The ornaments my kids made me in school!

My oldest made me one of a snowman with her picture on it with silver spray painted squiggle noddles on it - I liked the other two's also, but this was my favorite!

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

Wow - would be cheaper for me to get a piano then pay for all the tennis lessons I have paid for the past two years.

I thought it would be more than that - encourage him!

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

I will be at the Orange Ball Drop in Costa Mesa, CA.  This will be my first New Year's Eve out with all the amatuer's in my 36 years.  Have never been out, usually stay home!  We will be in a driven shuttle from the Westin over there, so all will be good!

To Everyone - HAPPY HAPPY!

Talk to you all next year!

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

I have NO tolerance for owners with dog's who bite. 

We went back to IL last September to see my ill grandmother one last time before she passed away.  After getting in town, stopping by the hospital, I took my husband and kids to my in-laws - so the kids were not bored  or loud at the hospital.  We got 3 steps into the house, a dog my kids never touched or seen before, came at my oldest daughter and attacked her.  This *$!!#! ...r spaniel sounded like a wolf going after an animal to kill.  It took my FIL and husband and me in between them to get the dog off her.  We were back at the same hospital we left within 7 minutes from leaving (small town and my in laws live close).  I called my parents to let them know what was going on, and they were at the door waiting for us.  My nephew happened to be one of the nurses on duty, so we went straight in, by passed all. 

The sound of the dog and her screaming and then seeing all the blood, it was the MOST awful thing!  She ended up having to have 28 stiches in one spot on her face and 9 in another on her chin.

One of my rookie policemen, from when I worked at the PD, came to the hospital for the report.  It was nice to see him after 10 years, however, not under those circumstances.  He took the report, went to the house while the pound came over the FIL house to take the dog for the 10 day quarentine.  I am glad it was him.

Needless to say, they still have the dog because it never did this before - I was and still am livid.  How can somene keep a dog after they hurt a child, especially your grandchild so severly?  None of my kids provoked this dog in any way - we were only 3 steps into house and the dog came out of the kitchen, by passed my other 2 and went straight for Hannah.

Hannah still has a little scar and it looks kind of like a dimple.  The plastic surgeon that saw here said it depends her, if they laser it in her early teens. 

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

I am so bummed I missed him...

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

My favs would be, when I get to watch them - The First 48 & Dog th Bounty Hunter on A &E, Desperate Housewives, but I have not seen in sssooo long, and House Hunters on HGTV.

I do not get to watch to much TV, if I do it is usually cartoons or something kid driven - Hannah Montana or something like that, in order to spend a little time with the kids.

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

I have heard alot about thi...

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

His driving - I feel like I am riding with an 80 year old man.  Slow and it always gets worse when we have somewhere to be.  And then when we are going somewhere that directions are needed, my eyesight is great and I can read street signs from a great distance, when I tell him to trun right at next light, etc, and he does not get in the right lane, and I repeat it, he has the nerve to tell me to be quiet - he is driving not me!

The fanatsy football and football Sunday thing is a big one also - especially since he is now a Super Bowl Champion of his league, so now I have to listen to that for quite awhile

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

Gameboy Advance is coming out with movies now for them.  I saw this at Christmas!

I checked into the PSP for mine, and after looking at the games, it is to much for little ones.

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

Way to go Amanda!

CONGRATS!!!

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

First - I would change my cell phone number and only give to those I really watned to keep in contact with!   Then, I would invest some to make sure it would still be there.  I would buy a nice house here, with a smaller one being purchased about 5 miles away for guests.  I would buy one also close to my home town. Then I would buy a bus (nicer than most peoples houses) get my kids favorite teacher and my best friend and we would hire a driver and travel the US & Canada forver and then start expanding across the ocean. 

I would take care of my parents and my FIL (out of respect to my husband) so they would not have another worry for as long as they lived.

Can you tell, I have not thought about this at all!

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau

I am really shocked more Gator fans did not travel from FL.  Living there - them FL people LOVE their football! 

However I am glad to see the outcome - the Gators brought the swamp to the house!

I talked my husband out of betting on the game - we could have won a mint with them being the underdog - GOSH darn it, that $10,000,000 would have been close - HA!

Denise
"Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame"
-Henry David Thoreau