Woo hoo! A Friday Five!

1. What does it take to get you to grab the mic and sing in a karaoke room?

Not much. Me loves to sing. I probably would need a couple drinks to loosen up and some good friends egging me on.

2. What does it take to get you to give up a whole Saturday to hang out with people you don’t like?

Getting married did that. LOL!

3. What does it take to get you out of bed without your hitting the snooze button?

Hmmm - I am not sure that has ever happened.

4. What does it take to get you to take someone else’s turn at a really unpleasant task at work or home?

Not much. I pretty much do whatever I am asked at work. We are a team and a family so you help people out!

5. What does it take to get you to eat something you really dislike?

If I know I do not like it I will not eat it. Period.

Now, the way this works, is that you answer these questions on your own blog, facebook, twitter, journal or whatever. And, if you don’t have one, and you feel like it, put your answers in a comment here.

Built a Gingerbread House

Grammy and the kids built a gingerbread house for Christmas. It was out first one ever and it was a lot of fun.

Faculty Fun Day

So we had a fun Faculty Development Day for Winter. We did a scavenger hunt and then we rewrote the twelve days of Christmas to fit our jobs.

I need to post some pics from our photo scavenger hunt.

Another dance show is behind us . . .

Morgan's dance studio did their Christmas production on Sunday. We had been at dance rehearsal every day for the last two weeks. I was beginning to feel like I lived there. The show was fabulous. Everyone loved it and Morgan did an awesome job. I need to post pictures as soon as I get some. I have one I can post later today. Morgan had 4 parts.

So, now we are on the downhill slide til Christmas. I work thru the 22nd. The kids get out of school on the 19th. My mom and dad will be here on the 22nd.

Tonight, Mason has a band concert. He plays the french horn. I am really looking forward to hearing him play for the first time. I will post pics of him too.

Happy Tuesday!

Tag - I am it!

My sister tagged me with these Christmas questions . . .

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial
3. When do you put up the tree? Friday after Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? The weekend after Christmas
5. Do you like eggnog? Love it.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A dollhouse my parents had made for me
7. Hardest person to buy for? Sam and Royce
8. Easiest person to buy for? Mom
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, Precious Moments and I leave it up year round
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I really can’t think of anything.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? The Year Without a Santa Claus, because I love the Snow Miser and the Heat Miser
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? No specific date but I am usually done by the end of November
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes in Secret Santa Exchanges
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Candy Cane Kisses
16. Lights on the tree? Multi-colored this year
17. Favorite Christmas song? I'll Be Home for Christmas
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Always stay home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? I could but they already have names.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? I usually have a bow but I have nothing this year.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We used to open one present from our grandparents on Christmas Eve, but now it is just everything on Christmas morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? People get too worked up over "things" and forget to enjoy the family spirit surrounding the holiday.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I like traditional red/gold/green
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Turkey/Ham and the fixin’s
25. What do you want for Christmas? A red Nintendo DS

OK - I am not sure who to tag. If you read this, answer these questions yourselves.

Blogging again . . .

Just a quick note to say we are busy, busy, busy. This is the last week of the semester for me so i am gradng, grading, grading. Morgan is busy dancing and Mason is busy getting in trouble. He got detention for the first time. Woo hoo! Another milestone reached. Sam is just working and trying to recover from a back injury. We had a great, lazy Thanksgiving. That's all for now.

HOT! HOT! HOT!

So it is pretty sad when you live on a lake and it is too hot to go out and swim in it. I mean, really. It has been over 100 here and just walking from the back door to the lake is miserable. The kids and I swam on Saturday afternoon but we only stayed out like 30 mins. because it was not even refreshing.

In other news, Mason was bowler of the month for June in his league with his Dad. And they came in first place in their league. He is so excited. He loves bowling with Sam. It is a great father/son thing to do.

Morgan is ready for dance to start again. She can hardly wait. The kids are about to be finished with their church day camp. This is the last week. They are going out to one of the local retreats and doing a ropes course and swimming on their last day. I think they will be going to Ruidosa with the grandparents next week and then we plan on taking a little end of summer getaway to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine.

That's all for now.