Ta Da! A Blog!

Are you guys ready for some pictures? Man, it's been a blog in progress! Here's an updated picture of the author....ME! lol



We got a little snow here not too long ago. It didn't last long but we had some HUGE flakes coming down!


As I may have mentioned before, Garrett popcorn (Chicago) is my FAVORITE caramel popcorn. I always ask for some for Christmas but it's too expensive. Thankfully we got a small container of it at work from another office. No, I didn't eat it all!!



Here's how Bubba looks out of the blinds when we close them earlier than he would like!



I didn't have any pics of Marley Sue so I threw this one in. She LOVES her (MY) North Woods Throw!


Bubba curled up in his little house. He has been using it more lately, I guess because of the cold.


The scene of Thanksgiving...........table of food and football! I made a roast with potatoes and carrots, candied yams, green beans, dressing, deviled eggs, rice, and rolls. Rusty was a happy man!


Apple and pumpkin pies.


Jen came home from Colorado and us girls got together for Chinese!!! We had lots of fun! I love my girls. Leigh, Jen and me..............


Just in case you didn't know about my degree............................this is nice..........


Bubba LOVES the Christmas tree! I don't know if it's the "velvet" like skirt, the warmth of the lights, or both! If I can't find him, that's the next place to look.


Dad and Les brought up their old king headboard (dad's actually). It looks REALLY good in the bedroom! Just need some different curtains to look better. Les mentioned something about a matching chest of drawers so maybe some time we will acquire that and have a complete matching set!


Here's our Christmas tree. We went with blue and silver this year.


The new light dad and Les bought for us to go above the sink. Guess I failed to mention that they came up the weekend before Thanksgiving and spent some time and did a little Christmas shopping for us since we don't know if we are going back down there or not. I love the way the light brightens up the counter.


Here is a reminder of what the bathroom looked like when we moved in.


Here it is now almost completely done. I have some Private Quarters rugs coming and I also need to do some more wall stuff. Dad and Les also bought the floral bunches above the mirrors. I arranged them and added the bows. I thought they turned out pretty good!



Another before picture.


And another after. I LOVE the Upper Case Living frame I made hanging on the wall. It was originally meant for the bedroom but I think I will get something different there.


Tonight we watched Claudine and Eli while Becca got her hair cut. We had a good old time. They really liked my Tigger "peek a boo" box!


Especially Eli!


We watched the Witch movie too!


Eli..........such a happy boy. I did change a very stinky, poopy, diaper. Rusty was nice and helped hold the legs!!! Proud of my man!


So that's the last week or so in review!! I closed out the month of November with AWESOME sales for my business and have several parties coming up for December.

Ready or not..........Christmas is on its way!

Coming Soon!

I do have a blog coming, I promise! Just got back from a very successful PQ party! Got a meeting with Stephen King then it's nighty night..........hopefully before midnight! Muah!

Tooth, anyone?

It's been a while so here I am. I keep seeing the same locations reading my blog and figure they must be ready for a new one!

This last week was a good week I'd say. On Thursday I had to have a tooth pulled so I prepared by taking off of work on Friday. Let me explain why. The last time I had a tooth pulled (the one located directly below this one at the very back of the mouth) I had to go to an oral surgeon because it was so far down into the jaw bone. I have very long roots on my teeth. Well, this surgeon did give me nitrous but it wasn't working. I am (was) too nice to say anything so lets just say I remember EVERY bit of it. He couldn't get the tooth out. He jerked, pulled, jerked some more. I am not kidding, he was jerking my head up off the head rest. He ended up breaking the tooth out in little pieces. I had prepared to go to work the day after and had to call in. Based off of that experience, I felt better about being prepared to not be at work rather than calling in and being badmouthed and looked down upon. I guess it happened anyway, but that's the way it goes around there. This tooth pulling went well. He did have a little trouble pulling it out and I could hear it internally when it was coming out. *gross* He did comment on how long the roots were and even showed me. They are long, that's for sure. I felt pretty good all evening just really tired. I woke up with a terrible headache and some jaw pain. I was very glad to be able to rest at home and not be doing a lot of talking and so forth. My health is more important than others satisfaction. I have been struggling today with pain and irritation but I did have a tooth pulled for goodness sakes. lol

Saturday morning my dad and his wife came up to visit. We had a nice visit and they really liked the house. Dad commented several times on it which was nice. He forgot to take pictures though! They brought some of our Christmas gifts just in case we didn't come back to Chickasha. It's difficult to call it home, because for us this is home. I don't know if my father hates a place on Earth more than Hays, Kansas! Les and I also went and got a few more Christmas gifts for the house. Nothing major. We did have a nice visit though.

Today was a nice nap day and lots of reading for me. We watched a movie, which cut into my reading time! I am reading Stephen Kings new book "Under The Dome" and it is great. I love his books because they suck you in from the very beginning. I can see this one being a movie if they get it in the right hands and don't let them screw it up. Most of his books that go to movies get screwed up. Four that didn't were Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, The Green Mile, and Apt Pupil. There are a few more but they did a GREAT job with these! "It" was a great movie too but I hated the ending! Enough about that.

Not much else right now. Not feeling that great so I think I'll get off of here and read a bit. I also have some decorative things I may work on for my bathroom. I worked on it earlier in the week (before the tooth pulling) and have just a bit more to do. I'll post pictures when I mostly done!

Here's to a great weekend and a wonderful SHORT week ahead. Not so sure about the trip to Ness City for a party Tuesday night but I'm trying to get this business to take off so maybe I can make some lifestyle changes.

Stephen, darling, here I come!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Oh how I love the winter months with snow and a fireplace!Rusty said he knows this is his little girl because she likes the fireplace. Every time we have a fire she goes and lays in front of it. When it starts to die down she goes to the recliner. After Rusty turns the logs and it perks back up she is right there! I love my Sundays....sitting in the recliner, football, just relaxing! I have sooo much I want to do here at the house but I have been so busy with parties and all it was nice! I am having guests this weekend (Dad and Les) so this week I will have to get busy!

Here is Marley's cute little shirt I got at Target when Becca and I went to Salina last weekend to shop! She is a spoiled little princess. That must make me the spoiled Queen! LOL I think most people use a word that starts with a "B" and that's ok. The truth is the truth! At least I can admit it. Mom always said I learned from the best.


This video is kinda sucky but you can see the snow falling at the street light. The ground is already covered too but it has slowed now. We were supposed to get 3-5 inches by morning so we'll see. Now, for the funniest part of this video..........I opened the door and just stuck my camera out to video. Came back in and sat for a bit and took care of some things. Rusty went to the living room and there was a cat looking in the window. He asked where Bubba was and I said he was in the house. I felt bad thinking it was a lost cat looking for a warm house and was about to open the door when Rusty said to turn on the porch light first. The cat was meowing and when I turned on the light it looked a helluva lot like Keiko! Son of a bitch, my cat ran out the front door when I videoed and had been out in the snow for a while. I am lucky he came home and it wasn't nice out because he'd still be prowling! What a horrible momma I am. Rusty said no kids for us after that stunt!!! LOL

Poor Bubba!

Busy

The busy time is starting back up. I have two parties this weekend, two parties open right now, and one I am trying to close right now. I am super happy at the income and bonus checks though!

That's it. Super tired and tomorrow looks grim. Had a doctor's appointment for the am and it looks like I just may have to cancel since there may only be two there tomorrow with 2 docs in. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I'll get to go. Such is life!

Decisions, Decisions

Life would be so much simpler if you were just set on your course with everything lined out. Maybe that's how it is and we are on the path we are supposed to be? Also, what if we didn't like that path that we were given? We wouldn't be able to change it. So, it's a toss up. Choose your path or live a chosen one? I just want an easier one. However, my current worries/concerns are of my own doing. So, apparently I am living the "chosen" path.

I did a good deed today. I was on my way home from work and a small box fell from a truck that turned at a four way stop. The guy right next to the box just looked at it and kept going. Brave soul me turned on my flashers and hopped out on 27th and Indian Trail during rush hour home to see if I could get it back to it's owner. After trying to re-locate the vehicle I noticed there was a number on the box. Luckily the order form had been taped to the outside. I got the box back to its rightful owner with no damage done. Go me.

That's it. Gonna get another party closed out tonight! Woo Hoo!! If you are gonna be around this weekend come to Victoria's Knight's of Columbus Hall from 10-3 on Saturday for their Craft/Christmas Fair. Lots of great vendors like Scentsy, Pampered Chef, Premier Jewelry, Purses, and Private Quarters!!!

*Yawn* ........A quickie!

This was the sunrise one morning on the way to work. It was a foggy morning and was beautiful! It was obviously before DST since it was still dark!Bubba thinks the garage is the "cat's meow" for some reason. Here he is crawling down off of my car! We try not to let him out there but he sure tries!

This weekend was great! Becca and I went to Salina Saturday so she could get some Christmas shopping done. We had a great time shopping and lunch at Martinelli's, which is my favorite Italian restaurant. We got home and I couldn't wait to put my aching feet up! Rusty got called out to Damar so I rode with him. When we got home Rick and Renee invited us to go see a movie with them. We had JUST finished saying how we needed to go see them so I put my aching feet on the back burner and we went to see "Paranormal Activity". It was "okay". Blair Witch kind of already took the whole "make you think this is real and scare the crap out of you movie". The last 30 minutes of the movie are the best. I didn't lose any sleep either. Now, if I was one of those poor folks who think it's real.............I'd still be awake from Saturday night! LOL

Today was a good day. My back had hurt so bad yesterday and I was a little worried. I swear by the Shoulder Wrap that Private Quarters sells for sore/tense neck and shoulders. I hadn't woke up that relaxed in a long time. I used it in bed while watching tv and then went to sleep on my Private Quarters pillows I'm testing. I am so happy with everything I have ordered from them. All except the deluxe towels and they don't sell them anymore! I truly mean it when I say I love my bed!!!

Speaking of which..........it was a long day and I'm ready to head that way. I went in at 7:45 and was supposed to get off at 4:45 and didn't get to leave until 6:00!!! I'll take the hours!

Just An Average Joe

Yep, I'm still here! We have been super busy lately (again, as always) so blogging has taken the way side. In fact, I am looking at letting the computer take the way side as a whole for a few days but I have to get on here to place my orders for PQ which leads to e-mail and facebook. I am definitely thankful for the PQ orders though! I have been super busy with the business and it is great! If that was my ONLY job that would be great but that is a little unlikely right now.

Last night Becca and I drove around and had a good old bitch session which was much needed on my part AND hers! It was fun. Did it solve anything? Nope, but it sure made us feel better! Looking forward to our trip to Salina this Saturday for some Christmas shopping. More shopping for her and mostly window shopping for me. Either way, I get to eat Martinelli's with a great friend and that's what counts!

I'm exhausted from my party tonight.

Sleep tight!`