Babies

Oh I forgot to add... what do you say when your husband asks "want me to go to the doctors and see about reversing my V?" ACK!

I am 33, sure I could have another... I have 3, two boys and a girl, I will have a life after my kids grow to 18 / 21, etc... but yet, I could really ENJOY being pregnant again, having a newborn... BUT... do I want another 2 year old, 9 year old, teenager... LOL

What a long week... I feel drained. I am feeling stressed, and yet enjoying life. I am feeling so busy, yet have lots of time to relax with my family. I have changes coming to my job at work, and won't know what changes they are until February. Gotta love working for a company that is owned by an "investment coorporation". Anyways...

So the year 2008 will be here in less than 4 hours. My sil and bil have already experienced it. I wish they were closer. (Sil is in Germany, and bil is in Iraq). My daughter is taking a bubble bath and playing tea party with her new tea set. My boys are playing "Guitar Hero III" and actually NOT fighting. ACK!

I have completed about half of the "diaper cake", for my friends baby shower this weekend. I have 2 rows of 9 rows, quilted on the baby blanket. (I am cheating and using a sewing machine for quilting)

I plan on getting up early tomorrow morning, and heading to Walmart. They should be putting the seasonal clearance to 75% off! Woohoo!!

Two days left!

Just two days before Christmas... and the fun for me really begins. I spent 5 hours at the mall, BY MYSELF last night. A great cup of "seattles best" in my hand, and time to roam... tired legs, but oh so much fun. As I was leaving the mall... literally as I left the exit... the entire mall went black. I still haven't heard what happened. I got in my car and headed home, before the mad dash of traffic hit the street.
Anyways... so today I work from Noon to 4pm, but then I get to come home and BAKE. Tons of baking in the next two days. I love these days. I still have two presents to buy, but I enjoy the hussle of the stores, I just dislike the drivers out there on 82nd! Luckily living so near the mall, I can take quite a few backroads to the mall. Heehee!
I found great gifts for dh, I HOPE he will think so to. Not alot of $$ but things he will enjoy. I will enjoying giving them, atleast. :)
Happy Holiday prep to all!

My friend

A good friend of mine, and I, haven't talked in a few weeks. We both have kids in basketball and various other busy holiday activities, work, etc. have made us play phone message tag.
We got to chat tonight, and come to find out, she has been battling "the big C", she tells me. UGH! What a time of year! As if any time is better, but NOW! She is a single mom, dad is in a different state, a whole family seperately from their son. She has no medical insurance. She has battled antibiotics being ineffective, staph infections, yeast infections, a new latex allergy, ...
I ffel helpless. I can't help her financially. I can be here to talk, and what not... but what do I do to make things easier for her? Housework help is out of the question, she isn't open to people in her home due to clutter, etc. UGH!! I will be keeping her in my thoughts and prayers, but there feels like there should be something else to do. :(

Great-Grandma's visit

My grandma came up for the week last week. I made a turkey and potatoes, along with food from my sisters... and we had a great holiday meal together. The grandkids (great-grandkids) took pics (willing or not) with Great-Grandma and then with Papa and Grandma too. My youngest nephew was in tears at the end. LOL

I turned one of the photos into a cool coloring book page and cartoon style pic. I love those photo editing features in my camera software. :)

Holiday Crafting

I have been crocheting alot lately... Meghan has a new "santa" hat and scarf. I also painted the kids ornaments, BEFORE NewYears this year! LOL I give them a new ornament every year, the first few years were ceramic like these. Then I had more kids, and got lazy. Now they are older and on their own a bit more... and I got painting done again. :)

Jordan had his first basketball game of the season, on the Dec.6th. Within the first two minutes he was at the free-throw line. He missed the first, but made the 2nd, and I got the pic!! Jordan is # 22. They went on to win the game, in a VERY tight scored game from start to finish.

The did loose just the other night, against Canby, but some games just have to be given to the Refs. LOL

I have added to my coke collection. I still have yet to find a holiday set of bottles this year, but I did find these great shaped bottles at Walmart last night. They jumped in my cart, REALLY!

(Notice - I was nice to dh and put his bottle of Pepsi in my cabinet) lol

Kicker Checks! - they came, they got spent. LOL
We are officially done buying for our kids for the holidays. I still have a few family and friends, baby showers, etc. to purchase for this week.
As usual was overspent, but dh and I really enjoy the giving part too. Anyhoo...

Dh turned 32 on Saturday. We got him this really neat puzzle and puzzle roll-up mat. Ok, the mat turns out to be cardboard tubes and a piece of felt to roll on it.
But, dh actually sat down with me and the kiddos last night, and spent an hour + working on the puzzle. It is a 500 piece puzzle... which I thought was going to have bigger pieces. Nope... 1/2" or so. And some are literally diagonal in the puzzle itself, when placed correctly. It will end up being only 13" x 19" too, which is no where near the wall art, I had pictured. LOL

We found high school sweatshirts at Walmart yesterday. They are all the local teams, but one happens to be the same as Jordan's basketball team, and so we got new sweatshirts to wear to his games! His 2nd game is tonight, and my parents just brought my grandma into town. We are hoping she will be up for going to the game. :)

Ok, off to work I must go...

It is SNOWING! The funny thing about it snowing... is that today is my nephew's first birthday party, at Chuck E. Cheese. That in itself is not that odd, but the memory of my oldest sons first birthday party is what makes this different.
His first birthday party was also at the same Chuck E Cheese. We went in the restuarant with a little chill in the air, but no real forecast for snow. We came out after his party (nearly 2 hours later) to inches of snow on the ground.
What a fun reminder of my sons special day, as we celebrate a new memory with my nephew. :)

Such a fun day today. I took Meghan to the World's Largest Christmas Bazaar, along with my mom, sis, and niece. We found yummy chocolate peanut butter fudge for me, and old fashioned candy twist on a stick for the girls too. Meghan got a few holiday T-shirts, earrings, a zipper pull for her new winter coat (in the mail on monday), a bracelet for troops support, and a stuffed animal from Grandma too. The girl really made out!
I bought a few "Home Interiors" candles too.
Lots of fun things to check out, but not much else to purchase, really. We go traditionally, year after year. :)

Then we came home and seperated the family for dinner. Meghan and I went ot Chinese and the boys and Sean went to get burgers. Fun for all!

To finish the evening, Sean and I went to TRU and Target for a little holiday shopping. That is always fun! :)