Turkey and Dressing...

My favorite!  It really is a shame that such a wonderful meal is only made usually 2x a year, at Thanksgiving and Christmas.  With the cooler weather upon us, my friend Rachel and I started discussing just that.  So, we decided that we would try making our own Thanksgiving dinner.  So today is the day.  I really have no idea what I'm doing.  We've warned our husbands that if things go terribly wrong, we'll order pizza.   I'm making the turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and rolls.  Rachel is bringing green bean casserole (love that stuff!!) and 2 pies.  I  really can't wait.  I've been looking forward to it all week.  I'll let you know how it turns out!

yum yum!

Tomorrow is gameday!

So tomorrow is gameday.  I'm sure it will go better than last week.  And after this weekend, the first BCS rankings will come out.  I hate the BCS.  Have I ever mentioned that?   I mean, I understand why they stick with the BCS, with the bowl games and money and blah blah blah, but I really don't like it.  I would much rather prefer play offs.  Perhaps the top 8 teams, or even 4.  Especially with the way this year seems to be shaping up, much like last year.  Most teams looking to have at least 1 loss and no clear no.1 team.  But we'll just have to wait and see how it turns out.  BOOMER SOONER!  

Simple things bring me joy. #3 - UPDATE

Well, don't run out and buy one of those BraBaby's quite so fast. I've been using mine, and perhaps I'm no doing it right, but it really doesn't work very well.  One of the straps or part of the bra always finds it way outside of the BraBaby.  So perhaps it's not so sweet.  Sorry guys. :(

Well...

Texas still sucks....

Simple things bring me joy. #3

First, my apologies for any guys who read this blog.  Now, I'm here to introduce to you another simple thing that brings me joy.  The Tide BraBaby.  This neat little contraption consists of 2 plastic balls.  The first one, you wrap your bra around to keep the cup shapes.  You then put it inside the larger ball and then they are safe to throw in the washer! Fabulous!

Monday's Over!!

What a Monday it was yesterday. Whew. Glad that's over. Now I can focus on the more positive things lined up for the rest of the week. First, would be the weather today. I am so happy to finally have a chilly, breezy fall day. I love it! Second, this weekend will be the first major test for OU football! Are you ready?!?!? I can hardly contain my excitement. Anyone else out there hate Texas??? Which reminds me, the other day I was driving home from watching the most precious little baby who lives in Glenpool, when I passed this car. On the back, they had BOTH and OU and a Texas sticker. It really angered me. There is no way you could really be a fan of EITHER if you had the ignorance to put BOTH on your car!!! I'd rather you cheer for Texas then claim to be a fan of both. Being a fan of both Texas and OU is just not an option. Period. When I came home telling Jeff about this atrocity, he tried to defend the guy. He suggested that perhaps this person had children at both colleges. NOPE. This guy was about my age. No way that was the case. It just really bothered me and I needed to get that off my chest. Thank you for listening.

All together now:

Boomer Sooner!

Texas Sucks!

Our weekend guests

Jeff and I have company this weekend!!!  Our nephews are here for the weekend.  We have the weekend planned with many fun activities, one of which is flying kites.  After a few attempts, Uncle Jeff was able to get both kites flying.  Below is a picture and a short video clip from the adventure.  In the picture, Ben was helping Jones to hold the string.  It was really cute!!!

Jeff tries to fly a kite.

So Jeff decided that a great activitiy to entertain our nephews next weekend would be to fly kites. After much searching and several stores, we finally found some kites for sale at Academy. So as soon as we got home, Jeff was determined to try them out. The results are below. Enjoy.

(you can pause the music at the bottom of the page so you can hear the sound)

Melissa's first night away....

Well, she did pretty good. There were few tears, no outbursts, and things were pretty calm. And Aislinn did great too. Melissa and Jake went out on a date and left Aislinn for the first time. Both myself and my mom were left in charge of one tiny little precious baby. Melissa began texting about 20 minutes after she left to check on Aislinn. I texted updates to her throughout the night. Overall, I would call it a success. I think that Melissa was able to relax a bit and enjoy her night out.