Bad Blogger

I have been a horrible blogger this month. But we have been pretty busy and to be honest, I really have not been good at all about taking pictures this month. I think I have taken a total of 4 pictures of Emma the entire month.

So I hope everyone has been enjoying the "Snow Days". We even got one this week at work. It was great to actually be able to go do my food shopping during a week day. We were also very fortunate that we did not have any trees come down in our yard, but we have friends that were not so fortunate.

I was supposed to go to Louisville with Steven today, but since the weather has been nasty I managed to get out of it :-) Instead I am going to spend time with the "girls" while we let our kids run wild.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

My Sanity

Emma has never really been one to enjoy being strapped into the car and going for a ride. She always seems to get upset over her shirt riding up, her pants sliding down, the straps are too tight, she can't get her leg up......you get the idea. There are some days that by the time we got where ever we were going, I thought I would loose my mind from her fussiness.

For Christmas she got a Leapster. She kinda played with it, but of course there were so many other new things to do, that she didn't really pay it a whole lot of attention. Plus, we have never let her play games on the computer and she had never had any type of handheld gaming devise (like a GameBoy), so she really wasn't sure what to do with it. Then she saw Ethan with his one night and when we got home she wanted her "thing like what Ethan has". We gave it to her and showed her how to do a couple of things and within a week, she had mastered not only that, but had figured out how to do even more on it. She always asks for it before she uses it and she knows that if she misbehaves it will get taken away. But her favorite place to use it is in the car. So now, instead of listening her being fussy, I get to hear the music of the Leapster and her joy when she does something right. Ahhhh, sanity restored! :-)

Thank you Aunt Tricia for a wonderful gift, not only for Emmaline, but for her mommy as well!

Tagged

Mel tagged me, so here goes...

The rules:

You are to bold/change the color on each of the below that apply to you, then tag 4 more people and let them know that they have been tagged!

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain--it was more of a hike, though.
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept in an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (solar)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted - actually drawn and colored by a street artist in Central Park.
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chicken pox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

I will tag Jody, Tiffany, Jodi and Brandie.

It isn't slowing down!!

I always look forward to the slower pace of January after the hustle and bustle of the holidays. But if anything we are just as busy if not busier this month than we were last month. As of right now - we have no weekends that don't have something going on (including this past weekend). It is crazy!!! I talked to a couple of people here at work and they mentioned the same thing. I sincerely hope this is not a sign of things to come for the rest of 2009. If I had only realized, I might not have played hooky last week. Yeah, right!!

On a funnier note....yesterday when one of the guys went to the Post Office to get the mail he came back with a big grin on his face. He had an extra piece of mail that really wasn't ours, but it was so odd, he had to bring it in to show it to us.

It's not the best picture because it was taken with a cell phone, so in case you can't read who the envelope is addressed to....it says....Senator Hilary Clinton!! It was mailed from Utica, NY and supposed to go to Nyack, NY. But somehow ended up in Bowling Green, KY in a P.O. Box for a children's home. HA!! What made it even funnier was the stamp that was used was an Alzheimer's stamp. Apparently, whoever sorted the mail at some point 'forgot' that NY was New York and thought KY looked like a good match :-)

Hello 2009!!!

Has there ever been a year you were just ready to see end with a hope that the next year HAS to be better?? That was 2008! We had a lot of fun and made some awesome memories, but it was just a very sad year for our little family. I am hopeful that 2009 will bring lots of new memories and a LOT of happiness and joy!

I would love to tell you about the awesome party we went to to bring in the new year, but we didn't go to one. After me being sick, the hectic holidays, Emmaline being sick, we just decided that we really didn't want to go anywhere but home. In fact, I was so wore out, I fell asleep on the couch by 8:30. How pathetic is that :-) Yesterday, the first day of the new year, I decided that I still didn't want to leave my house. But I also did not want to do dishes, cook, or worry about laundry. So I didn't. I played with my daughter, watched movies with her, spent time talking with my husband and I read a book. An entire book. In. One. Day. It had been years since I have done that. When Steven came and asked me what we were doing for dinner, I contemplated going out, but decided that he could just go and get us some Chinese takeout instead. He did. It was YUM-O!!

So today, I am back among the living. Back to the real world. But I certainly enjoyed my one day off. Playing hooky from life occasionally is a good thing.

Happy 2009~!!!!!