I can't believe I haven't posted on here in so long. Life has been insanely busy this winter. Now that spring break has officially begun, however, I have time to write. :-)

Since life has been so busy and money has been tight, I decided to stay home this year. I came up to Jeff's Thursday night (no school Friday) and I'm planning on heading home ( Read more... )

Wow, it's been weeks since I've made a real post on here. Things have been pretty busy here for the past few weeks. I've been home for the last three days and I'm getting quite bored.

( School )

Hallelujah! We have finally broken the frozen barrier! Heat wave!! The kids finally got to outside today for lunch recess. My afternoon was heavenly as they were all previously ready to kill each other (and therefore me, them). 

Since we're getting married in September and don't know what my job situation will be like in the fall, Jeff and I decided not to take a honeymoon. I wanted to go somewhere just for a long weekend the week after our wedding. We decided on Niagra Falls. I was excited about this since I've never been there. Ever since I was little, I have wanted to ( Read more... )

An "Artic Chill", as the news calls it, settled over the mid-west on Tuesday this week. Which meant that around school, we were trying to figure out how cold it had to get in order for school to be closed. It came out on Wednesday that all the BC superintendents had announced -- and the article had been published earlier -- that they had all agreed ( Read more... )

Happy New Year Everyone! I am so thrilled it's finally 2009! It will definitely be a year filled with change and I don't just mean in the White House. ;-) I love to do memes, in case you haven't figured that out yet, so here's another one for 2008, yanked from girlspell  :

( Another Year in Review )

I'm back at my parents' in Lansing after a week in Connecticut at my sister's. While I of course love being with the babies, certain things about traveling to my sister's really get to me.

( Sister Rant )

I'm having a very emotional Christmas this year, Time of the Month notwithstanding. I was of course always aware how drastically my life will change once I'm married. But it just clicked with me on Saturday that this could be my last Christmas with my family and last year was the end of Christmas as I know it. This year I'm at my sister's in ( Read more... )

Prepare for school as if you will have it: Check ( Read more... )

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?:  July 29, 2008: Cecilia was born; November 22, 2008: Jeff proposed

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?: Starting my Master's / Getting engaged (though not really a personal achievement)

9. What was your biggest failure?: I again failed to obtain a full time ( Read more... )