A Very Good Day...

Today was a great day! Probably one of the best I've had in awhile. It started off with me getting up at 6:30 to drive Brad to work, but just as I walked out the door his friend Randy pulled up and said he was up so thought he'd come by and give Brad a ride so I wouldn't have too! Needless to say Randy is now my favorite of all Brad's friends here! lol So I quickly jumped back into bed and was immediately back asleep. I got Mercedes off to school then I went to the bank, got gas, a few groceries, smokes and movies and picked Brad up for lunch. We had lunch together then I took him back to work. I stopped by my sister's for a few minutes just to see how she was feeling. She was still quite pale and said she had a terrible headache, but was feeling better than she had been earlier this week.

After a quick visit with Sonda I went to the bookstore and picked up Eric's cd and something for Sonda's family for Christmas. After getting Mercedes from school we went out on a hunt for the perfect birthday gift for Brad. Of course Mercedes had to get something too, so we found a whole bunch of beads that she can use to make necklaces & bracelets. Being that Britten got beads for her birthday Mercedes has been wanting some ever since. We also hit the Bargain store where I got a rack thingie to use to help organize my supplies. After that it was the dollar store, drugstore and then the craft store to get a bead organizer. By the time we got done it was time to get Brad from work. We decided that he should celebrate his birthday tonight since Randy is in town and I was having such a good day, so we planned a menu of appetizers and I headed back to the grocery store.

As soon as I got home at 5:00pm I started cooking. We had spinach dip in a sourdough bread bowl, potato skins with real bacon bits, cheddar & monterey jack cheese & green onions, stuffed mushrooms and then bacon wrapped water chestnuts. Everything was a big hit and I got many compliments to the chef! Brad was just beaming that his friends were jealous that he had a wife who knew how to cook! It reminded me how much I really do enjoy entertaining. We are definately going to have to do it more often. I even have all the stuff to make more of everything tomorrow night, along with some crab melts and ham melts that I made up yesterday and Brad loves!!

Randy had brought his 2 year old daughter over to play with Mercedes and they sure were cute playing together. Everyone was gone by 11:00 so I now just have to get Mercedes to bed and I can have some much needed Tania time!! I hope to do something creative maybe inspired by the book Designing with Words that I just got from the library today after requesting it a year ago! lol And I put in my order for a copy of the Autumn Leaves Designing with 2007 calendar, something that I've really been wanting! And the best part of the day was that my mom is finally back from her vacation!! I've really missed her and I'm so glad they made it back safely. All

Just one of those days...

Today was just one of those days where EVERYTHING was getting on my nerves! I really hate days like this. The fact that I still have a killer headache is definately not helping and I can't even get in to see the doctor until Thursday afternoon. Tomorrow will be a busy day too and I'm already kinda dreading it. I have piano lessons tomorrow and then we have to rush to get to parent/teacher interviews at the school, but after that I'm coming home and watching DaVinci Code...I've been waiting to see this movie since I first heard about it, so at least there's something to look forward too. Maybe I'll even get lucky and wake up without a headache tomorrow...wouldn't that be nice! I just really need to have a few good days, cause my mood just seems to be getting worse and worse all the time. I know that I need to sit down at my desk and do something creative, but I'm also kinda waiting to see what I get to use for my new design team position. I'm hoping that the supplies will get here before the weekend, and hopefully new stuff will inspire me to do something fun. I do have an altered clipboard that I've started to make for Mercedes kindergarten teacher, but I gave up on it last night when my sewing machine decided that it doesn't like me right now either! lol And of course I don't know how to fix it and my mom is still gone on holidays...in a way it's almost funny... I'm thirty five years old and yet I'm still lost without my mom for two weeks! Oh well, what can ya do?

Quiet day...

Today was a nice quiet day. I got to sleep in until mid afternoon which I was very grateful for. I made a ham & scalloped potatoes for supper which was a huge hit with Mercedes! The last two nights she's hardly eaten any supper but tonight she had 3 helpings and then another 4 pieces of ham as a snack! It's always nice when the family actually eats what I've made! lol After supper we made some Rice Krispie squares and then Mercedes was dancing up a storm along with Dancing w/the Stars. She is just too cute sometimes!!

My sister is going through a bit of a hard time right now and I feel so bad for her. I wish I could take her pain away. She's been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster the last couple days, and I just feel like I could handle it better than she is....since I seem to live my life on an emotional rollercoaster. One of my best friends is also going through a bit of a tough time...it's so weird for me when these two women who have both gotten me through some very tough times are now the ones going through hard times. I find it easier to be the one in pain then to be the one who has to just stand on the sidelines and try to help.

I'm still fighting a killer headache but that's nothing new. Guess I'll have to break down and go to the doctor sometime this week. I did manage to finish some Christmas ATC's for a swap, and write the rough draft of my blurb about me for the design team I just joined. And of course I took care of Brad too, so everyone should be happy this weekend! lol