It was nice for one year...

Last year I wrote this post regarding News Years. Blah. I am weak. That 63 lbs did not stay off. Thankfully it didn't ALL come back on, but about half of it did. Agh! So that means this year I have weight loss on the agenda. Sucks. It's not really a new years resolution b/c I've been working on it for a couple of months now. I want to keep it up in the New Year, so it's going on the list. One thing I have learned is 'out of sight, out of mind' when it comes to stuff like this. So I'm posting it everywhere! By my desk, on my mirror in my bathroom, on my mirror in my bedroom, one my desktop, my blog. There will be no forgetting!! This is pic of me from last Christmas, I'm printing it and putting it everywhere. It's my inspiration.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Friends!
I hope that your day was as wonderful mine.
This year was great Christmas. The lids got spoiled, I got spoiled, even Jason got spoiled.
It's always nice when that happens.

Savannah helping Harrison unpack his stocking

His favorite was this little peppermint straw from his stocking. He carried it around for an hour!

Jonathan checking ut his WWE puzzle

Me sportin' Savannah's new shades

Jason and his new coat

Lordy, she's excited about that hair dryer!

He doesn't look to excited about his Froggie dishware...

This is a horrible picture of me! BUT, It shows how excited I am about my ipod. Jason did really good this year. He got me new sneakers, the orange ipod, orange ear buds, an itunes GC, and an ipod armband holer thnigy, a cd, perfume, face wash, and then little goodies in my stocking :O)

I'm pretty stoked, I can't wait to hop on the treadmill :O)

Jason has been wanting this book for 6 months, at least!!

Jonathan helping Harrison open a gift

New Glasses :O)

Who needs to play with the toy when I can climb on the toy!!

Seriously Mom, you want me to get down??

Where is Harrison?

There he is!!

Pretty much the same as last night.

Checking out the craziness

Harrison dancing while Savannah sang

Beat those drums!

My guitar Hero!

Cause you belong with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Harri in his new jacket from Grammie

Harri in a Santa hat :)

Did you notice what his shirt says??

I have to brag on my brother. He is a spoiled little turd most of the time. However he really surprised me this Christmas. Since he turned 16 in May he has been working part time for my Grampy. This Christmas he bought a gift card for the whole family for $100..with his own money!! I was shocked! My lil bro his growing up, and thinking of others. I'm so proud!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Remember this post?

That was way back when the colored ipods first came out! I was happy they didn't have an orange one b/c my white one was only 6 months old. Then they came out with an orange one, but I still didn't need it b/c I had a white one. For Christmas jason got me an orange ipod though! Amost other things, but I'm most excited about the ipod!!

Christmas Eve Jammies

Miss Me?

I've been busy! We have had Ashrya's C-mas concert, Elize's C-mas concert, the KW C-mas party. I feel like we are doing something all the time! I can't believe it's only 3 days until Christmas!! WoW, times flies!

Harrison is going to be fun this year. Not as much fun as he'll be next year, but funner last year!

I finished up my shopping tonight. Jason was one only one I had left and I stopped at the mall and Target, and now I'm DONE! Whoo-hoo! It was tough at the beginning, but thanks to the VA overpayment we are going to have a good Christmas. Which I am very thankful for, b/c last year sucked! The kids didn't feel it, but we did. money was so tight, it was depressing. I hate Christmas like that.

I'm super excited that I get C-mas Eve and Day off with PAY! Whoo-hoo! I'd be hating life if I didn't since those 2 days and NYE all fall on the same pay period.

Guess that's it for now I have a couple of posts floating in my head I'd like to get out, but I don't have the time right now. Maybe tomorrow at work :O)

Don't get lazy and not leave comments. I'll stop blogging again. You know who you are!

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!!