Well I got my cutting board last night. My BIL Travis made it for me. I love it, he did a really good job on it.

While I was getting this picture off of my camera, I came across some more that I took at Christmas.

Colton and Emma

Morgan, Colton and Emma

Today I got my new family rings that Eric gave me for Christmas. They are beautiful and I tried to take a picture of them but it didn't turn out very good. They are white gold and are set with our birthstones. Eric's is September (sapphire), mine is April (diamond), and Morgan's is December ( blue topaz). He had them made seperate so that it would be easier to add to them. I really do love my husband.

Oh what a long day of sitting for 8 hours in orientation. So boring. And I get to it again tomorrow. But I do get to ride into work and back home with my wonderful husband (an hour each way). It's nice that he works just about 10 minutes away from the hospital, even though we won't get to see each other during the day or be able to ride together all the time. I wish we could. But I work or rather sit tomorrow and again on Wednesday then I'm off until Sunday.
Morgan called me on my way home today to give me some exciting and kindof sad news, I will not post details because she would kill me if she saw this, but any of you mothers out there would understand. My little girl is growing up. I'm always thinking about things she used to do or say when she was little. I miss those days.
Things she used to say:
When she would lay in my lap and look up at my face she would say, "I can see me in your eyes." She could see here reflection in my eyes and she thought that was so much fun.
She always wanted to rub noses together, "Let's do nosies."
She once told my mom, "Granny, I need some Nylenol (Tylenol)." "Why do you need medicine, you're not sick?" "Because I've been having alot of bless you's lately."
Her biggest saying was "How did they used to do it back in the 80's?"
Her grandmother was going to a baby shower one Sunday after church, someone asked something about where she was going. Morgan replied"She's going to a baby washing."

Little one's are so cute. A friend of mine that I used to work with just had the most precious little baby girl on December 28th, Maya Lee. I can't wait to see her.

Eric rode his bike this afternoon, outside in the beautiful sunlight for a couple of hours. I stayed in and hit the eliptical again. Then we had a great steak that Eric grilled up for us. Now I'm off to do a little pampering on me. Time for new nail polish and a facial while soaking in the hot tub.

I've had such a good time today. Leslie came over for the day and we had lunch and a sewing lesson. She made a pot holder and took the supplies home to make another one. She is doing really good.
I made some home made blueberry muffins for breakfast this morning. They were soooo good. Now I just need to decide what to do for dinner.
I'm trying to find something to bring in an income from home without having to go to work in the hospital. I am already a Stampin Up demonstrator. I am getting ready to take on Pampered Chef. I have a very big house that is in a convenient location that I could have the parties in my house for the people who want to have parties and don't have the room or just would not like to have it their own house. Oh well, I just want to find something that I can make some extra money at and these are two things that alot of women like. I'm just praying that this is what is right for me and my family.

Well it's still very cold here, but supposed to be in the 50's by next week. Cold weather drains all of my energy. It's been pretty, the sun is shining. But I have absolutely no energy. I did as little as possible today and I hate that. I made chili for dinner tonight. We love hot and spicey food. We grow several different kinds of hot peppers in the summer and we dry them or freeze them to use all winter long.
Morgan missed school today, she had a sore throat and signs of a cold. I think that most of it is coming from the fact that her dad does not have a humidifier and he uses wood heat. I hope that she is not sick. She is getting ready to start playing volleyball.
While Eric road his bike on the trainers tonight, I hopped on the eliptical for 25 minutes. That was the first time on there in months. It felt great afterwards.
I decided that it was not a good idea to cut out the caffeine cold turkey, after I got the major headache. So I've had a chai latte to make up for that. The chai has 1/2 the caffeine that my coffee does. I will do this for a couple days and then work my way down. Oh well, I'm getting my calcium.
I have a date for dinner tomorrow night with my wonderful husband:) I can't wait!

Oh my it is sooooo cold here today. It is 10 degrees, but a wind chill of 1. I don't do well with the cold. I like it warm, all nice and toasty. I do like to see snow when I don't have to go out in it. We did have some flurries and expect some more later tonight. It makes me want to make a big pot of soup or chili and curl up with a blanket.
I have my work physical later today. I would really like to skip it because of the cold weather but if I do I can't start work on Monday. And I really want a paycheck. So I get to test out the new down coat that Eric gave me for Christmas.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
We had a very low key boring night. We did stay up and have a bottle of champagne. Eric's parents came and stayed last night on their way back home. They got up and left this morning. I had my last glass of champagne, wine and last cup of real coffee last night. I am now on a healthy kick to get my body ready and in shape for baby time.
I also got out my new food processor this morning and chopped up onions to freeze and have ready for soups and other dishes. It's so nice to have them already there waiting in the freezer and prepared for me.
I am trying to decide what and how much I want to plant in my garden this year. I need to start ordering seeds. I have been looking at cookbooks and canning books to get some ideas of what to make that I can can for gifts and of course my own use. I am getting so excited!! I love seed catalogs. I never can quite decide on everything, or at least I want everything and never can scale down to what I really should buy and need.
I hope you all had a great New Year's Eve and continue to have a great New Year in 2008!