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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Just rambling

The rest of my day is going to be a little busy. I am leaving work at 12:30, just the same as I do every Monday & Tuesday. Today my cousin has decided that she wants to come over & spend the afternoon with us. She is 11 and she likes to come over & play with the kids. They enjoy her company as well. This works out great for me because I have to go home & finish packing for our trip to Tallahassee for a visit with my in-laws. My cousin is a big help & entertains the kiddos very well! My mom & sister are both coming into town today so I want to be able to spend time with them before we make our road trip at 7:00 tonight. That's right....that will put us getting to Tallahasse around 1 am.......2 am FL time! Hubby & I decided to go ahead & leave tonight when he gets off work rather than wake the kids up at 3 or 4 am tomorrow morning to leave town. The plan is for them to sleep in the car on the way down. I know that doesnt sound very comfy, but we'll make it work. We will be back home Friday in time to watch the Tide Roll! My dad & stepmom are going to the Sugar Bowl as well as my stepbrother who, of course, will be cheering!
Please pray for safe trips.....for us traveling to FL and back, for my mom traveling here from Robertsdale & back home, for my sister/niece/nephew traveling from Hartselle and then home, & for my dad, stepmom & brother traveling to & from New Orleans!
I hope everyone has a blessed 2009!!!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Lovin' my hubby!

I am so loving my hubby right now. He bought me a new diamond wedding ring. The ring I have now is my Mawmaw's so I really love it for sentimental reasons, but I've always wanted a white gold set.
When I opened the gift the conversataion went as follows:
me: "WOW! THANK YOU!!"
hubby: "Is that the 1 you wanted?"
me: "YES!.....but I don't have a band to go with it" (my other set is yellow gold)
hubby: "Can't you wear it with your other band?"
me: "Honey, you can't put a white gold engagement ring with a yellow gold wedding band"
hubby:" Well...... maybe you can get that next year."
So while I'm loving my new wedding ring it has been temporarily placed on my right ring finger until I can get a band to match.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Very Merry Christmas!

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
I really don't have time to be blogging right now, but I'm doing it anyway... I just finished icing a cake for a big family get together at my church tonight. We're talking great aunts/uncles, cousins, ...the works. I love getting together & catching up with everyone! The men of the family usually play Dominos the entire evening, they only stop to eat ;). This is our first Christmas without my Pawpaw so it will be really sad to see all of the men playing dominos & my Pawpaw not being there with them. I've been so busy this week, I've hardly had time to really think about it, but I know it will hit me hard tonight....
We had a pretty busy day yesterday. I started cooking/cleaning at 7 yesterday morning & didn't go to bed until 12:30 this morning. We went to my uncles house at 1:00 yesterday, where we had a great time. I took some really good pics, but thanks to my hubby they are now deleted off of my camera...I have no idea what he was trying to do! We got back home around 3:00, Patrick gave Emma a nap while I ran to the Dollar General for more wrapping paper. When I got home I started cooking again to get ready for my dad, stepmom & brothers. When I got back Patrick left to go get Brayden from my moms (he went home with her from my uncles). While I'm cooking & trying to play with miss Emma I get a phone call from my stepmom telling me we're under a tornado warning....WHAT?! I am such a paranoid freak about bad weather. I'll be the 1st 1 to the closet looking for a helment to put on ;) So I turn on the news & realize that it's no where near us & go back to cooking. We ate then opened gifts, made cookies for Santa, watched tv & hubby & I finally got in the bed.. Only to get up this morning with another day just as busy....I need go get the kids up from a nap so we can get ready for my mother-in-laws...I will post some pics from today later if my doesnt delete those as well......

Friday, December 19, 2008

Celebrating CHRISTmas!

Ok, so it really bothers me when people say "Have a nice Holiday" rather than "Merry Christmas". Businesses do this so they wont offend anyone. Let's think about this for a minute....in reality only Christians should be celebrating Christmas. After all, Christmas is about the birth of CHRIST! It's ok for all of the non-Christians who get so offended to take a few days off of work when this time of year rolls around. If they don't believe in what Christmas is all about shouldn't they just go to work like any other day? While I'm on my soap box...it also annoys the stew out of me when I see xmas.....it's not xmas, it's CHRISTMAS!!!! You got that?? C-H-R-I-S-T-mas. ok...I think I've got it all out of my system :)

More shopping to do

Hubby, the kids & I did about half of our shopping last. We have a babbysitter for tonight so we can finish up. We have found a little drum set that I want to get Brayden...I hope I don't regret it... I should probably buy some ear plugs while I'm out. I am not really looking foward to getting out with the other billion people who will be out tonight, but a date will certainly be nice. For those of you who may not know, Patrick & I very rarely go out by ourselves. We usually limit our outings to our anniversary & Valentine's Day & that's about it.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

How many shopping days left?!

Let me start off by saying that I have only bought 1 gift....one! I just cannot get fully into the Christmas mood this year. Don't worry, I plan on starting my shopping today & hopefully hubby & I will find a babysitter for tomorrow night so we can finish up. It looks like my weekend will be spent wrapping presents.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Tomorrow is the big day

Brayden is having his tonsils and adenoids taken out tomorrow. He has been so funny about it. He keeps telling everyone that he has to do surgery. My mom is in town for the procedure & she asked him if he was going to stay with her & he said "Mawmaw I can't...actually, I have to do surgery. I'm having my tonsils taken out". I am, of course, a nervous wreck thinking of all the things that could possibly go wrong. It's a fairly minor procedure that people have done everyday, but to a mom it may as well be open heart surgery. Please pray for Brayden a speedy recovery & for my sanity!

My sweet son...

My 3 year old says some of the most random things....
Monday I decided that I would brave the cold weather and take the kids to the Christmas parade. I was running a little last as usual. I told Brayden to get in his car seat while I buckled in Emma. I apparently forgot to then buckle him. We had just pulled out of our neighborhood & Brayden said "Mommy, you didn't buckle me." I pulled over to buckle him & the conversation went as follows:
Bray: "Who made you Mommy?"
Me: "Who made me Mommy?"
Bray: "Yes"
Me: "You did"
Bray: "How did I make you Mommy?"
Me: "When you were born I became your Mommy"
Bray: "Well....who made me?"
Me: "God"
Bray: in such a sweet little voice "Mommy, your very smart!"

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Just had to share...

I just received this e-mail & I just couldn't resist passing it along
Can you tell I'm NOT an Obama suppoter???

As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our next President, and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, I figure that the clients will have to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8% but since we cannot increase our fees right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who will have to go. So, this is what I did. I strolled thru our parking lot and found 8 Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the first to be laid off. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem.
These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Family.....

Why can't I have a relatively normal one?....or maybe I do, I think all families are somewhat psychotic.......Ok, Thanksgiving went about as well as expected. I went to my mother-in-laws for lunch then went home with Brayden & Emma while my hubby stayed to visit some more. While on the way home my grandmother called me, during the converstation I said "We're still eating around 5:00, right?" She said "No, 4:00" What? It's at my house & nobody thought it was important to inform the host that people were going to be at my house an hour earlier than expected... So, I rush home try unsuccessfully to get my children to take a nap, start picking up toys/clothes, vacuum, clean the kitchen, start cooking, clean the kitchen some more, etc. Needless to say I was exhausted when my company arrived. It was my moms side of the family, however, she lives in South AL and had surgery the previous week so she didnt make the trip. I invited my dad, stepmom & brothers to eat with us. My youngest brother brought his girlfriend. Keep in mind that we really like this girl & hope she hangs around :) We go to church with her & Brayden says shes his girlfriend. Well, the evening started out smoothly and I hoped that it would continue on that same path... That dream was quickly shot down.....I guess it's true ~ all good things must come to an end. Apparently my cousins little boy said an ugly word - and it was a biggie! Patrick told me what he said & my aunt overheard. So she yells "He said WHAT!" Then she says "We'll they only repeat what they hear" Which is so true! That turns into my cousin & his wife getting defensive because of course he didn't hear it from either of them, when we all knew that he probably has heard it from both of them. They get huffy and leave, but not before my cousins belts out "I'm gonna take him home & beat the hell out of him" I wanted so badly to say "Somebody needs to beat the hell out of you, because thats exactly where your headed!" I was so embarrassed, not only were my dad, stepmom & brothers there, but this poor girl that we like so much now thinks that 1 side of my family is completely nuts! I appologized to her several times & told my stepbrother to be sure & tell her that he is not related to those people in any way ;) I am so looking foward to the Christmas get together!

Finally, a real doctor...

I am so aggravated at my pediatrician!! I am seriously going to change peds! Brayden has had trouble breathing while he's asleep for a while now. He also has had trouble with his tonsils. He's had strep a few times & his tonsils are rather large. Anytime I mention this to the ped she always says it's fine. No, it's not fine! A 3 year old shouldnt snore so loud that it's hard to get any sleep. He also shouldn't toss & turn all night & wake himself up jerking because he can't breath. I finally had enough & made a vist to North River ENT. We saw Dr. Shields, who actually listened to what I was telling him & then he looked in his throat for about 2 seconds & said "His tonils are too big! He needs to have his tonsils & his adenoids taken out." I am so upset that the ped dismissed it when I asked her about it. We could have solved this problem months ago rather than letting it get worse. So, Brayden will be having his surgery on Dec. 11th. I am not sure what time yet. We will go back to meet with Dr. Shields next Wed (10th) & find out all the details. Also, I am now looking for a new pediatrician if anyone has any suggestions.