my good deal

I did get a dang cute crib bumper at pottery barn- regularly 99.99- I got it for 29.99. So excited!! I actually bought something from pottery barn kids before Obama takes Pottery Barn Kids out of everyone's grasp for good!!
This is the bumper I got- Jeebs just ran in because they didn't have it at the mall I was at- they looked it up and had it at another mall that was on the way home. So he saw the quilt, but didn't think to get the dadgum quilt too!!! ARGH :) oh well he's still my friend because he got me the bumper. I just think it's so dang cute- and I can paint some little scribbley sheep to hang over the crib to match.

Ramblings of an insane person

I am certifiable. Ask anybody in my family. I used to drive my older brother insane with my panic attacks. hehehehe One night we were at a comedy club- I think he was sort of on a date. I had to drag him out because my hands were curling in on themselves. I thought I was dying. It was just a panic attack. We found out later- that's the sign of a bad one. Who knew??

So anyway- I got those under control - once I figured out what was going on- I can just talk myself out of them. I still have weird panic moments. Like recently I've been seeing words wrong at first glance. To most people that may not be weird, but to me, the psychotic that I am- I'm thinking- what if I have ms or a tumor somewhere that the CAT scan didn't pick up. I keep worrying about something going wrong with my child- I just find it hard to believe that we will have 3 kids in a few months. We've been a family of 4 for so long. Jeebs felt the baby move a couple of nights ago. He was trying to feel it move again tonight while playing catch with Cagey and Cagey was saying "no, daddy, I don't want you to feel the baby move." It's going to be really interesting to see Cagey with a little sibling. I also worry about how my baby hardly ever moves when I'm laying still- especially in the morning when I've been still for a while. That's when they generally move, right?? Well, this one doesn't. I usually feel this one when I've been up for a little bit and then sit down. It's like the jostling wakes him/her up. What the heck does that mean? Probably nothing at all- but again, psycho!! Also, I worry that my husband is never going to get another full-time job with the new President getting into office. All the heads of companies know they're about to get the crud taxed out of them so few people are hiring. Everyone is downsizing so they will be able to pay their taxes and still make money. Anyway- that's scary and I don't think I"m being psychotic about that one.

...and he himself

carved the roast beast.

Thanksgiving was wonderfully relaxing. Food- Christmas music- movies- Christmas decorations- and to finish the night a game of movie charades. As a side note- if anybody wants to know the rules of charades- just ask Jeebs- he apparently is an expert ;) The game held Cagey's interest for about 2 minutes, but it was still fun. Taylor enjoyed it- but I think she was a little hysterical- she could barely act out any of her titles because she couldn't stop giggling. Cagey was tired of waiting for the meal. He decided to chew on the back of the chair.

Taylor waited a little more patiently, but she did have a whole bottle of soda pop to suck down while she waited.



The food was excellent. Jeebs did a really good job on the turkey. The drippings were super tasty and it made for some really tasty dressing and gravy. The only thing I didn't really think turned out too great were my rolls. They were definitely not my mother-in-laws rolls. I need to get that recipe. I asked the kids what they were thankful for this year and Cagey said "Christmas trees" (he's kind of obsessed with those right now- ever since it snowed) Taylor said "the food." I don't think she realizes how blessed we were to have all that food :) Thankfully- Jeebs has had enough work to make ends meet. If everyone pays and he can get it all done- it'll actually be a pay increase- but still having to live on only contract work has made me realize I do not have an entrepeneurial spirit. and yes I got entrepeneurial spelled right on the first try "Suck brick ma!!" j/k

Percy had a pretty happy thanksgiving too- complete with turkey skin, rolls, green beans, and a little dark turkey meat. He was sitting just like this watching Jeebs debone the turkey. I had a little piece of roll held down for him to come eat and he wouldn't walk the 2 feet to me to get it because Jeebs was throwing him turkey skin.

We had pumpkin pie for dessert. Last year my pie turned out perfectly - no cracks on the top or anything. This year- big crack in the middle, but still tasty. And now, the Christmas season officially begins!! Only 28 days!

For todayborday is Baking Day!!

Today I get to bake! I've actually got nice cool weather to do it in too. Okay- I've been baking a while, but today is the official baking day. I have to make my pie and my cornbread for the stuffing- it has to sit out over night to dry out a bit- and if I am feeling adventurous I may make this caramelized apple spice cake I made last year for Thanksgiving that was so good you could roll around in it. It would probably be better to roll around in it because it wouldn't make you as fat- oh well. I really shouldn't make a cake and a pie because there are only four of us, but ya know. Choices are nice right :)

I'm so ready to start my Christmas celebrations- yesterday we busted out the Mannheim Steamrollers and I made some gingerbread just to eat. It smelled so good baking in the oven and that mixed with the Christmas music and the cold weather- fantastic! Jeebs has already gotten down my bin of Christmas decorations too. There are a few new decorations I want to make this year - and I can't wait to start making Christmas treats to give away.

18 weeks and counting...

This has gone by pretty fast, but dang stressful. I won't go through the long list of stresses right now- but I am determined to document this pregnancy. I have 2 prego pics from my first pregnancy and none from my second. So, here I am in all my glory. I had a midwife appointment today- it took her a bit to find the heartbeat and stay on it- the baby is apparently a swimmer. Okay- now you can all leave comments on how good I look hehehehehe :) yeah right.


Trying to make my face look as thin as possible- too bad you can't suck in gobblers.
This is after Jeebs told me my belly wasn't going to show up in the picture with my black shirt. So here is my belly - looking more chubby than full of baby.

Weird Strangers and other stuff...

Funny that I'm blogging this right after blogging how nice most people are- anyway. Wednesday night around 9:10- Jeebs and I were sitting on the couch watching Ghost Hunters when the doorbell rang. I thought - who the heck is coming over after 9 o clock. Jeebs got up and answered the door and I paused Ghost Hunters so I could hear everything that was going on. It was a lady from a little culdesac down the road. Their road is curved just so that they can see all of the backyards on our road- From the first house on the road to about 2 doors down from ours- then the rest of the backyards are fenced in. So- she was explained where she lived and that they had seen a guy going up to our houses and looking in windows and then back down into the woods. Our house also backs a little strip of woods. Anyway, she said she was just giving us a heads up because they saw this guy and so they called the cops, but he took off in a car. Taylor was still awake and happened to hear all of the conversation and freaked out- she wouldn't go to sleep- she would barely stop crying so Jeebs put her in our bed as he was going around locking all the windows and doors and making sure the blinds were all closed. He then got out the shotgun and loaded it just to be on the safe side. That part really freaked Taylor our- she thought he was going to shoot somebody. Anyway- we got her calmed down and got everything closed up as best we could. We still didn't have a blind for the back door (I just went to Lowe's and got one today:) so we could still see outside on the back patio. So- we sat back down to enjoy our show and I got to thinking. About 4 or 5 days before this all happened- I got up one morning and went out the back door to put something in the trash. Well, we had had a really hard rain that night and for a few days priorso it was really muddy and gross. As soon as I turned back from the garbage can to the patio to go in, I noticed 3 muddy prints on the back patio- leading from the backyard to our back door. I got Jeebs out to look at them-to get his take on it. He said it looked like some kind of hooved footprint- but wouldn't there be more than 3? Deer have 4 legs right? They look like HEEL prints. Heel prints from a shoe that has stepped in mud and walked up from the backyard to our freaking backdoor. This all made the man looking in windows a little more freaky. Oh- to add to the equation- Jeebs was at the church until about 35 min before the lady rang our doorbell to tell us all of this. I was here, by myself with my children- doors unlocked, blinds opened. I did lock the front door at one point because I had taken the dog out and he had perked up and growled at something- usually nothing, but that night it kind of freaked me out- coincidence?

This is all that's left of the 3 prints. I've been a little lazy about washing off my patio. Don't judge me. :) It looks like the 2 closest to the door are facing opposite directions- so one is a step towards the door and another one away from the door. Another little side note I forgot mention- the morning I found these Jeebs had been up until about 3 or 4 in the morning working in the living room. I'm wondering if things would've played out differently had he not been sitting in the living room with the light on. Okay- now I'm freaking myself out.

This is the first print closest to the backyard- it is the most defined one. If it is a heel print then it's turned away from the house- which doesn't make much sense. I don't know. I need to watch more CSI to figure it out :)

Snow in August!!

Okay - well not snow in August, but snow in North Carolina in November!! This morning and just a minute ago we had some flurries. It was so pretty to watch it fall. I was sitting at the kitchen table helping Tater's with math when I looked out the window and saw it falling. I screamed "It's snowing!!" We ran outside and enjoyed watching it fall for the 3 minutes it fell. Cagey came out and was saying how we needed a Christmas tree and presents. I had to explain that it wasn't quite time for a Christmas tree, but almost. Isn't snow exciting in the south?? I love it. Things always shut down- and people crowd the grocery stores if there is just a hint of snow coming. It's great. Okay- well if anybody can tell me what movie the "snow in August" quote is from, you get a prize- not a very good prize, but I'll mention that you're smart or something :)