Things have been super duper busy lately of course with all the holiday hustle and bustle and will only keep getting busier as that big day approaches! 

A few things have happened lately that are somewhat exciting I guess….Bella had her winter program at school and was a dancing cookie.  She later informed me that she does NOT want to be a cookie next year and wants to throw away her cookie costume.  At the rate and level that she’s reading right now she’ll be narrating the program next year!  She also has her first loose tooth and is so excited about it.  She wiggles it all the time and it freaks me out…that is gonna have to be Carey’s department cuz it seriously makes my stomach turn watching her tooth wiggle back and forth! 

She asked me if it was at all possible if the tooth fairy could just bring toys instead of money.  I told her that the tooth fairy is NOT Santa! LOL  So there will soon be a photo and scrapbook layout I’m sure of the missing tooth. 

Our annual Christmas party is this weekend so we’re preparing for that, I think Carey and I have only missed one year of doing a party in the whole 10 years we’ve been together.  FUN!  The Christmas beer in ready and waiting in the kegerator 🙂 

As far as the scrapping scene…I have been a busy little bee preparing a submission for a magazine…that’s done now I’m feverishly trying to finish my Christmas cards and get them out by tomorrow!  I think I’ll make it.  I’ll post a picture of them tonight hopefully. 

Ok I’ll leave you with a recent favorite candid shot of Bella, messy hair and everything but that is usually quite often! LOL

THEY are called Nike Free 5.0’s and THEY are THE most comfortably ugly shoes I’ve ever worn!  How I came by them is a bit of a story.  My dad who is a fire investigator recently did a fire in a shoe store and the owner was giving him shoes (not burned ones) so he calls us and asks what shoe size we all wear.  He comes home and gives me these things along with 2 pairs of inserts that have different numbers on them and of course I turned my nose up at them…they were ugly and they well….smelled a little like a campfire. 

So I threw them in the washing machine and let them sit and air out for a couple of days and decided that yesterday I would give them a spin.  I wasn’t even sure if I was supposed to be wearing socks with them cuz they were hard to get on at first but I wore socks anyway.  I decided to look them up online and see for sure and come to find out these are $100 pair of shoes…they come with inserts that are supposed to "train" your foot to become stronger and they’re made to make you feel like you’re walking barefoot in the grass….well I have to say Nike has accomplished that with these gems!  The back of the shoe where your heel is is mesh so  your foot is not constricted at all and there are air holes all around so your feet are always breathing. 

So if you’re like me and you’ve tried every single kind of shoe out there only to be disappointed…give these a spin, they may be a little expensive and even though I got mine for free I would pay the money for my next pair!  They are well worth it.  Oh and you can even go online at Nike.com and design your own…which I will definitely do next time, maybe I’ll get pink! 

Oh and one more thing…this is how I feel about all this right now!  In the words of my good friend Jenny….SHOOOOOOOOOT!

There will be no more mag subscriptions to CK or any of their affiliates from me, no purchasing of any of their products, books, etc. and I will NEVER submit another thing to them EVER again and I’ve pulled all of my work out of CK’s gallery.  I just really feel badly for all those who worked really hard on their HOF entries and followed the rules to a tee only to have CK break the rules for someone they REALLY wanted as HOF.  And in my humble opinion…there are WAY better scrapbookers out there than Kristina Contes…if you haven’t seen her work…see for yourself!  I can honestly say….seen that before….it’s called Ali Edwards….how is that Hall of Fame Worthy when we’ve all been force fed the same shit over and over again from CK year after year?  Apparently she has a complex for using other colors besides kraft paper, lime green, light blue, black and white and sometimes the occasional pink hue? I don’t get it… 

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Ok, I’m off my soapbox…tomorrow will bring…Halloween Decorating!!!!! FUN!

you know the one?  It happened the other morning.  I was lying in bed half asleep, Carey had just gotten in the shower and all of a sudden the heater comes on….ahhhhh the smell of the heater coming on for the first time in almost a year….smelling like burnt dust and whatever else is in there!   Ever since I was a kid that smell is a sign that FALL has arrived and I have grown to LOVE that smell. Bust out the  sweaters and big socks!

There is yet another sign Fall…Pumpkin Spice and Gingerbread Coffee Mate Creamers in the grocery store!!!!!  I’m addicted to those things. Jacki was over last night and looked in my fridge, I think I had like 4 flavors in there.  She then informed me that they were out of creamer and asked if I could put together a "to go" container for them for the morning! LOL  I couldn’t wait to have my coffee this morning, which reminds me I need another cup 😉

Even though the leaves have not even begun to even think of changing here in Sunny Southern California….Happy Fall Everyone!