Birthday Weekend Recap

We had a fantastically busy weekend as I had posted about before...it was definitely as busy as I had anticipated. *struggles to keep eyes open*
Saturday was fantastic fun!
The hubby suggested we skip the farmer's market and hit up breakfast at Wild Fork & shop for a few items for my bday instead....ummm yes please! Jerm had the skillet hash *heart-attack waiting to happen but yet so damn good* thing, I enjoyed the raisin walnut french toast, and Jacob, well he enjoyed his usual. Then it was off to shop! Found lots of fabulous stuff at Ann Taylor Loft, only bought a few things though out of *a) refusing to buy all new tops due to the "mom boobs" b) losing another 20-30 lbs when it's no longer hotter than hell outside c) some cute things didn't fit due to a & b (above)* practicality. Then we headed over the Banana to see if I could find another pair of bottoms of some kind to start off the school year.  I was successful! Found a cute black knit skirt, great for the heat, great for school, great for date nights...perfect!

After our Utica adventures, we headed home for me and Jacob to change clothes because we had a baby shower to get to!  Off we went to celebrate baby Makayla and her mommy, my Kappa sister, Becky.  Jacob was perfect, and we all had a great time talking baby stuff. Then believe it or not we had about 2 hours to get home, get changed again (if necessary due to spit up and sweat from this insane heat), and make our way with Jeremy to my first grade teacher friend, Lyndee's wedding.  It's days like these that I am beyond thankful for an easy going baby and husband! We had a great time hanging out with some of my Grissom family at the wedding, and they loved seeing Jacob, who was well behaved, cute, & cuddly again! *pats self on back*

Sunday came and we decided to watch church the Harry Potter marathon on tv due to the exhaustion from the previous day's escapades. Then it was off again, this time to Jeremy's parents house for lunch with his family to celebrate mine and Aunt Kathy's bdays. We of course has to watch the Women's World Cup final....boo at the loss. It was a great time though!

Then Monday! My actual birthday!!!! It was a pretty typical Monday until hubby called around 2 and said he was coming home early...yes!!!!!! Jacob and Guinness were awesomely behaved, minimal spit up and barking...hey it's the little things right? ;-) My mom, John, mama, and sister Caitlin came up in the late afternoon for dinner at the Wild Fork (yes, I realize I chose somewhere I had already been that weekend...but it was for different meals and still yumminess....). We had a great dinner; hubby got me a cookie cake...yum! Love that man. 

Overall, it was a really nice weekend filled with friends, family, smiles, and laughs....I loved it!  It was great slightly weird turning 29!

First Week Back at School!

I had a wonderful first week back at school.  I'm glad to be back doing what I love to do...teach children! By the time May rolls around, believe me I'm ready for a break, but now I'm ready to get to it! (remind me of this in a couple of months....) I have a class of 16, yes shockingly small, I was expecting at least 22.  But I'm am 110% thankful for a wonderful boss that knows how important it is to have small class sizes for the little people of the world to learn to read. Also, because of my class, or rather one student, I am now teaching myself/learning braille. Yep you heard right, I said braille.  I have a student that is blind in my class this year, and man let me tell you it's one big a$$ adventure already.  I currently know the braille letters a-m and the braille for a number sign. I will let you know how I am progressing in what I consider a whole 'nother language...and by far the hardest language I've ever learned. Who would have ever thought my Spanish and Italian wouldn't be handy as a teacher, no....I have to learn braille. LOL! Oh well, I'm excited for the adventure and as you know I NEVER turn down a challenge.
On a more weekendy note, my cousin Tyler, wife Jennifer, and two little cousins are coming tomorrow for a short weekend trip.  I love them so much, and Jeremy and I are so happy they are coming to spend time with us.  Guinness is happy too. He just won't know it till they arrive.  Little cousins, Cale (7) and Natalie (3), are going to be whisked away on a fabulous excursion to the aquarium, which they are soooooo looking forward to! Followed by an evening of one of three options...case tacos at home, dinner on the riverwalk, or box seats at the Dillers...whichever the kiddos choose! And of course Sunday mng breakfast with chocolate chip pancakes....delicious! I love planning stuff for kids...their faces just light up...guess that's another reason I love being a teacher.
Well I better get some sleep if I'm going to keep up tomorrow. Goodnite!

Home Alone

This weekend I'm home alone.  It's kinda weird because I haven't been home alone with Jeremy at of town in a long while.  (He's in Denver with the guys for Tim's bachelor party...they're fishing, staying in a cabin, and going to mass Sunday, I'm not worried about any hanky panky...LOL!)
Not sure what G-man and I'll do tonite...prolly just eat a sandwich and raw chicken (sandwich is mine) and watch some shows I've been saving for "girl time" on the good 'ol DVR.
Tomorrow I won't have to wonder about what I'm doing...I've got BIG plans! I'm gonna meet up with a friend that just moved to OK from San Fran area, haven't seen her in a year or so! And we are going to hit up the Farmer's Market.  After that I have a few more errands and then I'll be at home hosting my fabulous, Make-A-Wish Creative Memories open house.  Excited for my mom to come into town to scrapbook with me and a few friends!  Equally excited my Creative Memories business is doing well...here's hoping I get a few get togethers scheduled, so I can expand my customer base and maybe sign a new consultant or two! I'll update on Sunday prolly about how the wkend was. =)