...to get hosed.

Against our better judgement, we took Caroline to see Santa Claus (I added the "Claus" like there's another Santa) at the mall tonight. We got there around 5:30 and managed to beat most of the crowd. We only had to wait in line behind a few other kids, and their parents, of course.

When I got home from work today, Caroline was wearing her cute farmgirl overalls, but I quickly got her outfitted in her festive Christmas attire. Grammy bought her this cute little green corduroy A-line dress at War Eagle this fall, but since we have a future WNBA-er on our hands here, it fits more like a shirt! I gave up on trying to find red, cable-knit tights to go under it and went with some (too-short) red pants, with a sweet little ruffle on the hem. Overall, she was pretty stylish!

Waiting in line with Mommy...
"Whoa! You mean I gotta sit on HIS lap?"

This is the picture they took...of course, doctored by Picnik...

And here's the one I took...with a little Picnik help...

Here's the part about getting hosed...they had a sign there that said we should "refrain" from personal photography unless we made a "minimum purchase". They wouldn't really tell us what that "minimum" was, so I just said I'd buy a picture so they'd let me take a picture with my camera. I didn't realize that I was going to be completely robbed! I ended up paying $12 for eight wallets and $19.99 for two 5x7s!! But really, can you put a price on a rite of passage like this? Then I proceeded to walk over to a little cart selling "Baby's First Christmas" ornaments for $12, with "free personalization". I didn't realize that all they were going to do was use a fine-tip Sharpie to write her name and the year on it. Seriously! I could have just gone to Wal-Mart...or better yet, Target, and done the same my crafty self!

'Tis the season...

***p.s. I miscounted the other day when I said it was my 200th post. Oops! This one really is my 200th post! Yay me! :)

Go here to see them!

Yay! It's "Talkative Thursday" again...my favorite blog-day of the week! Not that I won't talk as much as I want to any other day of the week. In fact, I'm thinking of making an executive decision and changing it up...I think "Talkative Tuesday" sounds better...and perhaps making it "Thankful Thursday" instead. Only downfall about that is there is much more to say on a Thursday than on a Tuesday. Anyway, we'll just have to see what happens. One thing I know for sure...I don't think I'll be featuring "Wordless Wednesday" on a regular basis. Too much going on in this girl's mind...gotta get it out when the mood strikes...and the mood just might strike on a Wednesday. Enough said. (Ha!)

Found a neat meme (new vocab!) on another blog today. Don't really remember where, but I liked it so I copied it. Here it goes...if I tag you, I apologize in advance if you don't like this sort of thing...but PLEASE just play along! :)

SEVEN THINGS I DID BEFORE:
1. Took a shower in the morning instead of at night
2. Shopped for myself too much
3. Wore size 6s and 8s (on my body)
4. Wore size 9.5s (on my feet)
5. Drank more beer
6. Took too many pictures of my dog
7. Got to work early and stayed late

SEVEN THINGS I DO NOW:
1. Baby-talk
2. Wipe another person's butt (yes, the baby's)
3. Take full responsibility for the health and well-being of somebody other than myself
4. Wake up before the sun (well, I always have)
5. Blog
6. Talk about body fluids and excretions without batting an eye or losing my lunch
7. Give eskimo kisses freely (not to everyone, just the baby)

SEVEN THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO:
1. Have more babies
2. Learn HTML code so I can pimp my blog without paying somebody else to do it
3. Stop using the word "pimp"
4. Take more pictures
5. Go to Europe
6. Lose (a lot of) weight
7. Have grandkids

SEVEN THINGS THAT ATTRACT ME TO MY HUSBAND
1. He loves me
2. He puts his family first
3. He puts up with me
4. He is extremely loyal
5. He doesn't care what other people think about him
6. He finishes what he starts (eventually)
7. He's a great daddy!

SEVEN THINGS I SAY MOST OFTEN
1. "Heey Leetle Girl"...(see this to understand what this means)
2. HEY!
3. Put your feet down.
4. Are you paying attention?!
5. How many time have I told you...
6. Are you kidding me?
7. Stop talking! (yes, I know, that's great coming from ME!)

SEVEN PEOPLE I'M TAGGING
1. Mary Kate
2. Krysta
3. Sarah E.
4. Ami
5. Sarah T.
6. Christine
7. Phoebe

I'm trying to see if I can post from my email...Well, off to see if it worked! :)

a few seconds later...
***Woo hoo! Apparently it did!***

No, I do NOT want this man for Christmas! I just want (and need) some patience!!! Apparently, the picture above illustrates the ASL (American Sign Language) symbol for the word "patient". One of my co-teachers and I have been going around giving eachother this sign for the better part of the day...since we learned it. I desperately need a little patience! (yea-ahh...)(I hope y'all got that lame attempt at a GnR reference!)


Here's part of the reason~~~Today in class I gave them a question to answer (in writing) and specifically told them "Your answer must be in COMPLETE SENTENCES!" It was written out exactly like that. A hand pops up..."Yes?"..."Can I answer it with a t-chart?"...and that is why I am in need of PATIENCE!!! There are countless other reasons, but it wouldn't be productive to think about them. Come to think of it, this isn't very productive either.

Just for kicks...a trip down memory lane. May the song "Patience" get stuck in your head, too!

I've been seeing this pop up on many of the blogs I follow, and I finally decided to give in and give it a go...Now, let me think up what I haven't done in the recent past: