February update

Again, it's been several weeks since my last post - I am becoming quite the blogging "slacker," I need to work on that! :-) Here's an update on what's been happening with us......

The weather is still crappy here in Michigan. Earlier this week we had some nice days that reached 50 degrees. However, midweek we were back down to the 20s and have had more snow. Looks like the snow is here to stay for a little while longer - spring cannot come soon enough!

On Saturday, January 31st I hosted a "Body Shop" party at my house. For those that are not familiar, Body Shop sells lotions, shower gels and other beauty products - you may have seen the store in the mall, it always smells good and citrusy (is citrusy even a word?). The home party is a lot of fun because you can try out all of the products and decide what you like best. It was a great time, and I made some new friends in the process which is always nice!

I put in my notice at the community college where I work fulltime in the Adult Learning Lab. I decided to cut back on work so I can focus on my last few MBA classes (have I mentioned I graduate on June 5th!?!?!). As many of you have heard me mention (or complain!), it has been quite challenging trying to balance work and school for the past year, and I am a bit burnt out. My last day at the lab will be March 6th, which is also the day that we are having a GED Recognition Ceremony for many of our GED completers. It will be a good last day because I can see a lot of the students that I have helped over the past year be recognized for their hard work. I will still be teaching parttime at the local Baker campus, which will keep me busy enough to not completely lose my mind from boredom! :-)

We have some other fun events planned for March - our second anniversary is March 7th. We have planned a trip to Traverse City, Michigan for the last weekend of March to celebrate our anniversary (our work schedules prevented us from going on our actual anniversary). Traverse City is located in northern Michigan and they have a lot of wineries, which we are excited about! Also, my brother Jacob is coming up for a visit March 13-16. This is the weekend of the annual "St. Patty's Day Pub Crawl" in downtown Port Huron. March should be a busy month filled with good times.... we'll "blog" about it soon!