the countdown begins

Life might be crazy but it goes on!

It's December and the countdown box is out.

Here is the first week's fun.

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Day 1: "Paint your nails" with a new bottle of glittery purple nail polish

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Day 2: "a new Christmas T-shirt"

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Day 3: "unpack your nativity scene"

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Day 4: "bake for your teachers"

We made mini loaves of egg nog pound cake,

wrapped them all cute,

and delivered all 16!

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{thanks doodlebugspaper for super cute stickers}

Day 5: "Go to the Christmas Parade"

For the first time since we started doing the countdown box,

Hernando's Christmas Parade was cancelled due to rain.

Carly talked me into going to Starbucks for an apple cider instead.

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Day 6: "Go for a special after school snack"

Carly chose chips and cheese dip at the Mexican resturaunt.

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Day 7: "Act of Service: Buy and take supplies to the animal shelter"

This is the first year that I have incorporated service into the countdown box.

We bought dog & cat food, dog & cat treats, and dog & cat toys.

Carly tried her best for us to leave with a cat-

begging, pleading, trying to make me feel sorry for her, bribery, even a guilt trip.

It didn't work.

wordless wednesday :: snow #2

wordless wednesday :: thankful

watch out for the wildcard

My tennis team was awarded a wildcard slot to play in the

Mississippi state tennis tournament.

So this weekend, I got to spend a long weekend with friends in Jackson

enjoying tennis, beautiful weather, and girl time!

We were 4 and 1 which was not enough to make the finals,

but it was tons of fun.

I am so thankful that I got a chance to spend this time with these girls

having fun, making new friends and getting to know each other better.

wordless wednesday :: team work

trick-or-treating

Good grief! she's growing up too fast.

Trick-or-treat? or not to trick-or-treat?

Thankfully, some friends invited her to join in.

And, once again Halloween = fun time with friends.

Five Minute Friday

START.

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Randomness.....

• Last night at 9:00, I opened the refrigerator for a little diet coke, and decided that I couldn't stand how icky it was one more second. At 11:00, it was all sparkly and shiny and leading me to ask, "how does all that ick get inside my refrigerator?" or maybe the question should be "realistically, how often should I be wiping out the inside?" Mom, you don't' have to answer that.

• When you avoid Walmart shopping for long enough, you start to run out of everything. And when you give in and go to what I like to call The Heart of Darkness, you can spend $150 dollars without buying anything fun at all. Well there was a couple bags of Halloween candy. That's fun.

• I'm feeling a little down about Halloween. I really like Halloween. The start of Fall. The start of the holiday season. Fun family time. Pumpkins. Cute witches and ghosts. Combining orange, lime green and purple. First of all, it has really snuck (is that a word?) up on me. Then there is the fact that I forced myself only to get a few fall type decorations out so that the house didn't look cluttered (if someone actually comes to look at the house).Then I decided not to try and have guests Halloween night - without Kenny here, because it is a Monday night, blah, blah. But the tipping point is not really knowing what to do with Carly? Too old for costume and trick-or-treating? Really not wanting to give in and stay home and hand out candy?

• Yeah!! Kenny is coming home for the weekend. Should I still say he is coming "home"? It is home until someone else decides they want it to be their home. Then I will pack all our junk and actually hire a mover. Until then, he is coming "home".

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STOP.

burying st. joseph

He's not just any st. joseph statue.

Celeste says he has a good history.

Not just any old statue. This one has been there, done that.

He is going to bring us a buyer for our house.

So Carly dug a hole.

We buried him upside down and facing the house.

That's what the internet directions said.

So, St. Joseph, patrol saint of home and family,

we are ready. Send us a buyer!

happy fall, ya'll

We have had a few weeks of fabulous fall weather!

There have been a couple of winter-like and then summer-like,

but overall perfectly fall-like.

And all I can say is, "bring on some more!"

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Carly passed out a few fall happies -

New Orleans pralines

all cute with

Doodlebugs Stationery!

kinda like a pinata

The party favors that I found today

left by the roofers.

I see a flat tire

or tetanus

in the future.

{can dogs get tetanus?}