last week of freedom...

...at least for a few months!

The boys went back to school today and I go back next week. I'm actually kind of excited to get back into the swing of things! I was talking to one of my classmates and she said the same thing. Are we gluttons for punishment?

I have plenty to keep me busy over the next few days.

*grocery shop- This ends up being an all day event since I go to Quantico, and usually make stops along the way.
*I still need to get into AW's closet and pull out all of the clothes he will no longer wear. Basically if it's a shirt and not black, with some band or macabre scene on it, he wont wear it. Jeans have to be black. So all of the wonderful American Eagle, Aeropostale, etc. clothing that LB wore and could be handed down, can't be.Lovely.
*I'd like to do some scrapbooking.
*I'd like to finish the Twilight books. Just on New Moon and at the rate I'm going it's going to tak eme forever. Once I start reading I can't stop, it's stopping long enough to read that's a problem!
*Supposed to do lunch with a couple of friends.
*Big B and I are looking at having our current laminate countertops replaced with granite, or something similar. So we'll be searching for the best place to purchase it.
*I need to start exercising, like I said I would.




I've ordered my textbooks and all but one have come in. I'll probably start reading some of them, if they would ever post the syllabi online! Have I mentioned how much my current program irritates me?

Ahh well, I suppose it's time to start doing something constructive. Next week I don't want to end up wishing I had done something and didn't!

just can't stay away!

The peppermints are glued together with hot glue. Yeah, it hurt sometimes! I love how it turned out!
I've been pretty busy the past couple of days, making up for the lost time from being slowed down with the abdominal pain. I did go Friday for my ultrasound and the tech didn't see anything remarkable, but of course deferred diagnosis to the radiologist. The pain has not come back. That evening I worked on some crafts while we watched The House Bunny. The boys played Spiderman on XBOX 360. Later we watched The Dark Knight.

Saturday we spent cleaning up our computer room. There were stacks of papers that needed to be sifted through, and my bookshelves were a wreck. It's technically Big B's room, as it's his sports themed room. He's a big fan of the Phildalphia Phillies, Eagles, and Flyers. There's memorabilia smeared all over the place. Oh, and we can't forget Nascar! There's a little section of wall dedicated to it, mostly Dale Jarrett. But yeah, I've let things go over the past few months and the place looked like a train wrecked in it. Now it's all neat, tidy, and organized! We watched Mamma Miathat evening. We had seen the Broadway version in NYC, and loved it so I couldn't wait to see it when it came out in theaters. We never got to go!

AW went over to a friends house for a sleepover, and one of LB's friends came over to our house to crash.

Yesterday I wrapped presents, organized my closet (the train had made its way upstairs), and sewed the boys a couple of stockings.

These are the stockings. The green one is LB's and the red and black one is AW's. The tree is what I worked on Saturday evening. It's a little cone with balls and buttons I hot-glued on it.

Today I need to clean the bathrooms, the kitchen and my bedroom. Oh, and I need to straighten up LB's room. My mom and dad are coming in for the week and they stay in his room. We only have a three bedroom house and LB has our old queen-sized bed. Heck, he and AW end up sleeping downstairs on weekends and during holiday break anyway!

They fly in at 12:30 a.m. Big B bought the tickets for them with some of his mileage points and that was the best time he could get, and the best route...considering the weather. They'll fly from Texas to ATL and on into VA...avoiding the Midwest. He's so smart!

Our tree. AW and I decorated it.

The star is made out of a white pipe cleaner and Borax. The photo doesn't quite capture how it sparkles.

See the little black and blue ornament? AW painted it. He has a thing for Geico. Don't ask me why!

This is our china cabinet decked out for the holidays. The snow family up top is placed there because I found them in the jaws of one of my resident Labrador Retrievers. They take that retrieving thing a little too seriously sometimes!



Minnie had to get in on the action. Sandi was undoubtedly snoozing upstairs on my bed.

Now I must go scrub toilets! Where's Cinderella when I need her!? I could never do that to a person though. We'd scrub together!

Both boys are elsewhere now. AW stayed at his friend's house again, and LB went to the friend's house who came over Saturday night. So I woke up to peace and quiet today. Of course that's how it would be anyway as the slugs sleep late on days off from school. However! I will be able to get everything done today that I need to without warding off requests from teen and pre-teen boys once they've awakened! I really do miss them when they're not here, though.

After cleaning I'll bake some cookies. I plan on baking snickerdoodles, pumpkin chip cookies and nutty spice oatmeal cookies. Yummee!