It snowed!

It snowed here again...I don't know about anyone else but I'm ready for winter to be over. Even my dog hates it and she hates very few things. For the record -50 degree weather is NOT my cup of tea. It's supposed to be a scorching 29 degrees today but it will only feel like about 18 degrees according to the weather man.

Stitches SUCK! And my leg still hurts! I can only imagine what it's going to feel like in 2 weeks when they come out! Thanks for all the kind words about my mass....Here's hoping there is nothing to worry about....Got everything you can cross crossed.

It's Valentine's day! Happy Valentine's day everybody!

Is it wrong....

That I'm jealous of Ree over at The Pioneer Woman? I LOVE her webpage and wish I had one like it too. I know there's a whole lot of marketing stuff that went into making her webpage the way it is today but I'm still jealous. Is it sad that I've considered e-mailing her and asking the secret to her success? Now that I've put that out there lets move on....

I went out and purchased a crap ton (in layman's terms, LOTS) of yarn to start working on knitting gifts for next Christmas already. I can hardly wait to start on my next project! But first I have to finish my scarf and get pictures of it posted so you all can see it. I SO have to get better about finishing one project before I start another.....I am SO bad at that right now.

I find this pretty unusual....Usually I watch A LOT of TV/Movies but in the last week I've watched MAYBE 2 or 3 hours TOTAL. I've been doing A LOT of knitting and blogging in that time. Since I'm not really going anywhere for a while with the current state that my vehicle is in I guess it only makes sense...But I still find it odd.

Can anyone tell me why Blogger felt the need to "eat" both of my blog lists? That does NOT make me happy! I've got a couple added back in but I MUST get something other than blogging done today, so I'll probably be working on it over the next couple of days, so please bear with me.

Well I think that's pretty much it for now at least.

Jamie

Friday's are usually for my blessings, but....

I'm not feeling very blessed right now so I'm just going to do a list of things that I hope to "accomplish" this year:

1. I hope to get my car loan paid down enough that I won't still be living at home for another 2 YEARS.

2. I hope that I don't have anymore major problems with my car....which lead to a really crappy end to my 2008.

3. I hope to pay off at LEAST 1 of my credit cards....More than learned my lesson with "plastic" shopping.

4. ACTUALLY finish a knitting project. I'm getting close to finally finishing the scarf that was supposed to be part of my mom's Christmas present!

5. I hope to lose about 20 pounds.

6. I hope to grow my hair out to at LEAST shoulder length by the end of the year.

7. To set aside some money for a "me" vacation.

8. I hope to meet some of my bloggy pals in real life (at some point I hope)

9. To have my "featured blogger" day on SITS.

10. To just set some money aside.

11. To pay off my debt to the "Bank of Dad."

12. To start acquiring things for when I can actually afford to move out. (this is more of a long term goal)

13. To manage my money better.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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NOTE: I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm working on minimizing the clutter in my sidebar. So I've spent most of the morning adding the blogs that I read to my google reader. So I will be taking all but PW's feed off of my sidebar. I've added all the blogs that were in my sidebar plus a few new ones to the blogs that I follow. I hope that you'll check them out.

Have a Happy New Year everyone!

J

I'm at war with my alarm clock!

My Christmas was pretty good. I'm not real happy with my aunt who was nothing but mean and nasty to my dog but I'll get over it. Santa was pretty good to me too....

1. Set of tires for my car

2. A couple hundred dollars taken off of what I owe "The Bank of Dad."

3. A new Wii game....it's got 10 different sports on it and the only one I'm really any good at is the Archery.

4. A $25 Itunes card

5. Some Burt's Bee's lip balm

6. The Jim Gaffigan special on DVD

7. A sled....we've got a crap ton of snow (well we did anyway...it was warmish here yesterday and some melting took place.)

8. A new alarm clock....

Which brings me to being at war with my alarm clock. The clock that I got was one of those that you plug in and it sets itself by the satellites. It worked fine for 2 days but last night when it went off at the time for me to get out of bed and start getting ready for work it went bananna's on me. I've got no numbers, none of the buttons appear to work and the radio won't shut off unless I unplug it. I'm hoping that putting a new battery in the clock will help if not I'm going to have to get in touch with Santa about replacing it.

In response to the question of wether or not the flat tummies come with the jeans in my "window" shopping post......I really wish it did....I would LOVE to have a flat tummy!

Ok so celebrities aren't ALL bad

Heat’s Dwyane Wade helps family displaced by fire

MIAMI (AP)—When Dwyane Wade heard the plight of a South Florida woman whose nephew accidentally burned down her home—and ruined all the family’s possessions—the Miami Heat star knew he had to do something.

So he helped the family move into a new home, just in time for Christmas.

Wade presented Dawn Smith with the ultimate Christmas gift on Wednesday— the keys to a her new house, along with some furnishings, clothing and gifts to make sure her family has a joyous holiday, something that didn’t seem likely just a few weeks ago.

His Wade’s World foundation will make some payments on the home, while Smith and her family get back on their feet.

“That’s what I try to teach my kids,” said Wade, whose foundation has hosted several charity events this holiday season, mostly for needy children. “It’s not about what you’re going to receive—it’s what you can give to others from what you’ve received.”

Smith couldn’t hold back happy sobs when she saw the home for the first time.

“A big-time relief,” Smith said, clearly overcome by emotion. “Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Oh, God, thank you so much.”

The NBA’s leading scorer this season had a simple message: “Hopefully, you’ll like it.”

Wade’s other holiday events this year included a party for 350 children on Monday, and hosting 100 kids at Tuesday night’s Heat game against the Golden State Warriors. He also donated $10,000 to each of three children’s organizations, but said he was particularly touched by being able to assist the Smith family.

“We can help this family have a new beginning,” Wade said.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-heat-wadesgift&prov=ap&type=lgns

SNOW on Christmas Eve is a BAD idea!

It's snowing here in the great state of WI again....Today we're supposed to get 4-6" and tomorrow (Christmas EVE) we're supposed to get another 4-6". Now I have no objection to a "White Christmas" (cause we're going to have one wether we want one or not) but I DO have an objection to snow on CHRISTMAS EVE!

Now I'm off that soap box....Let's talk about something fun.....I'm starting to eat solid food again (I had my wisdom teeth pulled last Wednesday for any new readers out there)....It bothered me the first couple times I tried it but it's getting easier each time. I can hardly wait to try out some of the food we've got prepared for our family Christmas tomorrow night!

Christmas is here at our house this year....Last year it was at my brother's place but since they moved into a smaller place it's back at our place again. So today is pretty much going to be spent cleaning and wrapping presents and somewhere in there I've got to get some sleep too.

I just realized that it's been almost a month since we put Shawna down. I've also realized that I can actually put Laci's food dish back down on the floor (she's spoiled and I had it up on a little table so she could lie on my bed and eat out of her bowl at the same time.) We originally put her bowl up to keep Shawna out of it....bad things happened when Shawna got in to Laci's food bowl.