Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

our very first Christmas Tree at home

this is mine and mr K's first year putting up a tree in our own place. we normally just go and enjoy Mimi aka Grammie & Papa's BIG tree at their house...but this year i decided since mr K aka shnookie doodles is more aware and totally knows who e-claus aka santa claus is we would decorate and get all into it! our little 4 ft tree is a little bigger than shnookie doodles and he proclaimed that this is HIS tree. :o)


here is mr K singing jingle bells (joo-joo bells) at the top of his lungs and dancing for mommy!


notice the singing elmo stocking in the photo with our little tree. elmo sings jingle bells and moves and thanks to mr K - he sings it all day long (pretty much) another thing mr K insisted on that he just had to have, and yes, i the mommy - gave in.
yay me!
here is mr K calling "e-claus" to let him know we finished with our tree and that we are ready for him to bring mr K's horsey that mr K also insists he must have for Christmas!



i have to say since mr K has come along, Christmas has become that much more FUN! at the same time we do remember what the true meaning of Christmas is and we are so grateful for being able to celebrate it together and with all our family, friends and bloggers!
Hugs- Love- Peace- Blessings!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

i am thankful....

.for a beautiful healthy son.
.for a roof over our heads.
.for a car that is paid for.
.for a wonderful caring family.
.for a job.
.for my health.
.for the people I love.
.for the beautiful fall colored leaves.
.for kisses & I love you’s from mr K.
.for my son’s presence everyday.
.for mr K's smiles.
.for mr K going to bed when he should.
.for mr K's fro.
.for mr K's "I wuv ewww Mommy"s.
.for the heater under my desk at work keeping me warm.
.for forgiveness.
.for God.
.for Jesus.
.for an awesome church with awesome pastors.
.for friends old – present & new.
.for friends like Ellie & Irene & Doris (to name a few), no matter how much time has passed, it's still the same.
.for favors in the nick of time.
.for making all the green lights on the way to work.
.for just enough gas to make it all the way home from work when I realized I left my wallet at home.
.for mr K’s hugs & laughter.
.for my nephew Noah’s wonderful journey.
.for family at Thanksgiving time.
.for the many prayers (even from strangers all over the world) that blessed my nephew.
.for my grandma & grandpa Anspach, because they made me a big part of who I am.
.for a place to go when this place ends.
.for creativeness.
.for Tonia (she rocks) & all she does for mr K. while Mommy brings home the bacon.
.for "babysitters" when Mommy needs a little me time.
.for always having someone (my mr K) to look forward to seeing when I get off work.
.for lower gas prices.
.for the sermons at church, they always hit home.
.for love.
.for 6 cheese pizza.
.for chocolate.
.for sacrifices so many have made for our country & other countries & our freedom.
.for my mom & dad & all they do.
.for wonderful artwork made by my son.
.for my brother PJ & Melanie being back in NC.
.for the lil mexican place next door, they do my chicken taco's just right.
.for PJ's quirkyness that always makes me smile.
.for my sister and her strength & beauty.
.for Noah.
.for Noah.
.for Noah.
.for Noah.
.for my dreams, even ones that seem faded.
.for new dreams & new ideas.
.for my writing.
.for God’s arms that hold me up every time I feel like I am falling & I sure do fall a lot.
.for unconditional love.
.for breathing when I feel like I can’t.
.for the tears I cry & the smiles that come later - because it means I am alive.
.for facebook and finding old faces I thought I had lost forever.
.for my son.
.for my son.
.for my son.
.for my son.
.for my son.
.for my son.
.for my son.
.for my son.


mr K and is Thanksgiving Creativeness! :)

mr Noah and mr Kai posing for their Christmas Cards :)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!


*~*~ Peace n Love ~*~*

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

happy new year

happy new year

2008 is here, hard to believe. time really does fly - too fast.

i spent tonight with shnookie doodles - we ate take out, baked cookies and watched Jack's Big Music Show at least 15 times and then watched Dick Clark's show in Time Square, haven't done that in a while....unfortunately my lil man didn't make it to midnight - he fell asleep on mommy's lap clapping to fergie...lol...guess the cookies and milk did him in. ;o)

i am not making any "new years resolutions" - i normally don't. i just know that there are things i need to do, have to do and should do and want to do.....and i will do them in my own time - and that works for me. :o)

tonight was nice, peaceful and quiet and filled with my son's laughter and giggles and toys all over the place, his show Jack jamming in the background and the smell of fresh baked cookies.....who could ask for more?

i am BLESSED!

HAPPY BLESSED 2008 to ALL!

peace forward~blessings! xoxox

Thursday, December 27, 2007

christmas and things

shnookie doodles on grammies lap
& playing with his house...christmas and things


i have to say all in in all christmas was a blast! i will post christmas pictures in the next blog.

back at work today, wish i could have been off all week - but that was just impossible. my brother and wife will be leaving back to Illinois on monday - sad to see them go - wish i had more time with them. they are hoping to move back here and be close by - but they have a lot to do before they can actually do that. aunt mel and uncle pickle juice are absolutely amazing with shnookie doodles! he adores them! and their two lovely puppies sophie and gus. i think shnookie doodles was a little overwhelmed with all the family and gifts - but he loved it. he def got a lot of attention & racked up in the gift area!!! :o)


i spent christmas eve early day in the emergency room where my parents live, i have been having horrible back pains and spasms that run down into my legs - by christmas eve i could barely move - much less walk. they gave me some meds and i finally feel much better today. i am supposed to get up with my doctor and have an MRI done. i guess we will see - the emergency room thinks it might have been my sciatica nerve. i have never in my life had back issues before now- we are guessing it all stems from the pregnancy last year????? and what sets it off is....STRESS!


i have to say - so many wonderful blessings to be thankful for this year. God, my child, family, friends, jobs, little finances that pop in just when we need them (sometimes) and all the little things we receive every day and take for granted (roof over our heads, food, car to drive, the fact we WOKE up....)all in all it has turned out to be a pretty good year- we have had quite a few bumps & struggles in the road this year - plenty of "trials and tribulations" - but so far- so good. :o)

i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas & has an unlimited BLESSED 2008!

i will post more on christmas later w/ photos!


peace forward~~be blessed!

Thursday, December 20, 2007

just stuff

just stuff
it has been a crazy 7 days. i was laid off on Friday and picked right back up by the end of the day because a co-worker put in her 2 weeks after i was let go (talk about WHEW). so i came back in on Monday to a different dept. and too top it off there was a lot of rearranging going on. people being moved to different departments, upstairs going downstairs - people from the other bldg moving to our bldg. upstairs. i was one of the upstairs people and now im downstairs. so this morning was spent moving everything UP-->down.

i am not to sure how i feel about the whole thing, but i know that i am BLESSED that i didn't lose any time and STILL have a job. another thing that i just KNEW i had - Monday i was told i didn't have it - ugh- so that really upset me, and the type of person i am, i am obsessing over it trying to figure out WHY...... i just need to move fwd and KNOW that God just has something better planned.


well 5 more days to Christmas, i can't wait. ready to veg out a little and spend time with my family and play with shnookie doodles. i have to finish up MOST of my Christmas shopping tomorrow evening and then bake all night - head out to mom's Saturday sometime..... i can't wait to see my bro and sis in law they will be here for the Holidays - a def treat. and to top the treat off, Christmas Eve will be spent with a lot of family LOVE and i so enjoy these times, all the family (or a bunch of us) hanging out together under one roof - that is the most important to me...gifts & good yummy food are cool but don't come close to La Familia. we are doing a white elephant gift exchange after dinner along with our regular gift exchange - although this year that has changed up a little bit too. instead of getting EVERYONE a gift - we drew names for a MAIN gift, a GAG gift and a STOCKING. i would tell you who i got, but they might be peeking - so i will fill you in after the event!


on a shnookie doodles note - he is OVER the rash thing but now has bronchitis and will be monitored for asthma. we don't have asthma on our side of the family and i can't get a hold of his "father" to find out if he has it anywhere on his side of the fam. (surprise, not) hopefully he doesn't have asthma. even being under the weather, that little dude is as busy as can be - he is so entertaining to watch because he totally amuses himself. we tried sitting on Santa's lap at a work potluck, but he wasn't having it - although he got a nice big fluffy-stuffed puppy out of it.


well work is still calling and im trying to get back into the swing of things......i will update more later!


Peace Forward ~ Be Blessed!