M.I.A.

Wow I can't believe it's been so long since I've written here...but as it has before...life gets in the way sometimes.  I don't even know what I've written about and what I haven't.  It's been a challenging teaching year...as it always seems to be but I have a pretty good group...just three boys who need their booties paddled. 

Married life is great...my husband makes me so very happy and somehow our family just keeps growing...we just recently bought a new puppy...Marlee...she's a Great Pyranees and going to be a big gurl just like her momma.  We are having a hard time potty training her right now but as long as the potty spots keep growing more infrequent I figure we are improving.  I feel like we have a new baby...have to childproof the house and spend most of our time taking things out of her mouth.  Everyday I tell her, "It's a good thing you are so cute, fat girl!"

Here are a couple pics of her:

How cute is she? LOL

It's been kind of a rough weekend as my mom ended up in the hospital with pneumonia.  I kind of freak out when anything is wrong with her because she is my best friend and I don't know what I'd do without her.  She's such a huge support for me and I love her dearly.  She is doing a lot better though and I hope she will get to go home tomorrow.

I'm also back on the losing weight train again.  After the effects of my surgery halted and I wasn't losing any weight for a long time I decided to do Nutrisystem to get back on track.  I've lost 25 lbs. in the last two months and I'm really happy to be getting down into my smaller sizes again.  I still have a long way to go but at least I'm well on my way!

I guess that's it for now...I'm hoping to start writing daily again as it's always been therapeutic for me and helps me to get some of this stuff out of my head and on paper so to speak.