Hello Friday

The weekend is licking my heals and I am ready for it. This was the first week of school at work and the college is hustling and a bustling!! I have been joking that I am drowning in dead trees! TOO MUCH PAPER on my desk!! But the days sure go by fast!

No real plans for this weekend. Taylor is with her Daddy and Tony works Sunday. I plan on going through Taylor's clothes again and maybe mine too. I want to take some walks if the weather is decent. I sure have the FALL FEVER..I know I just said that but I can't help it!

So I may have to make some pumpkin chili or pumpkin muffins and snuggle up with a good book thinking of cool temps. and camping trips!

School Days

Well the first day came and went and all is well. Taylor loves her class and new teacher. She was pretty excited to go today. They were doing a science experiment on what can keep an apple from turning brown. They had lots of liquids to choose from. She chose apple cider vinegar. The teacher chose mountain dew! I am interested to hear the results.

Here are a few shots of the first day.

Now get ready to tear up.......or maybe that is just me!!!!!

I love that little stinker!!! That smile is the best thing on earth! 

A year later!

So looking at my last post and a year has flown by. I tried to start a blog on word press but I just couldn't get the hang of it. So instead of copy and pasting all that over I just decided to let you know I am starting back with good ol' blogger! I didn't post much on word press anyway.

SO............we moved in and life is good. It has been a year. Taylor has finished second grade and Baylee has taken on middle school. Tony got let go from the college and last you knew I was being let go as well. WELL I got hired on in the Human Resources office at Butler and LOVE IT!! They keep me busy and I just think this will be my forever home. In September I will have been at Butler for 8 years. The longest I have ever worked anywhere. Tony still is busting his buns at the fire station but he also manages a local restaurant. The Chop House. He is really good for that place and has more passion to make it a great restaurant. My only complaint is that he works too much!! But I also love that about him.

School starts tomorrow for Taylor. 3rd Grade! We have a bunch of new clothes and some shoes. She just came down with strep throat this last weekend so she couldn't go to the ice cream social last night, but since she has been on meds for 24 hours she will be good to go to school the first day. Thank Goodness! That would be the pitts if she was sick the first day!

Baylee is going to be in 7th grade and they don't start till Thursday. That gives the 6th graders time to get use to the new middle school. She is all set with new clothes and shoes too. They are both growing up so FAST!! I don't think either of them are ready for school to end. I kind of am, but only because I am ready for FALL.

My favorite season of all time. That deserves a post all its own :)

Feels good to be back blogging..I will see if I can keep it up this time.

Changes!!!!!!!!!!

OK super busy and SO SO SO much has been happening. AND I don't mean the normal going to the folks, camping and little adventures that are our life. THIS IS BIG changes!!!

First HUGE change is I am getting laid off from Butler. My heart is broken and I NEVER thought this day would come. I always planned on working her till I could retire and Taylor would go to school here. The whole college had to do budget cuts and my department loses me and my boss. SO the job hunt begins.

Second HUGE change is Taylor and I are moving in with Tony and Baylee!!!! This has been a long time coming and we have  been talking about it for a while now. This is a good enough time as any! The girls are so excited and so are we. We have been working out the details with bills, rooms, moving, toys, rules.. and there is so much we will figure out along the way. But I can't tell you how much this make me smile! I love Tony and Baylee so so so much and this is just the next step in the rest of our happy little lives!!!

So here is to a month of packing and job hunting!!!!

Happy and Busy

OH my body is tired!!! I have worked out and walked more this week than I have in a long time and it is AWESOME! I am really motivated to keep going and it feels so good. I am not sure what took me so long to WAKE UP but I am awake now and making a healthier life!

Plans for the weekend:
Tonight I am going to cook a healthy yummy dinner for Tay and Tony. Not sure what yet, but it will be GOOD!
Saturday I think Tay and I are going to go watch Baylee's soccer game and then Tony, Tay and I will head to Wichita. Might hit up Botanica or the Great Plains Nature Center. Who knows, but there will be lots of walking and sunshine.
Sunday Taylor and I will be coloring eggs because I don't have her on Easter weekend. I love me some boiled eggs!!

Healthy Life

I am feeling so good! I have been eating cleaner and moving more than I have in months and it is WORKING because I lost 5 pounds in a week. I have been taking every opertunity to hit the YMCA and take walks. Last weekend I took two long walks in one day. First one was 2.25 miles in the morning with my sweet little puppy and the second was 2.25 miles in the afternoon with my boyfriend's daughter. I am thinking she might be a good walking partner :)

I have really been enjoying planning my meals out and prepping them on Sundays. No excuses anymore. I have a long way to go but am ready to face it and conquer it!

Round two

Taylor has been enjoying first grade but still has some issues with reading. We are working on it and the school even showed us a website where she can go to in the evenings or on weekends to help her skills. I try to read to her every night and let her read to me. We have parent teacher conferences tonight and I am looking forward to it. I always love to hear about what kind of little student she is becoming.

Last night we snuggled on the couch and enjoyed the second Hunger Games movie (Catching Fire) Well we started it a little too late because for some reason we lost power. Anyway we didn’t get to finish it so tonight we will pick up where we left off. Nothing is better than TWO snuggle nights with my girl.