Day 54

Exciting night tonight! One of Matt's friends was celebrating his birthday downtown at a sushi bar that we have gone to once before. If you know me at all, you would know that I do not like ANY fish at all...especially not sushi. Luckily for me they have a teriyaki chicken that it AMAZING! That along with the edamame, it was delicious. We then went to the bar upstairs called Roc Bar. We went outside to the balcony because there was more room, but it was hotter than hot. We survived and had a good time as well! The picture didn't come out very good, but it's a picture of the bar's neon sign.

Day 53

Today I was especially surprised to get to hang out with 2 of my best friends. Lindsay came over earlier in the day and we went to the pool for a couple of hours. Gretchen had volleyball stuff at school until later in the day, so she came over and we went to dinner. I'm not sure why we wait until the end of summer to get together, but we do it every year! Of course I forgot to take a picture while either of them were here, so I got creative and took a picture of a picture of them from a couple of summers ago when we went to Galveston for a weekend. Not exactly the same, but I think it works ok.

Day 52

Today I went to HAAM (Humble Area Assistance Ministry) with Nancy to help with the school supply drive/distribution they do every year. We were getting ourselves so stressed out by the time we were done I was ready to leave and relax. You wouldn't think school supplies could be stressful, but they are! Like I tend to do a lot, I forgot to take picture, so I took a picture of their facebook page...lame I know. I really should remember these things at the time!

Day 51

Since the new school year is right around the corner I thought I should get busy making the curtains for my new classroom. I hadn't started them yet because I wanted to make sure I could get them done in one day and have the dining room cleaned up before Matt freaked out about the mess. I pulled out the sewing machine, fabric, sewing box and anything else I needed...except for scissors. I couldn't find my good scissors, so I tried using the ones we use in the kitchen. The crappy ones from the kitchen ended up chewing at the fabric, not cutting. So, I stopped what I was doing and went to the store. I needed to get a few things for dinner anyway, so it was a trip I needed to make. Typical me, I forgot to get the scissors. So, this is how the dining room was left until another day...oh well.

Day 50

My school supply search continued today while I was grocery shopping. Today's great find was crayons for $.25 a box. I know that I'm not an elementary teacher but I do still have a lot of coloring activities for the high school kids. For some reason if I give them an assignment that involves coloring they are more likely to do it. So, if buying crayons helps me get my kids to do their work, so be it!

Day 49

The weekend was really busy and we didn't get around to doing yard work. I think Matt was dreading having to do it after work some time during the week, so I woke up early and carefully got the mower out of the garage. He has it stored where it's hard to get out without scratching his truck or jet ski but I managed to get it out without any damage. I guess the mower is my new accessory and now I think Matt expects me to do the mowing. Not sure that I like this!

Day 48

Today we celebrated Leslie's birthday at the Spaghetti Warehouse downtown. We definitely ate way too much but it was a good time and a great meal! Yummy!