Ham and Craft's

The sun is shining over the frost covered roof. That is my view. Beautiful.

Today is a day full of craft's annnd a little ham baking. I am going to attempt to bake my first ham for Steve and I tonight. My plan is a little worchischire sauce, brown sugar and just a pinch of oj concentrate for a glaze. Thinking about maybe a garlic clove or so..? Depending on the taste of the glaze. Not really sure how it will turn out but my fingers are crossed. I will keep you posted. Other then that, I am throwing in my little house season 9 and starting Caelin and Finley's scrapbook. A day of bliss.

Happy New Year's everyone! Be safe!

Mel, I will see you in 2011! ;) Can't wait for Sunday!

Picture's from Christmas week

Picture's from Christmas week:

This one is my favorite of Caelin (The little girl I nanny) We were making cookies for three days! She made her own and was covered in flour. I let her just dive right in. We had a blast. Love her!

Finley (The youngest) Steve on Christmas Day

My Boy's smelling their Christmas gift!

Little House!!! My Favorite!

Christmas Party! Oh, my Silly Aunt!

Me and Craze

Cheaters and Armageddon

Has anyone else been following LMM's share your secret's blog? Well here is mine.




#1
I am overwhelmingly afraid of being cheated on again.
I was married for 4 months and my ex husband cheated on me. We separated and then divorced and I am so scared it will happen again. I don't know if I could survive it again. When I don't hear from my boyfriend after I text him my mind goes to "he's with a girl" every time. He has NEVER EVER given me reason to believe he would do that and promises me that he will never ever cheat on me but I am so scared that he will that it paralyzes me with fear.
I know I could never ever cheat on someone but it just seems so common these day's. Why do people do that!? Why can't people just be honest and leave? Another part to this secret. I am not sure that I really ever loved my ex husband. I think I tricked myself into "loving" him because I wanted a husband and children. You know, the perfect life. I also am not even sure I was attracted to him. I am sooo happy I got out of that but why does cheating still hurt so bad? Stephen raises the bar so much and I am so in love. I know this is how I am supposed to feel now.
#2
I am scared that I will face an Armageddon in my lifetime. AKA. Worlds End. Have you seen "2012" the movie? How about "The Road"?
Next to home invasion this is my biggest fear. Any kind of blizzard, earthquake, tsunami or flood I think to myself "It's the world warning us."

Anyone have any idea's or thoughts on the Kindle?

What a crazy few days!

I am back at work and it's Monday Morning..
Yesterday, Steve and I decided that the tree and xmas decorations had to go. It was just too cluttered! We were ready to get it all down and get everything clean and back to where it goes. So we focused on that yesterday and got most of it down, we just have to take down our outside lights now.

Christmas went well. I was stressed for a while but as soon as I got home and relaxed a little, I was able to calm down. Steve got home at 2 and we opened our gifts. :) Steve spoiled me! I got a leather office chair for my scrapbooking table, the last season of Little House and the collectors addition of Little House, a book "confessions of a prarie bitch" a biography on Nellie Olson of Little House, Ephoria Purfume and lots of scrabooking stuff. Steve's Mom got me ugg slippers and a chocolate fountian! I was compleatly spolied this xmas! I surprised Steve with his Kinect! He really loves it and I actually had fun with it also on Saturday night. We played Dance Central. Super fun game! I think Steve was surprised on how much I got him and that made me happy.

This week I am working Monday and Tuesday and then I have Wed-Sun off. A much needed vacation. I am hoping Steve and I will be able to do something fun together on Wednesday or Thursday since we will both be off of work. I am thinking a Ferry Ride?!

Also...One last thing (sorry, this post is kind of boring huh?) Steve's birthday is on the 5th. I am thinking about getting him the Kindle. Any one reading this have idea's on that?

Killing time..

Mom's flight is delayed...

So here's another picture while I kill time :)

Momma and I at last weekend's Ugly Sweater Christmas Party (or in my case ugly shirt!)

Merry Christmas Eve!!

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone!

Steve is at work, saddly but I am going to pick Momma up from the airport in a few minutes! Steve works tomorrow as well but both days he will be home about two so we are working our Christmas around that.

I have his Kinect hidden in the garage and will not bring it out until he has opened all of his gifts. I can't wait to see his face!! Tonight we are going over to his parent's for dinner and my Momma is comming with. Excited and nervous for all of them to meet but I know it will go well! Here's a pix of me and Milo aka. The Old Man as we refer to him now. Merry Christamas!!

Two last gifts..

As much as I try to avoid the hussle and bussle of being a christmas eve shopper I always end up being one!!! But, I guess in this case I am a Christmas Eve Eve shopper? Headed down to Belle Square today to find two last gifts and a shirt for me to wear on Christmas, with Caelin and Finley might I add.. Let's see: I need to find one last thing for Mom and One thing for Emily. I am such a procrasinator, considering Emily is meeting us at the mall!! So, My plan of attack: Go about an hour ahead of Emily to find her something.. Bring a x-mas gift bag with me and put it all together in the middle of the mall! I can do that with two kids, in a rush while finding a moment or two to play in the play area right? Ya, no problem. Ok, so off to do my hair and makeup. We will be in a mad dash to get out off the house this a.m.

Side note for today: Being a nanny has it's ups and down's. This is a up. I love that I can run errands with them! As long as their fed and happy.. its all good in THEIR hood! Also, I think being a nanny has fed into me being a procrastinator.. because in the back of my mind I am always thinking "well, I can squeeze that in also!"

Randomness about me, BFF'S, LMM

RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME:

I have a story for everything.

Having pretty nails and toes makes me feel good.

My boyfriend is the only person that I trust. When he say's he will do something, I know he will.

I annoy myself when I use "LOL"

I love Dexter, Survivor and Little House on the Prairie. I am slightly obsessed with Little House.. and the pioneer time period.





















Long finger nails weird me out. On anyone.

I wish I had more of a "rocker" style. I envy my friend Danielle's style.

A house does not feel clean to me unless I can see vacume lines. I vacume 1-2 times a week, on avarage.

I love the Dove Soap Girls. They are beautiful.









I love walking around cemetaries and looking around. To me, its better then walking around in a park and looking at nothing.


I am not sure I believe in the Jesus that everyone talks about. I believe but to me it's more spiritual and personal.

I do not have a graceful or athletic bone in my body.

I have a postcard that I should send into PostSecret and admit that I like to drink the Odwalla drinks at the store on occasion and then put the bottle back on the shelf so I don't have to pay for it. I know, I am a horrible human being.

I love McDonalds Breakfast. I crave it. I think they secretly put crack in their OJ.

















I don't like coffee.

I also don't like to match my clothes.

I often want to ram people at grocery stores with my cart.

I am obsessed with names. I have been thinking about my future child's name for as long as I can remember.

My Dad always smells like campfire and cigarettes. It's very comforting to me for some reason. On anyone else... barf!

I like my butt. I hate the rest of my body.

My Mom and I are like oil and water but no matter what, when I get sick I want to call her. I love it that she baby's me when I am sick. Also, It makes me happy to see her as a grandma to my sibling's children. To me it feels like a second chance for her.

I still have my childhood blanket (anky) on my bed. I hide it under my pillow. My boyfriend throws it out of the bed as often as possible.

Diet Soda is a breakfast food.

I really wish my brothers would grow up. I long for a close relationship with them and sometimes kid myself into thinking we have one.

I love fall colors.

I love home decorating and it is the one thing that I think I am good at.

I hate clutter. It drives me batty!

I get jelous that people have bestfriends and friend circles. I don't have one.

Beauty secret's for me: Hair Straitner, foundation, short painted nails and spanx. :)

I love peanut butter.





















I put ketchup on everything!


One of my favorite indulgence's is Dorito's dipped in cottage cheese or Apple's and sharp cheddar cheese.


I never wear underware.


I will have braces for the first time in less then a month. I couldn't be more excited!

Links?

How do I post a link in my side bar??

Presents and Tree's oh, my!

iAhhh, Tuesday. How I wish you were Thursday. Friday is Christmas Eve!!!

I really can't wait. I just picked up the last of Steve's present's yesterday so right now I only have one more person. Looking forward to getting them all wrapped up and under the tree. Steve and I compleatly spoiled each other this year.. we have so many presents under the tree! I am so excited!!! Oh, and on top of all that my Mom will be flying in from Yakima on Christmas Eve to stay with me since Steve will have to work on Christmas Day until 2pm. I am really excited about spending some quality time with her. Also, Mom is going to come with us on Christmas Eve to Steve's parents and they will meet for the first time. Pretty exciting that some how it is all working out this holiday. I am really happy. Well, here's a few random picture's from the weekend after Turkey Day when we were out picking out our tree...

Holiday Madness...

Feeling a little overwhelmed this season. I have so many things to do and so many things on my mind that I just keep messing up and forgetting things. I really just need some time to myself and I don't want to feel guilty for doing so. I don't think I have ever been so busy in my life. I like being busy but at this point I could really use a break. I need time, time to even exersise would be nice. Well, hopefully after the new year, things will calm down and I can just enjoy some down time.

Today I got to my apartment to find my bedroom flooded. That was not so awesome...
I also forgot my purse at Steve's. Which sucked for many reasons. I owed Kelsey money for babysitting for me so she was anxious to get that. I also didnt realize that I forgot it until I was at the Redmond Town Center which super sucked because I was with Emily and the kiddo's and we were all there to do a little christmas shopping. Ugh.. Well, it all worked out but not without a little frusteration.

Jumping off of the bridge..

Missing the baby train?

I can't help but to think that have missed the "baby train". As odd as it may sound, this is something I think of often. All of my friends have babies, my sister in law and step sister now have babies.. when will it be my turn? I know, I know... First comes marriage and then the baby in the baby carriage... blah, blah, blah. I am intellegent enough to know that I will have my turn someday when the time is right and when that time comes I will be more then over joyed.. it just seems that "everyone else is doing it!" <--- haha get it? Ya, so I am not going to go jump off a bridge (or have a baby) just because everyone else is doing it. I am still young for petesake's but just hard sometimes when that's what my friends lives are about. Can't help but feeling like I am missing out on something.

But please, don't get me wrong. I am enjoying not having to get up in the middle of the night. Going to the movies when I want and just the plain simple fact, that I only have myself to answer to and for. As for now, It's Steve and I against the world!

Love & The Holiday's

New to this..
But here is what is on my mind...

Christmas:
This Holiday seems to be the best Holiday season I have had in a long time. Steve is going above and beyond to make this Christmas amazing for me and I couldn't be happier! How did I find such a wonderful person? Is this what I get for being such a good person? Karma? Because if so, Thank God! I am so in love. Even when we bicker I couldn't imagine doing it with anyone else. Is this true love?

Day One. Kinda.

testing, testing, one, two, three.