Finally Done!

It has been such a great weekend! Really nothing too spectacular has happened, but the school semester is over, so that has made it wonderful. For those of you who might not be up to date, after Ben was layed off from Fidelity, he decided that it would be a good opportunity to finish up his degree. He's been taking online courses from the Utah State Extension. It was a great idea....in theory. Once Ben was back to work full time (an hour away-makes for 10 hour days), his 15 credit hours seemed a little too ambitious. And of course we've had the whole Miles thing that has only further complicated things. Needless to say, it has been a terribly busy couple of months. Every second of my poor husband's life has been occupied with things that I'm sure he'd rather not have occupy his time. As of yesterday morning, he was finished with the semester. It was a great feeling for me, and I can only imagine what a relief he felt. We all finally got to relax together a little bit. Ben and I dropped Miles off at Karri's while we went out for sushi. It was fantastic. Afterward, we went back and visited for a while. While we were there, Miles was pretty hyper. At one point, Miles even started yelling, "Mamma, mamma..." He wasn't yelling for me though. It was for grandma. Good job Miles, and congrats Karri.



Today, I didn't quite know what to do with myself. Usually, the weekend is filled with Ben scrambling to catch up on homework. There's usually a test that needs to be turned in by Sunday night. So, I try to keep Miles busy, so Ben can get his work done. Ben played with Miles all day today though. I decided that I'd make a nice Sunday dinner. I looked through the freezer, and I went a little overboard. I kept seeing things that needed to be used, so I kept going. I've decided that I'm a nervous cooker. Anyhow, if anyone is interested in roast beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, green salad, homemade biscuits with honey butter, lowfat chocolate chip cookies, apple pie, and or home bottled grape juice with ginger ale, come on over.



In all my baking and what not today, I've made a goal to be more domestic. Anyone who really knows me knows that I am not the tidiest person. I'm going to work very hard on keeping my house cleaner though. (we've had a lot of unexpected company lately, and I do not like embarrassing myself) I'm going to do my best to always clean up meals right away and not leave dishes in the sink. There's something about having a clean kitchen, specifically, that just makes me feel better. I have a really cute glass covered cake plate that I've also decided to always have a little homemade treat in, cookies, muffins, bread, etc.) I like baking, and this way, I'll always have a little something if people drop in.



All in all, it's been a great couple of days. School is done, the house is cleaner (notice how I still don't use "clean"), and Miles has been healthy. Now we just need to keep it up at least through this coming week. I'm guessing that all this will end once we have the surgery.