A Toast...

to 2010...may you be better than 2009.

to Peace...cause heaven knows we need more.

to Love...because you can never have enough.

to Hope...because sometimes it's all we have.

to a family that loves and supports everything I do...I love you guys.

to family game nights...even if we are throwing each other under the bus the whole time.

to Siblings who "bring out the crazy" in each other.

to Girl's Nights that never happened...because we will never speak of what happens during them.

to Movie quotes that are run INTO THE GROUND with our constant quoting.

to Eating bologna roll ups and cookie dough...just because you can (and because it seemed like a good idea at the time).

to learning to love the life you have.

to learning to accept what you have and where you are in life.

to a husband who cooks...because I can't, cleans the bathroom...because I think it's gross to clean the tub and toilet, and moves furniture around on a whim without complaint...because sometimes I just feel like a change.

to remembering to stop more often to appreciate the beauty in this world.

to intentionally and unintentionally making up new words (yutz, ish and H -E -'dovel- hockO sticks')...because "it'll catch on".

to "nights we won't remember with friends we'll never forget".

to being "the [insert number] best friends that anybody could have".

to secret obsessions and best friends to share them with.

to having friends with which no TMI exists.

to 500-600 thread count sheets...because Heaven is in the small things.

to laughing so hard you can't breathe.

to a loving family, loving friends, good health, comfortable shoes, a warm bed, clean clothes, good food to eat, a place to call home (and maybe high speed Internet)...because really... that's all we need.



to 2010 - may you be the best year yet!



Happy New Year!

*Dances Happy Dance*

Everybody should believe in something - I believe I'll have another drink. ~ W.C. Fields

Wooooo Hooooo!!!

I am officially on vacation until Jan 4th.

And. I. Am. Celebrating!!

I deserve it too.

I relapsed this week and chewed my fingernails (my festive, holiday, green fingernails *sighs*) down to nubs due to the constant stress of the last few weeks.

Therefore, I am forgetting my worries until January 3rd and enjoying some Peace and Relaxation.

Wanna join me?

Random Ruby

How about a little Friday Random Letters to...? Sure sounds good to me.

We are 4 (count em 4) days until Christmas Break. Hi. My name is Jen and I've lost my mind. I think I blocked out just how wild and crazy 26 - 6 year olds get when the Holidays approach! Jesus Christmas - I'm looking forward to the crazy stores and loud family gatherings just to have some peace and quiet.

(this is me lately - OUT. OF. MY. EVERLOVING. MIND)

Good news is: I just got word that IF I get done the crap load of stuff I have to get done before the break (oh and I fully intend to) - I can have next Friday off (fingers crossed that no one changes their mind or remembers a forgotten Math Training...Shhhh...). So that in itself puts me in a much better mood. This week was marginally better than last. I've been minding my p's and q's every day. So I guess that is just the way to play it. Scared to death to wander off schedule by a minute - but hey - if it works... I'll live with it.



So without further ado....




Dear Thomas,


Srsly?!?! Srsly? Your tail is NOT out to get you. It will NOT murder you in your sleep. It is not talking smack behind your back. It won't even look at you funny. I promise. Please stop trying to bite it off. I'll be honest here - it kind of freaks me out and it is really gross finding your blood trails on the floor and window sill. Srsly. I am sorry that we've resorted to taping socks on your tail to hide it from you. That's sad.

(Yes, that's a sock)

And pretty freaking funny. The best part is having to buy you a cone (AKA lampshade according to Kim) to prevent you from getting to your tail.







There is NOTHING better than watching/hearing you trying to jump up into the window, hitting the window and falling to the ground. NOTHING brings on the LOLz better than that. But srsly - stop trying to bite it off. You're freaking me out.



And while I'm at it - would you please stop throwing all the books off of the book shelf? Your temper tantrums are getting tiresome.








Caption this pic - Murphy: Honest Mom it was like this when I got here!





Dear Jason,




How freaking hard is it for me to get a picture without a Bud Light bottle/case/logo in it? I have an image to uphold here. I mean really.





Dear Hair,




Can you at least try to do this again (lay flat and look smooth)? You've looked like a rat's nest for two weeks now no matter what I've done. Kinda getting tired of looking like a crazy bag lady with the fly away hair. Just sayin'.






Dear Girls Night,


You were much needed.








Dear Dad,


I heard something the other day that totally made me laugh until I cried. (Good thing to do by the way.) Wanna hear? "Why are 'Great for Dad' gifts always these high tech gadgets? I don't know about your Dad, but mine can barely work a disposable camera." Okay -now in no way am I implying that you can't work a disposable (or digital for that matter) camera - but this thought just cracked me up! I guess I just tried to picture you using all the useless 'must have/time saver gadgets' they try to pawn off every year. Good times. Good times...





Love, Jen

If the world didn't suck...

we'd all fall off.





To answer your question: my week did not get any better. In fact, it got worse. Some days life just sucks.





I've been resorting to finding the 'Silver Lining' in all things since there hasn't been a lot of good in my  life lately.





The really sad thing is that I couldn't find the silver lining today.





We are having an emergency girls night tomorrow since work life is SUCKING for a lot of people right now and I am keeping busy decorating for Christmas. Tomorrow will be better. It has to be.

Sarcasm and LOLcatz

B/c sometimes it's the only way. Since I have nothing nice to say today:

For Jason (another take on men who 'look at sheep')

Thomas?

Oh, how I wish...

For people in power positions who shouldn't be...

Truth...