Iron Bowl Memories

This is the game day that every football fan in Alabama waits for.  It is the Iron Bowl.  Alabama vs. Auburn for those of you not from around these parts.  This year was not the year for Auburn though, the score made me pretty sad.  Especially for the players.  Nobody wants to end their season like that. I am sure that changes are coming for Auburn and I know that they will be for the best.  No matter what War Eagle!
Amy, Terry, Sasha, and Connor came over to watch the game.  I had gotten a Home Depot Gingerbread house for the kids to do.  It was meant to be fun and they definitely had fun doing it.  All of us stepped back and watched and let them have at it.  Smiles and memories are what happened at the kitchen table tonight.

Amy also helped me cut material and make the garland for the railings at the house.  I love the way that it turned out.  Who knows maybe I will start to really try my hand at being crafty.  We will have to see.  I have been thinking more and more about a lot of different things and crafting is one of those.  The garland is gorgeous though and I am so glad that I did it.  I love it and so does everyone.  Brandon even hung it for me tonight which was awesome of him. 

Cub Scout Christmas Party

The boys' had great days at school. Wednesday is my favorite day because I get to start it with the school at Mass. It is just great for me for many reasons, but more than anything it keeps me some what centered.
After Mass, I headed home to get some work around the house done. It never seems to end and when I got home today I realized just how much I had to get done, so I decided that I would clean out the van. In order to make it through the rest of this week (month actually) I need to be able to use my whole van. Cleaning out my van was a task and made me even sicker because I realized how badly I need to really clean it. Maybe over Christmas break that will happen.
Our Cub Scout Christmas party was tonight so I needed to go find a gingerbread house kit or 2, sugar cookies (not decorated), and decorations for the sugar cookies. I also found some things to add to the gifts I made for my den and some games that they were able to play while we waited for everyone to get to the meeting. I made lime sherbet punch and the boys' loved it. Even the moms and dads did, but the boys were who I was aiming to please. They decorated gingerbread houses and we were able to leave them on display for the school. The boys were excited about that. They also decorated cookies those they ate though. It was a party and everyone seemed to have a great time. It was a fun way to finish up 2011 with the scouts. Ready for 2012 though.
Again tonight it was home, dinner, bath and bed.

YAY For Fridays!

So this morning I called Whirlpool first thing. I needed to know how my weekend was going to go and a lot was riding on the results of this call. I explained to the lady what the deal was. She had to go research it. She came back to tell me that we have one service call that is complimentary and that there is a 30 day cosmetic warranty. So basically, thanks for listening and getting me through this one. The service guys will be here Monday. She did say that we would probably have to wait for the part to come in, but they cannot just order it under warranty, the repair company is the only one who can do that.
I have been able to bust it and get a lot of editing done, which is something that I needed to have happen. I feel slightly overwhelmed so being able to get on schedule is nice. Hopefully I will not lose that over the weekend. Time will tell.
Tonight we had a Christmas Party we were supposed to go to, well, John Michael had a Christmas party. I thought that it was at 6, well it was at 5. I felt like worst mom of the year. He was okay a little sad, but I let him make his gingerbread house and that softened the blow. I know that everyone had a great time there, I was looking forward to helping out if needed. I seriously felt like the wicked witch. Hopefully tomorrow will go more as it is scheduled to go.