Well it has been a crazy and I mean crazy week. So, my car broke down last Wednesday, and praise the Lord, I had a car Thursday night!!!!! I love my new car sooooooo much. Her name is Ginger by the way, (I love naming cars); she is a 2005 Trailblazer with 4WD and third row seating. It is so amazing the quality of the drive now; it is smooth and I am up way higher than I was in my Grand Am. I Love her soooo much!

So school has started and is going well. I made a dollar bill ring in my Gospel Artistry Class, and learned that I am not very good with balloon animals. Hopefully I can pass that part! Hymnology isn't horrible; i made it through my first presentation okay. Conducting is a breeze; I think I will ace that class. Other than that, I am enjoying seeing all of my friends again, and today they taught me a new game called Monopoly Deal. It was pretty fun once I got the hang of it. I didn't win today, but there will be other days......

Life is good, the boyfriend is beyond great, and I am losing weight with my 3 day diet. The only crappy thing about the diet is its lack of chocolate, but I am surviving and just indulging on the other four days of the week. :)

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

* this isn't my car but the same year and color! Love it!

Well, this has probably been the craziest week of my life. After working long hours all weekend, my Monday started out with news that only one of my students had their lesson books. So I cancelled lessons on Monday and moved her to today. Now that I had a free day, I went into our Christian school and did a craft with the kids. We made paper snowflakes and had a blast, which of course, made my day better. Monday night bowling was okay, I didn't do amazing but it wasn't horrible either.

Tuesday was registration day for college, and that went relatively well. I got to come home and relax for a while before work too. Work was good and very quiet. That was probably my only sane day so far this week.

Today has been ridiculous. I got five minutes from my house and the brakes in my car almost gave out. Talk about a scary ride to school! We did make it though, and my dad had to come out an look at it. In my first class, I found out that I would have to do a ten or twelve minute oral report every Monday. Seriously, I don't know why but it is crazy; and it's Monday, the most horrible day of the week. English Composition wasn't very encouraging either. We though we wouldn't be having class until our teacher gets back from Florida, but our college president used to teach the class, so he substituted. The homework: two 250 word essays by Monday. Again with the Mondays!!! It really isn't that bad, and I would rather do those than the oral presentation every week..... Oh well, I guess I will get over it.

To top it alllllll off, my car is absolutely dead. It isn't worth putting the money in it to fix it anymore. So, today was spent putting in a credit application at the bank and my dad looking at cars. Also, two of my piano students couldn't make it and one didn't show. Needless to say, my week has been crazy and it will be even worse tomorrow because I have to rely on family to get me to work and school tomorrow.

 

Wish me luck!

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

 

 

So, my computer is still on the fritz, and this is day three of my three ten hour days. A lot has been happening. So, I am working a big piano sale this weekend and writing up the contracts for the customers. It has been very interesting, and I have learned a lot of new things. I really enjoy meeting all the people involved in the other branches of my company as well.

 

My three day diet was a success! I lost 3.2 pounds in three days; I am definitely doing it again next week. Even that small loss in such a small time is an amazing thing for me, I am so excited!!!!

 

Well, I better get back to work, I may have customers soon. I hope you have a great weekend.

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

Today was a bit busy. I left the house around noon and didn't get back until 6pm. Piano lessons upon piano lessons today; but it's all good, I had a good time. Tomorrow might get a bit more dicey, we'll see how I feel after ten hours of work! I am sort of getting the hang of this texting thing, but the keyboard is so small :(

 

My computer is still acting up, but I am trying to grin and bear it. By the way, don't use your father's computer and forget to sign out of your accounts. My dad hacked me, but thankfully the only damage done was to my profile pic. (Epic sigh of relief)

 

I am doing great on my three day diet, only one more day to go. The food I am eating is actually filling me up, which is good, because I love to snack. I can't wait to have chocolate on Friday when this thing is over!

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

*here is a pic of my new phone and case!

 

I am downstairs on my dad's computer because my computer continues to hate me. Other than that, this has been a great day. I officially have a new phone, and unlimited  talk and text. First time with texting!!!!!!! YAY!!!! So I have kind of gone crazy with the whole ring tone deal, and I have specific ring tones for the people who call me the most. Each one represents them personally, and I enjoyed finding them. My sister, who would die if she could marry either Danny or Steve on Hawaii Five-O, has the theme song from the show of course. My mom, well, she has a smurf ring tone, lets just leave it at that. Dad, I love you but all I could think of was you singing Kim Possible to me as a kid, so his ring tone is her beeper noise. My BF has our theme song "Smile"and my grams has the theme song to NCIS. I'm sure I will get more and assign more to different people, but I had fun with those.

 

So I volunteered at the school today, and we made these adorable feet penguins. Some of the kids thought they were corny, but others loved them, and so did I so that's all that matters. Work was work and extremely busy at that; but the highlight of my day was seeing the wonderful, amazing BF (the icing on the top was he brought me a present!) Love you!

 

Oh, and I started a new diet today. It's only a three day on four day off diet, but so far it is going good. Wish me luck there, because one of my weaknesses is definitely food.

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

My computer has been acting up like crazy! It sometimes takes five minutes just for the Internet to come up :( Well, enough bad news for one night. Today was a good day; I finally found a case for my kindle fire that I absolutely love. I also had two McChickens today, which is not good for me health wise, but it makes my stomach happy! And no I did not eat two in one setting...... I also got a new phone, It isn't on just yet due to tons of complications, but it will be on tomorrow, and I now have unlimited text and talk!!!!! YEAH!!!! I am sooooo excited!!! I also came in third on my second game of bowling, which for me is insanely awesome. It wasn't an amazing score, but I am surprised that I beat some of the people I beat. What else......

 

I think that is pretty much it; today was my least busy day of this week, and it all starts tomorrow. Hopefully I will not go insane!

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

*here is my new cover!

So, today wasn't as busy as yesterday, or the day before. I even got to go shopping!!! My sister and I picked up one of my college friends and hit the mall. I got a gift certificate for Bath and Body from my boyfriend's brother, and they  were having a 75% off sale, so of course, we went! I got some really great stuff too :) We also stopped in Five Below to check for a case for my fire, which they didn't have any good ones, and then we moved on to DSW. I have never been in a DSW before and neither had my sister, for good reasons. She kind of has this addiction to shoes, so we avoid that store all together, but she did really well, and I was sooooo proud of her. :) We also had to stop at the dollar store to pick up some cards.

Anyway, we spent a lazy day at my house watching television, and finally my parents came home from their anniversary trip.Oh, my BF also came over later and we hung out. I felt like I hadn't seen him in like, forever, though I did see him on Monday. :)

 

Big week ahead, and I need all the rest, and chocolate that I can get!

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

Well, the first week of 2013 is almost over. That went quickly...... My day was another busy one with an eight hour shift at work, but I had lots of fun. We had a new teacher come in and meet some of the students, and it was kind of cool not being the new person, but being asked to show her around and help her out with any questions she had. I felt very appreciated, and I have been feeling that a lot lately. I don't know if I am just the only one who does things they are asked, or if people are just using me for grunt work, but it seems every time I turn around, the boss has more projects he wants me to work on. I am not complaining in the least, I enjoy learning new things, and ingraining myself more in the company.

 

Next week I am going to be trained in a new aspect of the business, and I have been asked to work our half off warehouse sale next weekend. I don't know much of what I will be doing, but I get my own user name and password in the software program we use to keep track of leads and purchases, so I'm pretty excited. :) It will be a crazy week though, and my last before school starts again. Yikes, time has flown by this holiday season.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend; I am going to get to hang out with a great friend tomorrow so I am very excited.

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

*so I was cleaning some pianos today (grunt work) and I have totally fallen in love with this cherry red baldwin we have in the front window. seriously, it is gorgeous, and not a bad price either. this is when I wish I was related to bill gates or donald trump :)

As much as yesterday was a lazy day, today was a busy day. I didn't do much this morning, but boy did they put me to work at work. I don't even know how many envelopes I filled, addressed, return addressed, stamped and sealed; along with probably double that amount of fliers I self addressed, sealed and stamped. Guess what, I'm doing more tomorrow!!! We had an issue come up today with one of the counter workers, and long story short, I am working again tomorrow evening. I am going in at noon instead of three though, because my boss said he will have a very lengthy list of thing for me to do along with all the rest of the mailing. Yeah!! Hey, I'm getting paid for it, so it's not that bad.

 

That was pretty much my day, I got home and vegged. Oh, and my dad took my mom away for the weekend for the anniversary! It was a surprise, but I knew about it of course :) Party at my house!! (Only joking mom, I promise!)

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

 

So, besides sleeping in yesterday, we had all the teens in our youth group over for a pizza party. It was a blast! I ended up hanging a sheet in the basement, printing off a "Happy New Year" banner, and getting a ton of props. The photo booth was a hit, and the pictures are hilarious. The funny part is, even when we weren't taking pictures, almost everyone was wearing a prop. All night long they would switch out hats, or glasses, it was great.

 

So today was another lazy day, but I did manage to clean up my room and put away my clothes. I also finally changed my address online; I just hadn't gotten around to it yet. But now I know, so the next time I have to change it, it will be a breeze :) (Love you honey!)

 

I do actually have to leave the house tomorrow and go to work, I am kind of looking forward to going back out into the world. I have so much stuff I wanted to accomplish over break, I have got a lot done, but there is still so much more to do. I start piano lessons again next week, and I have to re-work my schedule, and figure out my classes, so I can work around that. Hopefully it will be a stress free transition, and all of my students will be able to fit into my busy schedule.

 

I also come up with random wedding ideas everyday. It sometimes gets kind of annoying when I am in the middle of something and get a random thought, but can't do anything about it or even write it down. I am trying to have as much done, and planned as possible ahead of time; I just have to remember what I had planned. :)

 

Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life

April B.

 

 

Happy New year!!!!!!! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday, and I pray that you have an even better 2013. I hope God gives to you the desires of your heart and prospers you in all that you do. I wish for you to be loved like everyone deserves to be, and to be happy and full of joy in all that you do. Start the new year out right; be yourself and do something that you have always dreamed about doing.Not something stupid, but something you wish to do to better yourself or help another.And of course, eat more chocolate!!!!!

 Lovin' Chocolate, Lovin' Life
April B.