Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for:

• Another great weekend around the corner!  Filled with car shopping (3 hours away!), a road trip, sleeping in, relaxing and celebrating my mom's 50th birthday!!
• Our office closing at 1:00 tomorrow to give us a headstart on the long Labor Day weekend!
• My new-found-never-existent love for Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches for breakfast, seriously I have always hated PB!
• My eye doctor appt a few days ago when he told me I had 20/20 vision now, thanks to my LASIK!
• The new version of the editor for Blogger! Thanks to The Mom @ Cereal and Wine
• Fall weather, even though it's come a bit too early!
• My wonderful parents, who celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary yesterday!  It's because of them that I know what the true definitions of Love and Marriage are.

What are you thankful for?

Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary Mom & Dad!!

My amazing parents are celebrating their 31st wedding anniversary today!  My brother & I could not have asked for better parents to show us how a real marriage is supposed to work!  I'm sure they have had their fair share of ups and downs, but they've persevered through it all!  This picture is from one of my best friends' weddings this past May.  We are such a good looking family, aren't we?  (I know, I'm a bit biased!)

 So, Happy 31st Anniversary to the best parents we could have ever asked for!!

We love you!

Wishful Wednesday

Kelsey at The Seattle Smith's is hosting a weekly Wishful Wednesday. Each week will have a new topic. Join in on the fun!


Today's wishful Wednesday is:

'I wish' .... I could go back in time and change one decision I made,

and it would be ____!

I wish if I could go back in time and change one decision I made, it would be to change my major in college. I was so interested in the classes I took as a Criminal Justice Major, but really did not think about after graduation. Once I graduated, I had no idea where to go from there. I wanted to be a juvenile probation officer, but everywhere I went they told me I needed experience. If I couldn't get a job, how could I get experience? I was frustrated to say the least! BUT, I guess that ultimately lead to my desire to be a school counselor. I have 1 year of classes and 1 year of practicum left before I will officially be a school counselor! I'm very excited about that, but wished I would have decided to be a teacher while in college, I think I still would have gone on to get my masters in School Counseling, but at least I would have the teaching under my belt already! O well, we live and learn right? :-)

Score!

This weekend when I went shopping with my Mom, I scored these babies for a mere $7.00!! Yes, you heard right! What a score! I'm wearing them today and I love them. They are actually pretty comfortable for flat shoes! They are Steve Madden Adaline sandles.

ABC's of Me

Because I need a break today, I've decided to do the ABC's of Me. I got this from Meredith over at La Buena Vida

A -Age: 24
B- Bed Size: Queen
C- Chore you hate: Dusting!!!
D- Dog's Name: Bear
E- Essential starts to your day: A Shower, I cannot leave the house without a shower
F- Favorite Color: Light pink
G- Gold, Silver, or Platinum: REAL silver. Not sterling. I also likewhite gold. Thanks Meredith!
H- Height: 5'0"
I- Instruments you play: I don't play any currently, but in school I played: (get ready) the piano, viola, Saxophone, and the clarinet. None of which I can still play today... Sorry Mom & Dad for wasting your money!
J- job: Work for Big Brothers Big Sisters
K- Kids: None yet
L-Living Arrangements: Our own house.
M- Moms name: Joleen
N- Nicknames: K, K-LA, KK, Sis, Bert (don't ask), Shorty
O- Overnight stay in the hospital other then Birth: None, thank goodness!
P- Pet Peeve: When people make little noises with their pens, mouths, shoes, you name it... I can't handle little noises like the clicking of a pen, nonstop! I also hate when people don't pay you back.
Q- Quote from a movie: Gosh, that's too hard to choose!
R- Right or Left handed: Right
S- Siblings: One brother & one brother-in-law
T- Time you wake up: Weekdays 7:01 am; Weekends 8:00 or so.
U- Underwear: I prefer American Eagles
V- Vegetable you dislike: Brussel sprouts
W- Ways you run late: I have a million in one reasons... We are usually late, not super late, but defiantly not early!
X- X-rays you've had: back, neck, knees, ankle, teeth
Y- Yummy food you make: Lasagna and french dip subs are the hubby's favorite
Z- Zoo Favorite: Giraffe

PS- I'd love to see the ABC's of YOU!

Dear Plastic Water bottle makers,

I understand you want to be Green. We all strive in someway to help our environment, but is it necessary to make the new water bottles with plastic that is so thin that you always end up having to squeeze the bottle to open the darn thing and water gets everywhere? Really? Could we make it a little bit thicker, my desk, computer, papers & clothes thank you!

Sincerely,

ME

September Goals

It's a good thing I have all of you to remind me to do this each month! I'm terrible at remembering things like that! Seriously, I might as well be 80 with the memory I have sometimes! So, here goes nothing!

September & October are my favorite months. I've decided to post my goals for the next two months instead of just one, that way I have more time to complete them! (yes, that is cheating, I know!)

1) Buy a new (to us) car

2) Continue to buy a few Christmas gifts just to get a head start

3) Celebrate my mom's 50th!!!

4) Celebrate my parents 31st Wedding Anniversary! (How cool is that??)

5) Prepare for my friend, Pammy's visit in Sept!

6) Bake a pie (I have NEVER EVER done this before)- Any suggestions??

7) Get our gutters/downspouts/soffits replaced (which means we'll be poor for the next year because of it)

8) Get plenty of quotes for said gutters/downspouts/soffits so that we aren't ripped off!

9) Keep up on classwork since this is the hardest class of my program. Research & Stats, yuck!

10) Go on a mini-vacation with my Hubby for our 1st Anniversary! We're actually (don't make fun), going to Chicago and we're going to go to 6 Flags when they have their fright fest. Our first official date was to a haunted house, so we thought what a better way to celebrate the last year! We're staying for 3-4 days and on our actual anniversary (Oct. 4th) we're going to have a romantic dinner at some restaurant in Chicago and rent a hotel suite :-) I'm pretty excited!

11) Participate and help at our Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Bowl For Kids Sake

12) Visit my In-laws and take care of their pets so that they can go up to a bed & breakfast (that we purchased for them as a thank you at our Rehearsal dinner)

13) (Last but not least) Workout 4-5 times a week and take my multivitamins daily!! O, and take time to enjoy the leaves turning in our backyard, buy pumpkins to carve and drink hot apple cider from a local orchard!

Yeah, it's a long list, but I think it's pretty doable for these next two months. Maybe I'll make November & December a bit harder! What are your fall goals??