Life Lately

Life lately has been keeping us on our toes and making us feel incredibly blessed

We are in the home stretch of the last month of school

with a million activities to fill the last 2 weeks

Spencer was given the Best Attitude award at his orchestra concert last week

and also got an award for getting a 1- on a solo and ensemble piece

We have a choir concert Thursday and movie night at school this Friday

Baseball practices have started and oh my goodness how we missed being at the ball field

The boys LOVE playing ball and we LOVE watching them

Opening ceremonies was Saturday and we had gorgeous weather
Whats not to LOVE about ball park food, sunshine and great friends 

 While there is no place we'd rather be, practices 3-4 nights a week take time from other things

Two months ago, I was asked by the PTO to treat our teachers for Teacher App. Week

Last week was THE WEEK and we delivered 52 gifts every day

with an added bonus of breakfast on Friday for all of the staff

It was fun but I've never been so happy to put all my craft stuff away
Maybe this is why I don't get any of my own projects done

I'm not sure why I thought it would be a good idea to add a little more work to our lives but we did

After wanting to remodel one of our bathrooms since the day we looked at our house (15 years ago),

things are finally starting to come together

The corner shower leaked after multiple caulk jobs so I finally said, THIS IS IT!

I should say that more often because things happen when I say that

I spent a month picking out a shower (I could never build a home- there are too many decisions)

In my mind, I knew I wanted this particular corner tub we had seen at Menards

but kept thinking it would be too big

I didn't want to have my knees shoved in the side of the tub when I was on the toilet

We measured and measured and drew lines - I'm a visual person

In the end, we decided to GO BIG

Here's a  photo of the work in progress:

The old leaky corner shower
 

We had to do some floor repair due to the leak

I'll post more pictures of the bathroom when it's done

While all of our projects were in full swing, 

I fit in a few Dr appointments for myself  that I had been putting off

I've had a sore on my foot since December that I tried to treat myself but it didn't work

It was a deep plantars wart that's going to need some more attention

Bummer!

Two days later I had an appointment for a yearly lady exam and some blood work

What should have been a quick exam ended up being a 2 hour appointment

My Dr. found a lump in my right breast

4 days later (the longest 4 days of my life) I had a mammogram and ultrasound

So far everything looks good but I'll be seeing a surgeon later this month

Mother's Day was a little more sentimental than it has been in the past

A week prior, I wasn't sure what my future would look like

Life can change in the blink of an eye

I'm so thankful that I'm on the other side of this and blessed

The boys made me breakfast and cards on Sunday and we spent the evening with my parents

Our jobs are going well

The hubby is working a lot of over time
 and I'm thrilled to be working in a t-shirt rather than my parka

I had my 9 month review last week that went fabulous

My boss is kind of a negative nancy so I was dreading my first review

A great review and a raise can turn anyone's day around

Our vacation plans are in the works

I've worked 9 months with NO vacation
This was quite a change from the flexible schedule I had before

Come the end of July I will FINALLY have vacation time and I'm going to CELEBRATE
So far we have 2 trips planned

Well, that's a wrap up
I'm hoping to write more blog posts this summer

Vacation