What a weekend!!

I've had a whirlwind of a week and weekend. If this is how the holidays are gonna be, I'm moving. :)

We had a nice Thanksgiving. We went to my in-laws around 11 am to start preparing the meal. Hubs does the cooking, while we play and talk. My MIL and I went to Michael's and Gander mountain after dinner. Then we came back and I had to listen to my FIL critique the Polar Express. He kept insisting that everything was real, NOT computer generated. I kept telling him that he was wrong. But he didn't believe me. The WHOLE movie he did this. :) But guess what, I was right!! The only way he would admit that was if we watched the bonus features. So we did. I was right, he was wrong!!! Hi, Dad!!

I was so excited to go to Gander Mountain, for sure. They had a deal that for every $100 you spent on Thanksgiving, you get $20 gander cash to spend anytime from Friday on. So I bought Hubs a gift card and earned free money. I was forcing him to buy something for himself. That was the only way I was gonna get him to do it. I'm not gonna shop at Gander Mt. so he has to. Very sneaky, I know. I always get things, but he doesn't. Well, that was about to change.

Then we ran to Michael's for gingerbread houses and villages. Sassy asked for the village and Bubba asked for a house. I can't wait to do them. :)

Then that night, is when things get interesting. I decided to sleep on the couch so I could sit up so I wouldn't have to do my hair in the morning before I shop. Trust me, my hair is short, so it stands completely straight up in the mornings, and I don't want to take more time to fix it. I was exhausted, so I went to sleep at 10 and set my phone alarm for 3am. But my son had other plans. He decided to wake up at 12:48 coughing. Thank you, asthma. Then finally around 1:30 I got up and gave him a breathing treatment. Then I couldn't fall back asleep. So, I got up at 3am, with only having about 2 hours of sleep. How's a girl supposed to shop on 2 hours of sleep!!

Well, let me tell you that, it's not very easy. I went to Kohl's and got my pots and pans and bedding for Sassy's bed. I had to carry them to the other end of the store, then to my car at the opposite end of that. My arm muscles still hurt from carrying them. They feel like I exercised. I'm such a wimp. :) Then I met up with my parents and shopped with them for a bit and went out to breakfast afterwards.

I was home in bed by 7:30. Sassy wasn't even up yet!! I rested for a while then had to see my children for a bit, since they were going back to my inlaws for the night. Hubs and I were celebrating our anniversary that night.

I hate having no sleep. I feel sick. I had to take two naps just to function that night.

We went back to Gander Mt so I could convince Hubs to get shotgun. He's been wanting one since forever. So I had to force him to get one. But, when he got one, he was giddy. :)

Then Saturday was our 12th anniversary. So we went shopping again. But I was still off from the day before, so I needed another nap!! I usually take a nap everyday, but, I could barely function without one.

Now, this is when it gets interesting.

Then we were talking about the toys we already bought for the kids. We've been done for over a month now. But there is one thing that Little man kept talking about. I thought we bought it. But we didn't. Yikes!! So we decided to go to toys r us and buy it. But we had to decide what toy we were gonna return in its place. But the problem was that we bought the returning toy with the "buy2 get 1 free" deal. So we had to return all three. But, then he would be down two toys. He's already getting less than Sassy, cuz his things cost more. So, I had a coupon for "buy1 lego set, get 1 50% off". And we had to buy another set. So we decided to buy one of the items we were planning on returning as the 50% off item. Are you still with me? Well, luckily they had both items there, so we bought them. Then when the kids went to bed, Hubs went to toys r us to return the "Buy2 get1 free" items. But he originally bought it with our debit card, which was a Mastercard. But our bank switched it to a Visa. So he couldn't return them. At this point, I'm starting to look for the hidden camera. So, the only thing they could do was, give him a store credit. What are we supposed to do with a $140 store credit?!?!? We're done shopping. So today, I had to go to our local toys r us and pray that they have the two items we bought the day before. I paid for them with the store credit, luckily they had the "buy1 get 1 50% off" lego deal all week. So I didn't need to worry about the coupon.

But since he was down another toy, we were looking on Amazon for another GI Joe toy. We found two great deals!! So, while I was returning the two items, I had to return the other GI Joe we just bought two days ago. AUGH!!!!!

I never wanna step foot in another Toy r us for as long as I live.

I hope everyone had a less eventful holiday weekend. :)

Wordless Wednesday--bangs!

Friend making Monday-Thanksgiving week

This week is Thanksgiving, just in case you didn't know. So Amber has a list of questions for us this week.

1. Turkey or Ham? Everyone else eats turkey, I eat Ham. I dislike turkey very much.

2. Favorite side dish. Cheesy potatoes

3. Favorite dessert. Anything chocolate. No surprise there. :)

4. Black Friday: Are you going or not? Absolutely!! I'll be there at 4am.

5. If so, what's on the top of your list? I don't have anything to buy. I'm going for the fun of waking up at an ungodly hour, fix my hair so it's not standing straight up, and stand outside in the freezing cold to shop for things that I never knew I always wanted.

6. Going out of town or staying close to home? Staying close to home.

7. Hosting or helping? We are cooking it at my in-laws house. So, we are kind doing both.

8. Name one family tradition at Thanksgiving. Watching the Thanksgiving day parade

9. What do you do after dinner? Get the game plan together for Black Friday and call everyone involved to we know where to go in the morning.

10. What are you most thankful for this year? My family, my house, health insurance, that we've been using a LOT lately, and our freedom to worship however we want.

Thankfulness part 3

I was hoping to get this one done earlier in the week, but alas, we all had to get sick so this is the first time I can think enough to type. If you've missed my last two installments go HERE and HERE.

This time I am thankful for my wonderful hubby. On the 28th of this month we will be celebrating our 12th wedding anniversary. I can't imagine my life without him. He's been with me through our miscarriage, through the births of our two children. He was there chasing a squirrel out of our basement when I was preggers with my bubba. He supported me when I microwaved my glasses instead of a baby bottle. Not one of my finest moments. He takes very good care of me when I'm sick. Cuz, I am a BIG baby when I'm sick.

Ever since I met him, I knew he had a very good work ethic. He has always wanted to be a fireman. But he wasn't just sitting around waiting for one to land in his lap. He went out and found it, even if he had to drive an hour for it. But, thank God, he eventually found one close to home.

He is a wonderful father. He would do anything for his children. He loves when we come and visit him at work. He'll show them the trucks, every time. Even though they already know, cuz they seen it so much. He loves to take them places and buy them things. He even lets them use him as a wrestling dummy. I just sit back and watch and occasionally snap a few pictures. He won't let me show them, sorry.

I am so very thankful for him. I am grateful that he chose to spend the rest of his life with me. I will love him forever.

I'm alive!!!!

I am happy to say that we are on the mend, sorta. I have had a sore throat, headaches, and sinus pressure all week. Then, on Thursday I woke to nothing but a burning sore throat. I thought I was gonna die. I called my doc, and they got me in. Turns out my tonsils are red and enlarged. Sounds about right. So, thankfully my doc gave me a Z-pak and cough medicine. My voice was starting to go and Sassy was laughing at me all day. I knew it was those crazy tonsils. So I took the cough med at around 8:30 and could barely keep my eyes open at 10. So, off I went to la-la land. I slept so hard and I finally woke at 7 refreshed and hoarse. That's right, the gal who NEEDS to talk, can't. :( I was louder when I whispered. I could only communicate my text. Let me tell you, that was very hard. My MIL called to see if I needed lunch, and as soon as I said "Hello?" she started laughing at me. I tried to laugh too, but nothing would come out. I was falling apart.

Then Sassy tells me, around dinner time tonight, that her throat is hurting. GREAT!!

Oh great!!

Well, hubs has bronchitis and is now on antibiotics. I still feel like a weight is on my head. And we just got a call from my Dad, who has my kids, that Sassy now has a fever and the "worst headache she has ever had". We're dropping like flies over. So hubs is on his way to get her. I'm praying that my Bubba stays healthy.

Lord, please heal us. And please don't let Little man get it. He is finally well from two weeks ago.

UPDATE:
Hubs took Sassy into the docs tonight and they tested her for h1n1. NEGATIVE!!! But they did give him a RX just in case she shows signs tomorrow. But, I'm praying she's fine.

Cough, sniff, ouch

I am so thankful that we put up our tree when we did. Hubs has been sick ever since with a gross cough which gave him chest pain and major sore throat. He even had to take a sick day, it was so bad. Then yesterday I woke up with a sore throat and body aches. Then the day progressed into 101.4 fever and total uncomfortableness. Is that even a word? I was miserable all day yesterday. I only have a mild sore throat and mild body aches now. My sister just came and took my kids to her house, and she'll bring them back at dinner. We don't want them getting whatever we have.

The funny thing is, well it's not so funny, but one of my friends that I went out with for my birthday, now has a house full of H1N1. Great!! And is you know me, I become a nervous wreck when it comes to puking. So, if you're reading this, please pray for us. I am going to take it easy and rest as much as I can today.

Our tree 2009

We're kinda insane about Christmas over here. We start Christmas music before Halloween. Once H passes everyone(Hubs and the kids) start to pester me into letting them put up the tree. But I don't like having to dust my tree from having it up for so long. I make them wait til atleast my birthday. Well, my birthday was on Friday, but I let them put it up on Thursday. So we beat out my whole family. hee hee... My parents, and my brother always try to put theirs up before me, but I always beat them. And this year was no different. HA!!!

This is my wreath I made last year. Yes, it's crooked. I fixed it after I took the picture I stuck cinnamon sticks in it. So it totally smelled like cinnamon when Hubs took it out of the container. :) the frame is one we bought when we saw Santa about 5 years ago. But we haven't seen Santa in two years, so I put a picture of Little man reading the Christmas story to Sassy. And my parents bought us the clock last year. It plays Christmas songs on every hour. The kids love it.





It was Sassy's turn to put up the angel. That means she goes first on Christmas day also. She was quite nervous to put it up. She didn't want to fall into the tree. So Daddy had to help her.


It took me about 8 times to get them to take a good picture. Little man hates getting his picture taken.





Am I the only one who has their tree up?

Ornament love

Three years ago we were talking about putting up the Christmas tree with the kids. They were getting excited about putting the ornaments up. They know that Nana and Papa give them a new one each Christmas Eve. So they were recalling each of them. Then it they brought up Rudolph. We had many discussions about who owned him. I was VERY certain that it was Little man's. In fact I would've bet a million bucks on it. But Sassy was sure it was hers. At that point, Little man was REALLY into Rudolph. They're interested in different things each year, it seems. I kept reassuring him that it was his, and not to worry, cuz he'll be able to put it on the tree.

When it was time to hang the ornaments, guess who was wrong?


As you can see, it says "Baby's first Christmas 2002". Well, Little man was a millennium baby. Sooooo......Can you guess who lost their mind? He was inconsolable the whole time. I felt like the world's worst mama. I even called my parents to tell them what had happened. They thought I was right. So I kept telling him that I'd get him a Rudolph one when I go shopping. He kept asking me, the ENTIRE night, if I was gonna get him an ornament. Well, no sooner did the angel go up, I was on my way to Hallmark to buy him a new one.



This one is even better. The nose lights up.

Ahhhh......things we do for our kids.

Thankful part 2

Now is many second installment of what I am thankful for.

I am very thankful for Sassy. My little sassiroo, Sassafras, Sassy girl, my baby; she has many different names. :) I can't imagine my life without her. Although I never wanted a second child. :) I was super content with my son. Why take a chance with another one? Well, we did, and we got Sassy. Her name really says it all.

I love her, even if she's a stinker. She loves to do girly things, but then she can be more of a "boy" than her brother. She's the one climbing fences and picking up worms with a stick. Then she can be very caring ad motherly. She helps her brother do EVERYTHING. She's kinda like me, in a sense, that she can do the job faster than waiting for Bubba to do it. She always asks if her brother can have whatever she's having. If we take her the the store and buy her something, she wants to make sure that you get her brother something also. Actually, they both do that.

I'm very thankful Hubs convinced me to try for another child, and I'm thankful I read a chapter in a fertility book on how to have a girl. I love having a girl. She likes to get her hair and her nails done. She likes to go shopping. And she will watch "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility" with me.

Thank You, God for giving me Sassy.

Thankful Part 1

Since Thanksgiving is this month, I'm gonna post on what I am thankful for. These will be in no particular order.

Today I am gonna discuss my son. I am so thankful for him. He is the sweetest little boy I know. He generally cares for everyone. Just today he told me that he was playing with his little cousin and noticed that he was missing a piece of his bionicle. Well, my son LOVES bionicles. So, he didn't want my nephew to have an incomplete guy, so he took a piece off of his and gave it to him. Now that I'm thinking about it, he even gave a piece to Sassy, when her girl Bionicle came with the wrong part. He didn't want us to have to leave, so he looked through his G.I.G.A.N.T.I.C. lego bin for the piece and gave it to her. He's never asked for it back.

He is very quick to apologize if he's done something wrong. He also cannot lie. Well, he can, but then feel super guilty and starts crying and asks for forgiveness. Tonight I had his math book in my lap getting ready to do my lesson plan, and he comes out crying to me. He confessed that he hasn't been doing all of his lessons. I never even looked!! He just knew that he was wrong. If you could've seen the look on his face. Guilt is a wonderful thing. :)

He is also very sensitive. He can cry at the drop of a hat. :) He doesn't like watching movies with a sad part in them. It hurts his heart, and I don't think he understands why. If I bring up his lovey and how he's getting older and he may want to put it away in the keepsake box, he bursts into tears. He is still so young and he doesn't want to grow up. He still loves to climb in bed with me in the morning. I love it. That's my favorite part of the day.

I am so thankful God gave me a boy first. I always wanted to have a boy first, so he can be the big brother to the rest of my children. But after him, I never wanted any more kids. He was awesome. He was the perfect child, very laid back and calm. I didn't wanna jinx myself and get trouble. But I let my hubby talk me into another, and I got trouble in the form of Sassy. :) But that's a whole other story for another time. :)

I love you, Bubba.

Blog etiquette

I've often wondered this: when someone responds to your post and asks a question, do you answer on your comments, or do you go to their blog and answer their question? What is the "proper" thing to do? I don't wanna be rude. But I have no idea what to do. Any ideas?