My Archives: December 2002
Saturday, December 28, 2002
We just finished watching Stuart Little 2, I think the original was better tho. Greg is watching Minority Report now, I'm watching out the corner of my eye but it isn't real appealing to me so far.
Nothing real exciting happened here today just more of the usual, crocheting to pass the time but I am utterly bored with the doily I'm working on, I'd rather be making curtains. The rest of the time I spent drawing and putting Angela's clothes back on her, that child will not stay dressed I reckon she's under the impression this is a baby strip-club lol I'm convinced she could get out of a straight-jacket lol
We're talking about heading out shopping with 'Taye and Bradley tomorrow but I don't know if I'm real fond of the idea of hitting Toys-R-Us with both of them this soon after Christmas, can ya tell I hate shopping with a passion? lol
It looks like it's gonna be a long night so I'm off to kill some time before I go visiting all my lil bloggin buddies :) Have a great Sunday ya'll!
Posted by Aretha @ 08:33 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, December 26, 2002
I've had a pretty calm day, when I got up Greg had the tree down and all put away for me. He had moved my printer and scanner and re-organized my desk, and straightened the living-room for me too!
There were left-overs so I didn't have to cook which was a great thing since the onion disaster lol thank goodness we had plenty so I could toss the mush-mess and start over ;)
I'm sure tomorrow will be a wild day tho, he is gonna go run a car-wash for a friend and try to teach her 16 year old son the concept of working lol.
I finally got the pics of my lil ones up if you want to see em just click the pictures link over there on the left :) I tried to have the same amount of pics of all the kids but 'Taye is still a little shy about all her missing teeth lol, and poor lil Bubba just wasn't feeling very cooperative..'Taye didn't want to smile at all, and Bubba ended up with his eyes crossed in most of his lol. I guess he gets the "camera avoidance" from me, I despise having my picture taken. Greg tried to take pics all day yesterday and well to be quite honest I gave him "the bird" everytime he picked up the cam lol I know that's not nice but he knows to stay away from me with those things unless I get dressed specifically for pictures. He says "well don't you think your friends might want to see you too?" I figure why cause someone to fall out of the chair from fright or get choked laughin at me rofl. eh maybe one of these days ;)
I'm off to bed now I think, I'll visit all my lil bloggin buddies tomorrow :)
Have a great Friday ya'll!Posted by Aretha @ 10:38 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, December 25, 2002
What a day! I have had less than 3 hours sleep and am soooo ready for bed it's not even funny! The kids opened all their gifts last night, Santa had to bring them early in case of bad weather lol, but he did drop by to stuff the stockings ;) I got all the cooking done last night except the tater salad which i did today, I thought it didn't taste quite right but everyone else seemed to think it was good so I guess maybe it was lol
We had a slight dusting of snow and freezing rain which was good i spose since it meant that nobody got stranded and couldn't make it out here to eat. I told Greg this was my last dinner, but I say that everytime I cook lol. Oh the new food processor..omg you could get hacked to pieces lol it sliced my taters for me which would've taken me half the bloomin day to slice myself and bam they were done. But OMG! last night I was chopping onions for the dressing and I ended up with "onion mush soup" rofl my little processor I can flick it on high and it still takes a lil time to chop but omg even on low this thing went hog wild lol it was definitely an experienceI'm gonna try to get some pics of the kids posted within the next few days, we took several last night and today but some just don't look real hot so I'm gonna have to sift thru and find the better ones, I'll add them on a seperate link instead of here in the middle of my mindless mumbling lol
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!
Posted by Aretha @ 07:29 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, December 24, 2002
I know I'm supposed to be cooking and such but I just had to take a minute to let ya'll know we are under a snow advisory! Can you believe this?! The weather page says 1 to 3 inches! Now down south we seldom pay attention to what the weather actually says lol but this could mean we will either have a blizzard or nothing rofl Can you imagine me if we actually get snow? Scary thought ain't it? hehe Thank goodness I won't have to leave the house unless something major happens. The bad part is living out here in the boonies we stand a good shot at losing power, me without tv or the net? egad! lol but at least I'll have heat, course as mad as I would get would keep things nice and warm anyhow ;)
Ok I'm off to make my visits before Greg gets back from town, I'm sorry I didn't get to visit last night but I admit I was just bein lazy lol
Ya'll stay warm and for those that have gotten a blizzard stay safe! Each one of you are in my hearts and I hope you all have the best possible Christmas you can have!!
Merry Christmas ya'll!Posted by Aretha @ 04:06 PM CST [Link]
Monday, December 23, 2002
Run for your lives! I have somehow been roped into cooking again! There are 2 less to cook for this time, so that drops the grand total to 8, course Greg eats enough for 5 people by himself lol and Waymond bless his heart he's right in competition with Greg, after I get done doin all the cookin I could care less if I eat it lol I'm usually so tired I'd rather just stumble off to bed. So tomorrow I'll be up to my elbows in onion since I have to make a dozen skillets of dressin and a truckload of tater salad,oh joy ;) Greg did get me a bigger food processor so I can get more accomplished but I'm sure I'll still be complainin, now this sounds dense I know but what else can you expect from me right? lol What in tarnation is a dough blade??? the new processor has somethin called a dough blade.. yeah I know I might actually find out if I would open the box, but once I open it then I'll have to start using it lol
I couldn't find any flowers this year to take to the cemetary so this will make 2 years I've missed goin on Christmas day, maybe it'll be easier if I don't go tho.Lil Angela was up and down all night, wanting rocked, I guess she missed mommy as much as I missed her :) I'm just lost when she's at mom's, but I did get alot accomplished while she was gone. All the gifts are wrapped and under the tree, except for the stockin stuff, I got more graphics made which is good cause I've been working on a Bears of the World set for ages and the little break gave me enough time to get them all done.
I'll visit everyone tonight that way I can make sure and catch the latest posts ;)
Posted by Aretha @ 02:53 PM CST [Link]
Saturday, December 21, 2002
It's basically been a nice quiet day here, Greg did some work on the house but luckily I slept thru it lol. I didn't go to bed til like 5 am so I was way past being beat, now Greg & 'Taye are asleep on the couch and I thought I'd take a quick break from wrapping to do a little blogging :) I have missed being able to keep up with everyone I just feel so out of it, but hopefully I can get back on track now that this shoppin and shippin mess is all over. The only package left that has to go out of state is gonna be delievered by his grandparents, they decided to go up north for Christmas since they spent thanksgiving with us, I'm glad they are gonna deliver for us tho, the package would cost an arm and leg to ship lol it's one of those huge boxes you get from u-haul lol
Gonna head over to visit my blog buddies and let 'Taye get real sound asleep before I start wrapping the kids gifts, I swear that child can't keep a secret from anyone BUT me lol
I will try to blog again before Christmas but if I don't please don't hold it against me, Monday is our anniversary and I'm determined to spend a little time with my sweet-pea ;) so just in case I don't get to catch up again before... ya'll have a Very Merry Christmas!!
sending lots of angel huggs to all, from all The DeVoe's!Posted by Aretha @ 09:03 PM CST [Link]
Friday, December 20, 2002
I finally got all the crochet projects finished and ready to go, I thought I would pull my hair out last night trying to do the bows for the lil angels but I finally got that tiny ribbon to cooperate. All is quiet here for the moment, mom has Angela tonight, and Bradley is with Greg's grandparents so we could get a lil last second shopping done and spend a little time together. I am the only one awake for now, but I have to get Greg & 'Taye up after bit so we can hit wal-mart, I couldnt stand the thoughts of going earlier when it was so crowded so we decided to wait til extremely late. The only shopping left other than my mom is my little nieces and nephews which are all "adopted" except Greg's sister's lil one. Well I'm off to rest just a little before I have to wake up the grumpies lol
Have a great weekend!Posted by Aretha @ 10:26 PM CST [Link]
Thursday, December 19, 2002
Well it's official I am completely outside my mind! Brace yourselves......I seriously told Greg today that I want another baby! ok pick yourselves up, and stop lookin up the number for the men in white coats already! I know completely and totally off the beam aint I? Yes, I admit my clock has been ticking pretty loud lately, and I've actually had thoughts about another baby but always came to my senses.
Ok enough of that for now lol Tomorrow is the last day of school for awhile thank goodness! I really need the vacation from driving, I just wish they still started the Christmas break like they used to, cause I sure could've used this week to accomplish things.
I told Greg that he might as well expect a pair of pantyhose lol, well that got me a mighty peculiar look, but I have come up with the perfect gift, after reading Andrea's post about John lol I'm gonna get some pink tights, a tutu and some slippers and make him dance for me rofl! Thanks for the idea Andrea ;)
Well I gotta get back to work, if I can work all night I can make a good dent in things, I'm just lucky Greg gets off early in the mornin and can take 'Taye to school for me.
Oh I keep forgetting something... thanks to Jana for getting me set up with Greymatter, I'm liable to learn somethin yet ;) lol
Posted by Aretha @ 10:38 PM CST [Link]
Tuesday, December 17, 2002
Things are so hectic here I don't think I will ever catch up. I say every year I won't wait until the last minute to do Christmas stuff,but here I sit still behind. We haven't mailed any packages or cards yet, gonna do that Friday, I just hope I can get everything finished by then. We have to go this weekend and finish the shopping, we still haven't got my mom anything cause she gives the same answer I give when asked what she wants, nothin', lol The school sent home a note yesterday that 'Taye has to bring something on Friday for the party and a girl gift, this is the first notice we have had, they make me so mad i could scream, wait until the day before and then want money grrr, we could've got the gift last weekend instead of having to make a special trip thru the week, but no guess that would've been too easy ;) Gotta remember to get Greg and anniversary gift while we are out too, if he will ever tell me what he wants, think I'll tell him if he doesn't make up his mind I'll buy him a pair of panty-hose rofl
Well I'm gonna try to stay up long enough to make a few visits but if I don't get by tonight I will definitely get by to visit tomorrow :)Posted by Aretha @ 10:32 PM CST [Link]
Sunday, December 15, 2002
Hi ya'll! I just wanted to make a quick post to let ya'll know I'm still here, and I'm sorry I haven't been able to be online, all 3 of my babies are sick right now and are pulling me in a million different directions right now. My ribs are getting better tho, I can now lay on my side and actually get in normal positions now instead of squirming trying to find a comfortable breathing position :)
I'm sorry this is such a late post and so short, but I've got a little one needing mommy and I've got to try to get her settled so everyone can get enough rest so 'Taye can try to go to school in the morning. Hope to catch up with everyone soon!Posted by Aretha @ 10:36 PM CST [Link]
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Hi Aretha...just testing your blog for you. I'll e-mail you and let you know what you have to do. Hope you enjoy this so much easier than the other way! :o)
Lotsa hugs!
Posted by Jana @ 01:09 PM CST [Link]
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