Memorial Day weekend is here; this means I get an extra day with my hubby. Jonathan (brother) and Nicole (brother's girlfriend) came over last night. I really enjoy having company. We cooked together, baked a cake, watched Valentine's Day. I really like it, but I don't think the boys liked it too much.

I sang a solo at church this morning. I sang the song "Unredeemed" by Selah. I love Selah's newest album "You Deliver Me"..awesome songs.

Yesterday morning, Matt and I slept in. We woke and he asked if I wanted to go swimming at his parents'. They got one of those above ground pools from Wal-Mart. It's really nice. Anyway, he was like a kid. I couldn't get ready quick enough for him. We went and swam with his sister and mom. After that we went and ate at "Deda's" on Summerville Road. We decided to go there because Matt's cousin and cousin's girlfriend cook/waitress there. Holy moly, that food was SO good. Everything is homemade. They give you a free sample of brunswick stew while you're waiting on your food. Brunswick stew isn't my favorite, but Deda's was amazing! We may be starting a band: Matt, Jonathan, myself, and possibly another friend. We talked about playing at Deda's with the owners and they were very excited. I'm not sure how this is going to play 0ut, but the best we can do is practice and see what happens :)

Matt came home the other day and stated that he changed his mind about building a work shed in the back yard; instead, he wanted to use the money (from tax refund) to use towards his college. I'm excited for him. He plans to start back in the fall at Troy. I need to go back also, but I don't have the motivation. I'm thinking about starting in the fall or spring, but we'll see what happens.

They are cleaning the carpets at the school next week. After they are cleaned, I will be up there and busy! I can't wait! My theme this year is underwater. I have bought some really cute items for the classroom. I have also been ebaying. I have won quite a few auctions on books. One night, I won about 5 auctions. Total, I spent $189.00 and got 214 books. If you do the math, that's about 88cents per book...not too shabby! ;) Since then, I've won about 4 other auctions. I'm very excited about next year. I'm also glad to have all summer to think/plan. Last year I was hired 3 weeks before school started, so it was a little stressful and I didn't have a lot of time to do any fluff...I had to get straight to business.

I need to take Ethel to the groomers, vet for shots, and also to the vet to get fixed. She's such a sweet dog. We are so blessed that we ended up with her. She has the cutest, funniest personality. For the past two weeks I have been tucking her in at bed time. She sleeps in a crate, similar to a play pen and in there is her bed. At night I tell her it's bed time, she walks to her pen and I let her in, she gets right in her bed and I get her little covers and cover her up. She's too cute. I came in there this morning and the covers were still on her. It's sad/funny when your brother and brother's gf call and ask if they can come over to see Ethel :) What can I say? She's loved by all :)

I'm going to see Beth Moore in December!

Wow, this house needs to be cleaned. I've been SOOOO lazy since school has ended. I've also been feeling "yucky". I feel tired, bloated, and sometimes nauseous. I think it may be my diet and lack of exercise. I must must must be better about walking on the treadmill everyday. This weekend hasn't been any better. I must get some pep in my step and get busy! I think my mattress is getting slack. Every morning I wake up with bad back pain. I'm not sure what I should do. The next mattress we get will be either latex or memory foam. With my back, I need the best. I can do cheap with a lot of things, but a mattress is not one of them. I'm not sure that we can afford one right now, so I'll have to figure out something to relieve the pain when I wake up in the meantime. My license is expired and has been since April 15th...another thing that needs immediate attention.

My parents recently celebrated 24 years of marriage. That's exciting :) They went to Atlanta, saw the Princess Diana exhibit, went to Stone Mountain, and would have gone to 6flags if it weren't for the rain. I didn't know that my dad had never been to Stone Mountain. I'm glad they were able to get away for the weekend and enjoy themselves; they deserved it.

We started our walkway project over a month ago and it's STILL not finished. As soon as it is, pictures will be posted.

Well, I'm going to try to talk my husband into watching a netflix movie off the xbox...we'll see how that goes ;) We took a LONG nap today after church, so there's no telling how late we'll be up. I can't just take a 2 hour nap..when I nap, I slumber!

What is it about playing fetch with dogs? Ethel and I are playing fetch and I swear if I threw her ball over and over, she'd fetch it for me all day long :)

Happy Memorial Day weekend!