Well the holidays are really here.
We had our first holiday get together of the season yesterday afternoon here at our house.
I think it went well. I know I had a nice time.

Getting together with family is what I love most about the season.

It’s 7:30am and I am sneaking in a little computer time with my caffeine before I start my very busy day today.
It’s not like me to not find the time to blog or even return emails. I am sorry some of you have been a bit worried, there is no reason to be.
My life has just been crazy with work, the holidays, basement construction and a pregnant teenage daughter.
But on the brighter side, only one more work week left and I am on vacation for 10 days. I am so looking forward to the time off this year. So far my only real plan is for lots of R & R.

Someone in my house is in sooooo much trouble!

Any guesses who ate some of our kitchen tile for lunch today?
You’re stumped right? I’ll give a couple of hints,
she has four legs and is covered in fur.

And she is pretty darn lucky that I love her so much!
My super smeller powerful chewer.

family party for 17 people at our house this sunday

our house is still under construction

still have to shop for such party

clean what I can of the house

groom the stinky dog

everyone is over worked and under rested

can i drink now?

I caught most of the movie Eight Below on cable over the weekend.
I didn’t expect to really like it, I only watched it because there wasn’t anything else on at the time. Crazy I know, we only have 300 channels.
Anyway, I loved it. A very sweet film you can watch with your kids around.
Now I’ll have to try and catch it again from the beginning.

Allison has her best friend over for a sleep over.
So far there has been pizza for dinner, a game of Bingo, music, dancing and singing and now they are in the living room with the lights off watching Goosebumps.

Fun times.
Now, I just pray they will sleep after watching these creepy movies. Momma is wiped out.

I just ordered Roxy her Christmas gift.
Shhh… don’t tell her.

Now all I have left to buy for my girls are their stocking stuffers.

I spent the day yesterday baking with my Aunt, Sister and Step Mom.

Making many Kieflie cookies every year has been a tradition in my Step Mother’s family for generations.
We made traditional nut and a few fruit. All came out wonderful.
The best of all for me was just being a part of things and spending the time with people I love.

I think it might have put me in a holiday mood. Some thing I have been having a little trouple with this year.

OMG, I just ate our last little Kit Kat bar!
I have been sneaking one into the computer room two some times three evenings a week since Halloween.

I think I may be addicted.

And one of my girls gave him a big wet kiss!

I don’t know if any one noticed that I have been a little M.I.A. lately.
This past week has been so stressful and emotional.

Little over a week ago I found out that my nineteen year old, unemployed, uninsured and very immature daughter is pregnant. She was over a week late so I made her take a home test. It was positive. Not a total shock because she has been pretty much living with her boyfriend for the past three months, sadly I think it is all too predictable.

Next I called around and found a near by teen pregnancy center. We had to wait a few days for their late night because I work during the day and I took her in for another test and prayed that it would prove the first one wrong. When the second showed positive, I broke down. At that point no matter what she chose to do, I knew there were some very hard days were ahead.

It took her about four days to decide that she is going to have the baby.
So, the past couple of days have been filled with phone calls and making appointments to find government programs and a doctor.

I guess just knowing what we are dealing with, I feel some what better then I did a week ago. She will be twenty years old by the time she has the baby, three years older then I was when I had her. My mother and grandmother were also very young.
I was just really hoping that both my girls would not be following this cycle in our family of young, unprepared mothers. Even though I know things always work out. It is such a hard road!

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