9 YEARS!

Yesterday my husband & I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. It was good. Our oldest daughter (14) babysat her 2 younger siblings while we went to dinner. We went to the Melting Pot in St. Louis. Had a nice little both meant for just two. Dinner was great. The chocolate was even better.

We ended up buying $50 worth of gift certificates...which doubled their value. I haven't decided what exactly we'll be doing with those yet. The proceeds go to the childrens hospital.

I'm looking forward to the next 50 years with my wonderful hubby!

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The dogs are driving me crazy. Which isn't a far drive. Edward is barking constantly. I need to figure out how to get him to shut up. Yesterday both dogs got out when I thought someone was at the door. The ran all over the entire frigging neighborhood. I swear they were grinning as they ran yelling "I AM FREEEEE AT LAST!!!!" Turds!

We've decided to have them both fixed instead of trying to breed them. I have learned the hard way that raising two dogs at a time is alot harder than just one puppy. Hmmmm, would have thought that might be common sense, huh? Nope, not me...gotta do it the hard way.

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Hubby starts his new job on the 22nd. He's super excited about the change. Whatever makes him happy and there's still a paycheck coming in. :)

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My parents are coming here for Christmas this year. I'll get excited about it when I see them in my living room. We're going to meet them in TN on Saturday the 20th to extend our visit with them. Hopefully, I'll get everything done that needs to be done before hand. Something tells me it won't all get done. I'll just have to keep telling myself...THIS IS FINE, TOO!

I'm pretty much done with all my Christmas shopping. I haven't even begun wrapping stuff yet. Add that to my list of things to do. I have last minute stocking stuffers and ornaments that I need to buy. I found an ornament for my stepdaughter the other day. It's a pretty horse. Now I just need one for each of my 3 kids. I'll have to stop being so picky.

I need to make a list of things to do.

• Clean kids rooms. I'm not going to clean the kids rooms until after tomorrow. We're having a family poker night at our house...so no need to clean when their rooms will be destroyed again.


• Reorganize Kitchen


• Grocery Shopping for holidays


• Finish last minute shopping


• Returns


• move couch to garage


• move trundle bed to downstairs den. (grandmother will be here)


• clean bathrooms, again


• finish laundry (never ending)


• give dogs another bath before leaving for TN


• change sheets on all the beds, again


• wrap presents

I'm sure the list continues.

That doesn't include stuff that will be squeezed in between all that. Like Katie's band concert on Sunday. Stuff within the moms group, etc.

Breathe....