I am a bad little blogger. Every time I want to blog, it seems that it's when I need a place to vent or the information I want to share happens to be something confidential about my work and/or students. A lot has happened since the last time I blogged (big surprise there - the last time I blogged was Oct 18). Since then...we had a fun Halloween time. We went to a pumpkin carving party the week before at Betsy and Jeff's that was a blast. On Halloween, we went to a family party at Tina and Randy's - fun watching karaoke, especially with the kids there. The holidays were also a great time for us. I guess one of the biggest events was meeting my brother's girlfriend Starr over Christmas break. Ricky and I both really enjoyed getting to know her. :) For New Years, we had some friends over and played games and had a really fun time. Ricky and I have several goals for 2010. Many are financial, but we also have goals of bettering ourselves physically and delving into new and/or forgotten activities.

Christmas vacation was very welcomed, as I was very ready for a break from the stress of school. This year of teaching has definitely been a learning experience for me. I really do enjoy my work, but it has absolutely taken a toll on me. I am confident that next year will be better, since I know better of what I do and do not want to do in my class and as a teacher. The learning curve has been practically vertical. :)

Ricky and I celebrated our two year anniversary a few weeks ago. I guess here would be the place for me to insert all of the mushy comments about how much I love him and am so thankful to have him in my life. While those things are very accurate, I am focusing more on how glad I am to finally be past the very beginnings of marriage. Ricky and I are both very strong-willed, stubborn, opinionated people, and it's been an adventure learning how to live together peacefully. We are doing excellent, for anyone wondering.

The rest of the year will include camping, traveling, guitar playing, remodeling, cribbage playing, and a lot more. Stay tuned.