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I'm off work today for Veteran's Day. It's kinda cool, because it's one of those holidays that not everyone gets off...so I feel special. Double special because it's also our 3 year anniversary. :)

C has requested fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy... I'm also going to do a lettuce salad and we have leftover cornbread that is SOOO good...

SO far this morning, I played with Cricut Design Studio and cut out 12 awesome borders for my 2010 calendar.

I also have a few more things on the to do list, but none of them are work, really... woo hoo!!!

OK.. I gotta run out for a while... gotta pick something up and get a few grocery items... wooooo

I just remembered... it's after Halloween!!!! And what does that mean??? That means... Bath and Body Works has put out their Vanilla Bean Noel candles!!!! WOO HOO!! I MUST MUST MUST have vanilla bean candles. Each year I promise myself to splurge and buy 3 and each year I'm frugal and purchase only 1... and then the candle is gone too soon and I have to wait another 9 months to get another one... the reason... well... they are $17 EACH! i just can't justify spending $51 on candles... but they smell SOOOOOO good...

I also need to remember that the wallflowers sale is most likely coming up... OH and Black Friday.... oh I LOVE this time of year. :)

DO OVER!!!!

That's our theme this weekend... I'm SOOOO excited... We went to St Louis 2 weeks ago and the whole weekend just... well... sucked... teach us for trying to celebrate our anniversary early!

This weekend... we are going to try once again to have a wonderful weekend away... just us... and... don't tell my husband but I know it will be better because we are going with our way of doing things this time... and not trying to schedule anything, make reservations, have a detailed plan... we're just going to hang out, have fun, and play it by ear. If there is one thing he has taught me the past four years, it is that... that sometimes life can't be planned. Life just happens. The best memories are made without a huge drawn out plan. But, please don't tell him I said that... dear... I'd never hear the end of it... anytime I asked for what time or where or anything he would make me eat those words!! Yeah... because he's so like that... NOT!

Next week we celebrate our 3 year anniversary. At one point, I wondered if I would ever get past the hurt and pain of past relationships. It is true... time is the best healer. Now, I can remember myself in that past life... but I don't understand why I allowed myself to be in that situation. I truly do owe my rebuilt self esteem, my forever smiling face, and my positive outlook on life... my rebuilt trust... my hope for tomorrow... and my regained knowledge that true love does exist and soul mates are real and one man can transform your whole world in to something so wonderful that it seems like a fairytale. Yeah... I owe that all to C...

The other day C and I were talking and agreed... it is so nice to know that no matter how crazy life gets, how stressful work can be, how daunting every day tasks can get... it's so nice to know at the end of the day that I'm coming home to someone that loves me for me and someone that expects nothing more than for me to be me... and to know we are good...

You know I don't do this often....

I receive a lot of jokes, forwards, etc.... most of the time they are old and tired and annoying... but every once in a while you get one like this... and you just have to share! I can so relate to many many of these!

Random Thoughts for the Day:


1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this -- ever.

15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

18. My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day, "Dad, what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

19. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

20. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

I'm feeling good about the progress

I am actually relaxing... scary... but I have a lot of stuff to do, but I'm not stressing... I have several Christmas projects, but I'm not worried. They will be completed and it will all work out... Really... It will.

This week has really been nice... a little less stressful, a little less hectic, a little less overwhelmed and a little more joyful.

I finished my matchbooks last night for a swap at CardMaker. They turned our super cute. If you want a sneak peek at those, check out my stampin blog next Tuesday.

I have everything ready for Shelly's workshop Friday night.

C and I are leaving for a "do over" weekend in St Louis Saturday and Sunday. I'm very excited about it. We have no plans, no reservations, no time we have to be anywhere. Just him and me and celebrating our 3 year anniversary... three years... wow... I love that guy.

I don't think I have said that on my blog lately... so hear this blog stalkers... I love this guy that asked me what I thought about getting married 3 years ago. I love this guy that I treasure so much... this guy that drives me crazy and that I drive crazy at times... because at the end of the day... we are together and that is what matters and there is no one else on the planet I'd rather spend the rest of my life with... We just work... he is so thoughtful... I try to be, but I no longer try to be as thoughtful as he is, because it's impossible... he is the King when it comes to gift giving and going out of his way to make sure I know he loves me...

Three years, baby... only 47 to go. ;) (For new blogstalkers... C and I had a deal... we are in this for 50 years and then we are free to terminate the contract if we so desire... but you know.... I'm in this for life.... forever isn't scary when it's with someone you completely adore.)

have you ever...

clicked the "Next Blog" link up top there... look up your page... see that little linky link... have you ever clicked it? I do once in a while... just to widen my blogging world and figure out if my blog is too cool or just too lame. What I've found is that for the most part... I'm neutral on coolness. I'm not blogging about my too cool d60 and I have more to say than just posting basketball jokes... I can't believe there is a blog dedicated to that, actually.

Today... has been good. I've gotten a few things done and I'm not clenching my teeth... a new one for me since... let's see... June. I feel much more relaxed and much more at ease with how things are going overall. It's nice.

I have several things on the good old To Do list, but they will get done when they get done and not until I decide they must be finished. But... just for giggles so all can see... here they are with their absolute last date to get it done...

Mail prizes for crop (11/4)

Stampin' Up! Workshop (11/6)

Christmas Photo (11/15)

Matchbook Swap (11/20)

Inchie Swap (11/30)

Christmas Cards (12/1)

Hostess Club Crop (12/9)

Christmas Card Exchange (12/15)

Christmas Monogram Gifts (12/24)

for the next 10 days....

I get to be 3 people... I get to do the work that 3 people used to do, 2 people normally do, and since 1 person is on vacation... it's all me. The question is... why is it that the other person is the one that was put in a position where people believe he is my boss when he isn't... and I'm the one that is more responsible and not even thinking about taking a week off work 2 weeks after a database reengineering move?? Sigh... that is the world I live in...

Anyway... my brother in law is in the hospital... they think he had a stroke. His vision is a little off right now. We are hoping that resolves itself with some time.... maybe... please pray. My sister is worn out... I had to practically beg her to come stay at the house and relax and sleep tonight... I know I would be the same way if it was C... funny, I don't remember being like that with my ex... then again it seemed he was always getting hurt doing something stupid and it became old hat to only depend on myself to get things done. My life is so different now.... and I love it.