Martha Stewart I'm Not

It's Thanksgiving and I'm waiting on my nieces and my sister and my mama and brother in law and mother in law and other brother in law, you get the picture.....they are all coming over and spending a few nights. I am frantically trying to get ready for all of them. Martha Stewart stinks. She gives me a complex. I mean, I want to get the guest rooms ready, and have all that stuff that you get ready for guest. But I'm afraid that they are all going to be fending for themselves.

Yesterday Hubby and I went to the grocery store to get our STUFF for the BIG meal and we only spent $150.00. I am so impressed. I was really worried that it was going to be much more than that. We had an entire grocery buggy full of stuff. But the store we went to had some super deals and we got our turkey $15.00 dollars off. And that's only one of the deals we got.

Oh and my Mama just called and ask, "did you get the stuff for the party favors tomorrow?" "No Mama, I forgot" Martha Stewart I'm not.

But as my blog friend Michelle told me "stop and take a deep breath and jump right in there and you'll be fine" So that's my plan, lots of deep breaths:-)

My favorite thing is going to be watching the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade in the morning. It's a tradition. And who knows maybe one day I will be organized enough to have a home run like a well to do hotel! Lol! But until then, hopefully no one will be too traumatized by my lack of "Martha" Skills.

Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll

Getting Pumped for the Holidays

I am really starting to get excited about the holidays. We are having about 20 people at our house on Thanksgiving and then I am going to start decorating for Christmas. Christmas is a holiday that I plan the decorations for months in advance. This year we are all having Christmas at Hubby's aunts house, so I am trying to think of some sort of gathering to have at my house before Christmas, sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Any suggestions? We are doing and ornament exchange at Hubby's aunts so I didn't want to do that. But I want to do something that is fun and easy. Please let me know if you have any ideas. I would love to hear them.

Small Talk 6 Saturdays

Hey Ya'll come on in. Kick your shoes off and stay awhile. Join in on a fun little meme from Momdot.com It's a great thing to do on those "slower blogging Saturdays" so link up and play along.

This weeks topic is "6 things you are most thankful for this year" you can answer this list with 6 words, 6 phrases, 6 photos, 6 videos...... you get the idea.

Ok, so here goes, 6 Things I'm most Thankful for this year

#1.) I'm very thankful for my family.

#2.) I'm thankful that this year I will get to spend Thanksgiving with my Mama, my sister, 2 nieces and brother-in-law. (they moved closer)

#3.) I'm thankful that my husband and I have jobs, especially during this tough time of joblessness.

#4.) I'm thankful that Jesus died on the cross and arose 3 days later....all for me, so that through Him I might be saved and one day join Him in Heaven.

#5.) I am thankful that all my family has a roof over their heads.

#6.) I am thankful that we are all healthy and happy.

I know the list said 6 things, but I am also thankful that I have such wonderful friends.

I look forward to reading your list. Hope ya'll have a great Saturday.

Bowling, Bowling, Bowling......

Yesterday Hubby and I spent the afternoon attending to issues with Niko. We, along with his other set of parents (Mom & Step Dad) met with his teachers, regarding his IEP/504 for school. As you know Niko has some issues that he is currently working on in therapy. Please click on the label at the top of the post and you should be able to read additional post re: Niko.

All went well at the meeting, he is now in 6th grade and the teachers at the 6th grade school, seem to be taking our concerns much more seriously. That is an answered prayer! How I want this bright, beautiful child to be able to reach his full potential in life. It seems all parents are getting on the same page regarding this matter too.

Anyway, afterwards we picked Niko up from school and we went bowling. What a fun way to spend a few afternoon hours together. We all had another appt. later that evening with his therapist. Niko is so engaging and he enjoyed getting instruction on the "proper" way to bowl from his daddy.

At the meeting with the therapist, she referred Niko to get a full psychological evaluation, to determine exactly what his needs are, so that he can get the full benefit of all services offered through the school district. Also, family counseling was again highly recommended for all 4 parents, and all of Niko's siblings, so that everyone can be on board for Niko and his behavior.

This is also an answered prayer. Thanks so much for those prayers. Please continue to pray that we "all" will grow and make sure that Niko gets all he deserves in life.

We had such a blast bowling together. We laughed and joked with each other. It was a good time.

Getting Ready for Thanksgiving

Yesterday I spent the afternoon, putting away all the HHalloween decorations and getting out the Thanksgiving decorations. I try to be so organized with our decorations, other wise, I have a huge jumble of stuff, and it becomes a big mess. I like to be able to go into our crawl space under the stairs (I can actually stand up straight under there) and go to exactly what I want. I hate having to dig through unmarked boxes and tangles of lights, etc.

I am constantly searching thrift shops for decorations. I do this year 'round and I actually find quite a few good deals. This Pilgrim family, I found at the Good Will for .99 cents. It had a store sticker on the bottom of it that said 59.99. I grabbed that deal right up.

It was an Adventure!

We have a local movie theater that is sooo much fun to go to. Each movie theater has a theme. They also have stars that come out and sign autographs and things like that.

The other night Hubby surprised me, by taking me to see the Poseidon Adventure. I had never seen it before. But, the even bigger surprise, was that Mr. Ernest Borgnine was there. I love, love, love watching McHale's Navy! Did I say I love watching it? Because I do. It's hilarious. If you've never watched either one, and you happen to get the chance, please do watch them. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Small Talk 6 Saturday!

It's a meme for those slower blogging times on the weekends. Click here Small Talk 6 to join in on the fun or to just read some other great blogs.

This weeks topic is "6 stores at which you wish you could register for Christmas presents for yourself" you can answer these with 6 words, 6 pictures, 6 paragraphs, etc....

Ok, here goes

1. Hobby Lobby

2. Dooney & Bourke

3. Barnes & Noble

4. Target

5. Carson Pirie Scott

6. Home Goods

Of course I have a few more that I could add, but since the list calls for only 6, I'll just have to stop with these.

Hope ya'll are off to a good start for the weekend. I plan on doing a small bit of Christmas shopping and some grocery shopping.

Love ya!

This is My Greatest Wish

More than anything that I may accomplish on this earth, I want it said that above all else "In Christ Alone I Placed My Trust"