I've been tagged

I have been tagged by my cute friend, Matti who I love and want to give a shout out to: I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ENDURED AND ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS! LUV YER GUTS!!!!
8 shows I religiously TIVO
1) Law & Order SVU-all episodes (yes, NOT quite the same anymore Meloni!!)
2) Grey's
3) House Hunters (new episodes only)
4) Desperate Housewives
5) Designed to Sell (new episodes only)
6) The Office
7) 30 minute meals by Rachael Ray
8) Little House on the Prairie

8 of my favorite restaurants (cheers to the all-American food chains!!)
1) Red Robin!
2) Olive Garden
3) Chili's
4) Su Casa
5) PF Changs
6) Astro Burger/Crown Burger
7) Cafe Rio
8) Arby's (except they don't have Diet Coke!!!)

8 things I did yesterday
1) Showered in the morning!! (quite the accomplishment!)
2) Went to the mall to buy Adam and Addie some pants at the Children's Place
3) Met Andrew for lunch at Applebee's (won't be making THAT mistake again...note favorite restaurants above and how Applebee's is NOT included)
4) Went to Costco to get gas/shop
5) Unloaded groceries from Costco (an eternity)
6) Took a short nap before work
7) Got a headache
8) Went to work and had a soup party; went home at 0230 with a headache

8 things I look forward to
1) our family Halloween party at the cabin this weekend (celebrating my first official weekend off work....ever!! woot woot!!)
2) My Birthday on NOVEMBER 12th!! (Hurry you folks out there; not much time to shop!!)
3) Getting our grass installed on Halloween
4) The Halloween parade at the school and trick-or-treating with my kiddies on Halloween
5) Thanksgiving and making Adrianne's dad's famous turkey!
6) Decorating for Christmas
7) Spending time with friends and family during our many holiday traditions
8) Having every other weekend off now!!

8 things I love about Fall
1) Pumpkins
2) Fall leaves
3) soup, soup, and more soup!!
4) Going to the pumpkin patch
5) Fall, crisp air
6) Wearing long sleeves with jeans
7) Getting to wear "fall colors"
8) The peace it brings me

8 things on my wish list
This will be easy because I think I have everything I have ever wanted right now. Over the last year I have had many opportunities to reflect upon my blessings every day. I have learned to appreciate even the small things like having clean running water, having a washer/dryer, having my kids kiss and hug me when they get home from school. The only things I really wish for is....
1) To someday be able to cut my hours or quit work all together to be more of a stay at home mome and not be such a tired mom
2) OH....and...I still don't have that refillable drink mug from the megaplex theaters. If I had that, my wish list would be packaged up all nice and tidy!!

Halloween Porch Extravaganza!!

I was a little late this year, but I FINALLY got the Halloween porch up! Yahoo....I am ready for Halloween!!





Halloween Brew
1 32 oz. box of chicken broth
2 cans of black beans (rinsed)
1 pkg frozen corn
1 bottle salsa
1 can chicken

add all ingredients and cook in crockpot on low for several hours. Yummy served with parmesan breadsticks.

Pumpkin Patch

Every year we go to the local pumpkin patch. We just love going there because it has a lot of fun things to do. It has lots of tractors the kids can play on, it has a corn maze which is made just for kids, and they create places that are perfect for pictures. Most of all the kids just love running around the pumpkins, trying to find that perfect one. We look forward to it every year!!

October traditions

I am so thrilled to the core!! Today is the first day of my FAVORITE month of the year!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE October so much; I love everything about it. In fact I love it so much, I always tried to have a baby in October and failed miserably (story for later).

My kids love October as much as I do. We have a really fun tradition which the kids look forward to every year. To kick off this awesome October and Halloween month, every October 1st we have a "special dinner" (which really isn't that special but the kids love it so who cares). Anyway, we have chili, breadsticks, apple cider, and doughnuts for dessert. After dinner we immediately go to the pumpkin patch where the kids have a blast picking out their own pumpkins, walking through the corn maze, and sitting on the big tractors posing for pictures. I buy my cornstalks and bales of hay, and then I am ready to break out the decor and build my Halloween porch!!

When the kids were a little bit younger, they thought this was so exciting and thought it was a real holiday, and asked every year why they had to go to school on October 1st. I thought that was so cute how this "special dinner" was so important to them. I love making family traditions with my kids; I know this one is a little silly but we love it and look forward to it all year!!

To anyone who understands this picture.....

LUV YER GUTS!!!!!!

What Your Socks Say About You

You Are: - Always hyper - Very amusing - Known as friendly - Quite silly

The Socks Personality Test

What Disney PRINCESS Are You? Your Result: Sleeping Beauty (Arora)   Sleeping Beauty was known as the most beautiful charatoon female ever drawn, in other words, you're drop dead gorgeous. You like the cute boys that are always there for you.
Jasmine
Ariel
Cinderella
Snow White
Belle
What Disney PRINCESS Are You? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

I think the socks describe me a little better!

I love Fall!!

It is now officially Fall, my favorite season of the year! All year I dream of it being Fall. I love everything about it; how the air turns crisp, all the wonderful colors, Halloween, pumpkins, falling leaves, bales of hay, fixing homemade soup multiple nights a week..... I could go on for HOURS about how much I love this time of year. In anticipation of Fall, I decided to treat myself and the kids and start decorating the interior of our house for Halloween. I know Halloween 6 weeks away; definitely not very much time to get ready. We had a blast doing it! I promised my hubbs that I wouldn't decorate the outside of the house until October. So until then, we are really enjoying our indoor decorations!!