Hope everyone had a great weekend! Happy Monday right? Hardly. I despise Mondays...today was a not so joyous day at work. Its QA week so there is added stress and I just felt grumpy from the jump.

It was a fun weekend with my mom and Bri...Maddie of course enjoyed her visit. Mom sent me home with Maddies Christmas stuff, can't wait for her to enjoy all of her goodies!

Maddie has been pretty adamant on the thought of Santa and when he is coming. The night that we put up the christmas tree she was insistant that Santa was coming the next day. For the next few days after that she would keep asking if Santa had come yet so I decided to make up a countdown for her. No surprise that the other day when it finally sunk in that Santa wouldn't be here for a few weeks yet she came downstairs and started to take the ornaments off the tree, I yelled, what are you doing?!?! She said--but its not Christmas yet, Santa won't be here for a few weeks--why does she have to be so literal at times?!?!?




I'm still plugging away at Christmas cards, I'm waiting for family pics to get back before mailing them and than after that they will be postal!

So what does everyone have planned for the week? This week I am off Thursday and Friday, Maddie needs to get her letter for Santa together and mailed, at some point I want her to go and visit Santa and have her pic taken, I need to get started on Buckeyes and do some house cleaning. Not sure how much I will get done but I'll try my best!

Thats it for now!
Love and Blessings

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

Isaiah 40:28

TGIF! Have a great weekend everyone!

The tree is semi up--I put it up Wednesday night but when it came to putting the lights on none of them worked and I wasn't going to go through each strand and see what was wrong, figured they are on sale almost everywhere and it would be less aggravation. So Thursday I stopped at Hobby Lobby, they were 2 for 5 and got the lights on last night. Maddie started to put ornaments on but the novelty was over fast, lol. Tonight I am hoping that we get it finished up, I've been taking some pics of her decorating the tree and I am still trying to figure out how to get a good one of her with just the lights. I'm also thinking of punching out some snowflakes for her to put on the tree but we shall see.

Maddie is SOOOO excited for christmas this year, every day she thinks is the day Santa is coming. Last night we were watching TV and she came down the steps and said, are there presents? Did Santa come? LOL--this is going to be a LOOOONNNNNGGGGG month! Tonight I am going to make up a chart for her with a bag of santa stickers, I am thinking every day she can put a santa on a spot and when she doesn't have any more santas she will know its Christmas. Same concept as an advent calandar I guess but nothing special designated to each day.

Tomorrow we are going to Lima to see my mom and Bri, Maddie will be thrilled when we tell her in the morning!

Here's a pic to wrap things up, I took this awhile back with my cell phone, finally remembered to email it to myself.



Love and Blessings!
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:57

Yay Johnny!

He made the DEAN's List for the Summer '08 term, this is the second time he has made the list! I'm so proud of him!

Love and Blessings

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.

Revelation 3:19

Hope everyone had a great weekend! This was my weekend to work so we all know how that goes, it wasn't to hectic though, pretty nice and fairly calm just like the way a weekend should be. =0) Next weekend we will be in Lima visiting with Grammy and Grampy H!

Holy cow I can't believe that it is Dec 1st!!! Where has the year gone? We will be dating things 2009 before we know it! I am done shopping for Maddie, just have to pick up a few gift cards for the nieces and we will be all set!

What does everyone have planned for the week? I am off Tuesday so I hope to get the tree up, with Thanksgiving being a week later than usual it seems like I really need to hurry up with it already. Have I ever mentioned how much I really don't like putting up the tree? Stringing the lights, putting on ornaments, I like to enjoy it for the most part, but than only to have to take everything down. Humph, sound like a scrooge don't I? I also need to get cracking on making Buckeyes, chex mix and chocolate covered pretzels for my goodie bags at work. I was going to try to make something crafty homemade for a few of the girls but I don't know if I will get around to that or not.

I've actually had a little bit of time here and there to scrap....






Here are some birthday cards that I made for some girls at work....



Hope everyone has a great week!
Love and Blessings
In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Proverbs 16:9