Happy Thursday, brought to you

by Scratch Cupcakery in Cedar Falls, IA.

I am heading to Cedar Falls this weekend &

I will be stopping here to pick up a treat or

maybe two:)

Happy Thursday!

Today was a very happy Thursday!
I got to sleep in untill 7 - this never happens!
I had lunch with Ryan - this also doesn't happen often:)
I came home to a clean house & laundry - this is amazing!
I got to have dinner with Ryan - before 10:00:)
We went out for ice cream and
found the yummiest ice cream place
ever - this doesn't really need any explanation!
Tomorrow is Friday - today was so great, I can
only imagine that Friday will be FANTASTIC:)

Wheww, I can not believe that it is already
Thursday! My first week at the new job is
almost complete and I must say that I feel
pretty good about it:) You know how starting
over at a new job is, usually awkward. You
know what I mean, you have to ask where the
restroom is and where they keep their post it
notes!! The first day I was a ball of nerves, but
I really had nothing to worry about. My new
boss is good at explaining everything and
showing me where everything is, even before
I ask:) Everyone has been really nice & super
helpful. I am pretty excited about what the future
holds for me here!!
Don't think for a second that I do not miss my old
staff, because I do - A LOT!!! They are the best group
of teachers I have ever had the pleasure to work with.
I know that things with my new staff will be different
and that they will never throw fantastic dance parties
like my last staff, but I am excited about all of the great
things we can do together:)

I'm in love....

with Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman!
She is fantastic! I just discovered her blog yesterday
and I have already made two recipes that I found there!
They were easy & best of all they are YUMMY:)
She has several other areas of her blog to explore,
but I only went through the recipes today. I will be
back in hope of getting to know Ree a little better:)

TGIF!

I love Friday!
A good Friday holds a lot of promise.
It is the kick off to the weekend and to all things fun:)
As a kid it was the day that we would have pizza for dinner
and then I would go grocery shopping with my mom.
As a teenager it was football or basketball games & friends.
As a young adult I discovered happy hour, enough said;)
Now I love Fridays because it's the start of time at home and
it leads me to Saturday date nights with my husband.
So go out there and enjoy your Friday!!

Thank goodness for Old Navy!

Or I might never think that Spring is

on its way! I am in the process of

filling a cart with a few happy &

Springy new items for my closet.

I don't think that I could live with

myself if I did not purchase the

yellow cardi or those cute shoes:)

Ten on Tuesday!

1. I finally have my scrap room just right! I just need to hang some photos and it will be perfect:)
2. There are still unopened boxes in the garage and I have no idea what could be inside of them, everything we use daily is already unpacked!
3. I have 3 cups of coffee every morning made with sugar free vanilla & skim milk.
4. Since being home during the day, I have discovered that day time television is a total time suck! Really, 3 hours of the today show....and the ladies of the View are crazy too!
5. I miss my kiddos at the Y.
6. I am loving all things for Spring! I can't wait to wear capri's:)
7. I am planting flowers this year. We finally have an area to actually plant something and I am so excited about it!
8. I love that I have time to plan meals & the time to actually make them:) I forget that I LOVE to cook!!
9. I can't wait for the baseball season to start. Go Cubs!
10. I have been taking pictures of everything lately....now I just have to find my camera cord so that I can upload them:)

Oh Saturday....

How I love you!
This is my second Saturday in our
new home; last Saturday was spent
trying to hang curtains, unpacking,
and finally grocery shopping. This Satruday
is the complete opposite, oh sure there
are still boxes to be unpacked & clothes
to be hung in the closet, but I am spending the day
in my new scraproom:) I finally have everything put
away and am ready to play!! My scrap stuff has been
packed away for more than a month and I have missed
it all so much!! Scrapbooking is such a great stress
buster for me and boy do I need some stress relief
with all of the changes that have been happening!!
So happy scrappy Saturday:D

We are now officially Hawkeyes.
I should say that I am officially a
Hawkeye. Having grown up in the
lovely state of Illinois, I have always
been anti Iowa. Then I moved to
Waterloo six years ago and started
to get swept up into the college
sports frenzy(mostly football & basketball)
here in Iowa. For the first time ever I found
myself watching college basketball on television & I
watched with the rest of the country as the UNI Panthers made history last year. Then
I started watching college football on Saturday afternoons & became a crazy yelling fan as the
Hawkeyes played one of their best seasons ever(nobody wants to talk about this years team!).
So now I find myself in a city that LOVES the Iowa Hawkeyes. Almost everywhere you go here you see the above image or better yet you see Herky dressed in some sort of costume! I think that I will soon be one of those people who has a Hawkeye flag to fly on game days and will be hosting friends at a tailgate style party on my deck! Because whether I like it or not, we are now offically Hawkeyes:)

I am the world's worst blogger!!!

I know that I have posted this before, but it is actually really true!
When was my last blog post???? May 2010!!! That is right, May 2010.
I am surprised that Blogger has not taken away my blogging rights!
Well, I am back. I am not promising to be a great blogger, but I will
try harder:)
I could try to fill you in on what has been going on with me since May,
but I find it would be easier to tell you the biggest & newest news - we
have moved!! We are now residents of Iowa City, IA. Ryan is opening a
new store in the area:) Currently I am setting up our home and looking
for a job. As many of my good friends know, I am not a huge fan of change.
Oh, I can change my hair color or purses, but not the every day. I miss
everything about my days before the move. I miss work, especially all of
my kids, Eric at Starbucks, our Target(this could be a blog post on its own),
and quite honestly just our routine. I am trying very hard to be happy and okay
with this move, but some days it is tough. It has helped that I have a very dear
friend close by and that my husband has been SUPER AWESOME:)
Well, I am off to unpack something.....we are still looking for the dvd remote!