Home Sweet Home

We made it home last night about 10:00. It was so sweet to just be home and in my own bed! I started laundry/cleaning today. Hopefully it won't take all day! Here are a couple pictures. I have more on my facebook page!

This is after a long day in Chicago, in the rain and humidity...celebrating our 1 year anniversary at our hotel room in El Paso. It was 9 before we had dinner...we had wine and Dairy Queen Chicken Strips, but they forgot to give us ketchup and ranch...so Nick went across the street to Dollar General and picked some up for us.

Chicago and Anniversary

We had a fabulous time in Chicago. I don't have my USB to upload photos...so you'll have to wait until I get home. We did everything I wanted Nick to see. He's always skeptical about trips...never did sightseeing family vacations when he was young....and thats all my family did. But he loved it. We have already decided that it will be a place we come back to once we have kids.

Speaking of kids...I'm on the 2 week waiting period...BLECH! I hate this. I don't have my hopes up even though it was a nightly thing for like a week. We'll see...

Our anniversary was last night. It wasn't spectacular. We had DQ and wine in our hotel room here in El Paso. Laid down for ten minutes before we...you know...and crashed....woke up late this morning!

I miss Sadie and my king size bed and my couch and comfy computer chair. We leave Thursday afternoon. Can't wait to get home! I have my job interview for my Kindergarten position on Monday at 11! I am excited! I hope it all turns out like I want it to!

I think next week...I may be making a couple day trips...one south and one west....I miss some girls, like crazy!!!

So...I'm sick of spring weather....I was sick of it after the 1st time we headed to the basement...we've done it several more times since then. Sick of the rain, the muddy paw prints, muddy shoes...sick of it!

We leave early tomorrow am to go to Chi-town! I'm pumped. We'll be broke, but I need to get outta here! WOOHOOO! Shopping and friends and anniversary and Nick seeing some stuff he's never seen that I know he'll enjoy.

So I stopped over at Grandma's to say good-bye. She's having a garage sale. Now I'm all about good garage sale finds! I spent $50 at a garage sale last weekend on teacher stuff that would have cost me probably $500 brand new. I love those sales...but the ones where the things have been on the garage sale for the past 10 years...where the price is ridiculously high...not so much...they drive me nuts! Send it to Goodwill or Salvation Army. A candle that's half-burned will not make you any money. It's not worth a penny let alone $1.50. Anyway, my grandma, bless her soul cannot let things go...always trying to sell the stuff...DRIVES ME NUTS!

Well hopefully next week I've got some good job news to post...see you later gaters!

A Good Cry

Have you ever felt like you just need to cry...if you're a girl, I know you have. I'm in one of those moods. I really can't release it though...my dear sweet hubbie will think that its his fault. And though he did slightly tick me off. It's not him. It's just me. I just need to cry. Thinking about crying makes me tear up. I won't cry though. If I do, he'll try and fix it. THere's nothing to fix. I just want to cry. I'll wait until he's not around. It could be a while though. When I used to be single...I'd lock myself in my room. Turn on one of my sad, sad movies...and just cry. Tonight though...I'll sulk and want to cry, but can't. He'll think I'm mad at him, but I'm not. It's just too complicated to explain to him.

Summer Fever

Oh, how I wish I was eloquent with words....in my head, yes....but no where else. I'm in Iowa this weekend for graduations again. We came up yesterday afternoon and spent the night. We'll leave this evening. I brought my gma with me so we'll do the nursing home/ hospital run in a little while and then my parents will be here this afternoon. Then we have a party this afternoon and we'll head home.

THere are 5 more days left of school! (With Kids..) I can't wait. I'm so tired. I need a break! I'm glad I still have a summer and can semi-enjoy it!


It's baby central around here. And of course, hopes of all the cousins were dashed as I had a wine cooler with my dinner last night. "We were hoping" "When do you think" "We can't wait" "You'd be such a good mom"
And even more comments galore...

I can't wait until the day we can show up and say "We did it!" "We're pregnant!" But we maybe 82-years-old before we can say that, right Laura?!

Nick and I are going to Chicago in two weeks and I can't wait! We need this for everything!

I know, I know...its been a month again. I don't have a lot of time, but I promised someone I'd post. Although her posts are much better than mine. ARGH...so another friend is happy in preggoville....I swear. Everywhere I look they're pregnant. I'm not sure how I feel anymore about this whole thing. I mean this month...I know I'm not. Yet I know the anticipation of waiting for the Red Sea is going to kill me...this sucks donkey butt!

I'm going to KC for a graduation. I'll update a life update next week. In one word though it's BUSY!

It's been a while

Wow! It's been a month! Lots has happened...Of course the most exciting and also frustrating thing has been our new baby! We got a Golden Retriever puppy. We named her Sadie. She's been with us two weeks. Eventually we should be able to sleep through the night!

I'm applying for different teaching jobs within the district. I'm trying to get into Kindergarten or First. It is a struggle, but I'm being patient and know that if not this year, maybe next year. I do have a job with preschool still, but I will move to a different school and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

We had a busy weekend. We worked a lot outside, cleaned the cars, the garage, put together our patio swing. We hung plastic in the basement to get it ready to drywall and to prevent Sadie from getting insulation.

This week I have several meetings/classes. It will be another long week. Nick is got an awful cold so he is a little crabby with that. He's trying not to get me sick, says that he doesn't want me to feel like he does...so no kissing....but I miss him.

I really hope it doesn't rain all week, but the clouds have rolled in here, so I have a feeling that is what we are in for. YUCK! I hate mud, so does Sadie!