5th Anniversary!

My husband Chris planned a trip for us to go to San Diego for our 5th anniversary this past weekend! It was a wonderful weekend. We enjoyed eating at several yummy restaurants.
Gaetano's Italian Restaurant was a place we randomly found while stopping in Alpine, CA to miss rush hour traffic. It was a yummy place and we enjoyed a pizza with pepperoni and shrimp on it! Then we got to our hotel room and hung out with our friends Katie and Jeremy who came along with us. Chris got a dozen red roses for our hotel room, it was very sweet and romantic of him! Our hotel room was very nice and it out looked the golf course. It had a nice patio where I spent some of my time reading. There were a lot of bird of paradise around the patio so I had many hummingbirds come to visit. Oh, and our hotel room was 311, which is our anniversary date! March 11th!

The first morning I went to check out the place while the guys were out golfing. I got a mocha from their Starbucks coffee stand and checked out the spa, pool area, dinning area, and tennis courts. It was a really nice place and hope we will get to go there again in the near future. Later in the evening we all went out to get appetizers and drinks at En Fuego and then enjoyed a yummy italian dinner at Il Fornaio. Then we had a fun time going to the heated pool and Jacuzzi when we got back to the hotel.

Sunday I got up early to go to the spa to enjoy a wonderful massage and facial! They were wonderful and I felt like mush afterward. Katie and I then hung out by the pool after we had a yummy breakfast. I took an hour and a half long nap after that..I was totally relaxed from the spa. That evening we went to Jake’s Del Mar a popular fish and California cuisine restaurant for dinner. The tomato soup I had was to die for and I had a great seafood pot for dinner. Everyone had something great to eat, we couldn’t complain. To end our evening we hung out by the fire pit and enjoyed a drink and each others company.

To conclude our trip we took a drive to Pacific Beach and had breakfast. Chris and I then got smoothies to enjoy while walking down the boardwalk and the pier. It was fun watching the surfers and we were amazed at how busy the beach was for a Monday. It was a wonderful weekend and I’m very grateful to be married to such a great guy. Looking forward to many more wonderful years together!

Funny thing..

It's a funny thing that I seem to always come back here in February and post a blog that I'm going to try to be better at this..but then another year passes by and I haven't written a darn thing!

Well, I certainly hope to be better with it. I gave it a fresh new background in hopes that will pull me back here. Life is good, have a great class this year..still madly in love with my husband.

I hope soon in life I will have more exciting things to write about then the everyday things..we hope to get a house or some new dwelling place. We plan to travel this spring and I hope to have stuff to share about that trip- we're going to celebrate our 5th anniversary! Wow, 5 years. Then it will be summer and who knows what that will bring..trips, maybe a summer job, and who knows what!

I'm just glad because I got pretty sick this past week and so glad to be feeling better now. Not 100% yet, but so much better than before. Okay, it is time for me to get ready for bed and start my work week!

Hope to come back and write soon!

Hello

A goal of mine..even though it's already February, is to be better about writing here and posting pictures of things that are going on in life!

I'm really going to try to be better..because the last time I wrote here was last year in February!

Life is busy

I haven't forgotten this lovely blog..plan to be better at it, like I've said in the past.

I want to get some pictures taken of my garden in the backyard. There is so much coming up and several of my freesia are ready to bust open! It's exciting.

Will be back to write more soon..feel so bad that I've not written here since December! Yikes!

Sometimes with my job I wish I could get a glimpse into the future to really see how my students will turn out.

Today was just one of those days with my job, where my heart just sank because I just want the best for them and want to teach them the simple importances of life. It's just hard because I want them to succeed and be respectful. It's just hard because I know I might be the only one in their life showing and teaching them those characteristics..it doesn't set in as quick.

Oh, poor Picky-Picky

I have been reading Ramona Forever to my class for read aloud. Today I read the chapter where Ramona and Beezus find their cat, Picky-Picky, who has passed away. I couldn't help but tear up since I know what it feels like to loose a pet. I even knew that the part was coming up because I've read the story before, but it just hit me today. A few other students in my class were a little teary. Two girls got me a kleenex, one for my eyes they said and one for my nose. Then we had to pause and talk about all of our pets and ones that we still have and the ones we don't have anymore. I just love those moments of teaching, were we connect and that they see that I have real feelings, and can relate to them. Even if it's me just being sappy about a children's book.

For the rest of the day, I found several random notes on my desk from several of my students saying,
'I'm sorry you've lost your dog when you were young, I lost a dog too'
'I think your are great Mrs. Allen,'
'I know how you feel, I lost my dog last year and it was really sad,'
'I think you are the best teacher ever, I really mean that, you are'
'I am glad you have Ellie, I like the name Ellie'
' I like that you read, You're the best!'

Now, if that can't make your day, I don't know what will.

Hello November!

I am amazed that it is already November! I sure can't wait until it really feels like Novemeber outside- it's been way to hot! Life has been quite busy and I can't believe how bad I have been with posting here. I need to make sure to be better with it, just like I'm trying to be with working out. I'm doing good though with that! I've been doing yoga, weights, riding my bike or a cardio work-out a couple of times a week! Chris and I are trying to be in better shape by Christmas and motivate each other to be on top of it! Ellie even seems to want to do yoga with me, since she always goes a lays on my mat. It's pretty funny.

We love Ellie so much and she loves us too. She always wants to be where we are. For example, when we go to sort the laundry, you'll find her there too!

I am also excited that my garden is coming along, I have a few seedlings coming up and I also have some herbs planted in some pots on our back porch. I will be planting lettuce and some other things this week as well. It's always fun to see what all comes up in the spring! I have planted some of the same things, but some new flowers this time too.

Yay!

I have rosemary, sage, parsley, thyme, and basil! Sure is fun to add to your cooking!

Lastly, Ellie would like to say hi and wish you a great week! I do too!