Anyone else OVER Tired?

So here I am. Christmas morning, in all my glory. Donning my three of my four Christmas gifts. First of all, despite the large woman inside of it, here is my beautiful new bathrobe that the hubby picked out. LOVES the color and it is just oh so soft! And in my hands is the travel mug for my new coffee pot, inside of which was a freshly brewed cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee! Yep. He loves me. A-L-O-T. He couldn't have picked out any better gifts!

So was anyone else as tired that morning as I looked? Boy oh boy was the holidays a hectic time for us! I went with my hubby for 4 days over the road in his truck (which I will post about later) and that was alot of fun. It was nice to see what he has to do every day, nice to spend the time with him since he's gone so much. This look was because of 4 days on the road, then coming home and driving out to my Mom's for the day and then coming home Christmas Eve at 10pm only to wake up at OF COURSE 6am! But... this is what we got to see after getting up and giving the ever so patiently waiting children their permission to unwrap!

All in all, it was a FABULOUS time had by everyone. I am so blessed, and thankful for not only the gifts we were able to give and receive, but for the family we had to do it with! We laughed, loved, and celebrated just like we should, and that is something to be happy for!!

Merry Day-After Christmas!

I hope everyone's holiday was filled with joy, love, and laughter! And I also hope no one is reading this right now, even though it's the day after Christmas, because I hope you are still having fun and spending time with your families!

Our Christmas was great, and I will post about that in a few days after we are all settled back into our normal routine. I have the camera back, and have tons of pictures! I also got to go on a road trip to Florida with the hubby in his HUGE truck for 4 days and that was so much fun. So blessed to be able to get that time in with him, you know what I mean?

So I'm loaded with pictures and ready to strike at any given moment...... Beware!


Happy Holidays!!!!

Santa the Bus Driver

This morning when taking babygirl to school, we were waiting at the stoplight and the area bus system came through. I about died when I saw through the doors a man dressed like Santa driving the bus. OMG how funny it was! I laughed out loud completely and then had to listen to BabyGirl and MonsterMan yelling at the top of their lungs about "There's Santa! Did you see Santa? I saw Santa!"

I almost want to take a trip on the bus tomorrow just so they can see Santa! Gotta love living in Small Southern Town USA!

In other news, I had two wonderful experiences that I am going to briefly share and then save for entries into the "Don't You Hate It When" contest again for when it comes around!

So my mom made that totally sweet purse for the contest, and I wanted it something awful. I'm talking to my mom on the phone, telling her about my lameo story compared to everyone's. Then I (because I just have so much class) ask her this: "Did you see that pic of your purse on BlokThoughts? I love her blog, but dag Mom, she needs a new monitor!" Mom starts laughing uncontrollably and then informs me that it's HER monitor. I looked closer and felt like such a loser! First of all I insulted another blogger's equipment, then I insulted the wrong person and did it TO them! What a loser. We both were laughing so hard though. Maybe I'll have to enter that into a "DYHIW" post?

Anyway... I keep working on this blanket like there's no tomorrow. That's coming along. Still am not sure if it'll be done in time or not. Keep your fingers crossed for me! My daughter asked me to make a blanket and a hat for her dolly... So you know of course I'm going to be doing that, not to mention, I still am scarf-less and hat-less... Who am I kidding? I'm going to be like that all winter. By the time I get all these other things done winter will be freaking over!

Anyway my incoherent rambling is over for the night, and I will be back tomorrow. TGIF right?!

Aaaaah!

So the suspense of finding out who is picked for the "Don't You Hate It When" contest I entered is killing me! Okay so it's not literally "killing" me but I can't wait to see who is picked as the finalists! I know, in all actuality my lame story SUCKED the big one in comparison to a bunch of the others, but it was still fun to participate. Annnnnd, it was of course, hilarious to read some of the other entries! So here I am, feverishly checking BlokThoughts to find out who the two lucky entries are, hoping it's me (even though I know it won't be) and just generally being a complete dweeb by doing so.

My blogging capabilities are severely limited now because I have no camera. To be honest with you I think a blog is no fun without a picture or two of what you're talking about. And I have no pictures! I don't even have old ones because of course my computer bit the bullet over the weekend and I had to go out and get a new one. Blah. I can't wait for hubby to get home so I can steal the camera away from him! Until then those of you who read my blog are stuck with my lame stories and oh-so-not-personal pictures that I find online. But I hope you keep reading even though I stink.

If you haven't checked out the contest, go do so! And if I'm picked vote for me! And if I'm not picked, vote for someone anyway!

Have a happy hump day!

Crystal Light is My Enemy

*****Update*****
So I was reading up on my blogs, and if you'll remember I've been trying to win the "Don't You Hate It When" contest over on BlokThoughts for a couple of weeks now. I sadly have yet to win, but I thankfully, have a multitude of things that always seem to happen to me that I get to post about! So since the contest is tomorrow I'm updating yesterday's post to enter it in to the contest. The prize is coincidently a gift that My Uber-Talented Mother made for the contest. I probably won't be able to win because of the "connection" if you will, but let me just say -- I WANT THIS PURSE! Every time I'm over at her house I want to steal one of these but I don't, because she always has someone to sell them to, or give to, etc. And I know how HARD she works on them so I don't ask. Now is my chance to get it after all the years of admiration of one! Anywho, read away, and PLEASE vote for me if you like my story and I make it into the finalists!

So here's my "Don't You Hate It When..."


You'll have to excuse the crappy picture quality, my husband has our digital camera for the next week or so, he's on a trip to Texas for work and wanted to have it, just to take pictures of anything he finds interesting. Granted this puts a HUGE cramp into my blogging but, I digress. I'm trying to share. Anyway. If you'll notice, there actually IS improvement in my blanket progress. It is coming along slowly but surely.

You may be wondering why I hate Crystal Light. Let me explain. Thursday night I worked on the blanket. I fell asleep with it in my lap while watching a movie and so I went to bed, and placed it on the floor next to my bed, underneath my nightstand. Friday morning, at 7am, I hear my son is up so I'm getting ready to get out of bed, and I hear "it". I hear thud, splash, "Uh Oh... Moooommmmm", drip.. drip.. drip..


I'd had a glass of half full Crystal Light in the kitchen on the table from the night before. He had decided to bring it to me because I'd need a drink when I woke up. He was being so sweet, I know. But he set it on the nightstand, and then knocked it over. RED Crystal Light. Let's face it, the crap is like Kool-Aid when it comes to stains. It was all over my blanket, all over the yarn, and all over the carpet. Nooooooooo.........


After lots of elbow grease, a frantic Tide-Pen episode and phone call to my Mom, I managed to get it out. You can't even tell it was there. I am SO relieved. I was in tears thinking about the idea of starting over! But, luckily I won't have to.


I'm still never drinking Crystal Light again.

I'm So Addicted To....

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Haha... How sad?! Oh well. To be so addicted to blogging you'd think I'd have some huge following or something, which in fact, I do not. But that's alright. I have fun and for the few of you who like to read my random posts and silly stories, I'm glad you find me at least semi-interesting!

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For Alltel. I recently switched cell phone companies. We were extremely dissatisfied with our old provider. Prices, Customer Service, etc. I won't name names, but it has a certain "T" involved in their name. :-)

Anyway I just LOVE everything about them, to include my new, YES you guessed it... PURPLE phone. It's great! I love having a keyboard to text with, it's so much faster. And yes, I'm "that" dork who took a picture of her phone. But anyway on to my story.

So as you know my husband started his new job yesterday. Now... I sometimes can be prone to really odd dreams, especially when I'm under stress or something. Usually if I wake up in the middle of the night from something weird I'll roll over and cuddle up to my hubby and fall back asleep. Kinda like a big teddy bear ;) -- So last night I wake up kind of panicked, it was pretty scary and of course he's not there. I knew he was still up, driving late at night so figured I'd call him and talk to him until I calmed down. Well, half asleep, and fumbling for the phone, I get it and dial. No sooner than I dial, my cell phone starts ringing. It FREAKED ME OUT! I'm like "Who is calling me, what's wrong with Joe, is he okay?" Only to look... and stupid me... I'd called my own stupid phone! What a loser.......LOL

Needless to say, I called him and everything was fine. As Homer would say, "D'oh!!" I should really look into the meaning of dreams and such. Any ideas on how to stop them?!

About My Break

I took a bit of a break blogging here lately. Been taking a break on everything really. Crafts, talking on the phone, being lazy about returning emails and all that. We've had alot going on here the past few weeks. Mainly my husband searching for a new job. He's a truck driver and until recently he's been working for a paving company in Richmond. Home every day, with the exception of a week long trip somewhere while they work. That work is great but in the winter is slows down alot, and knowing that he'd launched into a big search of a new job. He got a new one and today was his first day. We've been spending alot of time together the past couple weeks, because his new job is over the road. He left this morning and we're not sure when he'll be home again, maybe a few days but possibly a couple of weeks. The long and short of it, he'll be gone more than he is home. I'm excited for the opportunities is opens up for him, and I know how lucky I am to have a husband who will do anything for us to make sure we're taken care of. But a part of me is sad to see him go. I'll miss him alot, his goofy jokes and stupid smirks at me when he's picking on me. I'll miss hearing the choruses of "Daddy You're Home!" when he walks in the door from the kids. It could be worse and I always keep that in mind, and I know what he's doing enables me to be here with the kids instead of having to work and all that good stuff. It has alot of good points. But I sure am gonna miss him while he's gone....

Mini Blog Break

It's been about a week since I posted, and so much has been going on around here! I guess I needed a "mini-break" to have a fun holiday time with my family. I made Thanksgiving dinner for my parents and one of my brothers, and I must say I was very proud, it was pretty darn good! Here's my B-E-A-utiful turkey. Poor guy, stuffed and roasted but very delicious and brown! I was proud.



Mom&Dad came out, now of course I only have a picture of Mom because I can never really seem to get Dad on camera but here she is, smiling away. She got a bit of a break this year, usually it's her just cooking away with no stopping. She helped alot I must admit, but hopefully she got to take somewhat of a break this time around.

We also went "Black Friday" shopping... Now, a word to the wise. DON'T DO IT! DID YOU HEAR ME?! Okay, now that I'm done I will explain why. If you're like me, and enjoy this time of year, it can be not only dissapointing but exasperating. Now, we did get awesome deals and on the budget we're on, managed to get everything we wanted to fit within our budget. But I have to say. The Christmas Spirit was sucked right out of me about a half hour into this 3am ordeal. I want to get stuff for my kids, but all at the same time, I as well as everyone else knows that's not what this is all about, and to see so many people acting so hateful, it saddened me. I can't say I'm completely innocent, I shot a look to a woman trying to steal right out of my cart and told her to go "somewhere" for touching my stuff..... But to make me look better in this scenario my defense was that I was provoked. Hehehe. Needless to say we're done with the presents THANK GOODNESS and I will probably never do that again!

In other news I am still overwhelmingly behind on the baby blanket. I am thouroughly dissapointed in myself. I also had found an absolutely adorable ruffled hat pattern I wanted to make the baby, but I don't think I'll be able to get it done. I suck totally.

Hope everyone else had an amazing holiday weekend!!