I am thankful for…

my husband who I love dearly
my two boys that I love more than life itself
our wonderful family and friends
the fact that everyone is healthy (knock on wood)
my job – even if I sometimes complain about it, I am very lucky to work with my friends
all the teachers in my childrens’ lives (kindergarten, music, art, gym, swimming [...]

Favorite ornaments

I only put up a few of my (as in mine, not the boys’) ornaments this year.  These have always been my favorites and made the cut:
This was the angel that topped our tree when I was growing up. 

I loved Miss Piggy when I was little.  At some point I’ll have to post the picture of the birthday [...]

2010 calendar

If any of you like to make your own calendars, I want to show you this feature that Snapfish has.  I usually use a different company to make mine but then I saw how Snapfish lets you put individual pictures on specific dates.  If you look below at the December page, you can see that Mac’s birthday is [...]

Favs

Have you guys started listening to Christmas music yet?  I have even though I’m sure I’ll be Christmas music’ed out by December 1st.  Here are my favorite ones:
1.  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan) - Eric makes fun of me because I listen to this song year round. 

2.  [...]

Did vs. should have done

What I did yesterday:
- Absolutely nothing (and it felt wonderful).  Well, that not exactly true.  I did a few loads of laundry, mailed some Christmas presents, went to a PTA meeting and of course, did yesterday’s post. 
What I should have done yesterday:
- Cleaned the kitchen
- Cleaned the boys bathroom
- Dusted
- Washed our sheets
- Vacuumed
- Gone to Sam’s
I guess you [...]

Elf Yourself 2009

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Quiz

I’m pretty good with the different countries but I had a hard time with this quiz.  I only got 11 out of 24 right.  Can you do any better? 
I’ll even give you A – Azerbaijan – because, really, can anyone spell that without having to look it up?

Pumpkins

My mom and I took the boys out to the Weston Red Barn Farm today to pick out some pumpkins.  We loved this pumpkin patch.  It didn’t have as many extras (trains, etc) as some of the other ones we’ve been to but the people who ran it were really nice and there was still a lot [...]

College pictures

A few sorority sisters and I have been talking about getting together for a freshman year reunion.  I dug out these pictures today and posted them on FB in honor of our future get together.  They still make me laugh. 
Me and Crissi…sadly she lives in St. Louis now.

Me, Kelly, Sharmilla, Andrea, Amanda

Deb Ball – yes, [...]

I’ve got nothin’

I know it’s early but I usually try to start thinking about Christmas gifts around this time of the year.  I’ve usually got some good ideas but this year, I’ve got nothin’ in terms of the boys.  Kenny loves Legos but I think he has enough to last him a few years and Luke has [...]

I’m in love

…with my new camera.  My amazing, wonderful, absolutely fabulous husband let me get a Nikon D5000 today, which is an upgrade of the upgrade that I wanted to get.  I’ve had it all of one hour so I’m still working on how to work it (you should see the manual on it) but I’m having a blast. 

Speech

At 11:00 this morning (C.S.T), Obama will be giving his speech to students.  If you haven’t read what he’s going to say, you can read it here. 
There has been a lot of controversy about it.  I know a lot of people are upset.  Obviously, otherwise schools wouldn’t be sending home permission slips or deciding not to show [...]

School, work and play

- Kenny is having a great time at kindergarten.  We had his back-to-school night last Wednesday and it sounds like he can do the majority of the things they want to accomplish by the end of the year.  He’s already reading and knows his numbers.  We have to work on counting to 100 by 5’s [...]

Why I would give anything for afternoon kindergarten…

1.  We’re not morning people. 
I am a wake up at 7:30 person, not a wake up at 6:45 person.  Kenny is the same way.  Except for the first day, we’ve had to fight to get him out of bed.  It was so bad this morning, he now has to take a nap this afternoon (instead [...]

Good reads

Do any of you have an account with Good Reads?  If you do, let me know.  I just started one today (although I have no idea how often I’ll keep this up to date).

Kindergarten conference

Eric, Kenny and I had our conference with Kenny’s kindergarten teacher this morning. 
Mrs. B had the kids put their supplies away, showed them around the room and then gave them an idea of what their day would be like.  While the kids were busy with her, we filled out the remaining paperwork and paid our school fees.  
Kenny even [...]

I am loved

Look what my husband surprised me with:

I saw it down at Crown Center and thought it would be great to use when he’s not home and there’s a spider in the house.  No way am I vacuuming it up with my normal vacuum – what if it didn’t die from the suction and crawled out [...]

My Fitness Coach vs. Jillian Michaels’

Oh, My Fitness Coach, how I’ve missed you.
For a while it seemed like I was doing this game all the time so I took a break from it and tried to branch out a little more.  I also borrowed Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009 from the library so I spent some time testing that Wii game out.  I’ll get to [...]

Maybe not such a bad thing

I broke my camera yesterday. 
I was taking pictures at the pool when I dropped the stupid thing on the pool deck.  I’m not chalking this up as a loss because I have absolutely HATED my camera for the last few months.  I would use my camera a few times and then the low battery light would [...]

Waiting to be read

I now have Persuasion, Memoirs of a Geisha and Life of Pi sitting next to my bed, waiting to be read.  I have to finish the last Harry Potter (again) and then I think I’ll start with Persuasion.