12.29.12
I had to get some flowers to fill a new vase I received for Christmas. Love the orange - so cheery! I can't believe I'm almost done with this blog project. What a year it's been!
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Great Great Gramps
12.28.12
Grandpa George was excited to meet and spend some time with his great great grandaughter!
Great Niece!
12.25.12
I was so excited to see my brother Donovan and his family and especially to meet my new great-niece!
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Christmas With Brian's Fam
12.23.12
Brian's folks go to GREAT lengths to make the holiday season a fun time for the family. Today we celebrated Christmas with Brian's folks and siblings, nieces and nephews.
Dinner Out
12.22.12
We met a good friend out for dinner tonight at a place we've never been - Three Kings. It was delicious!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Baked With Love
12.19.12
I've been baking a ridiculous amount of cookies for the past month. I've lost track of how many dozens I've baked...definitely over 250 cookies! I've got them all boxed up now to give.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Dog Days Of Winter
12.16.12
Dexter! This afternoon we went to our friend Chris's place to watch football. Dexter watched, too.
Date Night
12.15.12
One of my favorite holiday activities is to go to historic downtown St. Charles for the festivities. Tonight Brian and I had dinner at Trailhead Brewery and then walked through the little shops and enjoyed the characters walking around and carolers.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Orange
12.12.12
This is what happens when you give six year olds paint without much other direction. :)
Monday, December 10, 2012
Something Done
12.10.12
I stayed quite awhile after work today to get some things done. Including covering one of the huge bulletin boards I just got installed. It was a chore... ugh
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Christmas Play
12.7.12
Tonight we took Brian's folks to a play at a church down the street from us. It was really enjoyable! I am definitely getting in the Christmas spirit!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Christmas Gift?
12.5.12
I sent Brian to Gamestop to pick up one of his Christmas gifts.....it didn't quite get wrapped!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Boards!
12.3.12
This looks like nothing to you, probably. I am really excited to have 2 large bulletin boards in my classroom now.
Tidying
12.2.12
Today while I was tidying I went through a whole bunch of CD's and was able to get rid of some. Love to purge! If we aren't using, I don't want it!
The Chair
12.1.12
We went into Columbia for the day today. Grandpa George has moved to a nursing home facility. A friend helped move his chair from home today. The friend had a neat cart he used to move it. In this picture he is explaining how it works. I'm glad Grandpa has his special chair. I was also happy to be able to visit with him.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Pedometer
11.30.12
My school got a bunch of these pedometers. I figured I'd get one and see how much activity I get in a given school day. I got this around 1245 this afternoon and by 8 tonight I'd taken 5,240 steps! Apparently the goal is 10,000 for every 24 hour period. We will see how this goes! I have to keep track from now to March.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Gettin Stuff Done
11.29.12
My to-do list for the week...Getting real close!! I love weeks like this.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Thankful!
11.28.12
I sure am grateful for my mother-in-law tonight! She prepared dinner for us and brought it over. It was really helpful since I'm trying to get caught up at work this week after being gone. I had some errands to run after school so it was nice to know I was coming home to this. Thanks, mom!
Passbook
11.26.12
I discovered Starbucks passbook for my iphone today. You download the app, load your virtual Starbucks card and then you can pay for coffee with your phone! It's sort of a gimmick but I think it's pretty cool.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Tradition
11.25.12
Every year we go to Brian's parents and everyone helps decorate the downstairs tree. Actually the kids mostly do the work. Every year someone gets a turn to put on the topper. This year it was Gideon's turn - the youngest grandchild. It will be another 7 years before he gets a chance to do it again! :)
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Holiday Trim
11.24.12
I was excited to find this pre-lit greenery at Wal-Mart for $9.99. Yay for holiday deals! And yay for holiday decor.
Bandage
11.23.12
Today we took Brian's bandage off and he finally got a shower. The incisions look pretty small. I'm thankful everything seems to be going well as far as the shoulder is concerned. Definitely having some other complications but just so grateful it's not related to the shoulder!
Kisses
11.22.12
Here is my first batch of holiday cookies for the year - peanut butter kiss cookies. They are Brian's favorite so of course I made these first!
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Let The Baking Begin!
11.21.12
Every year I bake lots of goodies to give out to neighbors, coworkers, friends and family. Last year I totally slacked. This year I am making sure that doesn't happen! Starting this evening I am going to get a head start on some holiday treats. Some items on the list include: snickerdoodles, M&M cookies, peanut butter kiss cookies and chai butter cookies. That's the first serious batch.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Bday Dinner
11.20.12
Today's my hunny's birthday! We already did our celebrating but I still wanted to make the day special. He got a gift along with cards made by my students. For dinner I picked up a burger and shake and a big ass cookie, too.
Post-Op
11.19.12
Brian had his long-anticipated shoulder operation today. I can't tell you how grateful I was when I finally got to see him. He went in about 830AM and I didn't see him again until 12. It was the longest 3.5 hours of my LIFE! I'm thankful for insurance, modern medicine and medical capabilities!
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Tree Up
11.18.12
We put up our big tree in the living room this evening. This is our fourth year with this tree and I still really dig it!
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Santa's Little Helper
11.17.12
We are getting our Christmas decorations put up a tad early this year since Brian is having surgery Monday and may not be in the mood to help next week. We put up the small tree in our bedroom tonight and Huxley helped us test the lights.
MY Birthday Boy!
11.16.12
Brian's birthday is coming up and tonight we went out to celebrate. After a fabulous dinner at a fancy steakhouse we went to the casino where I surprised him with some friends. :) It was a good night and thanks to video poker we went home $150 richer! Happy Birthday, sweets! I love you!
Never-Ending Work Day
11.15.12
My workday started at 8:00 this morning and ended at 8:30. Needless to say something like this was in order. I didn't have time once conferences got rolling but I was thankful for the thought!
School Lunch
11.14.12
Today was Thanksgiving dinner day at school. It's usually quite scrumptious. I always get excited when we have this meal and buy a lunch.
No Slouching
11.13.12
I am really enjoying the Jasper Fford novel I'm reading right now. Each chapter starts off with one of the society's rules. Many of them, such as this one, are pretty ludicrous.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Holy Sprinkles
11.12.12
One of my students brought these in as birthday treats today. I only ate half - I promise!
More
11.11.12
This evening we celebrated the birthdays of mom, Brooke, Andrew, John (Rebecca's new husband and an addition to our fam) and Brian. Love this picture of everyone trying to get the candles blown out.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
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