Yesterday was a great end to a weekend! We all got together at my Dad's & Debbie's house to celebrate Debbie's Birthday. It is always so nice to be able to get together with your family! We had a great time playing Catch Phrase, Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader (and no I am not), and eating Chinese food and cake and ice cream.

Today I was whisked back to reality. It was hard being out of school for so long (over 6 weeks), which makes it hard to get back into the swing of things. I know that it won't take long to be right back where I once was. This semester is definitely going to be a challenge! I guess that is a good thing.

Again in conclusion, here are my pathetic children (cats) doing what they do best- doing absolutely nothing! Yes, I am a little jealous. This is how I found them when I came upstairs from doing homework. Then a few minutes later Maura (the brown one) was cleaning Emily- she hated every minute of it as you can tell. :-)

Cheesecake

Well, just as I imagined Chris and I had a wonderful time last night! Chris got home on time- which rarely happens and surprised me with roses. Then we went to my favorite restaurant "The Cheesecake Factory," for dinner. It was fantastic. I got the Lemon Chicken and Chris got the Chicken Nachos- both were wonderful!! Then we came home and watched a chick flick which only occurs on an anniversary, my Birthday or Valentine's Day. So overall it was a fantastic night!

Today was full of running errands. We now have enough groceries to last us for the next 3 months. :-) Now we are just settling in for a movie and then bed. I know what an exciting life a 26 year old girl leads for a Saturday night.

In closing I couldn't resist sharing this picture of my cat who feels the same way I do about getting on the scale. Too funny!

Eight Wonderful Years!

I have been telling myself for the longest time now that I was going to set up a blog to document all the exciting or not so exciting things that are going on in my life. Well I guess today is as good as any.

Today is a very special day for me. Eight years ago to this very day my husband and I started dating. In all 8 years together we have never broken up- not even once. Not to say that it has always been perfect, but I can't picture it being much better than it was. There is not a day that goes by that I am not thankful that he is apart of my life. Not to sound cheesy, but he is my soul mate and I can't imagine living with out him! So tonight like every year on this day we will probably go to dinner to celebrate the beginning of our journey together.

Other than that my day was rather uneventful. I did a little bit of homework, prepared a menu for the week, made a grocery list, and most importantly went back to my old work to visit my students! It is the first time I have been back since I left and it made me realize just how much those kids mean to me! When I walked in they were all completely engrossed in their work and didn't even know I had walked in the room, until one little girl looked up and yelled out, "Look who it is everyone!" At that moment everyone stopped what they were doing and ran over and gave me a huge group hug! They asked me repeatedly to please stay- a couple asked me to please stay forever. It is times like that I am sad that I am no longer working there, but I know that I am doing the right thing for me and my family by going back to school! At some point I was going to have to tell them goodbye, but it is still never easy! I miss them and love them all greatly!