yucky...that is what i am feeling right now...yucky!! and i can't afford to feel yucky today! I have lots to do and time is running out! today we are suppose to bake cookies, eat pizza and watch Christmas cartoons!!! well...maybe if i take enough drugs i will be ok this afternoon...*sighy*

i have been feeling this way since last night! I went to work and it was yucky! i had to push it aside to complete 3 more year end reviews (boy will i be glad when those are completed!!!). i was sooo pooped around 3:30 a.m. and i was feeling real real yucky!! well...i asked my team for some "drugs" and wow!! did they hook me up!! I had so many "goodies" my desk looked like a pharmacy!!! teeeheheheeh!! well...me being me...i took everyone of them (could that be why i am feeling worse??). i think my tummy may be upset b/c it was empty before my "splurge". well...time will tell if any of it works. it's funny, but i felt loved when they were bringing me things to make me feel better! i have said it before and i will say it again...i love my team! they are the best!!!

anyway...i am going to take a nap and when i wake up i hope i feel better...

FRIDAY FUN

1. What were the big names in bands when you were in high school?

Journey, The Police, Culture Club, Toto
2. Do you still like them, or have your tastes changed as you have gotten older?

I love to listen to music from the 80's! It takes me back to to some GREAT times! I would say my taste are still similar to my high school years...pop music, country, love songs, soft rock...
3. Do you listen to the same music that high schoolers listen to?

Yes i do...some of it is GREAT!!!
4. What is your favorite genre of music?

I am eclectic and love all types of music...it really depends on my mood!
5. Do you play/have you played an instrument? If so, what? If not, if you did, what would it be?

I use to play a guitar in Junior High. I would love to know how to play the piano!

13 things I LOVE about Christmas

1/ the twinkling lights.

2/ being able to bring out all of our old ornaments and put them on the tree.

3/ the spirit that surrounds the holiday!

4/ red Santa hats!

5/ friends and family gathering together!

6/ the "hustle" and "bustle" of the holidays

7/ the wonderful Christmas music (love it!!)

8/ going through the Christmas lists and deciding what will be bought!

9/ our yearly jaunt to see a holiday movie

10/ all the beautiful decorations!

11/ celebrating traditions!

12/ baking cookies

13/ it only comes around once a year!!

Freezing and Crockpots...

Ok...call me crazy, call me weird or just call me (teeehehehehhe...i have had some rest and was able to complete 3 of my year end focuses last night so I am feeling real good!!). Any way (i digress...), i have discovered the wonderful art of freezing food (so far meats) and using it later (within a week) and i love love love it!!!. last week i made lasagna and i had some extra italian sausage so i decided to freeze it (i have already heard that freezing food was a good thing...) and today i am making spaghetti and i remembered my frozen meat! Viola! I popped it in the microwave and boom!!! love love love love it!!!! I also froze some hamburger meat last night for next week....teeehehehe. How come i never tried this before??????

and then there is my crockpot!!! love love love that!!! last week i had several meetings so i popped (ok...i am loving this word when it is related to food because it signifies quick and easy...popped!!!) in a Marie Calendars (if you have not tried her crockpot dinners please trust me and do!!!!) stew and boom! When i came home that night i was able to put in some biscuits and Viola (another word i am liking when associated with quick and food...Viola!) dinner was served! love love love love it!!!

i think i will challenge myself in 2008 and try more recipes that use my crockpot and use freezing more....and then boom, POP, Viola! Many wonderful dinners will be served!!!

Dare I call myself a Domestic Goddess?????? teeehehehehe

Christmas Tackling!!!

Well...everything is flying soooo fast!! In two weeks we will be celebrating Christmas!! Wow!! I still have so much to do!! Christmas cards to send, parties to plan, a night away with hunny bunny, a musical to attend, trees to complete and decorations to hang...WOW!!! So much to do and soooo little time. Sooo...today I plan on getting hunny bunny to bring in the Christmas boxes and I will get started and hopefully finished today (the girls will help when they get home...). I also need to make sure all my cards are addressed so I can get them out in the morning. I also need to figure out what cookies we are making this year and get out to but the ingredients (I am having my first cookie exchange this year and am excited....teeehehehehe). Well...let's see how today and this week progress (*sighy* all this and the end of year focuses for 16 people on my team at work!!! WOW!!!).

***a bonus would be to get my presents wrapped this week (ok...I can dream can't I??).

this was fun to play....

Rock star name {first pets name & current car}
Fishy Voyager

Gangsta name {fave ice cream & cookies}
Rocky Road Oreo

Fly girl name {first initial of first name & first 3 of last}
Aess (please make sure you pronounce it correctly!!)

Detective name {fave colour & animal}
Red Dog (hmmm...isn't there an energy drink named this??)

Soap opera name {middle name & city where born}
Marie Denver (sounds like she should be working in the Rodeo)

Star wars name {first 3 letters of last name & first 2 of first name} Essan (I like...)

Superhero name {2nd fave colour & fave drink}
Black Coke (ok...i am not sure exactly who i would be saving with a name like this...)

Nascar name {first names of grandfathers}
Ezekial Lupe

Stripper name {name of your favorite perfume, favorite candy}
Red Snickers (yummy!!!)

Witness protection name {mother & fathers middle names}
Flora Junior (WOW!!!)

KID NATION


We were able to catch of some past shows tonight. We LOVE to watch this show!! It is so fun to see the dynamics at work between these kids! There is so much truth in so much of what they do. We cannot watch one episode without pausing it to discuss something! I love GREG (I know...but I have since day 1). I was sooooo excited when he won his gold star! We are in the middle of the episode where they received their letters (sniff...sniff). It ends this week, however, we get to watch it for several more weeks (one of the many reasons we LOVE VOD!!!). I am excited to see how Taylor turns out (hehehehehe). Good show...good times!!!

MANIC MONDAY

For the holidays, are you a last-minute shopper or do you shop well ahead of time? I am a last minute and before shopper. I will get on a kick and go shopping around turkey Day and then stop for awhile and make a mad dash during the last 2 weeks. My hope is to one day be done a month ahead (I can dream can't I????)

If you had to pick a new first name for yourself, what name would you choose? Hmmmmm??? Interesting...I love my name so I think I would keep it (smile)....

What's worse,having expectations that are too high, or having no expectations at all? Having no expectations at all...I mean, if you do not have any expectations how do you live? How do you know what you want in and out of life? I would be really bored if I did not have expectations....

Pictures from the Parade of Lights... (it was so hard to take good pictures...i was working in the night mode...this will be the first time i used it...it was a fun time but boy was it cold!!! Our legs were numb and our noses frozen when it was over...brrrrrrrrrrr)

Today we participated in one of our Christmas traditions.....A MOVIE!!!


Since the girls have been young we have gone to the movies during the holiday season. We love it when a Disney movie comes out at this time of year!! It's fun to watch a movie with hunny bunny and the girls and if is has a Christmas theme it gets in a real Christmas mood. This year we decided to go see ENCHANTED. It is a story of a Prince and Princess who are forced to go to the "real" world. It was sooooooooooooo cute and we loved Peep!!!! And the witch was great!!! She was kind of spooky as the old witch (her teeth were yucky and her wart...EWWWWWW!) It is a chick flick but hunny bunny enjoyed it (teeehehehehe). We also saw some good previews so we are excited about some upcoming movies.

I found this meme on Hootin' Anni's blog. It was fun to answer the questions.



1. Christmas is a blessed day full of wonder, love, family and happiness.

2. In memories, what was the best part of your Christmases past? Being with my family during the holidays (some of them are no longer with us so the memories are that much more sweeter...).

3. Was Santa ever good to you? Always!!! When I was growing up he was so magical because he always knew what I wanted!!!

4. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or both? We open our "pajama's" and 1 gift on Christmas Eve, stockings and family gifts on Christmas Day and our home gifts on New Years Day!

5. Is there something you make each and every year? We love to make cookies!!

6. What is your favorite five[5] Christmas songs/hymns?
1/ Silent Night
2/ Mary Did you know
3/ Drummer Boy
4/ Baby, It's Cold outside
5/ Gloria

7. Is there a new tradition for Christmas since your childhood days? Yes, we now open our gifts (at home) on New Years morning.

8. Describe one of your Christmas trips. When I was younger my family went to California during Christmas vacation. It was horrible to be on the road for Christmas. I remember when we were leaving our friends home their Grandparents were coming in with gifts and it was sad. I wanted to be home with our family celebrating Christmas.

9. Do you have a special Christmas outfit to wear for the day? No.

10. Have YOU or any of your family members sat on Santa's lap? Yes, when the girls were younger we would go to a Santa breakfast to visit him!

11. What is/or will be on your Christmas tree this year? We have 2 huge trees and one of them has all our family ornaments (including the ones I made when i was young!) and the white tree has silver an glass ornaments.

12. Do you/or have you decorated your yard for Christmas? Yes, my hunny bunny puts the lights on the outside of the house on our trees (they are clear white lights).

Boy have we been busy! We are still trying to get our house finished for the holidays! I know it is already the 5th and we are not done! tsk...tsk...tsk... We still have to finish adding the ornaments to the trees, put up the garland and hang the outside lights! Wow!! busy...busy...busy!

We were able to stop and take some time to enjoy Cornell (hunny bunny's brother) and my in-laws last night. I made lasagna (I was not to happy with it...), salad, garlic bread and chocolate turtle pie! Yummy!! The best thing was...the house was not spotless and I was able to shrug it off and enjoy the night! Cornell is stationed in Cudda for a year and is "home" for some training. He showed us some incredible pictures of the place he is stationed as well as some great shots from the air (on his way here). It was amazing to see Greenland (I do want to visit that place one day...). We were also able to take pictures and enjoy the in-laws! Good Times!

I have to work on my Christmas Journaling project and I am hoping to start on it sometime today (it is day 5 and I have not done 1 page!!!! OUCH!!!).

DECEMBER 1ST!!!!! wow!!! it is one of the best months of the year and it arrived today!!! Wahoo!!! Time to start the "hustle and bustle" of the month! Cookies to make, presents to wrap, rooms to decorate, cards to send and lots of traditions to celebrate! GOOD TIMES!!!

We started last night by going to dinner and then the Parade Of Light downtown! It was fun and cold and we froze! But the parade was fun and we had a blast (i will post pictures later...). Tonight my hunny bunny and I have a dinner at my managers home. He is a wonderful cook so this should be lots of fun!!!!

I signed up for Shimelle Christmas Journal and that starts today so i am excited about that!!!! I am so hoping I will be able to make the full album! What a memory that will be!!

My Brother in Law is scheduled to be in town for a few days next week so I am hoping we can have him over for dinner (He is stationed overseas so this will be special). It will be an early Christmas for my hunny bunny and his family.

Wow...and this is only the first of December!!!! Yippeee....i love this month and I am so wanting to enjoy everyday and make lots of "kodak moments"!!!!

13 things i hate to do but must do!!!

1/ pay bills (yucko!!!!).
2/ laundry
3/ dishes
4/ dusting
5/ go in for my yearly "exam"!
6/ take pictures with me in them (the things i do so my great great great grandkids will know me!!)
7/ clean the toilet!
8/ be aware of my eating habits
9/ keep up with our finances (yucko!!)
10/ age!!!!!
11/ delete my Voyager shows on DVR (I am sooooo loving those right now!!!)
12/ talk on the phone (what can I say I work in a business where I am constantly on the phone so when I have free time I do not want to spend it on the phone!!)
13/ keep my nails short (it is a sacrifice I make for scrapbooking...it is so much easier to work with short nails!!).