The One With Gifts

So my husband is incredibly thoughtful! I cannot believe how much thought he put into this gift. He gave me a few bags w/ gifts numbered 1-11. The first gift was a card. Inside it said he was giving me traditional gifts... one for each year.

1. Paper ~ The card.
2. Cotton ~ A beautiful 100% cotton scarf
3. Leather ~ A leather journal
4. Flowers ~ 1 long stem rose
5. Wood ~ A wooden garden tool
6. Candy ~ Godiva Dark Chocolate Truffles. *YUM*
7. Copper ~ A bud vase he made out of copper. Very nice. :)
8. Pottery ~ A planter
9. Willow ~ A willow tree memory box w/ the 'embrace' figurines etched in the front
10. Tin ~ A tin candle holder
11. Steel ~ One of his figurines made specially for me w/ "Nuts About You" written on it.

I'm going to have to take pictures & share later. I have to say I am extremely touched by his thoughtfulness. He put a lot of time into this. <3

The One Back To Reality....

Matt and I had a wonderful anniversary weekend. We went to antique shops and ate out... I did no cooking except to make coffee Sunday morning. We also did some clothes shopping for the kids... which is MUCH easier w/out the kids. We came home and relaxed and just enjoyed being 'us' again for a few days. (With Alyssa in tow of course!!) It was awesome to have quiet conversations that were uninterrupted and snuggle time that was uninterrupted. It was nice to decide when we wanted to do things w/out having to take kids into consideration. :)

Now it's back to reality and boy is it reality. THe kiddos are all fighting and complaining about everything. They are overtired from staying up late at Grandma's. No big deal... it's just a nice dose of reality. LOL!

So this week I want to get the boys room cleaned out and organized & do a bunch of spring cleaning/de-cluttering/organizing throughout the house. I did it to the kitchen a few weeks ago and it's been great!! I love how clean and homey it feels.

The One About 9 Years Ago...

Do you ever have one of those nights when you wonder why you bothered going to bed in the first place? I was up w/ insomnia the better part of the night & then when I did sleep I had bazaar/freaky dreams. Blech! Hate nights like that...

But today will be a better day... wanna know why?! Matt and I get the entire day from about 9 or 10 until tomorrow around 4:30 to OURSELVES!! Well... almost. Alyssa will be with us, but she doesn't count since she won't be making constant demands that affect our conversations. :) Plus, seriously... when you have 5 kids having just 1 for the day is like a vacation!

I'm not sure what we're doing yet. I think it's going to be just fun hanging out together again. <3. It happens so little these days. Oh and our being alone is to celebrate our 9th anniversary!!!

Another Random One

I got a new pair of heels and feel like a whole new woman. I haven't bought heels since my wedding 9 years ago.... and those were 'wear only once for the wedding' shoes.

I found the joy of belts. I'm loosing weight and while my larger size jeans fall down, my next size down leave a little muffin top, which I hate. So I started wearing a belt on my larger size jeans. They don't fall down that way, but also don't leave that icky 'muffin top'.

I'm tired of friends who only want to be friends when it's convienient for them. :/ Wondering if I can change that some how... or would it be better to continue to live in my own little world and cut ties w/ people on the outside. OR... do I just let it continue to be what it is. That's what I usually do. Let the other dictate how the friendship will run it's course. Blech.

I'm super excited that Matt & I have a WHOLE weekend to ourselves soon!! Yay!! We'll be celebrating our 9th anniversary!!

I'm super excited that if all stays on schedule we will be DONE school by mid-end of April!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How's that for randomness. :D