Random Things That Are Annoying Me.....

When did Thanksgiving just start getting ignored? Nothing has been irritating me more lately than seeing people with Christmas lights up and trees decorated before Thanksgiving is even done and over with. Literally on Nov 1st I walked into the mall with Paige, Maddie and Paul to see Santa sitting on his chair next to the fireplace - this was the DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN!!! Holy Cow!! Of course Paul and I give eachother the look like - oh great - these girls are going to be asking for Santa pictures everytime we come to the mall. Personally, I like to wait until we're actually in the month of Dec to put up lights or our tree and it just really annoys me to see lights up when it's Nov 15 - why does it annoy me - No Idea??? but it does. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE having our house decorated and decorating the tree and doing cookies with the kids but AFTER Thanksgiving AFTER!!!!
Tom Brady also annoys me. I think it's his hair plus just his face in general. I don't know him personally and probably never will but I seriously have to change the channel when I see him. The Boston Red Sox fall into this annoying catagory as well. I'm a 'Stros fan thru and thru and believe me - I know they stink but still all these sudden Red Sox fans just make me want to vomit along with all the Cowboys fans that have suddenly shown up too.
Wreaths/Bows on the front-ends of cars. I love seeing these on front doors but on cars it just makes me feel - I don't know what.
Loud sneezes and loud nose blowing is also up there on the list. This one is basically just about my dad. Growing up, this man could cure you of hiccups by scaring you so badly with the loudest sneeze in the history of sneezes! I don't know if anyone else has ever been around an atomic sneeze but it really scares you and then irritates you. Love my dad dearly but whenever he was sneezing all of us girls made sure to let him know that it was wayyyyy too loud!
That's about all of my ranting right now. I'm watching Rocky and that movie could never irritate me and always gets me in a good mood!
More later!

Turkey, Gravy, Potatoes Oh My! Plus What I'm Thankful For....

I absolutely LOVE Thanksgiving!! I love this holiday and the season to come. In elem school I used to love being able to make all the pilgrim and indian clothes to wear at the parade we would have a school - of course none of that is PC now but I remember how much fun it was! The Thanksgiving Day Parade is also another tradition that I just can't do without. I'll wake up at the crack of dawn to watch that parade and then leave it on until it's over just for background noise. I also LOVE turkey and gravy but refuse to make it myself any other time of the year because it intimidates me to have to cook something so large. I have a huge family and we all get together and eat such great food and have so much fun! The girls all hang out in the kitchen talking and getting everything ready and the guys all go outside to play football before coming in to watch football on tv - yeah lots of football. Then once we've stuffed ourselves silly we all come back together the day after and eat turkey and rice with gravy - sooooo gooooooddddd - YUM!!!!


This holiday also makes me realize everything that I'm thankful and grateful for.

I'm most grateful for my family. I thank god everyday that I met and married Paul and have the most wonderful everything with him. He is the best thing that has happened to me (along with my two precious babies) and I'm so lucky to have him as my partner in not only marriage but in parenting, living, and just life in general. I love him more and more each day and I love that he loves me with all my ups and downs and has always been there for me no matter what.

Paige and Madeline - these are two of the best things I've ever done. I never understood the depth of being a parent or the love I could have for someone. These two babies rely on me and Paul for everything in life and we've been given this huge responsibility to make sure these two little people have all the love, shelter, clothing, ect that they need. I'm never prouder than when I look at these wonderful, sweet, beautiful little girls and realize how thankful I am to have them. I am more than thankful for each day I get to spend with them.

My parents and grandparents. I am who I am today because of them. My mom has helped me be the mother I am today because of her love and advice. It wasn't always a pretty relationship between us but as I've gotten older we've both realized how important we are to eachother. My grandparents are also people that I am so glad to have in my life. I'm very lucky in that I have an extremely close relationship with my grandparents and have grown up with them living right down the road from me. They are the sweetest most giving people ever. I would be lost without my mom and grandparents and love them very much.
My friends are something that I'm grateful for. I have the greatest group of friends be it people I've known since 5th grade or people I met at work and couldn't have made it thru the day if they weren't there with me.
The health of myself and my family. There are so many things that could go wrong and so many things out there that could hurt us on a daily basis and I thank my lucky stars that me, Paul, my beautiful babies, parents, grandparents ect are all just healthy and making it another day together.
I have tons to reflect on this holiday season and as we all sit around the table eating our big family meal I'll know just how lucky I am to be surrounded by the best family I could have ever hoped for!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Baby It's Cold Outside........but for how long???

Well the cold weather finally hit us here in Texas! YEA!!! I LOVE this weather - for about 3 weeks, which is exactly enough time for me to wear some really cute wintery type clothes and enjoy the fire and that crisp air. After about 3 weeks though I realize I've been shocked by everything I touch about a million times, my hair has serious static cling, and my skin has taken on the nice pale color of no real sun exposure, but I'm enjoying the weather for now!

Since the weather has taken a dip though Paige, Maddie, and I get to enjoy HOT CHOCOLATE - YUMMMMM!!!! So we busted out the hot chocolate, marshmellows, and whip cream and all had some yummy hot chocolate that tasted so wonderful on such a cold night. Gotta drink up as much of it as we can because we never know what the weather will be like the next day!

Paiger & Maddie B enjoying their hot cocoa!

Spooktacularly Good Time!!

Last night we took the kids trick-or-treating and had a blast! Paige was a Pink Lady from Grease (she learned the Pledge and everything) and Maddie was the sweetest little Genie I've ever seen! We went all around our neighborhood and got tons of candy plus the ton of candy we had to give out to the kids coming to the door - so I think we'll be OK on chocolate for longer than I'd like to think about. The girls looked so cute in their costumes - which I had no hand in making, just buying, but I did do the hair and make-up so contributing counts ;) Paul and I walked and walked with the girls and just enjoyed them running up to doors and yelling Trick-or-Treat! Gotta start planning the costumes for next year - Maddie's already running ideas past me!