Merry Christmas

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!! Spend lots of time with loved ones and enjoy the loving feelings that come with this holiday!! :)

Missing you

Well there has not been much to tell that would be why there has not been any updates lately!! Tegan has been spending the week at my husband's sister's house (Aunt Charlie)! So this house has never been cleaner,lazier,quieter, or less crazy but..[.and a BIG BUTT ;) ] This house has never been less loving!! Eddie and I have NO idea what to do with ourselves without our little rugrat here!! I miss her like crazy and the worst part is that i saw her Tuesday when we got her Christmas pictures taken with her cousins last night!! (Which did not go as well as hoped but still when you have cute kids its easy to get a few good ones even when they are being naughty)

 See I told ya they turned out pretty adorable!! And it is so weird she looks just like her mama and her daddy!! :)

I had a rough start of the week. I just didn't feel like myself :( I guess it was the weather (or lack there of) because i LOVE snow around Christmas, and honestly I can't even stand to listen to Christmas music, even on Christmas day, without snow. It just doesn't feel right. I grew up in Iowa and every year we always have had snow for Christmas, maybe not falling but atleast on the ground!! I am really feeling and hating the effects of global warming!!! Almost enough to make me not use hairspray anymore!!! ALMOST!!!!! :/

Our house is really beginning to look a lot like Christmas though(The inside anyways)!! Finally the presents are wrapped and under the tree(which is a plus to Tegan not being home this week--lets see how long they stay nice and wrapped after she gets home tomorrow afternoon) The house is all decorated and i am seriously considering getting some of that spray window foam/frost (W/E) to spray on my windows so that it looks like it has snowed!!! As far as the outside we totally look like the Scrooge family!! I didn't have Eddie put the lights on the house this year because he has been working every weekend and lots of OT so by the time he could have and by the time i remembered it was a week ago so whats the point?? I hate when people leave the lights on their house after Christmas!! No tree before Thanksgiving night and No lights after Christmas day!!!! That is the unwritten rule of the Holiday's!!!

I remember being a little kid, I couldn't wait for Christmas morning!! The anticipation of maybe catching a peek of Santa or his Reindeer!!! The wonder of if Santa was going to not only eat but enjoy your cookies?!! And not only if he would enjoy them but secretly I always wanted to know if he liked my cookies and milk better then all the other kids! I figured he must have because he always left me the most amazing presents!! :) [Thank's Mom, & Grandpa] And now that i am a mom I am super duper excited to experience the other side of things with my daughter and my other children to come :)

Happy Holidays!! Hubby just got home with my Christmas presents that I get to wrap (YIPPEE!!!) And this is our last night alone without T-Baby so We are going to enjoy a relaxing night :)

Long Thanksgiving

Well this year Eddie went to Georgia (carnsville) again to race for G-man. Tegan and I stayed home this year so we didn't have to have Hardee's for Thanksgiving Dinner again!! Don't get me wrong I LOVE Hardee's but not for Thanksgiving! Not to mention the LOOOONNNGGG!!! Drive!!

Eddie had a rough weekend racing but Tegan and I had a great family Thanksgiving!! My mom cooked at my house and my sister and nephew came over! It was the 1st time we have had Thanksgiving dinner in our house! It was fantastic!!! Tegan made such a huge mess she had to have a bath after eating but she tried EVERYTHING on the table including Cranberry's and she loved them (yuck :p)

Then Monday we started the week with a new daycare kid! Jameson! He is here most of the day so it keeps Tegan and I busy and home bound!! Which this time of year is a great thing!! neither one of us do the cold very well. We put up the tree Monday and lets just say that this year is going to be a lot of chasing Tegan around! Last year she wasn't mobile at all and this year she doesn't sit still!! she attacks the tree and the presents so wish us luck :)

Eddie got home super early morning Monday and we are all still really exhausted from the lack of sleep the weekend brought! lazy weekend for us all! :)

Who is ready for some helpful hints to get the holiday season started?!?!?!

1st off is a helpful hint for baking cookies!! And we all know that we will be baking lots of them with Thanksgiving just a few days away and Christmas not far behind that the ovens will be getting a great workout :)
When we put the cookies in to bake set your timer for half the time required on the recipe and rotate the baking sheet half way. Your cookies are done to perfection when the edges are golden brown and the center is still soft. Let them cook on the baking sheet them move them to a wire cooling rack for best results...Make cookies ahead of time. After cooling completely place cookies in an airtight container and store them for up to 5 days!! And they will still taste fresh as the day you baked them :)


We ALL want hints on new ways to use something we have had forever!! And i have found the perfect website with hints on how to reuse just about anything you can think of!!
www.realsimple.com/new-uses-for-old-things/
Their are a ton of great reuses for items along the left side my favorite is the new uses for kitchen items!! Who knew aluminum foil could be used is so many amazing ways!!!!


Another great Tip we all need this time of year are quick, easy and efficent ways to clean your house! Because we all know there are going to be those guests that have a comment about everything! Why not shorten their list :)

http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-home-pictures/8-easy-ways-to-clean-your-home.aspx?xid=nl_EverydayHealthChildrensHealth_20111008#/slide-1

One more site to check out that i found to be VERY helpful is below. It is 101 cleaning made simple!! love it!! Hopefully you will too!!
http://www.myhomeideas.com/healthy-home/organizing-cleaning/cleaning-basics-00415000067491/

Please feel free to share how this blog helped you or could have been better!! Or if you have some helpful hints to share too!! :) Thanks so much!!!

More helpful hints to come!! Everyone have a wonderful Holiday!!

Peace, Love, and Family :)