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I am thankful for...

It is gobble gobble time!!! And our kid corner is decorated appropriately! What do you give thanks for?
This was a difficult task. Our son HATES paint on his hands. A lot of tears were shed.

Gobble Gobble!

All together. Very cute and festive. I don't know why, but I love hand cut outs.

Week one.

My first week at my new job went great. There are many enjoyable people. Funny people. Interesting people. The job is going to take some getting used to. I obviously still ask 193849238 questions. But that will happen in your first week anywhere. I did go a little crazy with the hours. I didn't understand that you can't come to work early. They frown on that. Who knew? And you must leave at your time off. No later. Who knew again? But the drive home will take some getting used to. It doesn't really take long, but it is 5 o'clock. I am so ready for my first paycheck. So much to buy and replace. My car needs a muffler and I need to get cracking on this Christmas thing. I am glad I am making at least one thing. Plus I want to send out Christmas cards. Oh do I want to. I missed last year. I am going to start next year early. Seriously!

Those are fighting words.

I hate that I think I am a better parent than most.


I hate that the 80's won't leave. It is 2010.

I hate that everyone that hates President Obama voted for George W. Bush x 2.

I hate that people have so many issues with our government but can't even take care of their life.

I hate that fast food coffee is more expensive than coffee house coffee.

I hate that Kanye West thinks he is God.

I hate that people with nice cars are on government assistance.

I hate that people can't take 10 minutes out of their morning to fix their hair and feel good about themselves.

I hate that I am 28 years old and there are people my mothers age that still need me to hold their hand to do the simplest things. People are just too dependent on others nowadays.

I hate when people litter. It is garbage. It seriously ticks me off. They make cans for that stuff. Use them. You are just being rude to the earth. And it looks ugly on you. You used it, you get rid of it. You are an adult. Clean up after YOURSELF. I am not your mom.

I hate that we live in a country with freedom of speech and you can't speak your mind in fear that someone has a gun.

I hate that after the age of 18 people are still beating people up.

Let us ketchup!

Lets get updated here. Since the last post we have celebrated Halloween, been to another apple orchard (well same one, just a different time), seen wheat Bear looks like covered in red bumps from head to toe and the best part...I got a new job!!! I start Monday. My last day at the Max will be Saturday. Blah blah bleee blah. I am not one bit sad. I am 100% happy! I have been there too long and I'm not going anywhere.

On an ucky note...Bear woke up yesterday with a viral rash and a fever yesterday. I took him first thing to the Dr and they said he had a bad ear infection that caused the rash and fever. I feel so bad for the little guy. Now the real ucky part...he has an infected hang nail on his big toe. It is gross and (wait for it) pussy. He keeps picking at it then says "Yucky?". Yup, super yucky. But he is on some yummy smelling meds. He is sleeping a lot and it seems like his toe and ear aren't hurting as much anymore. Today he was running around and laughing.

On a tasty note...I am thinking about making chocolate covered marshmallows. I have seen them a lot in the blog world lately. I think Bear and I can get down on them. But instead of sprinkles I think I will used crushed up graham crackers. Oh heck, I will use sprinkles too!

Yum-tastic!

Today has been exhausting. Holden has reminded me how much being a mommy/daddy is a full time job. Even if we already have a full time job. Today we played drive thru fast food with his kitchen. Sat on his big step (the landing at the bottom of the stairs) talking about things. We played hide and seek. Which, in my opinion, was the best thing ever. I miss it from my childhood. The thrill of being found while you are really trying to hide and are caught. He got me every time. I couldn't find him once. And that is the only time he actually hid. After that it was all me. Right now it is "Gabba Gabba" time. He is sitting next to me with his Count Chocula and apple juice in a daze. I don't know what it is about this show. He is amazed. I also worked on my first "Bento Box". Technically it isn't one because it isn't in a Bento Box. But it is along the same idea. I put 3 of his favorite things together. Pineapple, PB &J and pepperoni. He freaked out when he saw the pepperoni bag. "NUM NUMS!!!!". Crazy that a 19 month old is so in love with spicy things. Well spicy things to a child.

Twas a fantastic day. Sad that I have to go to my other full time job at 4. Makes a mommy sad :(

This week...

Our sink lately has been full of sippy cups and butter knives. I have to admit, I love it. I can't help but think that it is cute!
So this week I started working on Holden's Halloween costume. He is going to be a robot. I am making it out of a sweatsuit, felt and styrofoam balls.
We are also making all of our meals this week. We actually sat down and planned the menus for the next couple of weeks. We already had pork chops and red potatoes and baked chicken. I can not get over how proud I am about the baked chicken. Glad I originally bought a lot of the chicken so we can have it again! We also had grilled cheese and tomato soup. Felt weird because for the past 2 years we have only had it on Thursdays. The story behind that is because it is The Office night and for Jim and Pam's first "date" they had grilled cheese. Kind of corny, but cute :)
Also I have gone back and forth on if we will be making Christmas gifts this year or just be buying gift cards. I have taken on the task of making piggy banks for people. My orders are big. I am making at least 7 for Christmas. But I have found a new fun hobby. I haven't tried it out yet. It is homemade screen printing. I am going try it out first and make an Ohio State t shirt for Holden and I. If it turns out I already have a couple ideas for the women in our lives. I hope it works! Plus I don't want to spend a load of money on a new OS t shirt for myself.
Plus I have decided that I am going to take this blog serious. I would like to update it multiple times every week. Hopefully that can happen.
We will see.