And, I am back....

Christmas was a FUN! I made sure the kids had to work for their gifts. Nick had to open several boxes inside his big box before he got to the real gift. But, inside each little box was a "little something" to make it interesting....like a used candle, a Sharpie, a piece of wood and a Rock. Then there was the iPod in the last box.... somehow he managed to open that one last!!

Anyway...my present (to hubby and myself) was a Wii. I wanted the FIT to, but that wasn't to be. I did purchase "Outdoor Adventures" and it is a total kick ass game. You have to move your booty a lot to move on to the next level and improve your score!! My knees and legs were killing me the next day...a lot of jumping, running in place and arm moving. I LOVE it.  Not that the other games are not totally fun, but I wanted it for the "moving" and playing part of it. 

This one looks hilarious!!

another ass kicker....gotta have it

and the one we have....its good for all ages too.

So, other things going in in my life will be posted in future posts...I promise!

A quote to share with my pals....

"Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. 

So, if you give her any crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit."

A quick Hello.

Hello bloggie friends.  I am here, I just don;t have time to drop a story...but I will share some tidbits of my last few weeks.

My niece is doing well, she is currently 2lbs 11 ounces....coming along great.

All my shopping is done for Christmas, and all is wrapped, and cookies are prepared....not baked, but ready to heat and eat which is as good as done if you ask me!

Work is busy for me.  I am working a lot of late and it keeps me hopping.  I just wish it was a bit busier at the store, but we are plugging along and keeping our spirits up.  People love to shop in fun places and we make it so.

I must say one last thing...something I thought I would never say....Wal-mart really impressed me this weekend.  I ordered a Wii for X-mas (after discovering that it was NOT even possible to get one in stores unless I was willing to hang out in the cold in line with people in the hopes of being one of the lucky ones to be there when they arrived on a given day at certain stores)...anyway....I happened to be looking for the elusive "gift for myself" one day...just on the off chance they would be in stock.....and there they were!  So, order I did (with reluctance) last Thursday evening with the promise of a Christmas delivery.  Not caring if it arrived on Christmas, I ordered anyway.  It arrived in the AM on Saturday.  Holy Moley....I  think it arrived in less than 30 hours from the time I ordered it.....awesome!  Props to the WallyWorld.

Ok, so hopefully I can keep up here, but no promises, I have a ton of family coming in to visit in the next few days and I am gonna be a busy bee.  

Hope all your Christmas wishes come true and your stockings are full of chocolate.....lol.....or margaritas...whatever works for you....hehehe

PAZZLES PROJECTS

This project is from October.  We were asked to work with a CD from the PAZZLES library.  So we just needed to create a card and envelope.  Easy Peazy

Front of the envie

Inside of the card

Front panel of the card.  Scenic Route papers and Heidi Swapp stamp.

I added the suspended flower to the file from the CD.  I love doing these and with the PAZZLES it is super easy.

I loaded these in order, but apparently they rearranged themselves....whatever. 

So, my December project is finished and I will be emailing it soon....love the new system.  So, you might see my November project by early January...if I remember to load it anyway.

MONSTER TRUCKS

I am NOT a huge fan of Monster Trucks, but FREE tickets to the show.... minus the dollars spent on food, gas and parking....it was a good time.  This is "Escalade" during the "race" portion of the show.
Peter and I enjoying a little of the show.  A little margarita goes a long way.
"Grave Digger"...during the "FREESTYLE" part of the show....just before crashing to the ground and breaking a wheel off and running into "Escalade".

Grace Digger was parked just in front of our seats (and down 20 rows).  During the Pre-Show parade the driver crashed the truck onto its side and into "Batman".  Grave Digger's pit team spent the entire race getting the truck ready for the Freestyle show.

Those are my big exciting days.  

Painting and Remodeling

What started as a simple paint job ended with a wall being pulled out of the old bathroom.  How did that happen?

On Thanksgiving morning I got out my paint can to finish a job I started almost 7 years ago.  I painted to as far as a person can see in our house without heading up the stairs... literally half way up the staircase......(side story: since we had to replace our microwave and remove the old one, I painted the small area I couldn't reach when it was installed)....so with that being finished and the can in hand, I finished the remaining walls going up the stairs and to the bedrooms. I had wanted to paint our old bathroom for years, but, with our plan to actually remodel it, I had waited.  But, I am sick of the paint in there and decided a $20 paint job for a few months (more likely YEARS) would be OK.  When I headed to Menards for my paint (which was on sale for only $8 with rebate by the way...yay) I mentioned it would be nice to tear out the old shower so we can see what we will actually need to do to finish it...for good!  The last time we ordered stuff before ripping things out we ended up ripping out more than we thought and our cabinets were too short.  NOT THIS TIME!  So, I have a half tore up bathroom, but I am OK with that.  At least it looks like we are trying to do something in there....lol.

OK, so other than that, life has been busy.  I worked most of the Thanksgiving weekend.  It was fun, but tiring.  We had a early Black Friday morning sale and it was a little crazy.  The day went pretty fast though.

So, off I go to see what Menards has for cabinets....cheap.....ya right.

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm here

Whew, it's been a while.

So, what have I been up to.....lots.  Mostly work right now.  We are in the middle of a computer meltdown at the store...not a good thing going into the holiday season, but if all goes well we will be using new computers by Friday.....let's hope anyway.  I just changed the computer for one of our PAZZLES, a nice upgrade from the ancient one we had all the info on.  I can actually see the screen now.....lol.....you have to see this old computer to know what I am talking about. I will be able to show the next PAZZLE project soon, the latest project was "sent" last week.  I love the way they are doing the program this year.  It is so much easier!

I haven't even had time to check my pals blogs or upload photos or anything.  And here I thought that having the kids out of sports for the next few months would make my life easier...ha!  It doesn't help to have Christmas shopping in the way of the few days off that I actually have.

I should probably mention that I am an Aunt again.  My niece arrived last night unexpectedly ...and almost 3 months early.  She is doing well so far, so if you have prayers to share...share them with my Brother and his wife and family.

Check back again soon....or not. :)

Weird veggies

This must have been the season for strange veggies in our garden. Today...yes today...we finally got our potatoes out of the ground. Considering the ground has been frozen for several days now.....I am surprised that we only lost 2 potatoes.

And with the cold, our barn kitties have been hanging out in a "lump" in the shed.  We couldn't find one kitty yesterday and it's because he is under this pile of cats, there are 6 in this pile.  Silly kitties.  I don't know why they aren't in the little house we have for them....they seem like this old floor pillow that sits on top of the hay pile instead.

State finals

They came, they ran, they did a great job.

The team came out with a 7th place title.  Since they went into the competition with a 14th place ranking over their heads, they did a super job.  Nick came in 85th out of a field of 150 of the top runners in the state in level D3.  He still finished 3rd for his team, just like he usually did, but the competition was very tough...all I can say is WOW, that was the FASTEST race I have EVER seen.

The whole thing was just crazy!  I have NEVER seen so many people in one place watching people run around.  I wish I had the camera on for some of it, you would not believe it.

Now I can resume my normal life again........ha ha