Christmas Cookie Extravaganza!

The kids had so much fun at Aunt Misty's!! They made aprons, popcorn garland, and of course, Sugar cookies! They are so yummy. She used the Quackenbush Secret Family Recipe!

Our sweet Elizabeth! She stayed with Misty Friday night and us Saturday night. She is such a good girl. Sweet, funny, polite, she has it all!

It hasn't seemed like his birthday b/c he's been gone all day, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Jonathan!
He is 11 today!
WOW!

He went to the game today with his dad and pop-pop, They had a great time!

So excited!

Right Misty is on her way back from Salina with our niece Elzabeth. She is our littlest sisters oldest child. She is the only reason I don't kill Chris. She is his daughter from his first marriage. And she is a DOLL! Our whole family loves her so much, to bad her dad is such a smuck!

She is staying with Misty tonight at her 1st annual sleepover Christmas cookie and sleepover extravaganza! Misty is going to have about 9 kids at her place baking, cooking, crafting and gnerally driving her crazy! She loves it! She has been looking forward to this weekend for a couple months now.

I will post some pics of their creations later this weekend.

HUGS!

Holiday Party!

Last night of the girls I work with had a holiday party! Great fun was had, much alcohol was consumed, and yummy food was eaten! Tracy made homemade Italian nachos. OMG! SO GOOD! As most of you know I only drink about 2x a year, so last night I got in my 2nd time before 2009 ended!! Thankfully, I wasn't sick to day AT ALL! A little puny when I woke up(or should I say was woken up!)

Jason and I when we dropped the kiddos with my sister.

Tracy, Michele, Me, and Josh
Our team rocks, I love my job!

Me and Tracy

The 3 amegios as Josh has begun calling us

As with any good party, there was drama. Not at the party, but there will be some this week at work. There is another girl on our Team(not the new girl, another one) that wasn't invited. It was Tracy's party, and Tracy doesn't care for her. Well, she found out about the party through some other people at the party who also work in our office. Now Josh is worried about her feelings being hurt and has given me damage control duty. AGH! What a crappy job, especially since I don't really care for her either!

No, Seriously!

Crazy MIL sent ANOTHER friend request to the EX. Um, she denied the first one, TAKE A HINT NUT JOB!

Seriously??

It's amazing to me sometimes just how crazy and desperate Jason's mother is. After Jason's ex spoke to his aunt over the weekend, the aunt obliviously spoke to Jason's mother. How do I know you ask? Tonight Karen sent the ex a friend request on Facebook! Yes, you read right. The woman sent a friend request to her son's ex finance of 14 years! Let's say it together now...Psycho!

Maxine sent me a message telling me about the request, and letting me know she would be denying it. She knows through my status updates how Karen uses our friends to try and gain info about us. So she knew it wasn't a request for her but merely a way to reach Jason. Karen is blocked from searching both our Facebooks, and I even have Jason's privacy level set to that only friends of friends can search him. Not even the general public can find him :O) So she's kind of double blocked!

I think I sleep better at night knowing she is in turmoil over her choices. 'cause you know what? We sleep like a baby :O)

I'm like a teeny bopper!

TAYLOR TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW!!

I'M SO FRICKING EXCITED! I'M LIKE A 12 YEAR OLD WAITING FOR THE JONAS BROTHERS! I HAVE SAVED SO I CAN BUY THE BEST TICKETS AVAILABLE. EVER SINCE I FOUND OUT SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE IN OUR TOWN(NO TRAVELING) I'VE BEEN COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS! I KNOW SOME THINK HE MUSIC IS VERY "TEENAGE GIRL" DUH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE IS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I USED TO BE. THERE ARE A FEW OF HER SONGS THAT I REALLY CONNECT WITH. OTHERS ARE JUST FUN TO SING ALONG TO. COUPLE THAT WITH THE FACT THAT SHE IS GENUINELY A NICE GIRL, HOW CAN YOU CAN YOU NOT LOVE HER? OH YEA, DID I MENTION SHE IS DATING A SUPER HOTTIE?

2 in 2 days? Wow

I miss blogging. It used to be very therapeutic for me. I would vent and feel better, I need to get back to that.

Below is a voicemail message from Jason's mother. It just reinforces why she is not a part of our life. She made her choice and the message below leads us to believe that she is not happy with it. Some people think we are mean or wrong for keeping her out, but I promise if you knew the whole story...well, let's just say she has made her bed.... I really did used to feel bad for her, I tried many times to push Jason into a relationship with her. He was right about her all along. We are all better off with out her!


His whole family is so incredibility selfish. It makes me sick! His "favorite" aunt and uncle. LOVE him when we are in NY, but RARELY call or communicate with us when we are not there. Anyway, this aunt(his mother's sister) is friends with his ex-finance. Well, apparently his uncle is pretty sick. We had NO idea, b/c they never called to tell us. So, in a Facebook lexulous game the ex fiancee tells Jason that she spoke with Terry and Tim is really sick, and Terry would like Jason to call her. WTF??? Um, no. You call us, when something happens in your life. Not send a message through an ex. I found it so tacky! She didn't even think to let us know until Maxine mentioned she had spoken to Jason on FB. She could call us. Maybe it's an east coast thing. I really don't know, it seems so bizarre. It's not like she couldn't call his g-ma to get his number. Why send a message that way?? Agh!

The Blog Title Goes Here

This is our newest family member. His name is "Big Mike". After Micheal Oher from the Baltimore Ravens, and the movie The Blindside. It was Jonathan's choice. Everyone else wanted Slink or Slinky. He's sooooo tiny! He's doing so well with the pitty training do far. Knock on wood, Praise the Lord!

He fits on the palm of my hand!

I think Harrison enjoyed Thanksgiving. He received lots of attention and love from all our visitors. Below is my favorite picture of the day. He is SO excited to be attacking my PartyLite. Turd Head!

Start saving money! I'm having a PartyLite show in January. I WILL be hitting ALL of you up for an order!! You can order online and they will ship it to you!! Unless you want to drive in for the weekend and attend :O)

Once a week...

Who would have thought I'd become a "lazy" blogger?? I have though :O(

Week one I lost 2.4 lbs, yay me. Tomorrow is my next weigh in...we shall see how that goes. I worked out 3 mornings this week. The 2 I didn't go was b/c H was up in the middle of the night the night before and I couldn't make myself get up at 5:30 after being up with him for an hour. Harrison is allergic to whole milk. It cam on pretty quick. He's been on it for about 2 weeks now and all the sudden he started throwing up when he drank it. Ewww.. So for now he's back on formula for another month. Then we will try to re-introduce it again. If he's still throwing it up then we will see about soy or lactaid. Other than that he's doing great! He's saying 5-6 words at a time, clapping, pointing, and my favorite hugging...with the back pat and all! I can't wait until the kisses start!

So glad this a 3 day work week!! Not sure what my paycheck will look like. I think I'll get paid for Thanksgiving, not sure about the day after though. Pretty much the only sucky part about my job.

Yesterday we took the kids to see The Blindside. it was soooooo good. So inspiring. Even better to know it's based on a true story. I want to see New Moon still, just not sure when I'm gonna fit it in!!

hmmmmm

not so much going on. i didn't work out fri, sat or today, which means i'm going to be hating life tomorrow. and i'll lucky if i kept off the 2.4 lbs i lost earlier in the week. i suppose we'll see and it will a lesson learned.

misty took savannah and got her hair cut tonight. i love it :O) i'm not a fan of long hair and was ready for savannah to get a cut. she looks so spunky and adorable!

the sale of taylor swifts concert tickets were moved back 2 weeks. totally sucks!

harrison is walking all the time now. he's still very wobbly, he walks like frankenstein!!

my sister is pregnant...AGAIN! i would say i'm disappointted, but that word is not strong enough. 3 babies(3 C-SECTIONS!) in 3 years. probably less than 3 years b/c i doubt her body will be strong enough to carry this baby to term. she's so white trash, she walking around smoking yesterday. i shouldn't be surprised, she smoked with the other 2. i just want to punch her lights out.

i'm also sick to death of my mothers drinking. it's bad, so bad. i don't remember the last time I saw her sober. if she doesn't crack a beer until 2 in the afternoon she thinks she's made some magnificent feat. Elizabeth's party was at 3 pm yesterday afternoon, she was already crocked off her ass. if i wasn't so infuriated, i'd think it was sad.

my resolution for 2010 is to grow my hair. i'm going to get it trimmed the end of Dec. after that it's quarterly trims, but no cut. i'd like to get it past my shoulders, it hasn't been longer than that in my adult life. it'll be something new.

Proud

I'm pretty proud of myself. I have worked out for 3 days in row. I went at 5:45 Monday and Yesterday. I knew I won't feel like getting up this morning after getting my teeth pulled yesterday, but I did go tonight :O) and in 9 hours I'll be back! I have also been watching what I eat and counting calories. Fun? Not really, but it makes me very aware of what I'm putting into my body. I have lost 2.4 in 2 days, now that's the kind of results I need. I will be very honest and say I'm very disappointted in my self for gaining all this weight back after I swore I would not. 40 lbs in a year! It's sooo easy to put on. I honestly don't remember the last 25, just one day..POOF..they were there. So I have 40 lbs to lose to be back to wear I was at Thanksgiving last year. My short time goal is 25 lbs by Jan. 1. I loved that last year I didn't have a weight loss resolution and I'd like it to be that way again this year. I actually have already chosen my resolution for 2010 and it isn't at all weight related :O) Yay me!

Another Day, Another Blog

Tomorrow is supposed to be 78 degrees. Can you believe that? 78 degrees in November. Wow. We are taking advantage of this by going to the zoo. Shoosh, don't tell the kiddos! It's a surprise!!

I am all stuffed up. I feel fine, I just have this crazy stuffed nose. Now it's tender from all the wiping. It sucks when that happens.

What else?

I feel like I don't have anything to blog about b/c ya'll already know everything from FB. I'm thinking about deleting my Myspace. I only keep it because I can track Jason's mothers visits. It's fun to watch her grasp at the little info she gets from there about us. I of course only put on there what I want her to know. She sent a FB request a few weeks ago when I forgot to re-block after looking her up. Did she think I would really accept? She sent and a b-day card for Savannah, but not Harrison....and she wonders why we don't associate with her...

I know, I missed yesterday..

THIS WAS THE BLOG I WROTE YESTERDAY, BUT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO FINISH AND POST B/C WE HAD A GAS LINK IN OUR HOUSE AND HAD TO GO STAY THE NIGHT AT MY GRAMMIE'S HOUSE...

I was hanging out with the sister, then went bed as soon as Jason got home. I have been off my thyroid meds for about 4-6 weeks and it started catching up with me. I won't do that again!! It will take me a couple weeks to get back to normal. I'm hoping once I do I can talk myself into working out in the mornings. I only have 2-3 hours a night with the kiddos, and I don't want to spend that working out. That pretty much means I need to work out in the morning. Have I mentioned that I AM NOT a morning person!! If I can make it a habit though....

Work has been crazy stressful. Psycho sellers! They will be the death of me by months end! Thank God December is a slow month! We will all need that break. We are slotted to have our biggest month ever! Hopefully I bonus will be tied in there somewhere too. A girl has to buy Christmas gifts ya know....

Last week we had our family pictures done. They suck. I look like a whale, Harrison was sick and you can tell he'd cranky. The only downfall I've found to 3 children is it's damn near impossible to get a great shot of them all.

I'm Ready!

I'm sooo ready for Christmas! I can't wait. I would put up the tree yesterday if Jason would have let me. I have a majority of the kids shopping done already. We have been contemplating what to get them as their big gift and I think we have finally decided...NOTHING! They have been really bratty lately. I don't feel they deserve a computer, ipod, Wii, or rock band(these are the items we tossed around).

All they do is fight. I just want to smack the tard out of them most of the time. I think we are going to have a things they "need" C-mas instead of just giving them what they want. Having said that, I'm still so ready for Christmas! I'm in the mood all the time. I want to listen to the music, wrap the gifts. It seriously is the most wonderful time of the year!!

Reminder

There are a few blogs I want to write, so I don't I'm going to keep my list here. My GOAL is to blog everyday this week. Monday-Friday. It's a lofty goal I know. So here are my 5 topics for this week, in no particular order.

Harrison is ONE
My boring life
Christmas
Work
I don't know yet

I STRONGLY encourage all of you to participate in the same challenge. Especially Justyne who hasn't updated since AUGUST!

I feel like I should blog more...

must of the time I'm just to damn tired. Work has been busy. The $8,000 tax credit has buyers coming out of the woodwork. My day just flies my most of the time. Then it's home to cook, clean, workout, take the kids somewhere...it's never ending. I'm SO looking forward to the winter. We don't go out in the winter, it's too cold.

Jason is sick. He has pretty much all the flu symptoms. This morning he was snuggling up to me shivering talking about how cold he was. Except that he was roasting! I was sweating just laying next to him. He went to class b/c he had a Chem test, but came home and went to bed, where he has been pretty much all day since then. Jonathan and Savannah have been feeling puny off and on for the last week too. Thankfully H and I are still on the up and up.

I'm in love

If I would have known how awesome #3 would be I would have had him long ago. I adore this child. I'm in love with him. He makes my world go 'round. I think I was too young to enjoy J and S to the fullest extent when they were this age. Harrison(AKA Harri-my-son) is my pride and joy. The sun rises and sets on him. He is so sweet, so fun, and so mine!

Houston we have a problem....

Today, on the eve of my 31st birthday. I weigh 4 lbs more than I did this time last year. Not bad, some might say. Except that last year I was 35 weeks pregnant! AGH! I have gained about 25 lbs since I had Harrison :O( I swore it wouldn't came back on. Thankfully, not all of it has, but more than I want has. I have to be so diligent. I have to watch what I eat. I can't drink Pepsi :O(

I still have time to get to where I was when I brought in 2010, and that's still my plan.

You want an update? You can't handle an update!!

Oh how time flies when your having fun. Life is busy, crazy, and pretty wonderful. Jason passed his Chemistry test. What a relief. He said he even understood most of it. If he can pull a C in lecture and an A in lab(which he loves), all will be well at semesters end. This is pretty much the only class he has/is dreading during this whole college ordeal. He can't wait to take A and P next semester. Since he has already taken most of his Gen Eds, he will start his interesting class sooner and is pretty stoked!

We finally got our VA money. Sort of! Thanks to a heads up e-mail from my DF Tara, I found out they(being VA) decided to cut emergency checks for people who have not received benefits because of the processing delay. I had everything ready and knew exactly where to go Friday morning. Wouldn't you know, they wanted more! Go figure! We had to wait a little while longer while they verified his info, but we were in and out in an hour and a half. Which is super quick for gov't work!!

We paid October and Novembers rent, paid our regular bills and still had some left over. Let's say it together...Woo-sah... Jason bought me a new laptop since Harrison destroyed my other one, we bought a futon and high top table for the family room, and then a bunch of little stuff we needed and some we didn't :O)

Like these lovely candle holders below. I'm normally a PartyLite whore and will not use any other candle product, HOWEVER these puppies could not be passed up! Everyone needs orange globe votive holders! Plus, They were only a buck fifty. Yes, $1.50! I went to a breast cancer charity sale and everything was super cheap! The candle holders included. They still have the stickers from TJ Maxx on the bottom and they were 4.99, 6.99, and 7.99 new! And I got them for a buck fifity!

I will TRY and post pics of the family room tomorrow. It needs a little TLC before it can have it's photo op!! Tomorrow is grocery day, laundry day AND I'm making a cake and birthday dinner for my neice, so we'll see how it goes!

I suppose I should update...

So much to update. I can't even imagine where to start.

I'm watching GA right now. It's not near as good as I hoped or anticipated. That sucks.

We are in the new house. It's so much bigger than the other. I can't hear the kids at all when they are at the back of the house. It's grans :O)

I'm jumping the weight loss wagon again :O( I swore I wouldn't gain the weight back after Harrison, but I have. Not all of it. 25 pounds. My goal is to get it off by the end of the year. I want to start 2010 the same weight I started 2009. Going to start hitting up the gym, and eating better. I have already cut down on the cocaine..I mean Pepsi! Lol. Pespi is so my drug of choice!

More later...