10 things right now: thursday

1. 7 of us mom's got out last night for a much deserved mom's night out. no worrying about drinks being spilled, chicken nuggets, mac and cheese and whining!

2. there was no discussions about placenta's this time around but on how our husbands could be a little more helpful around the house and little boys who find their boy parts. little boys are funny.

3. we ate lots of pastas, pizza, salad and bread. i ate way too much but had to make room for my $6.00 dessert!

4. kaylee and i are suppose to be over at a friends house making ornaments right now but once again i had to cancel. this is twice now i've had to cancel our get together and it sucks.

5. woke up this morning with a killer headache and went back to bed after ham left for school. we slept till 10:30. i feel a little better.

6. i just want to be able to breath in and out of my nose, is that too much to ask for????!!!

7. kaylee's christmas program is tonight. this will be interesting to see if she will say her lines in front of everyone or if she will shy out.

8. i think i've said this before but i SO want to be adopted into this family. while its fun to sit and talk with family, this family has so much more fun with friendly football at thanksgiving, christmas tree hunting etc..

9. i'm not feeling the christmas spirit that i usually do this year. i think it has to do with no gifts for ham. i have nothing to wrap for him and feel he will be disappointed.

10. anyone want to share their christmas traditions with me? ours has been that i make a big breakfast on christmas morning, carried on by my parents but feel its a little *yawn* boring.

10 ordinary things: wednesday

1. while kaylee's party was going on, i snuck upstairs to see if ham needed help getting ready for his winter formal.

2. perfect timing. they were still in ham's room so i had them trapped into taking a few pics. don't they look fantastically handsome/beautiful?? and look at those killer shoes the girls are sporting!

3. i'm hoping ham will get me some more pics from other mom's especially one of just ham and his friend date and one of just the guys.

4. i'm not so sure ham would of told me he was leaving so i'm glad i got upstairs when i did. {he would of been in BIG trouble if he had left without telling me}

5. i have a pile of clothes that needs to be returned ala ham. he ordered 4 t-shirts, a winter cap + a backpack. all but one t-shirt is being returned. {he's been ordering his christmas presents}

6. so i feel lucky to have found him a gray zippered hoodie yesterday at the big mall. its the right shade of gray, the fit is perfect and the logo is not too big and yes, his future wife is going to hate me.

7. while shopping for ham, found me a few tops too. surprise surprise. ok, not really.

8. i told mike that i wanted to move to europe. i really dont care where. i want a foreign accent. i feel so ordinary.

9. i've also been having a bad case of the brain farts this week.

10. needing some non toy stocking stuffer ideas? go here and read the comments. fantastic ideas!

kaylee's 5th birthday party part 1

1. this year i let go of my control freakishness and let kaylee make her birthday invitations. i wrote every ones name down for her and she did the rest. i think she did an awesome job. on the back i printed up all the info on large address labels since i hate my own handwriting.

2. i did make her birthday banner 3 years ago and its held up very nicely. (the black letters has glitter all over them but its hard to tell from the pic)

3. we played games- stomp the balloons even though the balloons wouldn't pop, hot potato and kristi says (kaylee won that game every time!)

4. ate hot pizza dip with flower shaped bread, spirals (tortilla wraps), mini quiches, chili with corn bread and cheese pizza for the kids.

5. her birthday cake was her favorite- krispy kreme donuts! 2 dozen regular size and 1 box of the mini size for the kids.

6. she ended up getting a bunch of crafty items which will be great for when we hibernate, have i ever mentioned how much i hate the cold?, an american girl doll from nana and pop pop, a snuggie from nana's mama (that's what we call her) and a gold heart necklace from me, mike and ham. {she did get some toys too!}

7. no 5 year old's birthday is ever complete without a little football wager by daddy and his buddy brent. losers team gets to go swimming in the pond. fortunately the pond was a little frozen. unfortunately for loser daddy, the river was not.

8. two girls got to spend the night. by 11:30, i told them it was time to go to sleep. no one argued and they were asleep 5 minutes flat. they were all partied out.

9. even though nothing i had originally planned for the party turned out, it was still a fun time.

10. sometime during the party i asked kaylee if she was having fun. she said yes, that her necklace was the best gift ever and that she loves me. she even gave me a kiss on the cheek. i swear i have the best kids in the world! *biased? me? NOOO!*

* just a note: she did wear her new dress for like 5 minutes then the girls started to play dress up and she ended up wearing her famous flower girl dress from a year ago(?) we definitely got our moneys worth out of that dress!

at this moment: friday

1. i love these enamel house and name plaques from ramsign.

2. got a busy busy day today. chiro, grocery store, clean the house, decorate ... all in the name of kaylee's birthday party.

3. super cute- kaylee asked if the whole family was "ajun". i told her daddy is the only one not "ajun." {i left out the part that he's just a mutt in case she decides to repeat it back to him}

4. she even asked if the cats and our old dog was "ajun". (one cat and dog both died while she was toddling around. i think she remembers them from pictures)

5. remembered last night that i have 3 more kids to buy for. mike's cousin/goddaughter and her two step brothers.

6. ham tried on his suit for me last night. he looks like a handsome little man in it.

7. i have yet to go and see blindside but considering waiting till it comes out on dvd because every time i see the trailer i get a little misty eyed.

8. i cleaned and organized my side of the closet yesterday. i swear it wasn't as bad as mike's side. did find that i have a lot more clothes that are too small than what fits me. need to seriously work on that.

9. just stepped outside for a moment, its COLD out there! i'm seriously a wimp when it comes to cold weather!

10. the other night, mike said that i might have been right about the curtains. *smug smile on my face*. they do look 100 times better than the fake, bulky, generic wood-like blinds.

i LOVE!

these paper suitcases! think they would look great in my craft room so i can hide some of my crafting junk, i mean stuff. {1. simplesong, 2. paper source, 3. land of nod and 4. pink loves brown}

on my loser mind: thursday

1. love this advent idea from herz-allerliebst - little gifts beautifully wrapped and placed in a paper suitcase. {been loving these paper suitcases too!}

2. yep, while procrastinating last night found myself another blog that i absolutely ADORE! {see #1} i want her to come to my house and redecorate for me.

3. received an email from abercrombie and fitch, if i spend at least $175.00 they will cover my shipping. granted with their prices its not hard to do but come on a+f, give me a better deal!

4. i hope little kaylee isn't getting sick. she had a slight runny nose last night and feel asleep on the couch before 8:30 and she woke up early saying she had a sore throat. {she's back asleep on the couch}

5. christmas shopping is about done. my parents and mike's dad is all that's left aka the hardest people in the world to shop for. oh and ham.

6. ham and his buddy went and rented suits for the winter formal saturday evening. for those that will be here for kaylee's birthday party will get to see him all handsome and i'm super giddy about it! {but don't make it a big deal ok? he doesn't like the attention- tee hee}

7. i told him he HAS to bring his date here for photos and not to deny me of my moment. {this is what mom's live for}

8. ever have those days when you feel like a big LOSER?? yeah, me too except mine's out there in the web world floating around for all to see.

9. but then again i am only human.

10. i love hearing kaylee sleep. she makes some weird sounds.

10 things right now: tuesday

1. my baby. he's almost 17. and its killing me. killing me i tell ya!

2. he takes joy in calling me midget.

3. funny-his dad {my ex} use to call his mom beagle. {he wanted a beagle dog}

4. i'm taking a break from hemming my curtains though i'm cheating by using heat and bond. i love heat and bond.

5. though an engineer i am not. i'm taking a break because i just heated and bonded the hem on the wrong side. can we say I-D-I-O-T??

6. and i'm starvin marvin. still hoping for a personal chef someday. {not really holding my breath}

7. i feel like i've gotten nothing done today even though i've been going non-stop.

8. just found out, like seconds ago, ham is taking a girl to the winter formal this saturday!

9. my baby is really killing me!

10. ok. back to work.