BRRRR!!!!!

I guess it wouldn't seem like it's that cold to some of you, especially those of you who have spent the last couple of days having snowball fights but I'm freezing my bum off! My Texas blood is not used to this..let's see.....it's 32 degrees! I've just realized that I really need to see about getting some cold weather clothes. My jeans and short sleeved shirts here just aren't cutting it. Nor are my thin little short sleeved jammies. I need fire...I can't believe there's no fireplace in this big house.


I really should be in bed but this is the first opportunity I've had to spend much time on here the past week. My dad's visiting again and has been here since last Friday, yay! We've spent a lot of time doing fun things. On Saturday we went to a fall festival right down the road and had a really good time. The kids got to ride horses, play games, and we even got to go on a hayride. It was our first one and the kids thought it was really cool. Today my dad and I spent most of the day out shopping while the kids were at school. Cassie's 10th birthday is on Monday and I had a couple more things to pick up for her. We also did a bit of Christmas shopping which was really nice. We both found things we wanted to get the kids and I figured they's probably be hard to find if I waited until all the other Christmas shoppers got out and about. We had a really good day and it was nice to have someone to do something with instead of going alone. Speaking of Cassie's birthday, when we asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday she said she wanted to go back to D.C. That's pretty easy to accomodate so we'll be going back this Saturday. Our first order of business is to go to the National Aquarium and our second is to go to the National Museum of Natural History. She also told me she wants to get her ears pierced for her birthday. Perfectly fine with me, I mean she will be 10. Mike's not too thrilled about it and has tried to talk her out of it. Not gonna happen though, she's pretty set on it. More so since we went to the mall the other day and she saw a pair of Hannah Montana earrings that she's dying to have. We'll probably make the trip back to the mall for her big event either Friday after school or Sunday afternoon. Mike said if she does get them pierced not to tell him because he doesn't wanna know. Ok, I won't tell ya...I'll let ya see for yourself when she's prancing around with those Hannah Montana hoops sparkling in the sunlight...LOL!
OHHHH!! Guess what?! My mom called my dad this evening and someone made an offer on their house and they accepted it! YAY!! So long as everything goes through, my mom and brother will be leaving Texas for West Virginia on Dec. 7th. I'm SO happy that I'll be spending Christmas with my family. I'm not sure yet if they'll be coming here or if we'll be going there. I don't really care so long as I'm able to be with my mom. I can't believe it's been a month since I've seen her.

I believe I mentioned in a post a couple of months ago that Cassie REALLY wants to visit New York. So do I, I've never been. I got a little community magazine in the mail yesterday and sort of tossed it aside. I was cleaning up tonight and was fixing to throw it out but decided to flip through it before I did. When I got to the back of the book I noticed a couple of pages from the Parks & Rec. Dept. that said trips on it when I saw something like this..... For the bargain price of $60, on Dec.8th I can go to New York City and shop till I drop...well until 6 p.m. anyways...lol. The bus leaves here at 5 a.m. and is scheduled to arive back here at 12:30 a.m. I really want to go and I want to take Cassie with me. How much fun would that be for the two of us to go do a little Christmas shopping in New York City?! And the best part, I wouldn't have to drive! LOL! The bus would get us there and then if need be, on the subway we go. I don't usually do things like this but I figure why the heck not? I think it would be fantastic for the two of us to do this together. And what better time could you go than when the city is all decorated for Christmas? Of course I haven't talked to Mike about it yet so we'll see. My birthday is in a couple of weeks though and what better gift to give me than the gift of shopping till I drop in New York City? Hey...I'm down with window shopping...we can window shop till we drop...LOL!