So we finally got around to opening presents at 10p.m. on Christmas and we continued on Sunday morning. Brandon was tickled by his present from me. A while ago I wrote about how Brandon has a crush on local weatherwoman Alyssa Corfont. Well I e-mailed her to ask for a signed picture to give to him for Christmas - trust me that e-mail was hard to write because I wanted to avoid Brandon appearing like a stalker. But at any rate, she agreed to send me the picture and I got it framed along with a picture of yours truly. Brandon laughed and totally appreciated the gift and both pictures are sitting on his night stand next to his new Taylor Swift CD. You can definately tell who his favorite people are in the world.
Yesterday was the viewing for Mary Lee's mom. I felt awkward. "I'm sorry" just doesn't cover it. How can I possibly explain how bad I feel about how everything happened. Mary Lee JUST graduated from college and her mom was only 54. There should have been many more wonderful years in their future. I just hope and pray that Mary Lee's mom knew God and that she's with Him right now. It's still sad for Mary and her her sister, but at least they will see her again one day and their mom is living without pain. One thing I know for sure is that Bette was loved. There were so many people at the viewing that it took me and hour and a half to get through the line and there was still no end in sight.
Family
Here we are at the Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens (Photo by Jenna Gill Photography)
Monday, December 27, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Christmas Eve Update
So, winter break officially started on December 16th with about four inches of snow topped with some freezing rain. I was down with that. I stayed home and hung with Colby. On Friday I thought about taking the little man to daycare, but decided I didn't really want to leave the house. We pretty much stayed home all weekend and did a whole lot of nothing.
Tuesday we took Colby to daycare so we could clean the house without him tearing it up behind us...I'd like to say it's spotless, but it isn't. The good thing is, is I got to make his special candy for his stocking - I dipped marshmallows and prezels in almond bark and topped with sprinkles, pretty tasty if I do say so myself.
Wednesday was pretty nice. Brandon and I took Colby to daycare again and commenced on a lunch date. We went to Olive Garden for lunch and then we went to see True Grit. The movie was surprisingly good, though if you're looking for some sort of happy ending that isn't the movie to go watch, though if you like dry and sarcastic humor, this is the perfect movie for you.
Thursday was not as nice. We got a text around 4:00 that Nick's girlfriend, Mary Lee, was at the hospital with her mother and that her mother was dying. Mary Lee's mother had, had breast cancer which had metasticized (sp?) into her lung. She developed a mass in her other lung. I got to the hospital about 4:30 and she passed away around 5:00. It was very upsetting because Mary Lee is only in her early twenties and just graduated from college. It will be really hard to go on without her mother as the two were really close. I just keep praying that everything will work itself out in the way it should. Along with all that, I had to eat my words (don't you hate it when you have to do that?). I told my mom last weekend that I wouldn't really hurt myself if I fell on the ice (I don't know...maybe I was thinking I wasn't old enough to break a hip), but guess what, I fell on the ice on the back patio and twisted the heck out of my ankle. I'm still limping the next day.
So now it's Friday, Christmas Eve. I made some stellar looking cookies that I didn't want to take to church because they were just so pretty (I'll post some pics when I find my camera cable). I also got a bit bummed because my evening didn't look too exciting and I missed my family. It was looking like leftover pizza and whatever terribleness comes on tv on a Friday night. Then, on the way to church Brandon's mom invited me and Colby to go to Wytheville and meet up with Jaime, Derek and Tommy. I quickly agreed to go because it sounded like a LOT more fun than what I had going on.
Tomorrow is Christmas and Brandon is working...but it will be okay I suppose. Even if we have to push the festivities back to Sunday, it will be okay. Merry Christmas everyone!!
Tuesday we took Colby to daycare so we could clean the house without him tearing it up behind us...I'd like to say it's spotless, but it isn't. The good thing is, is I got to make his special candy for his stocking - I dipped marshmallows and prezels in almond bark and topped with sprinkles, pretty tasty if I do say so myself.
Wednesday was pretty nice. Brandon and I took Colby to daycare again and commenced on a lunch date. We went to Olive Garden for lunch and then we went to see True Grit. The movie was surprisingly good, though if you're looking for some sort of happy ending that isn't the movie to go watch, though if you like dry and sarcastic humor, this is the perfect movie for you.
Thursday was not as nice. We got a text around 4:00 that Nick's girlfriend, Mary Lee, was at the hospital with her mother and that her mother was dying. Mary Lee's mother had, had breast cancer which had metasticized (sp?) into her lung. She developed a mass in her other lung. I got to the hospital about 4:30 and she passed away around 5:00. It was very upsetting because Mary Lee is only in her early twenties and just graduated from college. It will be really hard to go on without her mother as the two were really close. I just keep praying that everything will work itself out in the way it should. Along with all that, I had to eat my words (don't you hate it when you have to do that?). I told my mom last weekend that I wouldn't really hurt myself if I fell on the ice (I don't know...maybe I was thinking I wasn't old enough to break a hip), but guess what, I fell on the ice on the back patio and twisted the heck out of my ankle. I'm still limping the next day.
So now it's Friday, Christmas Eve. I made some stellar looking cookies that I didn't want to take to church because they were just so pretty (I'll post some pics when I find my camera cable). I also got a bit bummed because my evening didn't look too exciting and I missed my family. It was looking like leftover pizza and whatever terribleness comes on tv on a Friday night. Then, on the way to church Brandon's mom invited me and Colby to go to Wytheville and meet up with Jaime, Derek and Tommy. I quickly agreed to go because it sounded like a LOT more fun than what I had going on.
Tomorrow is Christmas and Brandon is working...but it will be okay I suppose. Even if we have to push the festivities back to Sunday, it will be okay. Merry Christmas everyone!!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Cold, Sick and Poison Control
It's 16 degrees outside as I type. It feels like zero. I'm sick, Brandon is sick, the dog is sick, but not Colby, though I'm not sure that's great or not.
Yesterday I had to call poison control for the first time ever. I had taken some Nyquill on Sunday night and left the bottle on the kitchen counter...yeah, the "child proof" bottle. I went to take a shower on Monday morning, got out and Colby was nowhere to be seen. I walked toward the kitchen and smelled the Nyquill and discovered the ENTIRE bottle spilled all over the kitchen floor in it's green gooy wonder. I asked Colby if he'd drank any of it, and of course he said yes, though there wasn't any on his face. I called poison control and she said to give him some cereal and watch out for him getting drowsy. She said he would have had to of drank 3 ounces of the stuff for it to be toxic, but I assured her that there wasn't any way he drank 3 ounces because I cleaned up A LOT of Nyquill. The floor is still sticky!
Yesterday I had to call poison control for the first time ever. I had taken some Nyquill on Sunday night and left the bottle on the kitchen counter...yeah, the "child proof" bottle. I went to take a shower on Monday morning, got out and Colby was nowhere to be seen. I walked toward the kitchen and smelled the Nyquill and discovered the ENTIRE bottle spilled all over the kitchen floor in it's green gooy wonder. I asked Colby if he'd drank any of it, and of course he said yes, though there wasn't any on his face. I called poison control and she said to give him some cereal and watch out for him getting drowsy. She said he would have had to of drank 3 ounces of the stuff for it to be toxic, but I assured her that there wasn't any way he drank 3 ounces because I cleaned up A LOT of Nyquill. The floor is still sticky!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Yesterday's Adventures
I did two things yesterday...
1. I sliced the heck out of my thumb on the kitchen slicer. I know, I know you're supposed to use the plastic holder thingy to slice your veggies, but that's near impossible with a bell pepper. Brandon got me smallish bandaid and I put it on, stirred my veggies and then determined the smallish bandaid wasn't going to cut it. It bled for like 20 minutes even using Brandon's awesome first aid kit gauze.
2. I finished my Christmas shopping except for maybe some randomness. Brandon watched Colby and I took my wounded self to Target where I got Colby some other random stuff and bought my secret santa gifts for school. Plus I bought some beautiful cardigans for $15!! You can't really beat that! And I got some extra surprises for Brandon - he already got his big gift - a .308 Savage rifle - so he need some things he didn't know about...I'm so proud of myself...I'm sneaky! I'll explain after Christmas.
And shhhh...don't tell Brandon, but I turned the heat up to 69 degrees and turned both sides of the heater on because I shouldn't have to freeze in my own house when I'm wearing pants, socks, slippers, a tank top, a real shirt, a cardigan and a blanket over my legs. The tip of my nose is cold though :-(
1. I sliced the heck out of my thumb on the kitchen slicer. I know, I know you're supposed to use the plastic holder thingy to slice your veggies, but that's near impossible with a bell pepper. Brandon got me smallish bandaid and I put it on, stirred my veggies and then determined the smallish bandaid wasn't going to cut it. It bled for like 20 minutes even using Brandon's awesome first aid kit gauze.
2. I finished my Christmas shopping except for maybe some randomness. Brandon watched Colby and I took my wounded self to Target where I got Colby some other random stuff and bought my secret santa gifts for school. Plus I bought some beautiful cardigans for $15!! You can't really beat that! And I got some extra surprises for Brandon - he already got his big gift - a .308 Savage rifle - so he need some things he didn't know about...I'm so proud of myself...I'm sneaky! I'll explain after Christmas.
And shhhh...don't tell Brandon, but I turned the heat up to 69 degrees and turned both sides of the heater on because I shouldn't have to freeze in my own house when I'm wearing pants, socks, slippers, a tank top, a real shirt, a cardigan and a blanket over my legs. The tip of my nose is cold though :-(
Monday, December 6, 2010
O Winter How I Hate Thee
I have come to the conclusion that I hate winter. There is nothing awesome about it. Sure it is pretty sometimes, like when I can sit in my house and watch it snow or appreciate how the snow makes everything clean again, but then I have to go outside and the wind takes my breath away in a terrible, terrible way. Then I have to deal with nasty salt road sludge dirtying up my windshield with my wiper fluid frozen. Then I hear money going out the window every time my heat comes on, which is much more frequently than I desire. Then I sit in my freezing house wearing a sweatshirt over a sweater and wishing it were the depths of summer. Winter sucks. I still haven't put up my outside Christmas decorations and won't for the foreseeable a future. I mean the high for the next couple of days won't make it above freezing with winds gusting near 40 mph. And it's not even officially winter!! Summer, you can't get back fast enough! I miss you!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Tacky or Awesome?
So, there is this house in Shawsville that apparently thinks that giant inflatable Christmas decorations are awesome. And apparently more is better. Their whole yard is full of them. They are like a beacon to those with no holiday spirit and I bet they have the electric bill to prove it. At any rate, that is what the main picture on my page is - a small snipet of what their whole yard looks like. Enjoy!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
It's Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas
It is cold outside and I am not happy about it. I hate walking outside to have my breath taken away by a blast of cold wind. With the weather so chilly I'm not sure when I'll put the outside decorations up because I'm sure not going to freeze my butt off just to hang some garland and lights.
But, Brandon did dig the tree out of the attic and we decorated it on Tuesday. I know it's an incredible waste of electricity, but it's very pretty now that we don't have to stash it behind the love seat. Surprisingly Colby doesn't mess with it much and Hershey couldn't care less about the tree. Colby did however discover how good a candycane is. He pulled one off the tree and tasted it and said "Mmmmm" before asking for more. Today I had to work really hard for him to not eat another one...all that sugar can't be good for such a little boy!
But, Brandon did dig the tree out of the attic and we decorated it on Tuesday. I know it's an incredible waste of electricity, but it's very pretty now that we don't have to stash it behind the love seat. Surprisingly Colby doesn't mess with it much and Hershey couldn't care less about the tree. Colby did however discover how good a candycane is. He pulled one off the tree and tasted it and said "Mmmmm" before asking for more. Today I had to work really hard for him to not eat another one...all that sugar can't be good for such a little boy!
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