25 Random Things

So all over facebook are these 'notes' my friends are filling out about 25 random things about themselves. I've been 'tagged' by a couple and while I wanted to just skip it, I enjoy reading about others so i thought maybe I should try it. But like everything, I put almost to much thought in to it and some of them are rather serious, some are fun. And of course, nothing comes without a brief explanation. So here i go, and actually i got more then 25 but as my husband just said to me 'are you sure you want to put them out for everyone to see?' I asked him, 'What's on my list that is so bad?'.
OK:
1. I strive to be organized yet feel so disorganized. I have totes for everything, from cleaning supplies, to toy cars, baby doll stuff, trains, etc and if a toy car gets in the train 'tote' I panic.
2. I heart my vacuum. It is NEVER put away and i will vacuum at least once/day if not more.
3. I've started making a menu for the week. Using a different cookbook for every week. It's going quite well and I'm thrilled at not having to wonder what to have for supper every night.
4. Most days i wear sweats and sweatshirt. I simply brush my teeth, comb my hair put a head band on, and I'm going about my day. Quite a contrast to what i have been used to wearing for years and years!
5. I miss the intensity of my job but not the drama
6. I lay the kids clothes, and mine, out the night before. I'd lay DH's out too but he wanted nothing to do with it:)
7. I love reality TV (Hills, RW, Survivor) but could never be on any of them
8. I enjoy travel-but not camping, long car rides, etc. I like being outside but simply can not handle bugs buzzing around my head, the smell of fires burning, the dust, etc. Airplane travel and the stress that comes with it is more me.
9. I've been playing the piano since 2nd grade. Didn't love it all the time but simply think it was the best thing. I can play where ever there is a piano and can for years to come
10 I enjoy singing but wish i was awesome at it. I think being a singer would be a great career but simply not for me. I can't sing in front of people alone. Put me in a choir, duet and I'll be great but alone, no way.
11. I have anxiety (see #10) but not real bad. Test anxiety is the worst! i sweat like no other when I'm told it's time to take a test! (see blog entry about census)
12. I don't mind public speaking (i know crazy considering #10 and 11). I have recently started sharing our story of infertility, adoption and a surprise pregnancy, with others publicly.
13. I love to sell things. My dad always says I could sell ice to an Eskimo
14. I have lots of friends and love each one of them!!
15. I love meeting new people. If I like you, you'll be in my life probably forever
16. I really didn't like High School. I hated all the cliques and feeling in inadequate b/c i didn't measure up to whomever's thoughts. College was definitely more for me. People accepting you for you and being able to be who i am.
17. I'm a leader. (reference #16) I can definitely follow but if know one is leading, I will jump in. I actually was offered a job by someone observing me in a group.
18. I'm a conservative that happens to be a Republican. I'm worried, no frightened, by Obama and what will come of our country. I really think as a Christian we should all be very worried. My taxes should pay for abortions? Really??? I can't understand how a God fearing Christain can be a Democrat.
19. The years of infertility were the hardest years of our/my lives. The hurt, disappointment & physical exhaustion were almost to much to handle. But it's by the grace of God they are the years that have made me who I am.
20. I love listening to the kids run @ the house. There were times I'd wondered if I'd ever hear that.
21. I enjoy baking more then cooking but do both on an almost daily basis.
22. Not many days go by that I don't think of C'mans Birthmom
23. I'd would like to run for public office someday.
24.My favorite place is my friend Laura's, pool in New Jersey
25. I can tell pretty good stories about my life and all it's adventures

So there you have it. Some that are in the reserves are: I'm a secret blogger (LOL) if you're reading this you're privileged to know about it. Most of my closest friends are from college, My daughter acts like me more then I care to admit, I take way to much time doing things like this and i'd like a tatoo but to chicken to do it.

Now it's your turn, tell me your 25 Random things. Or do this on your blog and direct us to is by leaving a comment.

Online Shopping 'Coupons'

How many of you are coupon clippers? I must admit, I've tried and well I'm failing. I always forget them at home, or put them in my purse and they get all crumpled and ripped to shreds. But mostly i just forget to use them. I've give some thought to buying an organizer, not a coupon organizer, but like a binder of sorts. I don't know tho, I may just keep thinking about it.

But when it comes to shopping online, I find it way easier to find money saving coupons. Maybe it's free shipping, or buy 2 get 1 free, or 15% off my order. I recently found a website that has all sort of money saving coupons of sorts, for online purchases. http://www.ebates.com/ You can find money saving codes all the way from flowers to baby clothes to anything in between.

Take note men out there, you can even find discounts on flowers (as mentioned above) to jewelry! Think Valentines Day!


So check it out and share with us, if you would, what you coupon code you used. Or maybe you already have used ebates.com

Tax season is upon us and there is even a coupon for 12% back for tax filing help!

Changes

Obama's not the only one that can preach about change right?? My blog needs some too:) I think i can deliver on my changes tho!! I know I know, he hasn't even be in office for a full week but did anyone hear that stem cell research has gotten the go ahead for public funding versus the private funding they've been using. AND that with that private funding of over 10 billion (my friend Shannan thought that was the amount) STILL has not accomplished anything!

Killing embryo's for the stem cells that adult stem cells could do the same thing. Coming from someone that created embryos (ok we all do) and have seen first hand that an embryo is a baby, why oh why are we doing this??

Oh goodness, this was NOT the direction I was going with this post. Where I was going is, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to make the font of my text bigger? I know I can do it while I'm typing a post, but i want it to be standard/set.

I see I have another follower!! When it gets to 10 followers, I'll do my give away:)

DH and I are actually going out tonight! Hmm another change. Work Christmas party that he said last night he didn't want to go. He's working today and after that needs to load beans out. BUT he called a little while go and said he wanted to go if we could find a sitter.

Well thankfully the lovely Rochelle (I have linked to her Pampered Chef website, specifically the outlet section!!! Feel free to shop) and her husband are going to watch the kids. They actually only live about 5 min from where we'll be. I hope Miss A goes for it. They spent the AM at their Godparents b/c i was at Rochelle's doing a purse party. What a nice friend i am, have a party and then i ask you to watch our kids:)

Anyway, I guess i started this post about change, got sidetracked, got back on track, and here I am talking about our plans for tonight. Don't you just love how my blog/thought process goes every direction?? Seriously it can happen in real life too. Isn't that called ADHD???

Armstrong

It's time I do a post about little Armstrong. I know of this special little
boy thru 'Doc'. You
may have read some of his responses to some of my political posts. Little
Armstrong is Doc's grandson. This is taken from Armstrong's carepage:

Just before Thanksgiving I was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
It has been diagnosed as a high-grade malignant cancer.
I'm 3 (and a
half!) and I love Diego and Thomas the Train.
I'm a really special kid and
my Mom
and Dad are doing everything they can to keep me happy. They are
working very closely with my Neurosurgeon POOCH to find the best
treatment
for my tumor.
I had one surgery the Monday before thanksgiving to remove
my entire left front temperal lobe. (Don't worry I'm ok!). They sent that
sample to pathology and everyone was surprised by the results. My cancer
does not match ANY current brain cancer classifications.
My Mom and Dad and
Doctor sent that tissue sample to the top pathologist at John Hopkins University
(Dr. Burger...haha...I guess he would go good with my current French Fry
addiction..lol). He said it is the strangest looking Cancer he's ever seen.
It
has characteristics of 4 high-grade tumors (means hard to treat). But it
will probably get a new classification of it's own.
I had my second surgery
on December 10th. I just got down to MD Anderson in Houston right before
Christmas and we thought we would
be doing my radiation and chemo here. But
at the radiation run through
they realized my whole tumor had grown back and
some new tumor on my frontal lobe. So we returned to Omaha.
On January 5th I
had my 3rd craniotomy and tumor recestion. And on Thursday January 15th I
started chemo and
radiation. My tumor is so large they have to radiate my
entire left
hemisphere and I have to be put to sleep because it takes much
longer than traditional radiation. So Monday thru Friday I wake up and go to the
hospital for that. Every evening all week long I get a large dose of a chemo
drug named Temador at home.When that is done they will take a
look at me and
see what's next. The hope is that I won't have any
remaining cancer after I
go through all that. But the reality is I might
have to continue the process
of surgeries, chemo, and radiation.
My Mommy and Daddy are really sad, but
they don't show it to me. We play and have fun while we are at the hospital. And
I actually don't mind being here until someone starts poking me .... Then I'm
MAD!So that's me and my story. Thanks for visiting my page.

T-shirts have been made in honor of Army's thought of this cancer: Cancer Sucks! It says. They have had t-shirts made and i think it would just be such a tremendous show of support for
not only him, but his family, for those that can, to get one. I was going to copy and past one here but now when I get on his carepage I can't find them.

There are some pretty amazing pictures on his carepage. I just can't say enough how I encourage you all to get on the carepage. Get an account if you don't have one. Let's band together as blogger 'friends', family, etc and support this little boy and his family. We've all been touched by cancer, it sucks. It really does and when it hits people so little like Army or even young adults, like Faith's brother, it just really sucks.

Can You Help?

I want to change the background but I'll loose some of my widgets. Like my followers and blogs I follow. I really don't want to loose those. Can any of you help me??
I'd love suggestions on blog backgrounds too. Do you design any? I would gladly send some business your way as some of my friends have inquired about changing there backgrounds!!


*****Remember to become a 'follower' as I get ready for a giveaway! Plus it's fun to see who's reading. I have this stat counter thing that allows me to see where readers are, but it still would be fun to see more followers. With 10-25 hits/day I know you're out there:) Come out come out where ever you are:)*********

Please check out out Faith's blog as her family would appreciate prayers right now!

Wendy down in Florida is patiently waiting for baby #2. Follow there blog to read there amazing life!!!

Cakes is another blog I follow on a regular basis. I love there large family! Along with Faith's. Don't worry. I'm not getting any ideas:)

Emily is my lovely friend, although never met in person, that has jumped on the blog band wagon. Heck i just popped on her blog and she's been nominated for an award! Way to go! She also helped us with our upcoming Disney World trip. I'll let you know after our trip if I'll stay in touch with her LOL! She tells me there is alcohol served in many places!

Speaking of Disney, our trip is booked. It's a go. I told DH it wasn't to late to back out. We'd only paid for our airline tickets so we'd only be out that money. Needless to say he said nope we're going!

Over at Hyperparenting is a good post about how hard it is to put dishes in the dishwasher!? How can those who live with us, just set them on the counter which is above the dishwasher! Really? It would take a whoppin 2 sec more to just pop them in! I think we all could relate to her post in one way or another! My favorite response from DH is 'I thought they were clean?'.

And then my BFF. She's kind of behind on blogging:) But i still pop in to see if she has any updates! She's a busy mom, wife, teacher, daughter, you name it. I worry about her and her busy life. She needs to slow down! Love ya sweety!!

OK my kids are now fighting and I must go!

Inauguration

Did you really think I wouldn't do a post about this??

I must first admit that during the morning hours of the Inauguration we were out sledding! Opps. History was being made and DH, myself, niece and the kids were out flying down a hill with snow flying in our faces praying we wouldn't land in the creek! Yup, sounds more fun then watching the depressing TV.

I couldn't believe the major channels were covering every little thing from when the family would leave there house, to the parade that never ended. I realize history was made. First African American President, that's great, really it is. I don't have a problem with that at all! Race is the least of my worries with this man.

Later in the afternoon I did start watching the coverage. It was interesting, but very depressing. The crowds of people hanging on to every word this man promised, crying like they were meeting the Lord, really!? Do they really think this man is going to fix all their problems? I think he's made a whole lot of promises and has a lot to deliver. He spoke about defending our lives, but yet he tells us change is coming. Hmmm....

And where did this man come from that delivered the benediction? When the yellow will mellow? The white will be right??? What the HECK? oh and the black will go back?

Back where?? Do we not remember it was the Republican party that fought for the rights of the black? and what was he saying 'when'. Do they think we're going to end up back where we all started with racial division? You want to talk racism. They mine as well had Rev Jeremiah Wright deliver the benediction!! I know, it was meant as a joke but seriously you think if a white person would have said this an uproar wouldn't be going on right now?

We are going to become a socialist nation thru liberalism and mark my words, in 20 years we are not going to know how we got here. Watch the next 2 years, it's going to be how we got there.

In closing, I'm willing to give President Obama a chance. I'm scared of what's going to come of the issues that motivate me (abortion, gay marriage, health care, etc) but I need to respect that he is our President. That's not going to change. But what will change is us Republicans have 2 years, less actually, to get our act together. What are we going to do to improve our recognition? What are we going to do so that the next election we don't get our hats handed to us?

Elated or deflated by yesterday, our President needs our prayers!

We Got Screwed

Remember back a couple weeks ago when we were getting our garage sheet rocked. Well we got the bill yesterday and while we expected it to be over the original bid, it was WAY over!!

I came home Saturday after a day of shopping, yes another one, with BFF-Shannan, and the contractor was here. He had sub-contracted the work out so he came to deliver the bill. I thought it was strange that he left so quickly as I got home. BUT then it was mass chaos in here. Kids, adults, cat, dogs, shopping bags, awful smell!? (thanks CAT now i know why i keep you outside). So he leaves and I take a look at the bill and there was an addt'l charge of $1600!!!!

Do you know what that was for?? 'Moving owners property'. Can you believe that?? OK so it's the middle of winter and we can't keep everything out in the elements. So there was things that needed to be moved but yeah, we told them come in the summer and will have it all out of here.

I guess they told DH it would cost a little bit more b/c of the 'junk' they had to work around but when he asked, well how much? they didn't say. I was fuming. I was so mad I called the guys cell phone and said you'd better do something or I'm going to stop payment on that check. I really couldn't even believe DH just wrote the check. He questioned it but yeah, felt like he had no say in it.

Needless to say when the guy got his v/mail he called and said he'd come right on over. We decided to split it. However, I'm still not happy with even $800. At $30/hour per guy, there is no way in hell (pardon the language) that they did that much moving of property. I said to him did they build an addition on to the garage that I haven't noticed?

We sent him on his way with $800 less. While we were at church the guy who actually worked on the garage, called. Obviously we weren't home but he eventually called back. I really didn't want to talk, well actually I did. I wanted to say 'Really Kevin. You feel justified in billing us $1600 EXTRA b/c you wanted to do the garage now and not wait? Why didn't you tell us you need this sh** out of here or we won't be back. After all we did in helping you around here, providing food, cleaning up after you, making your time here as best as we could, you are going to charge us this much. You don't feel just the least bit guilty in doing this??'

But DH talked to him and told him we took $800 off and he didn't respond one way or the other. The bad part is there are 3 'groups' involved here. The guy we hired 'Joe', Kevin and his sons, they actually did the work, and us. The guys bad mouth the other to us and we're stuck in the middle. Each said 'oh we're done working with Joe, or Kevin, etc after this job." DH and I just sit there thinking here we go again.

We will see what transpires in the weeks to come. There are some cracks in the sheet rock that need to be fixed before they get there money. BUT i said I'd rather not even pay the $1600 and live with the cracks:) I don't think they'll say to much really. But I'm still bothered that we even paid them $800. DH thought that was 'fair'. I thought $200 was fair. Seriously.

I know now why 'Joe' raced out of here yesterday. He knew I'd have hair on my teeth and i can sure bet that when they come back to fix the cracks, they'd better hope I'm not here. I'm not mean about it. I very nicely will express my feelings. OK I might get a little bitchy. I'm used to dealing with this stuff. I dealt with it for 10 years at my job. When people didn't have phone service, like a business, they would get furious. Rightly so. So i learned real quickly how to talk the talk in getting what I needed done in a very efficient way. Nicely but forcefully.

Stay tuned I guess:)

Stroller Recommendations Needed

Those of you who have traveled with kids. What would you recommend of a light weight umbrella stroller? It would be used while @ Disney too.

Couple requirements:

DH and I are both 6'0

Storage underneath

reclining seat.

I truly see why people have like 3 strollers/kid! You almost need a different one for each child for each event/occasion:) My plan is to buy stroller connectors for when we need to push two strollers while the other is doing whatever.

So please if you have any ideas, ask other moms, friends, parents, whatever and please please let me know what they think. I'm hoping to keep it at under $60/stroller.

Thanks! OH and guess what?? I won my first contest!! Check out Faith's blog entry about me winning!! Personally I think she should keep the gift card and buy herself some coffee as she is one busy, but loving it, mommy!! She insisted and it'll be in the mail this week. I really can't wait. I love Mocha's!!!

We're Going On Vacation

To Disney World! That's the one in Florida right?? Let's see, let me back track.
DH has been wanting to go on vacation somewhere for some time. We celebrated 10 years of marital bliss (HAHA) in June and never made it any where. We, no DH, found great airfare for just under $100/person.
Now the fun part continues. Trying to find the best deal for Disney. My friend Emily is a travel agent for AAA so I have contacted her for assistance! She's been GREAT! Feel free to contact her, I'll share her!! BUT now DH is trying to find other 'deals'. I want to just book the dang thing and be done with it.
He's spent countless hours on the Internet, and now phone, trying to finalize everything. So here's where you all come in. How many of you have been there before? Whats your ONE piece of advice? Should we do the 'park hopper'? (reminder, we're taking a 2, 4, an over anxious father, and anxiety driven mother)
It's been years since I've been there. Like I was 7 or 8?? So I remember very little accept stupid things like how my brother cried and cried, exhaustion, and a couple rides, mainly because of the pictures taken.
Anyway tell me what you know.

Reminder, I'm getting ready for a give away and to get an additional 'entry' become a follower!!

I Love Give Aways

One of my fellow bloggers is having a give away! Check out the lovely mom Faith over at Absolutely Normal Chaos and you too could enter for her give away.

And guess what, I'm going to have one too!! But part of the process will be to become a 'follower' of my blog. Get that out of the way now, and you'll be one step closer to possibly winning a prize from me!!

C'man and I are watching American Idol and DH is supposed to be putting Miss A to bed. It takes him FOREVER!

Check Faith's blog out and then become a follower of my blog and stay tuned for a give away.

Blizzard Number ???

I don't even know what number this is, but it looks like we're in for another one. I'm trying to copy and paste the weather outlook but it's not working. Here's the text of it.....
A Clipper low pressure system brought us a quick hit of snow across Siouxland this morning. More snow is in the forecast this afternoon adding another inch or more to totals by this evening. What is of more concern is the windy conditions that will develop later this morning and this afternoon. Winds will gust to as much as 50 mph causing blowing and drifting of snow in some parts. Near whiteout conditions are expected this afternoon in the open country.
Temperatures also plummet with evening thermometer readings in the teens. Wind chill values are expected to drop to minus 20 to minus 30 by tonight. We'll hardly warm tomorrow as afternoon temperatures hover in the lower teens but luckily the wind will not be an issue.
More snow enters the forecast by Tuesday night as yet another Clipper system affects the area. The arctic invasion begins today and with a more serious shot coming by mid-week. There is good news however in the extended forecast with temperatures moderating big time by the end of the weekend.

Megan-We're coming to see you! Enough of this weather for a couple days:) Call or email me, better yet your uncle.

The kids are out playing now during the calm before the storm. I scooped as much snow as I can and waiting for DH to bring the tractor over. I'm SO glad i'm not working in the city anymore and have to contend with roads.

Uggs

Over Christmas I tried my sister-in-laws Uggs on and LOVED them. She told me tho, that Uggs in Australia, are like Keds are to us!? Anyone confirm that? I see I have a couple visitors from Australia. What would it cost for me buy a pair and have them shipped to me? They've got to be cheaper then what they charge here!? Here are the one I'm liking:



Any readers have Uggs? Worth the money? Love them???

Census

Did you know that this is a census year? It's taken every 10 years and this is the year. AND I just 'applied' to be a census worker!! It's short term, 6-10 weeks. It could really work out for me b/c most of the work is in the late afternoon in to early evening, all 7 days of the week.
What happens is every house, whether lived in or not, is mailed a census. By law, you are required to fill it out. If you don't then workers, like myself, will contact you via phone OR come visit you if you don't turn it in.

Now let me tell you about the process I had to do today. My niece is also applying, so we drove together to the test sight. We had to take a 30 min timed test. When i heard that, and even as I type it, my anxiety kicked in big time!! And let me say, the test SUCKED! It was hard. BUT I passed! Not with flying colors, but I didn't care. I was happy with what I got. Well actually, I've been thinking about retaking it b/c that 'got to do better' attitude has kicked in.

Before we took the test, we had to be walked thru filling out the forms, having them check your ID's, etc. I got online and printed out the forms and we filled them out before we got there:) Over achiever I am:)

In this group of 14 was quite a diverse group of people. My niece and I being the youngest by at least 15-20 years. There was a lady who had this horrible, absolutely disgusting chunk of exposed flesh on the top of her head, there was a lady in her 70's with like orange/red hair (my niece said like I love Lucy, red), there was a dude next to me that had some felony's of some sort and then the topper was the old man-80 yrs old!? Probably encouraged by his wife or kids to go work for the census thinking it would be a good idea. (I'm thinking they probably did it whomever could have a break from him for 2 hours) When it came time for the worker to check ID's he says:
'You'll have to talk loud. If you mutter I'll never hear a word you say, I can't hear!!" This was said in a very gruff sort of way. Really, you can't hear and you are applying to go to peoples houses and talk to them....now that ought to be interesting.
It gets worse. When he shows her his Medicaid card, or something like that, she says 'I'm sorry sir but this is not a valid' he yells 'What??? I told you I can't hear!!!!!!!!!!!"
She repeats, he repeats and this continues till the lead trainer comes to assist. She explains that since 9-11 these measures NEED to be taken. Well he proceeds to tell her that he's been with the Gov't for more years then her and "they know who I am"
At this point niece and I are about rolling thinking yeah you will NEVER work out here. You can't hear, your bull headed, and your just an old grump.
Eventually he whips out something from his wallet and literally tosses it across the table to her and says 'HERE'.
They proceed from there.

Well then the tests starts. I've already told you, it sucked. I'll just leave it at that. They can 'grade' it right there. It reminded me of getting my drivers license accept that I didn't stand there while they circled the wrong answers in RED! I HATE that ink color. Seen way to much of it in my younger years. Screams failure to me.

Anyway, I passed and so did niece. But old man frumpy?? They took him outside to talk to him about his test. There is no way he could have passed. Niece and I struggled enough as is and some of the older people didn't even finish. I'm surprised he didn't stand up and say what kind of test is this anyway!?

Now we wait and job preferences are given to those who tested best and then goes down from there. No I don't think there's any window washer positions, although, mabye old man frumpy could do that!? There are other jobs that would be fun, like in office jobs, but i just can't work 40 hours/week, nor do I want to drive 38 miles to work in an office. Will have to complete 40 hours of training and while it's paid training, I'm sure it's no more then $10/hour and I'll have to pay a sitter and drive some where for it. But yeah, first they need to call me for an interview and will go from there.

Of which, the interview is done over the phone. That floors me. Really you can tell what a person is like by doing a phone interview? There are people out there I wouldn't let on to my driveway, let alone them to know where I live. They do back ground checks but that's not going to show up that some ones frumpy, old, rude, blah blah....

My other concern in visiting people's houses is what if the house is a complete dump. Smells of BO, old rotten food, pets, etc I wouldn't be able to do it. I wonder if i could ask them to step outside to complete the questionnaire. Those that know me personally know I don't do smells. Perfume, pets, BO, Lysol (thanks to the guys I used to work with getting Lysol happy), pigs, etc, etc.

SO, I guess, if you don't want people coming to your house, fill out the census!! I'll keep everyone posted and if you're interested in part time/temporary work check out www.census.org

Picture Time

I've only been putting having professional pictures off for oh...a month now!? First it was to cold, then the miscarriage, Christmas, New Years, and well today finally was the day. C'man needed his 4 year pictures taken and I wanted a nice picture of the two of them in there Christmas outfits.
Why oh why can pictures just not go WONDERFUL! When C'man doesn't want to cooperate, Miss A does. Then vice versa. "What C'man? You don't want your Santa cookie? How about a .25 for the train outside??" All while I'm wondering WHY I did not spike my coffee with Kahlua.
Then Miss A does great, then all the sudden she walks off and that's the end of her. Period. When that girl is done, eating, playing, throwing a fit, etc she's DONE!! Speaking of fits, have I told you all that she can scream/throw things/etc for 30 min and then all the sudden look at me and say 'I'm done' and she is!! Just like that she shuts it OFF! Drives me nuts.
Anyway we got some good shots and spent $90. I HATE spending that much. I have so many pictures left over b/c I don't plan who's going to get what. I did better I think this time on that end. But yeah my mom wants one for her desk, dad wants one for his office and then they want one for the home. Now my MIL if I don't frame it, she doesn't get it up and it gets dusty and crusty. She too likes one to show off at the Post Office. So yeah, lots of pictures for everyone. I try to buy the same size every time so they can just replace the old with the new.
At any rate, pictures are done. I got 2 new pairs of shoes that I'm quite proud of. I'll post pictures of them. They are fun shoes, not to practical, but fun. All I get are slip in/practical shoes. I'm still saving my money tho for a pair of UGGS. Anyone that reads this from Australia by chance? I'll have to check my stat counter, but I'm thinking there is. Email me k!!
We're home, Miss A is sleeping, C'man is on the couch and tonight I'm going to a Christmas Party! I'm rather excited I'll have you know. I haven't been to an official Christmas party for years! It's with the steering team of the MOPS group I'm part of. Table leaders are invited, that's me:)
I know I have to wear my new shoes, oh but wait, all the outfits i was going to wear are black and both pairs of shoes are BROWN....oh what now.

Resolutions

Do you make them, and keep them?? I've never been one to even bother making them. But these last couple days, or hours, I've been thinking more a long goals for the New Year. I laid in bed last night, mind you I was still up at 1AM! Unheard of by me! I thought thru some goals and things I'd like to see for the new year. The list included, and may I say in no particular order.
Get back to the gym!! With the pregnancy and then miscarriage I fell off the ol' work out band wagon.
I'd like to loose about 10 lbs. I know stop choking those that know me. But seriously my gut/abs really need to tighten up:)
Get back in to a bikini and feel comfortable in it!
Pay off all debt! That's looking to be entirely possible come Feb. and I'm ecstatic. I want to get to a point where all we have for monthly expenses is our house and our van. Very doable.
Work harder on my patience. I need to become more patient especially with Miss A.
Read books, seek professional help, whatever I need to, to help us understand Miss A
Get picture albums done of the kids. Absolute MUST!!! I'm getting way behind.
Give DH a hug, kiss and tell him I love him at least every day. (yikes I'm behind on that one already)
Spiritually I need to pray more. Boy do i ever. I feel i have trust and faith in God but i don't pray as often as I should. And I mean on my knees.
I should read the Bible too, but I know at this point that's not going to happen. Just to many other things to read. Sorry
Get out and visit friends!! If that means a weekend away alone, no kids or DH, doing it and not feeling guilty for being away for 24 hours. I miss my friends and friendships are very important to me. I must do what I can to keep the relationships strong.
Attend a marriage conference. I've heard such wonderful things about them. Even if you're marriage isn't in a crisis mode, maintenance is a must. There are 2 in our area. I have no excuse.
Plant, and maintain, a garden LOL!!
Find places/ways to share our story about infertility and adoption! OK you all can help with that one. Have a MOPS group that you need a speaker for? or any suggestions??

OK i think that's enough for now! Need to be able to say I achieve at least some of these. OK so share your resolutions/goals for the new year! I know you all have at least something right!? Share come on. That's my blog goal is to get you all to start leaving comments. I know i have daily readers out there....there you go. Become a 'Follower' of my blog like the 2 other wonderful people have:)