Not much going on...

It's 8:33pm, I have a paper due in my class tonight that I need to finish up, the family room and kitchen has so many empty Christmas boxes that you can barely walk through it, I have to make dinner for tomorrow night, and I need to transfer some pictures from one laptop to another as well as add some software and plug in the external hard drive Ray and I bought on Black Friday to back up my laptop and all its pictures. Oh, and our bed is a pile of laundry to be folded and I would really like to watch the Amazing Race. Which do you think will happen?

Audrey is cutting her two year molars and we attempted to give her some medicine tonight. We almost had throw-up scene #2 for this Thanksgiving weekend, but luckily she swallowed it back. That's my girl.

Friday Pictures on Saturday

I did think twice about breaking out my computer tonight and actually doing a post...but quitting Nablopomofo? I decided against it and will bring you the pictures I promised...

These are from Thanksgiving Day and the Turkey Trot I did...here I come...
And here is a really not good shot of me, but it is actually the best I have. Ray and my Mom had actually just walked up and were about to cross a bridge over a lake to the finish line. I was pissed as I realized how far I was from the finish line. They did not have the miles marked for the race, and that was slightly frustrating.
And here is Ashley after her race...which she loved! They ended up with so many kids doing it, they broke it down my age, so she ran against other four year olds and did great. She was so proud of herself.
And this shot is from Thanksgiving dinner, obviously that's Audrey, Ray, me, my twin brother Mike and his wife Jen, and Ashley. Why Mike is making that face, I have no idea. Audrey is already realizing she will actually have to sit in a high chair for this meal and is pissed.
And this my friends, is my new toy. Hopefully my picture taking abilities will increase, although it might take years as I was given two DVDs and an instruction manual the size of a dictionary to read. And yes, I bought this for myself. I get a bonus in December and I know how much I am getting and this was too good of a deal to pass up on Black Friday. Merry Christmas to me...

Friday pictures tomorrow, I promise

Audrey has thrown up probably at least 20-25 times in her short life. She has a really easy gag reflex and if she gets too full, has too much milk, it shoots right back out her mouth. Fun times, fun times.

So last night, after the buffet dinner and two cups of milk before bed and getting highly pissed that we were leaving her in a pack-n-play, she decided that I would be the target of her faucet of throw up when I went in to try and console her and get her to go to sleep. Not the way I wanted to end my Thanksgiving Day...

And it was really weird to see entire pieces of mac and cheese. I mean, does she chew her food at all?

Anyways, at least that excitement kept me awake for midnight shopping, which was nuts. I stood in line to check out at one store for probably a good 20 minutes. We shopped until about 1:30am, and then headed back home. Back up at 7:00am, and did a little bit more shopping. Of which I got a really, really cool thing...I promise to share later...when I get a good picture of it.

I will give you one picture today, and I am so unbelievably excited and thrilled and teary-eyed and happy that my brother and his wife have asked me to be in his wedding. Yes, I did say his wife. In case you don't remember, they got married at a courthouse so that Jen could work here in the States. She is from Canada, which Ray loves teasing her about.

So this is the dress I get to wear...Wahoo!! (except in Navy blue...)
I will let you guys help me with the shoes...the wedding is next August in Tennessee...any Tennessee bloggers out there, I am coming to your state, beware!

Running, Turkeys-eating, Audrey hates high chairs

Happy Thanksgiving to all...I hope everyone is enjoying time with their families.

I ran a 5K this morning with my Stepdad. I had a stitch in my side the entire time, so I did one of my worst times, but I still did it. What was depressing though was the fact that the people doing the 8K race at the same time passed me while I was on mile two, which for them was mile 4. And the 80 year old speed walker that passed me at some point was not very uplifting either.

We had lunch at Hot Stacks (Edie, we thought about you!!) which is a local pancake shop. Then Thanksgiving dinner was at a fancy-schmancy restaurant here in Myrtle Beach. The food was great (especially the mashed potatoes, I ate my weight in those), but Audrey hasn't sat in her highchair at any meal so far. She hates them and expects to sit in our laps. I am really tired of eating with one hand. We hope she eventuallys grows out of the unfortunate stage.

I will post pics of the race and dinner tomorrow...I must go rest now, the outlets here are open at midnight, so Ray and I and my brother and his wife are going.

I am beyond tired...

We had friends stay with us last night who have a four year old daugther as well. Ashley and her played from when they were born until we moved to North Carolina. Grace is only 6 weeks older than Ashley.

They picked up right were they left off, but night time? They stayed awake until about ten, and then at 3:00am they decided it was time to party. Seriously. And they didn't go back to sleep until 5:00am. And then back up soon after 6:00am.

I need some sleep...hope everyone has a great day before Thanksgiving...

I have been on Weight Watchers too long...

Last night, it was just me and the girls eating dinner. We were having Ashley's favorite, tortellini (aka Ashley's pasta). At one point, she looked over at her sister and said,

"My dinner is more points than yours, Audrey."

The competition never ends...

Thankfully, today is my Friday. We have friends coming from Virginia staying with us tonight, and then we are heading to Myrtle Beach in the morning to be with my Mom and Stepdad and my brother and his wife.

I will leave you today with this...click on this, take the survey and get a chance to receive a Senseo Coffee Pod system. I did receive this product to review, and it is great. A full review will come later...

Monday Funk...

I am in that Monday Funk...I have to work today and tomorrow, and I just don't want to work.

And waking up two nights in a row to a dog who needs to go out at 1:00am doesn't help. Nor does a certain four year old who got up today at 5:30am.

And I am stressing a little. Just ask Ray, I tend to stress out about stupid stuff, but I don't know how not to.

Like the class I am in now for my Master's degree. The teacher gave me a freaking D on my paper. And I am PISSED because it was a stupid summary of a chapter in our book paper. And I think she is just being a bitch because she is being observed in this class. So I questioned some things in my grade in hopes she will reconsider.
And as usual, for our team paper that is due today, I have done 90% of the work. Cause I actually care about my grade.

I know it will probably turn out okay, but it still stresses me out. I have a bunch more stuff for this class that can pull up my grade.

But the real stupid thing I am stressing about? Now stores are opening up at midnight on Black Friday...but not all. What the heck? So some stores I can go to at midnight, but then I have to get back up at 4:00 am for the other stores? AAAHHHHGG....see, I told you I tend to stress about stuff that really shouldn't stress me out.

A normal conversation in my house....

"Where do you want to go for dinner? You never decide...typical Libra..."

"Ray, I never decide because you always veto what I decide. You decide."

"No I don't. You decide."

"Fine. On the Border."

"Yuck. I don't like that place."

"Okay, Olive Garden."

"No."

"La Rancherita?"

"Hell no. Let's go to Pei Wei."

"And you freaking wonder why I NEVER DECIDE."