How rude!!

So I bought my wedding dress of the rack last week, but didn't bring it home with me because they were going to clean and press it for me. They said it normally take a couple weeks, which I thought was perfect, because I can go pick it up during spring break. Then, they called me Tuesday (just 3 days after I bought the dress!!) and said it was ready to pick up. Now I'm trying to figure out if there's any way I can get my dress before spring break...if only they hadn't told me!!

I got a wedding dress!!

I found one that I love, that fits me perfectly, that they let me buy right off the rack. They're cleaning and pressing the dress for me and I can pick it up in just a few weeks!!

Lunch with My Love

It's the little things

In honor of Valentine's Day, I just want to say how much I appreciate all the little things Aaron does for me every day!!

He sticks Post-Its on the bathroom mirror or in my lunch to tell me that he loves me.
He throws my towel in the dryer so it's warm when I get out of the shower.
He makes me homemade bean and ham soup, because he knows it's my favorite.
He gets up first (almost always) in the mornings to let the dogs out and lets me lay on his pillow for a few minutes.
He helps me pick out clothes and shoes for work, so I'm always looking my best.
He makes me breakfast in the morning, sometimes a bowl of cereal and other times surprises me with French Toast (It was very tasty this morning, thanks!!)
He sacrifices sleep to spend time with me when he's really busy with work.
He gets me my books for school when I'm too lazy to get out from the blanket on the couch.
He supports me throughout any problems my family is having.
He gave me his very first business card!! And didn't laugh when I made my own and gave it to him!!
He picks out the sweetest cards that make me cry a little bit.

Basically, he's wonderful each and every day!!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!

I was looking through more pictures.

Aren't they adorable?!?

Oh geeze!!

I was looking through pictures today and all I could think was "Geeze Petes our puppy has gotten HUGE!!" Compare the first picture, from the day after we got him in August, to the second, taken a couple weeks ago.



I attempted to weigh Nick the other day (imagine me trying to wrangle him and hold him still long enough for the scale to register...not easy!!) and he weighed in around 60 pounds.

*Sniffle* Our baby is growing up!!

First the kitty, and now this :-(

At work this morning, a good friend of mine, we'll call her 'Candy' came in with puffy eyes. Aaron was walking into the office right behind her and told me that her dogs had been hit by a train and killed yesterday!! Candy's dogs were the same ages as Steve and Nick and her puppy was going to become Nick's girlfriend. Candy said this morning, "They were like our kids!!" and I know just how she feels. I never had the pleasure of meeting her dogs, but knowing that she loved her dogs as much as we love ours, I've had this big heavy feeling in my chest all day just thinking about it.

For those of you who have pets, make sure you give them a little extra loving tonight!!

A Kitten on the Highway

So as I was driving home from Ames today, I glanced over near the on-ramp (I was on Highway 30 at the Gateway exit) and saw a little kitten sitting in the weeds. It made me so sad that as I continued driving, I called Aaron at work to see if it would be okay if the kitten lived at our house, even for just a couple days, if I saved it. He said it would be, so when I got off at the South Dakota exit, I got right back on and headed back. I turned around again and then pulled over on the side of the on-ramp (There was a lot of turning around). I got out of my car and looked all around for the kitten (and got some strange looks from passer-byers!!). Sadly, I couldn't find the kitten, so I either have a very vivid imagination, or it's wandering around near Highway 30 somewhere!!