Aww the wait is almost over :)

Well we leave for Disney tomorrow and I am so excited. I know my daughter and her BBF can hardly contain their excitement. I really feel for BFF's mom tonight. I am truly thankful that BFF's mom is bringing the girls have this way the trip is not as long. We are only driving to Valdosta, Ga tomorrow night. I really do not want to be on the roads when the drunks are out.

Tomorrow I will be married to my best friend for 13 years and this year was 14 years of being together. I love him more and more each day. He is the perfect for me. Thanks for some of the best years of my life. For being a wonderful father, a caring and nurturing husband and above all my friend. Love you.

DISNEY HERE WE COME!!!!

So as many of you know we are off to Disney. I cannot promise that I will be blogging while we are there but if I do I will be sure to include some pictures.

HAPPY NEW YEAR and may this year bring you many joys.

Friday's coming up fast..

I am so excited about this upcoming Disney trip. I am finishing up the laundry and the remainder of the packing just to pass the time. Only two more days of work after tonight which I could not be happier about. I love my job but I am so ready for vacation.

I have decided that visiting family is not a vacation it is a lot of work house hoping and if you add in visiting with friends that is more running around. It seems like every trip I am coming home with a cold. Gotta love those little germ factories. I am starting to feel slightly better but the cough really sucks. More tea and homemade chicken and rice soup for me.

I guess I really should get back to work.

Well..

It looks like it is going to be a long four days. I am battling a minor chest cold and we leave for Florida on Friday. It really doesn't matter all that much because I am going come hell or high water and even then I would still go.

It is truly amazing how much we love Disney. I mean we get depressed when we miss a scheduled trip and this time we are buying annual passes. Yes you read that right annual passes. I am super excited. Many trips to come this year and I am lovin it.

Now back to this cold thing. I think I am going to continue with the tea and all natural cough drops plus plenty of rest and soup and I should start to feel better in no time. It really stinks that I have has asthma all my life and now that I have that mostly under control every time we visit family with pets I end up with a minor flare up and a cough/chest cold. I love my family but I am going to have to figure this out. Because this is truly getting old.

Well until next time enjoy the moments you have alone and with family.

What a Great Christmas Visit.

We had a lovely visit to South Bend. I got to see all my nieces and nephews. They were such a trip to watch. Natalie is now 13 and yes she still gets excited about Christmas and presents but little ones just go gaga for things. My one nephew open lego's and he said" oh yeah oh baby oh yeah oh baby" while he was doing the happy dance. It was so funny.

We are now in count down to Disney. We leave Friday which is my 13th wedding anniversary. I have the best husband. I could not ask for a better man for me. He has taken care of me for the last 14 years. He is my shoulder to cry one, the one that encourages me to follow my dreams and I know I will have many wonderful years ahead.

Yippee We leave tomorrow for The Bend

I have a lot to get finished before we leave for South Bend tomorrow. Clean the house, put name tags on all the presents, finish packing, work and not to mention a million little details that I know I am forgetting. I am also going to try and squeeze in time to make rice crispy treats and pumpkin muffins tonight.

I love the fact that we are going to get to spend the this time with family. Memories will be made and hundreds of photos will be taken but I will just enjoy all the moments in between. Then after Christmas there will be about a week before we head off to Disney. I am so excited.

I really need this time away and not to mention Disney is my all time favorite place. We are getting annual passes and yup you guessed it that means anytime I have off I am going to WDW. I know I am completely insane but I am glad that I have a husband who is just as crazy as me.

Merry Christmas

Sledding

Today we took Natalie and her friend Lexi out sledding and I have to say it was a lot of fun. I do not remember the last time we went sledding. Natalie had a wipe out and we raced down the hill to see who go get the farthest. This has been a great visit for Lexi. The girls have went ice skating, bowling, and the also attended a couple activities here at the apartment.

Tomorrow we are covering the office so the other HA's can go to a Holiday party and then we leave for South Bend on Wednesday morning. I am so excited and ready to spend some time with Friends on Thursday. I know these trips home are precious so like always I am going to pack in as much as possible.

Have a very Merry Christmas and I will probably will not update until after Christmas.

Cookies, Cookies, Cookies

Today is going to be cookies baking day. I have loads of cookies to bake and less time to do it. We decided to head into town on Wednesday instead of Thursday this way we can spend a little more time with friends and family. I am hoping to relax a little too but that never seems to happen.

I think I am finally on the mend after being sick for the last four days. I really hate being under the weather that just means things pile up and more work for me later. I am really excited to be making some die cuts for my friend Ann and hopefully I will have the all made by the end of tonight so I can email her some pictures.

A million and one things still left to do before we head to Florida on Jan 1st but I am so flipping excited I can't stand it. Well friends and family have a Wonderful Christmas.

Let's Hope I feel Better Soon

SO I finish out the week with a nice head cold. I am sick of taking meds and I am exhausted and all I really did was sleep yesterday. I am thankful for the other Housing Assistants, they are covering the remainder of my shift today so I can get some rest. Nate is on his way back from picking up Lexi so this means I have to feel better to make cookies tomorrow. Well I am going to lay on the couch for a bit and hope to feel better.

Count Down to Christmas Begins

So the count down begins. I have a million things left to do before we head home next Thursday. Tomorrow my husband and Natalie are driving have way to South Bend to pick up Natalie's friend and she will be with us until we come to Dec 23rd when we come up to South Bend.

I am so happy for Natalie that she will have someone to hang out with for this next week and this also means I have helpers when it comes to baking, cleaning and packing. Yes I am using child labor and I am proud of it. They will be paid well in cookies. LoL

All in all everything and everyone is doing good. I am waiting for a couple grades to get turned in and that wont be until Monday. I am thankful that I waited to get sick until after all my finals this week. I am suffering with a darn head cold YUCK...

Here is to a good weekend of baking and relaxing.

Last Final Today

I am so flippin happy that today is my last final. Besides turning in a paper tomorrow I am finished with the darn semester at 11am. THANK GOODNESS... I really want to kick the holiday spirit into high gear. My apartment needs a maid and I need to bake a truck of cookie. I have to finish wrapping presents and get things ready to go home for Christmas.

One of Natalie's good friends is coming down on Friday and staying with us until Dec 23rd. We are all real excited. They are going ice skating and to a movie night here at the apartment. I am sure the girls will help with the baking I mean eating of the cookies.

Well I am getting ready to head out for this final and I will update on how my semester ended up in the next few days...

Nice Relaxing Day

Today was a nice relaxing day. I did a lot of nothing all day and enjoyed every minute of it. Planning our trip home for Christmas we leave two weeks from tomorrow and I am happy that I get to see my nieces and nephews they are the lights of my life besides Nate and Natalie. It is funny how children can just melt your heart. Our Disney trip is coming quickly only 25 days away. I prefer to count weeks instead of days it seems shorter. Next week is finals and then I am a free woman until Jan 1oth and let me tell you I am ready.

I think I will enjoy the rest of my evening. Night all until next time stay toasty warm and remember to make lasting memories everyday.

What a good day

Today has been a good day. I did not have to work which completely rocks. I decided to start another blog to track my Etsy store and showcase other artists and crafters as well. I am still trying to make a Christmas tree stand because I could not find one at Target and well I am too cheap to spend a lot of money on a tree stand. The tree not being up is a major bummer but I did decorate some of the house and it is starting to look good. I will be working on it again tomorrow.

I created more cute things to list on Etsy and that is what I will be doing as soon as I am done updating here. This year is coming to an end and I am just getting started on great things to come.

Until next time.... Stay warm and safe.

Snow is Falling

I am feeling much better today. Outside the snow is falling and right now everything seems okay. I have only 2 assignments and 3 exams left for the semester. I am really happy about this. I am hoping to get my tree up tomorrow. I still need to figure out how to rig a stand but I know I will manage.

I am getting more interest in my Etsy stuff which really rocks. I am going to spend the rest of the afternoon working on more stuff to list.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.......

Time just flies bye

I am sitting here realizing that another semester of college is close to ending. So I ask myself what have you accomplished so far this year. Well a lot of nothing if you ask me. I moved from South Bend to Bloomington, I have almost finished another semester at college. But I do not feel like I have accomplished much.

Maybe once my Etsy business is picks up more and I have come to accept our current path then maybe my outlook will change. I am hoping the trip to Disney in Jan. will cure some of my blues away.

I mean I like the city of Bloomington, but I miss my family, most of all the kids.

So excited

I am so excited. I just received my first custom order from Etsy. This will be sell number three and if feels great. So with this new sell today I have to make 24 die cuts tonight and finish a paper all before class tomorrow at 11:15am. This is going to be kinda tricky considering Nate is really sick and I have to work from now until 9pm tonight.

But I am super mom and wife as Natalie calls me so I guess I have to do it all LOL. Everything else is going great the semester is so close to being over and let me tell ya I am very happy about that. I think I will sit here at work and try and finish some other projects that are due in the next couple of weeks and tomorrow I will start my reflection of the year daily posts.

Until next time smile