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Oh Riley!

Tracy yells at me, "Come look what your little baby did!"  Oh Riley... good thing I LoVe that little turkey!  Took me forever (well, going on 4 years) to find my perfect patio set... took Riley 2 weeks to start messing it up.  Now, take a look at the condition!

Went to see New Moon this evening.  You would have thought it was 5:00 Black Friday at Wal-Mart.  But, it was worth the wait.  I do have to say that the movies don't even come close to the books.  I have been a vampire freak as long as I can remember.  Tracy has always said that was a little strange; that it doesn't really fit into my character... what can I say?  LoVe them (man, even wore out my VCR tape of The Lost Boys)!

Mattie (gotta quit with that -- he hates it) is still feeling pretty poorly.  He is having another stomach flair-up, but maybe it will level out before the holidays.

Sniff, sniff...

You all know I am a big 'ol copy cat, so I had to follow Tracy's lead with a favorite Christmas picture.

A Sands Christmas tradition is to read the Christmas Story (it varies whether it's from Luke or Matthew) before opening gifts on Christmas Eve.  Christmas 2007, Matthew informed us that he could do the reading that year.  Isn't that the sweetest thing ever?  He is just so stink'n cute in his PJs, reading the Christmas Story from the Bible in front of the tree.  That could melt anyone's heart!!!  And, he continues  to read the Christmas story each year.

Sometimes Matthew likes to drag out his letter from Santa.  Not sure if he is wanting to leave it out so that Santa doesn't "forget" what he wrote him and his proclamation of him being on the "Nice List"... After gifts, it's off to bed to make sure everyone is asleep before Santa comes! 

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday TZT!

(Ummm... time for a blog update!)

It's about time...

Today was the day... I quit Mafia Wars!  Yes, you read that right... no more Mafia Wars for me!  I have been gifting my loot since about 3:00 and still have a little more to go.  I'm not closing my account, but will continue to use up my energy and pass the loot on to Tracy.  I spend an enormous amount of time playing and so I decided I need to rejoin society -- LOL!  When Matthew heard me say that I was closing out, he said that was good because they [he and Tracy] could start spending time with me again.  Now, how sad is that? 

Okay, now looking for a new addiction... any suggestions? 

Twilight ~ Country Style

Child Labor

Not a lot going on around here, so I thought I would share a little about life around here...

A couple of years after we moved into our house Tracy decided to plant a few pecan trees.  Now we have over 60.  Of course only the first few are putting out any nuts, but we have several fully grown trees scattered around the property.  So, we really don't have enough to make it worth our while to have someone come pick them up.  That is where the child labor comes in to play -- Tracy had Matthew pick up the ones off the trees behind the house and got about 35 pounds of nuts for Melaine.   (Of course I buy mine b/c I don't want to pick them out once they get cracked -- LOL).  His next harvest will come from the trees down in the branch...  So, as Tara said, here is my LiTtLe NuT!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I had lunch with Tara today.  It certainly was nice to have a little time to chat and catchup!  We'll have to do it more often!