The best Christmas ever!

 
 

Would you let this boy behind the wheel of your car?

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Drivers Beware...Permit issued!!

Yes, the roads may never be safe again. Patterson passed his permit test today and will be learning to drive starting tomorrow (I will be laying down in the back seat with a blanket over my head..:) So, this is your fair warning...should you see a large red van with a bearded man in the passenger seat screaming loudly and waving his arms GET OUT OF THE WAY! No really, I mean it! (I love you Patterson)

In other news, tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Just in case you've forgotten. Let the frenzy begin.

Almost Christmas!

OK, so I am the least prolific of all the family bloggers...sue me. It just seems I have so much fun reading everyone elses and forget that I have one too!
Yesterday I got up at 5:30 am and began to bake...yes, bake. Bread, pumpkin roll, cookies, butter nip and hot buttered rum mix (OK, so the last two didn't take any baking, just pouring and mixing...and a little, more than a little, tasting). I had all the baked goods well in hand before 9:30 am...got my nails done and wrapped the last two presents. I actually think I am ready which scares me. I'm never ready before 5:25 on Christmas eve. What could I have forgotten??
So, I am up this morning at 5:30 (don't ask, I'm not sure what's up with my internal clock) trying to be quiet (since the boys don't have school). What exactly is there to do at 5:30 am that doesn't require noise? REading emails and blogging!! Cool.

I am headed for the store as soon as it opens (NOT WALMART, which I realize never closes, but I just don't care) to get the Christmas Dance Pictures developed& buy cat food. Then I am going to come home and clean out Elizabeth's car...as much for me as for her. She will be home today!!! Maybe tonight the kids/dad will go get the Christmas tree...do you think it is time yet?
Then we will have the Currier/Ives decorate the Christmas tree with hot buttered rum and popcorn! (yea, right)

My sistah is on her way too!!! Two days in the car without the sewing maching...might be a problem. It is going to be a great Christmas! I can't wait!

I know, I know, what was I thinkin'?

So, I , for some reason, felt compelled to go to the Hefner basketball game on Thursday night. Do I like basketball? No. Do I like Middle School children other than my own? No. Do I like rabid middle school parents of middle school children? NO, NO, NO!!!! There was the mom; wanna be a cheerleader. She could be heard over all the crowd chanting, You gotta wan it to win it ....over and over and over and over. All the kids sitting around her were cracking up and she never stopped. Then there was the dad sitting just below us that had some very rude remark to make no matter what the ref's call was or in whose favor. And the little boy next to me must have poured an entire bottle of AXE on himself because he was making my nose plug up (even worse than it already was with the cold) and my eyes water (yes, that smell does get through clogged nasal passages just in case you need to know)
So, that was the wonderful game. The only good part was that Daniel really wanted to go and he had a good time, so it was all worth it.

In other news, tonight is the Christmas Dance Extravaganza....news and maybe pictures soon! hugs to everyone. Hope your cold is better, my sistah. d

very weird happenings at the Doctor's office...

So, I took Elizabeth to the doctor...we had to wait; no surprise. A woman came in holding what appeared to be a little boy about 2, sleeping on her shoulder. As we eavesdropped on the conversation we surmised that 1. The little boy had somehow gotten rubbing alcohal in his eyes. 2. This had happened the night before and 3. mom was just now getting to the doctor since when he woke up that morning he couldn't open his eyes...Now, it was 11:30 am when we were in the doctor's office....and of course they sent him on to the ER.
Here's my wonderings...why did she wait so long to get the kid to a doctor!!!! Just how did this happen in the first place (I know, accidents happen...even to the best of us). The good part of me says, "well, she probably doesn't have hospital insurance so she wanted to wait and go to the clinic", or, "she is young and doesn't know any better", or, "the kid wasn't crying so she probably just thought he would be ok....but then the MOM comes out in me and "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING WOMAN!!", " Your child may be blinded for all you know and you've waited until lunch time the next day to do anything for him!! A very weird experience.

The good news is that Elizabeth's mono isn't flaring up (her glands are swollen) but she has an infection which can be treated with antibiotics. I, of course, just have the cold from hell. Viral, naturally. And it will go away when it chooses to go away. Isn't life grand!! Only two more days until my Christmas break! Woo Hoo!

Sunday evening

I am home from the infamous "Children's Musical" at New Covenant...not ever to be missed, whether or not I have children performing. It was fabulous, as always. Enthusiasm runs rampant.
Elizabeth and I spent a good part of the afternoon working on the Christmas stocking for Kris. In case you don't know who Kris is (Erin) he is Elizabeth's honey. He is a photographer and is currently attending a photography institute in Massachusetts. He takes really good pictures. You can see them at his web site : www.hypostyle.net. Check out his archives. He will be in Mass. for one more semester and then back in Oklahoma. The stocking is really cute. It is a snowman with a camera. If I had a digital camera....I could take a picture. But since I don't....I can't.
The other really fun thing that I did this evening (after the play, which is at the top of the list)was take Patterson to buy a tuxedo since he actually got asked to the Christmas Dance at PCN. (he is more shocked by the invitation than we are) We found a nice basic tux for just about what it would take to rent one. So we are not feeding him anymore and planning to cut his hands off if his arms grow too long before he wears it at least twice. Now all I have to do (why do these things fall to the mom?) is order a corsage (her dress is orange-what's up with that?) and an engraved bow tie (PU-LEESE). I am leaving the dinner plans and reservations up to him...Arby's?...McDonalds?...Taco Bell? Yes, it has been an eventful day.

It is December...HELP

Ok, so it snuck up on me AGAIN...like it doesn't every year! Here is is December 3 and I have yet to start my Christmas shopping. I would love to be one of those people that have it all done by July 1, wrapped and stashed. It will never happen. What might happen some year is that everyone gets a lovely card that says...A donation in your name has been made to*** you fill in the blank. That is what I would really love to do, but for some reason (namely, my hubby) I'm not feeling able to just blow off the present frenzy yet.

I had planned to make lots of handmade things. What happened to that plan? I'm feeling a bit Charlie Brownish today. Kind of like...what happened to the true meaning of Christmas??? My sister has the right idea and I am enjoying her daily musings on the season. Thanks, Ann!! I just wish it could all be simpler and more spiritual.

Ok, enough of that. I am headed for Patt's bass lesson and then Elizabeth will be coming over to make a stocking for Kris...I am not sure I am really ready for the whole Kris thing, but that is another day! Blessed season to you all. dawn

cow pokes....

OK, so we were excited to be included in the free tickets to the OSU game yesterday...we went, in our orange and black, ready to Ride em Cowboys.... only problem is the boys didn't show up to play...well they were there in body--sort of--as long as no one was running at them or throwing something (like the football) to them. Needless to say it was a painful game for the Pokes. But, there's always next week ...oh yeh, next week...
After that great adventure we went to the hospital to visit Grandpa Art, a bit hopped up on morphene but still feeling pain (poor baby) . A broken hip makes for not good times, but he is keeping his chin up. Surgery tomorrow. Luckily he had Erin to keep him company while Mary snoozed in the chair...well Erin was mostly keeping him company while keeping one eye on the OU game and giving the play by play! I really enjoyed visiting with her and catching up on school and such!
This still feels really silly...but I'll try for a few more days before I delete the whole mess!

Ok, so I've never had a blog...not sure why I need one...but it seems the thing to do today so here I am. Just another Tuesday, piano lessons, Lyric rehearsals and best of all...A middle school football game!!! I love motherhood! I get to take to, wait for and sit through just so many interesting things!! I did get my own nails done today...yeh, I know...I know how to live don't I?
I'm taking a couple of free online e courses in filling my well and finding ultimate peace and joy...amazing what you can find online! Now I just need to find the time to do the exercises!! But for now, GO VIKINGS...later!