This Christmas Season I'm Getting Ready

Here is our Christmas tree this year.  And it's just fine with me!  Our dd had her Bible Group ladies here last weekend for their Christmas get-together and she needed a tree for her living room.  "Take our tree, I told her.  And so she did!  She bought her own bulbs for it and made it a country Christmas tree and to tell you the truth that tree never looked so good!  Call me a scrooge, but the thought of dragging out the tree, decorations and fighting with the lights to get them to work was tiring to me.  :)  So I'm just fine with having a little tree that still lights up and looks good, yet I can put in a box when the season is over and put in the closet.  And we are having Christmas morning at dd's place (downstairs), so that's fine, too. 

I have been making my own Christmas cards.  It's a great way to recycle last year's cards.  I love reusing things such as these and love doing the crafty thing, too.  It's fun.  This year I'm not stressing out and working a little at a time on it.  I'm halfway through making them, got some shopping done, too so I'm way ahead of the game.  Oh, and I also mailed off a Christmas packaged for my great nephews which I usually mail late and the presents usually arrive after Christmas.  So I'm feeling good about myself right now.

Tomorrow night dh is taking dd and ds to his Christmas party.  I'm hoping they have a great time and make memories!!  Last year dd took dd to his Christmas party and she ended up winning the grand prize--a 42" flat screen hd tv!!  We couldn't believe it but at a time in her life when she needed something nice this is what she got!  It was exciting and awesome and the hundreds of people that were at the party were all jealous of her.  Hahah.  They all wanted the grand prize! 

On another note, you might remember my sad story about my purple car last year.  Well, dh uses it for work, however, the other day he came home and said the brake lines were leaking and so it got parked until we get enough money to get the brake lines.  Then last Tues dh called me from work to tell me his truck, which he was driving to work, broke a water hose and so that truck is now parked.  So, guess who is home stuck without a vehicle AGAIN??  History likes to repeat itself, doesn't it? 

I wondered if something else was gonna break down (Murphy's law, right) and sure enough the dishwasher decided to stop washing the dishes.  *sigh*  Poor dh, he's beginning to feel overwhelmed.

                 

Thanksgiving 2012

Dh and I stayed home today for Thanksgiving even though we were invited to my brother's home.  I just didn't feel up to visiting with people so dh and I enjoyed the quiet today and had our own little dinner:

I bought a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey this year.  We'll have plenty left over for sandwiches.  I haven't cooked the pie yet; probably will tonight or tomorrow. 

The kids did go to their uncle's and got to spend time with their cousins.  I'm glad they had a great time.  It's not often they get to spend time with family.  Everyone is just so busy these days..it's such a shame.

I'm gonna go hit on some leftovers, now that I mentioned it!  Heheh

Another Birthday and more...

We've had another birthday here.  It's dh's.  This is the last year of his 50's.  I can hardly believe it.  Life and time flies by, it really does.  So here are some birthday pictures:



I wanted to get a fire pit, but they are too much for me to pay at the store.  I tried to come up with another idea and I realized I had an old grill I hadn't used in awhile.  So I dug a hole and buried the grill halfway into the ground and covered it up.  It became sturdy and was at the right height for us to sit and roast hot dogs.  The wood was free as we lived next to the woods or you could say we live in the woods.

Dh got plenty of presents and I think he enjoyed his birthday. 

Right now hurricane Sandy is outside; well, we are not in the middle of it, but it's causing a rainy, windy mess.  However, so far so good..we still have our electricity and that's a big plus, believe me.

Dd and I went out today in the wind and rain to have our nails done.  I do not usually do this because I'm scared of getting a nail fungus. I've heard of horror stories about nail palors.  But, I broke down today.  Dd and I did not have to wait.  We walked right in and got taken care of!  I got shelac nail tips with orange on them:

I have to get used to working with them now. 

I've been working on a biker back patch.  I'm making one representative of the unborn.  When I get it done, I'll post it.

That's it for now...

Meeting an Actress at the Catherine Foundation

Dh, dd and I had the honor of meeting an actress who gave her testimony about her abortion at the Catherine Foundation Banquet last night.  It was awesome.  Shari Rigby has played on the Young and the Restless and some other shows, but she has recently starred in a movie called October Baby.  If nobody has see it, y can get it at the Christian Bookstore or probably any video store now.  I won't tell you the plot of the movie in case you want to see it, but it was based off the life of Gianna Jensen; a woman who survived being aborted. 

The food was very good, too. Really enjoyed the roast beef, fish, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad and bread and butter!  Delicious!



This month has been Kid's Birthday Month.  How strange it is that both my youngest kids were born in September. My ds was due on September 5, but he decided to wait until the 27th to be born.  And then, my daughter did the same thing.  She was due August the 12th but waited until September the 6th.  And I knew exactly when I got pregnant with both so there was no miscalculations on the dates.  How ob care has changed since the '80's.  We didn't get sonograms unless something was wrong with the pregnancy.  We didn't know the sex of the baby, either. 

Here are a few pictures of dd's birthday:

Dd wanted tacos for her birthday dinner.

Brothers always buy the best presents! (Tom Tom)





And here is ds's birthday:

We went out for pizza at Centrone's.

Where has the time gone??

Roy Rogers the Restaurant

This town used to have a Roy Rogers Restaurant.  Oh it was so nice to drive right down the street to get a holster of french fries and a burger.  I love Roy Rogers burgers.  But then one day RR closed it's doors and the nearest one was almost an hour away in LaPlata, MD.  And only once in awhile we'd go there when the mood struck.  Then, they closed their doors!  Now, the closes Roy Roger is about an hour and a half or so away.  Today the RR Bugs struck me.  I wanted to go for a ride and thought RR's would be good for dinner and so off we went. 

After eating we went further down the road to the water. 

When the Ice Cream Cravings Strike...

Yummy!!

Friday Night at the County Fair!

Just about every year we go to the county fair.  It's the oldest fair in Maryland...celebrating it's 170th birthday this year.  Since the fair almost always starts on dd's birthday {9-6}, it was kinda birthday thing we did for dd.  But dh's and my anniversary is on the 9th {34 years this year!} so going to the fair kinda celebrates two birds with one stone.  Hahah.  Tonight we went.  Dh's cousin works the fair and whenever he sees us we get in for free.  That's awesome! 

First thing we did tonight at the fair was to get our fair hot dogs.  I always have to get one.  I don't really know why I think those hot dogs taste better than any others. 

I always enjoy looking at the crafts and picking up information about our county services. We usually get free pens, pencils, bag clips which are very useful items around here.  This year we got a lot of nicer stuff than we've gotten before.  Dh got a free wind up flashlight; I got a alarm/calculator clock, reusable bags and all the usual pens, pencils, bag clips...all for free!  I love free things. 

Starting Over

I bought a book today of how to destress your life...little things you can do to get rid of the junk that eats at you (and the people that hate on you).  As I was reading through it just brought things that I used to do when dh and I was first married.  When one gets married they have the whole world as a slate...dreams, goals, etc.  On the other end of being married for so long, all those things are behind ya.  But by acomplishing all those dreams and goals comes junk with it.  And slowly, one loses who they were and little things in life that made them happy.  What I'm saying is that dh and I used to walk through the woods behind our house and scratch things on trees when we were newlyweds.  Now, dh is handicapped and can hardly walk, so we don't do that anymore.  It's those little things such as this that I talk about.  But, those are the things that were enjoyable and over the years have come to a close.  It's like waking up one day and finding yourself in another world.  It's like what happened?

So I was thinking about I was reading through this book how nice it would be to just get back to the basics of life.  For instead, I used grow a large garden and can my food.  I don't do it anymore.  I used to sew my kids clothes...I don't do that anymore because they are grown now.  I used to be sufficient; never really buying things I could grow or make myself, but that's not me anymore.  I have lost myself.

As I read through this book, I wanna get back to ME!  I need to shake of the dust and find ME underneath!

Blessings,

Bekay