They're so young!!

So we fed the missionaries tonight. I swear they get younger and younger. I took pictures to provide proof. sorta goofy, but I don't think they had anything else to do tonight. Anyway, there you go.

Merry Christmas to me!

So we've had this list of furniture we've been 'meaning to buy'. Of course that means shopping for it, which means draggind 4 children to a furniture store. After finally finding out couches Steve was done- he had no interest in furniture shopping for the rest of his life. That's nice, except that furniture is a big purchase and one we both have to live with. Anyway, today I bit the bullet and went to see a guy that custom makes furniture (since we needed a pretty specific spot filled for our entertainment unit) and he gave me an estimate on what I wanted. Then he let me look through his (wholesale)catalogs and found an entertainment center that will be great, a bedroom set (bed, two nightstands and a dresser) a coffee table and end table and a random coat/umbrella stand. Woo!! The cool thing is that I got it all for about the cost of bedroom sets in the stores! So now we're pretty much set for furniture for a while (well, I'd like a new table too- but it's not as 'urgent' as the other stuff was). I hope Steve likes the stuff I got! It's coming in for pick-up in a week- so you'll get to see pictures next Saturday.

Today's picture

Okay, I'm cheating... Here is a picture of the rug we bought tonight (that should arrive in Jan I think).

Navy rug

It's the navy color. The 1 1/2 inch pile sounds comfy. We've been searching and searching. I'm just glad we finally found something! So yay!

Several things

First of all I got a call from the city manager's office this afternoon. They expect the sidewalks to be finished by tomorrow afternoon (YAY!) they will have patrol cops out there until winter break starts (double yay!) and they are going to complete the street and paint a crosswalk during winter break. Woo!

I woke up at 3 am with a killer headache. I've been woken up by headaches before, but usually I have gone to bed with it and it wakes me up later- never have I gone to bed fine and woken up dying later. I figured out what caused it though. I had a weight watchers frozen dinner last night that had bacon in it. After re-examining the box it was 'turkey bacon'. Good to know. I popped several dozen various pills and sat on the couch (for some reason that helps) until it was time to actually get up for the day. Thankfully my girls all went down for naps at 11:45 and slept until 3:30- so I did too! I love that my kids sleep well, I'm spoiled that way. My headache is gone and I'm still tired- but not non-functional tired (like this morning).

Ashley does 'vocabulary' journaling at school. The teacher will write a word and they have 10 minutes to write about the word. Yesterday's word was Christmas. This is Ashley's journal:

Christmas selbras Jesus brf a ange cum un to them and htey wr fritine and the ange sed un to them dot be ufrad there wus a savr hav bin born

(Christmas celebrates Jesus birth. An angel came unto them and they were frightened and the angel said unto them don't be afraid, there was a savior have been born.)

So I guess we're doing something right that she wrote about Jesus and not Santa right? I'll be back with the PotD later.

Hair and my city council meeting

There you go, you can stop holding your breath now. What do you think? She was trying to give me more body without sacrificing too much length (although I think she cut off several inches). I love how much healthier my hair feels after a haircut. I got hi-lights too, the pictures don't do it justice though.

My meeting. It was interesting. I feel good about going down and saying my piece. I just hope the ball gets rolling. I did notice that they were prepping the empty sidewalk spots for cement today- so hopefully that'll be taken care of soon. I also asked for patrol cars catching speeders since the speeding is horrible and no one seems to obey the school zone speeds, and a crosswalk with a crossing guard. Now I feel free to complain and moan and groan about it since I've done my civic duty. Go me!

My new hair

Um, I haven't forgotten, pictures are taken and uploaded but apparently the server is down? Hopefully I'll be able to post them after I get back from city council meeting.

Today's Picture

Yes- it's still today! Today you're lucky to see a picture of me. I'm getting my hair cut and highlited tomorrow so this is the 'before' picture. Tomorrow you get to see the 'after' picture. I'm still not sure how I'm getting it cut though....