Monday, November 28, 2016

Sick

Elias has a cold. Leah has a sore throat and a cough. Jac just has a sore throat. It's been a lovely week so far! So much snot...

How many kids: 3
How old are you: 33
Surgeries: 1
Tattoos: 8
Hit a deer: No.
Fell in love: Yes.
Rode in an ambulance: Yes.
Sang karaoke: Yes.
Ice skating: Yes.
Rode a motorcycle: Yes.
Stayed in a hospital: Yes.
Morning or night: Night.
Skipped school: Yes.
Last call from: Zac.
Last text from: Zac.
Watch someone die: No.
Pepsi or Coke: Neither.
Favorite pie: Cherry, apple, pecan, lemon.
Favorite smell: Rain, burning wood, spices.
Favorite flower: Daisy.
Favorite animal: Alpaca.
Favorite pizza: I guess I'd classify it as Mediterranean.
Favorite season: Autumn.
Favorite ice cream: Vanilla.
Favorite food: Sushi.
Favorite holiday: Halloween.
Beer or wine: Both are good.
Dream vacation: France or Ireland.
Hair color: Reddish blonde.
Eye color: Hazel.
Received a ticket: Nope.
Favorite color: Purple, orange, green, black.
Sunset or sunrise: Sunset.

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Great, full.

A few weeks ago, I swallowed my anxiety and sent out a mass group invitation to family members via Facebook to come to Mom's for Thanksgiving. As the day drew nearer, more and more family declined the invite. In the end, our only attendees were Karen, Eddie, and Kylie, as well as Aunt Trish, Uncle John, Anna, Christina, and Christina's husband, John. Honestly, I was relieved to have fewer people to visit. Aunt Trish even made me my own stash of Bourbon balls, which are tucked away safely in my upstairs refrigerator.

Mom planned for she and me to cook together, but once she got started, she took over and I spent my time upstairs with Zac. I think she enjoyed cooking, though. It's been years since she's had the kitchen to herself.

My kids were super awesome well-behaved and sweet to Kylie. She's 14 now, so I know how weird it is to be stuck in the age gap between too-old-for-young-kids, too-young-for-adults grouping. And it was nice visiting with Anna and Christina. We're going to start planning another family get-together for the new year. Can you believe 2016 is almost over? I mean, I feel like this year went by in a blur.

The Christmas shopping is 99% finished, thanks to online sales. I think we may even go out and get a tree tomorrow!

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Zac's Birthday

Zac made breakfast this morning, on his BIRTHDAY! And the new furniture arrived! I'll get to that in a bit though. We hung out around the house most of today, just being lazy lumps. This evening, Mom treated us to Fernando's (of course) and Jac mentioned Zac's birthday. Little did we know, the servers would bring out fried ice cream and have him wear a sombrero (lol)! It was a treat for all of us, honestly. When we got home, I gave him a gift of tabletop Foosball. I think the kids love it more than he does.


I went with Mom to Miskelly's earlier this week so we could pick out some furniture for the house (and the kids wanted to ride the carousel). Family is coming next week and we don't have a table big enough to accomodate, nor do we have a nice sofa. So guess what? We do now. Mom let me pick out what would look best, so we've got a huge sectional sofa, as well as a table that seats eight. EIGHT. It even has a little bench for the kiddos.

Oh, I almost left my handbag behind. I set it on a display bed while the kids were riding the carousel and got distracted with pushing Elias in the stroller. Suddenly, something felt weird and I realized my bag was all the way across the store. Luckily, it was untouched. Scary. I probably would've realized it later when I was buying snacks for the kids at the cafeteria.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

This week

Emily and I went shopping at Hobby Lobby to buy some Christmas decorations. We made a wreath, which turned out nice. I put up and decorated the mini tree and am feeling festive.



Elias had his 15 month checkup and got some vaccines done. He's a little feverish but feeling fine. I brought the kiddos to Miskelly's to play on the carousel this afternoon. Figured I'd give them the day off school since it was "Doctor Day" and the weather was so nice. Tonight we had Olive Garden for dinner. I've been craving their eggplant parm for daaaays.

Saturday, November 5, 2016

33

Another year older, though I feel as though I haven't aged since 25. The kiddos drew me up some cute cards, Zac and Emily both gave me macarons and Emily found some delicious lavender tea. Jac even cooked me up some eggs by himself. Such a sweet family I have. We spent the day at Hobby Lobby and running a few errands. It's been a super lazy day.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Halloween 2016

Halloween sneaked up on us this year. Going to the Oaks threw us off and before we knew it, we had one day left to grab a few bags of candy for Trick-or-Treaters and last-minute pumpkins to carve. Part of me is glad the day is over, but the other part wishes it was still hovering. Zac worked overtime hours over the weekend, so we never got a chance to do much prep. He brought the kids to work with him on Sunday, which gave me some much-needed Me time. I was especially thankful to Elias for napping a good three hours straight.

On Halloween, the kids received their treat buckets from the Wicked Witch and we got started on making Octoberfeast. I gotta say, I'm proud of myself for getting everything prepped and ready within the time frame. Once the food was done, we went Trick-or-Treating around the neighborhood with Emily and Alex, then came home to relax. My comfortable shoes couldn't prevent my back pain, but it was a fun night. I don't have any pictures, but we dressed the same as we did for Ghosts in the Oaks, minus the hair dye.