I am one happy girl tonight.
Why, you ask?
** The Steelers beat the Ravens **… and if that wasn’t reason enough to rejoice, doing so clinched them a spot in the play offs AND a first round bye.
I had a realization about myself while watching the game though. I don’t really enjoy watching the game unless we are winning. Really. I was literally sick to my stomach with worry for much of the game.
Update: This round of playoffs takes two weeks. So the winner is decided by totaling the points scored both weeks, and whoever scored the most points goes on to the championship round. Looks like a close one…Scott scored 80 and I had 76. There is def still time for me to pull out a victory!!
There are 10 teams on our fantasy football league this year. Four teams make it to play offs.
My father in law graduated from the Naval Academy, so I became a Navy fan by marriage. And the biggest game of the year for them is the Army/Navy game.
Knowing this, you might better appreciate the conversation I had with my son yesterday…
Mom: Tomorrow is the Army/Navy football game
Son: Army doesn’t play football, they fight bad guys
Hmmm see he’s seen Navy football games with his Dad and Pop, and all he knows about the Army is that his Uncle Jim and our cousin Joel are in the Army and they fight bad guys…better clear up this misconception before he goes around saying Navy plays football and Army fights bad guys…
Yesterday I stumbled across this article in Wonder Magazine.
My husband and I have been doing lots of talking and planning regarding our family’s future… Do we want a fourth child or are we content with three? Do we want to send our son to public school next year or will we home school? Do we start saving now so we have the option of sending the kids to private school for Middle or High School?
At our house, the rule is No Christmas anything until after Thanksgiving. My hubby is pretty strict about this…He even scolded my grandma on Thanksgiving for wearing a Christmas sweater.
But, come the day after Thanksgiving you better believe we are cranking those yuletide carols as loud as we can as we head out for some good ol' fashioned Black Friday Shopping!
I LOVE CHRISTMAS!! It is by far my most favorite holiday of all.
I voted today. For some reason this year more than any other, I was grateful for the opportunity to let my voice be heard. Often I am rather cynical about it, voting because I know it is the right thing to do but wondering “why bother” and “Does my vote really matter anyway?”
But today I felt convicted.
There was a time in American history when woman couldn’t vote and there are many countries today where women still can’t vote.
cue song from Mamas and Papas
I do not heart Mondays. AT.ALL. And my reasons why are numerous, so numerous, I’ve composed a list for you.
Scott is back to work and after having him home for 2 days, I miss him. LOTS. Because he is truly my best friend and the house is lonely with him gone. I know we are only 29 but can I just tell you I look forward to retirement when we can spend all day every day just being together… don’t even care what it is we are doing, just that we won’t be a part.
I am all about keeping it real, folks. And Jessica at Farm Fresh Iowa has a carnival called, It’s Real Life which I totally love because it’s all about showing the real you. This week the assignment is to create a real life video introducing yourself to the blogging world.
I wish I could tell you that we staged the video because I just thought it would be so funny for you to see my kids fighting with each other while I am videoing.
What is it about baby animals that pull at a Mommy’s heart and make a genuine Cruella Deville like myself yearn to take them home? Seriously, I am not an animal person. You won’t catch me bending down to pet your dog, ever. And yet I found myself asking my husband if we could bring a goat home because they were “so cute”. Really they were… a mere 4 weeks old…look at them!
Jessica over at Farm Fresh Iowa is sponsoring another It’s Real Life carnival this week. The assignment this time is to do a post with a photo tour of “an ordinary day.” So, step right up and come see an ordinary day in the life at the circus…
Our day begins here typically around 7 am or shortly after. My son is usually the first to wake, followed quickly by our middle child.