Bucco is home! Christmas and other fun adventures

Merry Christmas!

I had a great Christmas this year especially with the extra unexpected present of Derek coming home from his mission on Christmas Eve. It is good to have him home!
I had a lot of fun spending time with the family playing in the snow and just relaxing (since that is something I don't get to do very often!) It was a lot of fun seeing Kaden get a little more into the whole Christmas thing. It is amazing how quickly he is growing.

The year ended with a bang- especially when I got my final grades from my crazy semester of 18 credits and working 40+ hrs a week. I received some of the best grades of my college career ~ 4 A's and 2 A-'s!!! Yay! I was sooo stoked to see that I had done so well. Once the grades were in I was able to relax a little for a few days anyway.

New Years this year was incredibly fun! I went out to the club with a few friends then to another party and yet another. Good times! Though, I could have used an extra day to recover from all of the excitement of bringing in a new year...

I am excited for what awaits me in this coming year. There are a few things on my to do list and I am sure it will grow as time goes by but so far I am predicting a great 2008!

Today was my first day back at school for my final semester as an undergraduate! Hard to believe but it is true. I will be graduating from the U in May!!!!! It was a good day. I am still kind of nervous about student teaching but at the same time I am really excited and can't wait to really get started.

Well, that is about it for now. I will try and post again soon!
Ciao ciao!

School's out for.... well, 2 weeks anyway

Finals have been over with for about a week now. And I must say, I couldn't be happier! It was a semester from hell and I survived! After surviving all nighters of writing lesson plans and unit plans or 10 page Italian papers, I think I could do anything! I am happy to say though I have officially finished everything for my minor in Italian!!! I am pretty excited about it.

A few weeks ago I realized that this was my last semester of classes on campus, buying books and finals. It is pretty crazy to think that I am this close to the end. I can't wait to be able to say that am a college graduate. A life long dream is about to come reality!!!

I head back to school and student teaching begins on the 2nd of January so wish me luck!!!!

My car has an owwieee!

Two weeks ago I was in a car accident. It definitely could have been a lot worse than it was. The guy that hit me was driving an old Ram Charger SUV and decided to cut across a lane of traffic (where I happened to be driving) to turn right and hit me. It could have been a lot worse than it was. Here are some of the pics we took of the wreck and the damage. Thanks for taking the pics Debbie!
Now is the fun part... Dealing with the insurance company. So far I haven't had much luck with them so hopefully things will get fixed soon!

Christmas is in the Air

This weekend while Mony was back in town he and I decided to check out the lights downtown. Here are a few pics from Saturday night. It was freezing cold out but the lights were gorgeous!!

Winter is here!

Well, winter is here whether I want to admit it or not. I am not a huge fan of the cold and the snow but when we had the first storm of the winter, I couldn't help but run out and play for a bit. Hell, if nothing else it was a great excuse to avoid studying for a bit! Here are a few pics of my friends and I playing in the snow.

Patrick Shoveling the sidewalks... isn't this why we rent, so we don't have to shovel?!?!?

Me diving right in

Snow Angels!

Nice shot of the trees and Patrick shoveling the snow.

Patrick having fun in the parking lot next to our apartment... ya, it was like 3 am!

The finished product. This pic is taken from our dining room window.

It was good times :)