Thanksgiving Eve...

Hello All ~

I hope you all are having a wonderful week. Things here in Hendersonville are great. I've been cooking today in preparation for our family Thanksgiving lunch tomorrow. I was asked to bring desserts. I've decided on chocolate chip cookies, peach cobbler and a strawberry/pretzel dessert. I hope that variety enough.

In addition to cooking I've been working on my piles and they are slowly going away. I hope to have most of them gone before I return to work on Monday. My goal is to keep them cleaned up so that I don't have to spend my entire Christmas break cleaning up piles of junk. Wish me luck.

There just isn't much going on here in Hendersonville -- what do each of you do on Thanksgiving Eve? Do you have some type of tradition? Let me know!

I know I promised you some breaking news, but you'll have to stay tuned -- I'm not ready to tell yet.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

Piles

I'm back... I'm sorry that you've been neglected. I think things are finally starting to calm down and maybe I can find 5 or 10 minutes a day (or every other day) to keep you posted on what's going on. I decided to give you a glimpse into my world and why I feel guilty about blogging.

You'll notice that the title of this post is "piles" -- that's because I feel like that's all my life consist of. Plies of laundry, piles of paper, piles of junk, piles of mail/bills and on and on and on.

Here are are few of the piles that are haunting me!

This is the "station" where we drop our keys, mail and junk when we come home. This welcomes me each and every day...

Then this is the next pile that I see -- This is a small cabinet space when you walk into our kitchen. There is a canvas bag with cleaning supplies that I took to church several week ago ( I have no idea why it's there.) The baby carriage is a pinata that was supposed to be used for a baby shower 3 weeks ago (it didn't make it) there is cereal sitting there b/c the box is too tall to fit into the cabinet, there is Gatorade -- not sure why it's there, Gatorade has it's own place in the dinning room. And behind that pink striped bag is the toaster -- guess we haven't toasted anything lately.

And here's the desk where I have to sit to blog... Need I say more?!?!?!?!

Never fear. School's out this week, so I intend to clean up these piles (along with many more). I'll show you the progress at the end of the week, I promise. Stay tuned, I have a couple of exciting things going on and I'll be sharing them with you soon.

HAPPY MONDAY!!!

3 of 4 ~ Sunday, October 19

Well, I 've made it thru 2 whole weeks with Jay working out of town. He just left for week 3 and we are hoping week 4, next week, will only be until Wednesday!! I don't know how you wives who have husbands who work out of town do it. Kudos to you!!! I would HATE for Jay to be gone every week and for now at least he's coming home on weekends. The first week he didn't come home until Friday and last week he came home on Thursday night, so I at least had an extra night of snuggling with him.

That's all I have for tonight. I'm headed off to get myself ready for the week ahead. I hope each of you has a wonderful week.

Random ~ Tuesday, October 7th

This has been a wonderful yet weird week... As most of you know I went to work for a local school system and we follow a "balanced" calendar. This means that we only get like 6 weeks of summer, but we get these awesome week long breaks periodically throughout the year. Well, this week just happens to be one of the breaks! yippee!! However, the phone call that I received from Jay last Thursday didn't lend to this being a great week. Now don't get me wrong it wasn't that we had some grand plans that were canceled or anything, but Jay called last Thursday to say that starting this week they'd be working out of town. Yep, he left Sunday night about 8pm and will not be back until Friday about 8pm. Now for those of you who know me really well you know that I'm very needy and I wasn't sure how I'd handle Jay being gone for an entire week, but so far so good. The first night was a little unnerving, but last night was much better... I spent Monday cleaning the house and today I had to run to the doctor to have blood drawn to check my thyroid levels so I just decided to make a day of it. I spent most of the day shopping. The only thing that I bought was one little ole pair of blue jeans! Yay me for showing some control!!!

Anywho, when I got home from shopping I went outside to walk the dog and I noticed that one of my favorite bushes had started to bloom. I thought I'd share a few pictures with you:

Now this is one end of our house. I took this picture so that you could see how big these bushes are -- I know what you're saying "It's not that big of a deal -- yeah, it's taller than the house, but so what" yep, that's what you thought wasn't it?!?!? WELL, these bushes are cut down every year at the beginning of summer! Yep, they grow that tall in just a few months. I can't wait until they are in full bloom. I'll keep you posted. You'll notice that there is one on each end of the house and there is a crazy over-grown crepe myrtle in the middle.

I just had to share one more with you...

Whirlwind

Yep, that's what life's been like for oh the last 6 weeks! As many of you might remember I started a new job at the end of July -- I'm happy to report that I love my new job. The pay isn't great, but I get teachers retirement and all the perks of working for the Government! I started out working with the guidance counselors, but about 3 or 4 weeks ago was moved to the front office. I was sure that I would hate it there, but it's turned out the be a very nice location. I actually have my own desk and my own space which I didn't have in the counseling office. I've learned tons about the school and what makes it tick...

In other news, you might remember me mentioning that we had also started going to a new church. Well, when we first started attending this church I agreed to be co-director of the preschool department, but about 6 weeks ago the girl who what the other 1/2 of the co-directing decided that she needed to take a little break. SO, that left me as the director which was fine. The other girl didn't leave the church or anything, but because of some family stuff she just needed to be less relied on, which again is fine. I'm so excited that she is still helping me from behind the senses. The last 2 weeks I've been trying to get motivated to compile a budget for 2009. YUCK!! I'm a finance person, but doing the research and trying to decide what we will need for the entire year of 2009 is just out of reach. I've started the process, but man it's no fun.

On top of all of this... we are still trying to get pregnant. This month I did get a couple of positive signs. NO not those kind of positive signs, but as least some sign to make me believe that the medication that I'm on is now working!! One small step at a time. I'll keep you posted on this as new developments come along.

There you have the Henderson's in a nutshell... Nothing really exciting going on here -- truly just life.

I hope each of you are having a great month. I promise I'll try to post more.

~ MEME ~

I borrowed this from Jess' blog ~ Thanks Jess :)

What kind of soap is in your bathtub right now? Dial for Jay and Mary Kay for me.

Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator? Not right now.

What would you change about your living room? Make it larger.

Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty? Dirty.

What is in your fridge? A few left overs that need to be thrown out, diet coke, bottled water, misc. salad dressing, and other condiments.

White or wheat bread? White.

What is on top of your refrigerator? Dust & maybe a fly swatter.

What color or design is on your shower curtain? Plaid -- Dark Green, Light Green, Navy Blue, Lighter Blue, Dark Tan & Lighter tan.

How many plants are in your home? Only one inside.

Is your bed made right now? NO -- why spend the time making it when we're going to get back in it...

Comet or Soft Scrub? Soft Scrub -- If I were going to clean!

Can you describe your flashlight? Yep -- the biggest Mag-lite made.

Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home? plastic, but they are the reusable type.

Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now? Nope.

If you have a garage, is it cluttered? We have an open-end car port and it's pretty clean.

Curtains or blinds? All windows have blinds, but only a few have curtains.

How many pillows do you sleep with? 3 -- two under my head and one between my knees for back pain relief.

Do you sleep with any lights on at night? Nope.

How often do you vacuum? Only as often as is required.

Standard toothbrush or electric? Standard.

What color is your toothbrush? White & Purple, maybe.

Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch? Yep.

What is in your oven right now? Nothing.

Chore you hate doing the most? Putting away clean laundry. (I really hate ALL housework...)

What retro items are in your home? By retro do you mean old? If you mean old -- we have a lot of stuff from Jay's grandmothers home -- we call them antiques. :)

Do you have a separate room that you use as an office? Yep.

How many mirrors are in your home? 4 that i can think of quickly.

What color are your walls? Kitchen & Dining room - wood paneling; Living room - pale yellow; guest room, laundry and bathroom - tan; master bedroom - navy bottom w/ white chair-rail and tan on top; office - dark green bottom w/ white chair-rail and tan on top.

What kind of pickles (if any) in your fridge? Sweet Relish, dill and bread & butter.

What color is your favorite Bible? Black

Ever been on your roof? NO -- why would I?

Do you own a stereo? Yes.

How many TVs do you have? Two.

How many house phones? 4 -- is that too many?

Do you have a housekeeper? I wish!

What style do you decorate in? Hodgepodge

Do you like solid colors in furniture or prints? A little of each.

Is there a smoke detector in your home? YES!

What are the items in your house which you’d grab if you only could make one quick trip? Sassy (our dog), my wedding rings and as many pictures as possible.

Now it's your turn!

Leave me a comment if you play along so that I can see your answers.

~Some Cuteness ~

Takin' a nap on Mommy & Daddy's bed...

Restin' on Daddy's pillows! (He won't mind, he's at work)

And then there's this little cutie who NEVER gets to enjoy time inside anymore...