30 Days

Today is the 30 day mark. Ho-ly C-rap! Its starting to sink in that I'm going to be married in a month. Today Neal sent me this picture. We had Bed Bath & Beyond boxes waiting on our front porch. Exciting doesn't even begin to explain it. Along with more RSVPs, my lovely sister in law also sent me a sweet card in the mail with a special gift card in it. Icing on the cake!



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Just in case anyone was wondering, I love Neal more each day. It's hard to think that's possible, but he continues to amaze me. He was in San Antonio this week for work. Low and behold, our tenant called to say that the AC in the condo wasn't working. Great. Since he was out of town, I had to call the home warranty service and arrange somone to come out to look at it. At first I was extremely frustrated and mad that I was having to deal with this. Then I prayed about it a little and had the revelation this is what marriage will be about. Having to do things sometimes that you don't want to. We're in this together so I put on my big girl panties and got over it. Quickly, I might add. Someone was able to come out last night. He was at the condo for 3 hours during this time I got to know our tenant a little better. He was stumped so he brought another guy this afternoon and had the problem fixed in about an hour. And it didn't cost an arm and a leg because of our home warranty. All is well now and we survived our first repair experience as landlords. Hope they will all be this easy and inexpensive!

Here's where I was going with all of that. Neal knew I was frustrated with the situation. He ended up coming home a day early. Thursday is my long day since I work both jobs. I had a killer headache after my last client and knew we had to go over to the condo tonight. When I got home, Neal had unloaded the dishwasher, loaded it back with the dishes in the sink, wiped the counters and swept the living room floor. Without being asked. No he doesn't do things like this all the time, but it was really appreciated today. We even got a piece of carrot cake to share after dinner tonight.

School Shower

My team at school threw me a shower on Tuesday. This was my first one and I was a little nervous about being the center of attention because I'm not used to that. I did get a little embarassed but I guess I need to get used to people watching me. The cake was an amazing Costco cake. It was a white cake with cream cheese filling. Can I get a yum-yum?

My team did a great job with the shower and I'm very thankful for that. It was fun to get our first gifts. Lots of gift cards too!

DJ, Do a Rewind

Here's a rewind from the last few days.

Saturday was bridal portraits day. Mack and I went to Terry Hershey to run for an hour. Doing "long" runs on Saturdays to get ready for Seattle. Then it was off to Kingwood. It was fun to do a hair/make up test run. Mom came over to help me out. We went to the Mercer Arboreteum for the pictures. Not much was blooming but Rachel managed to still get some good ones. I really felt like I was getting married while I was walking around in my wedding dress. Since we did so much walking around the park, I discovered that my dress is still too big on the top. Mom had to pull it up before each picture. Glad we did a test run in the dress because it would suck to be having to pull my dress up every 5 minutes at the wedding. Looks like another trip to Ms J in my near future. I'm not trying to lose weight anymore, but I think its happening anyway. Guess its better to have a dress not fit because its too big rather than the other way around. Not posting any of the proofs but here's a picture of all the bobby pins I pulled out of my hair that night.





Sunday rolled around. I went out to Repka's with Brandi to eat some crawfish. It was such a nice day to sit outside in the country and catch up. Cliche warning~~She's the type of friend that I may not talk to for a month and then we pick right back up where we left off. The crawfish were pretty small but tasted really good.



Since I was stuffed from eating, I had a couple of scoops of Apple Pie AlaMode from Baskin Robbins for dinner. Remember my wedding dress is too big so I didn't feel guilty.

Today was President's Day which meant a day off from school. I was thinking they might use this day as a makeup for the snow day, but they're adding on a day to the end of the year. This was really a blessing because I accompolished a lot off the wedding list today.

Lovey Dovey

Another Valentine's Day. I love it when it falls on a school day because its so cute to see the kids at school with their little Valentine's. A couple of my kids even gave me one. My room at school is decorated with monkeys so one little boy brought me a stuffed monkey. Very thoughtful and he was so proud of it. Another little girl brought me a rose. So sweet considering she's only 4, doesn't come to school yet, and only comes to see me for speech. I did indulge in a few pieces of chocolate today.

Neal and I don't really make a big deal out of Valentine's Day. My Love Language is Quality Time and that's what's important to me. I really missed him last week when he was gone and then over the weekend he had to work a lot too. I just wanted to spend time together which might sound contradictory since I must have my alone time too. There does exist a perfect balance of the two. Anyway, I'm thankful that he works hard and we're able to do the things we do like travel and live in a nice house. Tonight, we went to Texas Land and Cattle (TLC) for dinner. As Neal put it, we need a little TLC. This is sad but we were trying to remember what we did last Valentine's Day and drew a blank. Still can't remember. I guess it really isn't that big of a deal to us.

Leftovers from the weekend:
*On Saturday, we went to Jus Mac, the Macaroni and cheese place I've been wanting to try. It was a very tiny place but the Mac & Cheese was delish. They have several varieties and bake each order fresh in a personal-size iron skillet which makes for little crusties around the edges which are divine.
*TMI Warning--On Saturday, I was at the mall doing a little wedding shopping and decided to look for panties to wear for the wedding. As luck would have it, as soon as I picked up a very risque pair in JCPenney, I hear a little voice say, "Hi, Ms. Heiner!" It wasn't one of my students but she goes to our school. And her parents were with her. I smiled, dropped the goods, and left the store.
*We haven't been to church in a few weeks because of schedules. I dearly miss it. Even craving it. It's like I need that pep talk for the week.

Seattle in June

We just signed up for the Seattle Half Marathon on June 25. I ran 50 minutes this morning and plan on adding 10 minutes each weekend. A friend of mine did it last year and told me that those were some big hills! It will be fun and I'm excited to go back to Seattle during the summer.

TGIF

Today was one of those sunny days that just put me in a good mood. It might have something to do with the fact that Neal is on his way home from the airport after being out of town all week. And I went to try my dress on this afternoon. And I got several more RSVPs. And the kids at school gave me a mini-birthday party. And I learned that a friend got engaged last night.

Our plans to go out of town this weekend fell through which means time to mark a few more things off the Ye Olde Wedding List. The lawn service just showed up to our house. They usually come on Thursdays but either they have their days mixed up or they couldn't come yesterday. Anyway, I'm usually gone when they come so I don't get to see them in action. It's quite entertaining. The truck pulls up and 4 guys jump out and sprint to the trailer to get their equipment before it really even comes to a complete stop. They're done in about 15 minutes. I felt like getting a chair, opening a beer, and watching the show but I didn't want to be rude.

It's official....

I have spring fever! I am over winter and these days that start out below 30 degrees. I'm ready for flip flops, sundresses, bluebonnets and our wedding! My room at school does not have heat. They say it does, but I'm pretty sure its been hovering around 60-65 degrees. I wear a scarf and my heavy coat all day long. It's pretty bad when even your teeth are cold. I've also been dreaming about our Costa Rican honeymoon. I can't wait to be there and see the country. Soon!

Neal's coming home from Vegas tomorrow. Because of the time difference and his conference schedule, we haven't been able to talk much this week. No bueno!

The kids were cracking me up today. One of my private practice kids this afternoon brought his Valentine bag with all the Valentines for his class inside. He said, "Look Miss Becca, I have love cards for all the children!" He's 5 and refers to his classmates as "the children." Love him! Another 4 year old I work with had to go big potty during our session. I took him and he sat on the toilet for a LONG time. Since he was taking so long, I started doing therapy through the bathroom stall door while he was roosting. After a while he said, "Miss Becca, I love you but I can't concentrate when you're talking." Poor kid just wanted to poop in peace!