Outside My Window... Snow! Big puffy chunks of it!

I am thinking... How much I dread helping JD learn to drive in the snow!

I am thankful for... That my church finally picked a new rectory for our pastor & his wife. They are wonderful people & great friends.

From the kitchen... Meatball sandwiches for dinner.

I am wearing... An old ratty nightshirt. I'm vetoing the day by not getting dressed yet!

I am creating... A Christams to remember.

I am going... Nowhere fast.

I am reading... She Always Wore Red, by Angela Hunt.

I am hoping... For my headache to go away.

I am hearing... Peaceful quiet.

Around the house... As usual, laundry & school work.

One of my favorite things... My snuggly, warm bed!

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week... Celebrating & being thankful.

Here is picture thought I am sharing... Chloe helping me take pictures!

Thank you to Peggy at ~The Simple Woman~ for this great daybook idea. You can visit her here http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/

Men...

I just truly do not get it. It's really a shame too since I live with 3 of them!

My husband is watching a show called Survivor Man. This guy goes out into the woods by himself & has to survive on his own. On this episode he's brought 2 horses for a journey through the Rocky Mountains. He's really out there on his own, he even films himself.

Now I'm not really sure why he's doing this, but I'm following along as he looks for shelter, makes fire & even eats an earthworm for sustenence. I'm with him right up until the point where he sets up his electric fence for the horses...crazy man say what?!?

The man brings a battery operated electric fence & he can't pack a sandwich! Maybe a bag of rice, some beef jerkey & a little granola. My mommy brain just can't wrap itself around the point of this. Obviously this man needs himself a wife to make him a nice list before he leaves.

I have been exposed to this type of show before. Hubby has watched Man vs. Wild. This is the same type of thing, but he's not alone, he has camera people that go with him, but they can't help him. I was watching with Chris one night & Bear Grylls (the host) was tracking through some desert. He didn't have any water. The man took off his shirt, peed on it, sucked the pee out of the shirt to quench his thirst, & then put the pee shirt on his head to keep him cool. WTF?

He really did it, he didn't just pretend for demonstration purposes. I stayed on the couch only until the dry heaves subsided & then left my husbands side to go read a nice book.

Go ahead honey, tell me one more time how my shows are silly.

When I'm Hopped Up On Goofballs, I Steal Things!

Yeah, who knew. I'm a closet kleptomaniac. Let me explain. I have been hospitalized about 12-15 times in the last 2 years. It took them that long to figure out my problem was my gall bladder.

I need to confess to my stealing ways. I was kept pretty looped up on Dilaudid, Vicodin and muscle relaxers. When Chris would bring me home he would start to put away my hospital bags & find odd things. The first time I brought home about 50 wrapped straws, a butter knife, a bunch of things of handlotion & some of those kidney-shaped puke receptacles! They were clean, because I hadn't used any, but why I brought home 5 or 6 of them I don't know.

Like any criminal I escalated. The next time Chris found my stash I had a box of hospital maxi pads (they are the size of a twin size mattress), a few hospital wash cloths (about as thick as newspaper), and 4 tablespoons.

Finally I was apparently elated at them figuring out my problem & removing the offending gall bladder. I brought home 4 dirty glass bowls that the hospital served Jello in, a pair of scrub pants & 1 jumbo sized adult diaper.

I'm hoping to get a hospital bed into my backpack if I ever have to go back to the hospital. I really like how you can adjust them.

Word Filled Wednesday

Psalm 104:24

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Great Holiday Gifts!

I’m always looking for holiday gifts I can make myself, but gifts that aren’t lame!

Living here in Michigan we have cold winters. Quilts are at a premium at our house. I do know how to sew, but rarely have the time to drag out my sewing machine, remember how to thread the thing, find the proper thread tension to the needle, finding a bobbin, etc.

Eureka! I found the perfect solution. No sew fleece blankets. Check out the link for the instructions, along with pictures. I'm going to invite all my friends over, have everyone bring a yummy dish to pass, some fleece fabric & spend a night having fun and making these!

You can find the super fuzzy fleece material at any fabric store like Michaels, or JoAnn Fabrics. It comes in patterns to match any color and any age group. I found peace signs, BMX bikes, Scottie dogs & camouflage all in an anti-pill fleece for only $6.49 per yard, and that’s just a few of the 269 types of fleece at one web site. For the man or boy in your life you can even find MLB, NBA, NFL & NCAA fabrics. That means you can create a no sew fleece blanket for anyone you know for under $10.00.

Just so you know what your getting yourself into, let me give you the list of supplies you'll need to make one of these. Fabric & scissors. Yep, you heard me, just fabric & scissors. While you're making them make sure to make one for yourself.

Check it out & I'll see you at the fabric store!

I have found many great discounts for my online shopping at sites like http://www.couponcabin.com/, http://www.currentcodes.com/, & http://www.couponheaven.com/.

Sites like these give you current coupon codes available for your online purchases. For instance today I ordered something for my son for Christmas from the store Hot Topic. I Googled "Hot Topic promo code" and I found a coupon code for 25% off of my order. Sweet, huh?

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8's

One of the blogs I read is Delightfully Cliche. I know Jen is cool, cause she shares my love of God, NCIS & Matthew Gray Gubler! Still a little suspicious of her fondness for David Caruso, but hey we can't all be perfect!

Jen just posted her 800th post! She shared some things about herself in quantities of 8 & invited all of her readers to do the same, so here goes.

8 THINGS I LOVE

God

My Boys (Chris, John, Jack & Oskar the schnauzer)

Camping

Reading

Laughing

Being in the Water

Office Supplies

8 THINGS THAT GIVE ME THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES

Maggots

Spiders

Open Wounds

Overly Hairy People

Wet Cat Food

Oatmeal (it's allowed in cookies)

Seaweed

Tofu

PLACES I'VE BEEN

Savannah

Kentucky

Michigan's U.P.

Washington D.C.

Toronto

Missouri

Chicago

Baaaa Haaaba, Maine

8 RANDOM FACTS

I'm an only child.

I make up my own words & people around me actually start using them.

Every surgery or serious injury I've had has been on my right side.

I think my stuffed animals have feelings.

I have huge feet (10)!

I have no idea why my husband actually loves me, but I'm so glad he does.

I really like the berry SoyJoy bars.

I wear my Grandmas wedding & my Dads baby ring on a chain around my neck. Always.

8 FAVORITE TV SHOWS

NCIS

Mad Men

Criminal Minds

Survivor

Bones

Psych

Monk

Swingtown (I think it got cancelled)

There ya go. Happy 800th Jen!

(PS - I don't know why everything is double spaced. If anyone knows how to fix it, let me know!)