I love my job.

"When I grow up I want to be a Dad and I want to fall in love."

Mrs. Barnett : )

Do Not Worry...I am Alive!

 

My life has been nuts!  Sorry, there has been no time to blog.  My time has been taken up by 21 very sweet first graders, a crazy work out routine (you would think I would weigh 90 lbs by how much I am doing this junk) and getting home at 8 each night only to pack the lunch and workout bag for tomorrow.  I have some things to tell you about, and will try to find time this weekend to write!

Mrs. Barnett

A Race a Month - September

I am still going strong on my "race a month" goal!  I already have September's race done!  I came into Indy over Labor Day weekend.  We had a lot of fun planned, but one was running a quick 5k with my friend Lauren.  It was the inaugural event for the Indy Women's Half Marathon.  Lauren and I were shocked when we went to the race to find that we were among the "elite" athletes.  Let's just say, it did not look like these ladies were about to run any type of race!  None the less, we had fun running in this women only event.  Sadly, the only picture I took was with my first grade class take home stuffed animal, Skippyjon Jones.  Check out the medal...definitely the best 5k one I have ever received!

Mrs. Barnett : )

Chili.

I have to share a funny store about our cat, Chili, with you.

The other night, John and I were on the sofa watching TV.  Chili came out and sat properly in front of us like she usually does.  I kept looking at her thinking that something was off but could not put my finger on it.  Finally, it hit me that she was a different color!  She had gotten into the fireplace (where she loves to hang out) and somehow managed to get black dust (or, whatever is in the fireplace?!) all over her white fur.  John and I laughed the rest of the night about it.

Mrs. Barnett : )

Half Birthday.

My half birthday was on August 10.  Look what my sweet husband surprised me with!

Mrs. Barnett : )

Chicago Chocolate Tour.

If you walk around the city, you will eventually see someone walking around holding a sign that looks like this...

I have seen it many times and knew it was my destiny to eventually go on a tour.  Luckily, some sweet teacher friends of mine got me a gift certificate for my birthday.  I thought the perfect time to use it was with Jen and Kathy (they have seen the sign also...)

The tour took us on 6 different stops.  At each stop, we were given something made with chocolate,  learned about the spot, and gained some knowledge about chocolate.  We walked from spot to spot and they were all local except one.  Enjoy the pictures below from our tour!

 

 

And as if that wasn't enough...we added in a trip to Sprinkles!

If you are making your way to Chicago at some point...I highly recommend checking out one of the tours.  They even have cupcake ones now...which I will have to go on!

Mrs. Barnett : ) 

I Love my Friends.

Two of my very best friends came to visit the last weekend in July.  They came the last weekend in July last year also, so we are going to try to make it a tradition!  It is soo nice to have people around you that you have such history with like Jen and Kathy.  I miss being around people like that!

I decided we were going to be tourists for the weekend!  We started out on Friday going to Ravinia for a concert.  It is an outdoor amphitheater, but is more of a lifestyle around here.  It is so pretty with all of the lights in the trees and you bring a picnic with your dinner.  We had fun to just listening to the music and being together.

We love Skinnygirl!

This picture doesn't give it justice!

On Saturday, we headed to Milwaukee!  We went up to see my friend from ASU, Brandon, and his girlfriend Andrea.  Our first stop was to a brewery for a tour and a reserved tasting paired with cheese.  I didn't realize there were soo many different kinds of beers!

After the tour, we headed over to the Brewers game.  Brandon and Andrea planned the tailgate, and the food was so so good!  Much better than my version of a tailgate.  It was soo very hot, but we made the best of it!

After the tailgate, we headed into the game.  We sat realllly high up, but it was a great view.  We were still so hot.  The people around us were definitely interesting and pretty drunk!  Fun times.

After the game, we headed back to our hotel.  Even though the drive is only about an hour, we thought it would be fun to spend the night.  The next day, we stopped at the Mars' Cheese Castle.  David can not drive by it without stopping in.

After the cheese stop, we went downtown for a chocolate tour.  I am leaving that for another post though...

Mrs. Barnett : )