We are wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year. May 2010 bring you all the joy and happiness you can handle!

Today is Christmas Eve.....man, where has 2009 gone? We are going to my Nana's house, as usual and having mexican/Tex-mex for dinner! It is a welcomed change from turkey, ham, potatoes, and stuffing!!! We will come home and wake up for Santa in the morning!! Santa is bringing Rylee 4 books and a baby doll and Roger is getting his favorite mice. We will then go to George's parents house for Christmas breakfast and opening Rylee's big presnets, a play kitchen and shopping basket!!! Then we will go to my Aunt Sarah's house and have Christmas with my mom and grand parents for the first time in years!!! I can't wait. Friday night we will probably come home and relax and get ready for Saturday, my 27th birthday!!! I feel old! We are going to dinner with some friends and then have a few drinks somewhere, not sure where tho. Last year we went to Dave and Busters and it was NOT what we were looking for!

January 2 is mine and George's anniversary and then I go back to school on January 4th which is also Rylee's second birthday! We will have her a small party the weekend after her birthday, probably at my dads house.

That's it for now....have a safe holiday.....

just a few questions

I have a few questions that maybe you blogspot pros. can help me with....

1) How can I search for specific types of blogs to read (ie, N. Texas Mommies, moms with toddlers, give away blogs, etc...)

2) How do I make my blog 3 columns? I am only seeing templets for 2 columns?

If you can think of any tricks or ideas to help me, a beginner blogger, please let me know....Im open to all info!

THANKS in advance!!!!!

Moving ahead...

George has been staying pretty busy. We got his truck back from the collision center that was fixing it. It was bitter sweet.....the rental was sooo NIIIICE and big! We need a bigger car/truck. We are going to 2 Christmas Parties this weekend. One out in Little Elm with Khristi and Ryan. The other is on Sunday at Chris' ranch! I have a few more things to get for Christmas. Then Im DONE!!! Im ready for the Holiday's to be over. Not the part about getting together with family and friends but the stressful part, the part where you run around like a chicken with your head cut off, the part that makes the roads more dangerous because of weather and CRAZY people.

Yesterday was the last day of Mod C! I ended the mod with a 102 in lecture and a 102 in lab!!! I will miss my teacher that I had this mod. She ROCKED!!! She was awesome and a lot of fun. The last 4 weeks went by toooo fast. I start Mod D on Monday and then Wednesday is my last day until January 4th....which happens to be Rylee's second birthday =( I will take some cupcakes to her school after I get out of school that day. I can't believe that she will be 2 in about 2 weeks.....where has the time gone?!?! As you can see I have posted some pictures of Rylee from this time last year and some from this year.

This was har 1st birthday, seems like it was just a few months ago =(

Look how short her hair was!I think she only had 7 teeth this time lastyear...a big change from now...she has 21!She was in size 4 shoe, now a 6.5. Size 18 month clothes and now I am starting to buy 3T!!!!!

Christmas is in 1 week from today!!! My birthday is in 1 week and 1 day!!!! Christmas Eve we will be going to Nana's house and then Christmas morning we will have our small lil christmas here and then go to George's parent's house. We will spend the rest of the day with My mom, grandparents, cousin, aunt and uncle out in Weatherford. I can't wait.......

when it rains.....

it POURS! Last night when George got home from work he went to open the garage door and it BROKE! The gear came off the motor and he had to do it manually. Thanks goodness the across the street man is a garage door repair guy!!! This morning, Rylee and I were on our way out the door (jacket and backpack ON) and she went into the bathroom to tell George bye, he was getting in the shower. I looked down at the floor and water was EVERYWHERE and coming out fast. The pipe from under our sink broke when he turned the shower on and ruined EVERYTHING that was in the cabinets. ALL my make up, cotton balls, both sets of clippers that George used on his head and face, and a few other things that Rylee had "hidden" (a few binky's that I hadn't seen in MONTHS and a hairbrush that I thought I lost). I had just washed ALLLLL the towels last night and blankets for the couch, now they all have to be re-washed YUCK! AND because there had been a leak under the sink that we didn't know about we found MOLD!!!! Looks like I will be getting new bathroom counters/cabinets.

They say that bad things happen 3s, what will be next?!? Hopefully nothing because this is going to hit us hard when it comes to buying, or not buying Christmas presents.

Just had to get all this off my chest so that I don't explode. I think I will go to the gym, and work off some stress (and lbs. ) once the next load of laundry goes into the dryer.

Another week down

I got a 104 on my quiz yesterday and a 104 on my test today. I also learned how to remove sutures yesterday and today I learned how to properly stitch it back up. "IT" being a pigs foot and ankle. here is a picture, the teacher said that I did GREAT!!!!!

I have been such a procrastinator this year when it comes to Christmas shopping.....we haven't even started. I know that it will end up being a last minute thing, that seems to be the way we are either EARRRRRLY or BARELY on time. Oh well. Here are some pictures.
Sorry such a short update but not a lot went on this week.....

What a week

me and my mommy!!!!!!!!!!

head and shoulders knees and toes knees and toes....

This has been a LONG week for us. We had a great time over the Thanksgiving holiday and that weekend we went to DeKalb (3 hrs. east of us) where George's family has land. We had fires every night, fireworks that we had been holding on to since the 4th of July, and a 3rd thanksgiving dinner on Saturday. Rylee had a good time playing with Jackson, George's cousin's son. Monday was back to work/school for us. I had a test first thing on monday and I got a 102, a quiz on Thursday and got a 104, and today I took another test and got a 100! I got my mid term grades for the first half of this mod and I am sitting on a 103.5 right now! It is safe to say that I will be maintaining my 4.0. I couldn't be happier, the hard work really does pay off. I wish I would have been this dedicated to studying when I was in HS!!!!checking on Samantha in my dad's back yard

walking in Nana's shoes

Rylee is talking more and more daily! She is learning to say the names of the kids in her class and she is always talking about "a-bree" (Avery) the only other little girl in her class. She has been having some issues with breathing and snotty nose-ness lately so I took her to the doctor on Wednesday to have them confirm that she just has a cold/allergies so we can give her up to 4 doses of Benedryl a day (I only gove it to her in the morning before school and at night) it seems to be doing the trick thus far. SHE IS A CLIMBER!!!!!!! She can climb up our big pub height dining room chairs and get onto the table now...that was a lovely sight when I peaked around the corner while doing dishes to check up on her (she was being tooo quiet and I knew she was up to something, I just didn't expect it to be that!)

George got all dinged up while we were out in east Texas last weekend. We were about loaded up and he decided to go for "one more ride" and the back tire slid out from him when he was going around a corner too fast and hit mud. His shin, shoulder, and hip are bruised and scraped up. He is just about all better tho now. I am just happy that he didn't re-injure his back!!!!

Tonight my mom is coming over for taco dinner and then George and I are going to the driving range for the first time in months. My friend from Little Elm and her boyfriend are supposed to be coming out too!!!! Tomorrow I'm not sure what we are doing but Im sure it won't be much. Sunday will be a relax and unwind day as well.

That's about it for now..........