Ahhhhh..........

I'm going for the laziest person award today. Thanks to everyone who came last night. I had a lot of fun...hopefully you all did too. I'm sure I'll be enjoying leftovers for days to come. Everything is back to normal here now (as normal as it gets anyway). Jason is off hunting; I am just enjoying one nap after another. I'll be back later with some pictures. I just wanted to say thanks again to everyone. Now I can start planning for next year ;). Happy Sunday everyone. 30 days till Christmas!

Happy Birthday Sloan!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Sloany!!!!! I can't believe your already 5 years old! (or is that 7?)


Well we have made it thru yet another day...and that brings us closer to turkey day and for me; a 4 day weekend. I hope all of you are hungry!! I went to fareway today and bought (not just 1) but 2 huge turkeys!!!!!!!!! It seems that every year I make a big turkey but never have much for leftovers. We all like to eat and the turkey is always a treat. So, this year there will be more then enough for everyone! Besides the 2 turkeys (almost 44 lbs worth) I got a giant ham. Jason requested a ham since he prefers that over a turkey. So now I just have to get arrangements made to cook all of this turkey! And I need to line up a table to put all this food on.

Hopefully Melinda can hook me up with a picture of the birthday boy that I can post on here for this special occasion. Dont forget his after turkey party. I have an idea for somthing a little bit special for the birthday boy this year. Hopefully I can get it all lined up.

Well it's been a long and dreary day. Hopefully you'll forgive me for my short blog tonight so I can go veg out on the couch until Jason gets home. Whats everyone planning for supper? It looks like we are having steak...mmmmmmm good! Stay tuned for pics of the birthday boy.

Another Monday gone...

This week is short so it's nice to have one day down. Nothing new to report. I forgot i had a meeting till 5 so I went in at my usual 6 a.m. After a long 11 hours, I was ready to be home. During the meeting I got to sit by someone who sounded as if they have bronchitis. So dear god help me if I get sick before Thanksgiving I will be so so mad!!! Why can't ppl stay away when they are sick?!:????

Other then that my toes are cold so i'm thinking of soaking them in a nice hot tub tonight. Doesn't that sound good? MMMHMMM! I just wish I knew what I was having for supper tonight. We ate at arby's yesterday so Jason will have a fit if I suggest eating out again. Eating out is easy tho...just more expensive then home cooking.

Well my to do list for thanksgiving is getting longer but I'm getting really excited. I look forward to this all year long...it's always over way too soon! I'm not really looking forward to Christmas though. After being overdrawn for a few days already, I dont know how to afford Christmas. I'll have to have ol' tightwad help me out huh? That'll be the day!!!

Well...for the 'interuppters' out there..I think I'm gonna....... Because I'm getting....... I hope you all stay......... Please read this ........ Nighty ......!

update

I have grandpa's 89th birthday pictures posted down below now...go check it out! Pretty good looking guy there...sporting his new columbia jacket/hat!! Looks toasty! Not bad for 89 eh? :)

pictures ...

Resting up

After a long weekend of driving, allergy testing, and then party...I'm resting up! I'm gonna attempt to post some photos on here from the party.



Shelley got her flu shot covered for this year now, and I have my allergy drops for 6 months ready. They tested the usual things and discovered my sensitivity to dustmite is way up right now, so I'm taking high potency drops for that. I asked him about all the trouble I'm having with my ears and sinus' and he says that my nose has significant swelling an pollups developing which would be why I'm plugged and 'bizerable' so much! So I have a fresh supply of allergy drugs to help improve the situation.



There seems to be some snow in the air again today. We really need to rake up leaves but I dont know when we are gonna have time to do that when it's snowing!!! Might as well wait a while and shovel them both...right?



I am busy getting things lined up for thanksgiving. The house is getting ready for my annual 'spring' thanksgiving cleaning. I have my to do list all written out. Next thing I have to do is get all my groceries bought. I am happy to tell you that Alysia has generously offered to make a pie besides her egg assignment. I believe she said it was pecan cranberry pie? Is that right? Either way, it sounds good and if Alysia is making it I know it will be good. We all are trying to figure out how Alysia manages to accomplish it all. She would have her hands full enough with just her school work, but she did that while buying a house and moving, planning and pulling off an awesome wedding, and still finding time to come visit for birthday parties and holidays. Slow down kid...your making us all look bad!!



In the meantime...I am cuddled up here in front of the heat register, wrapped in a blanket and snuggled in my pajamas. It's starting to feel like November out there. I think I'll have to make some hot chocolate to really feel warm all the way thru. Hope you are all having a great weekend....let me make an attempt to get some pictures up here for you all.



Happy Birthday Mike...40!!!!!!!!!!! (Wow that's old!)

This entry is dedicated to Melinda Jane

HI MELINDA! I know your reading this!!

Grandma and Grandpa and I just got home from a cool and blustery trip to Waterloo to Dr. Ohara. Grandma made her usual stop at Wal-Mart while Grandpa got his back cracked. Hopefully the weather will cooperate for us so we can continue to go thru the winter months ahead.

Mom found a whole box of my old baseball cards this week. I've been going thru them one by one, just sure that one of them is gonna make me rich. I haven't found it yet...but I will!!!

Now that I have a camera I will have to post some pictures for everyone to enjoy. I have pictures of most everything and everyone. Flash and Dukey have been my star subjects. Sunday night I got a chance to photograph a few new subjects including Sloan writing 'big fat paiton' on a piece of paper and everyone eating chocolate cake.

This week I'm working on getting the house ready for company Thanksgiving. A sucessful trip to Dollar General I got some nice colored containers to organize all my holiday and seasonal decorations into. After getting them sorted (and labeled) I sorted them nicely into the basement for storage. The joke this week at work has been me and my labeler. Little do you all know...but at work I am 'the organizer'. If someone is away from thier messy desk for very long it's very hard for me not to go organize it for them. Even Boss Lady Sue will call me when she needs papers sorted and organized. I have all of her files alphabetical and color coded. Christie ever so nicely informed Melinda about my label obsession...so now everyone can be secretly jealous of my labels.

Well, tonight I have a huge roast in the crockpot. I put it in at 530 this morning so it's been slowly cooking for 13 hours now. I make it with 2 cans of mushroom soup and one can of french onion soup and mmmmm is it yummy. So I called Jason and told him to hurry home so we can eat...because it smells soooo good!

On another exciting note, I finally got the 'ok' to pick out an engagement ring. Jason is suppose to make sure it gets ordered and all the rest will be up to him. I will have to have Alysia Ann help me plan, she managed hers like an old pro.

What more can I tell you other then it's dang cold and if I dont get my pond heater in soon I'm gonna have a mess of frozen goldies!! Good night all, I'll try to catch you again tommorrow!!