Christmas and Goodbye 2009!!!!!!

Gaia playing Super Mario for Wii with my mom. =)

2009 is QUICKLY coming to an end and its hard to believe. It seems like it was January and I was sitting watching TV and there was a blanket of snow on the ground and we were getting a new president.

So Christmas was great. It started on Christmas Eve, as it always does in my family. I open an ornament each year in the morning, this year it was a Text Addict Cell Phone ornament. Very cute, but I don't see myself as an addict. hahaha So that day I baked cupcakes for dessert for dinner that night. I helped my aunt clean the house and she got the dog bathed and such.

So that night we did my mom's family Christmas. My earrings were the big present over-all. =) I love them, but I am beginning to hate cleaning them twice a day. Arg! I also got money and won $5 on a lotto scratch-off. =o) So we headed home that same day. I got home and Christmas Day night spent it over at Kate's house. Her and her parents do so much for me. :) I got a shaw to wear at my next Broadway show to keep warm from them, I love it! :)

Jeremy and Gaia didn't come until Sunday afternoon. They stopped in Charlotte for a visit and then came here. Gaia got a metal detector from Santa and that was the big thing at first. ;) We got around to doing our family Christmas. My bigs were I got 5 books (8 including Marci's set), Veera Bradly purse and wallet, 1 hour massage and a sewing machine! :) I also got clothes, Wii games, Wii points card to download games, fabric to make stuff, blue tooth ear piece for my phone, calendar, soduku puzzles, Grey's Anatomy 4 and 5, Ghost Whisperer 4, Harry Potter 6, Enchanted, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Gaia was here till today. She probably played on the Wii for 4 hours each day. She really loved the Super Mario game I got. She had her meltdowns also and a HUGE one yesterday with my mom that turned into a full-out fight with all of us. IT IS disturbing to hear Gaia say if she goes home and says something bad happen to her mom, she'll get a treat. I was like I hope you don't do that, but I can't believe she said that to me. She clung to me yesterday because of my mom and dad.

So thats it for 2009. Happy New Year!!!!!

Duggar Family Welcome Baby #19!

I want to congratulate Jim Bob and their family on baby #19 who arrived by emergency c-section yesterday evening.

Josie Brooklyn Duggar wasn't due until March 18, but came into the world 14 weeks premature after Michelle was admitted to the hospital over the weekend for gallstones. Apparently she also suffered from a condition called pre-eclampsia where her blood pressure was higher than normal.

Why would I post about this? I have been a loyal watcher of this family since they were on TV back when they had 14 and were adding a new addition. I love watching their show and to me unlike the Gosselin family, they haven't let the TV cameras and being in the spotlight change who they are.

The 18 kids names all start with the letter J; Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer & Jordyn-Grace. And no I didn't copy and paste that. ;) This includes 2 sets of twins.

I wish Michelle a quick and speedy recovery from the birth and her gallstones. I will pray for Josie and that she continues to do well and is home soon.

I can't believe I did it! =O

I got my 2nd holes done! :) Just 6 weeks of cleaning them left to go. ;)

Well this week got off to a bad start back home and trust me I clouldn't wait to get away from my parents. Two weeks away will fly by, but at least it won't be torture being at home with them.

So yesterday we met up with my aunt over in Albemarle, which is basically an hour away each way. So we ate lunch and let the dogs stretch their legs and potty and such. Then went our own ways. ;)

On the way to Gastonia, my aunt asked me if I still wanted to get my ears pierced and I was like yeah. I was told by my other aunt that I wouldn't do it probably because I hated needles as a kid. Ok, that was when I was a KID! I was 4 the first time I got them pierced, gimme a break! So she was like well lets go get it done today. I was like alright!

So we unloaded the car and dropped KoKo off at home. We told my grandma that we were going over to the mall, but we would be over. Hah! ;) So we went over to Claire's at the mall. I wasn't sure how BADLY it was going to hurt. Everyone told me it wouldn't hurt as bad as the first holes did. Well lets re-wind a little bit...

I got the first holes done at age 4, after I asked for them. They got infected, and I was probably allergic to the post also, so the first holes were messed up anyways. Well they closed up and so when I was 17, I had them redone and kept them open for the past 11 years. I wear earings in them daily.

But back in HS I wanted to get my 2nd holes and have been debating it on and off since then. Well finally this year I said to hell with it, I told my aunt she could take me to get my 2nd holes for Christmas.

So flash-forward to yesterday, the lady that did my piercing had gotten her 3rd hole done like last week and she said it hurt! I was like GREAT! What I needed to hear! :shakes head: But she then said her 2nd hole didn't hurt as much as the 1st and 3rd. So I felt better. ;) hahaha She also commented about my ear lobe and I didn't catch all she said, but I was like are you trying to tell me I have big ears?! LOL No apparently I have good piercing ears or whatever. So she made me laugh, which got my mind off of the impending pain. So she was like you want me to count or just do it. Initially I said just do it and then I said count. LOL

So the first ear is done, and it honestly felt like some one just grabbed my skin and pinched it lightly. NOTHING! Second ear, it hurt a little more than the first, but it was also on the side that hurt to have the 1st hole re-done. So it was NOT bad at all.

Marci you need to take Julie and get her first one done, and you need to get your 2nd holes. hehehe

So that's that. I hate the cleaning part. They are a little sore today, but not bad. I slept comfortably last night and tried not to lay on them. Kind of hard when you prefer sleeping on your side. hahaha

So that's it. Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate it! :D Christmas is in 15 days! Yikes! I still haven't 100% finished my shopping......

I love/hate this time of the year! :(

Sadie at my grandparents house on Thanksgiving day.

I am beginning to HATE this time of the year. I just hate it because of all the spending you do on other people. For me its stuff that I think they will like but they will probably never will use!

A few years ago I made these little boxes for all the girls in the family. (aunt's, mom and grandma) Well I know 2 of them are sitting in a closet and never have been out or used. Its like did you not see the meaning of it?! My grandma has her's in her kitchen because her was a recipe holder. I know she uses her and I smile each time I walk by it. Cause its something I took the time to sit down and make.

So this year, what was my idea again was to make my gifts. Well I was going to knit these little dish cloths, but again I doubt they will ever be used! They will be stuffed away in a drawer! :rolls eyes: I am making reed diffusers instead, cause its something I KNOW people will have sitting out and such.

So what's the problem? Oh my mother wants to put her touch on it! She picked the damn scent, I wanted lavendar she got lemon bermena (sp?)! I wanted heart shape glass containers, she got the diamond shape, what she wanted! Then all these other little touches that I would've never thought of! Its like people will look at this and I think they will think it was her idea, she did it and my name is on it!

I am out of time to do the dish cloths and for one thing I have no clue where the stupid book is that has the patterns! ARG!

I just hate that my ideas become her new project and has to put a damn spin on everything! :rolls eyes:

So thats my vent. I can't wait to get out of this house for a good while, man! Seriously!

Marci your package got mailed today. :) Don't open till next week when Hanukkah starts. :D