Monday, December 14, 2009

The Longest Week EVER!!!

When I leave the JP Morgan Christmas party Thursday night, I will not be back until 01/04/2010!! I am SOOOOOOO excited!! One of the few nice things about working for JPMC is that they require you to take a two week absence from the office on a yearly basis. So instead of starting with 2 or 3 weeks of vacation, you start with four. Well, mine is rapidly approaching!!! However, if the rest of the week goes by as slow as today has, it is going to take FOREVER.
Mike's family has a big Christmas party every year...we attended that Saturday night. I can promise you, there were some VERY hungover people around Sunday!! There was a karaoke machine, which I must report was hogged A LOT by my son and husband...
Yes, they are closet Karaoke freaks!! Mike actually sang a song that was NOT "Neon Moon!!' It was a load of fun...especially for those who were doing Jager Bombs and sucking down whiskey and 7's!! Case in point...meet Drunk, Drunkee, Drunker and Drunkest...not necessarily in that order!!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Fa La La La La....La La-La-Laaaaaa

Well, I FINALLY got my Christmas decorations out! The tree is up...
The stockings are hung by the chimney with care...
The wreath is on the door...THANKS Troop 772...
And my little helpers are all pooped out...

While I do miss my sweet little baby angel, I must admit I LOVE having an "almost" teenage daughter!! I can use anything and everything going on in her life to make her behave, help out, rub my feet...JUST KIDDING about the foot thing. It is great, it goes something like this... "Jordan, do you want to go to the movies tomorrow with your friends? Then you BETTER start helping me put up these Christmas decorations!!" "Jordan, do you want to go to Keaton's (her boyfriend) family Christmas party this Saturday? Then you BETTER make an A on both your Texas History AND Science tests this week!!" Tee hee hee...it is AWESOME!!! Hey...don't judge me!! ESPECIALLY if you are one of those "NON" breeder friends I have!!!

Anyway, Jackson has officially submitted his list for Christmas...and the good news is, I have already gotten A LOT of the stuff!! He still believes in the Fat Man in Red...but this is PROBABLY our last year for that. He told Mike and I the other day that these CRAZY girls in his YMCA after school group told him that there is no Santa Claus..."It is your parents dummy!" I asked him what he thought about that, and he said..."I told them I KNOW there is a Santa Claus, because he comes to my house EVERY year and brings me things that my Mom and Dad would NEVER buy for me!!" Gotta love him...