Hey family! How is everyone this beautiful Earth Day? I am off, trying to get things done around here and be as energy covservative as possible. So today I have pledged to work in silence - no TV all day, keep the blinds open and all lights off, and to turn the computer off as soon as I finish this posting. Of course none of this applies to Mike and his cave - couldn't get much work done without power. Then we are having a cold dinner, made a pasta salad with ham chunks and cheese, and going to Mike's softball game, then coming home and going to bed. So it should be a good day start to finish.
Things have been crazy here lately, that seems normal now. I worked late all last week, not getting home until 7:30 and 8 all days, just enough time to eat and talk for a while, then fall exhausted into bed, just to get up and do it all over again. But I love my job still so much. I had my annual review, got a very good one, and also a very nice raise. I was pleased to get both, the feedback from the doctors I work with means a lot to me, and who doesn't enjoy a raise!!!
Mike is working like a wild man right now. He is trying to get all caught up so we can leave for the next topic of conversation.....
OUR VACATION!!!! We will be leaving on Tuesday, April 29 @ 7am bound for our 10th anniversary, second honeymoon destination of....NIAGARA FALLS!! We are so excited about this, I can't wait. I have always wanted to see as many of the natural wonders as I can. We will be there from Tuesday until Sunday, so we plan on doing a lot of exploring. We are going to spend a couple of days driving to Toronto (1.5 hours). I am looking forward to the CN Tower, the worlds tallest structure measuring 180 stories (1815 ft) at its tip, and seeing City Hall, featured in an episode of Next Generation. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the 5th largest city in North America so there should be plenty of things to explore there.
As if this vacation wasn't enough of an anniversary gift, the most wonderful human on the planet bought me a ring. Now when I say ring, this is so vague that it is almost unjust. It is simply the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, and absolutely to the very last detail, the exact ring that I have always dreamed of having some day. It is a 3 stone diamond in white gold, and it is gorgeous.
It is the most beautiful thing and means so much to me. I see so many young people expect a ring like this in the beginning. It took us 10 years to get to the point where we could do something like this. I look at it as a badge of honor, and I wear it so proudly, because it stands for so many different things for Mike and me.
We had snow back in March, it was pretty crazy to see. A good 4 inches, maybe more, very pretty, very much a pain in the but, since I was at work and had to drive the covered car home at night. The mutts loved it, Piggy the most of all of them. She had snow in her ears - YUCK!!
We took on a small home project last weekend. We put knobs on the kitchen cabinet doors. It really was a very inexpensive, and not very time consuming project that made a BIG difference in the way the kitchen looks as well as feels now. We love them, next is drawer pulls - HOW EXCITING!!!!!!
