Yes, I realize this is two posts in one night...It will probably never happen again.
Enjoy! Awesome Sweaters!
Monday, December 7, 2009
December? Really? Really.
Ok...so Dan and I are not good at blogging. And I guess what we aren't good at getting Christmas cards together either! I think we were a little worn out from sending "Thank-Yous" so I think we will wait until next year to have our McCurley Christmas Card debut.
November was a good month! We had a great Thanksgiving. We had a few friends over and played some Xbox 360 =]. We had lots of great food including a peanut butter cup pie from Perkins. I am thankful we have great friends to spend the holidays with, as we are unable to get back to Iowa as often as we would like.
I started my new position at work today. I am assistant manager in another department at the firm. It is great! I have a great co-assistant manager and a great manager. I will a lot from these ladies. The people in the department are great too. I am really excited. It is hard to start out and not quite know exactly what is going, especially since I had my other position mastered and made into a well oiled machine...but change is good!
There really isn't a whole lot else to report on. We are FINALLY settled into our new place and are welcoming visitors! (Wink)
Also I decided I want to become more crafty. I was in a bookstore the other day looking at craft books and was like I want to do that. I am not very good with scissors or any of my fine motor skills, but hopefully things will turn out ok. I am teaching myself to knit and want to start making my own stationary, which means gifts and cards may appear more frequently, in the mail...because who doesn't love mail! Let me know if you want anything!
Last but not least, I read a great book over Thanksgiving called the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I read it in a day. It was probably the best book I have read in a long time. It is a young adult book, but it was much better than the Twilight series. The Hunger Games is also part of series and only two of three books are out. I have yet to read book two, Catching Fire, but I have only heard great things. I totally recommend it.
Any other good reads out there?
November was a good month! We had a great Thanksgiving. We had a few friends over and played some Xbox 360 =]. We had lots of great food including a peanut butter cup pie from Perkins. I am thankful we have great friends to spend the holidays with, as we are unable to get back to Iowa as often as we would like.
I started my new position at work today. I am assistant manager in another department at the firm. It is great! I have a great co-assistant manager and a great manager. I will a lot from these ladies. The people in the department are great too. I am really excited. It is hard to start out and not quite know exactly what is going, especially since I had my other position mastered and made into a well oiled machine...but change is good!
There really isn't a whole lot else to report on. We are FINALLY settled into our new place and are welcoming visitors! (Wink)
Also I decided I want to become more crafty. I was in a bookstore the other day looking at craft books and was like I want to do that. I am not very good with scissors or any of my fine motor skills, but hopefully things will turn out ok. I am teaching myself to knit and want to start making my own stationary, which means gifts and cards may appear more frequently, in the mail...because who doesn't love mail! Let me know if you want anything!
Last but not least, I read a great book over Thanksgiving called the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I read it in a day. It was probably the best book I have read in a long time. It is a young adult book, but it was much better than the Twilight series. The Hunger Games is also part of series and only two of three books are out. I have yet to read book two, Catching Fire, but I have only heard great things. I totally recommend it.
Any other good reads out there?
Thursday, November 12, 2009
new job
Hi, it's Dan. Amanda suggested that I write in a different color on this blog so you know who you are reading. For today's entry, I have chosen this maroon color. I might also use a serif font to increase my ease of readability.
Recently, I accepted a new position, effective Jan. 1, as an Academic Advisor in the same department in which I already teach. I applied for the job while we were sitting in O'Hare on the way to our honeymoon, so despite my initial reluctance, I was glad I brought my laptop on the trip. I submitted all my materials online then went to Iceland, putting the job on the back burner of my mind.
Once we got back to the US, I had to start teaching again right away, but I kept checking the status of my application on the job website from time to time. Since the university where I work is rivaled only by the Social Security Administration in terms of bureaucratic prowess, it took a few weeks for the status of my documents to change from Application Submitted to Application Received to Application Referred. Then, the departmental committee assigned to find a new academic advisor reviewed the pile of Application Referred candidates. Finally, about three weeks ago, I was contacted for an interview via email by our department's HR rep, whose office is probably about 60 meters from my own.
It was a committee style interview, but thankfully I had worked with and knew all the members of the committee, so it made the interview much more comfortable than some I have done in the past (over-bearing problem kid middle school Spanish position last spring). At the time I felt like it went pretty well, and obviously it must have, as I was offered the position a few days later. I gladly accepted.
Since I got to this university, I have been teaching undergrad Spanish courses, and working with the students has been the part I have most enjoyed (apart from travelling all-expenses paid to exotic locals like Quebec, Boston and Champaign, IL for minorly relevant conferences). In this new job, I will still be working with undergrad students, but with a few differences. First and foremost, I won't be regularly teaching in the classroom anymore. No more lesson plans, no more working on Sunday nights to figure out what the hell I am going to do at work the next morning. Secondly, the students I will be working with will mostly be Spanish majors and minors, as opposed the potpourri of general education level students. Thirdly, I am pretty sure I will have my own office.
The job itself mostly deals with advising Spanish major and minors about their concerns with scheduling, study abroad and other stuff like that. It's an administrative job, but since the department has 800+ Spanish majors/minors, the faculty doesn't take on undergrad advising duties, leaving it instead to academic advisors (there will be two now). Here are the main job duties, copied straight from the job description in the posting:
Recently, I accepted a new position, effective Jan. 1, as an Academic Advisor in the same department in which I already teach. I applied for the job while we were sitting in O'Hare on the way to our honeymoon, so despite my initial reluctance, I was glad I brought my laptop on the trip. I submitted all my materials online then went to Iceland, putting the job on the back burner of my mind.
Once we got back to the US, I had to start teaching again right away, but I kept checking the status of my application on the job website from time to time. Since the university where I work is rivaled only by the Social Security Administration in terms of bureaucratic prowess, it took a few weeks for the status of my documents to change from Application Submitted to Application Received to Application Referred. Then, the departmental committee assigned to find a new academic advisor reviewed the pile of Application Referred candidates. Finally, about three weeks ago, I was contacted for an interview via email by our department's HR rep, whose office is probably about 60 meters from my own.
It was a committee style interview, but thankfully I had worked with and knew all the members of the committee, so it made the interview much more comfortable than some I have done in the past (over-bearing problem kid middle school Spanish position last spring). At the time I felt like it went pretty well, and obviously it must have, as I was offered the position a few days later. I gladly accepted.
Since I got to this university, I have been teaching undergrad Spanish courses, and working with the students has been the part I have most enjoyed (apart from travelling all-expenses paid to exotic locals like Quebec, Boston and Champaign, IL for minorly relevant conferences). In this new job, I will still be working with undergrad students, but with a few differences. First and foremost, I won't be regularly teaching in the classroom anymore. No more lesson plans, no more working on Sunday nights to figure out what the hell I am going to do at work the next morning. Secondly, the students I will be working with will mostly be Spanish majors and minors, as opposed the potpourri of general education level students. Thirdly, I am pretty sure I will have my own office.
The job itself mostly deals with advising Spanish major and minors about their concerns with scheduling, study abroad and other stuff like that. It's an administrative job, but since the department has 800+ Spanish majors/minors, the faculty doesn't take on undergrad advising duties, leaving it instead to academic advisors (there will be two now). Here are the main job duties, copied straight from the job description in the posting:
Summary of Duties
Serves as an undergraduate student advisor in Department of Spanish and
Portuguese; advises Spanish and Portuguese majors and minors with
respect to Honors, transfer credit, and study abroad; assesses individual
major and minor programs, performs transfer credit evaluations; prepares
and disseminates information to prospective and currently enrolled majors
and minors; participates in ASC Arts and Humanities and departmental
committees; maintains open relations with other university advisors and
coordinators; conducts outreach including student recruitment, event
planning and publicity; performs assigned teaching duties according to
department needs. Reports to the chair of the department.
In all, I think this job will be a great fit for me. I got into post-secondary ed/academia because I wanted to work with and teach undergrad level students, but I got kind of turned off of becoming an Ivory Tower research jockey when I burned out of grad school. Since then, this is the kind of job that I have been looking for and applying to, so the fact that this one is in Columbus and at the same school where I already work is a dream combination (all the other ones were in Boston or Vermont...ie. moving far away). And because Amanda is already in a pretty good work situation here, I think this will make it easier for us to stay in C-bus for a while, without me looking for and dreaming about jobs far away. Eventually I think we still want to get back closer to our homeland, but for now Columbus will be a good fit.
Also, this new position has full benefits, so if any siblings/nephews/nieces would like a 50% tuition discount at this university, all he/she would have to do is move to Ohio, establish residency and legally change into our guardianship.
That is all. Hopefully your questions about my new job have been answered. Also, I will try to participate in this "blog" more often from now on.
Serves as an undergraduate student advisor in Department of Spanish and
Portuguese; advises Spanish and Portuguese majors and minors with
respect to Honors, transfer credit, and study abroad; assesses individual
major and minor programs, performs transfer credit evaluations; prepares
and disseminates information to prospective and currently enrolled majors
and minors; participates in ASC Arts and Humanities and departmental
committees; maintains open relations with other university advisors and
coordinators; conducts outreach including student recruitment, event
planning and publicity; performs assigned teaching duties according to
department needs. Reports to the chair of the department.
In all, I think this job will be a great fit for me. I got into post-secondary ed/academia because I wanted to work with and teach undergrad level students, but I got kind of turned off of becoming an Ivory Tower research jockey when I burned out of grad school. Since then, this is the kind of job that I have been looking for and applying to, so the fact that this one is in Columbus and at the same school where I already work is a dream combination (all the other ones were in Boston or Vermont...ie. moving far away). And because Amanda is already in a pretty good work situation here, I think this will make it easier for us to stay in C-bus for a while, without me looking for and dreaming about jobs far away. Eventually I think we still want to get back closer to our homeland, but for now Columbus will be a good fit.
Also, this new position has full benefits, so if any siblings/nephews/nieces would like a 50% tuition discount at this university, all he/she would have to do is move to Ohio, establish residency and legally change into our guardianship.
That is all. Hopefully your questions about my new job have been answered. Also, I will try to participate in this "blog" more often from now on.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
HalloWeasley!
Dan and I celebrated our first Halloween as McCurleys! It was A good one! We only had 2 trick-or-treaters though.
We did carve a pumpkin:
I dressed up at work with my friends as Harry Potter, Hermione and Ron. It is kind of creepy how well it turned out:
Dan and I had our first couple's costume as Ron and Hermione, but not the way you may think.
It was a great Halloween. Now on to November....
We did carve a pumpkin:
I dressed up at work with my friends as Harry Potter, Hermione and Ron. It is kind of creepy how well it turned out:
Dan and I had our first couple's costume as Ron and Hermione, but not the way you may think.
It was a great Halloween. Now on to November....
Monday, October 19, 2009
Things I would Rather be Doing than Unpacking...
Watching Dexter on instant watch on Netflix. (I knew that Xbox was a good investment)
Eating Guacamole and Chips
Drinking Wine
Snuggling with my other half
Shopping for winter clothes-I need some sweaters that fit!
Working on my Halloween costume-(feeling Weasley?!?)
Helping Dan pick out a costume (we are open for suggestions)
Looking at my wedding pictures
Sleeping
Waiting for College Basketball to start and Finding a good podcast that will help me build my bracket in March
Writing this Blog (you can tell I am really trying to distract myself, the true test will be if Dan ever blogs on here)
Ok, I guess I better get back to unpacking...
Eating Guacamole and Chips
Drinking Wine
Snuggling with my other half
Shopping for winter clothes-I need some sweaters that fit!
Working on my Halloween costume-(feeling Weasley?!?)
Helping Dan pick out a costume (we are open for suggestions)
Looking at my wedding pictures
Sleeping
Waiting for College Basketball to start and Finding a good podcast that will help me build my bracket in March
Writing this Blog (you can tell I am really trying to distract myself, the true test will be if Dan ever blogs on here)
Ok, I guess I better get back to unpacking...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
WedDANG that is a lot of pictures....
Yesterday we got our pictures from the photographer. I have put the ones that are the tight edit HERE
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Two...
Alright, it has been awhile...We are moved, not unpacked but moved to our new place. Hence the lack of posts. Dan's Dad came and helped move the big stuff, and I am so thankful he did! Like everything else we will post pictures as soon as we have our stuff in order....
I guess what they say is true...We have become married, old and boring...
I guess what they say is true...We have become married, old and boring...
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Post one
Hello and Welcome to our blog.
We have been super busy adjusting back to Columbus and we are moving this week to another apartment. Once we are settled I am sure we will have more to post. We are working on uploading our honeymoon and wedding pictures to a picasa album. If you have any pictures of the wedding feel free to send them our way. We we would love to see them.
Dan will probably post in one color and I will in another that way you can tell who is writing what.
We have been super busy adjusting back to Columbus and we are moving this week to another apartment. Once we are settled I am sure we will have more to post. We are working on uploading our honeymoon and wedding pictures to a picasa album. If you have any pictures of the wedding feel free to send them our way. We we would love to see them.
Dan will probably post in one color and I will in another that way you can tell who is writing what.
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