A New Year

So another year is about to end and a new one begin. Usually I don't care about this silly tradition. I have never been one to really celebrate it or even stay up until the ball drops. I am usually asleep long before that happens. I can't even remember if I have ever made a resolution. So I am thinking that this year I should make some, I should stay up, and celebrate being me. I am a single mom, I have two beautiful kids, I have a great house, a wonderful family, and fantastic friends. There really isn't anything else I could ask for. So this New Year's my resolutions are to start celebrating New Year's, lose a few pounds, exercise more, be the best friend/mother/sister/daughter/niece/cousin/granddaughter I can be, try to have the book children's book I wrote published, and write all the other books that I have started and not finished. So Happy New Year's everyone, even though things weren't so great in 2008, everything will be just fine in 2009!!

Facebook Addiction

I guess I must be losing it because I am addicted to facebook! I can't stop going on there. All day long I have to check to see what everyone is doing, who posted new photos, who commented on what, it's crazy! I can't control it! I even can't stand that my old friend Chad has more friends than I do. I was on for two week and he was on for like three days and already he had four times as many friends as I did. I am obsessed, literally. My friend Brian has 956 friends and I have 45. It's insane that I even know that! I think I need Facebook Anonymous!

Cookie Exchange

We had our cookie exchange today! It was so much fun. I am so happy to only have to bake one kind of cookie this year! Everyone loved the little recipe books I put together, too! I can't wait until next year!

Yeah Me!

I made a total of $550 at my Mary Kay Open Houses! I am so proud of myself! Just a few hours work and look at me go. Maybe someday I will drive that pink Cadillac . . .

What a day

So Jason was a no show today at the parent coordinator meeting. I am not really surprised yet disgusted. I drove an hour to get there and now have to go there again next week. What a loser. The kids are great though. Nicholas loves school, his favorite days are PE days. Christopher has discovered Finding Nemo, it keeps him happy. We are going to a lighted boat parade this Saturday night and really looking forward to it. So, although there is one negative spot in our lives, all in all we are pretty lucky and I just have to keep reminding myself of that.

Annual Christmas Party

Last night I went with my friend Rhonda and her family to their church Christmas party. It is the best Christmas party ever. It's not just because it was at the University of Tampa, either. Although, the food is amazing! They do a Chinese gift exchange and it is so funny. Last year the hot item was a Hello Kitty toaster and this year it was a huge stuffed reindeer that lit up and sang. I just have the best time and it starts the season out a good note for me. I am so glad that she invites me every year and shares her family with me. I wonder where they are going to hold it next year. I can't wait to find out!

Book Club Tonight

Tonight is Book Club. December Book Club is my favorite because we do an ornament exchange. We do the Chinese gift exchange with them and it's always so much fun. My ornament is a Santa Smores with a marshmallow reindeer. Next year I am going to look for a book themed ornament, maybe one I can have something written on. I had my fourth Mary Kay Open House last night. Every one has been successful. I am really happy about it. Now I have to figure out a way to do so well when it isn't Christmas time!

A Restful Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my parents and brother. I especially enjoyed it because they did all of the work and I read three books while laying in the sun or on the couch!! My mom and I even went to see Twilight and all of us watched Fred Claus together. Talk about lots of relaxing and entertainment! The four of us also played rummy a couple of nights. I love to play but I am not very good. Out of the 20 games we played, my mom and I only won one. Neither one of us are very good losers, either. I think both of us are voting to switch partners over Christmas!!