Days off

Well, it has been quite a while since we have updated our blog, and since I have been sitting around all day not at school, I figured I could get on and say hello. Maria and I have been enjoying our day off today, and our half day yesterday. When we got home yesterday, I took Bella over to another teacher's appartment and we played RockBand. Well, my friend, another teacher, and I, Bella just destroyed his cat toys.

Aside from getting a little time off from teaching, we have not had a whole lot going on. We went to Henderson last weekend, and are looking forward to Maria's birthday next weekend. I hope you guys are doing well too, and thanks for stopping by.

Bella Harrington

This is Bella Harrington, the newest member of the Harrington family. Ryan and I got her on Monday. She is the sweetest little puppy. Bella's mom is an English Lab. and they think her dad is a German Shepherd. Bella was born on December 24th.
This is Bella playing with her toy that Heather, Keriann, and Clay bought her.
Bella had an eventful day today. She came with me to school and she was perfect. She fell asleep next to my computer and I was able to get everything prepared for next week. Since she is still a little puppy she sleeps quite often (though not through the night!)

Well, here is the story about how we became parents! On Monday when I got to school another teacher was posting pictures of three puppies that one of her friends was taking care of. It was love at first sight for me! I called Ryan as soon as I could get back to my room. I told him about the dogs and asked him if we could go see them sometime that night. So, that evening Ryan and I went over to the Ray's where all the puppies were. We got to see all the puppies but I was in love with Bella (one of my students picked the name). We learned the story of the dogs and then I was ready to take her home. Apparently the Ray's daughter who goes to the University of Alabama rescued the momma from being put to sleep (not enough room in the shelter). After she adpoted her the Ray's daughter brought her home to KY. The Ray's took her to the vet in Lexington and found out the she was pregnant. On Christmas Eve she had 8 puppies. The Ray's decided to give the puppies away. That is when the search started for good homes. Even though Ryan and I live in an apartment I knew we could give her a great home. We went ahead and took her with us to PetSmart and then home! She is so cute and cuddly.

Passing the Sickness

Well apparently Ryan and I are just going to stay sick all winter. We both haven't felt well for about the last week. Yesterday, Ryan went to the doctor and got some medicine but I am sticking with the cough medicine for now.

Also, Ryan's parents came up and we had dinner together for Ryan's belated birthday. We went to Ramsey's and had a delicious meal! We also got to watch some basketball and golf.

Today, we are just spending the day indoors. I did some cleaning and Ryan says he is working on school stuff. I'll go and check on him in a bit. He usually is just on the computer looking up silly stuff! We had plans to go with our Sunday school class to watch the Super Bowl, however, with both of us feeling sickly I think we are just going to stay at home and watch it together.

I have a lot of school stuff to work on this weekend. I don't think it matters if I stay at school till 7:30 every night I still bring home tons! I gave a test on Friday and I collect 15 centers from all 104 students so needless to say I should be grading instead of typing on here. However, I am a procrastinator!!!!