September 25th, 2010 karebear
I am so getting excited for shopping for Christmas. I finally am able to get my niece what I called dibs on when she was born–an Easy Bake Oven! I had one when I was younger and absolutely loved it. I think it is a great gift and I hope she loves it as much as I did. I loved making fudge and brownies, oh and I can’t forget cookies. I have always been a chocolate fan. I went to Hasbro website and man, Easy Bake Oven has really extended the recipes. Now you can make donuts and waffles or pretzels. Is it wrong when she opens it up at Christmas, I am going to encourage her to make some stuff so I can “help” her. The best thing about this gift is, I can always buy her additional mixes. So there’s one gift done, about 14 more to go!
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September 24th, 2010 karebear
When we go to California, we are doing something neither of us have even done. We are renting a car! I am kind of excited because I like trying out new things and I want a new car. I am hoping we try a car we haven’t tried like a Corolla. I can not believe how much they want to charge you for a GPS system or even some kind of roadside assistance plan. I would rather use my own (okay my dad’s–Andy doesn’t think we need a GPS–he doesn’t think we need it in where we live–he doesn’t seem to realize I really don’t know how to get places–I am just lucky a lot of the time!) Let’s just hope we don’t damage the car!
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September 24th, 2010 karebear
Because I live in Brown County, I get to go into a raffle for a chance to get 4 Packer tickets in the 300 level of Lambeu Field every season for the low price of $67. You can either get stuck with a preseason game or a regular season game. But if you do get a preseason game, it is guartneed if your name is drawn the next year, then you will get a regular season game. For about 5 years, I have gotten all regular season games, until this year. This year, I got stuck with the Colts vs Packers. But my husband got the Vikings vs Packers. Which at the time seemed like it was going to make us mucho dollars. Well with Favre waivering back and forth and the Vikings losing their first two games, the value of our tickets were going down. We lost money on our preseason–Andy even ended up going–which most people do at least once with their tickets. I went 5 years, bored outta my mind! But they were offering $200 a ticket. Even though Andy wanted more, $250 a ticket, he did not feel like gambling with Favre getting hurt or sucking again this weekend or the chance Aaron Rodgers could get hurt. So we did come out ahead. At least the Packers are paying me back for all those days growing up and being stuck in my house because of the darn traffic!
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September 21st, 2010 karebear
So we have really taught Gabe something really cool. When he’s ready to go to bed, we have taught him to say nite nite. Problem I found out today, is sometimes he says it just to get back to his room beyond the gate (sometimes that kid is just too smart for his own good). But in the last week, he’s started something really good. He started saying nite nite himself without us even saying it. Problem is, he started saying it at about 7 which is a little too early. His normal bed time was closer to 9, but I think he decided to he wasn’t getting enough sleep, maybe thinking he was getting dark circles under his eyes, but we started to put him down about 8 at night. That is a good comprimise. He still sleeps till about 6ish in the morning, but now if he wakes a little too early, he will play with himself (giggled to himself for about 20 minutes this morning). I am so happy that he is making his own schedule, but I kind of hate that he starts this now because we are going to totally screw with it going to Fresno!
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September 21st, 2010 karebear
Is it wrong, I am kind of excited to watch this new show on TLC–Sister Wives? I love reality TV. I thought my hubby would think less of me for wanting to watch it, but he told me he wants to watch it too. He said he’s always wondered about that whole dynamic. It is a very interesting concept. I love my husband, I do not know if I could handle him loving 2 other women and having children with them also. It just doesn’t make sense in my head. But whatever, whatever trips your trigger, right? I know what I am doing next Sunday night!
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September 21st, 2010 karebear
In a couple of weeks or more, we are on our way to Fresno, CA for my best friends wedding. I am getting really excited, but also really nervous because we are bringing Gabe. It is going to be very interesting trip. I think my stress is starting to show, because I need to find the best acne product out there so I have perfect skin for the wedding. I am trying really hard to wash my face every night and not eat bad greasy food, but you know me, I can not turn down good food. I just made chocolate chip cookies and really that does not help my complexion. What was I thinking!
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September 21st, 2010 karebear
Fine, fine, I admit it. I watched Dancing with the Stars a little bit last night and, I begrudingly admit it, it wasn’t that bad. I actually kind of enjoyed it. But i do have to say, the one and only reason I watched, was Jennifer Grey. I grew up with Dirty Dancing, Dirty Dancing was a sleepover, get back from the bars and pop it in type of movie. I will root for Jennifer Grey because of that movie. Also, man she can move. The “Situation”, Audrina Patridge, Bristol Palin, could care less about you, but Jennifer you will make me watch! It was heartbreaking when she broke down about Patrick, but you know it is all still fresh. She felt like she was reliving a time with Patrick and that would be hard. (She was doing a song that was in Dirty Dancing–I love that movie, I do not remember the song!)
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September 19th, 2010 karebear
I do not know what is with me, but I love One Tree Hill. But I have to say, I still am hooked on the show. Even though I think it should have ended a couple seasons ago when Peyton and Lucas left. I mean its not bad, but I hate how they are hardly ever mentioned. The jumping of the shark was when they brough Nick Lachey on—its not like he needed any name tags, they never referred to him as Nick, but Nick Lachey–as in “stay out of it, Nick Lachey.” It is nice how they gave Lucas and Peyton a happy ending, but they really are screwing with everyone else’s lives that are on the show!
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September 19th, 2010 karebear
I know I have written this multiple times, but my most favorite store in the whole wide world is Kohl’s. That is probably why my mother-in-law got me a gift card for my birthday. The best thing is with Kohl’s there is always a deal. I actually was able to get about $200 worth of stuff with a $150 gift card. I ended up with 12 shirts and 2 pants. The hardest thing for shopping for me lately has been sticker shock. I have issues with spending about $20 for a shirt. I love when I can find a shirt for $6. But I decided to stop looking at the tags, and actually ended up with some shirts and colors I normally wouldn’t pick. So take my word for it KOHLS is AWESOME!
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September 16th, 2010 karebear
Andy and a couple of coworkers think I am nuts. I am starting to Christmas shop. I found it a lot easier last year when I started in January (it was an after xmas sale I couldn’t pass up). This year I just started a couple months ago–a Toy Story 3 shirt for my nephew-$5 at Kohls–how can one pass that up? I still am drawing a blank at what to get Andy’s mom. A coworker suggested maybe some Christmas baskets. I have always wanted to get someone one of them, I just never do. Maybe its because I am jealous and want one to! But you can pretty much get an assortment of anything in a Christmas basket. She likes cheese, maybe I should find one of those.
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