Off My Chest

I feel like I need to get something off of my chest, and through my blog is the way I decided to do it. I have to tell you that I am EXTREMELY anxious right now. It may sound crazy to some, but tonight my baby girl starts swim lessons again. I shouldn't really call her a baby anymore, but being my one and only child in this instance I will. This is not the first time that Cas has done swim lessons, in fact, it is the third time. She keeps moving up in the classes as she gets a little better. But for some reason today I have anxiety like you would not believe. I know she is capable, I know that she can do it, but for some reason I am having a hard time with the thought of her being in a pool without me! I know that the place we go has a wonderful reputation where we live, and has produced Olympian swimmers. But for some reason today, I just can't bare the thought. The only saving grace is that Mike will be there with me. Although I will not be in control, I will at least have a shoulder to lean on.

I am sure that Cassidy will do wonderful. I do think it is extremely important that she learns to swim, don't get me wrong, I just can't seem to handle this today.

I just keep telling myself to breath, and this too shall pass...with a prayer to the man above, I hope my anxiety calms itself.

Wish me luck! I will let you know tomorrow how it goes!

Until next post!

Full Moon Rising...

In the month of January, I have seen more full moons than I remember. Not sure why that is, but they have been beautiful. One night when the moon came out, I set up my tripod and took a few shots. I used the night setting, and was not sure how they would turn out. I have to admit, I was excited when I finally looked at them on the computer. What do you think?

From January 2011

From January 2011

From January 2011

Until next post

Interstate 45 North

Yesterday morning, Mike and I hoped in the car and drove north up interstate 45 to Dallas. We headed there to see my grandparents Grandmommy and Poppy. My grandparents are ninety and ninety-one years old, and just up until the middle of last year were living on there own in a home on a golf course. I tell you that because they just recently decided they needed to move into a Senior living facility, and are having the time of their lives. They have more activities than you can imagine, and have made more friends than they know what to do with. We headed that way, because I feel like I am one of the most blessed people I know. I am lucky that at the age of thirty-four to still have a set of grandparents that are doing well.





We also had the opportunity to have a family reunion thanks to my Aunt Carrie and Uncle Brad letting us stay at their house. We saw my two cousins and their family for dinner last night. We enjoyed catching up.

Anyway, we are back now, and are trying to get motivated to get into the grove for school/work tomorrow. I can't believe that Monday is here again. It seems like just last week we had a Monday, oh wait, I think we did!

Well, enough chit chat for today, I have laundry piled up, and guess I should figure out what my child is going to eat for dinner.

Enjoy the pictures until next post!

Schilleci's New Orleans Kitchen

As I sit here on the couch, I am watching little missy busy playing with toys, still in her pajamas at noon. (Although she just asked if she could change into daytime clothes). We have had a wonderful weekend just the three of us. On Friday, Cassidy had a school holiday, so just the two of us hung out. I don't even remember what all we did. I don't even think we left the house. On Friday evening, Cassidy went to Parents Night Out (PNO) at her school. She had been going back and forth on whether she wanted to go, but had a great time once she was there. So, Mike and I had an unexpected date night. We were trying to figure out what we could do, or where we could go to dinner. He told me about this new restaurant that he had eaten at for lunch with his boss one day. I asked him the name of it, and he could not remember, but he said it was amazing. So, I trusted him and away we went. When we got to the restaurant it was packed. We walked in and I looked down at the front door mat. It said Schilleci's New Orleans Kitchen.

I looked over at Mike and said,
"How funny, I grew up with a girl named Audrey Schilleci."
He laughed and said, "Wouldn't it be funny if it was the same Schilleci Family."
About that moment, I looked up and saw Mrs. Schilleci. I smiled and told her our name and that we needed a table for two. I then asked, "Are you Mrs. Schilleci? Audrey Schilleci's Mom? She responded with a yes, and I said, I'm Shelley Swartz(my maiden name). She smiled and she remembered me.

Anyway, once I realized that they owned the restaurant, so many childhood memories came flowing back. It was like I was seven years old again going over to their house to have a sleepover with my friend Audrey.

So now that I have given the background on how we found Schilleci's, on with the food. If you are in The Woodlands, Texas, and are in Market Street, look up Shcilleci's New Orleans Kitchen. You will not be disappointed. It is some of the best New Orleans food I have ever had. The gumbo was amazing! It is a smaller venue, so make sure if you are going on a Friday or Saturday night that you make a reservation. They are also open for lunch! The prices are very reasonable. The atmosphere is very nice as well.

Check it out!

My Sister's visit

I had blogged about my sister and her family coming in town in December, but I was a bad blogger and only got one picture up. With that being said, I just got through, finally, editing the remainder of pictures from their visit. Boy did we have fun. We rode the Metro train, went into downtown, saw Williams tower, went to the kids party for my work, ate lots of good food (cooked by my Mom), and had some good play time.

Boy do I miss my sister, as I always do. I can't wait to see her again!

Enjoy some of the pictures, and let me know what you think!







Until next post!

Shelley

House Divided

Tonight we get to see her....


**Thanks to Texas A&M website for the above picture**

It's the Championship game, and we have a divided house....wanna know why?

We have been invited to go over to our friend’s house to watch the game tonight…I will be the first to tell you however, they are LSU Tiger fans. They are from Louisiana, and just as we have ties to Texas A&M, they are all for the Tigers. It could get a little crazy tonight, so wish us luck…the game starts at 7:00 CST on Fox. I live with a Texas A&M Aggie, we bleed Maroon (sorry for my Longhorn friends, you don’t have to read this post if you can’t).

So if you don’t have any plans, then tune in and watch the Fightin’ Texas Aggies!

Gig’em Aggies!


**Thanks to Texas A&M website for the above picture**


**Thanks to Yahoo images for the above picture**

Hopefully I will be posting on Saturday with good news...we will have to wait and see.

Until next post

So, I figured out how to fix my blog...I know you are just as excited as I am. I started thinking about other people's blogs, and what makes them so special. I am going to be trying new things here and there, so please don't leave me, but tell me what you think. if you like it, let me know...

To start, I wanted to share some of our December happenings...
We had a lot going on from Thanksgiving until yesterday. We have been out of town, had family in town, seen Santa (numerous times), Christmas shopped, enjoyed Christmas morning, and enjoying New Years Eve are just amongst the few things we have done. In fact, we haven't had a weekend of nothingness since Thanksgiving. Although it has been a little crazy, I would not have it any other way. It has been a blast.

Here are a few pictures from the past month...enjoy!

Baking Christmas Cookies(of course we had to be dressed up for the occasion)



Cassidy's School Class Christmas Party(it was wear your favorite pj's)



Aunt Shannon, Uncle Blayne and Ami's Visit from Denver ( I had to throw in a couple from this visit...the girls had a blast!)




Cassidy had a ballet recital at school



We hung out at the park and played with sidewalk chalk on the driveway.





And that was just to name a few things. What did you do this December other than normal Christmas traditions?

Until next post!