10 things on new year's eve

me carrying my lil sis; swim meet

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!!

1. the boys finally left for their 1pm game time of paint balling for ham's birthday. it will be interesting to see who wins and who comes home with the most bruises.

2. really haven't been up to much this week except taking advantage of sleeping in. everyday till at least 9am if not a little later.

3. i finally did it- i got myself an iPHONE!!! its pretty sweet though i still don't know how to send a text message.

4. tonight we are going over to some friends house to ring in the new year. i cant wait- its going to be FUN FUN FUN!

5. while i hate the new year because it just reminds me that my kids are getting older, i love the new year. it means fresh new beginnings. old things are forgotten and new memories are to be made.

6. i didn't keep all of my new years resolutions from last year but i never sweat it. i know i'm not perfect! the one i do want to improve on is being a nicer person- to everyone!

7. we did take kaylee to go and see alvin and the "chickmunks"{kayleeism} one night this week. it was cute but i think the first one was better.

8. we also hit olive garden for the 3rd time in a week. its just so yummy! i even broke down and got a glass of wine and bought a bottle of it!

9. still no birthday gifts for ham. i am going to get him a few gift cards to taco bell and mcdonald's and maybe a gas card. we did go and look at some cars yesterday. just need to sell the caddy.

10. i'm thinking i could use some starbucks peppermint hot chocolate right now. {just came inside from getting the mail}

a message to my kids {word!}

how sweet is this? {via it's mary ruffle}

10 things on a sunday night while waiting for a tv show

1. kaylee with our new puppy! just kidding! thats granny's new puppy and she's adorable but i still dont want one.

2.ham thought it was cool that santa had a printer in his sleigh. (i typed up a thank-you note and signed santa's name to it. please add sarcasm)

3. mike surprised me with a pair of boots that i had tried on a few nights before christmas. i decided to wait to get them on clearance and to make sure they were "me". i don't think they're "me" but i wear them anyway.

4. we met up with mike's parents today to drop off kaylee so she could spend the night with them. by 5-6pm they were calling us because the little nugget was crying. she wanted to come home and she wanted her mama.

5. i think its been over a year that we last tried this. maybe next year. {she really loves her mama!}

6. i am starving. we have no food in the house. ok. we have food just nothing i want to take the time to prepare.

7. going backwards in my car down the driveway is pretty adventurous. even though i'm turning one way, the car goes the other way and its totally sliding. ham's car, we couldn't even get it up the driveway without flooring it. we do kinda have a steep driveway.

8. i was going to organize and purge kaylee's toys again tonight. {its been a mess since her birthday party}

9. i'm really considering an iphone now that i've looked at ham's itouch. still debating...

10. mike and i got into a fight today over what to get ham for his birthday. we both don't know what to get him.

10 things while waiting for my son to get home on a saturday night

our christmas tree 2009

1. it seemed time just flew by on christmas eve. i was cleaning, then baking a 7up pound cake and getting a relish/cheese and cracker tray ready and then it was time to go to laporte. (its about 50 minute drive from us)

2. christmas eve has been at uncle steve's house for the past few years or so but this year it went back to nana's mama's house. uncle steve's driveway is super steep and it was covered in ice.

3. the main roads weren't bad though, lucky for us.

4. ham got cash from the aunt's and uncle's while kaylee got a jacket + santa night light, a crafty kit and cash.

5. christmas morning i made sausage, biscuits and gravy- first time ever!, scrambled eggs and bacon while waiting for the kids to wake up. by 9:45am i became impatient and woke kaylee up first.

6. kaylee loved all of her gifts of course. ham, mmmm,he said it could of been better if he would have gotten a new ipod or computer. something he really "needs". so i quickly wrapped up his itouch and gave it to him. he was a happy boy.

7. then we went over my parents house for lunch and more presents. it was pretty funny because me, ham and mike would throw wrapping paper at someone and they wouldn't even know where it came from! hilarious!!

8. then us adult kids played catch phase. once again i proved my intelligence by giving out a clue of "its a popular tool" (wrench) and "its a communist country" (japan)???? i am an asian blonde and i'm ok with it. my sister in law did one too "its a big monkey...he's godzilla" (gorilla)

9. today we headed back up to laporte to celebrate christmas with mike's parents since mike's mom had to work on christmas eve. ham got 200 bucks, half of that is for his birthday though. total- he made about 400 bucks in the past 2-3 days. we ate lunch at the olive garden. it was yummy.

10. came back home and watched the hangover. it was kinda funny, i love bradley cooper though not in the wedding crashers- he was an ass in that movie.

10 things on christmas eve

photo taken last year; kaylee made the gingerbread house and blue tree

1. i was asked what are buckeyes. buckeyes are a delicious ball of peanut butter dipped in chocolate. they are called buckeyes because they look like buckeyes when finished. here's the recipe i used -super easy and kid help friendly. (you can also add some rice krispies to the peanut butter if you like an extra crunch)

2. ah christmas eve. i still have lots to do before we head over to mike's side of the family celebrations. still cleaning the house, cake baking, laundry, finishing christmas gift from last year...

3. kaylee asked me if it was christmas eve already this morning. i told her yes. she asked if it was time to open presents. i told her not till later and those are from aunts and uncles. santa's presents are tomorrow. she went back to sleep.

4. she's been wishing me a "feliz navadah" or something close to that. i seriously need to get her on video.

5. all presents, even the ones from santa, have been wrapped so when we get home tonight i can put up my feet and just rest.

6. mike brought home some fillet wrapped in bacon and grilled them while i made roasted potatoes and homemade mac-n-cheese. during dinner mike and kaylee kept saying "mmm" to everything. guess this is what happens when you haven't cooked a homemade meal in awhile.

7. mike's taking vacation after today so he will be home with the rest of his loving family for 10 days. heaven help me!! {he already got on my nerves last night}

8. one day next week he's taking a few of his buddies and a few of ham's paint balling for ham's birthday. it will be the old guys vs the young guys. the old guys have an advantage, 2 out of the 3 have gun experience.

9. i wanted to make it into a big party afterwards but ham nixed that idea. he hates being center of attention like that.

10. HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS! THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY BLOG!!!!!

10 things on the eve of christmas eve

1. kaylee actually sitting on santa's lap and happy. funny thing, we went to bdubs earlier that day for lunch and she would not look nor would she talk to the guy under the suit. {santa came to my parents house for their party}

2. today ran and did some errands. finally got all the presents bought. just need to go out tonight for the stocking stuffers.

3. my car is back and it was about $250.00 less than what i had imagined. it no longer sounds like a monster truck.

4. made buckeyes last night and finally finished them. not, finished them, as in ate them all, but its still early in the day...

5. jenna from sweet fine day can make some wicked cool snowflakes. you must check them out! mine looks like her daughters. i seriously think i missed out on the asian genes. {my sister's good at that sort of shit}

6. smelled something a little funny in ham's car this morning. i called him out on it and supposedly its someone else. {which could be legit, this kid has been a trouble maker. ham doesn't hang out with him much} but i had to remind him to be smart about things.

7. since i was an "saint" as a teenager *ahem*sarcasm* just never thought teenagers caused this much stress.

8. kaylee told me the other day that santa wont be coming to our house because we don't have a chimney. i had to tell her he has santa dust that allows him to come inside, kinda like tinker bell fairy dust. she believed me.

9. i usually log on to my gmail account to send emails, well lately i've been sending them from my imac which is connected to my gmail account but this is much cooler. i have stationary to make them pretty and when i push send, it makes a flying airplane sound. its so cool!

10. i hope all this snow melts after christmas.

misc. things on a tuesday

1. mike throwing a snowball at me- see it? he totally missed by the way.

2. started wrapping presents last night. i love wrapping presents!

3. kaylee's apron and scribble kit from fawn & forest {super cute shop!} arrived yesterday. i was worried because their ship date was dec. 23. kinda worried about the apron, it looks tiny.

4. i also got my hooray shop goodies. i've had my eye on these tiny cloth bags, then i changed my mind and decided to make my own then i changed my mind again and ordered them. {for that dang advent calendar}

5. then the day after i placed my order, i won some goodies from her blog. i cant wait to see what she sends! it will definitely be cute!

6. if you get an occasional zit, this burts bee product is the da bomb! i had one in between my eye brows yesterday and today its gone.

7. also loving their foot creme. i put some on right after my shower and wore socks all day. my feet this morning were 50% softer. (my heels could sand down a whole forest)

8. wish i could find something for this cold sore that popped up over night. so far i've tried ice, green tea bags, rubbing alcohol, neosporin and its currently covered in toothpaste. its only 1 blister and its not so bad but it feels huge!

9. bought ham a few button down shirts so he could pick one to wear on christmas. yes! i got him to agree to wearing one on christmas (and my birthday) he has no idea what a photo op this will be for me. making up for these past 2 years of no school photos.

10. now if only santa would bring me my new camera lens!