I have been writing a post for two days that has left me feeling like I am covered in an oil slick of Internet grodiness. So, I am going to let it rest over the weekend and try to shake it off.
I can’t think of a better way to do that (besides snuggling with my wee butter dumpling of a baby) then talking you the people that make this place tick!
So…what’s up with you all?
Big news?
Little news?
Happy?
Sad?
Meh?
Hilarious story?
Tale of woe?
Blessings big and small?
ANYTHING?
I want to hear about you wonderful people who read and comment here and we’ll talk about it. I hope you’ll share with me!
So?
Spill it, yo!
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A local advertising company made a promo video for the coffee shop I own and they just finished it today! You can see it at http://541live.com – I’m really excited about it! It turned out great.
I love it. I totally want to go there are have a cup of coffee with a friend. Hey…what is the song and who is singing it??
Wanna see a photo of my adorable 3-week-old niece? :-) http://bit.ly/8oc4Yp
I hope the internet grodiness recedes.
It’s saying it’s private and I can’t look at it. WAAAAAH!!! WANT NEWBORN WRINKLY CUTENESS!!!!!!
Um, well, my kids just had their last day of school today and are now off for SIX FREAKIN’ WEEKS!! What the heck am I meant to do with them all summer?!
I’m interested in the internet grodiness…which really just shows how little is actually happening in my corner of the world.
WOW…are you on year round school, then? I have always wondered how that would go.
It’s not the fun kind of internet grodiness, it’s the truly horrible internet grodiness that makes me sick and sad. :*(
Well, let’s see. My son’s Eagle Scout Court of Honor is this Sunday, which is awesome, but something funny is that we recently had another Sharpie War over sugar cereal in my house…
http://tinyurl.com/y96vdwm
That would totally happen at my house. My son james wrote “Christopher is totally cool” in Sharpie marker on my makeup case to try to get his brother in trouble. Sigh.
And hello proud mama! That is not an easy award to earn (for him and the whole family!) CONGRATS!!!
Good. Busy. Missing people – we’re on cold #3 in 6 weeks! Trying to figure out how to publish again. Trying to actually write!
Man I’m just boring…
No, you’re not! In fact we totally need to do coffee again after the hub ub of the holidays. Like that really boring week between Christmas and New Years.
Oh, yes! Great idea. I’m watching my niece on a couple of the days that week, but other than that, I’m free. Or that first week in January. I got a whole lot of nuthin.
Last day of work today. I’m a teacher so have spent the whole day watching Christmas movies, attending the primary school Christmas fair, and now have a biiiig bag of presents from my students to lug home with me too! yay!
My mom was a teacher for 30 years and I LOVED Christmas and the end of school. She brought home the most awesome (and yummy) goodies!
Yumminess factor was pretty high this year, with Swiss chocolate and Scottish shortbread appearing in the present bag. There were also some useful gifts (including a USB key to replace the one I lost, a purple umbrella – yay purple! – and salt & pepper shakers) :)
trying to plan all the goodies i am going to make and get my big ole grocery list written up. i hate the grocery store this time of year. CRAZINESS!!
OH, yes I hear you there. It is insanity. I keep eating the treats I make. Then I make more. Then I eat them. Then my ass gets bigger. It’s a vicious cycle. Sigh.
I just shipped a framed 11×14 print of a photograph of mine, to one of my readers. She won it in a giveaway on another site – where I had donated the print for the giveaway. Not a big deal, really, but I am feeling so flattered that she is so thrilled at the prospect of owning my print. That just makes me feel so … flattered.
DUDE, LOU.
Besides being a totally nice guy that makes me laugh all the time, you are an AMAZING photographer with a true gift. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the photo you took of me and use it for EVERYTHING.
He IS an awesome photographer. Lou, I think most of us would love to have one of your prints hanging in our homes.
And Loralee, I think that picture Lou took of you is awesome.
Have a job interview today. Husband just finished the school semester (WHOOOOO). Have a great weekend Loralee.
OOH! I hope that it goes well, sweetie! Fingers crossed for you.
My daughter is talking in fake Chinese all the time and I don’t know if it’s offensive or not, and there’s a Bimbo truck (Mexican pastries) that drives all over this county that still makes me laugh inappropriately every time I see it. http://tiny.cc/OPl91 You have kids older than mine – did they do this? Did it end badly?
How could you NOT laugh at that truck??!!
And, hi. My son speaks in fake Japanese all the time when he is watching Anime on my computer. So…yeah. You’re not alone.
Its old news now, but I am finally done with chemo and I could not feel more blessed this season. Getting my eyelashes and eyebrows back, and making progress on my hair! Very excited to have actually crafted for my friends this year, I just hope they like them.
Saying how thankful a blessing that is can NEVER get old, babe. I am so glad everything is growing back and that you have energy and desire to do the things you love again. xo
Tomorrow is my birthday and I am sick. My parents came into town to watch the baby so Hubs and I could have some SPECIAL ADULT EVENING but now that nice hotel room will be wasted because all I want to do is get liquored up on Nyquil and sleep.
And I started blogging again yesterday. Abandoned my old Blogger site that I haven’t updated in a year and started afresh over at Wordpress.
Oh, I am sorry that you are sick on your birthday. Many people don’t care at all about their birthday but I am not one of those. I LOVE my birthday. Some things about it are hard and disappointing every single year but it can’t dampen the fact that I feel like a special kid on the day!
I hope that you magically feel better so that you and the hubs can enjoy the room. ;P
Class parties galore around here, and not to be a downer, but I hate them! I’ll happily volunteer any other day but the parties make me want to gouge other peoples children’s eyes out-know what I mean? Could someone start reminding me next year, Oh, around November 1st, that I must say NONONONONO! to this nonsense?
Oh, and my parents come in tonight from Colorado for Christmas. Yay!
Is that enough distraction? I could go on…
I can’t stand them either, babe. I am not good in the classroom. It’s why I was PTO Pres for so long…much better at that type of thing. There are plenty of moms that DIG those things so I let them do it and focused where I was better. (I burned out and worked so, so, so many hours after 4 yrs of it that I rarely step into the school now, though. Blush)
That’s great that your parents are visiting. I cannot wait to be a grandma. Seriously. It’s my dream job. :)
I am trying not to think about the internet grodiness…it makes me want to scream and cry.
Nothing is going on over here. Just a sink full of dishes (always??), laundry to do, children to not beat ;), yeah…good times my friend, good times.
It’s highly upsetting to everyone but those of us that can put ourselves in her shoes more then others…yeah. I want to throw up, scream, cry and punch something.
So I am letting it sit till I can think clearer.
We just moved out of our master bedroom and gave it to our 4-year-old daughter for a playroom. Because, yes, she has THAT many toys. Who’s spoiled?!
Holy COW! I am way too selfish for that, but I currently have a bedroom the size of a breadbox so I am jealous of anyone who actually HAS a master bedroom. :)
I love Christmas candy. And eggnog.
I h-h-h-h-h-a-t-e eggnog but I am SOOOOO with you on the Christmas candy thing.
My husband was fired from his dream job yesterday..1 week before Christmas.
WHAT?!
Oh, man…
That is so sad and horrible. Especially because it was his dream job. I am so sorry. SO sorry. This must be so hard and worrisome, sweetie.
I hope that he can find something soon.
Much love and hugs. xoxoxooxoxo
I wrote a post of grodiness today. I don’t know what’s wrong with me…but I can’t wait for Christmas to be over. I have no spirt this year. I keep trying to do things to help it along…but I’ve got nothing.
However, I’m about to start the hCG diet protocol in 6 days and I’ll be blogging my ass off (literally) about it on my fitness blog. http://www.fat2fitmommy.com And i’ve been trying to win a gym membership to Gold’s Gym.
I have had more years of waiting for Christmas to be over then I can count. I am sorry that is the mood you are in, friend. I wish I could have seen you and made merry over marshmallows. :(
We will have to have a make up pow wow!
What is the HCG diet protocol???
I am starting a STRICT diet which includes cutting out sugar, right before the holidays! Also, I finally found the courage to write about why. http://bit.ly/5Ch0uV
(sorry, feel a little like a shmuck posting a link, but you asked what was new!)
Don’t feel like a schmuck! I asked!
And man…that is tough.From what it could mean to why it has gotten unmanageable lately. :( I am so sorry but I am glad that you are taking matters in hand.
Thanks Loralee! You are such an incredible sweetheart.
*Hugs*
We are about to close on the loan for our new house, which makes only 1 more loose end before it is all over. My son and I are both sick with horrid allergies- I keep thinking I feel better, then it starts again. Once it hits the two-week mark I suppose I should go to the dr. but I am so sick of dr.’s now I am practically phobic! Me and my son being sick is making my hubby very cranky. I think he is interpreting it as laziness. GRRR!!! I wasn’t able to have my dad at Thanksgiving because of all the flux, and I don’t think I can accommodate him for Christmas either which is so sad because he is all alone. But I’m trying to arrange to see my sister and her hubby before they move to Korea for a year, on Jan 2… !!
Other than that it is packing, cleaning, unpacking, cleaning, organizing, cleaning, cleaning, and settling into the new house. It is all so much that I have not decorated for Christmas for the first time -ever- in my life, and we may end up without even a Roast Beast Feast. We’re on the ‘no presents’ plan but I sneaked and got two each for my hubby and son. None for nobody else. They will have to #suckit!
Have a good one Loralee!! Kiss that baby’s neck for me, m’kay? (and blow a raspberry in his neck until he laughs out loud!)
HOW EXCITING! A NEW HOUSE!
I loathe, hate and despise moving but having a new, clean fresh start is always awesome.
I really hope that you all get better for the holidays and I love that you sneaked in some presents for your guys!
I munch on my little one all the freaking time so I will throw in one for you!
My SIL safely returned from his deployment in Iraq this week. I’m grateful beyond measure that his two deployments passed without him being injured and that his enlistment will be up in a few months. An added bonus – he and my daughter will be here for Christmas. YAY!! There is nothing better than being surrounded by my kids. Now I just need to get my cooking and baking started :-) Much love to your and yours. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and that the ickyness is gone soon!
THAT is a huge blessing. Please tell him I am grateful for his service. I am extremely proud of our military and am constantly in awe of what they and their loved ones sacrifice to protect us all.
Leaving tomorrow to go to Washington to spend Christmas with my family. You know I’ll have a drama filled story when I get back. In the meantime, I’m working on my novel and trying to rest up before my last semester as an undergrad. Love you! Have a Merry Christmas! And give your wee one kisses for me.
Merry Christmas, Rachel. I hope you travel safely and that Christmas is a wee bit calmer this year. Maybe if they are in a new place it will ease the drama!
I can’t believe you’re almost done with school. VERY cool. Let me know how the book is going.
I’ll mush on the butter dumpling for you. ;)
My news is a combination of happy and sad – we’re going to start TTC baby #3 (yay!) after an early miscarriage in September (boo!). I’m just super excited for Christmas with two littl’uns who dig watching “Elf” every night after raiding their advent calendar for yummy chocolates sent by their Nanny (my Mum) in London. And my delicious baby girl will be two in early January!! Lots of blessings here in Tennessee. Merry Christmas to you, your family and all of your readers!
CONGRATULATIONS on your bundle of joy. I know how hard it can be after a loss. Much hugs and good wishes to you.
And man…just reading “By their Nanny in London” is so damn cool.
HUGE OLE ANGLOPHILE HERE. :)
Prepare to be bored! I’ve been sick all week, I’m not ready for Christmas, my house is a disaster, I’m full of angst!
But I have two weeks off starting today, so that’s nice.
Love you sweetness.
I have been there more times then I care to remember so I will hope hard that the cleaning fairies and wellness gods come visit your house SOON. xoxoxo
Huge, happy, amazing blessings in our family! Rick survived his terrible bout with H1N1 and his extremely long hospitalization and is now back home. He is making progress very slowly, but I don’t care how long it takes. I am just so very grateful to still have him with me! God bless us, every one!
That was the scariest, longest ordeal, Marie. I know it’s not over yet, but I am soooo thankful he pulled through and is still with you, Annie and your family.
You are some of the best people I know and you deserve every ounce of happiness that comes your way!! xo
A cute quote from my 3 year old daughter just a few weeks ago when we were travelling visiting family. We were staying in a hotel with my sister and cousin, so my daughter was going to get to sleep with me…which she NEVER gets to do (i have told her in the past that on a special occassion, she might), she was so excited. So she tells my 17 year old cousin, “Heather, it is going to be a special occasion in my bed tonight!”….YUP, words you NEVER EVER want to hear out of your daughter’s mouth, at any age! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE READING!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!
OMG, thank you for that laugh. I am totally going to use that on my husband.
I’m getting ready to sign up for my first class towards getting my nursing degree. I think. I’m waivering, but if I just click “Register” I will have done it. It’s a good way to procrastinate from writing Christmas cards!
THAT IS WONDERFUL!
I know we’ve only met once, but you have an AWESOME ‘nurse vibe’. You will have to trust me when I say I have been around enough of them to know. I think it will suit you WONDERFULLY WELL.
Doctors are all well and good but nurses have the ability to make an illness/hospital stay bearable and endurable or miserable. You will be the former and not the later.
CLICK AND DO IT!!! You can TOTALLY DO THIS and will be an inspiration to so many (me included) that need to go back and finish/get schooling!
In this week alone, I finished the first semester of grad school (hell YES), had 2 cats with bloody diarrhea (oh dear God), had something die in my engine, making my whole car smell like butt (GAH), and yet another, totally unsuccessful appointment with a neurologist (unsurprising). And my marriage is floundering.
I need a cookie. And a hug.
Oh, man.
You have been through so much, babe. I am so sorry to hear that, especially the marriage part. It can be so hard and when you have life stresses and trials it can blow everything to hell. I have a 6month separation as a mark of this.
I am praying that answers and solutions come to you SOON.
xoxooxoxo
Thanks. I’m calling a counselor today. Probably. If I can get my act together and dial the stupid number.
I’m really really REALLY ready for 2010.
We’re just renting, but we moved into a house! No more apartment! WOOOO!
http://backtome.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/12/where-we-hang-our-hat.html
Hey, I have never owned my own home and I’m 35. At this point, we’re still a long way away from it so I understand. AND I LOVE THAT HOUSE.
SO cute. And big. I’d love to live there. I feel your pain on one bathroom. Yours is bigger then mine. Sigh.
It’s just adorable. So happy for you!
I was 43 when we bought our 900 sq ft condo with two bedrooms and ONE bathroom…..9 years ago….now the girls are teenagers. Do I get a prize? lol
Adorable house! I am 37 and USED to be a homeowner but no longer (due to husband’s job loss combined with the fact that we bought at nearly the market peak) and can only hope that in 10 years we might have the opportunity again but am really happy to be living in a cute, small (and yeah only the one bathroom) rental in a great neighborhood that was too expensive for us to buy in “back then.”
Got my year end evaluation and it’s was – GOOD! Very happy about that, in this economy feeling secure about your job is always a good thing. I even eked out a little raise.
THAT is great. Especially in this work climate. It’s always lovely to feel and know that you are doing a good job and are valued! Congrats!
Sitting here thinking if I should do something different with my blog next year. Not sure yet. Advertising? More professional? I also wonder if deleting Twitter would be good for my health. Other than that, everything is fine, thanks. Merry Christmas…
I think your blog is very professional. I DO think it would be interesting for you to try out ads for awhile to see how you like it, Neil. You have written about it and thought about it so much that it might be good to walk on the wild side and put them up.
You can always take them down, you know?
I have thoughts about Twitter but I am not to the point I can vocalize them yet. I know I am on there too much for sure.
I just got back home from Cracow, where I study and live
(my parents rent an appartement for me, which I share with a friend). I missed my parents and my cat, hell, I even missed my brother ;) so I am very happy, especially that the Christmas is coming. I can’t wait this another week! Well, I don’t like our Christmas Eve Supper, not since we celebrate it in my uncle’s house and it’s always crowded (he had 3 wives already, has 5 children, and for the Supper there are always 2 of his wives, the recent and the last one xD plus my grandma and our 4: me, my brother and our parents), always noisy and nobody cares for the traditions there anymore. We used to make the Supper at our appartement (but it’s too small to gather all family; 2 rooms with a kitchen and bathroom can’t stand the competition – my uncle has a real HOUSE…) and it was always so nice and all. You know, alle the traditions… we have really nice traditions for Christmas (well, for starters, we have Christmas Eve Supper; I believe in America it’s Christmas Dinner, held on 25th, which is the most important family part of Christmas, isn’t it?).
Anyway, I’m home and I’m really happy about that. Even though that means I have to clean up the house single-handedly (because my parents and my brother work) and learn Latin and Italian (because I’ve got tests just after the break…). I love Cracow, but home is home :)
bisous,
Amy.
PS. Merry Christmas :)
The line about your brother totally made me laugh. I love your fascination with American culture. It’s adorable.
Christmas Eve is usually a bigger celebration for most people, though most also have a Christmas Day dinner as well. Christmas Eve is the best night of the year for me.
P.S. WAIT…Your uncle practices polygamy? Or are they ex wives?????
Gearing up for a bakeathon of epic proportions, since the boys are off from school for SEVENTEEN days. The beauty of me not working AND having surgery is that I’m pretty much housebound for a bit.
Now, to get LouCeeL and Songbird’s addresses to send them the handmade things I promised months ago…
Put an extra heart on Lou’s card from me. That man is a sweetheart and a half.
And I am jealous of the baking. I suck at it, but I certainly love EATING THEM enough. :)
I hope the recovery is going well! xo
I think Lou should get a lot of hearts in his packages. Trying to figure out the best way to mail these things.
Baking is all about following the ratios. Thankfully, the ten year old understands that and will be doing a lot of the work this year!
Recovery is good. It’ll be better when I can eat some peppermint bark and eggnog cookies!
I just cut up 6 jalapenos for out work BBQ and am trying my hardest not to touch anything on my face ANYTHING. Also, my birthday is tomorrow and am being treated to a nice dinner at the Stinking Rose. I will be stinking like garlic for days :)
I hope you have a nice weekend!
I ALWAYS TOUCH MY EYES!
ALWAYS.
It’s a curse.
AND OMG I LOVE THE STINKING ROSE SO MUCH IT IS INSANE.I ate there in SF once and have thought of it way more then is normal ever since.
That bread and garlic butter sauce they serve at the beginning? TO DIE for. DIE FOR. I found the recipe. The secret is that they put in an anchovy filet. You’d never know that is what is was but the flavor…man. I DREAM about that garlic butter.
I am SO jealous of both of you-the STINKING ROSE? THE place for garlic lovers? It’s on our list of places that we must go to when we get to Northern California.
Acorn, enjoy that birthday dinner!
We’re having our big family broohaha tomorrow. All day at Grandma’s house, then the kids stay the night with Grandma and the adults continue the party at my sister’s house up the road. That usually includes the hot tub, appetizers, and lots and lots of alcohol! And I have nothing to wear because I’ve been pigging out already this season so I now must go to Ross or Marshall’s to see what’s on sale and what will pass for “festive” and “comfortable” at the same time. Can sweats be festive? ;-)
Sweats are always acceptable in my thinking. Although when I really want to spruce it up I go for the yoga pants. :)
I’m going with funny story, purely because of where I’m sitting right now. Its just too good not to share.
After a night out, celebrating the end of school/exams/papers with new friends (from the school I started at in September), one of my buddies casually mentioned that he wished he could build a fort and stay in it all day.
This offer was just way too good to turn down, and we ended up gathering supplies to make the fort to end all forts. To give you an idea of how big this monster is: it involves 5 comforters, all double or queen, the sheet sets from the aforementioned beds, every pillow we could find, the couch cushions, and every spare towel and blanket in the house. It takes up the entire living room, and there are 5 of us in it, and I’m the shortest at 5′10.
We’ve been in here since noon and its 4 PM now, and its still not getting old. It never felt so good to be 5 again. We’ve all decided we’re sleeping here tonight, and heading home tomorrow. How’s that for ending the semester on a good note?
OMG.
That sounds like the best thing ever.
In fact, my anniversary is this weekend and I think I am going to tell my husband I want to build a fort and stay in it all day. :)
Hmm…what to share. Happy news…I’m on vacation until the 28th! YAY! Also, I attended my 4 year old’s Christmas party today. I was the mom sitting on the floor playing legos with the kiddos. There were two other moms who stood in the corner and talked, and I don’t understand that. I loved being on the floor with the kids all crawling all over me and helping me build a barn.
I made homemade cookies for the first time yesterday. They are quite tasty! I don’t know why they scared me before!
More happy news? The 4 year old AND the 6 month old are both napping right now! WOOHOO!
Oh, and the happiest news is that in 1 hour, we’re going to pick up my stepdaughter. We all love having her visit, so it’ll be great to have her for 2 weeks!
I hope the stuff you are going through that can’t be shared with us gets better. It stinks to have that crap on your mind during the holidays.
I would be the mom talking in the corner. I have a hard time “playing” with my kids. I Looooovvvvveeee them but I am best with babies and teenagers (I know. Weird.) It’s just how my brain works. (Thank goodness for moms that get kids like you. I am always at a loss with what to do w/for them at that age.)
Although…I am digging this second wave of mommyhood now that I am not going to be a young, stressed out college student and mom to small kids at the same time, I am hoping to do better. :)
Hm… What’s good here…. My husband is getting off for 9 days through Christmas so we can go see my mom in Tulsa! I’m really stoked for that!
Um… What else? Okay – so, our Christmas this year is gonna be really tight (sounds bad, but stick with me) and it was really stressing me out. (Really stressing me out. And really, stick with me here) But I found out that we don’t have to pay $50 out that I thought we were going to have to, which makes a pretty big difference. I have decided to let go of the material and the fact that I’m not gonna be able to get as much for the kids as I would like and focus on how excited I am that we’re gonna get to spend this Christmas together as a complete family. It’s Kairi’s first Christmas and I am so excited that our family is complete. So we’re just gonna rejoice in spending it together. I feel much better about it thinking of it like that. :)
Lots of little things too. I won’t bore you though. :) Hope you feel better soon.
I have so been there. And it can be hard to have a really tight Christmas, but those have often been some of my sweetest ones with my family. I think it’s because we go out of our way to make up for lack of gifts by family activities and togetherness. I am really glad your family is complete, babe. xo
I just found out yesterday that I’m pregnant! Our other kids are 13, 10, and 8. We aren’t telling anyone yet, but I figure I’m pretty anonymos here. I’m so excited! I feel like I’m starting over, and I’m hoping I’ll be more calm and less stressed out this time around since I have all the experience, ya know? Thanks for letting me share my exciting news. Don’t tell anybody that knows me ha ha.
OH CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your kids are almost EXACTLY the same ages as mine. (Matthew would have been 7 and turning 8 in June)
It is so much fun. Hard work, and we totally started over but you will have a blast with the new little one. We love Aaron to BITS and they boys worship him.
I feel I am a much better parent this time around. I have way more patience and confidence. xo
let’s see… the motor in my husband’s car is officially dead. but luckily, we have two cars, so he can take mine to work. makes it a little hard when i need to do something, but it could be worse! and i think it’s really cool that you’re responding to each and every comment on here. i’m really not sure how i found your blog, but i love it, so thanks :)
Oh, that sucks about your car. I totally understand. I JUST got my car back yesterday after 2 months of it being in the shop.
I love talking to people. I used to be the most zealous talkers on the internet but as the saying does, “Somethin’ had to give” so I talk a whole lot less online. (I’m going to have to do something about Twitter. Heh)
STILL LOVE IT though. :)
last night i was pumping gas when the attendant came outside to explain to me that i needed to press the green button to get the pump to come on b/c it was prepay only. i told him i understood and that was why i’d pressed the gray button that said pay outside credit & how i was almost finished. he said i had looked confused. then he stomped off back inside the store.
next time he needs to pay attention to his cash register. it tells him who is getting gas, which pump, and how much.
WOW. Just…WOW.
I have had many an experience like that.
Sigh.
We’re expecting! I’m currently 17 weeks along and got to see my sweet little baby again in an ultrasound last week. I even got a chance to bring my daughters in to see as well. It is so fun sharing this with them. They were so excited to see the baby kicking and moving and waving its hands. I wish someone had told me how much I would enjoy that part as well.
SO looking forward to cuddling my own sweet little baby dumpling in a few months. :)
Hoping you guys are well and having a wonderful Christmas season.
OH, they are such fun. So sweet and loving and you just feel like your heart could explode with happy just looking at them.
SOOOOO excited for you, sweets!
let’s see..two kids (17 and 15), librarian, after school program Technology teacher, soccer, band concerts, great friends, dog, just started my Masters Degree in Educational leadership…life is good. My mom told me I am the busiest person she’s ever known:) But Christmas vacation starts today and life is grand for the next two weeks….then the hamster wheel starts to spin again! I LOVE my life and hope you all do too! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and have a great 2010 :)
Um…yes you totally sound like the busiest person EVER. My brain exploded just reading this. Nothing better then meeting a person that loves their life!
Things are great! We are broke but we have finally moved into our brand new house and this is Peanut’s first Christmas! It’s been a great year!
Awe! You’re all moved in! How great…a first xmas with the babe and a new house. Perfect!
I have some tales of woe lately but it is Christmas time, and I don’t want to depress people. I am really trying to get in the Christmas spirit.
I’m so sorry for the problems, hon. I have a huge understanding and empathy for that. I have plenty of my own right now so I truly get it.
I think it is admirable you are trying hard to get in the Christmas spirit, but be gentle with yourself and talk about it if it gets too big. If you can’t ’snap out of it’, you can’t. And that is ok.
Everyone has had bad and down holidays.
Big, huge hugs during this time with a sincere hope that it improves for you. xo
Currently “counting my blessings” while watching White Christmas with the family. Can’t wait to bake and put together a gingerbread house with the kids next week. I love the holidays! I am asking Santa to whisper in the toddler’s ear something about throwing less tantrums. It’s worth a shot. Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday time!
Now THAT sounds all snuggly and homey and holiday like. SO much fun.
Spent the day in the ER – the virus that is causing my pneumonia has infected my inner-ear fluid (ick) giving me vertigo (lovely) they check for vertigo by sitting my extremely dizzy self on the edge of the bed and pushing me off to simulate falling while watching my eyes (seriously). This was the worst thing I have ever experienced (wholly crap!) – then they did it again. I was (naturally) tense so the Dr shook me a little to loosen me up (like that helped) and I pretty much fainted. This is the third time I have been in the hospital this week due to this virus and it’s starting to get old!
But…. I have new ultra sound photos of my niece (due in April) and looking at them makes everything better!
My very good friend, Karen, had vertigo and I will NEVER forget it. I took her to the ER and told her parents to come in from out of state, I was so concerned. It is a horrible thing. HORRIBLE.
I am so sorry you are going through it!
Babies make things better. They rule that way. xo
Well, as I told you on twitter yesterday, we’re expecting again. Today I got to see the beginnings of a little heartbeat on an ultrasound. It was the best little flutter EVER!
We also go and pick up my stepdaugher tomorrow morning for our holiday together! All in all, despite it being a tight christmas, it’s one of our better ones. Probably the best we’ve had in years! Catching a break is always nice!
Hope you have a happy holiday!
Some of the poorest times have been the best for us. (And some have been the worst if I’m honest) but I am soooooo happy for your pregancy! CONGRATS BABE!
I’m in the midst of sending Christmas cards. It’s kind of been a blah blogging week. I wasn’t super excited about any of my posts and I don’t think my readers were, either, lol. I’m planning a gluten free Christmas dinner, and a soup-themed Christmas Eve Eve party menu. This will be my son’s first Christmas; he’s 10 months. I can’t wait :-)
I have really struggled this month with blogging. I have many things I want to write about, I just cannot. Ugh.
And I am SOOOOO excited for my butterlump’s first Christmas, too!
I’ve got nothing except Dildo Helmets and misplaced rage at Dan Fogelberg. What can I say? Life is good. It’s been a rough year but we’ve come out the other side (the holidays ALWAYS do that for me) and looking forward to a much, MUCH better 2010. Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday, filled with LOTS of love.
I am sad the dude died but Fodelberg pissed me OFF when I saw him in concert. Bastard didn’t sing “Longer”. I KNOW, RIGHT?!!!
Still mad all these years later.
2009 sucked buckets.
Except we talked on the phone.
So therefore, it is officially rad. :P
On a more serious note…I work at a non profit special ed school. Thursday was our Christmas program. After the kids did all their singing, which was remarkable to begin with since all of them have some sort of speech or language delay, our special guest, Santa, made his entrance. Now this guy was big, very tall, and was going to be very engaging. He was a substitute Santa because our regular guy was not available. The sub Santa’s wife plays the piano for the program every year. He usually doesn’t come to the program. Well, as he was giving out the third child’s gift, he started having a heart attack, 911 was called and 4 or 5 men in the audience jumped up to help get him to the floor. My coworker began CPR immediately and saved this man’s life. The ambulance came and took him to the hospital. As far as I am told he is stable. I believe he was meant to be Santa that day because if he had stayed home like he usually does, his wife would have come home to a deceased spouse. So, everyone get CPR trained and do not hesitate to jump into action when something like this happens. Please pray for this man that he makes a good recovery.
Oh, MY. That sounds very scary and like a huge, HUGE blessing for that man’s family. I am so glad he was with someone that could help.
(And for the record, the proper timing of CPR is to the beat “Stayin’ Alive” by The Bee Gees. I know weird stuff.)
I received word today that he is awake and answering questions appropriately…so far so good. Yes I wondered if my coworker snag that song in her head. :)
After three years of moving just far enough away from all of my family, we’re moving back to my hometown in January. I will be all a twitterpated mess of gooey goodness for the next month while we get this packed and moved and boy will everyone want to throw up at how much “fun” I’m having moving with a toddler. Ha!
I LOATHE MOVING. Seriously, seriously loathe it. I like having my kids close to their grandparents but it’s tricky living so close some of the time.
I just had a baby on Nov. 22! She’s number 5!!! I know, women have babies every day. But it’s still a miracle to me. And, it doesn’t matter if it’s your first baby or your fifth, all the anxiousness and worries are the same… is she warm enough? Is that cough serious? Why is she crying like that? Having more kids doesn’t make you smarter… just a little bit crazier!
Congrats congrats on the baby! ALL babies are blessings, no matter the number. And I worry as much, if not more with my last as my first.
I am in my new house! My dad is here from Mexico. Brandon is home. I have all fifteen kids in the house, as of five minutes ago and I am overjoyed!!! Life doesn’t get better than this!!
I am so glad for you, babe. You deserve every happiness that comes your way. Hug everyone and SNUGGLE THAT BABY FOR ME.
I really miss you.
As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in Hawaii, on the deck of our hotel room. The sun has gone down, but it’s a gorgeous evening. It’s pretty freaking fantastic, and very much a huge blessing. I’ve been here since Thursday, and still have 10 more days left of vacation. It’s so much fun to hang out with my family, drink fruity drinks ALL day long, and do a whole lot of nothing. It’s perfection! Hope your holidays are perfect for you and your family!
I love white Christmases, but I have cop to being willing to KILL right now to be warm.
(You know how you don’t feel well and being freeing just amplifies the feeling?)
I am so glad you are in paradise with our family. It sounds like heaven.
Slowly driving my husband crazy. After being on maternity leave for 6 weeks, off for a week for Thanksgiving and now off work until January 4th. He is the stay at home dad and right now is going nuts with me at home. He likes the help and all but I mess up his routine at times.
We are still adjusting to having a 2 year old and 2 month old. The 2 year old just got his last tooth in and the 2 month old is starting to get her first.
Its been quite the adjustment but its been nice to have an infant around again.
I just found lip balm in my slipper. My lips are cracked, and I’m not picky.