Snoozzie

It’s the first Monday/work day of 2010. Guess how I started my day off?

5:30 am BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

SLAP!

5:39 am BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

SLAP!

5:48 am BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

SLAP!

That went on for about 50 minutes longer than it should have.

Well I’m at work now so it’s all good.

One thing that’s kinda annoying is the people at work who are complaining to me that their vacation was too short blah blah blah...

You know what? I was here doing YOUR work while you were home with your family so suck it.

That’s all for today – Happy first Monday of 2010!

***I'm really not cranky today - just feeling a little sarcastic that's all :)

Thanksgiving Vacation Days 3, 4 and 5

Okay, so I missed blogging about Thanksgiving Vacation Days 3, 4 and 5….but I was busy!

If you missed Day 1 and Day 2, here is a quick recap;

I caught a show in the city on Wednesday night;

(Automatic Fire @ the TLA on South Street, Phila)

Thursday (Turkey Day) was at my Moms house and it was wonderful. It was so relaxing with just my parents, brothers, my husband and I. There was no family drama or huge mess to clean up.

We decorated Mom's Christmas tree...one of them anyway

...ate a wonderful meal and spent time together as a family just relaxing. We went to bed rather early so that we could get up with the crazies (who am I kidding...we ARE the crazies!) to do some Black Friday shopping!

Friday started at 2:30 AM (better than last year…we started at midnight then) with a large cup of Wawa coffee and lots money to burn…well not so much the lots of money part. Anyway, we made our way through a few stores stopping for breakfast along the way. We made out pretty well and got done most of our Christmas shopping. Then around 10:00 AM we dropped the bags off at home, took a nap, woke up and had lunch (turkey day round # 2) and then went back out for MORE SHOPPING Y’ALL!!!! My best buy was an awesome set of bed sheets that were $89.99. I scored them for $14.99 + 15% off of that…you figure it out. I can’t tell you what I else I got cuz it’s for Christmas DUH!

Saturday I can’t even remember but I’m sure it was good.

Sunday was great because we did this…

(Thats our house all done up for Christmas!)

My Dad brought over a bucket truck to get the lights up top. That man is like a kid with a toy when it comes to using the bucket truck...any excuse he gets I tell ya!

That brings us to today…its back to work, with a sore back/neck and a cold thats turned into a sinus infection…I guess the fun had to end sometime.

How was your Thanksgiving vacation? Is your tree up yet?

Thanksgiving Vacation Day 2...Stuffed

Stuffed, that about sums it all up! The turkey is kickin in right about now and I'm about to hit the sheets (got to get some rest for Black Friday shopping starting at 4AM!) but before I go to bed I wanted to say what I am most thankful for on this day of thanksgiving;

I am thankful for my family who supports one another and picks each other up when one is down. My family is the best thing in my life and not a day goes by that I don't think about how lucky I am to have them. I am blessed.

What are you most thankful for today?

You can read about Thanksgiving Vacation Day 1 here

bears, snakes, caterpillars and rocks

I guess the rain rain go away chant worked because it only rained one night of our camping trip. The rest of the days were crisp, cool and beautiful...

(our campsite at Hickory Run State Park, PA)

I didn't see any bears unlike this woman.

And since I had no such luck trying to find one I had to settle on this really ferocious looking Caterpillar...

And this snake...

(the snake is either a black rat snake or eastern water snake - either way the snake is not poisonous)

And who doesn't love a field of freakin rocks?

(That is Boulder Field which was made by a glacier.)

All in all it was a good camping trip - no buggies and lots of good food. And who couldn't relax with a view like this?

Perfection.

Lessons Learned from Camping

Well, I did it. I survived my first camping trip! Although it rained hard & often it was still a great time.



What did I learn?

1. Food cooked over a campfire is way better {and a lot easier to clean up}
2. Camping is absolutely exhausting but relaxing by the fire makes it well worth it
3. My mattress at home that I aways complain about....it isn't so bad anymore
4. Try and remember to pack a pillow...
5. ...and a toothbrush
6. Old jeans and TShirts....glad I went with them
7. There is no way to water proof a tent
8. You WILL get wet & dirty no matter what
9. I can deal with the rain and dirt but I cannot deal with spiders
10. I could definitely do this again!