6,000th Viewer of the Blog

Just so happens I'm view number 6,000 on the blog.   Monthly posts are down this month, so you know next month it's going to be auto posting time!  I believe I'm going to have a lot to post coming up.

I'm having a grand time going through the holiday flyers and checking out the doorbusters that were last Friday, ha.  Very cute stuff out there and Santa's lists from our house are getting longer, longer, longer!

See ya on December 1~

Happy Birthday Grayson!

Look who's three!  :)

Skye Nina's hair really is NOT on fire, but it looks like it was in this picture!  Funny!

It appears a few of the Littles have forgotten Santa Claus is watching!!

There are more pictures, but I am dozing off as I type... kiss hug kiss hug

Married Ten Years

I can't let a big milestone pass by without mention.  Today is our 10th wedding anniversary.  Four of my favorite photos of us are in a large frame hanging near my desk.  They span 1997-2004.  (The photo of the photos isn't that great, but the flash kept bouncing off the glass, so I had to angle the camera.)

Thanksgiving Montage Featuring Three Out of Four

The day is Thanksgiving and the year is 2009. John Sam and Caroline are ready to eat!  Scratch on John Sam's cheek courtesy of Caroline and her penchant for self-defense. 

Thankful for (who stands just like his daddy)

and for (who models brand new lip gloss)

Kids are thankful for this tradition (which coincidentally happens to be the reason they're STILL not asleep at 11:07 pm)

I am thankful for the following pictures.  The last ones I took of the three of them were in 2005 when I got my first little digital camera.  I had to cajole just a little bit - but you already know I'm not above doing that.  ;-)

Happy Thanksgiving!  xoxo

Thanksgiving Food Prep

I'm pretty handy in the kitchen, but only a select few folks know this.  Here's the *proof* I can make edible stuff! I did forget to take a picture of my Sweet Potato Casserole . . . but I hear it was realllllllly tasty!

The fruits of my labor!  Fran's World Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Happy Thanksgiving!

So much to be thankful for!  Some of my favorite Turkey Day quotes:


"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls". ~Aesop


"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.". ~ W.J. Cameron


"One single grateful thought raised to Heaven is the most perfect prayer."  ~ G.E. Lessing

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was thank you, that would suffice." ~ Meister Eckhart

Domestic Goddess Day on the Horizon

Going to bed early tonight so I can get up and make the following items for Thanksgiving:

Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sweet Potato Casserole
Large Croissants

The Oyster Cracker mix is mixed and soaking in as I type.  Yum!

Is there another good word for irritated?

Because I'm gettin' tired of using the same old word all the time.  Let's have a contest.... the one who can comment with the best synonym for "irritated" will win (wait for it........)








*An original free blinkie on the blog in the near future!*

Can I get a woot-woot!?

All the nights I've skipped posting have been chalked up to irritaion, pure and simple.  But everyone will be glad to know I put my camera in the tote bag, just like I said I would.  Taking pictures usually perks up my spirits, so I'm going to try that secret home remedy in this coming week. 

Who hasn't started defrosting their turkey yet?  Better get on that ;-0

Sunset

On the way home from work, the sunset was awesome.  Very dark orange with a grayish cloud floating through the middle.  Dusk outside, with lanes of white lights coming towards me and lanes with red brake lights in front of me.  I would've liked to get a picture of that. By the time I got down the exit and turned, the sun had already sunk so much I could only see the top quarter of it.

I seem to notice a lot of photo-worthy scenes lately, and I love enjoying them.  Sometimes I want to put them on film, too, but I don't have one of my three cameras with me. Kinda silly, so I've decided I'm going to carry one with me all the time, just like my writing notebook.

Bulldogs Senior Night

Last Friday was Senior Night at Christina's high school, home of the Bulldogs.  Her cheerleading coach got sparkly tiaras for the senior girls, and there was a special program honoring all seniors before the football game started.  The Bulldogs beat the so-and-so Panthers (can't remember where they're from, sorry). 

The kids thought they were something else when the cheerleader captain (Christina) brought them noisy blow-up sticks AND two candy holders apiece. It was chilly but between the blankets and the lively crowd, we hardly noticed.

It was fun watching the cheerleaders, the marching band, and the football game.  Reliving my old glory days, haha.  One thing I thought was, Why do I have to pay to get into this football game? I never had to pay when I was in high school. Then I remembered--DUH--because I was a cheerleader, too, and we got in for free.  The more some things change, the more they stay the same, eh?

GO BULLDOGS!!!