Crazy Little Thing Called Life

tomorrow....

Luke comes home tomorrow!! :)
And we're all just a little bit excited.  Belle & Ian are getting out of school at noon...we're going for lunch, and then we'll get Luke from the Bellingham airport.  
Can't wait to have him home for two whole weeks!

So I am off to town this morning.  Have to go to Costco for some food...ha ha.
Anyone planning to see this this weekend?

Everyone in our house except for Belle and me wants to.  And me really...only because I didn't see the one before this.

Happy Thursday...off to make the Costco list!
Are you packed Luke???

today...

Meeting up with Alissa at Starbucks. :)

Bringing Sandy a Starbucks since she's stuck at work. :(

Going to Grandiflora. :)  Hoping their Christmas stuff is still on sale.

Went to Bunco last night...it was pillow cover Bunco and I won this:

Sorry...quick snap with my iPhone.  Everything I do seems blurry lately.  
Hmmm, I do need to get my eyes checked.
Anyhow...super cute covers.  I need to steam it and get a pillow form for the inside.

Happy Wednesday....good luck on your Spanish final Luke!

snow!

Not very much...but enough to make the ground white. :)

Woohoo!

So......there are only 3 more days until Luke comes home! :)  We are all REALLY looking forward to that.  Ian even put it on his Christmas list...for Luke to come home.  It was number 5, but that's still good, right?

Other things I find myself excited for:

---Baking sugar cookies with Belle...and decorating them.

---Watching White Christmas with the whole family.

---Finishing the Christmas shopping.  How come the last 10% is taking the longest??

---Finishing a whole year of Project Life.  And then starting over in 2014.

---Making cornflake cookies.  And eating them all.

---Enjoying more peppermint stick ice cream.  Dreyer's.  So amazing.

---The Christmas Eve service at church.

---The break from school.  The kids staying up late.  Watching movies.  

What are you excited for??

Happy Tuesday...Off to Starbucks with Mom.
Good luck on your test today Luke.  Love you!

happy monday...

It's cold.
I know I shouldn't complain since it's only been in the teens and low twenties lately.
And it's below zero in Iowa.  (Luke has no sympathy for me.)
But I'm cold.
That's all.

The bank Christmas party was last Saturday night...so Iz & I got all dressed up and went.
I think it had been 7 years or so since we'd gone.  It's always the first Saturday in December...and so is the state championship football game...(by the way...WOOHOO LIONS!!!  State champs 3 years in a row!!!)

Anyhoo...

Heels when you're 5' 10" are a big deal.  They were fun.  Painful, but fun.
But.  I didn't roll my ankles and a good time was had by all. :)

Have a good Monday.  Off to run some errands and catch up on more Christmas stuff.
This Friday Luke!!  Woohoo...can't wait! :)

can you find my naughty kitty?

I have a couple of jingle bell ornaments that let me know if there's any activity in the tree.
So far this year I hadn't caught either of them in there...until yesterday.
Busted, Kate.  Good thing you're cute.

And my other surprise yesterday:

My husband is so sweet.  :)
The picture's not so great.  My camera and I are fighting again.  I'm attempting to conquer the Manual setting.  (Or it could just be the crappy yellow lighting in my kitchen, who knows.)

Aaaaand, a little basketball:

The girls had a nice win over Mt. Baker last night.

This one makes me laugh because she sticks her butt out just like Luke.
In fact, she looks a LOT like her brother on the court.  Mannerisms, pterodactyl arm span, miss one then make one on her free throws...ha ha.

They both do this too. :)  Way to get up there Belle!

Have a great Friday...  A week from today Luke...study hard for finals!
And a happy weekend to you too...Good luck to the Lions...heading to the State Championship Football game tomorrow!!  Woohoo!!

 

the list...

1.  stalk the mailbox.

I did more online shopping this year than any other.  So fun to have packages coming! :)
Yesterday was Penney's...hoping for 2Peas tomorrow.  Ok, that's not Christmas...but still fun.

2.  Christmas Cards.

Addressed almost 100 for Iz's work.  Then did a ton of our personal ones.
They are going in the mail and in the church boxes today.  I know there will be more to send out, but a big chunk is done!  Woohoo!

3.  Starbucks.

Has been pretty much on my list every day.  Oh peppermint hot chocolate, how I love you.
Especially since it's been so COLD!

Speaking of Starbucks...yesterday with mom:

Such a cutie.

4.  Laundry.

Not so fun.  But almost done.  Last load is towels.
Not sure why, but towels are almost always my last load(s).  What do you do last?

5.  December Daily.

Still keeping up with what I'm doing for each day.  I just don't have my book or pages made yet.  HA!  But I'm going to.  It's on my list, after all.
I will.  I will I will I will.  I found my book from last year.  I actually made it all the way to the 25th.  And it's SOOO much fun to look through.

6.  Bellingham list for tomorrow.

Ugh.  Target, Best Buy, Costco for pictures (double ugh).

7.  Odds & Ends.

Basketball game for Belle at Mt. Baker.
Basketball game for Luke tonight, but it's not on the computer. :(
Basketball practice for Ian.
There's a pattern here.

Happy Thursday!  You should have your box...8 more days Luke!!!!!

really random wednesday...

1.  from Cathy Zielske:

a free printable:

Hope this prints right...it was a free PDF from her newsletter.  (Totally worth signing up...free and fun!)  I'm going to use the multi-colored one in my Project Life for Thanksgiving week.  

2.  2 hours of my life I won't get back:

Ooooooooh, so bad.  So very, very bad.  Just..........bad.
And I like Mark Wahlberg AND the Rock.  Sigh.
BAD.  Seriously.

3.  But this is oh so very good!

The season finale was Monday night.  EEEEEEERG!  More questions than answers!  I hate that.  If they know what's good for them...and I don't really think it'll be an issue, I think the show was a hit...there had BETTER be a second season.
I've never been a huge James Spader fan, but holy cow, is he ever perfect on this show.  Love it!!

4.  Beef stew.

I made it last night!  Thank you, thank you Grace for your recipe.
I made it in the crock pot and my house smelled DELICIOUS all day long.
(And it tasted good too!)  :)

5.  December Daily...

Working on it today.  I'm going to use a Simple Stories album (the older style...I had one on hand)...and do it sort of Ali Edwards/mini project life style.  Mostly page protectors (6x8) with one 4x6 opening, and 2 - 3x4 openings.  But some other stuff thrown in for variety.
Woohoo.

6.  Elf on the Shelf.

Do you do it?

Creepy? or Adorable?   

Discuss.

7.  And because I'm on a bit of a video roll:

 
I just love a capella. :) 

Happy Wednesday...keep studying Luke.  Sent your finals box yesterday.  9 more days!!!

 

my Black Friday deal...

Iz & I did some serious damage to the Christmas list...but I have to admit, one of my favorite Black Friday deals was at TJ Maxx (who, ironically didn't have any sales going on):

The little Martha Stewart Christmas puffy stickers & the Christmas Jolee's were $1.49....and all the Studio Calico wood veneers were $1.99 each.  Woohoo!
If you're going to the Bellingham TJM...most all the veneers were in the checkout lane (you know...where you stand like cattle until there's a free register.)

And randomly...because it's really cool (and sent to me by my father in law)...and because foxes seem to be all en vogue lately...(and because Tom Selleck narrates, and his voice makes me all swoony...) here's a super neat video:

 

Happy Tuesday!  Sending you a 'study for finals' box soon Luke.  Only 10 more days!!