Thankful List :: March 2012

• It's finally March,
• Some signs of Spring are beginning to appear
• Spending time with Erik,
• A fairly successful trip to the embassy,
• Another useful Slovak lesson,
• Thursday evenings,
• Friday afternoons,
• Good food at the Awesomeness report,
• The little bits of real chocolate in the chocolate Dobre Rano bars,
• More hours at work than last month,
• We finally have Leah's affidavit for marriage,
• The affidavit for marriage is apostilled,
• The wedding menu is sorted,
• International Women's Day,
• Meatball sales during the week at Ikea (and other pleasurable time spent there),
• Nicer weather to spend time at the park,
• The trip to Koliba,
• The trip to Slavin,
• Package from home 
• The postcard from June in the package from home,
• Lots of wedding ideas (and a listening ear) from Heather,
• Premarital counseling begins,
• I bought more credit for my phone and only used Slovak,
• The air smells nice and springy,
• Waffles (and Erik quickly learning how to work the industrial waffle maker while under pressure at 5am)
• Nutella, maple syrup, etc.,
• American Peanut Butter from Gabe,
• No illness in the (future)Racz(ova) family this month,
• Heather's birthday,
• Heather's birthday tirimasu,
• Mascarpone on sale,
• The lady who renewed my bus pass spoke English,
• I found my keys (and didn't have to describe them in Slovak),
• Gabe taking our engagement pics,
• Erik made really yummy food,
• Spring onions on sale,
• Finally some good feedback on my lessons <whew>,
• My oldest brother was born 27 years ago,
• I didn't have any nightmares about my demo lesson,
• Positive feedback about the demo lesson,
• The transportation benefit from work,
•  Erik has a new bed,
• My birth certificate made it to the US and is apostilled now,
• Erik's new shirts,
• My 2 euro shorts,
• All-you-can-eat accidental Indian dinner,
• The first Magnum ice cream bars of the year,
• Dinner with Zuzka and Slavo, and the Slovak lesson from their kids,
• Erik is allergic to cats ;)