December 29, 2006

•            HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

   need a new song...but I'm braindead on music right now...needs to be a New Years party type of song, of course...any suggestions? 

  

  Life is good.  Recovered from the lovely flu bug...Jess has yet to get it, Jason had a short version of it on Saturday, and DH hasn't gotten it yet.  And hopefully won't. Kids went over to their Aunt's house on Wednesday, so I could stay in bed all day and get better...Wednesday night sis calls and says S (12 year old cousin) and little A (7yr old cousin) are now throwing up, too.  Ugh.  So I fully expect Jess to come down with it sooner or later...better now, than when school starts back up...And maybe she'll get lucky and pull a Jason on this one.  Saturday evening he started feeling a little yucky...couple hours later, he says he has to throw up, and does, 5 times in a row.  Then he goes to bed, and wakes up all better.  Nice.  Was even ready to eat normally by lunch time.  Me, I got pukey sick on Tuesday evening, and still don't feel like eating normally.  Blech.  BUT I"m out of bed, and my body doesn't ache.  So that is a good thing.

  Christmas was great.  Nice and low key...kids all got along...Christmas miracle in and of itself right there....nothing was stressful.  So nice.  DH and I decided to leave most of the kids gifts and ours to each other at our house, rather than bringing them to my mom and dads...gets to be kind of a mad scramble to open gifts there...and with so many opening at once, it's hard to see who got what from whom, no thank you's, just crazy.  So when we got back here Tuesday morning, we took turns opening gifts, and oohed and aahed appropriately.  That was great.  I think next year will be severely downsized however.  I think more focus needs to be put on the reason for the season, ya know?  I was getting a little irritated every time I heard someone ask "so are you ready for Christmas, yet?" And the response from people was always a grunted "ugh, no way...I can't wait for this to be over".   I was guilty of it too, at first, until I got to thinking about it.  That's just messed up.  We get so caught up in finding the perfect gift, or what we think would be the perfect gift...media trying to get us to stand in line at God awful hours to accomplish this (thank you Wii people!!! And no, I never got one before Christmas...I gave up.  He can get one for Fathers Day )  when really, if we don't set ourselves up to begin with, these same people we are trying to please with monetary gifts would be just as happy with something from the heart.  Now, I'm TOTALLY guilty of overspending on my kids this year.  Next year is a different story.  Please remind me of this next year...I may need it.    Jess's big gift this year was the DS Lite with the Nintendogs game...she had been saving up for it to buy herself...Jason's was getting his Robby Robot from last year fixed by Santa (new one, ka-ching), and a Robobug.  (build your own robot bug).  Then, of course, alot of smaller gifts from mom and dad.  My wonderful family got me quite a few new Willow Tree figurines.  I love those...they are so pretty.  DH got me the one where the couple is dancing together...made me choke up a little bit with that one....that's how we spent more than  half of our dating....dancing at the NCO club.  He was such a hot dancer.  Mmmm...  Ahem...anyway...Jason got me the little boy holding a gold heart, his mom gave me the woman with arms outstretched with bluebirds landing on her arms, and SIL gave DH one with a dad holding a little bald baby in his lap.  So sweet.  But yeah, Christmas was fantastic.  DH was so loving and really feeling sweet the whole 2-3 weeks even leading up to Christmas.  It was so nice.  When he took Jess out shopping, he even wore a Santa Claus cap the WHOLE TIME.  Now, how awesome is that?  And when they came home, Jess tells me that this lady in front of them in line at Wal-Mart was asking for help out to her car, they didn't have time, so DH and Jess jump out of line to help this lady out with her groceries.  Now, THAT'S Christmas spirit, folks, may it last all year round.   

  

  OH, I got that Preschool job.  Took an assistant teaching position...in the 2 year old room.  Ugh.  Sorry, not my favorite age group.  Out of the preschool set, that would be my last one I'd pick. Heck, that's not even preschool, that's daycare.   BUT they met my requested hours, and I can't find anyone else who'll do that.  Hours will be 9:00-3:30.  Perfect.  Sigh.  Not quite sure how summer will work out, yet.  Told them my summer camp comes right after my kids in priority, they seemed not to have a problem with that...but I also don't want to spend all day away from my kids, either.  We'll see how it goes.  Still hoping to raise money for the rent for that building I want...there's a story that goes to that...very long, will get to that in another post.  I am nervous about it, though.  Not the job thing.  But the whole how do I keep my diet and work at the same time?  Sounds easy to people who've never had eating problems.  I liken it to a recovering smoker who hasn't really had to mix with their old smoking routines while they were in recovery.  Well, I'm mixing again...will this work?  I only have 27 more pounds to go until I reach my military weight...DH is so happy with how I look now, and so am I.  Right now, I'm used to eating nuts whenever I get the snackums, lunch is usually hot and gooey (cheesy), and a sugar free soda mid-day for a sugary treat.  I won't be able to snack, and only time for a packed lunch...probably cold cuts.  Which will get really old really fast.  And lunch time with the kiddos is supposed to be family style...we're supposed to eat with them.  I'm going to tell admin that I'm diabetic, and just can't eat it.  I'm scared, folks.  Is that silly? 

  Well, I think I  probably have a long enough post in now...catch ya'll up?  Oh yeah...we have a 3rd kitty...we wound up fully adopting Noel...and she's finally starting to mix with the kitties...they're starting to tolerate her now!  Key word, tolerate. 

  Ya'll have a Happy New Year and don't drink and drive!!!!!!!!!!

                                             

   

                                                              

  Heh heh heh...this sounds pretty good too...

  New Years Resolutions You Can Keep

  Are you sick of making the same resolutions year after year that you never keep? Why not promise to do something you can actually accomplish? Here are some resolutions that you can use as a starting point: 1. Gain weight. At least 30 pounds. 2. Stop exercising. Waste of time. 3. Read less. Makes you think. 4. Watch more TV. I've been missing some good stuff. 5. Procrastinate more. Starting tomorrow. 6. Not date any of the Baywatch cast. 7. Spend more time at work, surfing with the T1. 8. Take a vacation to someplace important: like, to see the largest ball of twine. 9. Not jump off a cliff just because everyone else did. 10. Stop bringing lunch from home: I should eat out more. 11. Not have eight children at once. 12. Get in a whole NEW rut! 13. Start being superstitious. 14. Personal goal: bring back disco. 15. Not wrestle with Jesse Ventura. 16. Not bet against the Minnesota Vikings. 17. Buy an '83 Eldorado and invest in a really loud stereo system. 18. Get the windows tinted. Buy some fur for the dash. 19. Speak in a monotone voice and only use monosyllabicwords. 20. Only wear jeans that are 2 sizes too small and use a chain or rope for a belt. 21. Spend my summer vacation in Cyberspace. 22. Not eat cloned meat. 23. Create loose ends. 24. Get more toys. 25. Get further in debt. 26. Not believe politicians. 27. Break at least one traffic law. 28. Not drive a motorized vehicle across thin ice. 29. Avoid transmission of inter-species diseases. 30. Avoid airplanes that spontaneously drop 1000 feet. 31. Stay off the MIR space station. 32. Not worry that the Y2K bug will cause the end of the world. 33. Get wired with high-speed net connections at home. 34. Not swim with pirhanas or sharks. 35. Associate with even worse business clients. 36. Spread out priorities beyond my ability to keep track of them. 37. Wait around for opportunity. 38. Focus on the faults of others. 39. Mope about my faults. 40. Never make New Year's resolutions again.   I think I can do these!!!

  
  

    

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