Updates :]

My blogs feel so boring compared to Fred & Brandee's.... :]

This weekend, Justin & I took my niece down to my grandparents' house for a sleep over. We went and got our toes done :] Brooke was really excited to get her nails painted too. Then we had spaghetti for dinner. And Brooke baked cookies with grandmom and played cards with pop. Here was the run down for the evening...

8:30 - bath and medicine time (she was sick)
10:00 - she finally felt sleepy and i put her to bed.
4:00 am - Aunt Brittany accidentally fell asleep with Uncle Justin while watching a movie and was woken to turn her movie back on.
5:00 am - "I want you to come sleep with me"
5:30 - 8:30 am - we both finally got some sleep.

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Saturday and Sunday were crazy at work because of the Super Bowl! Oy!

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Today's activities included laundry and throwing $130.00 down the drain on ONE BOOK for my class. Outrageous! Getting my hair cut followed by more laundry. Then Justin and I watched Chuck in 3D. I was a little disappointed. I guess I have been spoiled by Disney World's 3D films. But it was a pretty cool season premier, none the less :] And now it's snowing. So off to bed because I will have to leave for work early. Toodles.

Gettin' in the Holiday Spirit

I finally uploaded my pictures in the right order! Go girl!! So....bare with me. There are a few pictures in this post :] And as I'm sure you can tell by the first one....IT CAME FRIDAY!!! My offer of admission came from Stevenson :] I am so excited!! I go register for classes on the 7th!
Brooke and Jayden spent the night Friday night. And oh! what a night that was!! We gave them their Christmas presents early. Partially because we probably won't see them until after Christmas and partially because Aunt Brittany is impatient as anything :] Brooke looks really disappointed in her present doesn't she?!

When we gave Jayden his cars all he did was run around the hall in and out of the kids room and back into the guest room and round and round again. He loves cars.
Who knew that arts and crafts at Aunt Brittany's included cutting scraps of wrapping paper into tine pieces with either (a) a cricut cutter (b) funky scissors or (c) a wrapping paper cutter. And then coloring on it with crayons! WHO KNEW?!?!?

We're Moving to Canada !!

It has been literally FORVER since I made a post. So this one is going to be pretty lengthy - bare with me.

Let's see...not a whole lot has changed on the busy front. School is getting worse with thinking about transfers and applications and all that jazz. Work is getting better. We are finally working our way to a set schedule. YIPEE !!! :]
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I have been working out on my Wii Fit almost everyday. I have lost 3 more lbs :] I'm excited.

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My bubble was burst last week. I was looking forward to painting pumpkins with my girl, but it didn't work out. Sandy had to meet with her parents about details on the new house. Which is awesome that they are moving!! YIPEE :] I can't wait for them to get out of that crappy house and get into a safe house. And the best part is they can take the dogs AND they are moving only like two houses away from my other brother's house :]

SO...when they get settled they better believe I will be there all the time. Brooke is feeling alot better, and I know once they get into the new house, she will be just fine. So skipping out on pumpkins is a-okay by me for now. We will have to paint double next year :]

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We went out Friday for our 3 1/2 year anniversary! We went to Sakura in Westminster. The chef threw food into people's mouths and I caught it and Justin didn't. How embarassing :] We had a good time and went out for Hoffman's apple pie ice cream afterwards.

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This weekend is going to be super busy. We are leaving tomorrow night after work and going down to Sykesville for the weekend. My church is having it's annual Christmas Bazaar. So we will be down there helping. Up early, up late ... sounds amazing...NOT!

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Now onto the hotest topic of the hour - politics and our soon-to-be POTUS Obama. Justin really hates the idea that he is going to be in office. So much that he swears we are moving to Canada. I really hate cold weather. So I'd better pack all my winter stuff. And I'm pretty sure my dad said he's coming along, too :] Was I voting for McCain?! Absolutely. But change might be good. Who knows. We will have to wait and see. Slots on the other hand...no thanks. None of that money will go to schooling systems or to emergency responders.

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On a happier note...the trees by my house are finally turning into rich shades of orange and red. They are so gorgeous :] I love fall. But if it were December, I would swear it was going to snow. The sky was white almost all day today. I dread the snow :[

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Thanks for listening to me ramble. I have to be at work early...goodnight :]

Super Busy

This week has been nothing but chaos!! And I am working really hard, and I feel like nothing is getting done. School is crazy! I have had pretty much one or two big assignments due for every class of everyday this week. It's nuts!!

Thursday, I am hoping to get a pumpkin and take it to my brother's house for Brooke to paint :] She's been sick, so Aunt Brittany is going to make it all better :] I miss her loads. It's been three weeks since I have seen her. We are best friends.

Well I better get a move on with my school work. I have two reflections for a research paper due tomorrow by 9:30 and a teaching portfolio due by 3:30. It's crazy!!

Simple Pleasures

So...I've decided that at the end of every blog post I am going to give that day's current simple pleasure. I have so much in my life to be thankful for, but there is always that one thing everyday that just puts a smile on my face.

So this weekend was a blast!! My dad was away hunting which was kind of a bummer :[ We were up until 1:30 Friday night playing Wii and then Saturday, Adam came over and the guys played Wii while I worked on homework. Adam was here until about 11:30 and then Justin stayed until about 2 :]

Brooke is still sick. Sandy took her back to the doctors for the 3rd week in a row. She sounds better this week, and she says she is feeling better but she still has a croopy cough :[ We decided to nix the pumpkin patch idea, and we are going to buy a pumpkin and all new paint and all new paint brushes, so we can do something fun together for halloween. Plus I plan to get all kinds of fun cookies for us to bake with Sandy :]

With all that said...let's catch up on this weekend's simple pleasures, shall we?!

Friday - Talking to Brooke and her telling me she loves me and she misses me :]
Saturday - For great managers & coworkers who are super understanding when I messed up my schedule by a whole shift...oops :]
Sunday - Justin & I going out to eat on my dinner break :]

Today's - One of my student blazed through her math work today! And she did excellent working on one digit addition using charts, tables, stamps & a calculator! I LOVE my profession :]

First Day

I drove up to PA today to go with my sister-in-law to get Brooke off the bus today from her first day in kindergarten at Baresville Elementary School.
These are just a little backwords.

Brooke enjoying her after-school donut.

She didn't like her smoothie much.
Sitting on the "stoop" waiting for mommy.
Getting off the bus. Here comes the bus!


After a long day of craftiness and hair coloring...and playing with my little ponies, I was pooped. Justin was so cute. He had dinner ready for me when I got home tonight. Chicken tacos. Needless to say I did not get to enjoy them. My acid reflux has been really acting up this week and I ate a little and felt sick. I still feel nauseated. On that note, I'm going to bed and try not to get sick.