School's Out!

Whew! I'm so happy about that! It was hard moving during the school year and then getting them started right after we moved. Hard for them because it was a whole new school with new people and hard for me because we're alone up here and I wanted to be with them. Joshua and I are really glad school's out. Cassie's not though. That's the same Cassie that cried for weeks when she started and begged me not to make her go. Now she's sad it's out because she loves it so much. You know what I've noticed here? The kids seem to be a lot happier here than the kids in TX. There were a lot of nasty mean little girls at her school back there and boys too. I haven't heard of a single one here. They seem like they really like school and they just seem to all get along.




I thought I'd introduce you to two of my new best friends. They come to see me nearly every day and usually hang out for hours at a time. They have their own stash of bread for when the come to visit. They've gotten to where if they see me come to the door they come running up to the porch quaking all the way. I've never seen ducks run until they came along. I love how they let me get so close to them. I didn't use a zoom at all to take this picture. I'm working my way up to getting them to let me pet them. The girl is a lot more trusting than the boy. I had a lot of ducks come visit last week. At one point I was feeding 6 of them. I've been spending a lot of time on the deck out back watching for bears in the forest. There have been some sightings of them around here and I've been hoping to get a glimpse of one.


Our 15th anniversary is in Dec. and we've been trying to figure out what we want to do for it. We were supposed to be going on a cruise this summer but when we planned that we didn't know we would have a big move coming up. That cost a bagillion dollars so we won't be cruising this Summer. We don't want to wait until next Summer to do something though. It looks like we're leaning towards spending a few days in Chicago right before Christmas. That way we can take the kids to my parent's house on Winter break and they can watch them for us. 5 hours away seemed like it was really far 6 months ago but really it's not so bad....they could be back in TX still. I've been super duper homesick the past couple of days. I miss the old place and the people in it. Maybe we'll cruise next Summer. We need more furniture first though. I'll tell you what I want to do.....I want to go here and do this. Taking a bath in chocolate and getting a cocoa massage is right up my alley and I wouldn't be opposed to a chocolate fondue wrap either :P!

I noticed these little notes at the bottom of that page:

* This spa service is not recommended for guests who are pregnant.

Ya think! If I was pregnant I'd eat it all! LOL!

And I love this one.....

*For your convenience, a 20% service charge will be added to your bill.

Ok, I must be missing something here....how is that convenient? LOL!



We're taking the kids to my parents house on Saturday so it'll probably be next week before I post again. We're leaving around lunch time because Sandra's having a gathering at Homespun Elegance that I really want to go to. I knew if I didn't go I'd wish I did. It seems like all of the stitching things I want to go to end up being on a day that we're going to my mom & dad's house and that's not all that often. From what I understand she's supposed to have a lot of really neat goodies so I'm looking forward to picking some things up. She's got the neatest little gift items in that shop.