the most “wonderful” time of the year?

I am in full swing Christmas Craziness!! In the next 15 days I have:

– 6 Holiday Parties left that I’m planning
– 3 parties at work
– 5 Christmas Events at church
– 2 Parents coming into town

…and a partridge in a pear tree.

Needless to say I’m BUSY. Unfortunately, a few of those events overlap and I’m missing a couple. Luckily, we are done shopping except for my parents. So at least shopping doesn’t have to fit in the next two weeks too!

What does the next two weeks look like for you? Just as crazy? Are you taking the time to remember why we actually celebrate this holiday??

my first mom “failure”

Can I just say God is good? He really does take care of us.

Ok, the story. It was time to start looking at cribs, but I didn’t want to have to buy something brand new.  I wanted a nice crib for Baby Girl, but wasn’t worried about having the top of the line, brand spankin’ new, most expensive thing out there. So I figured I’d look on Craigslist for a good deal. I had picked out a crib that I wanted, did the research on it and decided to try to find it used to save us some money.

Just a few days later, I found the exact crib on Craigslist!!! The seller claimed that her child had barely slept in it, and it was practically brand new. AWESOME.  She was selling the crib and changing table for a good price, so I figured I better jump on it.

So, we go look at it.  It looks a little different to me than the pictures of it did, but it wasn’t put together and I figured that was why and thought no big deal.  It obviously had been slept in more than a “couple of times” like she claimed, because it was pretty banged up, but we figured we could just touch it up and all would be fine. 

We pay, we leave.  When we get home, I decided to start looking through the parts and everything she sent with it. Ummmmmmmmmm…..it’s NOT the brand or the crib she told us it was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?! I about had a heart attack.  I immediately e-mailed her, laying it all out and asking for our money back. Nope, she wouldn’t budge. 

Maybe I’m too trustworthy? Maybe I think all people should be honest?

Then I go into convincing myself I’m a terrible mom because I got a bad crib for our daughter and wasted all this money on something we couldn’t even use.

Yes, it was recalled because it was unsafe. Terrific.

<—- Seriously?? No thank you.

Well….after I calmed myself, I found out that because the crib was recalled they are giving vouchers to people to get a brand new crib. 

Yesterday I received our voucher to get a BRAND NEW crib for even more than we paid for both the changing table & crib. 

Tonight, I’m going to pick out a really nice, brand new crib for Baby Girl! Thank you Lord for taking care of us! What a blessing this turned out to be.

Maybe I’m not such a bad mom after all? I’m just done buying things for my daughter on craigslist!

I’ve waited long enough.

I’m slightly obsessed with Christmas. Seriously. I can’t get enough. It’s November 3rd and I think I’ve waited long enough before getting out the Christmas Music.

So today, I will be listening to this:

The greatest Christmas Album of all time.

Nope, I’m not ashamed! Not one tiny bit. I was in 7th grade when this album came out, and I’ve listened to it every single year since!

What’s your favorite Christmas album or Christmas song?

 

3 looooooooooong years

I love diet coke. A LOT.

3 years ago today I gave it up.

COLD. TURKEY.

That was not an easy task for me. I drank a lot of diet coke in college.  I mean…A LOT. If you are familiar with “The Barn”, I frequented this place. Many times a few times a day. Me & my girlfriends kept this place in business. I got a text from my friend Tara yesterday saying she was at The Barn getting a diet coke. Made me a little jealous and realize how long it’s been since I’ve had that deliciousness touch my lips. (Tara, I partially blame you for my addiction too!!)

My college roommates. Notice I have TWO barn cups in my hand.
Yeah, that bad.

I can’t believe I’ve made it this long! If you know how bad my obsession was, you’d understand how big of a feat this is!

Have you ever given up something you were overly addicted to? How long did it last? Or is there something you SHOULD give up??

 

happy halloween!!

Hubby & I decided to enjoy a nice relaxing last Halloween before our little one enters the world. We have many years ahead of us of costumes and way too much candy! Luckily it’s Saturday evening and we are curled up on the couch enjoying some college football!

I always loved Halloween as a kid! I wanted to share a few too cute pics of me and the hubby as kiddos.

My first Halloween, as a clown!

Me & my brother with “Winston”, we made him every year!

A cheerleader & a nerd. Oh-so-fitting.

My cute hubby as Raggedy Andy…or a clown?

Brook as Superman/Mighty Mouse. No, this wasn’t actually Halloween,
a daily thing for him but too cute to not share!

I’m really excited to dress up our little girl next year and get candy!! She won’t be old enough to be able to eat the candy so mommy & daddy will get to eat it all!! WOOOOO!!! I hope everyone had a great Halloween!

What was your favorite costume you ever wore as a kid?