I'm currently reading...

I have recently started reading more again and currently I have been reading The Prince of Beverly Hills by Stuart Woods. I'm about two-thirds finished with this book and I just started reading it on Monday! It's about an ex-detective that is now working for the movie business as head security. Rick Barron is the main character in this Stuart Woods book. I have read 4-5 of his other novels based on Stone Barrington! He has a new book out called Two Dollar Bill. My mom recently purchased that book last week. I'll end up reading that one once I catch up on my other Stone Barrington series that I have not read!

Tonight, I went to the public library. Jakob and I went this morning, but on Wednesdays, they do not open until 1pm. Instead, Jakob and I went to the park and walked more. However, tonight I really wanted to pick up the next two books that I wanted to work on. They are both by the author of Nicholas Sparks. The first book I wanted to read is called The Notebook. I have actually seen the movie and the movie was GREAT! I cried lots during that movie it was that good! Well, my mother-in-law, Lana, said the book was really good too and the sequel called The Wedding was even better. So tonight, I checked out both of them. They seem pretty short and I don't think it'll take much to read both of them. This author also wrote the book A Walk to Remember. I've seen the movie made from the book, and initially I didn't think I'd like it. But it was also REALLY good! I'm hoping that I will like this author also! While at the library, I also picked up a few children books for Jakob.

Walking Texas

Jakob, Tito, and I went for a good walk this morning. We walked our neighborhood and got 1.4 miles in so far today. I think it would be awesome to walk one of those charity sponsored walks. I looked into the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. It is from June 10-12, but you have to have $2100 raised before the walk. Of course the money goes to a good cause, but at this time, I do not have anywhere near the amount of that and I'm not sure how I would raise that much money at the time. Avon has a weekend walk called Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. However, currently there are none in Texas. The fundraiser for that one is $1800 per walker. I know that in Dallas/Fort Worth there are many 5k walk/runs that are sponsored for charities that do not cost as much to join and still benefit something.

Okay, I found a wepbage that talks about all the different Walk/Runs they have each weekend! It's called RunOn! They even have stores called RunOn with clothes, shoes, and more in Dallas, Fort Worth, Coppell, and Richardson. The prices for these are much more normal and cost about $15-20 it looks like.

Majority of them are in Dallas, but there is even one in Austin. I think this would be fun for all of us. Let me know what y'all think!

No More GameStop

Well, last week was my last week to work for GameStop. It feels nice not having my work cell phone that would constantly ring and the stress of stores not doing what they should in the first part! It really has been a great sigh of relief.

I register for my Biology class on Monday. It's an online class that starts on May 13 - July 29th. Have almost 3 months to work on it and should have plenty of time being I'll be at home. I took the class before a long time ago but didn't do very good. I had too much going on at the time. I should finish my Associates in Arts Degree at Brookhaven College this Fall and start UNT in the Spring. I'm planning teaching either elementary or middle school after finishing UNT. I'm so excited!!

We went to Target and Kroger yesterday. We also went to Taco Delite and had lunch before going to the grocery store. We had a coupon for Taco Delite and saved 50% off our meal. The meal only cost Jeff and I both $5.53! Saved $5.00 for food. We went to Target and needed a few baby items (formula, etc) and saved $3.05 there. Our last trip was at Kroger. We needed to go badly for basic items like milk, bread, etc. I was proud of what we got and spent. We stayed within our budget and saved $11.00 in coupons. I always point out to Jeff how much we saved due to coupons. Yesterday we saved over $19.00 in coupons. Pretty much paid for his renewal card for his World of Warcraft game.

It's hard to believe, but Jakob is still sleeping right now. I guess he figures it is Sunday and wanted to sleep in for a change! He is sleeping through the night in his crib also. Mom couldn't believe that between 8:00-9:00 that he begins to get a little fussy. We feed him his last bottle around that time and then simply lay him down in his bed with his pacifier and he falls alseep on his own. Then he sleeps until normally 7am. Guess he knew Jeff and I were sleeping in a bit (we woke up at 7:30). It's now 8:30am, and he's beginning to talk a bit. He's probably looking at the mirrror on his crib. Mom made the mistake of laying him in his crib during the daytime this past week and she said he screemed!! She was like he was saying he was NOT going to bed at that time! She laughed because she layed him on his downstairs bed (bassinet/playpen bed) and he's happy.

Well, I better go get a bottle started. He's gonna tell me he's hungry any moment now.