After an extremely sad & stressful January, February has been a MUCH happier month for our family. Everyone is healthy & our busy daily life is feeling normal again. So let's recap the month's events.
My Groundhog Momma turned 55 I miss her every day but I miss her even more on birthdays & holidays. I love you Mom!
Maddy got a A+ on her Biome Research project. Now if she could just pull up her Math grade, she continuously makes careless mistakes and is squeaking by with a C average.
Mike & I redecorated the girl's bedroom. My Dad & my Step Mom gave the girls bunk beds for Christmas, we just needed a wide open weekend to work our magic! Super Bowl weekend picked out some cool paint colors and busted our buns for 3 straight days! Everything turned out beautifully and the girls love it! We're still figuring out what to hang on the walls but for the most part their room is complete! Click over to my personal blog for more pics & details about how this project came together.
Mike took on a painting job for a family friend near his parents. Unfortunately, the job needed to be done Valentine's weekend. Mike & I worked our buns off (again) together Saturday & Sunday while the girls spent some quality time with Grandma & Grandpa... but Sunday night the girls & I had to get back home and Mike had to stay to finish. Monday was Valentine's Day, we missed Daddy but it was for good reasons. I don't cook much when he's away, so for a treat I ordered us Chinese! I love that my girls like ethnically diverse foods! We ate dinner at the coffee table, watched Be My Valentine Charlie Brown & read a cool book from the library about the history of Valentine's Day by Gail Gibbons. For those of you who think it's a bogus made up Hallmark Holiday you are sorely mistaken! Google it if you don't believe me! For the record I don't believe in spending boatloads of money to make my loved ones happy, but a special dinner at home, a bottle of wine or champagne, a small treat for the girls is just perfect in my opinion.
The girls also celebrated Valentine's Day at school. They love their sweet notes & treats from their teachers & classmates!
Also this month! Mike began training for a new department at work! He was increasingly unhappy in sales so when the opportunity arose to transfer to the tech team he jumped on it! This going to be a much better fit for Mike, it's a MUCH less stressful position in company and he'll advance more quickly with experience in two departments. Unfortunately, the pay isn't the greatest at first, but in a year that will ALL change. He still has his awesome benefits and there will be plenty of overtime until then. In a time when so many people are out of work Mike is sooooo grateful to be working for a company with an extremely bright future!
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