I don’t want to post the pictures I’m using for the card because some people reading this won’t be very surprised but here’s a few pictures we took at the same time today that are pretty cute.
Archives for December 2007
Christmas Card Deal
Finally. We got our Christmas card pictures. Today at Mom’s housewarming party Mom got a picture of the four of us decent enough for our cards. Scott got a really cute picture of the girls in front of the tree before we left. I went straight to walgreens.com when we got home and put it on a multi-photo 4×8 card and ordered a set for only $14.98. But guess what? I had a coupon code.. SAVE$5 so I got it for $9.99. Not sure if 20 in a set would be enough, I went ahead and ordered two sets but they only charge you an extra $5 for another set so I got two sets for $14.98. And guess what else? I can pick them in FIVE HOURS at my Walgreens down the street.
"THAT WAS EASY!"
*Update…twenty minutes later and I got an email saying they are ready for pickup. Wow.
I’m starting to zone out
This busy week is catching up on me. Normally at 10:39 I’m just excited I have another hour and a half or so of Internet alone time. Wow, that sounded creepy. Tonight though I’m literally having to hold my eyebrows up to type this.
Tonight’s "holiday function" was dinner at our house with J&W and D&D. Apparently W did not communicate at all with J about coming to our house so while he had planned to come and communicated that back to us, he sorta forgot to tell her. So she had other plans she couldn’t break. So J&W didn’t come :(. But we still had a very nice dinner. I managed to whip up and pretty good dinner of roast beef, baked potatoes, cheesy broccoli and cauliflower, salad and bread. D brought some brownies to top it off. Yum.my. The girls had a great time playing as usual. We had to drag them away from playing to eat. Presents were exchanged and we got a very, very pretty and comfy throw and gift card to Blockbuster.
Our busyness is not ending for a few days though. Tomorrow for lunch we have to go to my mom’s open house/housewarming thing. She’s having her pastor dedicate it and such. Saturday morning is choir practice and that evening is the Daughtry concert! Yay! Maybe I’ll get a tiny break tomorrow evening before I totally want to crash Sunday afternoon after our choir cantata.
Pretend Gift Basket
Amanda is having a giveaway and you have to talk about theme baskets. Well. I am not a theme gift basket giver type person and I can’t remember a gift basket ever being given to me so I’m going to go off on a random tangent of my own. Since this is all pretend, I’ve decided to create the Ultimate Men of TV Gift Basket. This type of basket would be given to, if not yourself, you’re favorite girlfriend. To truly appreciate they have to be a TV fangirl. Just ask Allison or maybe even my sister Heather what that is.
Since I AM an owner of One Tree Hill site, first up has to be Lucas played by Chad Michael Murray from One Tree Hill. Lucas is of course a cutie. In the tall and lanky type of way. He would be a great present because hey, he’ll save you in a school shooting and I bet he’ll write poems for you. Maybe even a book. And the look. Oh, he could give you squinty eyed looks that would melt you.
Next up is Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl. Because he’s got that boy next door look. He’s cute even when he’s shy and embarrassed. He’ll save up every penny he can find to take you wherever you might want to go on a date but he seems to like simple dates like movies and has connections to an art gallery. Plus, he punches people that hurt his sister..that has to say something about his bravery and honor.
McDreamy is a must for a Men of TV gift basket. He’s McDreamy! But not only is he dreamy, the man is a doctor. He could fix your brain in a jiffy, you know, if it ever needed fixed. He may need a little help in the housing arrangement department. But hey, can we talk about how fun those office Christmas parties would be? Except of course if you’re the Addison and not the Meredith.
And is it possible to add McDreamy to the basket without adding McSteamy? Can we just say "towel"? Will that be enough as to why he needs to be in the basket? Well, that and he’s a PLASTIC SURGEON. That would come quite in handy down the road when even if you don’t need surgery now, those droopy eyelids and saggy neckline will eventually haunt us all.
How about adding in some Mike Delfino? He may have a drug problem at the moment but he’ll certainly work to death for any children you may have with him. He can get manipulative, deceptive and violent if needed and hey, he can fix any and all plumbing problems you may have! This Toronto plumbing contractor is also one of the best plumbers I´ve ever had help me around the house.
We could all use some Jim because I LOVE JIM! Jim…ahhh…he’s cute in the tall and Gap kind of way. He’s smart and witty. You would have tons of fun playing jokes on people and yet be able to at the end of the day doing something romantic like sit on a rooftop with candles. And I bet if you are a really lucky woman you’d get all the copy paper you needed.
Oh boy, this basket is getting very full. I’ll stop here and let the last one be some good eye candy…Shemar Moore of "Young and the Restless" and "Criminal Minds". Yep, he’s just there to look pretty.
Well I guess doing a theme basket isn’t nearly as hard as I thought. In fact, I could do several of these. Amanda, I hope this counts! I’m officially giving you one of these baskets and hope you enjoy!
Thankful Thursday
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I’m thankful for the Christmas season this year. I’ve really enjoyed the decorations, parties, music, presents and such this year. I’ve enjoyed it yet am more thankful for Christ’s birth.
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I’m thankful for family willing to babysit while we go to all of these parties.
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I’m thankful for spray on tan lol
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I’m thankful for my new DirectTV system where I can record one thing and watch another.
Youth Cotillion
So here’s the obligatory couples shot. The night was a breeze really. Just some set up at the beginning to arrange the few things on platters and that’s about it. We reused our gym that was decorated for the seniors dinner from last weekend. I didn’t really get a good picture of it (or most things) because we had the lights off and only Christmas lights and candles on through the night. The numbers were way down compared to last year but that’s understandable since we haven’t had a youth pastor for 4 months now.
After we ate, we took a bunch of individual/couples/group pictures and had some fun with that. Apparently youth really like their picture taken.
We finished the night off with a quick Chinese exchange. Apparently they do the exchange differently though. For theirs, you go ahead and pick a gift and open it and then you can pick whether you want to keep it or exchange with someone else’s gift. And after that, the person you exchange with is stuck with whatever was switched. The game was not nearly as fun but it made it quick. Last year when we had over 100 people, that was important. This year, I think we should have done it the way I’ve always done it…steal someone’s gift or chance opening another one. If you steal, you get to steal or pick.
Anyway, no major hiccups and I even got to head up to our extra choir practice when the games were done. After all that drama with the dress though, I sort of wish I hadn’t spent so much time and money on it. Most of the girls didn’t dress up as much as last year and with a small crowd it seemed sort of overdone. But oh well, I’ll take any excuse I can find to buy new clothes and dress up!
McDonald’s commercial
I love this commercial so much that I actually stop the fast forward on my DVR to watch it. I don’t even really like the song but I can’t ever help dancing with that little kid. He’s so cute!
Success with a dress
Finally.
I bought a dress tonight. I should have known to head straight for Ann Taylor and call it a night. I’m happy with this one as I think it reads classy chaperone. AND I got it more than half off the original price. I really wanted the shoes that went with it but those were $118. Any shoes that have three numbers in the price are officially off my list.
I haven’t been able to find anything at Payless in quite some time but picked up some shoes for this dress for SIX dollars AND a matching bag for ten. Can you believe the bag cost more than the shoes?
So here are the shoes.
I really hope they go well since I didn’t try them on with the dress. If they don’t go, I’m only out $6 and I have enough black shoes to choose from last minute.
The only thing I need now is a tan! Now where’s that spray??