Ending 2011 with a Bang

Well I did it.  1 Year of photos. or at least 1 a week for a total of 52.  Not sure if I’ll find or create a new list for 2012, but I survived this list! 🙂

I hope everyone has a safe & Happy New Year!  See you back here next year 😉

Week 1 – Black & White

Week 2 – Food

Week 3 – Self Portrait
Week 4 – Reflection

Week 5 – Ennui
Week 6 -Time

Week 7 -Red
Week 8 – Pink
Week 9 – Patterns
Week 10 – Morning

Week 11 – Round

Week 12 – Hands
Week 13 – Shine
Week 14 – Envy
Week 15 – Soft
Week 16 – Perspective
Week 17 – Love
Week 18 – Start
Week 19 – Free
Week 20 – Texture
Week 21 – Toys
Week 22 – Downtown
Week 23 – Summer
Week 24 – Heat
Week 25 – Fantasy
Week 26 – Water
Week 27 – Shadows
Week 28 – Light
Week 29 – Night
Week 30 – Macro

Week 31 – Nature

Week 32 – Clothes 

Week 33 – Green

Week 34 – Map

Week 35 – Laughter

Week 36 – Child(ren)

Week 37 – Yellow

Week 38 – Candy

Week 39 – Pets
Week 40 – Never Ending

Week 41 – Sports

Week 42 – Books

Week 43 – Blue

Week 44 – Letter of the Alphabet

Week 45 – Innocence
Week 46 – An Important Thing in Life
Week 47 – Heaps

Week 48 – Family

Week 49 – Favorite Spot

Week 50 – Metal

Week 51 – Three
Week 52 – Fun

One last Link Up this year – Oct – Dec – Here comes 2012

It’s that time again…..

So in October I knocked out 2 really big 101 in 1001 items:

Photo Challenge
Cooking new meals

I also made these things called Apple Dentures for my dad’s boss’ surprise 60th birthday.

Yes this is a scary picture of me, but I was comparing my teeth to the apple dentures

My dad also celebrated his 60th Birthday
and can you believe, I’ve been out of high school for 10 years?

Hubs and I took a day trip to Eureka Springs, probably when I should have been studying for a test, but whatever….

And I FINALLY got our most recent family pictures, taken by us. (tripod & remote weren’t optional)

You seriously can’t get cooperation like this!

In November my husband realized that I don’t always know the name of something but I still think we should go there.

We made some yummy Tiramisu Brownies.

I showed you an even funnier side to my personality :)…..

I told you another reason I’m not a vegetarian….

I showed you to the $50K bed.

I gave you a breakout of my husband and my relationship.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

And hubby professed his love to me in a blog post :).

In December I:

Told you about my spooky dream!

Hubs was a dork with the Time vs Thyme {yes I said dork, but he’s my dork so I’ll let it slip!}

I picked on my dogs when I should have been studying (do you see a pattern here?)

The 2nd camera came home from it’s jont to Illinois (The Goodwife), California (Lovely Little Details & CA Girl), Texas (Gizzards & Calf Fries) & Maryland (This Ordinary, Everyday Life)!!

My {step}daughter took over my kitchen and made cookies.

I gave you my greedy wish list.

I gave you a sneak peek into our Christmas where I received a Hippo as a gift! 🙂

And Marlie proved to be in trouble, I caught her in pictures (although we all know Audrey was in on it with her!)

And don’t forget I recapped the rest of the year this month too
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
and this is part 4 🙂

So there you have it folks.  My 2011 was eventful!

Go check out one of these fine ladies, or all of them for that matter! 🙂
CA Girl, Emmy Mom, Em of Emilisq, Grumpy Grateful Mom, Impulsive Addict, Janette of Johanson Journey, MiMi Living in France, Runner Mom

Little Marlie Boo Boo

Little Marlie Boo Boo hopping through the front yard
Digging through the burn pile and leavin’ it in the yard

And out comes the mad momma and she says,
“Little Marlie Boo Boo, I don’t wanna see you, digging through the burn pile and leavin it in my yard.”
I’ll give you 3 more Chances and then wash your mouth out with soap.

So the next day:

Little Marlie Boo Boo hopping through the front yard
Digging through the burn pile and leavin’ it in the yard

And out comes the mad momma and she says,
“Little Marlie Boo Boo, I don’t wanna see you, digging through the burn pile and leavin it in my yard.”
I’ll give you 2 more Chances and then wash your mouth out with soap.

So the Next day:

Little Marlie Boo Boo hopping through the front yard
Digging through the burn pile and leavin’ it in the yard

And out comes the mad momma and she says,
“Little Marlie Boo Boo, I don’t wanna see you, digging through the burn pile and leavin it in my yard.”
I’ll give you 1 more Chance and then wash your mouth out with soap.

And the next day:

Little Marlie Boo Boo hopping through the front yard
Digging through the burn pile and leavin’ it in the yard

And out comes the mad momma and she says,
“Little Marlie Boo Boo, I don’t wanna see you, digging through the burn pile and leavin’ it in my yard.”
That was your last chance, now I’m gonna wash your mouth out with soap.

Marlie…. haha, so you think!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night

I just grabbed a handful of the 687 photos I took for Christmas.  Now you’ll have to understand, these photos range from putting up the tree, decorating the house, putting together Christmas presents, wrapping, cooking, opening, etc… so yes those photos add up very quickly :).

Because my parent’s rock, we got a new Christmas tree this year.

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I Want a Hippopotamus


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So even though last week I sort of felt like a Scrooge, I still couldn’t get my fill of Christmas songs.  Hey, it happens! :).

One song that just cracks me up is “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”.

And of course it is such a catchy song that it kept getting stuck in my head.  I went all around both work and home singing this song.  I’ll bet I was every bit annoying!

Since Christmas Eve was Saturday we got Friday off {one of our paid holidays}.  We ran a few errands and then went to my mom and dad’s house to pick up presents to bring to our house.  When we got home there was a note on the front door saying Fedex had left a package.  Hubs just grinned and wouldn’t tell me what it was other than, “a present”.

So I went on about my business carrying stuff in the house and placing presents under the tree.  Hubs walks in and says, “I can’t wait any longer, you’re getting a present early.”

Um…. OK…….

Not gonna lie, I was a little nervous something was going to jump out at me…

Of course, it was a Hippo… I should have guessed, right?!?!

Isn’t he cute!

I got my Hippopotamus!!

So the next day {Christmas Day} I was walking around singing Alvin & the Chipmunks, Please Christmas Don’t be Late.  I was singing the part about wanting a Hula Hoop… hahaha… Wonder what’ll show up next Christmas… j/k Hubs… I don’t need one! 🙂  Although it might be a good, fun workout…  Oh well, Christmas is over 🙂

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Did I tell you?

So did I tell you about this one time when I made Peanut Butter?

Oh probably not since I just did that the other day 🙂

I was reading Stef’s blog and she talked about making it so obviously I had to try it!  So a few Monday nights ago hubs and I went to work.

Here’s what you need:
4 Cups Dry Roasted Peanuts  {although we used the whole container we had}
Food Processor.

That’s it… nothing else… yup 🙂 {please please ignore the quality of photos… it was late, I was tired and I couldn’t find my camera… I was using my phone for a recipe so I used it for photos too!}

4-6 pulses

Then turn on for 4.5 minutes, don’t let it run to long or you get soup…

And here’s the finished result

it looked MUCH better than this photo shows!

Then we got creative and added Honey to some… mmmm honey peanut butter!

Oh yes, it was GOOD STUFF Maynard!

Try it sometime, you won’t be sorry, although if you are, don’t come yelling at me please!

I believe!

I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma.  I was just a kid. 
I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb:  “There is no Santa Claus,” she jeered.  “Even dummies know that!”
My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been.  I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me.  I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her “world-famous” cinnamon buns.  I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so.  It had to be true.

Year in Review July – September

Hey I remembered to link up again, how cool am I! 🙂


July
We kicked off July at my house with an awesome pool party, completely with muddy swimming pool water that really looked like a river but smelled like a pool…..  Silly drought and dumb pool liner for getting a hole!

Hubs decided It might not be such a good thing that I eat faster than he does….  Hey I had to do something to keep myself entertained, right?

I had these really awesome blogger friends who signed up to take a disposable camera, snap a few pictures and then send it to the next person in line to show us into their lives.  {Pure Golden Laughter, A Modern Day Wife’s Journey, Teenage Bride, A Small Town Kind of Life & Blogging with Stacy}

And then since we had to redrain the pool to change out the pool liner, Audrey got swimming lessons, and I got an “eat dirt” look….

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Scrooge

I’m not going to lie… I feel like this guy right here right now…

**via**

I don’t know why either.  Christmas is my mostest favoriteist (yes, that’s a word/phrase, didn’t you know that) time of the year… really between Thanksgiving & New Years.  But this year, something is eating at me.  I don’t know what it is.  I can’t explain it.  I feel like a big grouch.  I want this feeling to go away!

I’m sure the fact that I have a cold trying to take me over isn’t helping my mental clarity.

However, I had a nice encounter at the store the other night.  It made me smile.  A lot.  And I think that’s just what I needed.

Hubs didn’t feel real well and asked if I’d stop and get him Sprite.  Now, if you know me any at all, I’m not crazy about Sprite, I prefer 7-Up.  So I stopped at the store but the Coke products, including Sprite, were 5 for $5.  Now we’ve pretty much given up drinking pop at our house (soda for those of you that don’t speak my lingo) but lately I’ve wanted something other than tea or water, so when I saw the 5 for $5 I thought hmmm… that’s a good deal.  Of course I only ran in to get a 2-Liter bottle and a tub of ice cream so I didn’t grab a cart or a basket so you should have seen me, I was the sight walking through carrying 5 2-Liter bottles of Coke (and Sprite).  I still wanted ice cream (really thought I’d eat that for dinner but then didn’t) so when I got over to the ice cream cases, this nice man looked at me and said, “Thirsty?”.. I laughed and told him I couldn’t pass up the deal.  I told him my husband wanted some so I stopped to get him and saw the deal.  So we made small chat and he walked off telling me to tell my husband to get to feeling better and Merry Christmas.  Ah, I love the sound of that small phrase.

Then I got up to the cash register juggling my 5 2-Liters and my ice cream (healthy I know) and a nice man who only had a huge deal of coffee & a gallon of milk let me in front of him so I could set my items down.  That small gesture was so super nice.  Now before me he let another lady through with 3 2-Liters in her arms, so I made him check out before me, but was so super relieved that he let me set mine down first.  Another Merry Christmas was involved.  See, it’s the small things in life like that, that you just don’t realize how they can make someone else feel, it could make all the difference in the world.

So I guess maybe I’m not a complete scrooge, I’m just not ready for this Christmas.  It will be here and gone before we know it and then we’re stuck with dreary old January.  LOL.

On a different note over the weekend I received a lovely Christmas card from my bloggy friend Jill from Jill’s World and a cute pair of Santa Earrings.

Aren’t they just the cutest?  Sorry about the pic quality… I did it via Instagram.  I play on there every once in a while… look me up, Boomerbear is my name.

I had another great surprise in the mail this week.  FernValley Appaloosas sponsored a give away a few weeks ago for one of her lovely 2012 calendars and I won!  Mine showed up in the mail Monday of this week!!

You should really go pay these gals a visit! 

Hope you’re having a wonderful Thursday… I’m going to go de-grump-ify myself 🙂

Cheerio

p.s. Did you realize today (December 22) Winter officially begins and therefore it is the shortest day of the year??  Starting tomorrow we’ll be closer to the summer solstice.  See there’s always something positive, right 😉

p.p.s. Just had to throw this in here 🙂