HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hey, everyone!! :) I just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year!! I can't believe it's already here...2006!! Princess will be 2 this year!! (in February), and we'll celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary, too. I don't want to talk about my Birthday, or King's either!! LOL He'll be turning the big 3-0 this year!! Like I said, I don't want to talk about mine!! LOL :)

We're going to Missy's house tonight to celebrate :) I'm sure we'll have a great time!! :) I'm looking forward to playing cards or something!! I LOVE playing games!! :) SO much fun!!

Okay, this is gonna be a drastic shift in the conversation..I just saw something shiny!! LOL :) Anyways, I've been visiting DIY Network's website, and there was a place on there where it gave you tips on hosting your own crop...and how to get yourself organized for going to a crop...I think that would be fun...like party favors, specific things to work on...blah blah blah...I am definately ready to start scrappin' again!! LOL :) They did have a good idea as far as sharing supplies & stuff...they said to have a basket big enough to put your leftovers & scraps in that you're done with, don't have matches for, etc...I thought that was a good idea...so you can "purge" as you go, and you don't waste, because what you get rid of might be exactly what someone else needs!! :) I thought it was a good idea, anyways :)

Princess is going with Mammy & Papa for a little while after she wakes up from her nap...Then, we're gonna pick her up from there on the way to Missy's :) She's gonna have fun today!! :) She LOVES to see I-Man & FAB :) Did I get to tell you how bossy she was on Christmas Eve? LOL She was bossing those big boys around Mammy & Papa's house like she was the party planner, or something, it was hilarious!! LOL :) Of course, the boys didn't really listen to her, but she thought she was in charge!! One funny thing I heard was when she told FAB to sit down next to her on the step into the kitchen (from the garage...the boys were all playing out there...Dad had a little "room" set up out there for overflow!! LOL) Anyways, she tells FAB, "Sit down, FAB" and FAB did it!! LOL :) They sat there and watched the boys play...they were giving each other hugs & stuff in the kitchen, too, I heard...

Well, I'd better go...I need to start getting ready...I've been in the process of getting the house straightened up, and need a shower!!!!! How did the laundry become Mt. Washmore, again?!?! It wasn't like I stopped doing it...

Oh, and do you realize what happens in January?!?!

So, last night, King had to do more Blockhead training, and it was just Princess & I hanging out for the evening...I decided I needed to SHOP!! LOL :) So, Princess & I went to Hobby Lobby...I got a GREAT deal on some yarn :) 3.99 and it's HUGE!! LOL :) It's softer than fun fur, almost like fleece, but not...and it's fun like fun fur :) LOL Anyways, it's pretty easy to knit :) You can't even see the stiches, this stuff is so thick & furry, and it feels SO SOFT!! :) I also got a few scrapbook things (a 12' paper cutter, a small hole punch, some assorted papers for Princess's baby album, and some rub-on transfers that look REALLY neat)...

Anyways, after I bored Princess at Hobby Lobby, we went to Target (Princess LOVES Target for some reason...I think it's all the red!! LOL) Anyways, we split a pretzel (I asked for a Cinnabon pretzel, but they were out, so the guy gave me a cinnamon sugar pretzel w/ a side of Cinnabon icing!! Just as good, that's what I really like about the Cinnabon pretzel, anyways!! LOL), and Princess LOVED it!! She's a people watcher, I think...she really enjoyed watching the people come & go at the entrance...Anyways, I just browsed around there, and didn't get anything much except laundry detergent & softner (yippee), and paper towl (woohoo), and The Wedding Singer for 7.50!! :) We had fun, though :) Princess was being really cute :)

Anyways, today I'm feeling the comings-on of this cold...I don't think it'll be as severe as Princess's because I've been taking that Halls stuff, but it's not fun...and I've been REALLY tired...of course, I haven't been going to bed until the wee hours of the morning, either...I'm sure that's got something to do with it!! LOL :)

King doesn't have Blockhead training tonight (he thought he did, but turns out he doesn't!! YAY), so I might suggest a drive out to Clifton, and that neighborhood that all decorate the outside for Christmas :) We were gonna do it earlier in the week, but it didn't happen...we'll see :)

Okay, I better go...I'm sleepy, and promised myself a nappy nap when Princess laid down :)

Happy Friday!! :)

Just sharing a couple pics...

Hi, Everyone!! I just wanted to share these pics we took with our new digi camera!! :) YAY!! :)

This is the Princess & Bear Tea Party!! LOL

She saw the empty laundry basket, and decided that she and Bear needed to sit in it!! LOL

This was the day after Christmas, and all she wanted to do was lay around...why the hard floor, and not the carpeting, I'll never know!! LOL

I'm so excited I can share these with you, now!! :) YAY!! :)

Okay, I'd better go...TTFN :)

Blah...

So, I haven't been journalling as much lately...I dunno why...I guess Christmas is always a little busier for us...

Oh, and Princess has been REALLY sick & whiney this week!! Poor thing...her schedule (if you can call it that!! LOL) has been off this past week, and fighting a nasty cold...I've been taking that Hall's Defense stuff (not very religiously, but often enough), and I can really tell a difference!! I started taking it as soon as I started feeling the beginnings of congestion, and it's been a couple of days, and other than just being tired from last weekend myself, and tired from taking care of Princess (she's not been sleeping through the night very well, lately...we think she's teething really bad, too)...anyways, that stuff has really helped :)

Okay, enough of the commercial!! LOL

Did I mention that my stove quit working?!?! 2 weeks ago...right before the cookie party...Well, let me tell you how much you miss something like that when it's gone!! LOL :) It was funny one night, though, King said something like, "What're you cooking for dinner?" and I answered him, "I don't know how to cook over a campfire!!" LOL :) I think we're gonna wait until the middle of January...Hopefully there will be some good New Year sales!! LOL :) I'd REALLY like to get one of those flat-topped ranges :) They're not that much more, and if we're gonna buy a new one, might as well be something we'll like!!

King's been off school all week...not off of work, although I think he regrets not taking a few day's vacation this week...it's been VERY nice...tomorrow & Friday nite, though, he's got Blockhead training LOL!! (he works p/t seasonally for H&R Block LOL :) ) Anyways, that's a bummer, because he usually only has a couple of minutes to eat & run off to training...I don't know how this tax season will be, either, with him working in F, and us living in H!! LOL :) We'll see...I see a lot of nights to catch up on my knitting!! Or scrapping :) That would be nice :)

Oh, did I mention we're starting a small group in our house in a couple of weeks? I can't wait!! I've been cleaning & trying to sort through a bunch of junk (just got started in Princess's room), before it starts, but our study's gonna be on that study we just finished "The Blessed Life". VERY VERY GOOD!! Highly recommended by me!! :) I'll have to try & find a link for it...well, here's a link to his church's website :) http://http://www.gatewaypeople.com/churchinfo/index.php?action=staffbiodetails&sid=1

OH!! We got a new digital camera for Christmas, from my Mom & Dad :) A Kodak (and that's about all the technical stuff you'll get from me!! LOL) It came with a dock, too!! :) VERY NICE :) I REALLY LIKE IT!! I also got a TON of stuff for my bathroom...what an old lady I am!! LOL I got so excited over a shower curtain!! But it's what I've been wanting for a LONG time :) Think Olde Farmstead kind of bathroom :) Very cute :) Very primitive :) I love it!! :) I also got a salt box house that has a light in it :) We saw them at the craft show after Thanksgiving, and when Mom "went to the bathroom" after I went & got the van, that's when she got it!! LOL :) So sneaky!! LOL :) I LOVE IT!! :) I also got a Paula Dean cookbook!! Daisy got one, too!! LOL :) She's like my Granny teachin' me how to cook all those yummy Southern dishes :) I just LOVE Paula Dean!! :) It was just such a great Christmas :) Princess got SO MUCH STUFF!! AuntO got her the prettiest quilt (from Lil' Dolly's in Pigeon Forge...Missy & JJ will know that place!! LOL), and I got a quilt from her, too!! :) I love quilts, too!! LOL :) See, I'm easy to shop for!! LOL :)

Anyways, Princess got a lot of toys & clothes, and jammies, and books, and Cinderella DVD, but her favorite thing she got was Bear!! She LOVES Bear in the Big Blue House!! And, as soon as she "opened" it (if you haven't read Kelley's journal, we did the same thing with her presents...we were opening them for her & showing her before it was all over!! LOL), anyways, as soon as she opened it, she started sniffing him!! LOL (he "sniffs" the kids when he first opens the door at the Big Blue House, in case you're not a regular viewer!! LOL). SO CUTE!! She made him sniff all of us, and carried Bear around with her all day!! She's still carrying him around, and today, she made him sit at her little Princess table, and made him "coppee" (that's how she says coffee, LOL)...Anyways, I've been overly tired, and haven't had the energy to relay a lot of Princess Christmas stories!! LOL :)

I'd better go...it's getting late, and King needs to go to bed!! LOL :) I'm feeling pretty tired, too...

Merry Christmas!!

We've had a great morning!! NOT!! LOL :) Princess got home LATE last nite, and was not much fun this morning (doesn't help she was all stuffy & coughing...blah) so, we opened a few presents (not all of them, yet), ate our special Christmas morning breakfast (cinnamon rolls...YUM), and she went back to bed!! LOL :) We'll finish opening up her presents when she wakes up again!! :) King went to church (he said after the fuss he made about the "mega" churches closing, he thought he'd better go!! LOL :) I think he really wanted to stay home, though :) ) Anyways, a rocky start, but it'll be better after Princess gets her nap in!! LOL :)

I'll have to come back and tell you all about Christmas eve!! :) SO MUCH FUN!! The kids were all SO cute, and you should've seen how they got into the singing!! :) It was a lot of fun!! :)

I'd better go...I got home late last night, too, and might get a few extra winks!! :)