Thankful!

I am thankful for electricity for the heater and the electric blanket, and I'm thankful for the fireplace! It is COLD outside, 21 F when I called Time and Temperature a little while ago...

Birthday party

My niece decided she wanted a "camera theme" birthday party this year for her 6th birthday. Yes, she came up with the idea all on her own. This is the cake her mother made! Too cute! The "screen" on the digital camera is a cookie she painted. They had set up a self portrait photo booth - my brother (the photographer) had rigged up one of his cameras with a remote, so you could stand in front of the camera and snap away! People were having fun, some hammed it up. I heard several people comment how much they enjoyed that. My brother is sending every one a CD of their photos.

The pinata was home made too - it was in the shape of a camera.

Happy belated Birthdays

I was going to post a Happy Birthday to my Dad and my niece yesterday, but I had a bad migraine, I came home early from work and went straight to bed. At least I got to talk to each of you to wish you a Happy Birthday!

Sunday morning

It's Sunday morning, all is quiet outside, Chris is still sleeping. I have gradually become a morning person, and I love being up early when it is quiet like this. Yesterday as I was straightening, I decided I'd like to rearrange the furniture in the bedroom. I wasn't too excited about having to ask Chris to do it, but thought I'd give it a shot. When I mentioned it to him, he said he'd been toying with the same arrangement in his mind! So, today, he's going to disassemble the bed and move it. I'm looking forward to seeing how it comes out. We measured yesterday to make sure it would all work, and it will.

Dinner last night with Susie and Bob was great. Food was wonderful. Our waitress was a little bit snippy, but the service was fine. Enjoyed meeting Bob. Great conversation. Good time.

Straightening up

We were on the go so much during the holidays that things kind of piled up around the house. This morning, I woke up with determination to put the house back in order. The older I get, the less I can stand clutter.

I guess it is the scrapbooker in me, but I seemed to attract paper like a magnet! I'm working hard on throwing out paper, (junk mail, newspapers, et) as they come in, instead of setting them to the side to deal with later. Read it and trash it. That might be my new motto.

I started taking down the Christmas decorations today. I started with the wreath on the door. I will need Chris's help to take down all of the garland outside. We put it up there to stay in case of wind. I hope we didn't make it too hard on ourselves for the removal process!

Chris told me he wants to go to Bass Pro Shop a little later today. That place is HUGE!

We went out to eat with friends Terrell, Lill and their son Elliott last night. Went to a Chinese Buffet. We're meeting friends Susie and her date Bob tonight at Carrabba's for dinner. Busy, busy!

Relaxation

Chris was going to watch the Fiesta Bowl, so I finished cleaning the kitchen and sat down at the computer for a little while. I decided to walk in and sit down with him for a little while. He was reclined back on the new loveseat, zonked out, and in "my" spot lay Willy, also zonked out.

Needless to say, we are LOVING the new furniture. I finally feel a little settled, and this feels more like a house. We are actually using the living room more instead of just passing through. Chris and I have spent more time together watching TV. I'm excited about the sofa delivery yet to come, (Jan 30th! Long time to wait... but hey, at least now it is January) once it gets here, we can get the room arranged like we have planned, and we can invite people over because there will be enough room for more than a couple to sit! Yay!

Back to the real world

It was back to work today, business as usual. Now that I've got the end of the year corporation close done, I can concentrate on other projects. I worked steadily all day, feeling good, getting things done. Before I knew it, it was almost 7 pm, so I packed it up and headed for home. Felt good leaving work with a sense of accomplishment instead of a sense of being overwhelmed.

Did ya happen to watch the Sugar Bowl last night?!?! GO DAWGS!!! Just in case you don't know the score, the University of Georgia Bulldogs beat Hawaii 41-10!

Can't believe it, but our forecasat calls for 10 degrees F tonight! It got into the 20's last night, and is supposed to be in the teens again tomorrow night. The wind was strong today, it was hard crossing the street when I walked over to the bank. Winter kind of snuck up on us - we were wearing short sleeves just the other day.

Happy New Year!

I can barely believe it, but it is 2008 already!

hApPy NeW yEaR !!