03.25.10 Necklace

Juan and I had a small argument last night over our families and he hurt my feelings.  Today, when I arrived home from work, he had a gift waiting for me to apologize.  It was an adorable necklace that was handmade by a co-worker of his.  What a sweet, sweet man!  He is just too good to me. 

03.24.10 Rain Rain Go Away

It poured cats and dogs this evening.  When, oh when, is Spring going to arrive?

03.23.10 Downtown Dallas

Tonight was another theater ticket evening; we saw "Fat Pig".  It was really good and Juan said it was his favorite so far this season.  There is actually a trilogy of plays called the Beauty Plays.  Our season tickets only included one show, but we enjoyed it so much that we are going to purchase the other two separately.  I highly recommend.  Prior to the show as we were walking to the theater from dinner, I asked Juan to stop and was able to frame him in front of the downtown Dallas skyline.

03.22.10 1st Anniversary

Today was our 1st year wedding anniversary.  This first year has flown by.  It seems like it was only a couple of months ago that I was walking down the aisle.  We have been blissfully happy this year and I only pray that our closeness continues to grow.  We do still have wedding cake in the freezer, believe it or not, but we received a free anniversary cake from Delicious Cakes....so we got to celebrate with a little sweet goodness as well as a delicious lunch at Al Biernets.  I love you Juan!

Birthday Cards

I seemed to have a whole bunch of birthdays coming up, so I created about a dozen birthday cards a couple of weeks ago.  I used a Close to my heart kit and then jazzed them up a bit with stickles, pop-dots, ribbon, staples, etc.

03.21.10 Snow Again

We awoke this morning to between 6-8" of snow, again.  They predicted flurries yesterday, but I never dreamed we would see this much white stuff in March!  That is just crazy nuts, but I'm sure it will be gone tomorrow.

A couple more shots.

Spring is Here - NOT!

I was so excited Friday afternoon because I noticed that our little front patio garden was beginning to show signs of Spring with little green buds.  I woke up this morning to find these same little green buds completely covered in about 6" of snow!  This is DALLAS, TX......for goodness sakes.  This time last year I was in a strapless gowns out on lawn getting married in the beautiful afternoon sun with green grass everywhere....come back Spring.

03.20.10 Taxes Done!

I have never waited this long to do our taxes.  I guess I knew that filing jointly was not going to produce the refund we are used to and I have been dreading the 6 hour process.  Yeah, it was six full hours, of course that is because that while I save everything.....I save everything.....so it took a couple of hours just to get all the receipts accounted for and organized.  I was right, we got less than 1/2 together that we got total filing separately last year.  What is wrong with this country that marriage is a penalty?

03.19.10 Brakes Cost Money

My car is way past due for an oil change.  I hate taking my car in, because they always find something wrong with it.  Today was no exception.  I needed new front brakes.  Apparently I haven't replaced my brakes since 2006, almost 50,000 miles ago and they were overdue.  So I sucked it up, and had the work done....OUCH.

03.18.10 Juan's Ouchy Grows

Juan has had an ouchy on his hand for weeks.  It looked to be dried skin and I kept telling him to use lotion.  Last night he was complaining about it again and I noticed it was growing significantly.  I talked him into going to the doctor today by telling him it looked like shingles.  Apparently it is a viral infection that kids get and it tends to spread.  The doctor gave him antibiotics and I have been teasing him about his VD!