I cant believe it is Thanksgiving already! (note to self: go grocery shopping before tomorrow!) I am thankful for so many things....
my wonderful DH and amazing little jewel: I am not close to the writer I need to be to tell you how much they mean to me.
my sisters and brother: I really, really, really would be lost without them
my amazing parents: I finally have come to appreciate them about half as much as they are really worth...and I don't know that I will every fully appreciate them as much as they deserve
my sweet little Dude and gentle Ol' Elwood
Peppermint Ice Cream
IPhone
Fuzzy Slippers
Sunshine
Happy Thanksgiving to all and to all a good night!
Want to shake of the Monday Blah's? These contests will do it for ya!
Contest Monday at MomDot and here are a few of the goodies I am after.....
Familylicious Reviews has a ton of great reviews and giveaways. I entered for the Goodbyn and Globo Eco Rain Jacket.
What’s Cooking at DD is running a DD Holiday Gift Pack Giveaway! Its a collection of great gifts- everything you can thing of... from stakes to jeans...all for one lucky person. I think if I won, I would have all my Christmas shopping done in on shot.
Sheilacakes is giving away $100 Visa gift card. That could come in handy- ya think?
I also found a great Blogabration going on over at Real Woman Scrap.
What a great way to spend the holidays making new friends, sharing a little comment love and earning great prizes to boot. Its magic.
There are a gillion more contests but I figured it would be bad Karma to be too greedy.
Happy Aloha Friday friends! Thank you to An Island Life for hosting this little gathering. My Aloha Friday question has to do with an email my friend sent me about showering habits of men versus women.
How a Woman Showers: Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks. Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas. Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc. Get in the shower. Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wideloofah and pumice stone. Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins. Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean. Condition your hair with grapefruit mint-conditioner. Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red. Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash. Rinse conditioner off hair. Shave armpits and legs. Turn off shower. Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mold spots with Tilex. Get out of shower. Dry with a towel the size of a small country. Wrap hair in super absorbent towel. Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.
How a Man Showers:
Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile. Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at her making the woo- woo sound. Look at your manly physique in the mirror admiring the size of your wiener and scratch your ass. Get in the shower. Wash your face. Wash your armpits. Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off. Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower. Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area. Wash your butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stick on the soap. Wash your hair. Make a Shampoo Mohawk. Pee. Rinse off and get out of shower. Partially dry off. Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of tub the whole time. Admire wiener size in mirror again. Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on. Return to bedroom with towel around waist. If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and make the woo-woo sound again. Throw wet towel on bed.
I went home and last night, I swear that was exactly how my husband showers. A few differences, but in general dead on. I just sat and laughed. Who thinks of things like this. So my Aloha Friday question is ......
How accurate is this little ditty with your family?
Both my DH and my little jewel are so darn pokey, it drives me nuts. With the DH, I usually tell him we are going to leave a good half hour before I really want to leave... and I still end up in the car first. (Shhh, dont tell him that.)
I can just get up, grab my things and go.
My son is picking up some of the habits and I am determined to break it. (For me and his future wife's sanity) I wake him up for school plenty early. He gets plenty of notice on what we are doing and where we are going. Its not like school is a surprise; it happens everyday at the same time. We set out our clothes the night before so there are no clothes tantrum and still, I will come in his room and he is half naked and building a lego. (Now while this is hilarious to see a naked-as-a-jaybird kid squatting on the floor building a lego, its not a habit I want to encourage.)
My new strategy is we are going to do a green light, yellow light and red light "game"...which is just another way for me to give him enough notice to get dressed, get his stuff together and get downstairs.
Why do I know tomorrow morning I will go in his room and he will have on one sock, a t-shirt and jumping on his bed?
If you like this story, head over to MomDot for Content Thursday.
TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and since I love give-aways, I'm entering their meme.
1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year? *SPA gift pack~ ahh, massage or a pedicure would be so nice *One of those hand stamped necklaces *Some new PJs~I'm an adult shouldn't I be sleeping in something other than a t- shirt? *A full kitchen makeover with Wolf Range and all new appliances *A full master bed and bathroom make over
2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received? *My son made me a plate. It was decoupage with his picture on it.
3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle? *One of those giant gorgeous Gingerbread houses.
4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child? *My first piece of "real"jewelry. It was a blue topaz ring with real gold. I was so giddy!
5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year? *Hmm, that would be easier to answer by saying "what is not on his wish list". But Legos and a WII would be on the top of his list.
6. What is your favorite holiday food? *Stuffing and Cranberry Sauce
7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays? *Last year I made homemade vanilla extract in a cute bottle. (Before you think I am too awesome, the credit goes to DesignMom for the idea) I am still hoping she will give me a good idea this year.
8. What is your favorite holiday movie? *My absolute cant-get-through-Christmas without-watching would be The Year Without a Santa Clause. And this is why.
9. Favorite holiday song? *My favorite song would be Jingle Bell Rock because my son loves that song. I remember singing it to him when I rocked him to sleep. He would have me sing that too him all the time. It did not matter to him if it was December or the middle of July.
10. Favorite holiday pastime? *I love baking cookies. I don't get to spend as much time as I like; but there is something therapeutic about it.
First, he got nailed at school with a football and had a bloody nose.
The very next day he fell off the jungle gym and broke his fall with his face.
( We have since discussed that is not a good idea..lol)
The next day at school, he was running during recess and BAM ran straight into a pole. Had a goose egg the size of a golf ball on his forehead. ( Poor guy)
I am hoping this is the end of the head traumas for this week. Ah, do you think?
I sent him to school today and asked that he try not to use his face for anything other than smiling or kissing his mommy.
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