cool- it's friday!

kaylee and her requested donut "cake" [that's a number 7 sparkler]

ham upset because he didn't get any trident gum

1. kaylee had a great birthday even though she didn't have a party with friends.

2. her nana + pooppoop- as she likes to call them, sent her a $100 gc to american girl doll. i told them she likes to pretend shop so this way she can do it for realz.

3. we got her a pink sparkly cowgirl shirt, barbie that rides a bike, vera bradley purse and a charm bracelet with a charm.

4. my parents sent her a text gc to target and the rest of my family forgot.

5. she picked dinner at pf changs which surprised me. she usually picks olive garden.

6. kaylee took treat bags for her class. i forgot to take a photo of them. [they had glow in the dark sunglasses, m+m's, goldfish crackers, a pencil and a candy cane. so much for keeping it simple]

7. i got all christmas presents wrapped and ready to ship out to indiana for our families. hope they get there in time.

8. monday i went with the ladybugs and judged christmas lights around our neighborhood. my neighbor did not win in our area. [we have 3 different areas so there are 3 different winners]

9. tomorrow night one of the ladybug ladies is hosting a christmas party. mike and i are actually going. we desperately need conversation with other people!

10. ham "accidentally" dropped his iphone while cleaning the pool the other day. to keep him from bugging me, we went and got him the newest version yesterday. he was eligible for an upgrade. [this is an early christmas present]

she's 7 and...

what a difference

kindergarten and first grade

1. spunky

2. adorable.

3. lovable. [she wants to cuggle at night- thats her made up word to cuddle and snuggle]

4. smart

5. beautiful

6. feisty

7. awesome

bunch of rambling

getting ready to decorate the tree

1. not sure why but after having a fake tree for the past 3 or so years has made me miss a real tree.

2. which is good because i think this might our last year, the fake tree is ready to quit on us.

3. sorry for the lack in post but i've tried and either blogger loses my posts or its really slow in uploading a photo.

4. my love for pinterest continues. last week i made this and this for dinner.

5. this is going to be the first year kaylee is not having a birthday party with friends.

6. not because she doesn't have any because she does but we thought we should get to know them better.

7. we will go out to dinner of her choosing- olive garden and spoil her with hugs, kisses and gifts.

8. of course she will have treat bags for her classmates and i'm going to try and make them simple this year.

9. i've been listening to christmas music on pandora. michael buble and harry connick jr have the dreamy-est voices. [i loved harry since my jr. high/high school days]

10. it also feels weird not having any snow and that its going to be 75 degrees on wednesday.

only in texas

1. mike and i along with kaylee because she has to be in every photo.

2. yup. i'm wearing a dress. and. its one shoulder- oh lala.

3. we forced ham to babysit his sister in the hotel room where the party was held.

4. if he would of been one of my brother's, he would of complained, threw a fit and demanded that he was not going. but he didn't. he did complain. and he did threaten to jump out of the hotel window.

5. we could of let them both stay home but wasn't sure how little fleanut would of been once it got to be bedtime. sad, i know.

6. but we got to eat some awesome food, drink lots of drinks, got to see a band, watch co-workers think they could sing and dance, got to gamble and/or play video games.

7. sunday, kaylee and i checked out a local church. i got to witness a pastor give another pastor a stuffed armadillo and a shot gun. you should of heard the ooo's and ahhhh's and the "oh what a beautiful gun!" coming from the audience. only in texas baby.

8. its really starting to cool down now. today high of 47. and we just figured out how to turn on the furnace last night. yeah, so in the mornings its been freezing.

9. wondering if i'm the only one with a husband who doesn't listen.

10. though he has told me i don't speak loud enough. wondering if that's the truth or if he was just saying that...

missing booah and loving shopping

1. i miss booah and still "talk" to him every day. he's been a good kitty producing red hibiscus lately.

2. as much as i said i didn't like him, i really did. there were times when we would both lay on the floor and just look at each while while holding hand to paw.

3. and who else would let me "torture" them in this type of fashion?

4. if i haven't already posted but we're guessing he died from the stress of moving. [they say moving stresses cat's out] he got a clean bill of health the week before coming to texas.

5. he was pretty much alone for a month while we were in Texas and Mike was traveling for his work. then the long car ride down followed by a big mass of water in the backyard and new house. *sigh* love you booah!

6. today was a good shopping day. got mike a new outfit for his work's Christmas party on friday. got me one too.

7. got kaylee her birthday gift. [decided to save the boots for christmas] and ham a gift i didn't have to order on-line.

8. even went to pf changs for lunch.

9. tomorrow i get to do it again. mike's new outfit doesn't fit and i need to shop for the other people in my family.

10. i love this time of year! btw- no snow for us. sunny today high of 63-ish.

just some monday ramblings

at our hotel restaurant when we went to visit UT

[university of texas not utah]

1. okay-wow! what a semi great 9 days of having mike and kaylee home. [semi great because the house is a complete mess!]

2. thanksgiving turned out great - made way too much food for 4 people. [deviled eggs, bacon wrapped weiners and swedish meatballs for starters. turkey, mashed potatoes, mac-n-cheese, corn casserole, hawaiian rolls and stuffing plus striped delight for dessert]

3. i went shopping! on friday but not really for black friday- just to get out of the house by myself type thing.

4. though i scored 50% off the sale price at anthropolgie and got myself 3 blouses. [i also had recently splurged and bought 3 blouses from emersonmade]

5. went and got kaylee a cowGIRL shirt and boots she wanted for her birthday.

6. she said ALL the girls in her class has a pair.

7. also got the christmas tree up and house decorated but the house looks empty. [only have enough stuff for 1-2 rooms]

8. i have until sometime in january to clean up my craft room. my parents are planning on taking a cruise leaving from galveston.

9. we've been invited to go on a cruise in march for kaylee's spring break with my sister and with mike's folks to florida. we really shouldn't do either with us just buying our house and cars etc...

10. okay, i have procrastinated enough. time for me to play maid and clean the house.

a good week so far

1. my family in their A+M gear. [i didn't realize fleanut and ham were making the same face till much later]

2. we all LOVED A+M so all fingers and toes crossed ham gets accepted.

3. it just had that campus vibe and close community that i wanted ham to experience. plus, it was much easier to get around and safer.

4. ham asked kaylee which school she wanted him to go to. she asked which was closer to home. he said A+M. she said definitely A+M. she loves her brother. [smart girl too]

5. it hasn't been too bad having both kaylee and mike off school/work this week. we're actually getting a few things done around the house. just need to keep mike focused.

6. it also got proven who kaylee takes after. mike's upstairs area and the family where kaylee hangs out at the most look identical. down to the dirty plates, cups, trash and clothes.

7. my crafting room is getting organized though at the moment it looks like it puked.

8. don't know what to make for thanksgiving dinner since we're not huge turkey fans.

9. went to ikea and pf changs this week.

10. my sister called me bragging that she was eating a krispy kreme donut. i hope those donuts stay on her hips for awhile.