I am starting to get just a tid bit addicted to this blog- I want to share my sentimental, funny and embarrassing moments with people and well... 7 FB posts in an hour probably is annoying to some :)
I have NO IDEA what I am doing... my direction has changed .. and I am html numb... I am not grammatically correct, I misuse words and punctuation... there is no humor in my post and who am I really sharing this with??? I have 2 followers.. and #1 (sorry) I do not know who you are.. I believe #2 is Roman.. I think... are you? People read when I share my post on facebook... but do they really want to follow my every move and thought??? I know I wouldn't!!
I just searched a few blogs and found some that made me walk away from my computer laughing.. and inspired me to do the same- why not put a twist of humor and purpose here? But how??? If I shared my randomness with the world- you would think I am a per ma-drunk (always drunk.. yes I think I made that word up!)
First thought that came to my mind in a chat conversation with someone last night about random ways to die... was how many shopping cart deaths are there in a year? I looked it up.. no quick answer.. kind of scary what pops up so I walked away from that thought, and conversation as the person asked if I was drinking lol... no I wasn't!
Random facts and useless info is my thing.. history.. humor posts.. crafting... living green and sharing family life... how do you fit it all together and create a cult like following? You tell me!!!
Oh and to add on top of that I just started a shared business adventure... do I add that here... add a new blog? Oh what to do!!!!
Friday, November 26, 2010
Welcome Black Friday
So I wasn't going to hit the stores this year... I stayed up and looked online instead :) 12am came...and realized I couldn't shop till 3am at Walmart, 5am at Home Depot and 6am Kmart.. among other stores and various times..... 3am... 3:08... 3:15 site is working at Walmart- woo hoooo!!!! Grabbed my items, went to check out and their site wanted me to enter my shipping info again... I did and it erased it.. 3x I went through this and lost 4 items that I really wanted... all the cheap things to! ANNOYED... 5am came... Home Depot here I come... and the 1 thing I wanted, you couldn't order online.. great! At this point I am ready to just pack up and go to the friggin store- I don't want to go out but I REALLY want a pair of Bear Paw Boots I tried on that are advertised for 50% off and after 3 hours of research I find that the store doesn't sell them online..... 6am is here and at this point I give up as it is all a sign to walk away.. I just know it! I went to bed... Caleb decided to get up and by 8am he was NOT going to let me lay down anymore... so out the door at 9:30am in the snow and ice to the store.. and Bear Paw was not for me today... I settled for socks instead.... so after much annoyance I put on myself after saying I wasn't going to do this.. I accepted fate and shopping is done... now I will pack away my stress box of things to make for my shared business.. and start on Christmas gifts and crafts....
The highlights of my day came when I bundled Sophie up to go outside to play in the snow.... she remembered our playing last year as she laid down and made snow angles.. and snow kitties... filled up her beach pails and made blocks of snow! Her and Gargamel (the cat) chased each other, fed the chicken and rabbits snow and both ate hand and pawfuls :) They came in together to warm up for a bit- we went back out an hour or so later and chased each other up and down the driveway! Decorations started to go up.. and I hope to get more done when it is not so cold out! We came in and had hot chocolate with marshmallows for dinner and cuddled before saying good night to Fisbee the elf!
He came last night for his annual month long stay with us, checking in with Santa nightly and returning to a new hidden spot each morning... He is a funny elf... he starts out practical and then gets pretty sneaky with his hiding spots, trying not to hide in them more then 1x a season... I wonder if he will ask Santa if he will pat Gargamel and Sheba (cat and dog) when he comes to see Sophie? She asked about it tonight... will see if he sends her an answer!
Happy Holidays and enjoy the spirit the season gives to everyone- avoid the stress and feel the love!!!!
The highlights of my day came when I bundled Sophie up to go outside to play in the snow.... she remembered our playing last year as she laid down and made snow angles.. and snow kitties... filled up her beach pails and made blocks of snow! Her and Gargamel (the cat) chased each other, fed the chicken and rabbits snow and both ate hand and pawfuls :) They came in together to warm up for a bit- we went back out an hour or so later and chased each other up and down the driveway! Decorations started to go up.. and I hope to get more done when it is not so cold out! We came in and had hot chocolate with marshmallows for dinner and cuddled before saying good night to Fisbee the elf!
He came last night for his annual month long stay with us, checking in with Santa nightly and returning to a new hidden spot each morning... He is a funny elf... he starts out practical and then gets pretty sneaky with his hiding spots, trying not to hide in them more then 1x a season... I wonder if he will ask Santa if he will pat Gargamel and Sheba (cat and dog) when he comes to see Sophie? She asked about it tonight... will see if he sends her an answer!
Happy Holidays and enjoy the spirit the season gives to everyone- avoid the stress and feel the love!!!!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
The power came back on last night- thank goodness! After sleeping in for a bit this morning, I crawled out of bed and started the day in the kitchen... The only stress was trying to fit more then 1 person in my kitchen at a time :-) Dinner was good, even if I forgot the peas, and to turn on the burner for the carrots after they sat on the stove for half an hour ... or that we didn't have drinks, and that my grandparents had to buy pumpkin pies because they cooked 2 and forgot to put sugar in them!!! Oh my the funny things that happened today that created good memories :-)
Dinner was great, and clean up was a cinch with help and I even got everyone to create a "Thankful" page for my scrapbook and stole some candid pictures of each person to put beside their note... however I did forget to get family pictures of all of us and to say grace... it's the thought right?
So dinner is done, leftovers in the fridge and now scoping out the black Friday deals... why? I'm not going but love the thrill of finding a deal.. even if I am just browsing online :) looking for some blackfriday facts???
Check out http://www.blackfridayandcybermonday.com/ for more info!
Dinner was great, and clean up was a cinch with help and I even got everyone to create a "Thankful" page for my scrapbook and stole some candid pictures of each person to put beside their note... however I did forget to get family pictures of all of us and to say grace... it's the thought right?
So dinner is done, leftovers in the fridge and now scoping out the black Friday deals... why? I'm not going but love the thrill of finding a deal.. even if I am just browsing online :) looking for some blackfriday facts???
Check out http://www.blackfridayandcybermonday.com/ for more info!
The origin of the name, "Black Friday" historically comes from the retailer's shift to profitability during the holiday season. Back in the day when accounting records were kept by hand, red ink indicated financial loss while black ink indicated profit, thus coining the popular fiscal terms of being "in the red," (losing money) or "in the black" (profitable).
As Black Friday is the day many U.S. consumers typically begin their Christmas shopping, sales are heavily promoted by retailers throughout the country. Stores are often decorated for the Christmas seasons weeks before-hand and retailers open very early (typically 5 A.M.) to offer "door buster deals", "loss leaders" and incentives to draw people to their shops. Although the day after Thanksgiving has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season for decades, the term "Black Friday" has been traced back only to the 1970s and did not achieve widespread use and popularity until 2002
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Thanksgiving Eve
It is cold- it is windy... and we have no power. It is the eve of Thanksgiving, the day where the hosts of the show start baking, cooking, prepping and setting up... and I am the host.... without power! I take this as yet another sign to relax, de stress and simplify!
I took over hosting holidays the year after my grandmother passed away... and my family knows the ropes for any holiday and event I host and plan- expect lots of great food, a clean house, tiny quarters to sit in, a stressed out Hillary who you never see because she is in the kitchen cleaning, cooking and forgets to eat and doesn't sit down until everyone leaves.... yup that's me! Except now I have 2 kiddos... and a large family... 16 people will be in my 2 person camp that became a home to 4 of us!
So little by little since the beginning of this year, I have downsized my events... little by little I said! And with all of the changes that my family and I have been through, I wanted to enjoy this holiday season and not get stressed out for once. I wanted to welcome people into my home if my floor was recently mopped or not- and if I didn't get a chance to vacuum yet this morning- and dinner will be served in Tupperware by chance- you will be expected to bring something or physically help me out and I WILL SIT AND EAT and SOMEONE ELSE will be doing the clean up! :) And it has all gone just the way as planned!! I am a stay at home mom with 2 children- yes there will be toys and dust, come on in and enjoy!!!!
Menu is planned- all very good, tasty items on for this year.. and all with short directions and simple ingredients.. many can be made ahead and heated up! Uncle will bring the drinks, Gram bought the Turkey I will cook, we grew the veggies that will hit the table this year, Father in law will cook the ham we raised, and we will use plastic plates that can be reused! Pies will be brought and other Kimball/White traditional items will be (assumed) brought by others in attendance- yes that is it... and if we forget something.. no worries because this meal is about getting together, enjoying each others company, talking about what we have experienced this year, planning out the next gathering... and simply enjoying our time together as family and friends
So with 45 minutes left on my laptop battery, and the house pitch black... I am not worried or stressed out at all! If we don't have power by the morning we will pack up and host some place else! Who cares if it doesn't happen right on time... we have each other and that is all that matters this year!!!
The "I am thankful" series started on facebook has grown and I am so thrilled to see all of the posts today from others :) Even if I wasn't the one to inspire them, it is wonderful to know that others are out there that feel the same.
Black Friday will be upon us in no time... and no I am not going this year. Financially unable to spend hundreds of dollars on items that are not necessary- I will stay home... and I am thankful for this change of pace because it will force our family to take a hard look at what we really need and what we really want... and all we want this year is to be together as a family! I will look back and forget how upsetting some of this was, and will be thankful for the savings in our wallets :)
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you have something to be grateful and thankful for and can maintain a positive attitude and outlook on life!
So with that I will end and will enlighten you with a tid bit about the mayflower from history.com
I took over hosting holidays the year after my grandmother passed away... and my family knows the ropes for any holiday and event I host and plan- expect lots of great food, a clean house, tiny quarters to sit in, a stressed out Hillary who you never see because she is in the kitchen cleaning, cooking and forgets to eat and doesn't sit down until everyone leaves.... yup that's me! Except now I have 2 kiddos... and a large family... 16 people will be in my 2 person camp that became a home to 4 of us!
So little by little since the beginning of this year, I have downsized my events... little by little I said! And with all of the changes that my family and I have been through, I wanted to enjoy this holiday season and not get stressed out for once. I wanted to welcome people into my home if my floor was recently mopped or not- and if I didn't get a chance to vacuum yet this morning- and dinner will be served in Tupperware by chance- you will be expected to bring something or physically help me out and I WILL SIT AND EAT and SOMEONE ELSE will be doing the clean up! :) And it has all gone just the way as planned!! I am a stay at home mom with 2 children- yes there will be toys and dust, come on in and enjoy!!!!
Menu is planned- all very good, tasty items on for this year.. and all with short directions and simple ingredients.. many can be made ahead and heated up! Uncle will bring the drinks, Gram bought the Turkey I will cook, we grew the veggies that will hit the table this year, Father in law will cook the ham we raised, and we will use plastic plates that can be reused! Pies will be brought and other Kimball/White traditional items will be (assumed) brought by others in attendance- yes that is it... and if we forget something.. no worries because this meal is about getting together, enjoying each others company, talking about what we have experienced this year, planning out the next gathering... and simply enjoying our time together as family and friends
So with 45 minutes left on my laptop battery, and the house pitch black... I am not worried or stressed out at all! If we don't have power by the morning we will pack up and host some place else! Who cares if it doesn't happen right on time... we have each other and that is all that matters this year!!!
The "I am thankful" series started on facebook has grown and I am so thrilled to see all of the posts today from others :) Even if I wasn't the one to inspire them, it is wonderful to know that others are out there that feel the same.
Black Friday will be upon us in no time... and no I am not going this year. Financially unable to spend hundreds of dollars on items that are not necessary- I will stay home... and I am thankful for this change of pace because it will force our family to take a hard look at what we really need and what we really want... and all we want this year is to be together as a family! I will look back and forget how upsetting some of this was, and will be thankful for the savings in our wallets :)
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you have something to be grateful and thankful for and can maintain a positive attitude and outlook on life!
So with that I will end and will enlighten you with a tid bit about the mayflower from history.com
The Mayflower carried not only the Pilgrims but a few other settlers as well. When it arrived at Cape Cod, several hundred miles north of its planned destination in Virginia owing to storms at sea, the passengers realized they were outside the bounds of the governmental authority they had contracted with in England.
William Bradford, the Pilgrim leader, was alarmed to learn that some of the others felt no obligation to respect the rules of the Pilgrims. In his words, they wanted to "use their owne libertie." The male heads of Pilgrim and non-Pilgrim families therefore drew up a compact that bound all signers to accept whatever form of government was established after landing. The compact created a "Civil Body Politic" to enact "just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices." Every adult male had to sign the agreement before going ashore. The compact remained in effect until Plymouth was incorporated into the short-lived Dominion of New England in 1686 and subsequently absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.
The Reader's Companion to American History. Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, Editors. Copyright © 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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