Oh my...

I just have to scream and yell and throw and all out fit here just to get it off my chest. What is it with things in my house breaking? Not just oh no big deal things, but holy friggin cow that costs how much items! Yes, we are up to three pretty major things in our house that now need to be repaired or replaced. Ugh, and the cheapest one is the $400 Playstation. Along with that is the water softener and my washer. The washer just broke today, and at a most inopportune time too. Not there is a good time in a house with 3 children for a washer to be broken! I am just so stressed right now. What is going on?! All this at once! It's Christmas time too! What am I gonna do? I just want to say I'm mad darn it! Down right ticked off!

Thanksgiving was a success I think. All of the food was delicious, and the company was wonderful. We ate a yummy late lunch and then we put up our Christmas tree. Then, later in the evening we went to the Captain's house for a late dessert. We were able to hang out for a while and socialize. All in all Thanksgiving was a really good day.
Today Chris was really busy at work, and tomorrow he has duty...again. Oh how I hate this schedule. I really was enjoying his off crew type schedule and now we are back to this. Oh where did the time go?
I have to get Christmas shopping finished. Adrianna wants a Nintendo DS so we are trying to decide if that is what we want to do or not. She is getting to the age where she doesn't really want toys anymore so its getting harder and harder to figure out what to do for her. I am really slacking this year on my shopping. I have a lot to do in the next few weeks huh?
I will try to post pictures of our tree and from Thanksgiving tomorrow. I have an interesting picture of the fudge pie that I made. Lets just say Kenneth likes to use his fingers to eat. :o)

I'm cooking Thanksgiving Dinner tomorrow for some friends and their families. Chris gets the day off so he will get to enjoy it with us. Wish me luck. I hope I don't burn something important.

I stole this quiz from my friend Vaiva's blog. It seems to fit me pretty well.

Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz...

You Are a Doris!

You are a Doris -- "I must help others."

Dorises are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people's needs.

How to Get Along with Me

• * Tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific.
• * Share fun times with me.
• * Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours.
• * Let me know that I am important and special to you.
• * Be gentle if you decide to criticize me.

In Intimate Relationships

• * Reassure me that I am interesting to you.
• * Reassure me often that you love me.
• * Tell me I'm attractive and that you're glad to be seen with me.

What I Like About Being a Doris

• * being able to relate easily to people and to make friends
• * knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better
• * being generous, caring, and warm
• * being sensitive to and perceptive about others' feelings
• * being enthusiastic and fun-loving, and having a good sense of humor

What's Hard About Being a Doris

• * not being able to say no
• * having low self-esteem
• * feeling drained from overdoing for others
• * not doing things I really like to do for myself for fear of being selfish
• * criticizing myself for not feeling as loving as I think I should
• * being upset that others don't tune in to me as much as I tume in to them
• * working so hard to be tactful and considerate that I suppress my real feelings

Dorises as Children Often

• * are very sensitive to disapproval and criticism
• * try hard to please their parents by being helpful and understanding
• * are outwardly compliant
• * are popular or try to be popular with other children
• * act coy, precocious, or dramatic in order to get attention
• * are clowns and jokers (the more extroverted Dorises), or quiet and shy (the more introverted Dorises)

Dorises as Parents

• * are good listeners, love their children unconditionally, and are warm and encouraging (or suffer guilt if they aren't)
• * are often playful with their children
• * wonder: "Am I doing it right?" "Am I giving enough?" "Have I caused irreparable damage?"
• * can become fiercely protective

Take Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz at

Lots of pictures.

Chris and the kids put up the Christmas lights over the weekend. It looks great!
Brrr...it's been cold outside.

We saw the Titans play the Jacksonville Jaguars while my family was in town. Boy oh boy what a game!

We're showing our spirit while tailgating.

Aww...

My dad was making jokes about that chain being attached to that anchor.

My niece Lindsey playing with Lilly at the beach. It was about 80 degrees out that day. Lilly went swimming. :o)

BEAUTIFUL

We spent some time out at the park since the weather was wonderful. What's better than friends, family, and great weather?!

Not sure what they were looking at... but it's cute.

These are the 3 of the best things to happen to me. EVER!

Cheese!

Mmmmm...popcorn

Yes, we're goofy. I know it, and we love it.

Check out her right eye. That brown spot has been there for over a year. I love it.

Ignore the messy garage. Isn't she just so beautiful?

I have really slacked on my blog here lately. Things are so busy around here now. I have the feeling it will be slowing way down in not so distant future. I think I will have more time to blog soon. But until then enjoy this boat load of pictures that I have accumulated over the past few weeks. Wow...there are a lot of them. :o)

I'm here. I haven't died. Thanks for worrying about me Vaiva. I do apologize for abandoning you all for such a long long time though. It has just been madness around here. (as always)
I had a wonderful, but way too short, visit with my dad and Mary. I miss you guys already so much!
We went to a Titans game! Yay Titans!
I am helping to plan a Thanksgiving Feast for Kenneth's school. Where or where can I find those blasted Thanksgiving plates and napkins??
I met a new friend from the boat.
Chris and I are going out tomorrow night with boat people. Japanese!
I found a new sitter. Keep your fingers crossed for me that everything goes well with her. We really need this.
I have a dentist appointment to get some work done. Kenneth has a dentist appointment and Lilly is almost due for her 18 month well baby visit. My oh my where has the time gone.
And all while this is going on I am trying my very best to clean my house. My little human tornadoes are just so very good at destroying it as soon as it is done.

I do have pictures from all of our adventures. I will add those very soon. I promise!

COMPLETE AND TOTAL RANDOMNESS

• I am NOT happy with the results of the election! I am not opposed to Obama's proposed policies. I am opposed to him as our president because I think he was elected for the wrong reasons. I know this is going to sound horribly racist and I am sorry, but I believe he was elected because he is black. He got a ton of coverage because this is a "historic" time...blah blah blah. How is that not racist? I really hope that we as Americans made the right choice. I don't believe he has the experience to lead our country. Okay off my soap box and on with the randoms. :)
• I hate folding socks! I always end up with one or two socks without a match and then they go to the "sock pile". The pile is just a bunch of socks I put there and forget about until I am tired of looking at them so I throw them out about once a month. There is no telling how many pairs I have thrown out that way. Oops.
• Lilly is a hitter. All day long I hear Kenneth yelling at her for smacking him. She will randomly walk up to him and give him a good whack in the head before going about her merry way. I don't know what to do about it, because honestly, I think it is funny. He has never been super nice to her so I think he is getting what he had coming.
• I miss fall weather in Tennessee. I love so much being able to see the leaves change colors and fall off. It always feels like fall when you can rake all the leaves into a huge pile and dive into them. I want my kids to be able to have that fun like I did. Here in Georgia it is just too darn hot. It will be hot and then just one day it turns cold and all the leaves go straight to brown, not nearly as pretty.
• I am horrible with keeping a personal schedule. I am all about scheduling things for the kids, but when it comes to me I am not so good. I will have things planned but then at the last minute I completely forget. I try to keep a calendar, but I have to actually REMEMBER to write things on it. I get times and events mixed up all the time. I just did this with a visit from my dad that is planned. I was totally ready to have them here this weekend, but oops, I screwed it up again. They won't be here until the weekend after. That just gives me a little more time to get things caught up around the house.
• Since I am talking schedules, I hate not being able to schedule something very far in advance because of Chris's schedule. It is so very hard. I have things I want to do but I never know if it will be possible.
• I love babies! I hate that my "babies" are now not quite babies anymore. I love the smell of them, the squishyness (is that even a word?), and I even love their cry. I am seriously having a hard time with my Lilly getting to be big.
• I am in serious need of a girl's night! Girls lets plan one for very soon. There is a place I want to try called Chocolate Soup. Sounds fun huh?

Well thanks for sticking with me through all these random squirts of brain power. The brain is going back to sleep now that it has spewed all it's nonsense.

When?!?

When did my sweet little baby girl turn into a mean, tantrumy toddler? Complete with hitting, spitting, fighting and all around meanness. She has hit the terrible 2's a little bit early. She will be 17 months tomorrow. Where has the time gone? What am I gonna do without a little baby in my house? I don't know if I can handle this...awww... I wanted her to stay little forever. It looks as if I won't get what I want.

I just have to brag on my sweet sweet kitty. Isn't she pretty?

Halloween

Halloween was a blast. That's really all I can say. We had yummy dinner at Osaka before (the kids LOVED it), and then we had trick or treating and lots of candy. I hope everyone else had a good one.

Kenneth got to use the rigged chopsticks. He loved it!

Lilly loved the shrimp so much. She ate all of mine and a few of her sisters too!

Aren't they so cute?!
She knew exactly what to do. She didn't need any help at all. She can even say Thank You all by herself.

This is how they got around from house to house. :)
And what is better after trick or treating than checking out all the goods?!