These are the moments

So much has happened since the last time that I wrote, I don't even know where to start! First off, I am finally employed! I know that being a Domestic Diva and CEO of Tiedeman Family was tough work, but I think the hubby and I would agree that being out in the community with people has done wonders for me! The best wonder of all is finding out that my immune system is not used to children or Texas germs. Yes, after being in the classroom for one week, I officially had a cough and here we are another week later, and I have a full-blown cold :( I am trying to fight through it, so hopefully by Monday, I will be super-charged and ready to go! The picture of me is after my first day of school :)

The next exciting thing is that Phil and I finally got to celebrate a holiday together! Yes, we know that Halloween isn't the most special or significant holiday, but when you've been dating someone for almost four years and you can count on one hand how many holidays you were together for, you get really excited about the small things. Unfortunately Phil had to work until late on Halloween night, but we still carved a pumpkin (there's Phil revealing what's inside our pumpkin), decorated and got some candy (wishful thinking that we would have little kids come trick-or-treat). Halloween night, we went to a party with a few friends (Phil came to that party after he got off work) and it was a great evening with a lot of fun decorations and costumes (I was a rag doll and Phil was a tourist).

After all of the Halloween festivities, we got to celebrate Phil's birthday! He has now entered the 'quarter-century' club and as of right now, nothing much has changed! He had to work the evening shift on his birthday, so I headed out to the airport to have dinner and birthday pie with him. Now we are taking a little breath before Thanksgiving and Black Friday activities (yes, I am dragging him out of bed in the early morning of Friday the 28th to do some shopping)! I mean, is there a better time than 6am and with a crowd of people to point out what I want for my birthday and Christmas?!? I'm sure we'll survive and I probably won't get him out of bed too early... at least by my standards :)

As for now, I plan on taking it easy for the rest of the weekend. Hopefully my immune system will bulk back up and I'll be ready to take on the kids for two more weeks (then, it's a week off for Thanksgiving Break)! I love school!