Obama

Randy, my friend Colleen, and I went to an Obama rally the Sat. before he was elected.  I know, I'm a little late in putting it up...I'll blame that one on Parent/Teacher conference week.  Regardless of you you feel politically, I think any observer would have been impressed by the energy in the stadium before, during and after his speech.  

Randy was excited enough to make it through 7 hours of line waiting and standing on the football field.  He sat down for maybe 10 mins. of that time.  I could not believe that he could physically make it through all that standing, but he was determined.  He is now officially the first president either of us have ever seen in person.

We are obviously Obama supporters, and all I can say is that it was all I expected it to be! 

The Wonderful Weather

The weather has been so wonderful!  I love being outside...even for recess and car duty.  Last weekend I took the girls to the zoo.  Even the donkey was excited about the weather!  We had more fun posing with the Halloween decorations (talking with the Shrek characters) and posing with the statues (the "frog prince")!   I took the dogs for a walk on the weekend too and they loved it!  This weekend....some fall festivals and a band competition.  Fox High School Marching Band was sited at a Springfield hotel tonight preparing for the band competition tomorrow...for anyone who may have been a part of that program in the past!

The Tomb Wedding

The Tomb wedding was so fun!  Very personalized and romantic.  I can't take credit for most of the pictures, because Randy had my camara.  He had fun snapping shots through the whole night!  AND I did fit into the dress, but my dancing was a little stiff (:

Randy's good

After 13 hours in the hospital, Randy is finally done with his fistula surgery and doing good.  Who knew we'd have to wait so long for a 30 min. procedure.  He was supposed to get there at 9:30 and go in at 1pm, but his doctor had some emergency procedures and did not get to him until 8:00pm.  I felt so sorry for Randy because he couldn't eat all day.  Now I'm wired because all I did was sit around in waiting rooms and take little naps here and there.  That's okay though cause my poor pups were in their cage the entire time so they want to be out running around anyway.

TIIIGHT!

Okay, so normally I'm not for crash dieting (hello my blog is diet hater!)  But I have a problem on my hands.  The dress ordered for Jennifer's wedding was ordered a size too small...and with two weeks until the wedding, I can't really get a new one.  It zips up but it's tiiiight!  So I'm really cutting back on sodium (in hopes of losing some water weight) and watching what I eat.  

Since it's been the beginning of the year, I've let myself eat whatever I wanted to get through the stress....not a good habit I realize.  So now I'm paying for it.  I've got to go to bed early so I can get up and run tomorrow.  Surely I can lose a few pounds so that I feel a little more comfortable!  If you know I can't...don't tell me (:

The End of the Summer

So I've been away for awhile!  Traveling and getting ready for school.  The pictures kind of recap my summer...lots of time at farmer's markets since I didn't grow my own veggies this year, time spent up in Ohio (seeing my grandma's house for the last time while it belongs to her), AND going to the Omaha zoo with Randy (SOO much fun)!  Are you impressed with my photography?  My new camera rocks and I've been trying to be a little more artistic with the things that I capture.

I'm back now in the routine of teaching.  My bodies sore from standing up all day long.  The day with kindergartners wears me out, but no paperwork when I get home!  I feel healthier now because I'm back to making a lot of my meals instead of going out all the time like you do when you're on vacation.  Sadly, the summer did not help with my weight loss and I have a wedding looming in front of me.  But I'm going to try and not worry about it too much.  I'm not going to be the one everyone is looking at anyway!

Randy + Carolina = Cute