Happy New Year

This is the perfect day to do this list of favorites for my blog. We’ll call it April’s faves of 2006 or something.

Favorite flavor: Um, I’ve been drinking a lot of hot chocolate. Shall I go with chocolate yet again? Stephens Milk Chocolate. With whipped cream please.
Favorite moment: Of the whole year? Yikes. I have so many yummy moments with my kiddos. Smiles, kisses and cuddles… Mmmm… There have been a lot of good ones. I did love holding my nephew Brannon for the first time. Lets go with that.
Favorite song: The video for Over and Over is on here for a good reason. That song is special to me. Definitely a favorite.
Favorite part of your body: Um, my legs. I’ve always liked my legs.
Favorite place: Hitting Park City with the squirrely girls has got to be right up there. I love Park City. Love my squirrely friends too.
Favorite goal you reached: Reaching HWL with Arrie was bittersweet, since I made it the night of the patch. (Meaning I couldn’t purchase the weapons I’d earned the right to buy.) I’m glad I did it, but am still working towards those things that should have been been mine that night. :p
Favorite movie: Didn’t go to the movies much this year – but I did love the Lake House. That might be the only movie I saw in the theater. Yikes!
Favorite smell: Hmmm… I think I’ll say new babies. We’ve had lots this year in our family. More coming too. Mmmmm…
Favorite clothing item: This sweater and these jeans.
Favorite season: Actually, this year it was Spring. I got to walk a lot and take some cool pictures of flowers and such.

Hope anyone reading this has a safe and happy New Year.

Cuteness

We're still dealing with sick kiddos - all of them have had a turn at throwing up now. Fun fun! I've actually been enjoying the time with them. A few days where we take it easy can be a nice thing.

I've been slacking in sharing pics of my sweeties. I didn't really take many pictures on Christmas morning (unusual, I know) but it was kinda dark and I was half asleep. I did get this one of my babe. Isn't he getting big? He still gives me a hard time when I try to take pictures of him. He wants to play with all of the camera buttons and makes a beeline for the lens. :p
Love him so much! Lucky me, it's time to go cuddle with his cuteness. :)

Take two

Yesterday was a very long day. Little Vern joined Elijah in throwing up all day and night long. My job was to give them showers and baths, help with emptying bowls and a bunch of laundry. (I think every blanket we own got barfed on at some point.) Oh, and I provided kisses and cuddles. Lots and lots of cuddles. My favorite.
They both seem a little better today. Of course, I'm not sure I feel all that hot at the moment, but I think I'm going to call it lack of sleep rather than declaring myself sick. And I haven't exercised yet, that always makes me feel better. I probably should at least run/walk for a bit before I start playing. I need to keep cleaning too so that whatever bug those boys have had doesn't spread any further. So I guess this might just be long day, take two. :p

Cuddles and Gatorade

We were doing so well. We made it this far into winter without anyone getting sick. (Go us!) Well, it was bound to happen, right? Elijah has thrown up four times so far today. Poor baby. Lots of cuddles and gatorade on tap for him today.

Christmas was good. The most important thing for me was having happy kiddos. They were. I'm so glad they are easy to please. With their computer coming early and all of them needing clothes there wasn't as much fun stuff under the tree as some years. They didn't seem to mind. I love my sweet kiddos!

Well, I hope those who read this little blog of mine had a fabulous Christmas. I need to go cuddle with my babe.

Christmastime

I didn't get any cards in the mail in time to let people know that we love them and are thinking of them this Christmas. Not everyone reads my blog, but for those who do - in spite of being a little busy and lost at this time of year, you're thought of, loved and wished a very merry Christmas. :)

Oh, and here's how the new tree is looking. Love it! I need to get more pics of the kiddos in front of it, and maybe even have Brandon get a shot of me and Vern.

Friends and Photographs

So after being grumpy all day yesterday because I coudn't play WoW, I could if I wanted to right now but I'm here instead. :p I am such a moody girl. lol
You know, I've said this before and will likely say it again - it's not really about the game, it's about the people you play with. Last night Vern was in AQ with his guild laughing his head off on vent. He needed that. At the same time I was upset and Jody had me smiling in no time. (Muah!) Then this morning I logged in and was greeted with much needed hugs from a friend. (Thanks monkey!)
Yep, it's about the people more than anything.
I log onto the squirrely boards for girl talk (been slacking there lately, sorry!) and I log into WoW to play and hang out. Don't get me wrong, the game itself is fun, but much less so without cool people to play it with.

Oh, and speaking of cool - I'm so excited to announce that my camera seems to be working. Yay! Vern went to pictureline yesterday & bought some new batteries for it. (The biggest problem it had been having was that it'd just randomly shut down, even with a newly charged battery in it, I was hoping we just needed new ones - the ones we had were a few years old.) Anyhow I charged 'em up and was able to take pictures of my tree last night. (No, I didn't sleep again. Missed an important call and stayed up much of the night hoping they'd call back. Took lots of tree pictures... lol) So, with four days 'til Christmas I'm ready to capture all of the new memories.
Yay!

Well, I really should go exercise and at some time today I should see if Elijah will nap with me. I might log into WoW to see if Jody's on and if Eric got the pictures we sent. Maybe do some pvp - been slacking there.

Pictures coming soon! Yay! Blogging is much more fun with pictures. :)

disconnected

I have to admit, having no internet for most of today made for one grumpy April. Yes it did mean that I got some stuff done around here. (What does a frustrated April do? If you guessed clean and exercise like a mad-woman you'd be right.) I also had some quality cuddle time with Elijah and little Vern. All good things, but it doesn't stop me from being upset that I couldn't play at all.
Oh, and to add insult to injury, now that I finally can get online I'm over three hundred in queue to get into Draenor.
Well, at least that means that I have a minute to blog.

Three's

Yeah, I'm actually blogging for the third day in a row. Don't fall over or anything. lol
Thing is I'm not sure what I'm going to blog about. Hmmmm... Maybe a list since I'm blanking.

Three reason's I'm not ready for Christmas.
I can't find the kid's stockings. Might be time to buy new ones. :p
I haven't bought cards yet. Yikes. I may not get anything sent to my family in Canada in time. :(
I haven't been on an evening drive yet to see Christmas lights. Need to fix that.

Three songs on today's playlist.
Far Away - Nickelback
By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
My Immortal - Evanescence

Three people in my thoughts.
Becky (who's been scarce of late)
Lori (who's burying her son today)
Jody (just because)

Three things I still need to do today.
Spend some quality time on my treadmill. I'm sore from lifting weights yesterday - lower body day today.
Get out of my bathrobe & into some clothes. (Lazy, I know... :p But it's so comfy & I'm not planning on going anywhere.)
Cuddle some more with Elijah. Mmmmm...

Brrrrr...

You know the big window that I enjoy my desk being under in the summer? Well, in spite of us doing a gazillion things to try to insulate it for the winter I feel like I might as well be sitting outside half of the time with the air that comes in. With how cold it's been here lately this is not a good thing. I wrap myself up in a blanket, but there's no help for my hands and arms. My hand that needs to be on the mouse get it the worst. Brrrrrr... Makes it hard to play well or ps well. Meanwhile, I've been living on hot chocolate and begging for hugs wherever I can get 'em.

I hope anyone out there reading this is warm wherever they are. If not I'll share my hot chocolate. :)

Have a great day.

Ahhhhhh...

I finally got to log into WoW tonight and they were about to shut down our realm for some reason. Grrrrr... I made it (mostly awake) through everything we had to do today and was really looking forward to some play time. :p I took the opportunity to run on my treadmill, which gave me some much needed energy. Now what to do with myself? This is my treasured "me" time, when everyone's asleep. Guess I could find me a book, or run a few more miles, or check WoW one more time...

Sadness

My camera is broken. :(
I ended up having to take Ben & Wendy's pictures with their camera. (Thank goodness they have a decent one.) It started giving me error 99 messages almost every shot, and then just kinda died at the shoot. I'm so sad. Right before Christmas too. Grrrrrr...

*sigh*

Well, I didn't sleep last night and have lots of family stuff to do today. I'd better shower and figure out how to keep myself awake long enough to make it through the day. Have to be at Vern's parents at 11. Wish me luck!

Happy Sunday! :)

Sleepy Me

So when I finally tried to go to sleep last night it just wasn't happening. (Grrrrr...) That makes for a groggy April today. I'm seriously not sure that I've been fully awake for a month. :p There have been good things going on, stressful things going on - well there's just been lots going on.

Anyhow, I do plan to try and blog on a more regular basis again. I have a Christmas photo shoot on Saturday and hope to get some pictures for myself as well, seeing as I'm dusting my camera off. I do love our new tree - need to get some shots of the kiddos in front of it. Still not feeling all that Christmas-y for some reason, but am working on it. :p I'm already enjoying some big gifts. I have a new treadmill (I'm so excited to be able to have another way to move even when it's cold outside & I can't go anywhere) and an anniversary band. (Yep, 10 years and I finally have some diamonds on that finger. Pretty ones, too.)

Like I said, there will be pictures. For now I just want to say Have a Great Day!

It starts right now.

It's December already and I'm barely thinking about putting up the Christmas tree. Wow, I am so behind in everything it seems. I've been a litle lost and am just trying to keep my head above water so to speak. November whizzed on by (Mmmmmm... pumpkin pie) and now I'm trying to convince myself that Christmas really is upon us.

Sooo... today is dedicated to making my home look like it's December and making me feel like it. I'm going to crank up the Christmas carols, make some rice crispy treats and hot chocolate and ask my sweet kiddos help me put up our tree.