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EDIT: I figured it out.  :)  But  watch the video!  :)


Is anyone having trouble seeing the photos I posted?!  I can't see them and I am not sure why.  :(  They seem to load just fine and when I preview they are there, but then when I actually post I can not see them.

If you can't, you can go here and see them all!  Oh and buy shoes.  Even if they aren't 27% off because they are THAT cute and a gift that gives back.

Oh and check out the video...

Dear Santa

Dear "Santa"(s),

I know I have been asking for a laptop for Christmas, but I think its a dire need now.  For quite sometime, I have not been able to use the actual keyboard because, silly me, I spilled piping hot lemon water on it.  So I have a keyboard plugged in.
Then, just recently, the screen wont stay up so I have to prop it on a pillow. Or against the ottoman while sitting on the floor.  Or lay on the couch and prop it on the arm of the couch.
Now, just in the last couple of DAYS, the plastic thingys (technical, I know) have popped off that hold the screen to the base and it makes for a wobbly screen. (As in, the screen can literally come OFF the base of the laptop.)

So with all of that said, I will stress again:  I really really REALLY want a new laptop and I feel that I have been rather good this year. ;0)

Love, like a lot,

Katie

Sseko

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I cry

I cry at everything.  At TV shows.
At commercials that are gushy.
At blogs.  Definitely at blogs.
There are some posts that others write that I have to come back to because they are so hard to read.  I always have a Kleenex nearby so that I can wipe away the tears and blow my nose.

Today is no ordinary day.  Everyone is writing about Veteran's Day.  I don't cry at the thought of the day, but at the thought that SO many people have loved ones who have served or are serving today.  Jenny's blog really hit me today.  She is a wife of a military man.  And she painted a picture so perfectly for me of a life that I will never see.  But I felt it, for just one quick minute. I sorta saw her life. And I cried.
I cried because I loved how content she was.  I cried because not only is her husband, Travis, sacrificing, but so is she.  Not really sure why I felt the need to blog about her. And I know how random it might be.  But I want to say thank you to Jenny for being the wife of a veteran and for her husband who selflessly gave up a corporate job to protect me and my family and friends. And to their baby girl for giving up time with her Daddy so that he can serve.  She doesn't know the difference now, but she is much appreciated. I don't know this family personally, but started reading her blog after she shared her story about her daughter Bella on Jeannett's blog.

So thank you to all the men and women sacrificing their life for us so that we may be free.  And thank you to all the men and women out there who are supporting their wife, husband, significant other, daughter, son...you are just as amazing!  :)

Bites the dust

Well about 6 or so months ago, I spilled piping hot lemon water on my computer.  After that happened the keyboard froze up for about a week.  Then everything worked but the letter "k", the space bar and the return key.  Once that happened my dad gave us a keyboard to attach to the computer so that I could type normal again andnotlikethis.

Then just this week the screen no longer stays up unless I balance it, but it falls about every 5 minutes.  I have to hold it if I am watching HULU or balance it just right.

So here I am, putting it on my list to Santa, I would like a new computer.  It doesn't have to be fancy.  Just working. Well. No viruses.

I HAVE been a good girl this year.  Just don't ask my husband!  ;0)

Halloween: The Candy Edition

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, by far.  Especially now that I have a little one to dress up for the occasion.
I love dressing up and trick or treating (I am forgetting all of the negative connections to Halloween), the fact that it is the beginning of the holiday season and of course, the CANDY!

When I was younger, I used to try to find good hiding spots so that my three other siblings couldn't eat all the good stuff. Sometimes I would even separate my candy in hopes to fool them. One thing I can successfully say about my brother is that when he is determined to find something, it will be found.  Especially if it is something that doesn't belong to him but he really REALLY wants!  :)

Back to the candy.  I could eat it day in and day out.  No issues.

Well, then I turned 25.  And had a baby.  And nothing melts off like it used to.  I swear.  I am eating rather healthy again (I went on a health food hiatus), but with all of the candy{wrappers}lying around my house, you wouldn't be able to tell.

Why is it that when you know you shouldn't have something, its all you think about and want?!

Its a good thing my Mommy group is donating it to the troops.  I can't get it out of my house fast enough! Shoot if I don't hand it off soon, I will be eating it out of my house!

With that said, I don't need any candy in my stocking for Christmas. Give it to Greg.  :)

What I will miss

I was reading Jeannett's blog (amazing, really!) and she was saying that the one bad thing about being a SAHM is that you don't get sick days.  SOO true.  You just can't call in sick.

Well, it got me thinking.  As I get ready to one day go back to work (hopefully), I wanted to know what I would miss.

The cuddles.  I would miss the cuddles.  Sam is the best cuddler around.  Sure, it might take her slapping me first, but I LOVE the cuddles. She is so sweet. She will nuzzle in the crook of my neck and just lay there.  Boy will I miss those.

 I will miss her crawling in my lap to just hang out with me.  I will miss the drive by kisses that she gives me.  For no reason.

I know I will still get them when I'm home, but now I get them all the time.  And I LOVE it!  :)

The temper tantrums someone else can deal with.  Can I just have the cuddles?!

Halloween

We had a wonderful time this year for Halloween!  I decided a while back that Samantha was going to be a cowgirl.  I like to plan ahead because I always have a specific costume in mind and I am not a big fan of the store bought ones (I know that time will come, but I like to not pay $40 for crap...) and I have to search high and low for exactly what I am looking for.

Here's the low down on her costume:

• boots: Target for $19.99. I bought them a size too big so she can grow into them!  :)
• hat: $1 Store so it was $1
• kerchief: Hobby Lobby for 0.99
• Shirt: purchase from Grandma Levine :)
• Jeans: already in her wardrobe.  

Greg and I acquired our costumes from his Mom and Dad.  Amazingly, they had all of that stuff lying around. I guess horseback riding comes in handy for your kids when they want to dress up as cowboys and cowgirls.

Finnegan's blanket is a horse blanket that Greg's parents had in their garage.  

We trick or treated at Greg's brother's house in Ballwin.  We had such a good time and Sam did wonderful with the thank yous and the hi's and sometimes with the trick or treats.  But man, if she was a pro at anything, it was taking the candy out of the bowl and putting it in her pumpkin.  She was born to trick or treat.  And her Daddy and I were born to eat her candy!  :)

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Halloween.  I am currently willing myself to not go to the pumpkin full of candy and eat a Snickers.  Or a Laffy Taffy.  Or a Tootsie Pop...