Christmas always seems to take forever to get here....and then *POOF*. It's gone.
We had a very nice holiday and in fact, I am feeling rather spoiled by my husband right now. LOL! But it's ok, because all year I have been very frugal and cheap and rarely spend on myself. If I do, it's on the clearance rack at Target. seriously.
I have 2 favorites out of my gifts I received...one is an AMAZING bag my husband got me by the name of D&G!
D&G! Dolce & Gabana! It is by far the nicest handbag I have ever owned and I am loving it. (Here's a pic Kel)-----> 
Yes, I took the pic in my bathroom where the lighting is best- lol! Also another fav gift is a pair of gray Timberlands that are actually high heeled boots! i didn't even know Tims made these- sigh. 
so yeah, i'm braggin for a sec about my great gifts. We have a slight obsession with Timberlands in my house...I got 3 pairs for Christmas ...
the gray ones, new black ones...and white! My husband has been working hard and wanted to buy me some nice things- because I work hard at raising our son too. And he did. And I love them.
What is your fav gift you got this year?
You know, the "I'm a love machine" commercial? WELL. I said from the beginning to the girls that "I'm gonna suck at this game". But it was just the opposite! I rocked! I think I was almost annoying, I was so good at this game! I couldn't understand why...I had never played before. I was sitting there laughing at how this could be....then it hit me! I am around toddlers nearly every single day- not just my own, but my friend's toddlers and preschoolers as well. This game is perfect for moms! YOU SEE, when you are around toddlers so much you need to distinguish their speaking skills and "learn" to understand them. You know, you are the only one that could understand your child that just babbled a whole sentence, and you laugh so loud...and then see that no one else knows what the hell they said??? This game is just like that, you have to listen carefully to what the person says and turn it into something that makes sense...just like interpreting a lil person's language. 
THIS GAME rocks. I tried explaining to my friends (one of which has no kids), but they kinda just looked at me like: sure. whatever. we just suck at this game. stop rubbing it in. Game Over.This week was like most...filled with the good, the bad and the down right ugly.
The beginning of the week wasn't all that bad. Just me battling w/ Verizon to fix my internet connection.
Then I had a mini nervous breakdown 2 days ago as I felt sickness coming on. My throat got worse and worse and I started to freak....you see, we don't have any health insurance for a few more months since hubby started a new job on Dec. 1. I thought our insurance from his old job would hold over til the end of the month but since he quit, they cancelled us right away. that sucked. I wasn't prepared....but anyways, the thought of going to the Dr. sans insurance freaked me out since I would probably have to sign over my car in order to pay----that's how expensive it is. However, after a day...and a good nights sleep, the throat cleared up and I felt SO much better. Gavin seems to be in the clear so far too *knock on wood*
As the holidays begin, I wanted to pass these tips along to you. Enjoy the spirit of the festivities.
1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It's rare... You cannot find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies or pralines in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple, Pumpkin, Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.
10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-read tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Have a Great Holiday Season!!!
I am alive...all is well w/ us. I'm just SOOO friggin happy that I, ALL BY MYSELF, FIXED MY COMPUTER! I have not had internet for a week now...and honestly I'm not gonna lie, the first 4 days I thought I lost my service because I was 2 months behind on my bill. BUT I then went to call Verizon and pay my bill and asked if my internet would be turned back on ASAP...and she replied, "Miss, I do not see you have any problems w/ your account. Your service has not been interrupted". WHAT?!?! you mean i was deprived on my blogging and or Facebook obsession for no reason!?! So I put in a "ticket" for someone to check my line...and then when i called back they had our town on the list of places "experiencing service problems and our repair men are aware of the problem and are working on it" and "please be patient". WELL patience is not my best quality so I kept calling and they troubleshooted and blah blah blah....STILL NOTHING AS OF TODAY! SOOOO I said enough is enough and started from scratch and deleted and uninstalled my verizon start-up crap and reinstalled the whole program and WAAAALAAA! I am here....and I will certainly be calling Verizon back yet again to get the credit established to my account for not having service for a week. NOW I MUST GO ONLINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY TO CATCH UP WITH ALL I HAVE MISSED! LOL!
I have had to scan my pc 2 times and update my computers security as to keep whatever virus that is spreading around Facebook far, far away. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it helps.
Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!
I love decorating for any holiday. I also like decorating my blog according to the holiday! As you can see by my leg lamp and countdown to Christmas tree! I would fill up this baby with all sorts of widgets if I wasn't afraid it would take an hour to load the page. SOOOO, I was fooling around on my computer during nap time the other day and actually figured out how to add a hat to my photo without having to buy any software. Because putting on one and taking a new pic would be OH SO DIFFICULT right? lol! I plan on doing that at a later date, but wanted to try this out first...cuz I didn't need to put on make-up to do it this way. There. I said it.
Anyways, it was really easy and I wanted to spread the knowledge...just like the snow effect! Every blog should have snow...and every profile pic should have a Santa hat! :) Quick shoutout to Tena and Jen and another Jen that are rockin the Santa hats!
You take a photo you already have in your pc and open it in paint. Then you draw a hat on your pic and color it in...or you can get all fancy and add a beard. lol! Now to some people it may seem obvious to "save as" as a bitmap, as opposed to a JPEG or GIFF...but I was unaware of what that even meant so it took half of naptime for me to realize why it was not saving my pic w/ the hat on my head...THEREFORE, save it as a "bitmap", not JPEG or whatever...or it won't capture the drawing you did. Once you save the new pic into your computer you can now upload it to your profile! WALA! 
I've never posted a video before so I'm testing this out...I emailed a small video from my cell to myself...and saved it on my computer. I have a used pc that does not have a sound card (pathetic I know-but i have a nice ass monitor! lol) so can you tell me if you can hear this? anyone? thanks!
Yesterday we went to my parent's house to do gingerbread houses. Gavin and his cousin had 2 houses to do...it was fun! here's some pics...
THIS is MY art work right here...i got to spackle the icing all over the house. This kit did not come w/ pre-made icing...we had to mix it, and the next pic is what happens when you don't have the icing thick enough:
A drippy mess. It was literally like snow sliding down a roof. We fixed it though!
The big G house (my spackling job) is starting to be decorated by the kiddies.
I actually attempted to eat one of the candies- i think it may have been 45 yrs old. DO NOT EAT THE CANDY the kit supplies. Who knows how old that junk is.
I didn't get any pics of the drippy mess one that was eventually fixed and looked really cute! I got to take this one home...where it is proudly on display for all visitors to see! Let the Christmas season begin!!
And you think YOU had a bad day???
At least you didn't have to clean up this mess.
They say change is good, right? right? Well...we here are in for some serious change. My husband was offered a job last week. I much better paying job. A job with much better (and cheaper) benefits. A job that could finally give my husband what he deserves, being he is such a hard worker. A job that will take him to Long Island, NY. Long Island. This is not exactly around the corner, but not ridiculously far either. The only reason it's considered far from us is because of traffic....without traffic it is only but an 1 1/2 hrs from us. With traffic, 3. Therefore...for the next month...and quite possibly longer...I will not see my husband during the week. There are more pros to this than cons for me. On one side, there's the fact that not only will he be making more $, he will be considered at the end of the first month to also help run the marketing dept and have an additional salary for that. On that same side, he is actually in a job where he's not feeling the hurt of the bad economy and most likely will not. He has the potential to flourish there and eventually help expand and open a new office in NJ. OR, flourish in NY and move us out to L.I. to live---not too happy about that, but whatever. On the other side, he will be greatly missed...not only by me...but by Gavin. He already goes thru Daddy withdrawals when he doesn't see him all day and night...and only gets a few mins during the morning. But we figure if we want to make sure Gavin has a great life, we must sacrafice sometimes....and we will always have the weekends. It's scary starting something new. I feel bad for my husband, but kinda excited at the same time. I really hope this goes well, and hope that we made the right decision...
I've decided to start doing interviews with my son because...it's just friggin funny.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do?
A: Painting and eating noodles. ***a few mins later added*** I like kissing and hugging you. ((AWW))
Q: What do you like about noodles?
A: Sucking them up with your mouth and off of your fork.
Q: what is Thanskgiving about?
A: Giving presents to someone.
Q: Then why do we make turkeys? (i mean our art projects we did)
A: The turkeys are the presents!
Q: How do toilets work?
A: by pooping and peepeeing and flushing!
Q: What do fish do when the pond freezes over?
A: they slide on their ribs on the ice. DO YOU KNOW PENGUINS ARE REAL! They live far far away in America. Ice is frozen there. Everything is frozen there.
ME: UHHH Gavin we live in America.
Gavin: Penguins live in Ice America not People America! Penguins are animals Mommy.
Q: Do they get cold? why?
A: NO. they have fur MOM.
Q: what are sneakers made of?
A: they are made out of mold. under it's mold. sometimes on top. I SQUEEZE YOUR CHEEKS!
Q: What is your favorite animal? Why?
A: Rhino. Because they are gray Mommy. I like Wall-E too. It starts with E.
I'm not even going into the winners of the actual awards...but I think there were only about 5 awards given and 20 songs sang. Hey, they got ME to watch.
Is he lookin for Kevin up there? LOL!
A couple of months ago I was beating myself up over the fact that I let my son try some chocolate milk. Why? Because once he got a taste, he never wanted white milk again. Once you go chocolate you never go back?
lol! Anywho, I know a little Hershey's syrup shouldn't make me have panic attacks that he's getting too much sugar...a bag of cheetos is sure to be much worse, and I never cared if he had that! BUT...he was always a milk lover and I really didn't want him having chocolate milk before bed. So off to Shoprite for some research...and after sitting in the aisle reading every single chocolate powder can or syrup for 15 mins I came to the conclusion. Ovaltine IS GOOD FOR YOU! I've never had it in my entire life! Of course I know of it, thanks to A Christmas Story. But would Gavin really drink it? He DID. He never noticed a difference...did not blink an eye...never once complained...or just didn't care cuz he knew it was still chocolate in that milk!
And he is getting LOADS of vitamins every single time he drinks it. No more guilt. Well, at least not about chocolate milk...
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-I'm a dork and just realized TODAY that i never installed the gadget to have people follow your blog! I know there's only a handful that do follow my blog (lol)...but I still feel like such a loser that I'm the only person not to have any followers --even if it's my own fault. So give me an ego boost and click over there to the right ----------> it won't hurt.
-I saw a new commercial today and it's for the Snuggie. Have you seen this wonderful idea!?Go to http://www.getsnuggie.com/ for those who haven't! It's a blanket with sleeves! I want this for Christmas Santa...you see, I am cold blooded. My feet are icicles whenever the temp hits below 75. I am like a snake and need sunlight to warm my blood. Ask my husband, he will attest to this. I am constantly wearing blankets around the house, and have been caught answering the door while wrapped up in one. LOL! It doesn't matter if the heat is on, i'm always cold. So this my perfect gift...and yes I am aware that it looks basically like a backwards robe and that's ok w/ me, it's still genius in my eyes.
Caption THIS!
I will read you a book Gavin, but don't make me part with my coffee!
...and on a total Random Thought:
anyone watch ER? I was holding myself back SO BAD!! i wanted to bawl my eyeballs out! they need to seriously tell viewers before the episode starts that if they have children DO NOT WATCH b/c a hurt and/or dying child will be in the episode...and so what if 90% of the viewers would change the channel! It was FREAKIN SAD!!! I think I will be banning myself from that show, last season or not...i literally am still trying to control myself because i had an anxiety attack during this show.
it's called "funny frames" and there's a bunch of frames you can put around a pic! so here's Gavin driving!
this was kinda difficult taking a pic of myself but this is the best shot i could get. LOL!!!
Another sleeping Gavin pic. Just so peaceful and adorable on his boppy! That was a rare site, as he was cholicy and always crying unless I was holding him...see above pic, that's how we slept! 
My son has passed out, and i should probably be takin a nap too right now but my nerves are just shot. I think I got just over 4 hours sleep last night...my son is sick. :( He has been having breathing and congestion problems and is back on his nebulizer. I saw it coming, as not only was my husband sick, but then I got sick over the whole weekend (still feel like shit btw) ....so it was inevitable that my son would catch something! It just stinks. I was worried that my son would inherit my allergies- to dogs, cats, mold, all that lovely year round stuff....but never thought about asthma. Neither my husband nor I have that...but I've since been educated on why he is high risk for developing it. I almost wish they would just diagnose it already so that I KNOW it is what he has. You see, that is the problem right now...he's too young to be diagnosed. And that is why I was hesitant on putting him on meds for asthma- they said he didn't have it! But it's quite clear that today when we go back to his pediatric pulmonary Dr. that I will have to hang my head while he basically says, "I told you so". He warned me this would happen should I deny the preventative treatments! UGH. I feel that I never make the right choices when it comes to alot of things, and this just added to my list...
This week was just plain shitty...the only thing good was that I was well enough to go out and vote for the first time this week. YES....it was the first time I voted. I am one of those people. One of those people that would say, "i don't DO politics, it's confusing and i don't want to know about it...". But then I had a child. Like they say, everything changes when you have a child. And I realized that I wasn't sure I wanted to bring anymore children into this messed up country...so i started educating myself. It's still confusing as hell, and every day I'm still learning... but I'm so proud that I got a gist of what's what in politics anymore! And also that I got out and voted...and yup I'm also happy with the outcome! I'm optimistic about the future now...time will tell.
Tomorrow's Friday so there is still hope that I can end this crappy week on a high note- WISH ME LUCK!
i've been sick. it has sucked. needless to say i feel like my son has been watchin WAY too many cartoons as i lay on the couch moaning and groaning. however i could no longer let this last post sit on here...i have quite a few things in mind once i'm up to actually putting some thought into a post; but for now this will have to due:
MY LATEST BLONDE MOMENT
Saturday morning i heading to the foodstore probably to also pick up the disgusting germs that gave me the flu later on in the day... I was standing staring at the batteries figuring out which ones i needed for my son's V-smile. Called hubby and he told me C batteries...stared some more. Finally i asked the girl that was stockin the shelves next to me a question: "do you know the difference between C2 and C4? i thought they were all just C! i just need C batteries...."
she looks at the batteries.
she looks at me.
she says, "one package has 2, one package has 4".
*hangs head*
tries to pull off the blonde moment by saying, "hahahaha, thanks! i haven't had my cup of coffee yet this morning!" and i walk away...trying to make sure she doesn't see the cup of coffee i already have been drinking.
Picture it. Tuesday, October 28th 2008. Central New Jersey. My son and I take a trip to the mall with his friend and her mom (*waves* HI Kacey!) . THIS is the view from the inside of the mall to the parking lot:
Are you kiddin me?? SNOW IN OCTOBER! It was so crazy...it was gone by nighttime, but caused lots of chaos, excitement and confusion during the day! lol!
Imagine a white Halloween?!
I was at a local 7-11 recently and noticed just how deep this Presidential election has gotten. You see, they not only have regular coffee cups anymore...they have:
My husband got a package in the mail...
How silly of me not to know this! I told my hubby i don't even drink hot green tea as it reminds me of dirty bathtub water, and he expects me to drink TREE TEA? lol!
