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I've been tagged...

My SIL tagged me with this MEME, so here it goes. The instructions were to come up with words using the letters of my middle name that describe me.

S- Self-conscious- I am always worried about what others think of me- to a fault
U- Underestimate myself, my self-worth, my abilities...
S- Super-sensitive. I wear my heart on my sleeve, no matter how hard I try not to.
A- Avoid conflict at ALL costs (I do NOT like to be at odds and will do everything in my power to keep the peace, even if I know I am 100% in the right)
N- Negative self-image (I have a hard time, even three years post-surgery, seeing myself as anything but fat & awkward)
N- Nice (back to the avoiding conflict thing- I will be unfailingly nice if it means a peaceful situation on the outside- never mind whatever stress it's causing me...)
E- Encouraging to my friends and family- no matter if I agree with them or not I will always stand behind them.

Now the instructions were to tag one person for every letter in my middle name- however- I don't have that many "blog-buddies". And I'll be kind & not tag Sally again.
I guess I can tag Jayme & Laura- and if anyone else want to play along, let me know! :-)

Lessons from a calf...

I "borrowed" this from my cousin's blog. This is one smart & compassionate young man. (Warning- you might need Kleenex!)

I was wondering...

Is it Friday YET??

YESSSS!!!! :-)

Finally...

I am finally feeling better! Just in time for a very busy weekend, but at least I don't feel so worn out & exhausted. I only have 35 days left to get all our Christmas presents completed (all but two of the gifts we are giving this year have some sort of home-made element to them) so this weekend is going to be busy getting those started! We also have to go shopping for dog kennels so we can take our puppies with us to Kansas for Chirstmas, so we can start using them and get the puppies used to sleeping in them at night. I am excited about Christmas coming this year, but still have a lot to get done before then! :-)

Another round of re-runs...

Just as soon as I have one good day where I'm feeling better and hopeful of getting over this crud- it rears its ugly head again- with differnt sympotms, but same yuckiness... today its a pin-pricking sore throat and ears again... I guess I'm gonna have to finally break down and go to the doctor- but finding the time to drive to Pueblo is sooo hard right now (especially since I'm trying to save my time to go to Kansas for Christmas). We'll see how the warm drinks and sore throat lozenges do today... sigh... I hate feeling lousy :-(

My wonderful husband...

My hubby texted me around 12:30 today, out of the blue, to tell me he was bringing me lunch. He is sooooo wonderful- he came and picked me up and took me to the park for a "car" picnic! I love him so much, and am so thankful to God that he brought G into my life. Thank you for a wonderful picnic G. :-)

BRONCOS RULE!!!

Just a little dig for my SIL, Sally, who was at the Broncos/Chiefs game in Kansas City today. Hope you had a nice anniversary even though the Broncos tromped all over those Chiefs! :-) Maybe we'll have to have that friendly bet for the Dec. 9th game (Broncos vs. Chiefs @ Denver)...Lets say losers buy dinner out at winners restaurant of choice at Christmas??? ;-)

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Friday...

for a repeat of Monday... I had to come home from work earlier today- again. Yuck!!! I have, what I am guessing to be, a chest cold. My chest burns when I cough, which isn't all that often, but it seems like a lot because of the burning. And my ears hurt off and on- like someone is jamming a pencil in them. Some of my co-workers have been put on antibiotics this week, so I guess that's the road I'm heading towards too. I'm hoping resting and treating with OTC stuff will help- we'll see... I just wish the peanut butter cups would have worked... ... What a way to start a three-day weekend...

Sick day...

Well, half a day, but still, it's because I am sicko!!! :-(
I caught a head cold from work, (its a germ cess-pool all winter long- as soon as school starts- all those kids bring their germs in with them) thankfully most of my clients don't come into the office for themselves (most of my clients are in the nursing home or home-bound)or they would all be sick too.
So I'm bundled up on the couch, watching Food Network, reading my newest Karen Kingsbury novel (I just got 13 new books from Ebay for about 1/3 of reatil cost!) with my Reeses Minature Peanut Butter Cups and Cherry Cordial Hershey's Kisses for a little recovery time. Hope it helps- cause I have to go back to work tomorrow...

Beautiful Fall Day

We took advantage of a rare weekend home to play in the fall leaves and warm November sun today! :-)

Halloween Treats

Yesterday, my office had a "party" for Halloween. We all dressed up in our costumes, and had a pot-luck that we all ate off of all day long. It was Yummy!!! :-) Here's what I brought for the pot-luck! Doesn't it look delicious?!?!?


It's called Kitty Litter Cake! It's the perfect "trick" to play on pot-luckers. :-)
It really is good, even though it looks so gross:-)