High Gear Holidays

It is me or is this holiday season coming in high gear? I can't believe it is almost Thanksgiving. Usually by this year, I have done some Christmas shopping and have a list of things I wanted to get people. This year = nothing. Not even a thought about what I wanted to get my family. It is crazy. I have not been shopping lately, so I have not been reminded that Christmas is around the corner. The closest thing I have to that is my facebook Christmas countdown. Ha. My mom is the easiest to buy for, but this year I am stumped. Of course, I could go the basic route...perfume, clothes, gift cards, but I don't want to. Gift cards, reminded me of holiday cards which need to be sent to about 100 people. You guessed it, haven't started them either. Not that I am ba-humbug, just haven't had a chance to do anything yet. Richie and I usually bring all our Xmas stuff down this week and we put the tree up and decorate on Black Friday. I have off from work, so I just go to town. This year, I am hosting a friends birthday party Friday night and do not want the mess. I thought about having the house all done with Xmas decorations, but I think it will be a lot of work to do in one day. I am sure she will be happy that it is more about her birthday, then Xmas anyway. It should be fun.

Another Weekend Rundown

Friday night, Richie and I met Mandy for dinner. We have not hung out in a long time. Probably 6 months or so. We always have good intentions to meet up and do something, but time always escapes me. How many times a week do you say to someone.."yeah, we do need to get together" or "we need to figure out a day to meet up". I know I say that at least once a week to someone. It isn't until I specifically set up a day and time on the calendar that we actually do something. Mandy and I made our plans a week in advance. Friday nights are pretty low key and if we do anything at all, it is just dinner with a few friends and hope for an early night. We went to dinner at a little bar and grill. Good food for cheap money! Love that! The 3 of us had a blast and just sat and talked for about 3 1/2 hours. Then I was beat! We called it a night in hope that so much time would not pass between visits. Although, no matter how much time passes between visits, as soon as we get together, it seems like just yesterday we hung out. Gotta love it!
Saturday, I did some laundry and went to the grocery store. Fun, fun! We were invited to Trey and Carrie's Pre-Holiday party! They live about 45 minutes away from us, so we had pre- arranged that Richie and I would be staying at their house. I decided to bring breakfast and make a casserole. I made a sausage, egg, and cheese casserole, brought cinnamon buns and OJ! I had never made the casserole before, but it actually turned out really good and I was very happy with it. We had a great time. Visited friends, played some beer pong, and ate great food. Can't wait until next year!
Sunday was football, of course. Steelers won and we were very excited. Went to bed early to catch up on zzzzzzzzzzzzz's we lost the night before!

So Much for Resting

Richie and I decided since I had a 4 day weekend we should do something fun. We decided to head down to the beach and visit some friends. We stayed at Mike, Sara and baby Madison's. Madison is 6 months old and just as cute as can be. We had a blast. We left Saturday night after Richie got off of work. The guys fixed Mikes 4 wheeler so they could go ride in the morning while us girls hung out. We got up Sunday and had breakfast and off the boys went for most of the morning. Sara and I just played with the baby and talked. The boys came back and where muddy as muddy could be. They had to clean up the bikes and get showered. Mike fixed us a wonderful dinner and we watched movies. Mike had to be at work on Monday so he left early. Richie and I packed up and went and meet another friend for lunch before heading home. It was a great weekend and we all had so much fun. Although, I just wanted to curl up under a blanket all weekend, I am so glad we jumped in the car and went to the beach.

Richie and Mike

Richie loves his goddaughter Madison

Just Tired

I am not sure if it is the time change, temperature change or just me, but I am so tired. I have gotten plenty of sleep, just feel like I have been dragging for the last 2 weeks. I had a cold last week and it seem to be still lingering. I am sure that plays a huge role in how I feel. All I want to do it lie down, curl up under a blanket and go to sleep. I had a pretty busy week and am very thankful it is Friday. I took off from work on Monday, so I have a 4 day weekend (Tuesday being Veterans Day-Holiday) Hopefully, I will be able to relax a little and finally kick this cold. Of course, it never happens that way... I already have a few projects lined up that I would like to complete. Tell tail sign that I am getting older- I can't "just do nothing" anymore. Years ago, I could lie around all day and watch TV and do nothing or hang out on a float in the pool for hours and hours. I just can't do that anymore and some days I really wish I could. I am going to try to have a well rested weekend- We will see what happens.