happy things

We're having a great week:

1. I'm planning my fall vacation with my best girl-friend.
2. I opened my Winter contract and found out that I got a raise! More than enough to cover my much-coveted iTouch -- which I probably won't go buy, but I could if I wanted to.
3. Thanks to Uncle Greg, we have found a Shop class for Dandy. A nice old duffer will be teaching Dandy wood-crafting skills on Friday afternoons.
4. I got a Golden Comment on a post. Honestly, I take a lot of flak for being a tough teacher; encouragement like this just puts me on cloud 9.
5. We are refinancing at 4.125%. This reduces both our monthly payment and the length of our loan. Gotta love that.