Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life
One Christmas present I don’t think I’ve mentioned is a new black leather headboard Mom and Dad got us. We’ve never bought one since we upgraded to a King size bed a few months back It feels very hotel-ish/ Elvis-ish. I really like it. Now I just need a picture over it.
Last night and today have been good. Scott worked and the girls were in bed by 9. I had the entire evening to myself. At first it felt lame but I think it’s just what the doctor ordered. I got a lot of work done on the youth web site and watched The Dark Knight. I couldn’t get into the movie but I felt it was a must-see on account of Heath and all.
This morning we were up and at ’em. I made breakfast and straightened up the house. Scott woke up when we woke up even though he worked last night. He got up and we both got straight to putting up the Christmas decorations. We were completely done by lunch. We ate in and I continued to do laundry and clean.
This afternoon I went to Starbucks to visit with Melissa and her friend Chris. It was a pleasure meeting him and I can see why they’re such good friends. Maybe they’ll let me sit at their lunch table tomorrow ;).
This evening we ate in again (a “goal” for 2009 is to quit eating out so much!) and have been having some good family time in between (still) doing laundry and such.
Most of that sounds kinda boring but being productive at home sounds just right to me.
I have a list. No, it’s not related to the end of the year or New Years’ resolutions. These are things I need and want to do right now beyond the normal work, cook, clean, laundry. Some I hope to finish this weekend, some may be months down the road. It is as follows:
Just called my work day over so here I go…
I am SO happy to be home. Our last day in Maryland yesterday still was somehow busy even though it was our day off from Family Gatherings. We ate, shopped, ate some more and shopped some more. Just how we like it. Somewhere along the day though I had officially had enough family time. I was ready to get home! Not to mention the fact the house somehow was freezing at night and between my head feeling like a block of ice during the night and the howling wind literally waking me up, I didn’t sleep well. I’m currently huddled under all my blankets in my bed and happily hot.
The ride home today was uneventful. The girls were excellent on both road trips. I think Lexi only cried one time and it was very short lived. They were content to play with toys and I think they may have watched Peter Pan a few times. Either way it was NICE.
Mom took the kids for the night so I’m hoping to get some good rest tonight. I have to work tomorrow. Scott has to work tomorrow night so no big plans for NYE.
All in all, did I mention I’m just happy to be home!?
EDW tagged me for a meme and since she is being really nice and helping me with my non-novel, I will do whatever Ms. EDW asks me to…so here ya go.
Four places I go over and over again:
Four people who mail me regularly:
People, please email me!
Four of my favorite places to eat, (apart from home)
Four places I’d rather be now:
Four favorite TV shows:
Four movies I could watch over and over again:
Seems only right to tag four people
I can appreciate a beautiful woman. It (generally) doesn’t bother me when Scott looks at another woman and I’ve been known to point one out to a man around me. So I’m scrolling through my Google Reader tonight and see this picture of Eva Longoria. I poke Scott in the ribs and say, “Here ya go.” I mean, who can’t appreciate a little Eva?
So he continues to watch as I scroll down to the next post and he then pokes me in the ribs and says, “There ya go.” And this is the picture with the post:
And that’s what I get for trying to be a nice wife. So overrated.
This weekend has gone WAY too fast. I can not believe it is already Sunday night.
Yesterday we had lunch over at my dad’s sister’s. There was one new engagement and two new puppies there. Otherwise, it was pretty status quo…dinner, presents and wait, we did play a Dirty Santa game. We’re not really the game playing kind of family but we had A LOT of fun. Here is one cute picture of Emma, Lexi and my cousin “getting Nana comfortable”.
When we got done there we were supposed to catch the tail end of a family reunion but only caught my aunt and my mom’s cousin in the parking lot. I’ll have to tell a story from there in another post…
We spent the evening at my mom’s dad’s house. It was a nice time but nothing exceptionally blogworthy. There was a cute moment when Lexi was looking at all their Christmas cards that were taped on a door and I asked which ones she liked and she said “All the ones with Jesus”. Both kids have been fascinated with the nativity scene this year.
Today was spent at my mom’s sister’s house. It was at least an hour drive and we spent all afternoon there. We made a stop at my cousin’s house on the way back but it was basically an all-day event. One thing interesting there was that Emma and Lexi spent almost the entire afternoon playing “war” with my two boy cousins that are near their ages. This was probably the first time all the kids went outside for so long without constant supervision and were perfectly happy that way. My aunt lives on five acres of land and we were out in the middle of nowhere. The kids played near the house and seemed content to play with two guns my boy cousins had and the rocks on the ground. They were cold and dirty when they came in but we had to drag them away. Definitely not what I’m used to at home.
My aunt also has an old building on their land which belongs to her husband’s family. I think they said the building was the second largest John Deere retailer several years back. Now it just looks like a rundown concrete building with barn doors but I knew it would make for some great photos. I dragged (drug?) Scott out of the house and round up the kids for a few pictures. I just wish we had more time and it hadn’t been so cold. Emma and my cousin took some of these so I’m happy they came out as well as they did.
Christmas went really well this year. Christmas Eve we went to Mom’s house. We had dinner and opened presents. I got new luggage, a headboard for our room, a sweater and some Office paper products :).
Christmas morning we opened presents of course. I really slacked on the Santa thing this year. After Emma opened half her presents and picked out the wrapping paper she wanted, it was really hard to skirt all the questions about how Santa used the wrapping paper, which presents were from Santa and so forth. I wouldn’t be surprised if Emma figures it all out by next year. If not, I might have to sit down and have the convo or maybe pay some kid to blab it all. It’s exhausting keeping up the charades.
Anyway, the kids were happy with most of their presents. Emma was ecstatic about her PixO’s and Lexi got excited over each present, even her pj’s. Although at the end Lexi wondered where the rest of her presents were and Emma did get upset we picked out the Cinderella earrings instead of Hannah Montana. I convinced her the princess ones were better for Disney though.
I bought Scott a LaserJet printer for partly selfish reasons of not hearing about how we needed a LaserJet printer for all the coupon and coloring page things we print. He was happy though and it was better than handing him a Home Depot gift card.
I was excited to go on a little hunt to find my MacBook Scott had secretly bought. I had a hint he might get it but no proof. I think I’ve been attached to it since. I have a lot to learn but it’s fun to have a challenge.
At lunch we went to Scott’s parents and had a nice time. I got some Victoria’s Secret Very Sexy perfume and the suitcase I had bought with my Christmas money. Mom had already bought my other suitcase by the time I bought the one from his parents. We all now have really nice suitcases for our trip! The kids have been over the moon with their Baby Alive Learns to Potty they got there. Oh boy howdy, do I love feeding and changing poopy diapers again 🙂
Yesterday afternoon we went to see Marley & Me. It was really, really good and made me want to bust out in an ugly cry it was so sad at the end. WAY too close to what we went through with Dad’s dog Trooper.
So last night we went to see his parents one more time before heading out of town this morning. The rest of the evening was spent packing and figuring out this new computer (which I’m typing this from!).
So that’s it! We still have all of our Christmas to do this weekend but I think that’s a post on its own.
I used iMovie to edit a few of my favorite moments from yesterday into a movie. Please forgive me in my robe and horrible hair but you had to see the MacBook Moment. The end is hilarious as my mom tries to figure out how to play soccer on our Wii. First she tries to use her head and then when we tell her to use her knees, it just gets funnier.