Another lazy day

And I don't know what to do with myself. 2 of the 3 trees are up--waiting for the kid to do the 3rd one--since it has all their ornaments on it. All of the decorations are out. I've figured out that I don't have nearly enough for this house. Will work on getting more at the end of the season when everything is discounted. The tree in the den turned out really pretty. I did all shades/finishes of silver, pearl, and a little clear and white and my Longaberger pewter basket ornaments. I need to add some more burgundy to match the ribbon on them. I'm thinking of buying burgundy poinsettias and adding them here and there. I finished it all off with a silver ribbon with a hint of black in it. Found a gray/silver tree skirt for half off at Hobby Lobby and voila! I am done. I'm still on the lookout for some cranberries--may end up getting real and a white candle for the dining room centerpiece along with a table runner. Also need something small for the back of the toilet and also for the shelf in the foyer by the back door. Then I will be done for this year. I just need to keep adding as the years go buy. I've decided that my color scheme for decorations here on out is red, silver and white and of course green--but I want that to be mostly greenery.

I'm going upstairs to scrapbook until lunch. I have mixed feelings about this. I have a lot to get caught up on--but it is so much I don't know where to start.

I'm thankful for

Good children. Not all the time--but when it counts.

Yesterday, I went to take sandwiches to some of the boys that play with Zach on the junior high basketball teams. I was getting sandwiches for 12 boys and 6 cheerleaders. Girls sat at their own table, quietly doing homework, talking or texting. And some boys did too. But then some boys--took stuff from each other, bounced a bouncy ball around annoyingly, bounced a basketball around--when asked to quit bouncing it they passed it--at each other's heads. Some boys wouldn't stay seated and kept trying to chase or annoy each other. One boy kept trying to go into the girls bathroom (?) no girls were in there so I'm not sure what he was doing. And of course there were those that kept trying to leave the cafeteria to go get "this" or go do "that". Some boys took the hint after being told once and some boys didn't. So...needless to say they lost their privilege to have sandwiches there after school. Now some moms are not too happy with me because of that. Maybe because they think I couldn't handle it and told on the boys--didn't do that--didn't have too--cheerleading sponsor took care of it. A paid sponsor. So those moms can take care of their own bad ass boys. Problem is they don't think their boys are bad asses. At least, I know that my boy is respectful and relatively well behaved around teachers, coaches and other parents. He's mad because today he will have to run "walls" along with the other good kids. What's that saying? "A couple bad apples spoil the whole bunch". True enough.

I'm 2 days in...

I'm 2 days into my stay at home mom phase. Yesterday it seemed like I did laundry from the time I got up (except the time I took a 2 hour nap). Today I am still doing laundry. Zach decided that he would bring home the 5 sweatshirts that he had left in his locker since...who knows when.

Today I am going to make a trip to Wal-Mart, do some more laundry, and then go to Subway and have them make 18 sandwiches for the basketball team. Away game tonight and I am the parent responsible for providing the food for those kids that cannot make it home and back before the bus leaves. That would be all of us Macon people. We'll see how that goes.

I'm thankful for:

Good friends and good margaritas. Ha. Thanks Chad and Dawn for meeting us for supper last night and sharing some laughs with us. We needed it.

Weekend Get away

Doug and I are leaving town tomorrow afternoon and heading up toward Chicago. Don't really have any major plans yet. What we really want is a few days by ourselves and some good food. Kids are staying with Doug's parents. This was the only weekend that there wasn't a game or activity scheduled until after Christmas. Yikes!

I have one week and one day left of working. I told them my last day DEFINITELY! (no changing my mind) is next Friday the 13th. I am so excited. I am ready to sit down that next Monday and start making lists and agendas of all the stuff to get done before the holidays. You know, like kids going through their toys/books/games/movies to make room for new stuff, dressers straightened out, closets and drawers cleaned. I don't know what my deal is, but my holidays go smoother if I know that everything is neat--and that includes the stuff that is hidden from public eyes. I also want to donate some coats this year. I'd like for the kids to each get a name off of the angel tree too. I used to do that when I worked at the credit union--we'd get some names from DCFS and buy $10 gifts. The kids had fun shopping for them.

I need to figure out what I am doing for my Christmas cards this year too. I want to get them started that first week of December.

Christmas shopping has already begun--well, stocking stuffers for right now, but both kids have told us what they want as their big gift so now we just need to wait until those go on sale. I've already gotten a gift for Doug too.