Christmas Card Pic Outtakes

Here they are. Some of the pics that will NOT make it on to the cards, but they're pretty cute anyways. ;)

Just got back from another round of shopping. But instead of Christmas shopping, it was happy birthday to me shopping. I needed some warm up pants and jackets for the cold blast we are supposed to be getting on Friday. I found 3 pairs of warm up pants that are actually long enough. That's the bad thing about being 5' 11". You can't so much find pants like that that are long enough. Jeans aren't a problem, but forget about warm ups. The Christmas parade is on Sunday and for the past 2 years, it has been humid and misty. Gross! This year it's supposed to be cold. Might actually feel like a Christmas parade for once.

Hope that everyone's Christmas shopping is going well. My CJ girls, I leave you with this "Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh -the right stuff!" ;) LoL. Have a great day!

Post Thanksgiving Post

What a wonderfully exhausting holiday! It was sooo nice, yet sooo busy. It started Wednesday afternoon and didn't end until Saturday night. Sunday was pretty much back to normal. We bought our tree Wednesday night, but stayed at my parent's house for gumbo, so we actually didn't decorate our tree until Thanksgiving morning.
Then we went to my mom and dad's house for a very yummy Thanksgiving. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. The beauty part about going somewhere for Thanksgiving is that you don't have all of those leftovers, so you don't have to eat Thanksgiving food for days.

Friday was spent bargain hunting. I went shopping with my mom, my sister and my aunt. We had a good old time. It's truly amazing how much longer and how much shopping you can do without 2 little ones in tow. I actually went to Target 3 times on Friday! We got lots done. I think that we all did well. Well except maybe Jenny who kept on buying for herself. LoL. But we had lots of fun!
Saturday was spent with my grandmother, aunt and uncle. It was nice to be able to see them. Eric gets so busy this time of year that we don't get to do too much through December. Anyhoo, we had our neice all day and Saturday night. She's almost 2. It was a good exercise in having a third child. Not that there will necessarily be a third, but it was good practice anyway.

Still trying to fathom that I will be 30 on Sunday. Saying good bye to my 20's. That's a little tough. But I'm sure 30's will be just as wonderful as the twenty's were. It's crazy to think that I met Eric when I was 20. Wow, now I feel old.

Sunday night was spent trying to get a half decent pic of the kids for Christmas cards. I wanted to share some of the outtakes, but blogger has cut me off. Oh well. Have a great day everyone!

My Scrappy Space

Ok CJ girls. Here they are. Pics of my scrap space. Like I said, we have an office that is about 6x6 where I keep all of my supplies.

I occassionally scrap on the office desk, but the majority of the time (because Payton wants to scrap with me) I bring all of my baskets of stuff out to the breakfast area sofa. Not sure what the white dot on the sofa is all about. Something with my camera. There is a huge window right behind the sofa, so it's nice to have all of that natural light when scrapping. I also tried to take a pic of the room I one day hope to take over (the kid's playroom), but the pics are coming out way too dark today. The kids really don't use it much. I feel like it's been kind of a wasted space. Boy could I work some magic in there. LoL. So that's it. My scrap space.

Cannot believe that it's only a couple of days until Thanksgiving. Tomorrow I have a (very long overdue) hair appointment. Which means a couple of hours of peace and quiet. Cannot wait. Cameron's already bored as can be, he and Payton are fighting like crazy and I'm considering changing my name to anything other than Mommy. I've heard it lots in the last few days. LOTS. And then my mother in law offered for the kids to sleep over Thanksgiving night so that I can go shopping with my mom and sister Friday. Wow. I'm overwhelmed with the thought of shopping without the kiddies. Overwhelmed.

I probably wont post again until after Thanksgiving, so I want to wish you all a wonderful holiday. We usually put up our tree the day before Thanksgiving so I guess that will be tomorrow evening. The kids are very excited! And I must admit I am too. It is after all, the most wonderful time of the year!

Things I Hate

Really really hate.
1. Trying to back into the garage with a truck full of groceries and scraping my Sequoia on the bricks of the garage, scratching it up pretty badly. Yeah, I hate that. There were tears shed, mostly because I was so angry with myself. I actually thought that I had hit the trash can. Not so much, it was the garage. That was Friday morning. It's scratched pretty deep in some areas. Get out the wallet. :(

And something I REALLY hate:
2. People having the nerve to actually come onto your property and take something that doesn't belong to them. I mean what really goes through a person's head when they think "hey a little 5 year old boy forgot his scooter outside, I'll just take it." To say that Eric and I were upset yesterday when we came to the realization that someone had indeed stolen Cameron's scooter, would be a huge understatement. I remember seeing it out as I was leaving to bring him for school one morning last week and thinking that I needed to bring it in when I got home. Well either I just forgot, or someone took it while I was gone and so it wasn't there. It's not like we live in a bad neighborhood. In fact, it's a pretty nice neighborhood. The fact that someone would do this is disgusting. I am still holding out the hope that he just misplaced it, but we have looked EVERYWHERE! Inside outside, Eric even climbed up in the attic to make sure we didn't accidentally put it up there when we hauled the tables from the garage sale back up. So we're pretty sure it was stolen.
Now Payton is getting a scooter for Christmas, so I guess we'll have to go out and buy Cameron another one. The whole reason for getting Payton one was so they could stop fighting about Cameron's.

Anyway, we have a few suspects in mind. I still get upset thinking about it. People just have nerve. I mean a five year old's scooter? I then had to lecture Cameron about the importance of bringing into the garage bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc. everynight when we come inside. We usually do, but every now and then something gets forgotten.

So that's our weekend. Hope yours was way better. And hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving week!

Another Happy Birthday Post...

This time to my dad and baby sister. Happy Birthday Dad & Amy, I love you both so very much! Hope you both have a wonderful day.

Finally...

The family seems to be better. Sarah, I loved your link to Delirious and wanted to share one of my current favorite songs. It's my favorite song today anyway. Tomorrow, it may change. Some of the blogs I read have music and it's kinda nice to listen and read at the same time. Although my stay at home mommy brain is just a little slower than it used to be so this isn't as easy as it once was. I can remember being in college studying with the radio and tv on. Now, not so much. I have to devote attention to one or the other.

So anyway, the kids are better. Cameron went back to school today. No throw ups since early yesterday, so all is back to normal. I hope. Last time I spoke just a tad too soon, as Eric and I both ended up getting it. But so far, so good.

Hope everyone is well. I'm really bummed that there's no Lost tomorrow, but I think that after that, I'll be over it. The first week is the hardest. LoL. Have a great day! And by the way, the song is "need you to love me" by Barlow Girl. :)

Sick, sick...

sick. My kiddies are anyway. Payton threw up last Tuesday morning, then again Thursday morning and then again Friday night at about midnight. No rhyme or reason. No acting sick or tired, or having a fever. Just throwing up here and there. So Sunday Cameron's not feeling well. Low grade fever and complaining of a tummy ache. And luckily I kept him home from school today because at about 8:30, he throws up. But I must say, it's about 3000 times easier with him. So, now that I've grossed you all out, that's our weekend. the kids are bundled up on the couch right now watching Noggin. I snuck away for a few to check emails and bloggage. Must have my morning computer fix or the day just isn't right. Some people drink coffee, I get on the computer.

There were some fun times this weekend. Like playing putt putt on Saturday night. Especially beating Eric. He loves his golf, so to lose in putt putt to me who doesn't so much like golf, was a little disappointing to him. But we had fun nonetheless. And the kids rode the go carts, and it was cold. I say cold but to my northern friends, it was probably just cool to you.

Well short post. Going check up on the kiddos. Have a good day!

Last...

Lost post for awhile. And that makes me sad. I mean really February 7th? That's quite a long time. How nice will it be in February though when it's all new episodes. Not that I am in a rush for February though, because that means that my baby will be 3! Hard to believe. She's not feeling so great today. She's sleeping right now.

So Lost...Can I just start out by saying how unbelievably upset Kate and Sawyer made me? And poor Jack having to see that on the tv monitor. I was so sad for him! I've been pulling for Jack and Kate since the Pilot. But, I must say that I am not completely convinced that she has chosen Sawyer. But would Jack ever take her after her being with Sawyer? But I'm not convinced that she will choose Sawyer because she never really could tell him that she loved him. She just kissed him, in what I think was just a way to change the subject. And then she told Jack that she can't leave without him. So anyhoo, I hope I'm right on this (for once in my life since the show started!) But on the other hand, I'm thinking that the flashback was to show how Kate can't commit to a "safe" relationship. "I can't do taco night or babies". Which is kind of what Jack represents. No matter what happens between those two though, I just hope that Jack & Juliet do not get together. I may have to stop watching at that point (yeah right)!

So what did you all think? I guess today will be the last day to discuss for awhile.

Not much else going on right now. I need to get started on Jamie's CJ. I think that the painting is draining me of my creative energy right now. I just sit down and look at a page or the cj and cannot get any good ideas. I got my Hambly yesterday and that didn't even help. But I will try to come up with something great Jamie-I promise! I want to mail it out by Saturday, so I need to just jump in and let it go where it will.

Cannot believe that Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away! And it is so warm here. So hard to get in the holiday mood when it's warm outside!

Happy Birthday...

To the greatest Mom in the world! I love you so very much and hope you have a wonderful day!!!

Weekend Update

So you would think by now that I would know better than to nap on Sunday afternoon, because really I can never sleep Sunday night when I do. And today I am paying for it. So very exhausted with so very much to do.

My house is in shambles. We had our garage sale on Saturday. We did very well. I was very happy with the turnout. We made good money, but best of all, we got rid of some junk. Quite a bit of junk actually. I was a little sad to see some of it go (the baby crib, Cameron's baby clothes). My kids really aren't big on the crib though, so I figure if we have another one, we just won't use a crib. Cameron just never really slept period. And at 15 months he was climbing out of it, so we moved onto a toddler bed. And Payton never ever slept in in. I had one of those co-sleeper bassinets (a nursing mother's dream) and she pretty much slept in that until her head was touching the top and her feet the bottom. Then we tried the crib and she absolutely hated it so on to the toddler bed. So I figure a third child (should we have one) will go from bassinet to toddler bed as well. We sold it along with the pack and play and a little bouncy thing to a very young couple who said that they needed a bargain. And they got one, and I was glad we got to help them out. I sold a lot of baby clothes, but still have a lot of really good stuff. I'm gonna take some pics and get it all up on ebay. The non name brands and other stuff that didn't sell will be heading to Goodwill.

Payton was a tad bit disturbed as some random lady loaded up her kangaroo climber into her trunk. Cameron was ok with it all. He was a little salesman. He was excited that so many people came and he was happy when they bought some of his toys. A little girl at the very end bought about 7 of his little toys and when I told him about it, he was all excited. So we paid them their share for helping and giving up some of their non used toys and clothes.

My sinus/allergies are a wreck right now. We stirred up so much dust in the attic and just digging in boxes, I have been crying/sneezing/running/itching for a week now. Horrible allergies here, folks.

I hope everyone's weekend was great. Must congratulate our friends Steve & Shaina on the arrival of baby Isabella. We can't wait to meet her, guys!

Holy Cow...

It's November 2nd. Which means that tomorrow is November 3rd. Which means that exactly one month from tomorrow I will be 30 years old! Oh my goodness! 30! That's frightening.

Here's Cam from Tuesday. In all of his cowboy goodness. And of course, Dora.
They were both so proud of their costumes. It was so stinking hot on Tuesday. At Cameron's field trip to the pumpkin patch, we were sweating all day. And it didn't cool off very much that night. So Dora was comfortable in her shorts and T. Today on the other hand much cooler. It was actually pretty cold this morning.

So Lost last night. Oh my word. And can I just ask what in the world is up with the "fall season finale". What's that about? They play the show for a month and it's already time for a finale? Crazy! But last night was a goody. I must say though, I was sad to see Eko go. What in the world is up with the crazy black smoke? I am assuming that it is taking on the image of the people they are seeing (Eko-Yemi, and Jack with his father, Kate with the horse)? Don't know, that's just my assumption, but we all know what happens when we assume! I don't get the black smoke picking him up and throwing him around like a rag doll. I don't guess the others have anything to do with that? Who knows really.
Oh and Juliet with the "movie". Ok so is she lying about wanting Ben dead or is she setting Jack up yet again. I'm glad to see that there is finally some conflict among the others and hopefully our little group of castaways can bring them down. Down with the Others! LoL. And what is up with the pirate in the hatch? Quite creepy. I had to laugh when Locke said "So I guess he'll be expecting us. " LoL. Good ole Locke. Never scared of anything. Next week looks equally good and then a looong break.

And then we watch the Nine which is quite possibly one of the slowest most boring shows ever. Not sure why we are still watching. We say every week "this is our last week". But the dvr continues to record it and we continue to watch it. The previews for this show looked so much better than it is. I definitely think it will be a one season deal. Because really The Nine=snoozefest.

For all my scrappy friends, I've finally come out of my cave and ordered some Hambly and Bam Pop goodness. Because really, I need something to get the creative mojo going asap. Cannot wait to get it all in!

That's all I've got. Since I probably won't post again tomorrow, have a fab weekend! And thanks again for reading this crazy thing!