weekend before school

  This weekend has been great. While Nathan was at work yesterday morning I decided that I was not going to allow myself on the computer until I had the entire house clean AND the laundry done. It was hard but I DID IT! All of the Christmas decorations are down and up in the attic, I finished all of the laundry AND vacuumed/dusted. If you can't tell I am pretty proud of myself. haha. I always dread doing it but love the way the house looks when its finished. :)
 The plan was that once I got the house cleaned and Nathan came home we were go to head to the city to return a few things. However, looking @ the -12 windchill we decided to stay home and relax instead. I pulled out a book that I have been meaning to read for some time now and we both laid on the couch and read our books. It was so fun & relaxing- I realized just how much I miss reading. When my stomach started to growl, we noticed it was 7pm and decided that we probably should go get dinner before it got to late! After dinner we came back home, resumed our positions on the couch and finished our books before heading to bed. Those days are VERY far and few between so we gotta take advantage of those days when we can.
  Nathan is at work right now tearing down the old store and getting ready to open the new one tomorrow. I am soooo proud of him! He is done such a wonderful job getting everything ready AND not bring the stress of it all home. The store looks AWESOME and I am confident that it will be a great opening tomorrow morning. If you live in NWI you really should check it out- its pretty sweet! 
  I go back to school tomorrow and basketball officially starts @ 4:59 with tryouts from 5-7. I am not looking forward to having to get up early tomorrow but it will be fun to see all of the kiddies and hear their Santa stories! I am also looking forward to getting this basketball season started- it will be hard not having the same 'dream' team as I have had for the past two years, but it will be a great new challenge.  Gotta get the practice schedule ready and head to bed- its going to be an early morning.