♫ "Baby Why Don't We Just Dance..."♫

Last night Alex and I went to the Josh Turner show. It was a great time. The bar it was at only holds about 250 people, we ended up being about 7 rows back. Its a country bar, so next time any of our Indiana friends are in town we should check it out again! We even scored a free signed copy of his new cd because I am an organ donor.

The weather has been cold and snowy, but pretty much everybody in the midwest has been experiencing that. However, good news I have Monday off for President's Day :) wahoo!

In my classroom we had a Valentine's Day party yesterday. Pretty good time, we made the traditional Valentine's bags, and passed out cards and treats. I think they had a ball. One of my student's mothers came in a decorated the table with all of the goodies we were going to put on our bags. Very cute...

I just had a phone date with my old buddy from college, Meredith way out in CT. We have our dates about once a month or so. I can't wait to July when she'll be back in the midwest for the wedding. Speaking of the wedding, my dress is in (still needs alterations) and Brandy and I worked diligently last weekend on sending out the save the dates. Alex and I were also very productive today and booked the limo and went to the post office to apply for our passports. That was an experience!

Shout out to the Standeford's and their offer to buy their first home. We are so excited for them, and we hope we get to come down soon and check it out!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Back in the Swing of Things

So, I've been back to school for about 2 weeks now since winter break. Alex has been taking a 10 day class at school since we have returned to the windy city, and his classes for the semester officially begin on Tuesday.

Last weekend, I went back down to L-town for the annual bridal show. I wanted to try my luck on the Mr. Penguin wheel.... I was really going for the free veil, but I got a $50 gift certificate instead- I'll take it! After that mom and I spent the day picking up a bunch of random things for the big day, plus we went in and ordered my veil.. now $50 off (thank you gift certificate!)

My trip down there last Friday started off a little crazy though. For one, the weather was not looking too good, lots of snow and wind. Thankfully when I took off from school things seemed to clear out.

After getting started on the road I was driving along and listening to my favorite country station up here (I am from Indiana after all) and they do this contest every evening during rush hour. They play 8 songs, and then people call in and recall 4 of the songs and they win something: concert tickets, autographed stuff, etc. So... here I am driving along 65 and they say call in if you know the songs... so..... I called. I ended up trying 3 times because the line was busy, but on the 3rd try..... "ring, ring" I GOT THROUGH! So to make a long story short, I recalled 4 songs on the radio for all of the Chicagoland to hear and I won 2 tickets to go see Josh Turner in February at this super small country bar. I'm super excited! Alex and I both couldn't believe that I got through, during rush hour, when soooo many people live in this area and tried calling. It was pretty neat. Winning tickets on the radio can officially be scratched off of my bucket list. Next, I need to work on getting Brandy and I on Wheel of Fortune for "Friends Week". :)

New Blog Header

I have to give a huge shout out to our pal Roxanne for making and designing our new blog header.... we love it!!

Thanks Rox!! I would say you should make a career out of it.... but I have a feeling Mr. Standeford wouldn't like that!

In other news, we are back in L-town. Its been great getting together with everybody and seeing all of our families. We are meeting up with the boys tonight to watch the Bears game.

Christmas was great! We went to 4 different Christmas celebrations this year, I think that's a new record for us. We were very fortunate this Christmas and received some wonderful things (thanks to our families). Its funny because this year we started receiving gifts that are meant for the 2 of us.... so its not just mine or his anymore- its OUR'S! haha

Wedding planning has kicked up a notch since we have been back. I met with the florist and cake decorator last week. I've also been diligently working on our picture slideshow that we will play at the wedding. It has been so much fun going through old picts, scanning, and arranging them in the slideshow, just one more reason why I love this computer (thanks LBC!)

In case I don't blog before the new year... Happy New Year!

2010 is going to be a big one for us!

It is officially vacation

Yes! The time has come for both of us to get a break from our busy day to day lives. Alex just finished up his finals on Friday, and I sent my kiddos off for a 2 week break from school (with a little homework to keep them practicing their reading). I know, I know.... sooo mean, but its expected at my school. I can't tell you how much I've been needing this break. Of course the majority of it is packed full with things, but honestly that's the way I like it.

We're heading back home on Tuesday for the holidays, so we will spend most of the break in good ole' L-town. Then for New Years we are heading down to southern IN to stay with Rox, Jake, El, and Ryan in a cabin for a few nights.

I also plan on getting some things done for the wedding such as meeting with a florist and someone about the cake. Hopefully those will be 2 things I can check off of my list here shortly. Really the only big thing left is the honeymoon. We're still struggling with this because we want to get a good deal, but at the same time we're a little nervous about what to book since neither of us have ever planned and paid for a vacation in another country before. We don't really know what to look for or how much it should cost. I think we'll be getting a travel agent to help us out with this process. Maybe that will be another thing we can do while back at home....

Amazingly enough the winter weather hasn't been too bad up here for us..... yet. It snowed some today, but not too much. It was more like the wet, slushy, messy snow (yuck). I'll be happier when spring is here. :)

We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!