It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Yahoo! I'm not a freak anymore for listening to Christmas music! hehe! I waited until November this year. :) Usually I start in October. I just love Christmas music. I got three new CDs this year: The new Amy Grant, Faith Hill and Michael Bublee. All three are outstanding CDs.

Our Thanksgiving was a success. The turkey was juicy, even the white meat, especially the white meat. My dad did a stupendous job! Kudos, Dad! Mom, Grandma and I made the place beautiful by starting to decorate for Christmas, and I did the table with the good china and crystal goblets. I should have taken a picture! I'll do it again for Christmas. We had some neighbors over, Ed, Rebecca and their son Drew. A good time was had by all. Ed got along famously with my nieces and daughters. They had a huge tickle fest. It reminded me of when their Uncle Dan is here. I'm sure there will be plenty of tickle fests at Christmas time when Dan is here. Drew was a big help and seemed to enjoy our chaotic house.

This morning the women in our house all slept in and didn't go shopping. We planned to be out by 10 this morning, but mom had a nightmare and now has a killer migraine. So I'll work on my homework until she is well enough to wake up. I have plenty of homework to keep me busy for the rest of the weekend! YIKES!

Joe comes home in 21 days! Sunday we will be in the teens for the countdown! Wahoo! We are very excited about that. :)

Merry Christmas season, all! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving. I have so much to be thankful for this year.

1. My faith in Jesus has kept me going this year even though it has been one of the hardest years so far. Praise Jesus for that.

2. My husband is so very caring and is trying to do what is best for his family. He is a great, great, man. :)

3. My girls are happy, and healthy. Not to mention pretty cute! :)

4. My parents took us in so that we could have their help through this difficult year.

I could go on. :) Have a Happy Thanksgiving! :)

Grattitudes time!

Enough fussing from me. It is time for grattitudes. Thanks to my MIL who reminded me to count my blessings. That and the Christmas song from White Christmas, "Count your blessings."

1. Joe has a job! And this trip to Holland has upped his job security. And even though he is gone, he isn't in harms way like our men in the military fighting for peoples rights.

2. Tomorrow is a month until Joe comes here to see us! Wahoo!

3. My grandma is coming to visit today. I haven't seen her for quite a long time. It will be so good to see her again. I hope her trip isn't too exhausting for her.

4. My parents. I don't know how I would get through this school year without them. I have so many things going on that I would be a nervous wreck if I had to do it all myself.

5. Jamie and Faith are healthy! Well Faith might have strep again, but we got meds for that. She seems perfectly healthy otherwise. Her ear looked all better this morning when the doctor checked it.

6. I'm grateful for my car, even if it did need a lot of money to fix. It is cute and I still love it. :)

7. My sister and brother in law are coming to Phoenix for Christmas! I can't wait to hug Katie's belly! Baby Sarah and Katie are doing just fine. Praise the Lord!

Thanks for hanging in there through all of my whining. I appreciate all of your support this year. :)

Dang Cute Foreign Car!

My water pump went out and it is going to cost 1000! It is a pain in the butt to fix anything on my foreign car because it is such a pain to get to anything. I'm thinking of skipping my spa day over Christmas. I'll have to ask Joe about it, but sheesh!

Today was a draining day. I got up early to go to school and work on some paper work, and I had a meeting today too. So I'm drained physically, mentally and now my bank account is drained! YIKES!

Maybe not 3 months

Joe said that he may not be stuck in The Netherlands for a while 3 extra months. If they get the parts soon, he may be able to get home sooner. I sure hope so, because I'm so ready to go home. Not that I don't love my parents, I do. I just miss my house, my bed, my things, my friends. And I especially miss Joe.

Not much happening here. Jamie and Faith are loving school. Faith is gaining some ground that she's lost by being behind. Her teacher says that she is doing better. I hope to have her more caught up by the beginning of 3rd grade. It is a lot of work, and so far we've been up to the task.

My school work is going well. I am back to learning how to teach kids to read. Thank goodness! I have a year and a month left in my program, then I'll have my Master's! Wahoo! :)

3 more months!

Joe has to be in Holland another 3 months! NO WAY! He was supposed to come home at the end of March. So now he might not be home until July. We might be able to go see him in the summer, so that would be fun. I wish we could all just be together again. I don't know how Armed Forces wives do this all of the time. At least Joe is not in harms way.

Why I don't have a family bed!

Unless I got a bed like this!

Halloween pictures!

Here is Little Red Ridinghood and Princess Fiona from Shrek. :)We went to our Church. We were doing a carnival and trunk or treat. It was fun. Then Faith and I went trick or treating back at home. :) We only went to a few houses. We didn't really need more candy. :)