elfingo.com

An old friend of ours, Bryan, has recently created his own online auction site to rival eBAY. It's called elfingo.com. I hope that you will take a look at and give it try, it is much cheaper than eBAY and currently receiving 4000 hits a day. Plus it was all created by a local St. Louis Dad. Which I think is pretty cool! Bob has listed a few items and done very well in the sale. There was even a little online article about the new site.

I am adding the link to my friend's blog list at the right.

I also wanted to note that I have added links to a couple of really inspirational blogs that I read from time to time. Both are worth investigating!
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Moving, Moving, Moving

New house pics!


It's official, we are moving. We finally sold our house (after 2 years). We put a bid on a house in Affton yesterday and we are 98% sure that we will be moving there. The only thing that may affect it is the building inspection. But we definitely have to be out of our house on March 14th. Not much time but I think we can handle it.

I'm excited, nervous, apprehensive etc but I look at as a new beginning and some much needed change.

The house is kind of small but very well maintained and upgraded. It has a really nice finished basement with a 4th bedroom and nice fenced in yard for Sparky. The kitchen is small but very cute and the 2 full baths have recently been re-done. The kids are excited and have already talked about the friends they know in the neighborhood. It will be a nice change for them to all be able to ride the bus to and from school everyday. (plus the savings on gas)
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Busy Weekend Over, Boredom Sets In

I have been dreading/looking forward to the weekend for quite a while and now that it is over, I'm feeling bored.

On Friday, I hosted a shower for my friend Kristen from work who is getting married in March. The dread came in worrying about preparing the house and making the food etc for the party the looking forward came in wanting all my friends and co-workers to come over for a really great time.

Well, it was a really, really fun shower. The house looked great, thanks in to the big help from my hubby and kids. They even made themselves and the dog scarce all evening so we "girls" could have fun. And fun we had, a little too much fun probably. It gets kinda scarey when grown woman contemplate Teepeeing their bosses or co-workers house. Everyone said how much fun they had and how much they liked my food etc. Kristen was very appreciative about everything.

Then on Sudnay night we had her bachelorette party at the Lumiere, a new casino on the St. Louis Riverfront. It was also fun , but I must say not as much fun as at my house.

But now, it's Monday, another day off work and I am a little bored. I guess I am actually looking forward to going back to work tomorrow. (Did I really just say that?)

CHECK IT OUT!!

I just noticed on my cluster map that I got a hit from someone in Australia and in southeast Asia. COOOOOOOOOL!!

Keep hitting the blog, I love it! (and feel free to comment)

Love is in the Air

Yeah I guess you could say love is in the air, cause it's Valentine's Day. For us that means a card with two monkeys dressed as man and wife sitting on a couch watching tv. The outside says "Honey, with you words aren't necessary" and the inside says "neither are pants." (Cause the monkeys are not wearing pants)

GET IT?? I thought it was hilarious! Here's hoping you spend your Valentine's Day with someone you love enough not to have to wear pants!

TOO COLD!!

ARGGG, I am really sick of this cold St. Louis weather. I know it's only mid February but DANG! It's just too cold! I really need a nice, warm vacation right now.


This should be us!!

Terrible Tragedy

Those of you living in St. Louis have surely heard about the tragedy that unfolded last night in Kirkwood. Two police officers and three Kirkwood city council members were killed, two others including the mayor were injured when a gunmen opened fire at a Zoning meeting.

This really hit close to home for me as the wife of a Crestwood police officer which is Kirkwood's closet municipality. Needless to say I was glued to my tv all night and getting updates from Bob who arrived late because he was downtown with me at the school board meeting where I got the award for the slogan. Bob reported horrors too graphic for this blog but he and all of the St. Louis law enforcement community are taking this really hard.

I had a hard time calming the fears of my kids who where really nervous about their father's line of work.

Please pray for the families of the victims as they struggle to get through their grief.

Life is too short to hold grudges, worry about impossibilities, or keep blaming people for past mistakes. I am trying to find something postive in light of this tragedy and I hope it will come in a renewal in faith of God, family and friends.

Good News

I have a little bit of good news to announce. In our district, they were looking for a new slogan that would represent all the changes being made in an effort to get back on track. Well they had a contest for employees to submit slogans and I won.

Last night I had to go to a board meeting and they presented me with a certificate and a check for $500.

Pretty cool huh?

My winning slogan is: Building Our Future: One Community, One School, One Child at a time.

February Is Already Here

Can't believe that February is here already. This school year is flying by. As a special ed teacher, Feb. and March are our busiest times of the year. Most IEP's and re-evaluations are due at this time which means lots and lots of paperwork for us/me! Plus this month is the Pinewood Derby and The Blue and Gold Banquet for CubScouts, I also have a shower and bachelorette party for my best pal from work, Kristen. Her wedding is in March along with spring break, the hockey all star game, our anniversay, my mom's birthday, my parents anniversary and Easter. WHEW! This will really be a busy couple of months.

AND, the best most exciting event for our family is our beloved dog, Sparky's birthday on March 8th. Hannah is already planning the party!! She thinks she is going to bake a doggie cake and invite Petey, Bandit and Baby to Sparky's party which she says should be at a Dog Park. I rarely ever post about Sparky but I must admit he truly is man's or in this case woman's best friend. I know I am probably a little bit biased but he is the sweetest, best dog in the whole world. He is usually pretty calm, except when another dog walks by our house then he barks like crazy from his perch in our front window. He will sleep with me, goes everywhere I go, runs to greet me at the end of a day and is always ready for some love.


See for yourself what a sweetie pie he is>>>>>