Date night!

Birthday card from Grandma Merritt

Grande swirl margarita from On the Border...yes, I sucked it down! : )

In honor of my approaching birthday we have a date night tonight, and I cannot for the life of me decide where I want to go for dinner. And if that isn't enough, I have to choose between seeing a movie inside a nice warm theater, or freezing my butt off to enjoy the lights at the Winter Garden Aglow at the Botanical gardens. I've heard how beautiful the lights are, but it's really stinking cold here today, and I can't imagine how much colder it will be once the sun goes down. And since it's for my birthday I'm the one that has to choose....and quickly!

I decided that my picture of the day for this post will be of the envelope from my husband's grandma, who lives in Illinois and I love to pieces. She addressed the envelope in true old school fashion, and it makes me giggle everytime I get mail from her...it's addressed to Mrs Casey Coltrin! I don't know why that sounds so funny to me, but I seriously chuckle every time I see it!

For the second picture that I owe my blog for the day, I'll snap one of my happenings tonight!

Until tomorrow!

Adjustment

So, in the process of getting used to this new working on Thursday evenings, every other week thing, I managed to get the boys to swim lessons, have lunch, get them to daycare, and make it to work on time. I however forgot my smock. People do not take their pharmacist seriously when she doesn't have her smock and name tag on. I could've opted to wear the double extra large super wrinkled one from the drawer, and wonder if they would've taken me more seriously had I worn it. It's strange how a piece of clothing changes people's perceptions so easily.

Anyways, I didn't take the time to post last night when I got home from work, and I didn't manage to get a picture yesterday. So I'll make it up with another post after work today, before date night. And I'll do two pictures today.

Gotta get to work...and what a day it shall be...can hardly wait (and that is very heavily laced with sarcasm).

Accomplished

Got so much done today! Another one of those, wow, I got all of that done in one day kind of days! Preschool, kitchen cleaned, dishes hand washed, dish washer ran, 3 loads of laundry done, workshop materials assembled, workshop done, Zumba, bath night, blog post, and now to finish my step-mom's Christmas present!

My friend, Michelle, was the only person signed up for my photo box workshop tonight, and when she saw my post on Facebook about wanting to go to Zumba, but having a workshop, she kindly rescheduled the workshop to 4:30 so that I could do both! : ) I wanted to try Pyper's class, but there was a sub there tonight. It was very difficult adjusting to a whole new style of Zumba, but I did like the sub. I'll just try to go when it's Pyper and not a sub next time! : ) Solace is very pretty, and I like the room where the Zumba is. I totally discovered tonight, that Zumba isn't just about the dancing and blasting away those calories...it's totally about the friendship and camaraderie too. Tonia and Dee were also there, which made it more fun to know someone. Then I didn't feel like as big of a spaz either since they had never taken a class with this instructor before.

Anyways, my picture of the day today, is of my Zumba box. Fed Ex delivered a box that says Zumba on it, and it's totally killing me not to open it...it's my Christmas present, so I'm not allowed to ruin the surprise! Even though I don't know exactly what it is, I cannot wait until Christmas to wear my new Zumbawear! : )

Until tomorrow!

Zach's lungs are PERFECT!

So, we had our follow up appointment with Dr Bateman today for Zach's asthma. Good news is that his lungs sound great (and he's just finished recovering from a cold virus that for once didn't attack his lungs). Bad news is that Dr doesn't want to change a thing with his meds. I was sooooo hoping that today would be the day that Dr said we could stop doing the steroid nebulizer, except when Zach exacerbates. That stupid nebulizer and/or Zach are seriously going to be the death of me! He tolerates the treatments well, and it has become part of the bedtime routine, but it's a time consuming pain in the butt! Not to mention that it costs $50 a month (and that's after insurance kicks in). Oh well, I'm sure there could be far worse and more costly things that could go wrong with this kid!!

Got the movie Despicable Me for the boys today! My Christmas shopping is officially complete now! If only I could say the same for the handmade stuff I'm making. I think I only have 3 more handmade things to complete! Still have to wrap most of it though! Good thing I still have a week and a half! : )

My picture of the day today is of that stupid nebulizer machine...I was hoping to put it up on top of the fridge and hope that it had enough time to collect dust up there before I had to use it again...but alas.......I'll eventually get over this!

Until tomorrow!

Fuzzy the dir-tay little bear!

Fuzzy's super dirty bath water Lucas and his BFF, Fuzzy Wumpenstein

I've been bugging Lucas for a couple weeks now about him giving me the bear for the day so Fuzzy can have a much needed bath. I remember when Grandma Mar and Papa Ron got that bear for him...Lucas was only a few days old. The bear was so soft and shiny, fluffy and CLEAN! That was 5 long years ago! Fuzzy has definitely seen better days! He agreed to let me give Fuzzy a bath while he was at preschool today. So I have 2 pictures of the day today...Lucas and his best friend Fuzzy, and the bathwater after Fuzzy's bath. I took the first picture in case something bad happened to Fuzzy during his bath...I was seriously worried that he may fall apart, even with a good old fashioned hand washing, so I needed a picture just in case anything bad happened to that mangy ol' thing! Good news however, Fuzzy survived the bath! He's drying in the dryer now...hoping that turns out just as well!

Driving down Chinden to pick up Lucas from preschool and a big ol' rock flies up and puts a big ol' chip in my windshield! SERIOUSLY?!? I've replaced that windshield once for sure, maybe even twice. So we stopped at the little roadside stand, and 10 minutes later the chip is no more!! The only bad thing is that State Farm doesn't pay the $35 fee to have it fixed, so I had to cough it up. Figured it was cheaper and quicker to do that, than to replace the whole darn thing AGAIN! Oh what a day!

Got to get off here and get the house cleaned up for the workshop tonight! Looking forward to it! We're creating Christmas pages...some of my favorites! Until tomorrow!

Christmas cards are fini!

I have been so busy this year that making cards for my own use have waited until the middle of December! I like to be the first card that everyone receives, but this year I'm sure I'll be among the last since I'm just putting them in the mail in the morning! I LOVE doing cards every year. I love writing the letter, writing a personal note with each card, picking out the picture to go with the card, etc. I am terrible with the finishing touches however, the address, the stamp, the sealing of the envelope...it's where my procrastination trait raises it's ugly little head, and I drag my feet!! However, my sense of accomplishment is overwhelming at the moment...128 cards are FINI!

Had a fabulous girl's night out with Sarah last night. We had dinner and drinks at the Bardenay downtown. A couple of other girls joined us for dinner. But that gave Sarah and I time to sit and chat and bitch about everything! It was a much needed night out with one of my best friend's! Being such a busy time of the year several others wanted to join but couldn't, so we're vowing to do it again in February...I cannot wait! So, my picture of the day really wasn't taken today...it's from last night...me and Sarah at Bardenay, enjoying our night out sans the hubby and the kiddos!

Went shopping today for shirts that button/zip down the front. For at least the first 2 or 3 weeks I am not supposed to wear shirts that have to be pulled down over my head...must be because they're going in thru my armpit...and I imagine it will pull and hurt like mad if I try. It's easy to find hoodies that could be worn without a shirt underneath...but it's quite limited otherwise! Bought an extra pair of jammies that buttons down the front too. I imagine that the first week I'll be spending a lot of time in jammies and sweats! Thank goodness the hubby has time off from work to help with everything! I hate to admit it, but as excited as I am, I'm already starting to get a little nervous! ; )

Must get stuff ready for tomorrow. Have one million things to get done before my workshop at 6:30! Until tomorrow...

Christmas cookie baking day!

Today is the one time of the year that I have to let every little ounce of my perfectionism and type A personality go...for I let my children help me make and decorate cookies! We made the standard sugar cookies that the boys frosted and 'sprinkled', and by sprinkled I really mean smothered with sprinkles and candy! They also loved rolling out the worms for the candy cane cookies. And I tried a new recipe, the roly poly Santa cookies this year. Without help from the boys it still took me over an hour to make 12 cookies! They turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself!

I had to go for a run today because I can't just make the cookies without sampling every other bite of the dough! I was proud of myself because I managed to run the entire time!!!!!! First time in a LONG time that I've run 3 miles without stopping to walk! Now the goal is to get faster, and I'm going to sign up for a half marathon in May! After watching the Biggest Loser last week, I've decided that I'd like to be in the 1% of Americans that have run a full marathon! But rather than start so big, I'll challenge myself with a half this spring!

Anyways, picture of the day is of the boys decorating cookies. They had fun...you can tell because they made a HUMONGOUS mess!!!!

Off to a girl's night out with one of my best friend's, Sarah. Shall be fun!! Until tomorrow!