Seeking Proof

I had posted this on mypsace, but wanted to copy/paste it here as well.

I want to be more prepared this Christmas. I always want this, but I never follow through.

The past several years, I've been out on Christmas Eve doing last minute shopping. A couple of times, I've been out when the stores were closing and they were making people leave. One year, I had procrastinated so wonderfully that I forgot stocking stuffers and ended up shopping at CVS. That year, each of us got finger nail clippers, chapstick and CVS style stuff from Santa in our stockings.

I don't want to repeat that this year. I want to enjoy the month of December. I want the last week spent enjoying my family, our decorations and the true meaning of Christmas.

I'm always such a chaotic mess!

So in being more responsible, last night I had my kids go ahead and make their Christmas Wish lists. I wanted one list of stuff they wanted us to get them and one list for Santa.

My oldest 2 still need to do the Santa list. Branci will do this and is still a believer; as far as I know.

Of course, Kie hasn't been a believer in a long time, but he's awesome in keeping the secret and helping with the magic and he too will make the Santa list.

All 3 lists are very reasonable. I was surprised, relieved and very happy at their wants. None of them want anything too expensive or crazy. I guess the most expensive thing on the lists would be from Kie, but I expect that. He's 14.

Anyway, Summer made both of her lists. I wanted to share her list to Santa. I think she's starting to wonder about Santa and she's seeking proof! Here is her list (remember, she's 7):

Toy Chicken
Toy Barney (she's out of Barney, has been a long time, I think this is another example of wanting proof)
Toy Chic (yes, this is different than a toy chicken....)
Real Watch
Littlest Pet Shop
Card from Santa
Purple Barbie
Dry Erase Board (they have one! I guess she's wanting one small enough to fit in her stocking?!)
Picture of Santa and Mrs. Santa
"picture of elves and my presents"

Hahaha!!! The girl is seeking proof!! Of course I'll pull it off, but definitely need to figure this out ASAP! There's no way I can wait until last minute on that one!

Jesus is the Reason for the Season

I'm still working on this blogger.com thing. Mary if you read this, will I have to update yours and Steph's (or anyone's) link every time I change my template? I had to this time.

So the countdown til Christmas is in the teens. I had started Christmas shopping last month and had a game plan set. I always stress at Christmas and I shouldn't. I'm really trying to work on this. I finally got myself to quit stressing for birthdays. Christmas is the real test.

Since I had a game plan and all, I was confident about Christmas shopping. I wasn't stressed. I knew what all was going to go down and how and when.

Then something changed.

We bought a vehicle. We now have a car payment and extra insurance payment. Two weeks went by that moneys that were planned to go in a different direction, went toward vehicle preperations.

Todd keeps telling me to not stress. Everything will be fine. And I know it will. And I need to just get over it.

Jesus is the reason for the season. I've been repeating that. Because it's true and losing focus of that is not good.

Playing Around

I'm going to try and figure out blogger.com before I just give up. I've figured out how to add a page element (thanks Mary!). I'm going to play around w/ these features more and see if I can make this a little more interesting for myself. Right now, I'm not used to the set up and just find that a little too much thinking is needed to do anything. But I will, at least, give it shot.

I'll do a real post when I get pictures, background and all of that stuff ready.

Oh Well

I was going to copy and paste my blogs from myspace to here, but decided not to. I think I'll just start right here, right now.

I pulled out Christmas decorations today. I was all into decorating and then just got hit w/ a sudden wave of "Why did I do that?" Now I've got to complete what I started. :)

We've been having some car problems lately. I won't go into detail, but we're either going to fix mine and get a new one at the beginning of the year or we're looking into getting one that we'll have to make payments. I personally don't want to have to make a car payment again, but we have a large family and have to take both vehicles if we all go somewhere. Plus, mine is just old. T's is too, but his is rebuilt and is supposed to be old.

The girls have just gotten over a 24 hour stomach bug. B got it first and was out of school the next day. Z actually got it too and puked twice. S got it last and was out of school yesterday. K was feeling bad this morning, but I told him that he needed to go and could call if he felt bad.

My new pup, so far, really seems like she's going to be a good one! I'm impressed so far. She seems like she's really going to be smart. We'll see.

Okay, I guess that's it. I'll start blogging over here a little more.

Hello! :)

I've recently discovered blogging. I started reading blogs on myspace.com. I came across some really funny people and people who just went on about their own lives. I found it cool and addicting. I found myself thinking about what I could blog about. Do I want people reading my blogs? Would they be popular? Would they be stupid? Then, I thought....who really cares what other people think?? I want to blog for me. So I can ramble on and on about whatever I choose to. Isn't that just the coolest thing ever?

Okay, a little about me...

I'm a SAHM to 4 kids. My oldest 3 are 14, 7 and 8. My youngest is almost 11 months old. I love my kids. They are my life. I love watching them grow and learn. So far, they're really awesome kids and make good decisions. I'm not a spanker. I find other ways to make my kids miserable enough when they don't listen or clean their room or do what they're supposed to do. I'm not one to lose my temper. I'm very easy going. Probably too easy going.

I've been married for 9 years now. I lucked up on that one. It was just one of those things that happened and we were both blessed enough that we weren't psycho or anything. My husband and I got married 4 short weeks after we met. I knew right away that he was the one. I came from a very small town where everyone knows everything about everyone. It really sucked. At that time my parents had moved a state away and I was pretty much turned loose. I went wild. I partied hard. I had many boyfriends. Then, here steps in this hottie who asked me out and the rest is history. We saved each other.

I was a teen mom. I had my son when I was 16. The sperm donor is an absolute pussy. He sees my son, when my son actually makes the attempt to go out of state for that visit. Other than that, there is no contact whatsoever. It's actually fine with me. I'm so happy that my husband and my son have a good, close relationship. My husband and I have since had 3 little girls.

I'm almost 31 now and have finally grown up for the most part. I'm still a huge child at heart. I don't forget the small things in life. I don't stress the big things in life. I actually find myself stressing over things that I shouldn't (b-days, Christmas, holidays, family gatherings). I've recently learned a lot about these gift-giving days. I've learned to not stress as much!! We'll see how well I've learned this as the Christmas season comes closer.

I'm a chronic procrastinator. I procrastinate everything! I'm not lazy and am constantly doing things, but boy I let things slide too. My house isn't a mess. It is quite cluttered be/c it's small and doesn't have a lot of storage space (we bought a fixer-upper a couple years ago and have slowly been working on it). I just put off important things. Like bills. Calling family. Sending cards. I'm famous for putting things off until it cannot possibly be put off any longer. I'm one of those idiots out there on Christmas Eve finishing up my shopping. I've been in those stores when they were closing and trying to get people to leave. I'm a mess.

I really dislike my dog, but keep him be/c no one else would give him a good home. And I don't want to take him to the pound. And the JRT Rescue won't take him be/c they say it sounds like he has tempermental problems.....uh...ya think!!? What do I do with him??? I just don't know.

Hmmm...... I decided to blog in a different place other than myspace for a few reasons. The biggest reason is my friends and family. Sometimes a mom just has to say things and let things out that her son doesn't need to be reading. Or a daughter needs to vent about things in the past that her mom shouldn't read. Or the family of my son's who I haven't seen in 9 years doesn't need to be reading that I think their beloved sperm donor is a pussy. Or the friend that doesn't need to see how much a disagree with her parenting. See where I'm coming from? I started blogging to let out things that I can't really tell anyone else. And I've found myself several times having to hold back due to the readers. I don't like that.

So let's see where this leads me....