Blog Move

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Love Tag

Rules, list 14 things that you love or make you happy. This is in honor of Valentines Day being on the 14th.

1. My husband, who does so much for me.
2. TJ for always making me smile.
3. My parents for always being so supportive.
4. My brother for always caring about his little sister.
5. My future sister-in-law, for responding to emails, which my brother rarely does.
6. My friends for always helping me have a good time.
7. Getting to wear jeans to work everyday now!
8. Chocolate
9. Baking
10. Holidays, for breaking up the monotony of daily life.
11. Blogging
12. Reading
13. Scrapbooking
14. Having a beautiful home

I tag Stacy, Suzanne and anyone else that reads this.
Happy Valentine’s Day!

Ho-hum

I know I have been slacking on my blog. I don’t have too many readers, so I have not received too many complaints. Not too much has been going on lately. We are working on our New Years Resolutions: lose weight and stick to our budget. That does not leave much room for fun stuff, but what can you do.

TJ started his intermediate puppy classes last week. I must say he is the smartest puppy in the class!

The year of wedding has begun. I have my first Bridal Shower for my friend Elaine next month. Then, her wedding is in April. So far, this year we have 5 total weddings, 4 are out of state. So, I guess it is a good thing that we are being tight with money and calories. =)

Happy 2008!

Happy New Year! Bob and I have been busy having a wonderful holiday season. My brother was in town for a week and a half and we had a great time. The weekend before Christmas we celebrated my brother's 31st birthday and we went to my friend Naomi's Engagement Party. It was kind of weird to see some of my old friends from high school that I don't really talk to anymore. I used to be great friends with them and now I have nothing to talk to them about. For Christmas Eve I had to work. Boo! That night we had our annual Christmas Eve Party. It was a lot of work, but well worth it. On Christmas morning we had Bob's family over to our house. I got a Dyson from Bob! I know that may not be an exciting gift for everyone- but I love it! The vacuum works so well! We went to my parents house for Christmas afternoon and dinner. The stockings were crazy! We had overflow stockings in trash bags this year. My Dad seemed to have discovered the dollar store for the first time and raided it! My brother's fiance, Jessica, came into town for New Years. The weekend before we went to the Wilderness Lodge at Disney for lunch. We love going to the Whispering Canyon Cafe. It's a skillet buffet where the waiters are not afraid to have a hootin' tootin' good time! We also went to the Gaylord Palms Ice. Above is our family photo. It was a display of spectacular ice carvings in 9 degree weather. They had a train, igloo, lots of carved animals, a gingerbread house, a nativity scene and ice slides! We had a lot of fun, but it was really cold. Brr! For New Years we celebrated at my parents house. We ate lots of appetizers, played Scene It and counted down to '08 with champagne! We also used sparklers to spell our names. Bob's name is above- pretty cool! I hope everyone else had a fabulous holiday season- cheers to 2008!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

This past weekend was very Christmasy! On Friday my Mom and I went to the Nutcracker. It's a tradition we try to do every year. This year they had many changes to it, so it was like seeing it for the first time again. We loved it!

Saturday morning there was a Howl-I-Day party at the Dog Park. The party was not as great as the Halloween Party at the Dog Park, but we got a free photo with a decorated fire hydrant! We also did some holiday shopping- I am pretty much done, but a few things are still in the mail.

Saturday night we had dinner with friends then walked around Cranes Roost Park. They had lots of holiday light decorations out.

Sunday was SeaWorld. They had a Polar Express ride for the holidays and it was really neat! We also saw the Shamu Christmas show. Shamu splashes water to the crowd and it was cold out! I felt bad for the people who thought it would be fun to sit up close!

On Monday TJ graduated from Puppy Obedience School! He got a certificate, but no graduation cap photo- bummer!

Can't believe Christmas is less than a week away!

Fun, yet busy weekend!

Friday night we went to the Hard Rock Café at Citywalk for my brother in law, Jim’s birthday. It was a night of drama! First, we get seated next to a table of 30 annoying high schoolers, so we decided to move. After we finally got a table together the beers were watered down, my burger was raw, and our aunt who is allergic to onions got onions on her plate. After we ate, the drama settled a little as the whole restaurant broke out into the YMCA. Crazy place! Then, we went over to Pat O’Briens where they questioned his brothers ID. He is 26 people- learn how to read ID’s! Oh, what a night!

Saturday night I went to a Christmas Silent Auction and dessert with my new cousin Tiffany. I bid on a cake baking set and won! I also won one of the door prizes, a set of 3 Starbucks cocoas- yum!

This weekend I took the GRE and finished my 30 hours of volunteer work for Physical Therapy. I am so glad that these are done with. I turn in my application this week!

My plans for this week include: mailing my holiday cards, finishing decorating for Christmas, printing and mailing the recipe books, and finishing Christmas shopping. Plus, I need to clean my house. I have been so busy with everything else, that the cleaning has been pushed aside. After this busy week, I hope things settle down so I can enjoy the holidays!

Christmas meme

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
2. Real tree or artificial? artificial
3. When do you put up the tree? After Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? After New Years
5. Do you like eggnog? It’s ok
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A bike probably
7. Do you have a nativity scene? no
8. Hardest person to buy for? Bob
9. Easiest person to buy for? My brother, he always has a wishlist
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Can’t quite remember
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? mail
12. Favorite Christmas movie? The Santa Clause
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? After Thanksgiving
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? maybe
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? cookies
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? colored
17. Favorite Christmas song? Jingle Bell Rock
18. Travel for Christmas or stay at home? Stay home
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? I don’t think so
20. Angel on the tree top or star? star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? traffic
23. What I love most about Christmas? Being with family and the Christmas spirit