~The Daily Grind~ 12/5/09

[ddavis860]

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~The Daily Grind~ 12/5/09

It's Saturday :cool1:

So after the Cosmo tasting last night (DS17's over 21 aged friend was helping me taste :lmao:) I didn't get any cuppycakes baked. :upsidedow And I have decided that I'm not crazy about vodka, I'm more a tequila kind of girl for the cocktail kind of drinks :confused3 But I have the makings, and a shaker, so I'm taking the cosmo stuff to the party :santa: But I'll be making skinny girl margaritas for me and those who want to try them http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/thmargaritasmile1.gif

My list for today:

Caffeinate http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/smiley_drinkcoffee.gif This repeats every day!!

Swish and Swipe... everyday! http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/wc.gif

Make Cuppycakes :goodvibes


Clean, clean clean... http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/4u2ap3b.gifhttp://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/chores004.gif

Climb Mt Washmore :laundy:

Get ready for the party... What to wear? These people only ever see me in scrubs :rotfl:



Have a Great Day Everyone!! :teeth:

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good morning! It's a beautiful day here--we woke up with about an inch of SN*W on the ground, and more falling!! We NEVER get snow in Dec here, so we're loving it! DH & DS are gone to Wally, and I've got to get to working, but I wanted to check in here!

Deb--enjoy the party! And, I must say, I LOVE the Swish & Swipe smilie!!

Here's my list for today:

1. Up
2. Caffeinate
3. Take clothes out of washer & reboot
4. Fold laundry--it's taking over
5. DS up
6. DS breakfast
7. DS & DH off to wally
8. Work
9. Get stuff together for family bday party tomorrow
10. Work on Christmas cards
11. Watch DVR'd episode of "The Mentalist" and then I'm caught up with that one
12. Watch SEC Championship--yep, I'm a tried and true Vols fan, but I STILL appreciate Tim Tebow!!
13. P365 pic
14. December Daily pic
15. Work on packing list
16. Go to sleep early--trying to fight off a cold!

Everyone have an AWESOME Saturday!!

[PrincessNancy96]

Mornin'!

We are anxiously awaiting DH's return. I've talked to him but can't get a real read on how he is doing. His Sis and he stayed up and talked til about 1am...and he got some inside info on the Northern Outlaws. Evidently, I have a niece that is too much like me according to her mother (Sis) because she emailed MIL and told her what she thought! Go girl go! She was nice and respectful (as DH was able to read the email) but she was very to the point about MIL's lack of involvement or concern over the grandkids this direction. She even said she was speaking on behalf of the 8 kids this direction! LOL

OK, so back to the list...
Await DH's call that he is at the airport
Await DH's txt they are taxing as he turns off phone
get ready
put up small tree in our room
put wrapping paper/gift box tote in our closet
fill extra tote w/ gifts to get them hidden a bit
fluff, fold and put away last load of laundry
clean bathroom
clean up dining room table (it was the catch all yesterday)
clean up DH's desk
clean up my desk
clean up bar area
await DH's text he has landed in Indy
await DH's arrival home
wake kids to see dad (2 are still sleeping, DH woke youngest up this morning calling house phone! ERK)
talk w/ DH
find out what is going on w/ boys coming over (one is at a competition, don't know where other is)
take photos of the Elves (it was a none event nite, they were exhausted)
lunch
make a run to town w/ DH (grocery/Elf finding mission)
DS13 to birthday party
elfcapade tonight (donut morning)
ETA:
pull 12 solid cardstocks for Notebook/Post-it sets
pull 12 accent solids for above
pull 12 pattern papers for above
don't have alphalicious so find another scallop edge circle for initial
SEC championship, kids already have it programmed (thanks for the reminder Brooke)
family photo in frame
dec. daily photos for yesterday
journal dec. daily for traditions (may add photos thumbnails)
365 photo will be the kids w/ DH when he returns
365 list of photos needed/journaling
upload photos



Debbie, hope you have fun at the party! Enjoy!

[PrincessNancy96]

Ugh! Brooke, I'm so sorry you found that white stuff on your lawn.. However, that is so neat for Big D. Go get photos of him, I'd love to see his reaction to it!!! I miss those days... DD sit in it her first year (at 1 yo) and you should have seen her surprise to find out it was COLD!!!

[rlovew]

Good Morning!

Since it is wet and stormy I don't know how our day will go- many things we were suposed to do depended on good weather.

see if garage sale at church is on- bring stuff over if it is, see if we want to buy stuff
Christmas parade- again depends on weather
church tonight- Daniel is doing sound/PP and I am helping with the cooking- normally the pastor's wife at that church does it but she is headed to be with her mom as she had a stroke last night
put away things I bought yesterday and total up tally of spending - so I know what I have left

Rebecca

[ddavis860]

Nan- Hope DH has an uneventful trip home!

SIOH- White stuff!! YUCK!! They are calling for it here too... I was NOT wearing my happy face when I heard that news :(

[morgansmom2000]

I'm watching HS football. My nephew's team is getting spanked, poor kids. I don't know if they will let the juniors play or not, but it's pretty much over at this point (38-15).

Got to see my good friend Holly for breakfast and chatting at Panera. Princess has dance at 1:00 and then we are going to the (gasp!!) mall to do some Christmas shopping.

Nan, hope DH is holding up well, must be incredibly hard.

Deb, enjoy your par-tay!

Brooke, we're expecting sn*w tonight. Not a lot, hopefully just enough to get a good picture of Princess for a Christmas card, I'm sucking wind about now for my cards.

Hope everyone has a great day!

[PrincessNancy96]

Thanks, we should have him home in our arms in the next 10 minutes!!!!

He said he has a lot to share with me....Lots of info in regards to the northern outlaws... none of which I believe will shock me....

[AlexWyattMommy]

Glad to hear he is almost home. :thumbsup2

Just got back from an 8:15 basketball game, with a 9:30 right after it. Then we went across the street to the high school to see Santa. Little Bit asked if Gamma could please come to our house next year. :thumbsup2 Santa said, "It just might come true." Little Bit is now walking around with a shark on his face. No snowman or candy cane for this boy. :rotfl2:

Need to go do some clean up from last night. The cookie thieves need to be put back. :rotfl2:

Not sure what else will get done. It is wicked cold out there right now.

[ddavis860]

Well, no par-tay for me tonight :(

Weather took a bad turn, and it's a far drive for me, nevermind that I'm going alone and in the dark. So, my family is thrilled that all the cuppycakes will be staying home with them :lmao:

OK, I'm off to start beading... seems that's what I do when the white stuff is a fallin :)

[AlexWyattMommy]

Did you already make the cosmos or can you keep the ingredients for another day?

I like the idea of eating up all the cuppycakes. :thumbsup2

Sorry about missing the party. :hug:

[party of 3]

glad to hear he's home safely Nan!

Thanks for a nice morning Jennifer!

Brooke- my box is cleaned!

i'm trying to clean my house, but as you can see i'm on here!!!:goodvibes

we were going to go to wickford for a christmasy thing, but it's cold and rainy so forget it. dh is trying to finish up on the living room. anytime soon would be good so we can put a tree up. i think it's too late to get new furniture before christmas. so no biggie. we will do it after.

have a great rest of the day everyone!

[party of 3]

oh and deb, i'll come eat those cuppycakes with ya! on my way!

i bought a stamp today and thought of you when i picked it up!

[party of 3]

hey where's christy been????
anyone heard from her?

hope she's ok!

[ddavis860]

Nope, they aren't premade. I was taking the stuffs and gonna let the peeps do their own thing. Now I have this giant bottle of vodka... DS21 said he needs to get some kahlua to make some white russians :lmao: But the only one that drinks the vodka is DsS27, so I told DH to wrap it up for him...under the tree it goes :santa:

They are gonna have to fight me for the peach schnapps though...yummmmm

[ddavis860]

oh and deb, i'll come eat those cuppycakes with ya! on my way!

i bought a stamp today and thought of you when i picked it up!

Was it a cuppycake stamp?

[DisneyIsTerrific]

Debbie, sorry about the party, but enjoy those cuppycakes!!!
Nan, I'm glad your DH is home safe and sound.
Jennifer and Holly, what fun that you guys got to have breakfast together!
Brooke, be sure you cheer for the Gators when watching the SEC Championship!!!

Holly, I think Christy said she'd be without internet access for a few days.

We've been cleaning up around here and I'm going to finally get to work putting up the rest of the Christmas decorations. Then, it's the SEC Championship. GO GATORS!!!!! I'll probably miss the end of the game because I'll need to leave before it's over to go see DS in the play.

Here are a few photos from the play they are performing (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - abridged).

This is DS during part of the introduction.
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This is him as Romeo (Josh was Juliette - but I didn't get a good shot of them together because they wouldn't stand still!:rotfl:)
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Performing Shakespeare's comedies:
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DS and his stunt double!:lmao:
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And, my favorite shot. This is at the end after they pick themselves up off the floor from being dead at the end of Hamlet.
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[party of 3]

thanks Stephanie for the update on christy!

love the pics of andrewno in the play. he is very handsome! you must be so proud of him.

deb it was a one line stamp that says -- have your cupcake and eat it to!--

i showed it to jennifer and said you know who this reminds me of right? and of course she did! i associate you with cuppycakes!

[ZeroToHero]

Stephanie-

Great photos of the play! Tell AndrewNO that I love his taste in shoes!

You have to send us a DVD copy when it comes out - I love the Hamlet scene too.

And thank you for the card - what a great family photo! (And Lou liked the card itself - he loves penguins!)

ETA: My list for today-

ToDo

-Up
-Breakfast (Doughnuts!)
-Work (where more doughnuts were brought in, :rotfl2:)
- Home at 5
- Homework!

[ddavis860]

Stephanie- Great pics!! Looks like he was having so much fun!

Holly- Too funny about the stamp!

The white stuff is still falling here. Weather.com did NOT have this, they said it was going to start at like 6p... yeah, got that WRONG AGAIN Mr Weatherman!! http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e147/ddavis860/smiley/Holiday%20Smileys/char060.gif

[PrincessNancy96]

Stephanie, great photos!!! DD was thrilled to see another photo.. She asked if he was still coming up to get her for the birthday party trip to Disney??? I told her she might want to call and ask! She looked at me rolled her eyes and laughed... DH was a litle perplexed as he didn't realize I had given dd permission to go to Disney with a boy.. He felt better knowing you and your DH would be chaperoning! (I than explained she really wasn't going it's been an on going joke!)....


Debbie, peach schnapps... I'll be over if it wasn't for the sn*w~ Sorry to hear you are seeing that stuff fall from the sky.. YUCK!!!!

Yes, I believe Christy has been having issues w/ her internet.. :(

[ZeroToHero]

I want to join in on this DISkids in Disney World trip! Andrew can pick me up too, right? I don't live that far away. :rotfl:

[morgansmom2000]

Great photos, Stephanie! AndrewNo is a very handsome boy :)

Cuppycakes all around! I knew what Holly was thinking, cuz I was too!

We spent hours at the mall. Didn't get much Christmas shopping done, but we did have dinner and got a new Disney reusable bag. I wanted everything at the Paper Store in Mod Floral Pink! Oh, and I found an adorable pair of Tinkerbell Christmas jammies for my ILs to give me for Christmas.

We have sn*w falling too. It started while we were inside the mall, and it appears to be sticking now. They said 3-6 inches, but who knows?

DIT, I forgot to mention, your Christmas card was the first one I got, thank you! Oh, and Holly, yours came today, what a love that Bubbalicious is :)

[AlexWyattMommy]

I got one today from DIT too. But my first one came from my vet. :rotfl2:

[ddavis860]

I LOVE MOD FLORAL PINK!!! I got the super tote this fall and it is a-maz-ing!!

[DisneyIsTerrific]

Stephanie, great photos!!! DD was thrilled to see another photo.. She asked if he was still coming up to get her for the birthday party trip to Disney??? I told her she might want to call and ask! She looked at me rolled her eyes and laughed... DH was a litle perplexed as he didn't realize I had given dd permission to go to Disney with a boy.. He felt better knowing you and your DH would be chaperoning! (I than explained she really wasn't going it's been an on going joke!)....


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I want to join in on this DISkids in Disney World trip! Andrew can pick me up too, right? I don't live that far away. :rotfl:

It's actually a belated birthday trip since we couldn't go in november for his actual birthday. We're now going right after New Year's, but we'll go WAY out of our way and pick up PJ and ZTH and then we'll all have a fun time at WDW!!!! DS is always going places with groups of girls, it seems, so him going to WDW with 3 girls (his GF is probably going with us too) will be very normal to him!!!!:lmao: What fun!!

And, thanks everyone for the kind comments on DS's pictures.:flower3:

[party of 3]

Cuppycakes all around! I knew what Holly was thinking, cuz I was too!
great minds think alike!

I wanted everything at the Paper Store in Mod Floral Pink!

LOVE LOVE LOVE mod floral pink!

DIT, I forgot to mention, your Christmas card was the first one I got, thank you! Oh, and Holly, yours came today, what a love that Bubbalicious is :)
thank you! bubbalicious is a love! he had quite the asthma night last night. so he ended up sleeping with me in the big bed and daddy slept in his bed. he sleeping so good right now. breathing nicely. very calm. thank goodness. :hug:

I LOVE MOD FLORAL PINK!!!

DITTO!

[party of 3]

one more thing.....

Stephanie I got your card on friday and bubba loves the christmas hats!
you guys all look great!
thanks for sending it!

[ZeroToHero]

It's actually a belated birthday trip since we couldn't go in november for his actual birthday. We're now going right after New Year's, but we'll go WAY out of our way and pick up PJ and ZTH and then we'll all have a fun time at WDW!!!! DS is always going places with groups of girls, it seems, so him going to WDW with 3 girls (his GF is probably going with us too) will be very normal to him!!!!:lmao: What fun!!

And, thanks everyone for the kind comments on DS's pictures.:flower3:

Maybe, maybe, maybe, I'll see you there! ....If I get in the College Program, of course. And then if I go. And then if I go early enough to see you. :lmao: So probably not then. But! I can dream!

[DisneyIsTerrific]

Maybe, maybe, maybe, I'll see you there! ....If I get in the College Program, of course. And then if I go. And then if I go early enough to see you. :lmao: So probably not then. But! I can dream!

That would be so cool! Hopefully one day we'll be there at the same time!:goodvibes

[Lisa]

--yep, I'm a tried and true Vols fan

I am still hoping to convert you. ;) :rotfl2:


DiT, your son is so handsome!

We got hit with the wintery mix too. We managed to get our Christmas tree before the rain started then spent the day decorating the house and tree when it switched over to the white stuff.