The dreaded.......

EAR INFECTION

I woke up today and my ears hurt a little. I went to work and my ears hurt a little. As I worked more and was up and down my ears started hurting like crazy! Went to my boss and asked if she has someone who might be able to cover me so I could go to the doctor. So now I have almost a complete double ear infection! WooHoo!! I haven't had one since I was three (per my mom). So now it's the holidays and I am battling this. YUCK!!

On other notes, I am going to see a lot of family for Christmas/New Years! And I don't have to work again until Monday!!!

Hope you all have a very blessed Christmas. May the joy of Jesus birth fill your hearts!!

Love ya'll!!

The Start To A Wonderful Day

I have had an amazing morning. I got up early to shovel, then got ready for work. I needed to break my $20 so I went to Starbucks to get a drink. When I pulled up to pay, the lady told me that the person in front of me had paid for my drink!! Wow! Amen! So I asked if I could pay for the person behind me. The lady told me the car in front of me had given $50 dollars to pay for people's drinks. Great way to start the morning!! So then I drive to work and go in to the office. I stood talking to some of my co-workers, when my boss came to me and told me she had someone to cover my hours, if I wanted to go home. So ABSOLUTELY I said yes! It's not often that closer's get a day off or even off early.

Needless to say this girl is excited. I am going to be productive today! Make cinnamon ornaments for my kiddos and get some laundry done. Then tonight I am off to a Go Fish! concert with a friend!!

Love Ya'll

My Black Friday Schedule

Yes, I did go early morning shopping on Black Friday. Yes, I am crazy. And, yes, I did get everything I went out for!!

My Schedule was:

2:30am: wake up and get dressed and ready
2:45am: leave the house to go shopping
3:00am: arrive at Kohl's to wait for the door's to open at 4am
4:00am: Kohl's opens and I run in, grab a cart, and run for what I want
4:05am: Cash regster line to pay for my purchase
4:10am: Drive across the street to Wal-Mart to wait for it to open
5:00am: Wal-mart opens and I run in, grab what I want and pay
5:05am: Drive a block or two to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and get what I want there
5:15am: Drive back down the street to Target and wait for it to open
6:00am: Target opens, I walk in a look for the ideas of what I want
6:25am: Pay at Target and go to car to drive home
6:40am: Stop at Bruegger's Bagels to get a well deserved breakfast
6:50am: home from shopping trip

It was a great morning!!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

T..... is for our thankfulness for many joys and blessings...

H..... is for our homes so warm and bright...

A..... is for autumn, time for harvest and abundance...

N..... is for nature's beauty and delight...

K..... is for the kitchens where good food is cooked with love...

S..... for spicy fragrances in the air...

G..... is for the gathering of family and friends...

I..... for the inheritance we share...

V..... is for the vision that the Pilgrims held so dear...

I..... is for high ideals in all they planned...

N..... is for our native country brave and great and free...

G..... for God's great goodness to us.

~Unknown

Weird Things Happen

Do you ever have weird things happen while you are sleeping? Like you wake up and know that you had something near you but, it is not there? This happened to me last night. I went to bed with sweat pants on and woke up and they were all the way across the room. I couldn't figure out for the life of me what happened. Crazy. Hope this is not the beginning of an interesting day!

Love ya'll

It has begun

All the illnesses that come with the winter have started. I don't know that I am ready, but so far there is strep and ear infection going around like crazy at work. No flu yet, but I am sure that will come too. Speaking of the flu, I am torn as to whether to get a flu shot or not. I did last year and I was fine. But there are quite a few of my co-workers that have gotten it this year and have gotten really sick just after getting it. On the other hand, my mom got one and she was fine. Such a tough decision.

Well hopefully today will fly by. I am excited to get on the road and travel to see friends this weekend!!

All moved in

Well Mom and I are all moved in to the duplex in Des Moines. The intention of the past week was to start unpacking boxes and making this a home. That didn't happen. I got sick on Monday night and that lasted all week. On top of the one of my uncles had a major heart attack on Tuesday so we have been spending a lot of time at the hospital. Good news: I am not sick and my uncle is doing well. He had been in the Critical Care Unit (CCU), sedated, on a ventilator and a balloon pump running his heart. On Friday they took him off the balloon pump and his heart worked on it's own!!! Then Saturday they took him off sedation and also off the ventiltor!! He is also out of the CCU and in a regular hospital room. So thanks for the prayers if you got my note on facebook. Hopefully this week we can get some boxes unpacked and make this place start feeling like a home.

I can't wait to see some of you next weekend!!