I feel grown up

I am a big girl now- I had a real pedicure today at the salon.  I am slightly lacking when it comes to doing things like this for myself, but I have had a gift certificate that a friend gave me just before I had Spencer. So, to those of you who loose track of time like I do, that means that it was a year and a half ago. Good thing there wasn't an expiration date on it. They did hassle me a bit since it is under new ownership, but I have been in there and purchased gift certificates for several friends- I had just never redeemed mine. 

Anyhow, I made it an event with my good friend Sara and it was a wonderful way to spend time with a friend. Of course we ate Matsuman Gai at Siam before going which made it even better! Sometimes I just have to get my Asian fix. Sara talks about Japan a lot since they are back here now after spending the last 3+ years in Okinawa, and it sends me right back to all the fond memories of my time in Japan! (Thanks again Anne and Ron all these years later for giving me that opportunity, I will forever be grateful!)

Well, I am feeling pampered now- so back to work right?

Other happenings:

I have a good friend here in Warrensburg who I have known for over a year now, her name is Carolyn Burris and she is one of my favorite people. She teaches me that each day can be a good day and there is no reason to hold grudges, and to just be grateful for the small things in life.  I love that about her!

We made crepes and chocolate cake to celebrate her 65th birthday and had a chance to just hang out- what a great lady! She always has such a grand disposition and we have lots of laughs together. 

My life is so much better for knowing her!

Spencer loves Carolyn, he is always waving at her and he was super excited that he got to play with her and sit on her lap near that cake!

Well, I am adding more random things here- because I can! This special moment is brought to us by Zachary, and in typical Zachary fashion, he makes me laugh!

Kaija had a project for school where she was supposed to draw the 3 basic styles of columns then add one more to the mix and talk about them as she presented it to the class. Zach got ahold of her poster and added his favorite style of column which is the Unicornish...

She totally got docked points for having that one there and not being able to explain it! 

Zach is crazy, which leads me to his math assignment. He was supposed to write a love letter using math language since it is the month of Valentine's I guess. 

 Anyway he asked his teacher if he could write a hate letter instead...

Man I love that kid! These are the moments I am savoring this week- I actually have tried to do something everyday where I think outside of myself- it is refreshing!