tonight...

Tonight was a nice night. I got to come right home after picking up E from daycare... no errands to run. So nice. E and I got home, (G is working tonight) started dinner, danced a bit, changed a dirty butt and chased the cats.

Am I a bad mom? For serving my daughter food on these dishes?

I think they look better like this! Covered with pasta and applesauce! hee, hee, j/k grandma!

This is her going on her 3rd, yes I said 3rd plate of pasta.

I don't know where she puts it! Needless to say we headed right to the tub after dinner. She played while I checked email and then I noticed she pooped in the tub. That makes for a lot of work for mom. I quick got her out and cleaned off. Drained out the tub, filled it with bleach water and soaked her tub toys in it and eventually drained it all and cleaned the tub. What a lot of work for a little poop, but it grosses me out. Dishes are done and I'm on my second load of laundry. Pretty good for a Tuesday night I'd say.

I forgot to post this this weekend, but I found E sitting in her baby bed. So funny. I laughed so hard. I just can't believe it held her up and I can't fathom how she got herself in there in the first place!!!!

Then when daddy got up we decorated the house for x-mas. Here is E, notice how her head is tilted... she was concentrating so hard on getting the ornaments to stay on the tree. We let her put all the soft ones near the bottom. It was a fun afternoon. :)

I love the holidays... I am such a sucker for x-mas music. We have a cities station here that plays only x-mas music from the day after thanksgiving to x-mas day. I have it on at work and in the car. I LOVE this time of year. Ya know what I really want?!!!! The Jo.sh Gro.ba.n x-mas album. Hint, hint, G. Before x-mas preferably! :)

Oh my, time for me to get to bed, I'm tired. Night :)

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I am still here, I am so tired, my body is aching, my throat is scratchy, my eyes are burning, I'm not sure what is going on in this body of mine. Today I feel like I am 88 years old. Owww. My back hurts like a B. I need some sleep. Until tomorrow...

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It would take 23 Martinis to kill me

Happy Thanksgiving!

I thought, giving that it is Thanksgiving, I would post a list of a few things I am thankful for.

1. My husband. He is a hard worker, funny, supportive, honest and a wonderful father.

2. E. She has brought so much to my life since the day she was born. I just can't imagine how life was before her. She is awesome, funny, beautiful, loving, and has more energy than anyone I know! I have a heck of a time keeping up with her!

3. My parents. They are the best parents anyone could EVER ask for. They are so supportive. G and I would not be where we are today without them. They accepted G into the family like he was their long lost son. I truly think they love him as much as they love me. My parents aren't only my parents, they are my friends. They are now grandparents and I think E is the luckiest little girl, I can't wait until the day she realizes that she has the best grandparents in the world.

4. My sister and her husband. I truly have the best sister anyone could ever ask for. She is there for me any time I need her. She is the most giving person, she will do anything for you and ask nothing in return. I am so glad she found someone to share her life with, someone who truly loves her unconditionally. I am so thankful for the husband she has found.

5. My cats; Max, Mae and Callie. They are my (daytime) cuddle buddies. I don't let them upstairs at night or I wouldn't get any sleep!

6. My house, enough food in my cupboards to eat & enough propane in our tank to warm our house.

7. My 2 bff's. You know who you are. Life is good with good friends. Although life gets busy and we don't see each other as much as we'd like, know that I think about you every day.

8. 2 running vehicles.

9. Chapstick. Specifically Natural Ice Original SPF 15.

10. My job.

11. Starbucks.

12. Dom.ino.s cheese pizza.

13. The first days of spring when you can open the windows in your house.

14. Small town living.

15. Sleep. Which I do not get enough of.

a mish mash of stuff...

I rarely comment about other blogs. But I found this AWESOME gift idea for any young girl on Uppercase Woman. Check out her November 20th entry. She writes about a book called The Dar.ing Bo.ok for G.irl.s. I have a couple little girls in mind who might be receiving this gift for Christmas! For any of you who call yourself a liberal or a feminist... you'll love her blog.

Anyone watch the first episode of Pr.oje.ct R.unw.ay last week? I am watching it tonight (love the dvr!) and already know I am going to LOVE this season. These people are all so different. Bound to create some good drama.

OMG, I can' t believe I forgot!?!?!?! What the hell was Brad thinking last night on the Bac.hel.or? Why did he even waste his/J's/D's and our time? What a waste of a season. I hate that show now. I will never watch it again. Puke. Ok, that is a lie cause I am taping "After the final Rose" right now. After that though, I'll never watch again. Serious.

One more day of work and then a 4 day weekend! Yippee for me! I have only worked at my current job since January of 07. So this is my first holiday season there and it is great! I've never had a cushy job where there are so many paid holidays. Friday is a paid holiday for us. How cool is that? I don't think I've been able to go shopping on black Friday since I lived at home with my parents. (Like high school time). I am not going shopping on Friday this year either... we are going to put up our Christmas tree when G wakes up. Then our town has a fun event called the Holiday Stroll. The entire downtown is open late and there are all sorts of activities... a live nativity scene, Santa will be roaming the streets, a chili feed, the lighting ceremony, a parade, wagon rides, carolers and you can register to win an entire window of gifts... all donated from the downtown shops. Hey Teach, if you are not busy that night you and the fam should head to RW, MN and enjoy the afternoon, it's from 2-8. You won't be disappointed! Its lots of fun! Free fun (even better!)

So, anyone have any yummy Thanksgiving recipes you can share? Stuffing? Pie? I'd like to bring something new to my mom and dads this year.

Happy (almost) turkey day! Gobble til you wobble!

p.s.

Car.rie Un.derwo.od just won an AMA and said, "holy cow". That is funny. Just goes to show you what a normal girl she is! I love that.

Thanks for the nice comment on my movie entry Tim!

gotta love the sample sale!

Today G and I went to the Min.ne.apo.lis Gif.t Ma.rt. Which is a huge building with hundreds of showrooms that anyone who owns a retail store can attend and order merchandise for their store. Well, once a year, the week before Thanksgiving, they sell all their sample merchandise at cost (wholesale prices), hence the name "the sample sale". I have worked at a retail shop for almost 10 years (on and off part/full-time) so as a benefit my boss got me a pass (which also allows me to bring a guest). It is like a huge garage sale with new merchandise! It is awesome. Since today was the last day of the sale, almost everything was half off the wholesale price! That is 75 percent off retail prices! It was awesome. We got some really great Christmas presents which I am really excited about. It is a great thing to be able to attend when you don't have tons of $$ for gifts.

I got this cute rug, which matches my kitchen and my dishes. The wholesale cost was $21.50. Retail would have been about $45.00 (since most stores double the wholesale cost and add in a little extra to cover the shipping costs). I paid $10.75. Don't look at my UGLY kitchen floor!

I bought these cute snowman tins. The big one was $3 wholesale, I paid half that. The small one was $2 ws and I paid half that!

I bought this green wicker placemat. It was $2 ws, I paid half that. I thought it would look cute on my kitchen table with the little kitchen night light and candle holder (which is currently empty).

I also bought these cute napkins... for $2 each.

This is a outdoor blanket... it rolls up and comes with a little carrier. It was $15 ws and I paid $7.50.

I got E this El.mo raincoat. It also came with a cute little hat. It ws'd for $15, I paid half that!

Then I found this cute pink with purple trim track suit. It is made out of the softest material I've ever felt. At first I thought it was cashmere... but it isn't. It was $10 ws. That is what I paid.
As I was walking out the door of the showroom where I bought the track suit I spotted these shoes on the floor! Too cute! I love them. They were charging $7 ws. That is what I paid.

I also got E a stuffed grey kitty. It is up in bed with her right now so I can't take a picture of it. It looks just like our cat Mae. So imagine her... stuffed.

G found a really nice MN Go.phe.rs sweatshirt for $29. Which easily could have cost $70 in any store. I did find a few other things that I can't show pics of since they may be x-mas gifts for some of my readers! It was a great productive day of shopping!


One more fun thing. I got the coolest new cell phone on Friday. Isnt' it rad?!!! (Did I just say rad?) The face plates are interchangable. I love it!

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Whew, that's a lot of pictures. I am beat after a long day of shopping. I need to get to bed. Night!

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