School & A Great Cause

It's been awhile again...things have been crazy with school this week. I'm really glad I made the decision to go back & I'm hoping the semester goes well. I'm taking some pretty interesting classes and have a really awesome group project to do for my Public Relations/Corporate Communications class. Basically we get to work with a nonprofit organization in our area to design a press kit for them and give them our ideas for public relations. My group's nonprofit is the Breast Cancer Family Foundation, so I think it'll be a really great experience.

My real reason for this post is to link over to a really great blog, a sister for the bean. The family is raising money to bring their daughter home (via international adoption). They're giving away a totally awesome prize package for donating as well! Head on over and check it out!

Monday Already?!

It's so not time for Not Me! Monday! Make sure you head over to MckMama's blog to read everyone else's posts!

I did not wake up at 8:30 this morning...on my own. It's relatively sad actually, because I can't remember the last time I woke up this early and didn't have anything planned for the day.

One of the reasons I didn't get up early today is because Donny started school today! I did not actually ask him if I could take his picture...and his response definitely was not him shaking his head, chuckling a bit & saying "No." I'm fairly certain he knew that if I took his picture, it would wind up on here in about 10 minutes.

I do not only have one week left before my classes start! And I'm not getting really excited...although one thing I was not (really really not) excited about last week was spending just over $800 on books for the two of us. Ouch.

Once Donny's student loan refund came in, we definitely did not go on a bit of a spending spree...although everything was budgeted for, we still both felt a bit guilty afterwards. It's amazing how quickly money disappears when you're pre-paying a bunch of your major bills.

Today, my plan most definitely is not to just sit around and wait until UPS delivers our new laptops! Once they get here, I'm not going to sit and play with mine and avoid doing the multiple loads of laundry waiting for me...who does that?

I was not up kinda late last night doing more research for our possible trip to Atlanta...I also did not giggle like crazy when I came across this:

The 'l' is still there...it's just gray. So is the 'i' at the end of jacuzzi, actually. I'm not sure why it's like that, but the kid in me was pretty amused. I can't say that that's really an amenity I look for when I go to hotels... :)

A few nights ago, I did not walk over to the couch and see this:

It made me smile, but Kahlua is sooo not allowed on the couch...much less on top of the blanket from our bed.

I also did not spend a ton of time working on my new blog layout...and it's still not working. Does anyone have any suggestions on 3 column layouts? I want to be able to change the background and make everything flow together. Your help is definitely appreciated!

Now, what have you not done recently?

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday (with a few words).

Here are some pictures from Christmas...my cousins and I on my Dad's side & my siblings and I. There's something you need to look out for in the pictures of my siblings and I...you'll see.

Cousin Picture try #1

Try #2...that's about as good as it's going to get. And my aunt's hand is in the picture.

Siblings from left to right: Alyssa, Angela, me, Ryan.
Do you see the fun thing in the picture yet?
It's kinda hard to miss, but only in my family do we take pictures directly into a mirror.
Not only do you get to see my sisters, brother & me...you also get to see my parents & my husband. With a giant flash in the mirror.

Try #2 of the sibling picture:

Donny moved out of the mirror, Mom & Dad are still trying (and not realizing that they're actually being photographed as well). And again, this is about as good as it's going to get for now.

Oh well, I'll just crop the four of us out of the cousin picture:
Not the greatest, but it'll work for now!

Not Me! Monday...

Wow, it hasn't been a really really long time since I've posted anything. But, it's Not Me! Monday, so here are some other things I haven't done recently:

After months of discussion, I didn't give in and buy Donny the Harmony remote that he wanted for Christmas. After not buying it, I definitely didn't let him open it 2 weeks before Christmas; he doesn't get really excited about Christmas and exchanging gifts and didn't ask me "Please?!?" repeatedly until I gave in. In my defense, I did make him wait...one day.

I didn't get really excited about the Entertainment book Donny ordered for me for Christmas. Who gets that excited about coupons? Not me... :)

I'm not getting SUPER excited about school...and am not even more excited that I go down to part time at work next week, because of course I have to have 2 weeks to prepare and get adjusted to my new school schedule...

Donny and I did not learn an expensive lesson recently...do not buy cheaply made furniture. We've done this twice now (you'd think we'd have learned the first time), and after only a few months we now have another broken couch. We finally decided to actually make a furniture investment and spend a decent amount of money on a very nice (and comfy!) sofa, which will hopefully be delivered next week sometime.

I'm not still procrastinating on our vow renewal ceremony and reception plans...because I'm very organized and plan everything waaaay in advance. Yep. I sure do.

I haven't spent more time thinking about our possible Spring break trip to Atlanta than the wedding plans. Oh well...May is still a long way off, right?

Head over to MckMama's blog to check out everyone else's awesome posts!