Monday Five Countdown

Can you believe it's May?? It's my little man's birthday month and I really can't believe it.

Five Things I'm Grateful For

1. Having lots of time with Nate this weekend. It makes leaving for work on Monday morning even that much harder, but I love our weekend time.

2. I had to return the rental car this morning but I'm glad we were able to afford it for the week that we needed it.

3. I might have Friday off this week. *fingers crossed*

4. The hubby took Nate to a party yesterday afternoon while I stayed home to do homework. Before doing any homework, I was able to do a lot of cleaning and errands, though.

5. We hung up FOUR pictures yesterday!  Yay! I love the painting we bought to go over the new sofa in our living room and am so happy it's finally up (and we finally hung up wedding pictures, for the first time - and we've been married 2 1/2 years, lol).

Four Things I Can't Stop Thinking About

1. Bin Laden. A friend who had someone die on 9/11 said she feels like her family finally has some peace. I'm glad that they do.

2. Hoping my boss approves my comp day on Friday. *fingers still crossed*

3. Nate's birthday is a week from tomorrow!! Which means his party is less than two weeks away. Lots of planning and work to do for it still.

4. Schoolwork. Nate's birthday is also my last day of the semester and I have tons of work to do. Lovely timing.

Three Things I Want To Accomplish This Week

1. More picture hanging!

2. Make a menu/cooking plan for Nate's party.

3. Scope out party supplies.

Two Things I Am Working To Be Positive About

1. My car. The insurance inspector is supposed to come look at my car today or tomorrow. I'm really, REALLY hoping they total it out so we can just go get a new car.

2. How hard it is to be married with a baby. I've done a lot of things in my life - surgeries, a graduate degree, a dozen moves, traveling abroad alone - but nothing in my life has been harder than being married the past year. I used to think all that "marriage is hard work" talk was hooey. I get it now.

One Random Thing

1. If I counted correctly, The Pioneer Woman's cookbook has 62 recipes in it (main, not including variations) and I've completed 30 of them, so I'm almost halfway through. I thought I was much farther along than that, oops!

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