Christmas Tag

Cindy sent this via email but I decided to use it on my blog. I am tagging whoever wants to do it!! Have Fun!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper

2. Real tree or Artificial? one real, two fake

3. When do you put up the tree? usually after thanksgiving-this year hasn't been done yet!

4. When do you take the tree down? after the new year

5. Do you like eggnog? no

6. Favorite gift received as a child? pink and purple ten speed bike!

7. Hardest person to buy for? jeremy

8. Easiest person to buy for? tylar
9. Do you have a nativity scene? no

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? mail

11.Worst Christmas gift you ever received? ornament

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? ELF and Christmas Story
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually in November

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? sugar cookies, nuts, fudge

16. Lights on the tree? white
17. Favorite Christmas song? What Child Is This
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? stay home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? no

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? angel on one, star on other 2

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? how can you possibly open presents on Christmas Eve when santa doesn't come until you go to sleep on Christmas Eve!!! CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!!!

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Scrooges!!

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Gold, Copper and Bronze

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? ham and cheesy potatoes

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? juicy couture perfume and of course a handbag to add to my collection (jeremy is actually REALLY good at picking out a great handbag for me but I REALLY love this one! love you babe!!)

PHILADELPHIA

Tylar and Kiley went to their 1st football game in Philly two weeks ago. Jeremy, Big Mike and the girls flew out on Friday for the Sunday Night Football Game and spent a FUN weekend with Jeremy's sister Tammy. She spoiled the girls and they LOVED it! Uncle Andy took them through the practice facility. They went in the locker room and had their picture taken in the press conference room. Aunt Tammy has a dippin dots freezer in her suite and they had like 8 bowls of dippin dots!!! They had such a great time. Thanks Tammy for making their weekend so much fun!



P.S. Today I am grateful for computers! I seriously do not know what I would do without my AWESOME PINK LAPTOP! What did we use to do without computers????

Thanks to Dyson

TODAY I am grateful for the VACUUM!! Hillary and I traded out babysitting this week so we could go shopping w/out the little ones. While I was in the shower, Deacon and Brielle decided to have some GOLDFISH! They did try to clean it though.

FRIENDSHIP

I have been such a slacker at blogging. I should have been doing this ALL month but hey, it's never too late to start right???

Today I am thankful for my GOOD friends!! My friend Dawn came in from Atlanta last week and OH MY GOSH, I had the best time. Ever since we moved back, I have felt something was missing in my life. What's missing is my best friend. She is the one I call when I am having a bad day. She is the one who tells it like it is, who lets me know I am at fault when me and my husband have a fight, not the friend who just takes your side because it's a girl thing. She is the one who knows it was the best decision for us to move back here even though it meant her and I would be 2000 miles apart. Dawn is the only person other than my hubby, who knows literally EVERYTHING about me. She knows my deepest darkest secrets and still loves me!! I love and miss her and am so GRATEFUL for Verizon IN calling.

Here are some quotes I like about friendship.

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." -- Bernard Meltzer.

Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure. -- Jewish Saying

One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. -- Hasidic Saying

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.-- Walter Winchell

"Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another."
-- Eustace Budgell

another stuffed dog???

Today Brielle, Buddy, Popcorn, Molly and I made a trip to costco. With 1 girl and 3 build-a-bear puppies already in the cart you can imagine me trying to load in two 15lb. bags of potatoes, two 20lb. turkeys, peanut oil(which by the way was $50!!! why is that stuff so expensive???) and LOTS of other items. You know how you can just see people staring at you. Of course, not all the looks were strange, there were a few nice people who stopped to ask her if her puppies had names. I like nice people. Crazy me decides to take her down the toy aisle and their it is....the FurReal Dog!!!

Brielle: "Oh mommy can I peeez get out and pet the doggie?"
Me: "Yes baby, just for a minute."
Brielle: petting the dog, hugging him, kissing him, telling him he is the nicest doggie. "I love him mommy. He is the best doggie ever."
Me: "I know sweetie. He is such a nice dog."
Brielle: "Can I buy him?"
Me: "No baby, you can't buy him today."
Brielle: "Can I buy him peeez mommy? I love him."
Me: "No honey. We are not buying the dog today."
Brielle: "Can I call daddy tell him buy the doggie for me peeez?"
Me: "No baby, but you can tell daddy about him when he gets home from work and maybe you can put the doggie on your Christmas list. Tell him bye-bye."
Brielle: hugging the dog, "I love you. I will ask my daddy I can buy you and I will come back and get you take you home to my house I pomise(paw-miss)."

I was brusing Tylar's hair tonight and Brielle comes running in and says "daddy said I can put the doggie on my Kwissmas Wist, Ya Baby Ya Baby!"

I don't think she understands the difference between actually getting it for Christmas and putting it on her Christmas list. Oh boy!! What to do!! She is obsessed with dogs. Half the time SHE is a dog or we are watching dog movies such as airbud, airbuddies, snowbuddies, shaggy dog, snow dogs, lady and the tramp and so on.........

HALLOWEEN

Tylar was Gabriella, Kiley was Sharpay and Brielle was an animal doctor and I know what it is called I am just not attempting to spell it! Call me stupid I don't care!! She was supposed to be Sleeping Beauty but she is soooooo obsessed with dogs these days and she didn't want to wear her sleeping beauty so we threw the doc outfit on.
We went to Hillary and Scotts. Camden was Batman, Brenna was Dorothy and Deacon was the Hulk. Doesn't he look great?
We had chili and hotdogs and lots of candy and just hung out. It was fun.