Wanted to share a pic...

Isn't she cute?

Not too much to share...just work, work, work. I heard from my best friend from college today, she had a baby girl on New Year's Eve...just one day too early ;) (my birthday is Jan. 1 for those that don't know). That girl knows more stuff about me and was with me through more hard times...it's really too bad we don't keep in touch that much anymore. Life gets in the way I guess...But (and I hope she's reading this!) I know she's one of those gals that if I went to her house today it'd be like we've seen each other every day. I still think she knows me better than anyone. And she DEFINITELY knows more secrets about me than anyone. :) Those kind of friends are good to have. Love you Kristi!!!

So she's Daddy's little girl....

We were going out to eat last night (thanks Kari and Mike!)...and Madi was saying "I love you Daddy", "I want to sit by YOU, Daddy"....and I said, "what about me?"....to which she replied, "Bubba loves you momma. He can sit by you."


Gonna go cry some now.

Just when I thought I didn't have anything interesting to say...

I was told today that my son started counting in Spanish. ON HIS OWN, mind you. Neither Tina or us have ever worked with him on this. She was giving him some raisins today and he started counting them out in Spanish. She said perfectly 1-5, needed just a little help to 10!! We got him to do it for us too tonight! People, this is the same child that doesn't grasp the concept of the toilet. And tonight after playing with Noah's ark and I told him to put it up, he looks around with a blank look on his face and says "where mommy? I don't see it!". SO SO much like me....I think that worries Brian a bit. Appears to be very intelligent book-wise...but common sense may be lacking....

AND I got an email tonight that I got 2 layouts picked up for publication in a new book about doodling! :)

I THOUGHT I lived in TEXAS

we are NOT suposed to have ice/snow/freezing rain/crap in our forecast for a whole week!!! Not that it is amounting to a WHOLE lot, but the words ice and freezing rain have been in the forecast every single day for literally the last week. and thru this weekend. Which figures because I am actually meeting a friend (yes, I do have ONE), to go scrap on Friday night. I think I'm going to go regardless....Brian said don't call him if I get stuck, but I know my Dad will come get me if needed! Right, daddy?

So the kids aren't really doing anything too new or cute. We have pretty much put Madi in "big girl panties" except for nap/bedtime. But of course Matt is another matter....

Hmmm....not too much else to say, and I really need to go work a little bit more (see dad, it's 7pm and I'm going to be working!)....Stay warm everybody!!

work.

I am really enjoying my job; which is actually kind of worrying me, because some aspects of it will be changing in the not too distant future (unless my prayers are answered). But anyway, you can take this for bragging if you want to....mostly I'm just excited about it, and hey, it's my blog, so I'll write what I want to. I started back in mid-November the working at home thing, and I felt like I was doing an ok job...they put REALLY high expectations on us, and I don't think they truly expect us to attain the goals they set. If so, well, it's just not gonna happen without workin 50+ hrs per week and I refuse to do that. But since I've started, I haven't heard one word from my supervisor about how I'm doing. I generally take the approach of no news is good news, but I really had no clue about my performance and how everyone else does. So when my boss's boss sent an email yesterday and for last week I was #3, I was quite suprised! And happy. He sent an email to the top 10 RPhs, and let us know where we were...and to say job well done. That was nice to know. But I wish he had sent that email to everybody not just the top ten.

Now the competitor in me says I have to go after #1....then at bonus time....show me the money baby. show. me. the. money.

I'm just sayin'....

that should the opportunity ever arise, I WOULD leave my husband for Jack Bauer. NOT, mind you, Keifer Southerland, but Jack Bauer.

Is there a more noble, selfless, patriotic man alive?

I was almost in tears watching him break down tonight. Bless his heart, he should be in therapy and he's having to save the country from some psychos.

In case you can't tell, my FAVORITE show 24 is back....and as good as ever!!!

If only they'd give us 4 hours every week! Now we only get an hour a week from now on, and that's just really not enough. But it does make Monday's more bearable.

~and~ I got to go see The Good Shepherd today....it was very good. Kind of complicated; you have to pay attention; but it was good. But 3 hours long. So dad and mom, don't see it at the theater.

6:30am...on my day off....

"MOMMA!!! MOMMA!!!" (Matt)
Sigh. "What?" (me. groggily.)
"MOMMA! IT'S DARK IN HERE!! VERY VERY DARK!"
"well, get the stool and turn on the light."
"OH! That's a GOOD idea! A very good idea momma! Thank you!"

it's a good thing he's so darn cute.

6:30am.

yuk.

These sort of things NEVER happen to me!

So I log onto my company HR website, to check to see if my vacation (2 weeks) has been credited yet. And there was 3 weeks in there!!! I wasn't susposed to get that til next year! So I called the HR department and they said since I've been there 5 consecutive years (02-07), I get 3 weeks even though my 5 year anniversary isn't til Feb.! Things like this NEVER work out in my favor!!

24 starts up this Sunday....and let me tell you I am SO excited. TV is a MAJOR thing at my house (yes, I know that's sad, but that's a whole other discussion)...and 24 is our all time favorite show. Though it can be frustrating to watch just one hour at a time.

We are slowly getting our house a little more organized...went through the kids closets the other night and cleaned out all the too little clothes. Wow do my kids have a lot of clothes. Thankfully, a lot of Madi's are from cousin Mya ;) that helps me stay out of trouble a little bit anyway.

Guess I'd better go see if I have any faxes!

I thought this pic turned out really cute! (Of course it did! It has my son in it!)

So anyway, not a lot to say really. Been trying to clean before Brian gets home so I don't get yelled at too much....but it's very hard with 2 rug rats dragging stuff out as soon as you get it picked up.

Oh, one thing that made me happy today was after we got home from church, Madi was showing me her papers that they colored. Their lesson was about David being a shepherd, and she told me (without me asking) all about the big mean bear that David killed to protect the sheep and keep them safe....I was really proud that she knew and remembered her Sunday school lesson so well. She even knew David's name without me prompting. And I was sort of debating on whether or not to go because it's very difficult when flying solo. Taught me a lesson.

My next 30 years...

Ok, so I've had a couple of requests to update my blog. So I am!

Yesterday was my 30th birthday. Yee haw. They aren't as fun as they used to be, but as my mom and dad say, it's better than the alternative. We didn't do much...went to IKEA (can never find a SINGLE thing there--I don't know why we keep going. Brian hates Euro stuff), we looked at printers, and went to dinner at La Hacienda. The kids were good, so that's always a plus.

New Years Resolutions: I don't really believe in them, but I am really going to try to loose weight (that's not a new year's resolution--I'm just continuing my quest from last year). I had lost some weight before the holidays, but am too scared to step on the scales now. I'd LOVE to get back to where I was before the kids were born, but that is probably literally impossible without surgery. Unless I just become anorexic. Can anorexics drink Dr. Pepper?

My other resolution (but to some extent it's out of my hands) is to get published again...has been my "resolution" for the last 2 years (successful both times thankfully!)....and I've been slacking off lately. But since I gave Brian the magic X Box I now have more time. :)

Anyway, I better get back to work. Dad if you're reading this, my queue was empty and I had nothing to do anyway.