Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Here Comes Santa Claus...


Well the man in the red suit is on his way again. We have bought and put up the tree, a live blue spruce this year. It's covered in glittery snowflakes and garland.


Little Man has Chistmas Carols on Thursday night after which we are leaving to visit my dad overnight in Marble Falls and to take my grandmother who is down in Texas from Ohio shopping in the quaint little town of Fredrickburg. I am going to try to convince my dad to keep the kiddos over night on Saturday night.


James and I plan to do the Santa shopping at this time so that the kiddos are not around when all the money flys the coop.

Pray for us...

© 2006 CM

Friday, November 24, 2006

Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving

Well we made it through Thanksgiving. It was nice. My family is kind of changing these days. My aunt was out of town with my cousins but my dad and mom and sister made it to the dinner at my grandparents along with my uncles and another grandmother and a cousin. Plus of course my niece, nephew and my hubby and kids. It was a nice turn out and a wonderful meal. I decided to go over a little early and help my grandmother so that I could learn how to make all the fixings. Plus I made candied sweet potatoes from scratch.

I am also cooking on Sunday for my parents, uncle, grandmother, sister, niece, nephew and my hubby and kids at my house. I am make a traditional hungarian dish that my grandmother taught my mom who taught me. The receipe is four or five generations old and it takes all day but it is so worth it. I am trying to make this a tradition as well. The weekend after Thanksgiving everyone comes to my house for a day of cooking and family time.

We are considering getting a "new to me" vehicle. I want a Trailblazer EXT and I found one I like for a price I like here in Austin. I hope that we can get financed for it and if not then we just wait until we have tax return money and the dealer will be more likely to finance. Plus we aren't backed up against the wall on this one so we have time to negotiate.

I am working today on Black Friday and much as I would like to be home or shopping for great deals I am getting Overtime pay plus holiday so it works out great for me.

I have my lunchtime in about 20 minutes. Gotta get some stuff done before that so ta-ta for now.

© 2006 CM

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

So I'm a Slacker....

AND?!?!

No seriously, life has just been too busy to keep up with this blog recently. So I guess I should give a run down of where things are right now huh?

Little Man quit football as we just don't have the time to do all of this and both of us work opposite shifts.

Ms. Personality has a mullet since she asked her bubba to cut her hair for her! Oy!

Miracle Babe is talking up a storm and has a head full of little ringlets.

James is still working nights and his 28th birthday is coming up in 4 days. I have to figure out what the hell I am going to get him.

The last two weeks James and I were on vacation and were able to get all the doctor appointments and house/yard work done and get in one night out dancing. He managed to make it for one night to Houston to go fishing with his Dad and took the kiddos. Which means that I was alone in the house for one whole night in I don't know how long. I have to say it was nice to eat a meal, watch a television show and take a bath without three little indians bouncing around my knees while I pee....

I am back at work now and will be putting in 12 hour days for the rest of the week at least so that my check evens out since my boss screwed it up while I was gone. Not that she isn't a good boss but this part of it sucks.

We are making plans for Thanksgiving. I am sure we will be at my grandmother's for Thanksgiving again this year and then I have promised to spend that weekend with my Dad. So James and the kids and I will do that. I think while we are up there I will try to make it to Coldspring Granite and acquire another large granite rock or two for the yard.

I have a brand new iPod 30GB Video from my job for free. We had a contest and my team won. We all got one. Plus at the end of this month we all get one of these:



Have I said how much I like my job yet?

Well I do...Alot.

© 2006 CM

Friday, October 13, 2006

Friday the 13TH


A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.

History

There have been a number of events known as "Black Fridays" in history. Usually, these events are devastating. Some historians propose that the origin of the "Black Friday" was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into admitting heresy.

Effects

Strangely, there is evidence to suggest that Friday the 13th is actually unlucky. Psychologists have found that some people are especially likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th[citation needed]. This has been attributed to such people feeling a heightened state of anxiety on that day (see nocebo effect). The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina estimates that in the United States alone, $800 or $900 million is lost in business each Friday the 13th because people will not fly or do business they would normally do. [1]

The date is also well-known in the motorcycle (biker) community: since 1981, motorcycle enthusiasts and vendors gather every Friday the 13th in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. This tradition started on November 13, 1981 by Chris Simons as a gathering of approximately 25 friends. The event has grown substantially, with an estimated 100,000 people attending in August 2004, as well as music bands, vendors, a bike show, etc.

In the Spanish-speaking world, it is Tuesday the 13th (as well as Tuesdays in general) that brings bad luck[citation needed]; a proverb runs En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques (on Tuesday, neither get married nor start a journey).

Sunday, September 10, 2006

REFLECTIONS ON FATHERHOOD....

As I looked at Dylan's football helmet after I put the new stickers with his name onto it it got me thinking. Seeing his last name on his jersey and this one I had just put on his helmet for him, holding it in my hands, I started to tear up. The only thought running through my head was " I will give this boy every opportunity that I never had to be the best at whatever he sets his heart to."

© 2006 JM

Friday, September 01, 2006

First Scrimmage

New Football Movie

This is a movie of all of the pictures that we have so far from Summer Camp.


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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Little GridIron Giant



This is the first one and then the Friday Night Lights....

Friday Night Lights


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So, I finally got one of the videos of Dylan practicing Pee Wee up and running. Check it OUT!

© 2006 CM

Who's Behind the Madness

  • I'm Drama Mama
  • From Austin, Texas, United States
  • I am a 24 year old married mother of three, which were supposed to be two, but we were surprised with our little miracle after a failed tubal. I was the goody-goody who was college bound and sheltered to the max and I married the bad boy three years older than me after we got knocked-up. I AM the cliche but it worked out well because I would have been a collegiate partier. Now I am the ring leader at the madhouse which we lovingly refer to as the circus.
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