November 21st

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I know I am so late at getting around to doing this, but I just haven't had much time, nor much to talk about.

Things are going good. The weather, up to today, has been beautiful. Warm and sunny. This morning though we woke up to about 3 inches of snow and EXTREMELY cold weather. Of course it could be that I am not yet use to it. I just know it is cold. I spent yesterday baking. I made two pecan pies, a batch of sugar cookies, made a gingerbread train and decorated it with the boys and.... I guess that is it. All I know is I was in the kitchen from 8:30 till around 5:30 yesterday and it was a blast. I love this time of year. Last Sunday we had a surprise 40th birthday party for our friend Cat. She had no idea. She thought she was coming to a Mary Kay party and showed up with no makeup on. But she is one of those people who have a great complexion and don't really need it. We all had a great time. We ended up playing the Movies DVD Scene It game and us girls barely beat the guys, but we did!!

Saturday I went to a couple of craft fairs and had lunch with Joann. I haven't seen her in such a long time. We had a great time. I didn't buy anything, but as usual said many times, I could make that! To which I never do!!

Mike took Dylan to McDonald's on Saturday while I was gone. (Kristian was at a friends house) And he worked on the car. He finally got the frame welded up last weekend. He is so very proud of himself, as am I. He has put a lot of work into that car. I will be so glad when it is done. And I am sure he will be too.

Last Wednesday morning we woke up to a popping sound around 1. It was our refrigerator. Mike unplugged the ice maker and it stopped making the sound. We called and they wouldn't be able to fix it till Monday. That is the only day that they come out this way. Cons of living so far out of town... But it wasn't a big deal since it was just the ice maker. But then on Friday I went to fix the kids some lunch and noticed that the corn dogs seemed a bit softer than usual. After doing a little investigating I realized that the entire fridge had slowly been cooling down, since Wednesday! UUURRRGGGG. So I called the service place and they couldn't get to it till Monday, still. I was in tears! I had the birthday party on Sunday and I had to pick up a cake on Saturday for that. A pretty pricey cake at that! Not to mention all the food I had in my refrigerator!! I called Mike and he said just go look for one in town. So after 4 hours of dragging the kids from one Home Depot and Lowes after another. I finally found one. Mike and a friend from work rented one of those trucks from Home Depot and had it back to the store in less than 2 hours. Heaven forbid Mike have to pay more than he needed to at $5 for every 15 minutes. (Tanya he reminds me of Papaw sometimes!!) We have been wanting another fridge for the garage anyway, but just didn't want to do it right now. I guess someone had other plans though. Anyway, it all worked out and the cake was safe and refrigerated!!

I can't believe tomorrow is Thanksgiving. We are going over to Cat and Brett's house tomorrow but not till 5. In the morning, my plan is to sit and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving parade with the boys, which I am sure after 30 minutes of it... it will be just me on the couch alone, but oh well! I am getting up early on Friday for the big sales. I SWORE I wasn't going to. But Joann coaxed me into it last weekend. Plus I did see a few things that I was interested in. I always enjoy it once I am awake!!! Can you believe that Kohls is opening at 4!!! I don't think so. I remember when Wal-mart would open at 6 and now it is 5! I know the early bird gets the worm.. but at some point the early bird is going to say to *%&$#@ with it!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and eats WAY too much!! Until next time...

The pictures are of the gingerbread train, sugar cookies and Dylan, Jacob and Rebecca.