Holiday Lights 2013

Yes.

A jogger called 911 thinking we were stalking her...

Yes.

The police officer laughed.

Yes.

All photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy S4 - not paid to say that!!!  But I KNOW it worked way better than when I used my digital camera.



Oh - I did this before in 2011, 2009 and 2008 I toured you around my home.
P.S. My house looks more Christmas-y inside now that I have RED Curtains.  :)

Santa Claus is coming to town...and I found out what he is bringing too.

It has been pretty busy for me both at work, at home and with my extra-fun activities.

I can't tell you how many pricing requests I have had, contracts I have written and hours of meetings I have attended.  No really, I have no idea any more.  It.is.just.a.lot!

I took last Monday off - I was at school to meet with the team reviewing our school's IB accreditation and for parents to pickup poinsettias from the fundraiser.  But I worked the whole time due to the crunch I am under, so yeah - that was 8 hours of PTO well spent.

My director was in town - we report to someone in Boston now - and he took us out to dinner Wednesday. That was actually really nice and I enjoyed being out with him and the members of our team who could make it, there was about 6 inches of snow, so....

I went to a FUN cookie exchange on Thursday after working until 7pm. My son has been eating ALL the cookies. Yesterday I put a stop to any further consumption of the Russian Teacakes.

Friday night - a real live, grown-up, dress-up, holiday party with the other couples from our church!

Saturday? All us moms, and some dads, get up for 9:30am  Christmas Pageant Rehearsal at Church. Cuz we are JUST THAT SMART in our planning of fun!

Then off to see Santa with the in-laws:

It was a good thing we got to see Santa too - I had NO idea he was bringing a Crayola Crayon Maker!

Then Saturday Night? Oh YES. More real-live holiday fun. This time with SAILORS!

My friend Julie married a Navy guy - he has Navy buddies and they invite along my Sailor and I to the fun!  I think I almost peed my pants twice. 

Sunday - church and then ALL THE ERRANDS I had no time to do the rest of the week.  

Please do not look to closely at my floor.  I have not vacuumed in - ummmm. yeah. 

Laundry? I will get to the mountain. 

PTO tonight - Girl Scouts tomorrow night - then I give up. Oh wait, I promised Boo Boo La La we would make peppermint cocoa to give as holiday gifts to various and sundry lovely people. 

And I need to stop and pickup gifts as they arrive for my ship-to-store orders.  

What have a gotten my self into?  I remember when I actually used to blog about

1) Hot guys I would want to sit on.

2) Which scooter should I purchase?  

3) Daddy getting chased by Old St.Nick! 

4) AND SNOW!!! 

I hope your holiday season is not nearly as hectic, but just as fun!

Joy to the world, peace on Earth, and Merry Christmas! 

I got FABULOUS on my chest.

So I got the opportunity from Allied Shirts to try out their custom shirt service.

Make my own t-shirt design?  Yes.  Yes, I will.

I took this logo....

I went to this link...

AlliedShirts.com

I uploaded the logo, manipulated where I wanted it.  Front? Back? Corner or the WHOLE shirt? I picked my shirt color and size - and type, they have womens - mens - long sleeve, short, even sweatshirts and girly t's...

What did I end up with?

A COMFY PURPLE T that fits EXCELLENT thank you.  I got a ladies cut Gildan T from Allied Shirts collection and it is amazingly comfortable and moves with me, plus I love the purple. 

If you need/want custom t-shirts I would highly recommend Allied Shirts as they really delivered a quality shirt in record time.  And their pricing for even just one custom shirt is worth it.  

I am off to be FABULOUS FRIDAY in my very own custom t.  How are you Fab today?

Can I reset my clock?

I am not sure when I drifted off, but it isn't hard for me to do.

I know it was sometime after I quit watching the Monday Night Football Game and started watching the replay of last nights Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

I am sure Kyle was bitchy and Lisa was snarky.

And Kim said something stupid, right?

But now the brain waves have begun to weave their path from Delta to Beta.

I notice it is quiet and dark.

I hear T softly snoring.

I wonder. I wait a minute.  Maybe I will get back into my dream.

It is dark, but it is November so that does not mean anything.  I might be okay today.

Maybe?

I roll over and half open an eye.

3:30

on.the.spot.

It happens all the time, yet I am always surprised to see that time on the clock.

Daylight savings be damned. When I don't sleep through the night I wake at 3:30.

It can be very productive time for my housework, my catching up on Facebook, my blog. But I don't think it is very productive in helping one deal with the general stress of life.

Insert soft sigh here.

I re-read and polish the few lines I have mustered out of my sleep deprived brain. My alarm goes off and I hear Aretha sing, "Angels We Have Heard on High."

I am sad today...

I sneaked into Boo Boo La La' room this morning to wake her up and ask her what the Tooth Fairy brought her.

She pulled out the bag from under her pillow and said,

"I saw someone BIG come into my room and then go back to bed. I am going to tell all my friends that the Tooth Fairy is MOM."

"Honey, I don't know what you are talking about.  I was sleeping.  The Tooth Fairy came."

"Then it was DADDY."

"No, you must be mistaken."

Stomps up out of bed and throws the ziplock at me..."YOU ARE A LIAR! I don't want your money. You keep it - YOU pulled out the tooth anyway."

The morning was shot.

I tried to redirect, but I kept getting "The Glare".

I like it better when I get The Smile.

Maybe she will have a better day at school.

It is "CHEESEY Macaroni & Cheese" day.

I feel bad.

All week I had been dreading Monday Night Football.

Yes. I play Fantasy Football.

This week?  I was matched up against a player I just did not want to lose to - and I lost last week.
Second loss of the season!

I was COOKED though.  COOKED.  My QB is Peyton Manning and I had Cutler as my backup.

Bye.
Groin Injury.

Ugh.

Picked up one of two options - Keenum got me 28 pts.  Too bad I didn't pickup the other guy. Who knew Nick Foles would step in and score Peyton Manning style numbers.

I was up against Aaron Rodgers.  OMG.  I am COOKED.  And my opponent also had Eddie Lacy.

Goose.  Cooked.

I said out loud several times this week that I hoped the Bears took Rodgers down.

First Quarter - Huh, that hit looked hard.  And they are kicking the field goal?  Huh?

My husband blew it off - "Rodgers is tough. He'll be back."

Nope.

I won by the hair of my chinny chin chin.

I don't know how to explain it.

Maybe God is a Bears Fan after all?

This is what is wrong with Morning "News" Shows

They are LAUGHING.

It is NOT funny.

It is SERIOUS that this mine was so irate or crazy or both that he DROVE up the steps to the Capital Building.  If this happened at the White House they would NOT be laughing.  Or the Mayor of New York's office.

Just plain stupid.

News?  Beh.

Couldn't sleep at all last night...

Well, partially true.

I went to bed about 10 o'clock last night.  Yes, I am old thankyouverymuch.

I woke up just before 4 am and the stupid hamster in the wheel of my cranial cavity started thinking about all the things that I need to do.  None of it bad at all.  Just "BUSY" you know?

I had to sort the Fall leaflets for my Sunday School class - each week in it's very own ziplock bag - marked with the date we will use that story.

I needed to finish planning what we would actually DO this Sunday for our lesson on Adam & Eve.  Thank you PINTEREST!  We are making Cheerio Bird Feeders this week to talk about how God put Adam & Eve here to take care of all the living creatures.  Cool, huh?

Now I have to figure out when I will shop for the Cheerios, floral wire and pipe cleaners.

Probably sometime AFTER soccer this morning and BEFORE we get cash and go to the Street Fair on Lowery today.  Did I mention T-bone is abandoning me to golf with my friend Julie's husband Jeff?

Did I figure out what I was making for dinner?  Oh yeah - tortellini, don't let me forget that.

Crap. Got to get that post up on Facebook about still needing volunteers for Thursday's Spaghetti Dinner at school.  PTO has to figure out to spend my time somehow, right?  Oh - didn't I tell you I still am doing PTO and Girl Scouts.

OMG - I still have not put Boo Boo's patches on her new Brownie Sash.  This week, one night, I promise to dust off my iron and ironing board.  HONEST.  I will do it.  And I will pull out her BRAND NEW BROWNIE book and have her think of one or two badges SHE wants to earn, that was our Brownie homework!

I am scheduled for training at work Monday and Wednesday - I have three contracts I am working on and more sure to come.

And then - when am I shopping for Mai Tai ingredients for Miss Palmquist's Birthday Luau?  I got two weeks.  It will happen.  And if you have a tried and true Mai Tai recipe, do share.

So there you have it.  A data dump from my brain and the reason why I am up and blogging this early.

I need coffee.

Phun with the Phone

We had decided last night to watch the Seahawks/49'ers game in the living room.

Let me just say two things about that: Stupid rain delay. Stupid Harbaugh - should have pulled Kaepernick.

Anyfantasyfootballupset. 

Boo Boo was on the floor and called up to me, "Mom, how do you spell THIEF?" 

T, H, is it IE or EI T-bone?

"I before E, except after C." *smart ass*

Next thing I know she is grabbing T-bone's iPhone and...

She was next going for ME, but I said I did NOT fit the crime indicated so it went to the cat.

And Roofis was his name-O

T-bone decided Boo Boo's Crime

Not a real poo.

And then Boo Boo decided J-Dogg was a criminal as well....poor J-Dogg.

I just sat back and laughed. Oh and posted these to Facebook, natch.

Mom's are the best.

Yesterday T-bone said I was the best.  And gave me a kiss.

I need to bake him a cake.

I have been looking and google-ing for this recipe for years now.  About 13 to be exact.

I am the one who found it originally, but WHO kept a copy?

My mom.  That is who.

Mom's are the best.

I made this cake with my mom for our February Engagement Party.  Which was a BLAST!!!

Enjoy!

And here you thought I would post about the First Day of School. Pfft.