GOOD EVENING PEEPS!!!!!!!
well....yesterday's Cowboy game was just WACK!!!!....craziest game..still can't believe we won.....I think I screamed and yelled more at that game than any others lately....was kinda cathartic in a way though.....kinda a stress reliver....got to scream...no one cared...
Sink in kitchen el backo uped-o....have American Home Shield...but they won't come until THURSDAY!!!!

...so I can call my own plumber and pay $2-300...or I can wait until Thursday and pay $35

...anyhoo...got me outta cooking dinnah...don't wanna mess up a whole bunch of dishes I can't wash. New Chinese place opened up down the street..went there.
Am trying out new punishment fer the Pookster....it's called the consequence bag.....It is filled with stuff like..."no library this week"..."no play date this week"...."no candy/snacks/etc" today"...."no TV today"...."go to bed 30 min early"...."go to bed 60 min early"....well...you get the idea...you's guy's are bright peeps!!!!....Ifin she is naughty, instead of just a time out (which she doesn't seem to care too much about anymore)...she has to pick something out of the naughty bag....that way instead of saying..."gotta go to my room...big deal"...she DOESN'T know what it might be...don't know ifin it will work, but feeling a little crazed lately. And for those of you who think..."well...there is that little thing called spanking"....hear ya...but I have a few of my own issues with that, and my dad would...well...nevermind, let's just leave it as I have some issues with that. Also takes some of the pressure offa me so that I don't over-react and have the punishment not fit the crime...not that she still won't get the occasional time out - this is mostly for smaller infractions...but, we'll see how it goes. If anyone has any other great ideas, I'm all ears. Every kid has that one thing that they really love, and with Saralinda, it's all about the candy and the snackage!! I think losing her snacks after dinner makes her sadder than a time out. Maybe I should add "no slurpee" to the bag too...she loves them as well. I am happy to report though that I have broken her of that running to room and slamming the door bit

..homey don't play that.....that one was getting on my very last nerve....
Tim finally put some lights up in the living room anyway...don't think he will do them outside this year. I think Saralinda kinda shamed him into doing the one's in the house. Did the old puppy dog look..."daddy....why can't we have some christmas in the house....why can't we have any lights like last year...why can't we...."..He looks at me!!! I'm thinking (but didn't say it)...Don't look at me....I didn't tell her to say that. She's a kid...she wants her lights!!! Anyhoo...he did put them up.
Mailed Tim's Secret Santa present today....and mailed mine last week...mine is supposed to arrive for the person sometime between Tues-Wed...and Tim's they said should get there on Thursday (but is not guaranteed at this point they said).
I am the pack rat of the family, and Saralinda has inherited that I am afraid....I can't stand to get rid of stuff..I blame my dad....yet another one of those issues with my dad I am afraid, but I will spare you all the details.....I don't care ifin I haven't used it for 2 years...if it has sentimental value....or ifin it was my mom's......although I will have bouts where I will go in and just throw a whole bunch of stuff away. I mean don't get me wrong, I am not like that poor woman I saw on Oprah a couple of years ago, where she LITERALLY wouldn't throw ANYTHING away...she had stuff all up and down all her halls....she would wash the trays the food was in from the TV dinners and keep them.....UGGGHHH!!! Not that bad....but packrat...yes, I am.
Still have not done the dang blasted cards!!!!..oh well....as Scarlett always say's...
Tomorrow is Another Day