The most popular word of the year.... BLOG. I just read that on CNN and thought that I would pass it along to the other BLOGGERS out there in space.


TOP 10 WORDS OF 2004
The top 10 words of the year based on searches of Merriam-Webster Web sites.
1. blog
2. incumbent
3. electoral
4. insurgent
5. hurricane
6. cicada
7. peloton
8. partisan
9. sovereignty
10. defenestration


Source: Merriam-Webster

Ok back to making dinner. Have a great evening all!!! :o)

Our trip to Dallas was a good one. We got to say our final good bye to granny. Plus, we got closer to some of my hubbies side of the family that we are not close to at all. His sister and our nephew rode down to Dallas with us. She also brought her little dog. We left at 5 in the evening on Friday and got there at 5 in the morning on Saturday. We just took the youngest of our kiddos with us and he did WONDERFUL. Did not complain and was a happy camper on the ride down and home. We sat by granny's bedside, got to talk to her and just be with her. She quit eating the day before and did not eat or drink anything the whole time we were there. We left on Monday and there really was no change in granny. She hung on til this last Friday and passed away around 1 in the morning. Which is a blessing that she did not pass away on Thanksgiving. CLOSE but she didnt. My hubbies grandpa passed away on Thanksgiving and my mother in law was scared that her mother would do the same, but thank goodness she didnt. Granny went 8 days with no food or water. Which according to hospice is the longest of any of their patiences they have ever had.
We got to visit with a lot of hubbies family while we were there. Ryan, Angela, Rich, Jeanne, Trish and Phillip and of course my mother in law, Jim and Beau were all there. My brother in law did a lot of growing up in the last year and is a wonderful guy. I have a lot of pictures from our trip. We also stopped by my father in laws on our way home, since we had to drop my sister in law off anyways.
That was our trip in a nutshell. Nothing exciting, just being with granny and family.
We love you granny and we will miss you!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hubby, Littlest one, and I are are off to Dallas. Seems that granny is finally letting go. Hospice has been with her everyday and they have said that she probably will not make it to Thanksgiving, so it looks like its time to say good-bye to her. She is the sweetest lady. I have always adored granny. This will be a very hard thing for us. The older kiddos are going to stay with my parents since it is such a quick trip. We are stopping in Tulsa to pick up my Sister in law and my nephew.
In lighter news... I got the game I have been wanting. Its called DDR or Dance Dance Revolution. It has a dance mat and you do dance steps to techno music. It is also a GREAT workout, which I NEED!!! :o) My best friends hubby has the game and the day that I was there scrapbooking I tried it out and decided I had to have one too!!! :o) So the other night we all went to Olive Garden for dinner and then went looking for it and for ideas for the kids Christmas. We got a few good ideas for the kids and I found my game and dance mat I wanted!!!! Hubby also got the Call of Duty game that he has been wanting. So now we are both happy campers :o)

a few of my favorite words....


WHOOPDIE FUCKIN DOO!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I am done now :o) Just have to say I love that phrase .

Can you believe Thanksgiving is a little over a week away??? I am STUNNED. I have sooo much to do before Christmas and wonder if I am going to get it all done! Hubby and I decided that we were going to stay home for Thanksgiving. Going to fry a turkey this year... (this should be interesting) We bought the turkey, fryer and oil last night. Plus some of the other little things and going to get the rest of the stuff this weekend.
I have some of my shopping done for Christmas, I am still working on my album for my grandparents. I have done over 70 pages and would love to get about 100 done and get it into an album for Christmas. My grandpa is supposed to be out of the rehab center by this weekend. So it will be good to have him home for the holiday.
As far as my friends blogging... I still talk to them all on a daily basis... Jen is busy with her baby girl, Jeff (odie) is busy working, Laura has a job and it is kicking her ass, Rich is still with his woman, but she is leaving this week, so we will see if he is back or not :o)
Alright, I am outta here, have a great day all!!!

My weekend was INCREDIBLE!!! :o) Friday night Kris and I went to the Mills mall and hung out. Shopped for clothes for her kiddos. Then of course we went to Walmart and wandered around there and then to Kriegers to sit and actually TALK. :o) Had a great time just enjoying each others company. It had been a while since we had gone out and it was awesome to sit and catch up. Then on Saturday morning I went to my best friends to scrapbook. We did not get too much scrapbooking done but we did get lots of TALKING done. (are you seeing a patern?? I am) :o) We went out to lunch and then we got back and we danced.. yes, we danced...her hubby has this cool DDR game for the PS2. Its his fault we got to dancing. There are these dance mats and you follow the arrows and learn dance moves... I realize.. I SUCK at dancing like that!!! Leah and I danced for over an hour, her hubby did some dancing with us, but for the most part made fun of Leah and I. Came home for dinner and vegged with my hubby. Then yesterday hubby and I went to the FOOTBALL GAME!!!!! It was AWESOME!!!! Our friend Lan was nice enough to let us have his ticket too. He was not goin to go to the game but ended up coming with some other friends of ours. We got downtown around 11 and tailgated with our friends and went in for the game a lil early. I got to see Grant Wistrom. He has a broken bone in his leg so he was in street clothes. He seems to be doin good and he did get a standing ovation and cheers. It was an INCREDIBLE game. I had a blast. As usual. Then after the game we went back to celebrate some more. I have pictures and will get them up, hopefully tomorrow. We got a new camera so hubby was tryin it out and now I need to go in and SHRINK the pictures. Then we went back to my parents house and had dinner... It was a really relaxing weekend. I got to spend it with 3 of my favorite ppl and got a chance to get away from the kiddos. :o) Cant ask for anything better than that. Ok, back to dinner... I will Blog more later!!! Hope everyone else had a great weekend too!!!!!

HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to all those that serve and have served.

Thanks especially to all those that I know, love and adore and to those I have not known long.

This includes, Michelle, love you dear cousin!!! Grandpa, I love you and you are my hero, Malcolm thanks for taking care of my cousin, welcome to the family :o) , Chris a friend I have had for several years you are a great person, Alec and John to 2 ppl I have met just recently, and James, Jolynns hubby that just got to Iraq. :o) I know that I am missing some ppl so forgive me but know I thank you all from the bottom of my heart!!!!

WHOOOHOOOO BUSH!!!!! :o) I am so very happy with the elections. Bush winning, Matt Blunt winning, the gay marriage admendment, the whole situation. Both my parents voted Bush, I am very proud of them for realizing the truth and voting for Bush. I have yet to talk to my grandpa to see how his reaction is to the whole situation but it should be interesting. Along with the rest of my deomacratic family.
I do think that Kerry gave a good concession speech and happy that he did not drag out the process or contest the votes. I have to say that I grew a wee bit of respect for him when I watched his speech... JUST A LITTLE, not enough to make me respect, respect him, but enough to realize that wow, he is a human.

Halloween was a lot of fun. Leah and I went to the Apple Butter festival in Kimmswick and she got me started on the italian charm braclets that have been the fad for a long time. I never really had any intrest in them but the Apple Butter festival had LOTS of booths with these silly charms so I have bought a bunch of them. I bought all my childrens names and will have to order my hubbies name since he has an unusual name, I bought a Korean flag one for me and for my mom. A republican elephant, I love scrapbooking, I love my hubby, and an angel charm. We had a great time just wandering around the festival then we went to her sister in laws. When I got home we carved all the kids pumpkins. My oldest did his own and it turned out great. He did a wonderful job. The other 3 helped out with theirs and they all ended up really neat. We took the kids trick or treating in the neighborhood and then we took them up to the rehab center to see my grandpa and to my grandparents house to see my grandma. They had a great time and got a lot of candy. We also have a LOT left over since there were not all that many kids from the neighborhood. I will add pictures of stuff when I get a chance.
I finally got a chance to help out with the Bush.CHeney campaign on Friday night. It was for a couple of hours and was really neat. I made over 160 calls in about 2 1/2 hours. The precentage of ppl that I actually talked to were Bush supporters and only a few were hang ups. It was really a cool experience and I hope to get to do more at some point. DONT FORGET TO GET OUT AND VOTE TOMORROW!!!! :o) GOOOO BUSH!!!!!
Well on a sad note, the funeral for my friend is today. I talked to my girlfriend that went to the viewing yesterday and she said it was really sad to see our friend in the state she was in. It will be like a neighborhood reunion. Most of us have stayed in touch and if we havent then we have heard about the other from someone else that has stayed in touch. Its amazing to think we all grew up together and still stay in touch and still care about one another. Even after all these years. Well, I have to get ready for the funeral. I will update later when I get a chance.