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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Reflections

This has been a wonderfully blessed week. I am so thankful that I have such a loving and wonderful family. Unfortunately we've had a sickness hit us. Brien is on the couch as we speak...well, as I speak. He cannot. His voice is gone. Emily has a terrible cough as well as a runny nose and the other two do as well. She comes to me and tells me that her nose "is leaking"! We'll have to see if we can find a good plumber (maybe her daddy???) to fix that! Thankfully I am well. I am keeping the hand sanitizer close by and contemplating getting some hospital masks!

Right now I am sitting in the recliner drinking a hot cup of coffee and I was contemplating the fact that if I drink coffee after breakfast, that I consider myself old. I remember my Mom used to drink coffee all day long and I thought it was so strange. Now, I am "strange" I guess. I was cleaning up the kitchen after lunch and I just thought that a hot cup of french vanilla coffee would hit the spot. So, I brewed a pot just for myself!

I did not do any "Black Friday" shopping this year. In fact, I don't plan on ever doing it. I think it's just crazy! In my humble opinion, you generally tend to get what you pay for. Most of the time those "bargains" aren't really bargains after all. I have began my Christmas shopping, but still have some to do. Shelby and I did have a "girl's day" yesterday. We went to the mall and she made a Build-A-Bear. She got a Christmas outfit for her new friend, Sara as well as a Rapunzel dress and wig as we were going to go see the movie Tangled. It was a GREAT movie and I plan to write a review (fingers crossed!!) later on this week. Tomorrow I will draw for the winner of the Tangled contest as well. I have NOT forgotten.

We did put up our Christmas tree on Friday. We also hung the stockings, but didn't do much else along the lines of decorating. So, once I'm finished I will post a picture of our tree. I need to wrap some gifts and put them under the tree also! I am so excited about the holiday season this year!!! We have so many fun traditions and many more to make. What are some of your favorite things about the holidays?

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Christmas: The Aftermath

Did everyone have a great Christmas?! I'm sure you're family is just like mine...still removing twist ties and cardboard from mounds of toys while sporting your snuggi! We've had record rain here in Arkansas. 80+ inches this year have given us record totals. It's been a bit much. On Christmas Eve, it rained all day and had rained most of the day previous and all night. Unfortunately this left much of the state water logged and even flooded. We have celebrated Christmas Eve at my mom's house every since I can remember us all having families of our own. This year, the weather postponed our celebration. Brien, the kids, and I spent Christmas Eve at home watching movies. We traditionally open one gift on Christmas Eve. This is always the new PJs. This year they got a snuggi so I let them open the snuggi also. After gifts were opened, milk and cookies were left for Santa and reindeer food was sprinkled on the lawn as well as some carrots with Santa's milk and cookies. Yep, we cover all bases here at the CWM household! We tracked Santa via Norad and once he reached the US, the kiddos were easily convinced that they should retreat to their beds so that he didn't have to pass us over. We also used one of those call center services and listened to a pre-recorded message from Santa and his elves. Tyler was convinced that he saw "a white beard and a red nose" out his window when I gave him his night-night lovies.

On Christmas morning, we actually slept in until 7! That must have been some kind of record for us. Needless to say when the kids entered the living room, their eyes light up brighter than the Christmas tree (which I realized was not turned on when I looked back through the photos)! We all had a lovely time opening gifts. My in-laws had spent the night with us, as they have done the past few years which works out great, because my mother-in-law takes photos for me, so I get to enjoy the gift opening as well as appear in the photos (although I'm not too sure about that second part!). Below are a few of the highlights of Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning. You can click the photo to make it larger.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas!

Wishing all of my friends and family who visit me here at CrAzY Working Mom a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. May your holidays be filled with family, love, and the spirit of the holiday season. May you remember why we celebrate Christmas. Thank you all for your love and support that you have shown for my family and I throughout the entire year. I look forward to a wonderful new year filled with friends, old and new and many new wonderful milestones and memories with my family...and you there to share them with along the way! Peace and love to you and yours! Now, time to go make some cookies in preparation of Santa. The poor guy is gonna have to wear his rain gear when he comes to visit us this year.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Conversations with Tyler

As we were shopping at Wal-Mart, this conversation transpired as Tyler and I were picking out some tomatoes from the produce department. There was a lady nearby on a ladder hanging Christmas decorations.

Tyler: Mommy, what's that lady doing on that ladder?

Me: *sigh* She's hanging Christmas decorations.

Tyler: Why?

Me: Because Christmas is just a couple of months away.

Tyler: When we get home, can we put up our Christmas decorations?

Me: *shuddering at the thought* No, son we don't put up our decorations until December.

Maybe next year we'll just skip Halloween and Thanksgiving and put Christmas up after the 4th of July. Whaddya think?! When do you typically put up your Christmas decorations? Since Shelby's birthday is the 29th of November, we refrain from any decorations until after then. We'll put up our tree and decorations the first weekend in December. That's soon enough for me!!!

More conversations with Tyler.

Sunday, November 09, 2008

'Tis The Snacking Season

It's officially the start of the holiday season when the Limited Edition White Fudge Covered Oreos arrive in your local supermarkets. They're only here for a limited time, so it's time to stock up. If you haven't tried them, I would suggest you do so...RIGHT NOW. You won't be disappointed.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Saturday Photo Hunt - Shoes

My 55th

This Week's Theme: Shoes
SPH Headquarters ~ The Other 54

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Christmas Morning 2007

The kiddos were up at around 7am Christmas morning. They were bright eyed and bushy tailed. Santa had left them lots of gifts and a full stocking. They started out with opening their stockings. They got lots of fun stuff. Shelby got cute jewelry, HSM hair stuff, etc. They both got coloring books and crayons as well as foaming soap. Tyler got a Wonderdog video and some toy cap guns, lots of toy cars, and candy.

The kids enjoyed opening their gifts. Shelby was much more into it than Tyler was, though. Tyler would open a gift he'd want to play with and he forgot about the huge pile beside him that he had yet to open. Shelby opened one right after another. The only time she stopped was when she got a red princess dress. She stopped to put it on and added some lip gloss and then resumed the gift opening.

Santa left Shelby a 4 Wheeler and Tyler a Ford F150 in the hallway. Tyler stumbled upon them and his expression was priceless because we weren't expecting him to see them just yet. He was following his Papaw to find his glasses and spotted them. The video camera was rolling right in front of where he was standing, so it was not captured. Here are a few pictures from Christmas morning. I hope everyone else enjoyed Christmas as much as we did.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

July 4, 1776

Interesting Facts About America That YOU Might Not Know:
*On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.

*On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

*One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

*In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.

*The United States Government keeps its supply of silver at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

*52% of Americans drink coffee.

*27% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon.

*A Californian doctor has set the record of eating 17 bananas in two minutes.

*Approximately 35 million Americans are linked by blood to one (or more) of the 102 pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower in 1620.

*There are five US states with no sales tax. They are: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon.

*Alaska is the state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

*It was once illegal to take a bath in the wintertime in Indiana.

*Ohio is the birthplace of more Presidents than any other state - eight.

Happy Birthday America

Thank God I'm an American, land of the free and home of the brave! Happy Birthday, America. If you're an American, thank a soldier today for your freedom!

Friday, November 17, 2006

Holiday Plans

Just wondering what everyone is doing for the Thanksgiving holidays? We go to my mom's (about a half hour from here) for lunch and then back to town with his hubby's family for dinner. Lots to eat in one day. Then, good sleep that night!!

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