This is why we're friends

This is an e-mail conversation I had with my friend Julie today...

Subject: A vocabulary lesson

Me: moron- (n)- one who mails their master's program DVD back to netflix instead of the movie watched during a study break.

Julie's response: AWESOME - (adj) - what people who mail their master's program DVD back to netflix are.

I knew I liked her.

Week in Review

This past week was pretty busy. Let's recap...with bulleted points! Who doesn't love bulleted points? :)

*About two weeks ago we had a really big windstorm (dubbed a snowicane by the news). We had winds up to 70 mph. We woke up in the morning and saw this:

That tree had taken down the swing set my dad made and did quite a bit of damage to our cars. My car had $3,000 of damage. Thank goodness for insurance! The gave me one of these as a rental:

That would be a brand new Cadillac SRX. I told them to take their time fixing my car. So I've been driving that car all week.

*On Monday I was on my way home from work and got a phone call from my dad telling me that my mom was in the hospital because of her myasthenia gravis. She had had the drooping eyes and double vision, but this week it flared up and she was having trouble swallowing, talking and breathing. I was really far away from the hospital they were at, so they told me not to come. I was pretty concerned, but after I prayed and committed her to the Lord, I went home and used my nervous energy to organize and clean out the whole refrigerator. It's what I do. Mom was in the hospital until Thursday afternoon. She is doing better, but still gets tired really easily.

*This past week at work I was organizing things at work and came across the WB Mason catalog. It reminded me of my old Open Court Language Arts curriculum I used while teaching and made me miss teaching SOOOO much. I REALLY need to be a teacher again soon!

*The theme of this past weekend was Robert Pattinson...not intentionally. HA! I have been reading the Harry Potter books (as I can around my Master's work...ugh). I finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, so my family watched the movie on Friday night and RPattz played Cedric Diggory.

Then my friend, Angela, and I went to the movies and saw Remember Me this weekend...and there he was again! Ha ha!

It was so fun to go to the movies this weekend. I was always going out and doing things all the time when I lived in Ohio, but haven't so much since I moved to New Hampshire. I miss it and need to do more things like this more often. The rest of the weekend consisted of Master's work. Fun!

*I have decided since I have just begun my last year in my 20's (yikes!) I want to start my 30's strong. I've also had a really rough year and want to make some changes. SOOOOOO... goal #1: Spend time in God's word every day. This should be a given, but it's been a struggle for me this year, so this is my goal for this week. When I am consistently in God's word it makes such a difference in EVERYTHING. I got a new Bible for my birthday, the Inductive Study Bible, so I'm excited about diving in and studying! I'll update next week and see how I'm doing.

Dave and Laurie's Wedding

So on January 28th I hopped on a plane and flew out to Ohio for D & L's wedding. I got in on Thursday night realllly late. My sister picked me up at the airport and drove me to my cousin Kim's house. Everyone was asleep, so I just went to bed and was woken up in the morning by her 3 adorable girls and their adorable new puppy.

That afternoon we headed on over to the Franklin Park Conservatory for the rehearsal. Kim's girls were the adorable flower girls.

That night we had the rehearsal dinner at a local Chinese restaurant. It was nice because the wedding wasn't until Saturday, so we could eat without having to worry about wearing fancy dresses the next day! HA!




On Saturday I went and got my nails done with the other bridesmaids, Laurie, and her mom. Then I went with Kim and Chris to Jordan's soccer game. She scored her second goal ever in her soccer career. I decided then and there that I will be a crazy mom one day. As I watched her score her goal I got all choked up and I swear my heart just swelled up and about burst. I was so proud of her!

That evening we headed over to Laurie's mom's house to watch Dave and Laurie open gifts and to watch their wedding slide show that Kim made.

After that we drove over to D & L's new house so my mom could give them the quilt she made for their wedding. (That lady is way too craft for her own good).

This is Laurie saying, "You MADE this?"

My mom was making the wedding cakes and gets realllly nervous if anyone gets too close to them. So that night, after mom had gone to bed, Kim and I had some fun. We didn't show these to mom until after the wedding. She still freaked out just a little bit.

The next day was the wedding. A long awaited day in the Miller household. My brother is finally breaking the "Miller curse!" Perhaps there is hope for me yet! :)

I went back to Laurie's mom's house (after stopping to get some Starbucks...oh Ohio, how I love that you have Starbucks allllll over the place. I have missed you!)

The in was back to Kim's to get ready and to help these adorable ladies get ready:

Then it was wedding time!

Dave and Dad

Dad, Me, Mom

The ceremony was beautiful. There is a big Chihuly glass display at the Conservatory, so we explored and took some pictures.

Me and Kim

Adorable flower girl cousins

The new Miller family (Mom blinked)

The new Mr. & Mrs. Miller

Caroline caught the bouquet and was VERY excited. I certainly hope I don't have to wait until this six year old gets married before I do! :)

I'm not sure I could open my mouth any wider if I tried!

The amazing cake my mom made. Told you she was crafty.

So one of my favorite moments of the night was when I was helping my 8 year old cousin, Lizzy, through the buffet line. We got to the big salad bowl and I asked her,

"Lizzy, would you like some salad?"

She answered enthusiastically,

"Oh, yes!"

Then proceeded to pick six croutons off of the salad and place them on her plate!

When we were eating I couldn't help but ask her,

"So Lizzy, how is your salad?"

She opened her eyes wide, nodded and said,

"Delicious!"

As she popped another crouton into her mouth. :)

And finally, I really like my hair so I wanted to put a pic of it on here so I could remember it.

Okay, that was two pics. Oh well! The wedding was absolutely beautiful and I am so happy for my brother and new sister!

January...Well, part of it

Why, oh why have I not been posting? Well..2010 has been pretty busy. However, this would be a lot more interesting (and wouldn't take me so long) if I just kept up with it. So, here I go again, vowing that I will keep up with this here blog.

January started off with a big event...I started my Master's! I am working on my Masters of Education with an emphasis in reading and literacy. I am doing it online through Walden University, since I am still working full time, commuting over an hour each way, and I have no idea where I'll be living in the next few months. Here is my little set up:

Right after I started my Master's Dave and Laurie came to visit from Ohio. It was so great to have them here. We had a shower for them at our church and it was the first time our extended family got to meet Laurie. We all had a great time.



My sister, Bethany, and I planed the shower and did all of the decorating and the food. Bethany did most of it, because I had just started my Master's, but I did help!

Their wedding color is green, and since it is winter time and they both love the outdoors, we decided to have a "Winter Wonderland" type theme.

Dave and Laurie with the cake that Mom made.

So when the shower ended, some people left, but some stuck around, because...we had a surprise 40th anniversary party planned for these two:

Bethany and I had been planning it for a few weeks and they have NO CLUE. Dad kept saying that he was going to leave because he had to study for his Sunday School lesson the next day. We kept telling him to just relax and enjoy spending time with people as we waiting for the second round to guests to show up and get the next part started.

Once those people showed up, we busted out new decorations...




And new food:



And got the next party started. They were so surprised. And I'm thinking my dad had wished he had studied his Sunday School lesson a little bit earlier!



We had an absolute blast!

The next day after church, we celebrated Christmas number two, since Dave and Laurie couldn't be here for Christmas.

It was such a great weekend, but Bethany and I were so tired when it was all finished. And I learned that starting your Master's, working full time, planning and throwing two parties, and celebrating Christmast all over again all in one week makes for a very tired girl!


Oh...and...CHECK IT OUT! My blog looks different! I have no clue how to do anything on the computer, so I am pretty proud of myself that I figured out how to not only get a new, cute header, but to get my picture IN the header! Wooo Hoooo!

More from January and February to come!