Yeah, I know. It's been a while. If you know me at all then you know I've been kinda busy. I'm gonna try to make this short. Ha! By the way, I'm already wore out this morning from busting my ass since 7:45 this morning picking up the house for the cleaning ladies and it is now 8:36 AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN HERE YET!!!!!! The sooner they get here then the sooner Tony & I get to sit comfortably somewhere in our own house. Musical rooms with "Alice" are no fun trying to stay out of the way.
Casey has been here for 2 months now. Yep, that's the truth if you didn't already know it. Casey, sweet Chloe (almost 5 mo) & NOLAN (almost 2 yo) the boss of our house now. If he don't want it, it ain't happening and you have to listen to him SCREAM for as much as 1 to 1 1/2 hours until he is satisfied with whatever he started screaming about in the first place. They have been here since November 9th or there about.
Have you ever heard the reasons why people have children in the 20s or 30s and NOT in their 40s or 50s? If you haven't, then come on by and Tony & me will be more than glad to explain it to you. AAAGH! Love them but I would prefer for me to stay in my own home instead of an insane asylum. So our #1 priority is to help Casey's little family find somewhere to start a happy home. Preferably by the middle of February.
On to other things........
Thanksgiving feast here. Had a sit down meal for 47. Fun but hectic.
Jeremy got all of our Christmas decorations up including a new tree. Pretty & Enjoyable to look at. (Squirrel had chewed through the wiring of the prelit tree.)
No shopping yet.
Took Casey's car to get estimate & window fixed.
Got hair & nails done.
No shopping yet.
Packing.
Went to New Orleans with our besties Caron & Steve. Oh what fun!
No shopping yet.
Kurt has gone to Camp Shelby, MS for his last training before Iraq. He gets to come home for 6 days for Christmas though.
Theodora & Amelia clean.
Pick Casey's car up.
Xterra doing funny things so took to dealership for fixing.
Took Weevil to groomer. He's so cute. :-)
Spent an entire day with Caron finally getting Cory's damn jeep handled.
No shopping yet.
Sent Tony's siblings and their familys $60 gingerbread houses. Yea! Our first Christmas has been bought.
Took Weevil to the vet for his yearly physical. He now weighs 5 lbs.
Tony takes test for Census taker job.
No shopping yet.
Make college bowl pics. This takes about 1/2 day of studying for those of you who don't participate in this.
Wait a minute.......did I hear someone say there were 8 more days of shopping til Christmas???
WHAT????? We have 30ish people to buy for.
Make list of who to buy for.
Get ideas for our 11 grandkids.
Make a list which includes map with highlighted items for certain stores and then a Sam's list, a Super Valu list and the oh so dreaded WalMart list.
Leaving the house early in the morning for shopping. YUCK!!!!!!! I hate shopping.
Up early (not a morning person) and back home in 7 1/2 hours. We felt pretty good about it. (Did anyone know that WalMart had a wooden shed to the side that sold gift cards? Ahhhhhh) But didn't get Sam's done.
Check everything out the next morning......WalMart screwed up the $1000 worth of gift cards we bought. Imagine that!
Early next day. Here we go, back to the mall area with the traffic and all, but we got the WalMart cards handled and the Sam's list bought. Through shopping. Absolutely 100% through! Merry #%*^@> Xmas!
Stomach flu running through our family.
Paid Crissy to wrap presents.
Kendal & Chloe's dedication at church on Sunday morning.
Theodora and Amelia come to clean.
Yet another trip to Sam's to get things for Kurt's "See ya Soon" party.
Get facial and nails done and take them out to lunch.
Kurt home from Mississippi!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
Another puking person. Change venue for Christmas Eve.
Michelle gets home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
Christmas Eve went well.
Santa and Christmas Day and Michelle's Birthday went well. Only had to feed 30 people. Ended the day in the playroom at Caron & Steves's enjoying with birthday girl. Home early (if you call 1am early)
Up by 10am to start preparing and cooking food for Kurt's party. Oh, had to go decorate for the party too.
PARTY AT 6PM! No doubt one of the best evenings/parties I've ever experienced.
Up all night Sleep all day!!! Yep...........wow, I'm too old.
Lunch with Kurt on Monday and say goodbye for now.
New Year's Eve day spent with my bestie, bestie Boo. Cooking and preparing The Playroom.
Wonderful New Year's celebration.
Cook kraut & weenies, mustard greens, black eyed peas, cornbread and thick cut pork chops. YumYum! Kids spend evening with us.
Rest a couple days.
Church & then going away lunch for Tia. :-( My Mom fell with Chloe. Chloe's fine. Very concerned about my Mom. I love her so.
Theodora and Amelia are here cleaning now and I am posting this blog.
(Fairly short post for approximately 44 days of life.)
Love to all!!
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