Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Wow!


I had no idea it had been so long since I blogged! What a slacker! Not much is going on around here.... the boy is sick and coughing constantly. I think he is the loudest cougher in the whole wide world. Today in the car I counted the seconds between his coughs and the longest span was 65 seconds while the shortest span was 7 seconds. He was averaging 2-5 coughs per minute. And, since he was listening to his i pod, his coughs were even louder than usual. It was not a fun ride home... maybe I need to get him a new pack of cough drops. The girl is in love and has a nice hickey on her neck to prove it. She has finally earned her way back into the real world after being grounded for almost 4 months. So she's been at the boyfriend's house twice this week after school. She even ate dinner over there tonight. She's been in a better mood, though. Tonight she came in and said, "Hi Daddy" to Mark. The use of "Daddy" is usually only heard while she is asking for something she knows she is unlikely to get. I almost fell off my chair.
The Christmas card picture is done and has been sitting at Costco for a couple of days. Three Christmas trees are up and decorated. The big one is sitting without it's lights or adornaments in the dining room waiting patiently to be finished. My scrapbooking desk is a heap of messy ness, so nothing's going on over there. I also have stuff for the classroom memory books spread out all over the floor in the bedroom upstairs. I have to finish at least one of them before Christmas break, because one of my sweet students is moving away and I need to give it to her before she goes. It would be nice if I could have the others done as well.

Off to watch that crazy show "Modern Family"
Happy Wednesday!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Thanksgiving #2

Around 5:30 we crossed town to Mark's mom's house where we had another delicous dinner and great company.

Here's Turkey #2

And the sweet potatoe pie and my spinach salad (I sure got off easy this year with the cooking!)

And my niece Jessica, who is going to have a baby, like, any minute, with her husband Saeng.

John carving the turkey

And my littlest nephew, Charles, who after finding out Jessica had a baby in her stomach, walked around the kitchen poking his little tummy out as far as it could go, saying he had a baby too.

And Mark's sister, Karen with her kids.

Unfortunately, after a couple of cranberry martinis, I forgot to take any more pictures, so I have none of Liz, Nana, or Amanda. Bad photographer!

Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanksgiving #1 (The afternoon addition)

We had 2 dinners to go to this year. We started off at my sister's house around 1:30

The turkey:

Here's my mommy stirring the gravy.

One of the many shots of Alivia on too much Mountain Dew.

Madi eating her blackberry pie. (There were 4 delicious pies!)

Mason and my dad... looking thrilled as always!

Dave holding the yummy turkey he just carved.


Cheryl trying to help Kyla get a piece of lemon meringue. Kyla had never had meringue before. She said it "tasted like outside".

And Alyssa making a funny face at Kyla. She's still adorable, though!

And Mark and I...

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Holidays in Hand



In order to help me better prepare for my December Daily, I signed up for a free class at jessicasprague.com called "Holidays in Hand". I was surprised to see that the content ended today, but I am actually kind of relieved because when I am back at work next week I need to be careful not to overdo it! So, in this class, Jessica has prompts for the 1-31 of December for this year's celebration and to remember things from holidays past. These prompts came all spruced up by her awesome digital scrapbooking self. Our first job was to make some kind of a "holder" to display the prompts in our homes where we would see them every day. I completed mine yesterday. It is sitting on top of my microwave in the kitchen. I can't wait until December 1, so I can get to work!

Monday, November 23, 2009

Happy Monday

What a happy Monday...
I took my dog for 2 walks.
I had a doctor's appointment that was not too horrible.
I watched "Ellen".
I worked on my classroom memory books.
I did dishes and laundry.
I made a super easy dinner (chicken quesadillas, rice and beans).
I watched 2 hours of sitcoms on CBS.
I worked on my "Holidays in Hand" stuff.
I talked to my mommy on the phone.
I did not yell at my daughter.

And the sun shined down on all of it.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

December Daily

Long ago in 2005, I made a scrapbook documenting the season of Advent.

This year, I have decided to take on a December Daily. I copied this idea from the famous and talented Ms. Ali Edwards. I actually even copied much of the backgrounds of my pages from looking at her blog. Today I finished the background... and it's coming out pretty cool. Thanks Ali!
Here are pictures of the cover and a peek at the pages. I hope to post more later... maybe when the pages are complete.

Oh! I am also taking a terrific class over at Jessica Sprague's website... Details from that coming soon.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Braces

Tomorrow the boy gets his braces off! It's been 4 years since we've seen his pearly whites without metal on top of them.... I can't wait!