Excuse me...

I know my "Merry SITSmas" post is actually showing up on Nov. 30- the day I drafted it- but I published it already and I don't have time to figure out how to make it for TODAY because some of us have to LEAVE THE HOUSE AND GO TO AN ACTUAL JOB. So let's just pretend it's up there for today...OK?

Pssst...

Did you know that for Merry SITSmas tomorrow the grand prize is a $200 gift card to Tar-jay? Whoo-hoo! I could get the rest of my Christmas shopping done and some air-freshener for the port-a-john!

Redneck Skiing

This is the post I really wanted to share for my first YAGBTS, but I had to wait on the pictures, then I got busy and I kinda forgot, anyway, here it is...

Several weeks ago, my cousin had a small, outdoor reception to celebrate his marriage (2nd marriage for both of them). There are no outdoor "facilities" and my brother noticed that the port-a-john for the workers at the new house had recently been emptied. Don't ask me how he noticed, he just did. He suggested moving it over to the evening festivities for the guests to use. So, my dad gets a rope, wraps it around the potty, hooks it up to my uncle's golf cart and they proceed to drag it - oh, maybe 50 yards through the woods and mud.
Daddy is afraid it might tip over, so he's holding on to keep it balanced. We decided it looked like redneck skiing!!! Of course Steve decided to follow along on the 4-wheeler in case they needed back-up! I'm just glad somebody had a camera! Kodak moments, I tell ya...

Like I said, Jeff Foxworthy ain't got nuttin' on me...

Merry SITSmas!

Since today is "Merry SITSmas," I am taking this opportunity to say, "You Rock!" to all the other SISTas out there and I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!!

(future SITStas, my daughter and neice)

I also want to share some thoughts on Chrsitmas with you.

Normally I'm one of those people who CAN NOT believe that trees and decorations are in the stores before November. I wonder who in the world decided it was a good idea to start playing 24 hour Chrismas music on the radio before Thanksgiving. I'm mad at the media for talking about Christmas sales being down when most people haven't even put together their shopping list yet. I'm not being a scrooge. It's just too much, too soon, I think.

But this year, I'm looking at it a little differently. If we can have an excuse to be with friends and family and little more and share in the Christmas spirit a little longer, then that can't be a bad thing, right?

It's barely December and we've already gone to see light displays, twice! The Angel Tree tags at church were all taken in one week. I have a list of holiday happenings in the area that we could go to together on almost any given day. Instead of excahnging gifts this year, a friend and I decided to have a "sleep-over" instead. Steve has taken a week off of work not to travel, but just be with us. I have a hard time buying gifts for some people because they already have everyhting they want or need.

We really are blessed. We have each and every day to spend with our families and know that we are loved. (cue The Carpenters)
Now get out there and buy me a present!

Talk Turkey

It's been another busy week. I'm not bragging, it's just that this is usually how my time goes when I am not working. The summers fly by, we're busy going here, there and doing all kinds of things. School starts up and I wonder how I ever had time for a job? This past week I was off and we were out of town like 5 days. Then there was Thanksgiving.
It was a great day of food and family spent at my Grandma's. I made Paula Deen's Pumpkin Trifle. It was pretty good, but I'm not a big pumpkin fan so there is a pile of it still in the fridge. Steve actually cooked a turkey. He wanted an ole' fashioned turkey like back home (that means stuffed with Stove Top) so he decided to do his own. It was fine, but he can have that nasty stuffing.

And we shopped yesterday - on Black Friday. Savannah stayed with mama and Steve and I got up at 4:00 a.m. to hit the stores! We didn't get any super-fabulous deals, but it was still some good shopping and we were home again and it bed by about 9:00 a.m. Whew!
I hope everyone else had a great holiday.