Quick Takes!

1.  My mom is still doing great!  She is leaving her rehabilitation facility Saturday morning!  Whoot!  She is headed home and will be tended to during the day by a home health nurse.  She will also have someone come help her with meals and housework and such.  She is moving around great and still exceeding all expectations!  I am so grateful!

2. One of my bestest friends is being ordained a Deacon this weekend!!!! Big whoot!  Dominic and I met at the Frassati Conference and have been close ever since.  I always thought he'd make an amazing priest and now he is only one year away!  We have had some pretty great times and we also share the privilege of being godparents to little Leo!

Well, here is a little bit of Dominic and I.
Side note... this was taken about one hour before I met Doug for the first time!

Dominic knows my hated of penguins...
so he bought me one for Christmas!  Nice!

3. We got a fence!  I LOVE IT!!  We are right by a pond and I wanted a fence for our imaginary children someday and having Daisy just moved up those fence plans a few years.  It looks amazing and the puppy is thrilled to have a place to run.

4. Could I use more exclamation points!!??  Seriously, I'm an exclamation point addict.

5. Doug is officially done with school for the year.  I love it when he is done teaching and can be at home for a few months.  He does some summer work in June and then I'll have him all to myself in July and some of August.  Last year, I really thought I would hate him being at home while I was at work all day, but much to my surprise, I LOVED IT!  It was awesome.  Laundry was done, dishes were washed, dinner was cooked.  We weren't rushing around to get things done in the evening and could actually relax and spend some time with each other.  I love summer!!

Chef Doug last summer!

6. Can you guess how many times this week I heard the question, "When are you and Doug PLANNING on having kids?"  About 10!  Can you believe it?  Even my trainer at the gym asked me!  I don't know what it was this week, but it was crazy.  When I heard the question, I really almost laughed.  The thought of us PLANNING is funny to me, since in my plan, we'd already be on our second by now. Ha!  Each time I heard the question, I simply smiled and answered, "We are ALWAYS open to life."

7.  I am fighting a sinus thing... so I'm taking some cold meds and heading to bed!  Have a great weekend ladies!