Cousin's at Work!

I just love this picture of Brent and his cousin Cory. It was taken last weekend when we went to visit my brother's family. Brent's little cousins got scooters for Christmas that were still un-assembled. Brent decided to put the scooters together (my brother isn't the most handy when it comes to tools) and Cory was right there with him helping. They got most of both scooters put together, but they did need Bobby's brawn to finish the job. Good teamwork!

Here a Crack, There a Crack ...

Have you ever had a doctor's appointment that you actually looked forward to? Yes, no, not sure? Well I have to say that I truly look forward to my chiropractic visits. I just recently started going and can't wait for each visit. It's probably because my back is in such disarray. My upper back and neck area are all tight and misaligned, which the doctor can crack. Don't you just love that sound? My lower back however has a degenerative disk that we are trying to save with stretching movements. All in all I feel pretty good when I leave, it's that next day that I don't look forward to. So needless to say, my new best friends are ICE and ADVIL! But seriously, if you ever need a good chiropractor check out Dr. Ron James ... he's amazing! Crack!

Manic Monday

Today was my first day back to work after an unscheduled two week vacation. What I mean by a two week vacation is that New Jersey had a blizzard the weekend of December 19th and we got 2' of snow. Since so many roads were impassable our school closed for the 3 days before Christmas break, thus the two week vacation.

Now don't get me wrong I really appreciated the time off, but I'm crying at the having to go back to work. I really wish I didn't have to work and could stay home and craft and take care of my family and home full time, but alas I can not! I have to say though that my students were very well behaved and nap time was a breeze - that isn't the usually. My class does not like to nap, even better they don't like to rest, so today was a sweet treat.

Once school was done, I had to go to the chiropractor, Wal-Mart, Wawa (for gas), Walgreen's, come home and make my Buffalo Chicken Dip and then go to my Financial Peace class at my church. Manic!

I do have to say that I have some great friends who helped me out with Brent after school. Thanks April and Tracy and I do have to say that I did look good through the whole afternoon! LOL!

I love this outfit. I have been trying new looks and will hopefully be sharing some of them with you. Brent loves to help me so he took the picture.

Today:
Jeans - American Eagle (sale)

Blue Cardigan - New York and Co (sale)

Black tank

Belt - Fossil outlet

Black boots - Target (sale)

The Contract

Brent and I thought that we needed to make a contract about how we are going to treat each other at home. So the three of us wrote a list of things we think we could do to make this year better at home. This is what we came up with:





Look's simple enough, doesn't it? We'll with that all said and done, Aaron and I had a little argument yesterday and all Brent had to say was "Well you're already breaking the contract!" To funny! This may take a little work! We just need to make a conscious decision to try.

Home

Last year I chose a word that I wanted to focus on and chose the word "Me". It was something I needed to do. I worked on my inner self by becoming more aware of what I needed in my life and what was truly important to me. Due to the choices I made this year, I lost two good friends, but I also gained the knowledge of what true friendship is in the process.

This year my word is "HOME". I want to focus more on the inner workings of my home this year ... to make it a place of comfort, nourishment, love, peace and soul for my family and friends.

If you had to choose a word to focus on for this year what would it be? It's not an easy question to answer. It took me a few days to really come up with the right word for me. Let me know if you take the challenge and choose a word. I'd love to know what you choose.