to study and write all of the time. Here is to half way through the semester. Presently working on one research paper while preparing to do another one. That is what I have learned in grad school so far.

Texas OU weekend 2012 and much more

This year for Texas OU we went to the Caylx Texas OU party. It was so much fun to hear Owen Temple and Cory Marrow play, catch up with friends and just hang out. We watched the Texas OU football game on Saturday, which was not all that great if you are a Texas fan. In fact, we got bored and started watching something else.

Grad school is going well, it is hard but going well. I am in the midst of writing a 14 page research paper for one class and starting another research paper for my other class. As well as keeping up with the work from all the classes together.

In other news, I am in the junior group of the Dallas Garden Club and am working on my job as reservations chair for the Christmas Coffee. Especially since I did not know I had signed up for the job until September. I hope I hear from someone so I can start getting everything done that needs to be done by the end of November. Wow, time sure if flying by fast.

I guess this pretty much sums things up from the past few weeks. I can not believe that we are half way through October.

Grad school update

Well, I am two weeks in my grad school classes. I think I will learn a lot this semester about writing and how to become a better academic writer. Also, I will learn better ways in communicating globally. Along the way I will do a LOT of reading, so much so that it is a little overwhelming. So, I plan to take it one step at a time and have fun as I go. My goal is to learn something new and be able to apply it in my everyday life and beyond. So, I am one step closer to doing so. So, that is my update for now. Until next time.

Grad School update

Yesterday, I turned in my first grad school paper. I am interested to see how I did on it but will have to wait a bit. Class last night was good and I learned a lot. The class has a lot of interesting discussions about a variety of topics. Now, I just have to choose the next few classes I want to take. I am looking at one summer class and two classes maybe in the fall. Should be interesting to see what is available to take.