Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Summer is here

Spring has sprung, and Summers' begun! Things in the Backhaus household are hectic as always! Married life has been wonderful. It is so much fun to live with my best friend. We really bring out the best in each other and am so thankful to have such a happy marriage. We are currently working on saving money, but it has been hard. We truly want to experience life together and it's hard to do all of those fun things and save money. Thank goodness Jeff is the "financial one" in our relationship! He is working hard to keep everything on track so that we can reach our goals!
We have a guest in our house for the summer. Her name is Roxy-- she is my brothers' Border Collie. She is precious! She is so well behaved and has really given Dakota (our black lab) something to do.
We FINALLY got in some of our wedding pictures! We are still waiting for the album, hopefully it comes soon! We designed our thank you cards (they are adorable.) and hopefully will be getting them out this weekend!
We still are not used to Jeff's new schedule. It changes every week, which I hate. I am such a "planner" and can not stand not knowing what each week holds! However, he still loves his job, and for that we are blessed! I am so proud of him and all that he has accomplished. This unit he is currently on does a lot of dangerous operations and even though it's terrifying, I can't help but praise him and his career!
Things in my job are going well. I just recently was promoted to a Trial Clerk III. That is the highest level you can get in my position. It came with a nice raise as well... so I am not complaining! I am also the coordinator for United Way this year. I have had a lot of fun planning it, and the kick off is this week, which makes me a very busy girl! I am currently working with my old boss at Planet Smoothie, Atom, to have a smoothie in the Central Florida stores that will raise money for United Way. We are still thinking of a name, either Orange Slice or United Way Utopia. The flavor is Strawberry, Banana, and Orange Sherbert, YUM! Atom has been generous enough to donate a portion of each of that smoothie sold to Orange County Clerk's United Way! Keep checking your local Planet Smoothie-- and give it a try!
I am still having issues with PCOS, but it is something I am trying hard to not effect my life. For the most part it doesn't, but every few months it seems to create some sort of havoc in our world.
So as you can see there hasn't been much exciting news to share-- same old, same old. We are very excited it is summer time. We love to spend our Saturdays riding bikes on the trails, jet skiing or hitting the beach! Hopefully, this summer will allow us time for those indulgences!

Keep checking in to see all the exciting adventures that summer brings to your favorite newlyweds!