All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth

This is a list I got off Kara's blog, she always has the funnest things to fill out, Thanks Kara!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper is so much more fun
2. Real tree or Artificial? I LOVE a real tree but they are so expensive now, we've had a fake one the past couple of years
3. When do you put up the tree? Depends on when I get the motivation to dig everything out
4. When do you take the tree down? Depends on when I get the motivation to put everything back away
5. Do you like eggnog? I used to love it but not so much anymore
6. Favorite gift received as a child? This is hard, Santa always brought me the best stuff! I do remember thinking I was pretty awesome when I got my first CD player
7. Hardest person to buy for? My husband, he buys everything he wants through the year or only wants stuff we can't afford
8. Easiest person(s) to buy for? My kids, it is SO much fun!
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I don't do either, although I got Christmas cards made with a family picture last year and never sent them out!
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? None, I love everything
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Probably Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, but I love a lot of others too! No I changed my mind it's definitely Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation!!!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually a couple of weeks before Christmas, but this year started the day after Thanksgiving, I like to wait until the last minute ;)
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Not that I can think of but that's not a guarantee!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? I love all holiday food but my mom does make a mean ham!
16. Lights on the tree? Yes, multicolored
17. Favorite Christmas song? All of them, except a few that I am sick of (ie Christmas Shoes, which I think is an ok song, I have just heard it 2 million times)
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay around home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Of course!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Open PJ's Christmas Eve and the rest Christmas morning around 5 am
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Traffic
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? We have a tradition of getting a new ornament every year for each member of the family so that's as close as we get to a theme and I LOVE it!!!
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Again, my mom's ham
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Tuition for next semester, oh and a Magic Bullet

I Could Have Been Killed

Yesterday was the first time in years that I didn't have to get up at 4 am to go to work, so what did I do? I got up at 4 am to shop! As a retail girl for so many years I came to loath Black Friday since I had to work so early and since pregnant moms try NOT to get up that early there was no real reason for us to be open before 10, yet we still had to sit there and watch the crazy crowds go past our doors. This year is my first out of retail so I decided to see Black Friday the way the other half sees it. I set my alarm and went to bed for too short of a time, when it rang I thought "What am I thinking?" but got up anyway. When I was actually out of bed I got excited, got ready, and got Maisy loaded up (yes, I took my 5 month old daughter shopping at 5 am). My parents and sister came to get us and we drove to Sam's Club. I ran like a mad woman to get my hands on a Wii Fit only to find out they were given out before the store even opened :( anyway, that's how the day started and we had so much fun for the rest of the day!!! I really didn't get a whole lot but I had so much fun seeing all of the madness! We went back home around noon and then for some reason Joey and I decided to take the kids on Frontrunner and I found myself at the Gateway until 9:00, way too much shopping for one day, I'm still trying to recover.
I am so sorry all of you Mother's Work employees had to work yesterday (again, I think it's worthless for you to open early) but hope your day went well, and hope you all make plan for Christmas :)

Happy Thanksgiving

I thought today was appropriate to express what I'm thankful for but quickly realized I couldn't list everything I am thankful for without writing for hours, so I thought I'd write about the one thing I am most thankful for: my family. I don't know where I'd be without them (obviously I wouldn't be born without some of them, ha, ha). Joey works hard to allow me to chase my dreams and stay at home with the kiddos while I do it, my parents never tell me they are sick of me or my kids even though we invade their house everyday and are the best grandparents out there, Aimee helps me get through classes that may have caused me to pull my hair out and entertains me every day, Jordan is always willing to help me (he started my car for me every day last winter when I was so sick), Marianne always calls to make sure we are all OK and would do anything for us, and most of all I am thankful for my kids who make me laugh every day. I can't imagine life without them. Seeing the world through my kids' eyes is the most blessed experience I have ever had, and I would not trade it for the world. I love you all!

41 Out of 99

Things I've Done! This was so much fun! To participate just copy and paste in your own blog, and bold all of the things you have done. Happy discoveries!
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (sorry mom!)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (I will regret not doing this while I was in Venice forever)
29. Seen an eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person (the year we went the tour went to Sienna instead, grr.)
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (as long as a characiture in Sea World counts)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen (Doing it this Christmas, anyone with me?)
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (I would, they won't let me)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (Technically, I didn't want to go back, so I didn't)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one (we love you Joe)
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Because I'm Bored

I haven't posted for a while and I'll admit I'm a little bored right now so I thought it would be interesting to post all of the jobs I've had and places I've worked. Don't ask me where the thought came from, totally random. Anyway, here I go (in order but I won't bore you with dates, ha, ha!):
1-Lagoon lifeguard
2-Jamba Juice
3-Lagoon lifeguard (again)
4-Mail clerk for the IRS (the shortest I think I quit after like 2 weeks, I didn't feel like working anymore)
5-Convergys telemarketer (6 weeks, it was terrible)
6-Part time sales at Layton Motherhood
7-Part time floor supervisor at Layton Motherhood
8-Legal assistant
9-Part time sales Newgate Motherhood
10-Assistant manager Newgate Motherhood
11-Assistant manager Layton Motherhood
12-Manager Newgate Motherhood
13-Manager Layton Mimi Maternity (same company as Motherhood)
14-Co-Manager Bellevue, WA Mimi Maternity
15-Co-manager Newgate Motherhood
16-Manager Newgate Motherhood
17-My favorite-Being a Mommy

Now wouldn't that look great on a resume if I split them all up like that? Looks like I've job-hopped but I can justify it to myself because most of them were with the same company ;) Now that I've gotten rid of my writer's block hopefully my next post can be a bit more interesting!

What are you Watching?

I was tagged by Suzanne to list the shows on my DVR, so here it goes: (by the way a lot of these are off season but I leave them on to wait for the next season)
1-The Amazing Race 13
2-Grey's Anatomy
3-The Office
4-Desperate Housewives
5-The Secret Life of the American Teenager (terrible acting but I'm hoping it comes back)
6-The Girls Next Door
7-Deadliest Catch
8-Project Runway
9-Rock of Love Charm School
10-Reno 911
11-America's Next Top Model
12-Handy Manny
13-Jack's Big Music Show
That's my list, now I tag Aimee and Ashlee!

CHOO CHOO

Duffy decided last night to get all of the cans out of Grandma and Grandpa's lazy susan and make a huge train. He was so excited to show everyone that he made a choo choo train! By the time he was done the train was probably 10 feet long and every can had to be just so.

Haunting Good Time

We had a great time for Halloween this year, we always do. I love Halloween, it's the one day of the year you can be whatever you want to be without people thinking you've lost your mind. We all dressed up early on Halloween and went to Grandma Bennett's work where Duffy always makes out like a bandit and then went to Great-Grandma Bennett's with all the great-grandkids dressed up. Two of the moms were within 2 weeks of having babies (congrats to Erin by the way 11/1/08) so I congratulate them for being troopers, I don't think I could have made costumes being that pregnant, but they did.

In these pictures you can see me, Aimee, and the kids all dressed up, the middle picture is all the great-grandkids, there's a pic of my dad dressed up as Michael Myers, and a few pictures of Jordan's transformation from normal to zombie.

Here we are carving pumpkins, I can't believe I don't have a picture of the finished product :( Maisy wore her Jack-o-lantern onesie so she fit right in!

Election-Eve

Tomorrow is the big election. The most important for a long time, a lot of people say. Procrastinator that I am, I registered to vote on the last possible day and now the day before the election I am still not sure who I am voting for. Call me crazy but I feel like I am choosing the between the lesser of two evils this year. I think I am going to go with my mom's philosophy and vote for anyone other than incumbents. What we have going on isn't working so what would it hurt to try COMPLETELY new people? I guess I'll be spending the day online looking for all the info I can gather on candidates and issues, trying to figure out what I'll do tomorrow. Wish me luck!