Christmas Tag

Okay, I know that I do a lot of tags, but I think they are fun. Here is a fun Christmas one. Come play along:

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial, who can beat a $15 after Christmas clearance!
3. When do you put up the tree? The day after Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? Sometime after New Year's
5. Do you like eggnog? Absolutely
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Barbie Dolls and all accessories
8. Easiest person to buy for? Zach
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes-our tree is done in nativities and I have ones in my curio cabinet
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Underwear
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story--that's a no brainer
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? In November
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Pumpkin rolls
16. Lights on the tree? One billion white ones! My husband likes lights! They burn my eyes!
17. Favorite Christmas song? Mary Did You Know?
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? yes
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We open pajamas on Christmas Eve and everything else on Christmas morning.
22. Favorite Christmas Tradition? Getting cereal on Christmas morning
23. Favorite ornament, theme or color? Gus made an ornament with his Dremel the first Christmas we had Zach. It's way cute.
24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Ham and twice baked potatoes.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A new fridge

I now tag Jenn, Heidi, Becky, Jayne Ann, Melanie, Bonnie, Janet, Felicia and anyone else who wants to play!

Chicken's Heads

Do you ever feel like you are a chicken running around with your head cut off? No direction? A million things to do? I guess a beheaded chicken really wouldn't have much to do, but that's beside the point! We've been busy this weekend. Here's a run down. We had a great Thanksgiving at my parent's house. It was so good to see Jenn and her family! Here is a pic of me and my sisters and parents:

We came home and I did go shopping at 5:00 on Black Friday. I went to Wal-Mart to get a Leapster for Parker. I picked up a few extras. It really wasn't bad and I got what I wanted so that's a good thing. It wasn't as fun going by myself though. Then we decorated for Christmas. Gus has to have a lot of lights on our Christmas tree. I think we put on at least 1200 lights. When we were decorating I had to turn off the lights because it seriously was burning my eyes!!

Yesterday we had a little party for Parker because he is turning 3 on Tuesday!!! I can hardly believe it! What a little ham! He had a Diego birthday cake. He got his own Leapster (the one I sacrificed my sleep f0r). He also got lots of fun toys and clothes. Here's some pictures (notice the glowing tree in the background? Does it hurt your eyes too??)

This week my friend Stacey and I are doing some craft fairs. Thursday and Friday we will be at the hospital and Saturday we will be at Hawthorne Jr. High in Pocatello. If you are around, come and check us out! We also have our ward party on Friday and since I am Activities Chairman, I have to get that all put together. So, do you see what I am saying about chickens? Crazy madness!

8 things tag

Before my tag, I just want to say that it is Tuesday and so far so good, knock on wood!! I'm feeling good and things seem normal. Soooo...my sil Bonnie tagged me with the fun tag. I love tags because you learn so much about people.

"8 things" tag

8 favorite TV shows:
1- Psych
2-Monk
3-Pushing Daisies
4-My Name is Earl
5-Hereos
6-Anything on HGTV
7-Phineas and Ferb (yes, I watch cartoons)
8-Law and Order SVU



8 things I did yesterday
1-Went to water aerobics
2-Started laundry (it's still not done)
3-Went to Wal-Mart
4-Fed the baby, fed the baby, fed the baby
5-Dropped off car at mechanic
6-Made dinner
7-Refused to eat at McDonald's
8-Took a shower

8 things I'm looking forward to
1-Thanksgiving (I get to see my entire Jones side family!!)
2-Christmas
3-Parker turning 3!!
4-Sleeping through the night
5-Ward Christmas party being over
6-Black Friday
7-Craft fair
8-My 30th b-day (just kidding, I'm doing my 29th over again)

8 things on my wish list
1-New fridge
2-New stove
3-New carpet
4-Dropping 30 pounds
5-My baby will start sleeping through the night
6- They will make Dr. Pepper an IV drip
7-Eventually buying a house around the IF area
8-Peace on Earth, Good will to men (I couldn't think of anything else)

And now I tag Heidi, Jayne Ann, Becky, Melanie, Jennifer and the others Bonnie already tagged! Have fun

Tuesdays

I have come to really dislike Tuesdays! It seems weird things happen. I got in a small accident on a Tuesday 2 months ago, I was sick with the stomach flu 2 weeks ago and today I am battling a bad bout of mastitis. Not very fun. Today my mind has been wandering in my hallucination state. I am so grateful for a lot of things! I know Thanksgiving is still awhile away, but I am so grateful for modern medicine. I could be dead if I wasn't on antibiotics! I don't want to be dead. I'm also so grateful for my wonderful husband who took over all the duties of mom and dad today. He is playing Monopoly Jr. with the boys. I know, he's starting them early! Gus loves Monopoly and has a collection! I'm also grateful for Egyptian cotton sheets because they make being in bed all day almost bearable! I know I'm rambling now, so I'll stop.

Kitchen

Okay Heidi, you are the most impatient person I know...scratch that, the 2nd most impatient person I know (I'm the first). After a long time of planning and saving our tax return money, we finally redid our kitchen. It was actually out of necessity since my old sink faucet eroded and started leaking. We didn't go all out, but we did replace the counter tops, sink, floor and cabinet doors that were costume built by my brother-in-law, Jory. We added counter space on the other side of the fridge and got rid of our light pergo that showed everything! Here are some before and after shots:

I had to do a close-up of the doors. They are wonderful. My most favorite thing about my kitchen now is my new sink. I love it. It is so roomy and wonderful. We want a new fridge and stove, but that will have to wait until we have the money to replace the old ones. Thanks to everyone who made this possible (mostly Gus and Jory and Heidi for painting!!)

Oh, and DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

Halloween

I'm so glad it's over! As we sit here with our bowl overfilling with candy, our stomachs are aching (except the kids, they're bouncing off the walls from the sugar) I am breathing a sigh of relief. Zach and Parker were hunters this year and Alivia was their duck. I have to post this pic, just because I think it is so stinking funny. Zach just had to have one with him pretending to shoot the duck. What makes it funny is that Alivia totally looks like she is playing dead (the sun was just in her eyes)!

Gus was taking them around for trunk-or-treating at the church. A dentist was handing out little tubes of toothpaste. Parker looked in his bucket, saw it, took it out, handed it back to him and said "I don't want this!" Gus took it for him and snuck it back in this bucket. Parker took it out and kept trying to give it away. What a ham! I've decided that we worked a lot harder for our candy when I was little. All in all, it was a good Halloween, and we actually had decent weather for once!

Okay, I know, 2 posts in a day. I really have other things to do, but I'm not doing them!! Here is an ABC tag the my lovely sis Heidi tagged me with:

A-Attached or Single? Attached and happily married
B-Best Friend? Gus
C-Cake or Pie? Cake all the way, not a fan of pie crust
D-Day of Choice? Sunday, I really don't worry about doing anything but being with my family
E-Essential Item? Dr. Pepper, my baby's still not sleeping through the night
F-Favorite Color? Blue
G-Gummy Bears or Worms? Worms, it's cool biting off their little heads/or rear ends however you look at it!!
H-Hometown? Rigby
I-Indulgences? Ben & Jerry's Phish Food Ice Cream
J-January or July? January, it's my b-day
K-Kids? 3 little munchkins
L-Life Is Incomplete Without? My fam
M-Marriage Date? May 3, 2001
N-Number of Siblings? 3 sisters
O-Oranges or Apples? Apples
P-Phobias or Fears? I am afraid of mice and going blind!
Q-Quotes? "Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured" -Gordon B. Hinckley
R-Reason to Smile? Hearing what comes out of my boy's mouths
S-Season? Fall
T-Tag 5 People? Bonnie, Felicia, Becky, Melanie, Janet (and Jenn, but Heidi already tagged you)
U-Unknown Fact? I can't bake- I always screw up cookies and things like that. Alton Brown once said that baking is a science and everything has to be perfect. I hate science!!
V-Very Favorite Store? Anywhere, if I have money
W-Worst Habit? Never finishing laundry, it's always in a basket
X-X-Ray or Ultrasound? X-Ray. Ultrasound means your probably pregnant and that is something I don't want to go back to!!
Y-Your Favorite Food? Fried halibut-fresh (my mouth is watering at the moment)
Z-Zodiac? Capricorn