AAM Album

So here are the first tow pages for my All About Me Scrapbook I am doing this year. It's weird to scrap something other than Drake, but it was kind of fun.

It's been way too long

Not that anyone has missed me, but I realize it has been way too long since I updated. Life has not been great lately and I really have just not been in the mood to blog.

The holidays were good. Spent time with family and had a great time watching Drake open all his presents. Spoiled little dude. I don't know why one little boy needs so much stuff, but I just can't help myself when I buy toys for him.

So my only New Year's resolutions (I know, I rarely keep them) is to better myself. In the effort to do this I have decided to do a few different things.

1. Exercise at least 3 times a week. So far so good. Some days (like today) I really have to force myself to do it, but I always feel so good when I do.
2. Take some classes. I am starting off with an accounting course which will hopefully help me start my own accounting/bookkeeping business. I am a bit nervous about this, but way excited to see how it goes. I start that course today and it should take about 6 weeks, if I can do it 3 hours a day, 4 days a week. So if you know of anyone who needs a bookkeeper for their business, please send them my way.
3. Complete an All About Me scrapbook album. I plan to do at least one layout every couple of weeks so I should have 26 pages by the end of the year. I am hoping this will force me to be creative again.
4. Lose weight. I know, it's everyone's goal, but so far I have lost 4.2 lbs, so I am well on my way.

I will try to post more often and update on how it is all going.

Christmas Quesionnaire

I received this little questionnaire a few times by e-mail so I thought I would just post it on my blog.

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? HOT CHOCOLATE
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? WRAP PRESENTS (unless they are too awkwardly shaped)
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? WHITE LIGHTS AND ONLY ON THE TREE. PUTTING THEM ON THE HOUSE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A HASSLE
4. Do you hang mistletoe? OF COURSE, HOW ELSE WILL I GET ANYONE TO KISS ME?
5. When do you put up your decorations? WEEKEND AFTER THANKSGIVING
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? TURKEY, AND PRETTY MUCH AND TREAT THAT ONLY COMES AT CHRISTMAS
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? I LOVED LAYING IN BED WAITING TO HEAR THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC THAT SIGNALED US TO GET UP FOR PRESENTS
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I DON'T HONESTLY REMEMBER
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? NOT USUALLY, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS WHEN WE ALL GOT NEW JAMMIES. AND I PLAN TO DO THAT FOR MY KIDS
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? LIGHTS, STRING OF BEADS, SILVER ORNAMENTS
11. What is your favorite holiday tradition? I GOTTA GO WITH DWEEBIES
12. Can you ice skate? NOT VERY WELL
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? A DOLLHOUSE THAT MY DAD MADE
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? BEING WITH PEOPLE I LOVE
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? DO I REALLY HAVE TO PICK JUST ONE? IF SO, THEN I AM GOING TO GO WITH GRANDMA'S GINGERBREAD COOKIES
16. What tops your tree? SOME SILVER SPIKE THING. DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS. WE BOUGHT IT THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE MARRIED.
17. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? GIVING
18. What is your favorite Christmas Song? O HOLY NIGHT and I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
20. Candy Canes? LOVE THEM
21. Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized? YEAH, BUT IT DOES MAKE IT FUN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS.

Just a fun post

As loathe as I am to push Jensen Ackles down so I can't see him when I pull up my blog, I thought this was a fun post.

My fabulous sister-in-law had this posted on her blog. If you want to play along, here's how it works. Change the items to bold that you have done in your life.


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland /world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (though it was when I was a kid and was forced to)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (not impressed)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (does a "layoff" count?)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved some one's life (does keeping my child alive every day count?)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Because if I had it to do over.....

I would marry Jensen Ackles. Sorry Shane.

Watch the video.

Tagged

Well, Jana tagged me. I am supposed to post the fourth photo from the fourth folder in my pictures, so here it is. I can't honestly remember what was happening the day I took this, but I love photos of Drake with his Daddy, so it's all good. Not the best photo, but I like it.

So Peggy, and Fink, let's see what your fourth photo in your fourth folder is.

Halloween

Over a month ago Drake decided he wanted to be a skeleton for Halloween, so I went looking for a costume and couldn't find one. So I thought I could convince him to be something else. My wonderful neighbor dug through her old halloween costumes and found a really cute Bob the Builder, but when I suggested it to Drake he did not like that idea at all. In fact, anytime anyone asked him what he was going to be he would respond by saying "I'm not gonna be Bob the Builder". So I went to e-bay (which I love) and found a really cute Dash from the Incredibles. I showed it to Drake and he thought that would be ok, so I bought it and we set about convincing him how cool Dash is. I thought he was totally fine with it, until one day about a week ago when we were at WalMart. He saw a skeleton costume and asked if that was his costume. I told him no, that he was going to be Dash. Well, he puckered up and just started crying. And not a bratty, give-me-what-I-want kind of cry. I am talking heart broken sobbing that he did not want to be Dash, he wanted to be a skeleton. "Please, Momma." So, because I am a sucker and he is spoiled, I bought the dang thing. But I must say, he looked so dang cute and was so happy that it was totally worth it.