Simple Moments

I'm wishing you all a Merry Christmas! I may be offline for a couple of days but I wish you all a Happy Holiday season and fun with family, friends and even strangers! Stay safe and warm and enjoy the simple moments of life... the hot chocolate, hot buttered rum, lingering talks around the table, new recipes, board games, movies, music, books, hugs, and just being with family and friends. May you all have a cat in your tree or other moments that hold your smile!

As I wrote this I realized that it is indeed the simple moments that make the holidays so enriched. It's the moments that you usually don't slow down enough to acknowledge that are truly the most treasured in the long run. It's not the long awaited toy, video game, vehicle or money but the heart warming moments shared with other people... some family and friends and some not. I wish you all the calming breath to see and feel the shared moments. Make a snow angel, go for a walk, hold hands, smile, talk about nothing, just be there for each other.

Freaky

We have been playing the If you give a mouse a cookie game... you know... if you start to clean one room then that affects all these other places... storage sort of shifts. I am trying to get my house back in order before the family arrives next week. Looking for a place to put books in the tutoring office I discovered the cake topper from my wedding! Tomorrow is my 38th wedding anniversary! I have not seen this topper for 38 years (didn't even know I still had it) and I find it on my anniversary's eve????!!!!!! Thanks mom... I know you hid it for me to find one day. That day is now. Love you!

Laptop

I have never had a laptop and this is just fantastic. I have adapted quickly and hope that it actually becomes mine! Yes!!!!!!! I am in love with mobile technology!

How Ironic

It all started by me getting my mail. Just routine...right? Well, there was my Real Simple magazine peeking out of the mailbox and I was excited because I like this magazine. I noticed that it's the January issue and the main theme is: Feel Calmer Now! Well, I take a deep breath and smile and think ...Great! As I enter the house every alarm in the place begins to sound at the highest volume ever! Now my adrenaline is pumping. I check everywhere for a break in... I try to turn off the control panel... an even bigger alarm goes off. Call my DH and he has no effin idea! First of all this darn alarm system hasn't been set for ..oh ... maybe 10 years! Had to call the company and get directions to actually power down the entire system. I ended up getting a huge splinter, knocking out all the comcast services to the house and scaring the heck out of the cats. Now it's all peaceful and quiet at the house and I'm thinking about Hot Chocolate. How Ironic!

Thirty thousand dollars and it kicks butt!

The carpet guys just left and my carpets are beautiful. Stains that have been in the carpet since the girls were little are now gone. I swear it's like magic. Even the coffee spills on the stairs have disappeared. I used a private contractor who just bought a new $30,000 machine and the machine did everything it promised! And,.... after it dries if I am not happy he will return and redo it for free!

Don't Touch My Monkey!

It's the little things in life that take you by surprise! I was so excited when my ice cream arrived with a monkey. (And he was lime green!)

I'm in Big TROUBLE!

The cats are in their glory. I was only half way done putting up the tree when Abbey decided it was so cool that I was putting up a tree for her inside since it is getting cold outside. Gizmo noticed that Abbey went up the tree and decided that looked like terrific fun. Abbey is now in her glory sleeping in the tree. Now... do I put on ornaments and lights or just play it safe?

Post Secret

I love this post secret from today! Thank you to whoever sent it in.

Overload

Last week I had the great pleasure of overdosing on Christmas at a store in Frankenmuth Michigan. I kid you not... this store had everything you might want for decorating for Christmas or it doesn't exist. Within seconds I was binging around the store muttering incoherently. I had to ship all of my purchases home since I didn't have a remote idea on how to get the breakable items home on the plane. I would have had to buy an extra seat for the moose alone. Wow! Great way to start the buying frenzy! I think I saved Michigan's economy single handed.

Day after....

This is the day after the wedding. I guess the brothers of the bride had just a little too much partying! The rest of us kept right on going. It was a whirlwind five days in Michigan.

It Wasn't Me!

This last weekend I went to Michigan for a fun wedding. As the evening reception went on the group that I was with remarked that there was one thing we hadn't done yet. Yep! you guessed it. The most surprising thing was that.... it wasn't me!!!!!!!