It's Friday

I know, I haven't blogged in awhile. It's not because we haven't had an eventful couple of days (my usual excuse). We've actually had a VERY eventful couple days. However, I will share more of that next week.....sorry!
In usual life news.......

So my pillows on the couch aren't machine washable.....

I got the cutest baby announcement from a dear friend today....made me smile. I'm still waiting on my alterations to get finished on the dress for Bevin's wedding. I talked to the lady yesterday and it's going to be about another week. It's prom season and she's been busy. I can't believe it's less than a month until the wedding. Crazy how it seems like last week when I think about my wedding and it's been four months.....slow down life, slow down!
In other news, we had a great weekend last weekend. We went to Omaha Saturday and we used our PF Changs gift card. We also went to look for new tires for my car. I need new tires but we are going to shop around a bit. We did get a new printer. Apparently our printer head needed to be replaced so we got our new one at Staples. They were out of it in the store but was shipped here Tuesday. I was off school Monday and the Friday before so it was a super long weekend for me. OH, can I say how awesome it is to be able to wear jeans and a school tshirt to work on Fridays. I love it :)

Hope everyone had a fabulous week and look for our big news next Friday. (no baby, before my dear reader's minds start wondering, ha)

LOVE!

Charley

This is a short week at school. We are off this Friday and next week we are off Monday for an extended Easter weekend.
When I got home yesterday I cleaned up and then took a shower. While I was in the shower, Charley somehow managed to eat some Easter candy.....Hershey Kisses to be exact. I instantly freaked out and texted Clint. Luckily he had his phone nearby and called his mom. I then did my research online to find out that if he eats .8 of his body weight in milk chocolate it is then life threatening. Then of course, just like WebMD for humans, PetMD (yes, there's a such thing) tells you the absolute worst case scenario. I then freak out some more. After talking to my mother-in-law....which is a life saver and I know I've mentioned it before but she's awesome.....Anywho she said that we needed to get him to throw up. OK, I know you really didn't read my blog to hear about my dog's bodily functions but here it is. If you give them hydrogen peroxide, it makes them throw up. I knew Charley didn't eat the .8% of chocolate for his body weight but I also knew I would feel better if he did throw it up. Anywho, I guess I'm the odd one who's dog didn't throw up after a tsp of hydrogen peroxide. He seemed to be fine and his normal self for the rest of the night and today. He most certainly scared the crap out of me....and then I was cleaning up last night to find Hershey Kisses under his dog bed....HOARDER!
The sad part is, that's most likely the most eventful thing that's happened since my last blog. The weather is great. These past few days have been in the 70's and 80's. Today is in the 50's but I'll take it. We've gotten so lucky with the weather this year! Miss you all!

I finally got to open it....

Once Clint got home....we opened the package. I'm so sporting the bunny ears....never too old for a sweet package from the parentals.

Busy Week

We've gotten off to a great start this week. Yesterday, I met with the lady that's going to do alterations to my dress. She's super sweet and is super reasonable with pricing. I was somewhat shocked when she said it will be $15 considering how much she's going to have to do. I'm excited about it...which means I'm excited that it's so very close to May and I will get to be part of such a special day. Plus, bonus points it's a dress I will wear again and who doesn't like a new dress?
My school is doing testing....for the next four weeks. This makes our normal routines needing some flexibility but it's working out great.
I found a nail place for the first time today....special...yes, it was special. It's weird, sometimes I feel like Nebraska is so similar to South Carolina and other days it seems so....not similar. Today was the latter. There's actually a few nail places here, which surprises me. I tried the most legitimate looking one. It was different but clean and good....and well, clean is always good. My toenails now have white polka dots......the man said that was what's cool....I just went with it.  Add that to the experience.
My parents sent us a package today. I was told not to open it until Clint got home. Apparently, they were concerned that I would open it before him.....I have no clue what would make them think that. Needless to say, it's driving me crazy not to open it but a promise is a promise and let's face it, Clint would so call and tell on me if I didn't wait on him.
We do have some exciting things going on (not baby, for those who might automatically jump to that conclusion...ha) Again, we would sincerely like to thank you all for the kind words. It's always overwhelming when you take a moment to really think how beyond blessed you are to have such supportive and amazing friends and family. Looking back this crazy past year has undoubtedly been the most unexpected, difficult year yet it has given us priceless experiences, all of which we could not of done without all the love and support.
Ending on that somewhat sappy note...Lots of love to our friends & family!
-Stacy

Wonderful Weekend

We've had such a great weekend. Very rarely does a weekend seem to not fly by but this weekend we have gotten so much accomplished. Yesterday we went to Omaha to get a few things for my dress for the wedding in May. We also had lunch at P.F. Changs....which was fabulous. I found a lady that's going to be able to do alterations on my dress. I meet with her tomorrow after work. I'm excited and relieved I found someone. One of the hard things about being somewhere new is to find where to go for things like that.
We got our wedding video Friday in the mail. I think I blogged about it last time. It's amazing.....end of story. I'm SOOOOO glad we got it from Hart to Heart Media. They were so awesome and the final product is everything plus, I could ever imagine. We watched it Friday and were able to Skype with Clint's dad & stepmom, the video.
Today we just stayed around the house, cleaning and getting ready for the new week. We have a lot of exciting things going on and appreciate all the thoughts and kind words of encouragement through this journey. I've signed up to teach summer school and finishing up last few things for my teaching certificate to get switched. Hopefully I will get a classroom teaching position next year. I'm so ready to get back into the classroom.
We also got a few movies in this weekend. Blind Side was on tv last night (one of my all time favs) and today we watched Yes Man. The funny thing is the couple in the movie go to the airport and get a ticket for the next flight, just for a random date. It turns out, it's to Lincoln, Nebraska. Funny how a year ago I would never of dreamed that I would be living in Nebraska....craziness.
Tonight we are just finishing up the never ending laundry pile and watching Desperate Housewives.....still sad about the last two episodes. Perhaps they will give us some happy news but that's not looking like it's likely. 
Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!
Lots of Love!

Trivia Night

When living in Myrtle Beach, Clint and I went to trivia on Thursday nights at Gordon Bierch, most weeks. It was fun and we while we weren't the best, it tested out our useless knowledge. Not to mention the sound of a goat cheese & hummus salad with grilled chicken is enough for me to want to get in the car and drive to our closest one...only 5 hours away. Where we live now, is much different. Our town is smaller. We have two "good" restaurants and Wal Mart is where everyone is talking about when they say they are going shopping. Many good things have came from our transition from a large town to a small town. I would now consider myself....a decent cook. We eat out less which gives us more time to cook together and have healthier options. I don't just stop by Target to pick up a few things and get to the register with $100 worth and we appreciate our trips to Omaha or Lincoln to go to a mall. So back to the story....we saw that Appleby's has trivia on Tuesday nights. We decided to try it out last night. It's much different than what we are used to but we had a great time.



A lady just comes around and gives you a butterfly stamp if you get the question right. We got 8 out of 10 right but didn't win. It was still a fun time and always interesting to see how things are different in different places.

Also, I got an email this morning telling me my Hart to Heart video from the wedding is done. My mom went by there today to pick it up but my copy is being mailed. It takes awhile for anything to get all the way here so I'm expecting it Saturday or Monday at the earliest. I have a feeling I will be trying to talk my mom into pointing the skype webcam toward the tv as they are watching it. I'm just way too impatient. Hopefully I will figure out a way to post it to my blog. We will see if I get that technology savvy.

Catching Up

I've had a wonderful week and just got back to Nebraska on Saturday. I flew into Charlotte last Saturday and spent the week with friends and family at the beach. The week flew by far too quickly but I'm excited to be back home with my fabulous husband. I was able to see many friends and visit a few of my favorite places. I was able to meet Emily Grace and between her and my friend Jill's baby Sophia.....I got my beyond cute baby dose for the week. I would love to say I took a million pictures but I didn't. I did bring my camera but was spending so much time catching up with everyone, I didn't take pictures. Goodbyes were hard....as always. I'm so horrible about goodbyes but like I said above, it was nice to see Clint and get back into our routines. I just reminded myself it will be less than two months and I will be back for one of my best friend's wedding. Speaking of that wedding....I just got my bridesmaid dress in today. I'm way excited! While all the other girls got their dress last week....it takes mail to get to Nebraska a longer time. I'm going to ask around school tomorrow and see if someone knows of a place for alterations. I can't wait to see everyone again and share that day with Bevin.
In other news, I signed up to teach summer school. My teaching certificate should all be finalized by then and I signed up for 3rd grade or younger. It will be nice to keep a routine in the summer and I'm always the type that's happier when I'm busy.
I think that sums up what's going on with us. I did download an app on my iphone called BigOven. I highly recommend it! It has recipes and ideas that are great. You can just put in the ingredients you have and it will find a recipe using those. My favorite part is you can find a recipe and add it to your grocery store list and bring your phone as your list, checking off things as you get them. Ahhh it makes me feel all technology savvy, ha. We cooked Chicken Marsala last night....delish.
Hope everyone is doing fabulous!
Love!