Single Mom

My hubby called and said he has to work late AGAIN so he'll have to stay the night up in Globe with his mom or his sister. This makes the 2nd night in a row he can't come home. YUCK! I feel like a single mom when he doesn't come home. I have to do it all and it's no fun!

Kids-I think this means we're having Ramen Noodle soup for dinner again! hahahahaha

TUESDAY....BLAH BLAH BLAH

OK so the Cards lost the superbowl....oh well. I am still happy they were in the big game. And they didn't play all that bad either. Heck I was a Cards fan when they were losing ALL their games so what's another one?! go Cards! Maybe next year I can actually go to a game. I had a hard time justifiying the ticket price, the all day trip just to get out there, finding a sitter, etc. but I'll be there next season for sure. I hear the tailgate parties are awesome and something to see.

I've been trying to find some scrap time. I brought out all my junk yesterday and it looks like I won't have to cook dinner tonight since Fred won't be home. So I am thinking tonight will be a good night to scrap and watch some TV. I joined 'album club' at Scrapbooks, ETC. and the whole point of it is to scrap 50 pages. So I seriously have to get busy so I can go take in some of my work and get my list stamped for my store credit.

SKELETON CREW

Ok I must be one of the only fools working today. It's empty here at work but I must say it's nice and quiet. I didn't sleep well last night. Zeke was crying and wanted me to hold him so I was lazy and took him to my bed. BIG MISTAKE. He tossed and turned all night. Mostly kicking me in the head! I'm such a sucker for my babies though. I love them. I am having lunch with my 2 girlfriends from the office today. I think we're heading over to the new Sauce restaurant on the corner. I could eat a whole Pepperoni pizza there! But my tummy doesn't quite feel like it so I probably won't. I am working on a Basic Grey 2009 calendar while I'm at my desk today. I am hoping I get all 12 layouts done. It's a cute project and I bought it for like $10 or $11 at Michael's with my 40% off coupon.

We Missed It

Am I getting old or what? We all fell asleep on the couch waiting for the New Year to begin. I'm not sure if that's a good sign or not. Hopefully it will mean this coming 2009 will be a well rested year and not so chaotic like years past. I am looking forward to coming to an end of buying diapers in 2009. Potty-training Zeke will be a challenge I'm sure, but I am looking forward to all that extra money I'll be able to spend on other things since at some point, I may not have to buy any more diapers! Wishful Thinking! My house is in disaster mode. It looks like 30 squatters have been living here rather than the 4 of us. EEEK.....getting ready to mop floors. Hopefully I'll get the house under control today.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

New Year 2009

Wow I can't believe this year has come to a close. The time escaped me. It's almost 2pm 12/31/08 and I don't even know where today went. I hope 2009 will go by a little slower so I can enjoy every minute of it. No big plans for tonight but I am hoping to try out my new slice machine and do some scrapbooking. I have a bottle of Champagne for tonight and I plan on drinking it! We will be home with the kids so it should be pretty peaceful. I am hoping someone in the neighborhood blasts off some fireworks. Should be fun to watch.

Happy New Year!

Holiday Lunch

Just got back from a Holiday Lunch at the Olive Garden. It was hosted by our 'big' manager aka the Jefe named Dean. He's a really nice manager. So calm, easy to talk to and just a regular joe. I've had some managers who have been unapproachable, so having him as a manager is nice even though I rarely have to work with him directly. I also got to see my other 2 managers and I haven't seen them in person for a while so it was nice to see them and talk about other things besides work. I also got to talk to another manager of another group and she and I both had 12 year old daughters in common so we were talking about shopping for them. It was good to make that contact. Never know with this economy if I might be looking for a job in the near future. I was telling her how the Hollister store always smelled like a broken bottle of perfume and she told me that they had heard Aeropostale clothing was sprayed with perfume every morning before the store opened so they got there early one morning and sure enough, the clerks were walking around the store spraying everything. I was really shocked to hear that one. I am pretty much done with my holiday shopping. I still have one more person to get for and that's my brother in law. I hate always giving him gift cards, but then again, I myself LOVE getting gift cards. So if I can't find anything great for him (he probably has everything anyway) then I'll get him a gift card again.

Wynonna

The Wynonna Judd Christmas show at the Ikeda Theater in Mesa last night was AWESOME! I think just being on a date with no kids was part of the fun. My husband even got all gussied up so that was nice. We didn't go to any place fancy for dinner but it was a place we had been wanting to try forever and it was worth the wait. We like to think of ourselves as 'hotdog connoisseurs' and we've been to the famous Pink's Hotdogs in Los Angeles, Puka Dog in Kauaii. This place was pretty good. The place is called Micky's hotdogs but they only serve dogs after 4pm. The hotdog was wrapped in bacon and well cooked, then he had pinto beans, diced tomato, onion, grilled jalapeno, jalapeno relish sauce and mayo. The restaurant also sold tacos inside 2 for $1.35. They were authentic Mexico style tacos, but really tasty. I think the hotdog with Jalapeno sauce is going to be calling me back. As for the concert. Wynonna is an amazing entertainer. She really has a gift and she is so down to earth. She is a BIG woman. Big booty on that lady but she's still really pretty and she has the whitest teeth. We were sitting on the second level (mezzanine) and her teeth just glowed. Listening to all that Christmas music really put me in the mood for the holidays. We are getting our tree out and decorating tonight. Should be a fun way to spend Friday night with the kids. Hopefully Zeke doesn't yank off too many ornaments from the tree. I did notice the babysitter hasn't put any ornaments on her tree. Probably because of Zeke!