Play Place Party!

Samarah was invited to her first "real" birthday party. By "real" I mean where the mommies aren't friends.

The party was Saturday at a new McDonald's Play Place. Almost all of Samarah's friends from school were there, which was nice because I got to know them a little! I took so many pictures that people thought I was the professional photographer...seriously. Samarah had a great time.

Life is not exciting enough to blog about, LOL!

John and I managed to make some progress toward decluttering and straightening up this weekend. Our mess of a house is a very touchy issue for me. We need to get on top of it and STAY on top of it.
On a couple fun notes...I am a little excited to be going to FL this summer. I think it'll be a fun trip for us, even though it is school related. I imagine it will be HOT, though...something I never look forward to. I have started looking at airfare and lodging. Gonna be pricey!

We are going to see Railroad Earth at the end of the month. I am looking forward to it!

Went to the new Japanese restuarant (Shiros) for dinner with John D. and Chrissy. That was fun! Gorgeous place, good food! I have never been to a hibachi restaurant before. It was fun. I am not so good at cathing things in my mouth, though! Interesting!

Deserving of it's own post!

Another belated post, but what are you gonna do?

I participated in a round of Postal Pixies with a few wonderful chatty mamas from TBW. My gift was so amazing! Xander, Samarah and I were so excited!
I have been using my gift on a daily basis and just can't stop looking at it!!

I should be ashamed...

for not even posting Halloween pics or anything! We'll get to that!

Other, more exciting stuff going on! I had a meeting with the Dean on Halloween. I thought it went really well. He sees me in the position for the foreseeable future. There is definitely a need for it. Though it is temporary, it could work to my benefit, as there are no time requirements for me to get a terminal degree. He did mention that once I am there for more than two years, even in a temp position, there has to be CAUSE for them to let me go, which was a relief to hear.
Also, once I am there for 5 years, it seems as though they have to offer me tenure per the contract. That might be tricky because I still won't be done with my Ed.D.
So, we'll see!

On another note, I got my letter of *provisional* acceptance from Nova today! Woohoo! I will have provisional acceptance until they receive my two letters of recommendation, which I sent out on Wednesday, and my MAT scores. I am setting up the MAT for December 15th.
I am so excited, yet SO nervous!!

Now, about those pics...