!!!4 Months!!!
Today marks our 4 Month LID Anniversary! YAY! Last year at this time I had completely given up on the thought of ever being able to adopt our daughter. It was a horrible time for me. I read through my archives around this time last year and I cannot help but be so grateful for where I am today. Last year - I didn't think I would ever have a LID...and today I am celebrating another month down in our wait. I am so grateful!
I am having some random thoughts here and thought I would jot them down here to kill some time.
1. I am on the prowl for jeans...I can't find any that I LOVE. Is it my age? Is is my hips and butt?? I am not sure, but I cannot find ANY that I LOVE. It is terribly irritating. Really, it is. So, tell me - what are your favorite jeans?? I need some ideas here...
2. John broke out our Cleotis Clause and our Redneck Reindeer again this year. They are nicknamed such because there is no better way to describe them (maybe white trash Christmas decorations would be fitting - but a little offensive...sorry). I will post some photos tonight when they are lit up at their brilliance for the world to see. This is one of our very few battles in our marriage. I HATE them - HATE them I tell you!!! And John, loves them (mainly because I hate them so much - he loves to torture me at times)...his dear parents gave them to us - out of the goodness of their hearts - but oh my! They are horrid...sigh. Every year I bribe the neighbor kids and my best friend Sue to "take care of them" - but, every year they survive. Cleotis had ended up in a tree in our front yard, down the street on a neighbor's front door, and down the block on the street corner - each time lit up in its brilliance - but no one has the guts to down him. One of our reindeer is now beheaded...the first night out, it didn't survive. But, I still have the other one to contend with...anyone out there willing to take Cleotis and his lone Reindeer for a ride??? I can't do it...it wouldn't be right...but if I paid someone??
3. I love Target...it is my favorite store. Next in line is Costco. Then Barnes and Nobel - I can't find a clothing store I love - thus the jeans issue (refer to #1).
4. I hate my Christmas decorations. I think this highly contributes to the fact that I feel Bah Humbug-ish every year. That, and I always wait to the last minute to do my shopping and it breaks our bank account and I have to fight the crowds. I know none of these reasons are significant to the True Meaning of Christmas - but, it is easy to forget in the chaos of December. I need to fix these things...
5. I am becoming seriously obsessed with buying new purses and bags. Why is this?? My closet is overflowing with new bags - most of which John thinks are horribly tacky - which they're not...just so you know.
6. I am ecstatic that tonight's episode of The Office is an hour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am DVR-ing it - so I can fast forward through the commercials - so smart.
7. Tonight is the annual book exchange Christmas Party for one of the book groups I belong to. This one I refer to as my Draper book group...it is the city most of the girls are from here in the valley. It is filled with terribly rich people and people who want to be terribly rich. I am neither of those - just so you know - and I don't live in Draper either. I live on the West side - I will explain it's significance another time for those of you who are not from Utah or are not aware of the East-side / West-side stigma. Anyhoo...I have the privilege to night to be graced with the presence of those in this book group...yay. Feel the excitement. I am going for the yummy food and to get a new book. And, because my BF Sue is going with me! (Did I just write BF??? Geez how old am I??)
That's all for now my bloggy friends!!! I am off to visit your blog sites now! YAY! YAY! YAY!
6 comments:
Thanks for the giggles! Scary how much we think alike....I could have written that post! Except for the book club part.
Jeans...hmmm, I discoverd the Express x2 jeans last year and really like them. They are low rise, but not so that the baby gut hangs over and boot cut. You can't convince me that the tapered jean will ever come back! I've gained 10 lbs since then, they're not my favorite this year, but I refuse to go up a size...so I squish in them out of complete discomfort.
Happy 4 months down!!
Tawni.......yeah!
Congrats on having 4 months down!
I have no clue about the jeans, but I totally understand the east side/west side thing. I lived in my grandma's basement on the East side while I was in school. I did not fit that mold. (I now live in Utah county.)
Merry Christmas!
Scott here - I am NOT Susie but since you don't allow anonymous comments then I have to post under my DW's login......
So - I'm diggin your Cletus Clause and Redneck Reindeer or is that Redneck Rudolph since you are now down to one. I can really relate to why John loves them so much. Your mistake was that you made it known how much you dislike them and now it's become fun for him. Susie's mad because I laughed and took his side of that too!
I have to tell you I laughed pretty dang hard when I read that one of the deer had been decapitated. I wonder who pulled that stunt off. Too funny!
I told Susie that I've got to get my Jeep running again and then I can do something akin to the roaming gnome commercials. I'd love to take pictures of them in different places around the West when we take Jeep trips and send them to John. Who know's, maybe they'll find their way back home for Christmas next year.....
So if they mysteriously disappear you may be getting a photo soon....
Scott
When you find good jeans, let me know- I am on the same hunt- with the same results......
We live in TX and we are very familiar with the redneck decor. I am with you on Target and Cosco. They are my favs also. I spend way to much time in both. Try Gap Curvy jeans. They are fab.
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