Thankful my boys were home today to take care of me.
I woke up from my morning nap and found Buddie on his bed in our room. He is usually on the bed with me and must have known Momma didn't feel good. He stayed by my side for most of the day.
I was feeling a little better this afternoon and made a run to the store. That was a mistake. I got home feeling drained and headed back to bed.
Lucky for me I found the Prince & Me movie marathon on the ABC Family channel. Cute movies that don't require my full attention and I can laugh a little. Those are the best kind when you're not feeling the best.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Thanksgiving: Day 6
Thankful for our wonderful neighbors.
I've had a busy day. Started out deep cleaning our bedroom, first half of the bath room and vacuuming the bedroom, bathroom and hallway. Which means I've stuck to my Christmas cleaning plans. Yeah me!
Then I started on a marathon of laundry. 4 loads of sheets and comforters - the stock pile got a bit smaller. Plus two loads of our clothes.
We watched a disappointing Iowa game. They came out of the gates and it looked like a great game. But it really hurts when the starting QB is injured early in the game. Our second string is a red shirt freshman and he looked it. Knowing we have a difficult game next week I'm hoping they can blow off their first loss in 13 games.
Before the game was even over I was out getting setup to put up the rest of the Christmas lights on the back garage. It was 70 something out and it was wonderful! I had to talk Boyd into helping me - I didn't feel comfortable going up the ladder by myself. Next thing I know the neighbor two houses down came up with Buddies bud, Charlie. He was offering to put up the lights for me. I told him I was ok and continued working. Once I rounded the corner, next thing I knew he was standing on the ground putting up more hooks and Boyd was following hanging up the lights. :) Team work at its best.
Oh and just so you know my hubby is afraid of heights. Usually anything over the third rung and it's up to me. It's ok as long as the ladder isn't fully extended and I don't have to get off.
After a quick afternoon nap, I'm feeling like Boyd did last week. No fever that I can tell but feeling pretty yucky. Hope it passes quickly...next week is very busy.
I've had a busy day. Started out deep cleaning our bedroom, first half of the bath room and vacuuming the bedroom, bathroom and hallway. Which means I've stuck to my Christmas cleaning plans. Yeah me!
Then I started on a marathon of laundry. 4 loads of sheets and comforters - the stock pile got a bit smaller. Plus two loads of our clothes.
We watched a disappointing Iowa game. They came out of the gates and it looked like a great game. But it really hurts when the starting QB is injured early in the game. Our second string is a red shirt freshman and he looked it. Knowing we have a difficult game next week I'm hoping they can blow off their first loss in 13 games.
Before the game was even over I was out getting setup to put up the rest of the Christmas lights on the back garage. It was 70 something out and it was wonderful! I had to talk Boyd into helping me - I didn't feel comfortable going up the ladder by myself. Next thing I know the neighbor two houses down came up with Buddies bud, Charlie. He was offering to put up the lights for me. I told him I was ok and continued working. Once I rounded the corner, next thing I knew he was standing on the ground putting up more hooks and Boyd was following hanging up the lights. :) Team work at its best.
Oh and just so you know my hubby is afraid of heights. Usually anything over the third rung and it's up to me. It's ok as long as the ladder isn't fully extended and I don't have to get off.
After a quick afternoon nap, I'm feeling like Boyd did last week. No fever that I can tell but feeling pretty yucky. Hope it passes quickly...next week is very busy.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thanksgiving: Day 5
Today I am thankful for....I can't decide.
* I was awake at 3:30 AM and left for work at 5:30 AM and stopped at another Wal-Mart and found my pumpkin plates. Only 7 and they were $2 each so I'm over my budget by $5. DH said he'd chip in a 5 spot. Gotta love that!
* I stayed awake and functional at work. Fridays are always slow so it made for an interesting afternoon. It helped that I was done at 3:30.
* I got a turkey for 60 cents a pound. 2 stores and I couldn't find the 40 cents per pound. Oh well maybe another day.
* I had a safe trip home in the non typical 30 miles of bumper to bumper traffic.
* Coming home to my boys. I love when they welcome me home with open arms and puppy kisses.
TGIF!
* I was awake at 3:30 AM and left for work at 5:30 AM and stopped at another Wal-Mart and found my pumpkin plates. Only 7 and they were $2 each so I'm over my budget by $5. DH said he'd chip in a 5 spot. Gotta love that!
* I stayed awake and functional at work. Fridays are always slow so it made for an interesting afternoon. It helped that I was done at 3:30.
* I got a turkey for 60 cents a pound. 2 stores and I couldn't find the 40 cents per pound. Oh well maybe another day.
* I had a safe trip home in the non typical 30 miles of bumper to bumper traffic.
* Coming home to my boys. I love when they welcome me home with open arms and puppy kisses.
TGIF!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thanksgiving: Day 4
Today I am thankful for store sales.
This year we are hosting Thanksgiving and I decided I wanted a "pretty" table. And of course I didn't have 'anything' that would work - hehehehe. And I was doing this on a budget $20-25 for plates, glasses, cups, and serving pieces. I knew it would be a challenge but I was hoping my mom could help me out. :)
Earlier this week I stopped at Mom's house and searched her plate cupboard for the wood grain plates I was sure she had. Unfortunately my memory was bigger than reality. She has one dinner plate. :( So I knew I had to hit the stores and that $20-25 budget would make things tight.
I've been frequenting the local thrift store and knew they didn't have any plates that would fit the bill. Given my love of dishes I didn't look at serving pieces too closely. I wanted to save my budget for plates.
Yesterday I hit the local Goodwill stores and didn't find anything that hit me as right. On the drive home I decided that I would settle for my Fiesta dishes and some new pumpkin dessert plates that I was hoping to find at the local Wal-Mart.
Today after work I decided to go to Target. Yesterday I had a nagging thought that I should go there and it got to late and I was starving so I headed home. I was shocked to find most all of the store ready for Christmas. I was hoping that home end cap would be filled with wonderful thanksgiving table options.
So I started searching for the clearance section and hoped that I could find a little something. Imagine my surprise when I found a set of 4 chargers in the 70s avocado/Grinch green and the price a whopping 1.48.
I wandered over to the holiday section by foods and found all of halloween on sale for 75% off. I found a wonderful orangish table cloth for 3.24.
Grand total at Target:
2 sets of Chargers = 2.96
1 table cloth = 3.25
and the total is 6.21
Plus I found a great Christmas present for my hard to buy for mom. =)
Tonight was date night with my mom so I hurried home from shopping. - all the while kicking myself that I didn't have time to go to the big Target. Can you believe I STILL haven't been there? It opened this spring or summer. sigh!
Mom told me that she remembered some glasses that she had that she thought were a fall color. So we went out for supper and then went looking through her cabinets for the mysterious glasses. We were out of luck so we headed for the basement where I found not only the glasses in GREEN that I was pretty sure matched my chargers but the giant turkey platter I'd given my mom several years ago. She happily sent them all home with me. Along with all the character glasses we found.
As we were going through things my mom mentioned that the local thrift store had half off dishes today. After leaving mom's I was just too tired and headed home for a little quality time with Boyd before he went to bed. We chatted and he played a recording of his 3 favorite performers from Oprah today. As he was going to bed he said Honey why don't you go to the thrift store. I know you really want to go.
He didn't have to tell me twice. I tucked Boyd and Buddie in and headed out. I wasn't positive the store would be open but I knew I had to try. Luck was on my side they were open for 30 mins.
At my new favorite local thrift store I found 5 great pieces
* gravy boat = 1
* big clear glass = 1.50
* clear glass footed bowl = 1.50
* clear glass flowered bowl (I love it) = 1
* one fallish china type bowl = 1
for a total of $6 - love half price sales I never would have spent $12 for all that!
Thanksgiving overall total = 12.21
Then I decided to make the dreaded trip to Wal-Mart. It's out on the edge of town and I just don't like driving all the way out there. Once I was there I was happy to find a set of four cloth napkins for $1. And no little pumpkin dessert plates. They did have some fall leaf plates but they were $2 each.
So a total of $2
Thanksgiving overall total 14.21
Woo Hoo! I've made some great progress and I'm under $15 dollars spent. yeah me! And there's still Mom's brown dishes to go through to see if I can borrow some for the day. =)
And after all of that here is my current Thanksgiving table.
And on a side note I remembered that my sister-in-law has a box of White China with gold trim waiting for me. Can't wait to get those and see how they look on my table.
Now tomorrow I need to get to the Big Wal Mart and Target on the way to or the way home from work. And there's always KMart.
Cross your fingers that I can find those pumpkin plates. They will be THE perfect addition.
P.S. sorry for the long post I'm super excited today!
This year we are hosting Thanksgiving and I decided I wanted a "pretty" table. And of course I didn't have 'anything' that would work - hehehehe. And I was doing this on a budget $20-25 for plates, glasses, cups, and serving pieces. I knew it would be a challenge but I was hoping my mom could help me out. :)
Earlier this week I stopped at Mom's house and searched her plate cupboard for the wood grain plates I was sure she had. Unfortunately my memory was bigger than reality. She has one dinner plate. :( So I knew I had to hit the stores and that $20-25 budget would make things tight.
I've been frequenting the local thrift store and knew they didn't have any plates that would fit the bill. Given my love of dishes I didn't look at serving pieces too closely. I wanted to save my budget for plates.
Yesterday I hit the local Goodwill stores and didn't find anything that hit me as right. On the drive home I decided that I would settle for my Fiesta dishes and some new pumpkin dessert plates that I was hoping to find at the local Wal-Mart.
Today after work I decided to go to Target. Yesterday I had a nagging thought that I should go there and it got to late and I was starving so I headed home. I was shocked to find most all of the store ready for Christmas. I was hoping that home end cap would be filled with wonderful thanksgiving table options.
So I started searching for the clearance section and hoped that I could find a little something. Imagine my surprise when I found a set of 4 chargers in the 70s avocado/Grinch green and the price a whopping 1.48.
I wandered over to the holiday section by foods and found all of halloween on sale for 75% off. I found a wonderful orangish table cloth for 3.24.
Grand total at Target:
2 sets of Chargers = 2.96
1 table cloth = 3.25
and the total is 6.21
Plus I found a great Christmas present for my hard to buy for mom. =)
Tonight was date night with my mom so I hurried home from shopping. - all the while kicking myself that I didn't have time to go to the big Target. Can you believe I STILL haven't been there? It opened this spring or summer. sigh!
Mom told me that she remembered some glasses that she had that she thought were a fall color. So we went out for supper and then went looking through her cabinets for the mysterious glasses. We were out of luck so we headed for the basement where I found not only the glasses in GREEN that I was pretty sure matched my chargers but the giant turkey platter I'd given my mom several years ago. She happily sent them all home with me. Along with all the character glasses we found.
As we were going through things my mom mentioned that the local thrift store had half off dishes today. After leaving mom's I was just too tired and headed home for a little quality time with Boyd before he went to bed. We chatted and he played a recording of his 3 favorite performers from Oprah today. As he was going to bed he said Honey why don't you go to the thrift store. I know you really want to go.
He didn't have to tell me twice. I tucked Boyd and Buddie in and headed out. I wasn't positive the store would be open but I knew I had to try. Luck was on my side they were open for 30 mins.
At my new favorite local thrift store I found 5 great pieces
* gravy boat = 1
* big clear glass = 1.50
* clear glass footed bowl = 1.50
* clear glass flowered bowl (I love it) = 1
* one fallish china type bowl = 1
for a total of $6 - love half price sales I never would have spent $12 for all that!
Thanksgiving overall total = 12.21
Then I decided to make the dreaded trip to Wal-Mart. It's out on the edge of town and I just don't like driving all the way out there. Once I was there I was happy to find a set of four cloth napkins for $1. And no little pumpkin dessert plates. They did have some fall leaf plates but they were $2 each.
So a total of $2
Thanksgiving overall total 14.21
Woo Hoo! I've made some great progress and I'm under $15 dollars spent. yeah me! And there's still Mom's brown dishes to go through to see if I can borrow some for the day. =)
And after all of that here is my current Thanksgiving table.
And on a side note I remembered that my sister-in-law has a box of White China with gold trim waiting for me. Can't wait to get those and see how they look on my table.
Now tomorrow I need to get to the Big Wal Mart and Target on the way to or the way home from work. And there's always KMart.
Cross your fingers that I can find those pumpkin plates. They will be THE perfect addition.
P.S. sorry for the long post I'm super excited today!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thanksgiving: Day 3
Today I am thankful for my husband. He made a very hard decision earlier this week and now it's like a huge weight is off his shoulders. Which caused him to be a bundle of Energy today. I'm shocked at everything he accomplished. =)
Love you honey!
Love you honey!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thanksgiving: Day 2
Today I am thankful for my ability to vote for my government. Both local and federal.
We are electing a new mayor and several council members. I'm excited about the options available for mayor and think any of them could do a great job.
We are electing a new mayor and several council members. I'm excited about the options available for mayor and think any of them could do a great job.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Thanksgiving: Day 1
Today I am thankful for the wonderful weather. Driving to work in the early morning light, mostly sunny day and a very sunny drive home. DH and I took Buddie for a short walk and I was shocked at how cold it was by 5 PM.
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