It's me, Charity

 Monday started off on a great note! My birthday package from my nephews arrived! I died laughing when I saw the shirt my SIL had got me! #ILoveThe90's  And I had to smile when I saw my card addressed to Auntie Chee. Lovemuffin can't pronounce my name, but he can say Chee! So that is who I am now!  My sweet snugglemuffin colored me a snoopy picture. LOVE!! I am going to frame this. Didn't he do a great job!  I also received pretty paintings from the boys. This one is on a shelf in the piano room.  And this one is on my gallery wall in the living room!  Later that night, wearing my new slippers they gave me, and eating leftover birthday ice cream cake. I finally ate enough that I could fit it into a smaller tupperware container. I'm not sure why DQ ice cream cakes have such a TALL lid??! Takes up half the space in my freezer!  Wednesday morning I was sitting at my desk working and saw the postal worker delivering a pac...

Last week we kicked off the week with 1!! day until my birthday! It was also my Grandma's birthday, In heaven, and I spent the day thinking about her a lot. I got several tops from my parents for my birthday so I wore one of them on Monday. I got a special package in the mail from my former piano teacher, Dr. E. and I was so excited!!!! I love his care packages of piano books!! I had to snap a picture and send to my friend Cindy. This was one of our favorite songs in college. (Definitely NOT PCC Approved!) She wanted to hear it so I happily obliged and played a little bit of it on a video for her.  Nothing like sitting by some festive birthday balloons while one teaches!  There are no pictures of me on my birthday because I did not shower or put makeup on. and it was kind of wonderful! It was really nice outside so I had the windows open all day long. I got to have a special birthday phone date with Audra and talk to Addie bear! It was wonderful!! ...

 Last Monday I tried a new drink at DD, their Iced Coffee with Mocha. I ordered it on the mobile app and missed the part about adding milk, so it wasn't quite my favorite but it wasn't bad either! Also, I believe it is ALWAYS an appropriate time for iced coffee. 20 degree weather, who cares!  I got the cutest valentine's day card in the mail from Audra, and it got me all teary eyed. thankful for friends who love me well!  The daily countdown to my birthday!  Wednesday I got up early to go to the Minute Clinic for the sinus infection that will never end. And got a person whom I was NOT a fan of. Despite the rough start to the morning it perked up when one of my students brought me a heart shaped pretzel for Valentines day! SO sweet! And so very yummy.  Thursday I was up early again, and in need of extra caffeine. I tried the Iced Coffee again and liked it much better with some milk involved.  After I was sufficiently caffeinated, I...

 Well I started off last week with sickness. So we join in the week on Weds, my next to last day of teaching! Christmas party in your lesson week was still happening for some students who couldn't come the week before so I busted out my antlers again!  Thursday I was feeling tired, and I had a ton of errands to run before teaching so I loaded up with a big ol mason jar of coffee.  I had to go get a frame for this AMAZING painting that one of my students Dad's made for me! That is Audra and her family in front of their old house when they sold it. It was her birthday gift.  Last day of lessons called for a festive headband! I snapped this in the middle of the afternoon when I was down to 4!! students!   I also got cozy, because I had had a rough day. Break was never needed more!  This is random but oh my word these chicken tenders are SO good! I got them at Target and now I need to buy more. It's a rare chicken ten...