my first blogoversary...

blogoversary... what a strange word...

it's been 365 days since i really got in to this blog thing... 222 posts... i'm rather proud of this number given that i'm gone so many nights on the road... but then i mastered the art of mobile blogging so watch out #2!

it all started with my first nephew...

but my favorite posts this year were...

oprah rant and friends...
wormies...
back yard adventures...
7 year old wisdom...
paying someone else to live my life...
the pants...
poprs...
a day in my life...

and in honor of my blogoversary i think i will give away a prize...

a little something something from the something store...
it was fun last time... just leave me a comment and your entered... nothing more needed...
open til the end of the year ;)

thousdand words...

makes all the snow worth while

He is the master of his own sledding...

seattle nutcracker

Far Mor started the tradition... and B loves it...

this year we decided to take my parents along as well since neither one of them had seen the nutcracker before...



my favorite part...he loved getting dressed up...

this is B with his contest entry... he didn't win but at least this year we found his entry on the wall (there are hundreds!)

driving in a winter wonderland...

super nanny couldn't come to work today because of the more than foot of snow we now have... there was no way i could handle another day of them cooped up so i did what any sane mother would do... i drove them to her... the roads weren't too bad...



and it meant i got to see the starbucks snow man at the drive in... notice his eyes are coffee beans...




and i got to enjoy the mounds of snow in the middle of intersections that northwesterners seem to think are normal even when they plow the streets...



now back to the business of solving the worlds promotional opportunities...

will we ever go back to school???

got the call tonight at dinner... no school tomorrow... see you in the new year...
are they kidding... it's like a crazy christmas present from the school district to the kids... day 3 no school after 2 days of late start before 2 weeks off... this also mean we'll be in school til July...

it does make for some great night time snow walks...

arctic blast 2008

I love the weather men and the news... they acted as if the sky is falling when weather "may" be coming our way...

Friday we were expecting snow... never came... but it got colder and Saturday night the flakes came and by morning there were 4 inches on the ground... still not a blizzard but fun regardless...

as for the arctic blast... according to my atomic weather station it is 18 outside... and in case you forgot i live in the Pacific Northwest... it isn't supposed to be this cold... 2 hour school delay... more snow on wednesday... and B will be out of school from the 22nd to the 5th... please... he must go to school this week and release some energy...

do my cold weather blog friends have ideas for keeping active boys from driving me insane!!!

a day in my life

4 am... C crawls in to our bed and starts talking non stop

5 am... C falls asleep between me and super hubby... too tired to move him

7 am... get up to start the day

7:05 am... walk down the hall to find cat barf/diarrhea/who knows...

7:10 am... get out spot bot...

7:15 am... work phone starts ringing....

7:20 am... B announces he doesn't feel good

8:05 am... B still complaining... i tell him to go lay down

8:45 am... B is running up and down the halls

8:46 am... Tell B he is going to school

8:59 am... C bites me in the stomach... the part without elasticity after 2 10 + lb babies

9:00 am... super nanny arrives and i get to go to work

10:30 am... leave for work stuff

12:30 pm... B comes home from school (half day) in and out of bathroom with upset tummy

12:35 pm... super nanny notices that one of the gerbils is dead and the other one has been eating it...YUCK!!!

1:57 pm... return home from work stuff

1:58 pm... super hubby calls to say he won't be home by 2

2:15 pm... super nanny goes home

2:16 pm... B boots (throws up) all over my bedroom floor because he couldn't make it to toilet

what is your elf name

i love all things elf...so how could i resist...

Your Elf Name Is: Booty Snowballer

Son of a nutcracker!

What's Your Elf Name?

~Anything is good and useful if it's made of chocolate~

one of my first bloggie friends... Veggie Mom sent me this "sweet" award... very apporopriate since I so love chocolate and it came at the right time of the month ;)

The Octamom Award , like All Things Involving Chocolate, came to be in a Silly, but Sweet, way. It was designed by Debi, who blogs at Who Says Eight Is Enough? The award was created in honor of Octamom, who takes her Own Sweet Time about getting things done.

And Why Chocolate, the Nectar of the Gods? Because Chocolate Makes the Heart Grow Fonder! Because of this indelible and irrefutable fact, and just to be a Sweetie Pie, I wish this Chocolate Bling Upon the Heads of All Who Have Blinged Me Before. If you've received this one already, don't fret...Re-Gifting is allowed!

Kristen @ Loving our Simple life (especially after that Dell thing you deserve it...

And even though this Chunk o' Change involves Chocolate, there are a few rules from the Gifter that the Giftee must follow:

1. You must eat a Piece of Chocolate in honor of accepting The Octamom Award.
2. You must, um…..Eat Yet Another Piece of Chocolate when you put The Award on your blog.
3. You must visit Debi B. (who designed the award) by clicking Here. Debi Needs to Know that You Care...especially about Chocolate!
4. Try to go by and see the other Giftees...That's What Linky Love Is For!
5. Don't forget to display This Pretty on your blog!
6. Feel free to add or subtract from the rules as suits your fancy…except the Chocolate Requirements...Those are Mandatory!
7. And, but of course, if you're reading this post & feel like you need a little Chocolate in your life, please Give Yourself The Octamom Award, with our blessing!

*** i've had this for a while and forgot all about it...

flexible spending

i was a VERY poor planner this year with my flexible spending account... I have over $900 left to spend in less than 30 days on health care items... naturally we head to Costco to buy glasses for super hubby and a spare pair for B... $549 down... off to target to get a year's worth of supplies...

thanksgiving round up

a great day!!!