Friday, January 29, 2010

The Year of THE SNUGGIE

Oh admit it! You secretly want one!

Well, this was the year of the Snuggie in our house, whether they realized they wanted it or not! :)

You can see from the varying expressions, that it wasn't as well received by some as it was by others! Oh well - they all soon grew to appreciate the gift and we've got snuggies all over the house.





Well...maybe Brit wasn't too excited about her Snuggie, but Briley was more than happy to model her's for everyone!



For you viewing pleasure, I thought I would show you the 'remains of the day'....


Obviously our festivities weren't exciting enough to keep her awake.

And one last picture of my girls - don't they look innocent and almost angelic? Yep, that's the facade of digital photography - everything can be edited!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Tree Decorating - Family Style


The Christmas of 2009 - (glad it's over!)

It all started on a Sunday afternoon when the girls and I were putting up the Christmas Tree. Easy enough? Right? WRONG! It was a unanimous vote by all of those living in my house which fail to financially support themselves, that WE needed new decorations for our tree. We NEEDED an entirely new theme. Hmmm??? You can guess what the next words out of their mouths were... "MOM!!! We need some money so we can go buy new ornaments."

Okay really, I had to agree with them; I was sick of the same ole' hodge podge mess. I know, I know...it really wasn't a mess, it was more like every ornament that the kids had made from daycare through the elementary years at school and any other mismatched ornament that fell into the 'eclectic' theme.

Not long after the decision was made to buy new ornaments, we all took off to the store in search of our new theme. Luckily the girls were mostly interested in using the same color of ornaments and not so much a theme that would break the bank. What's even better, I just turned them loose in the Dollar Store and after a mere $50 we had new ornaments and lights that would make us all happy! I guess that means we are just cheap, easy to please, and low maintenance! Or we are always pinching pennies so tightly that I have taught my children to have low expectations! LOL

It was a family function in our house! Everyone had a job to do - and Brittany was there to make sure we all did it right... uh... uh... I mean her way! :)


Brittany was in charge of the light placement - so she had to squeeze in and out from around the tree! Ok, so maybe she's the only one skinny enough to do it?




Bailey and Briley were charged with the task of putting the hangers on the new ornaments and following all of the orders that Brittany was barking out as she went! Oh yes, it was definitely a joyful occassion! Or Not!



At one point, they girls had to wrangle their dad into helping with the lights because for some reason we couldn't have twinkle lights. It was imparative that we have solid clear/white lights.
After about 3 hours of family togethernesss and a few close misses of a thrown ornament here and there, the tree was finished and my living room looked like a cyclone went through.




Well there you have it, our glorious Dollar Store themed Christmas Tree!
Whew.... we made it through that without any injuries!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Good Things To Come

I promise - New blogging ideas and stories on the horizon! Oh who knows? I might just get energetic enough to redo my blog and add new pictures and graphics? No promises, but you just never know what frame of mind I am going to be in from one day to the next.

First I must apologize and beg for your blogging forgiveness - I know I have left you all in a lurch and wondering what on earth has happened to my tales of woe, grief and total hysteria living in a house with teenagers!

Never fear, my life is still full of hysteria and continues to serve up portions of woe and grief! I'll be back soon with a recap of the holidays and the pictures of the favored gift.

The only good excuse I have for neglecting the blog world is just simple boredom - with ME, Myself and I! I don't do well at the holidays and I absolutely despise January, so I guess I just wish I could hide away in a closet in my PJ's and fuzzy slippers. Sadly, I can't hide - each year the Holidays roll around and wouldn't you know it, January is right there too serving up the cold, wet, windy weather! UGH!!!

Come on Spring!

Don't leave me now .... blogging madness will continue, just as soon as I can remember to download my pictures from my camera.

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