Not the Prom Queen

I am excitedly waiting for my brother's wife to have their baby. She's been having contractions steadily for a day or so, but still no baby. Unfortunately, I can't be in California with him (he's in the military) - I'm sad about that. And I think its going to be over a year before we are able to see the little guy in person. But I will have lots of pictures. He will be the first niece/nephew on my side. Hopefully we'll get a call soon.

HELP.

This freaking sucks. One click. Oh yeah, I'll upgrade my template. And here I am.

Damn blogger.

That's what happens when your stressed and sleep deprived.

Christmas crept up on us this year. Two days before Christmas, we decided to buy a chrismas tree. We waited until the last minute because we weren't going to purchase one this year, but the kids made us feel guilty so off to Home Depot my hubby went at 6 a.m. He scored a 7 ft Douglas Fir ($60) for only $10! Woohoo! We decided to set it up and let it sit in water overnight to settle. The next day, the children were so excited to decorate the tree. Hubby goes in search of the Christmas decorations. 30 minutes later he comes inside to let me know he can't find the decorations.

Me: What do you mean they're not there?
Him: I can't find them.
Me: It was a big huge box that says Xmas Decorations. It's GOT to be there.
Him: I looked every where, even in the attic. It's not there.
{silence}
Me: Ohhh crap!
Him: Don't tell me.
Me: "Santa Claus" put tinsel all over the dried out dead tree last year. It would've been a pain to get all the decorations off. We threw out the whole darn thing!!!

I took a trip to several stores looking for ornaments, etc for our nekkid christmas tree. 45 minutes, four stores and two stolen parking spaces later, I purchase 2 sets of ornaments, 1 set of lights and 2 sets of bows. The result is a gold and silver glass orb christmas tree with gold and silver bows and white lights. Plain but nice.

Thanksgiving is not going to be so nice this year - my brother is stationed in Cali (he's a Marine)... He isn't able to come home for the holidays, so I'm gonna miss him this year. Looks like on my side, its just my family, my mom and younger 2 siblings. I went to the store and bought all the stuff to make my sweet potatoe casserole, broccoli rice and cheese casserole, green beans in cream of mushroom sauce along with some rolls and a pumpkin pie. $65 or so worth of groceries (including dog food and some other necessities.) I made my share, then took it to my mom's on Thanksgiving afternoon. Of course only a 1/16th of it was eaten at dinner. In our defense we had gone to my MIL in the early afternoon and eaten there too. Still, all my food sat at on the kitchen counter at my mom's. So I figured as we are leaving she'd tell us to pack up leftovers. But she didn't. I brought a lot of good food, and left with half a pumpkin pie. Ratz! No leftovers from a 20 lb turkey that could have fed an army. Of course, I spent Friday and Saturday complaining about how I wanted turkey. What's thanksgiving without leftovers???