A Lizards daily journey

6 days.

It's been 6 days since I have had any coffee or chocolate enter my body.

 {Starbucks is wondering what happened to me}

If you know me - that's a really, really long time.

I don't know what parasite has entered my system but I was so sick this week.  I have had nothing but ginger ale, soda crackers & chicken broth, for 6 days.  I am tired of it but my stomach wants nothing else.  Which is a shame because I had this little basket of lovelies delivered to me at work this week:

 

A basket with like 50 gourmet Chocolate Chip cookies - wrapped up in Camo print tissue paper.  Who else - but my sweet husband.  He had the cookies delivered to say he missed me and hoped the Camo Print tissue paper would remind me of him.

Only B would find a Gourmet Cookie company who would deliver their cookies in Camo Print.

The basket made my day, and I have the best husband in the world.

Today I had zero energy & I have spent the entire day in my pj's, on the couch watching football.  And I don't feel guilty.  

And some great news:  My Buccaneers had their first win today!!!! Such an exciting game - our new rookie quarterback looked great.  The creamcicle uniforms must have worked.

{photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com}

Now it is 7:00pm - I am still in my pj's, still on the couch waiting for the Cowboys vs Eagles game to come on.  Tomorrow I will actually put on real clothes, and start some Christmas shopping.  Then B gets home - 

It's been a long week,  when your sick it's no fun, when your sick & alone, with no one to go downstairs and get you a ginger ale, or put a cool wash cloth on your forehead it's really no fun. 

 And when your 20 year old son locks all 3 of his car keys inside his car & you have to call a locksmith out - it's no fun.

Another sign that  "Tis the season"  is here, -  this is how many catalogs I received in the mail in a two day period this week:

At least I had something to read during commercials today. 

Still down & out with a stomach virus....

and missing my B.

Hope to return to normal soon.

It's that time of year again....

I can remember being a little kid & it seemed like it took Christmas for-ever to get here!   One of the things I loved about the time change was that it meant that by 5:30 pm it would already be dark out.  That only meant one thing --- Christmas was coming.  It was such a long span between January till December.  Now - it feels like you blink your eyes twice & it's back already.   I went into Target last week & this is what I found -

 

Walking through the isles of Christmas items @ Target put's you in the mood to decorate for Christmas even if you weren't when you first walked in.

Get ready - only 51 more shopping days left till ......

I spent today getting all my Christmas items ready for my Daily December Album.  So much fun to find stuff I forgot I had from last year - and getting new ideas for this season on how to use them.

Yesterday I spent  the afternoon @ Downtown Disney - taking this one to see Rainforest Cafe & all the

 animals there.  It was a perfect time to go  - no crowds, cooler weather, an no traffic.

off to work.

Miss you B.

Someone misses you B.

Hurry Home!!!

Hawaiian Volcano Plant.

Today I found what something I have been wanting for a long while now.  A Hawaiian Volcano Plant.  It is a piece of lava from a volcano in Hawaii, and has a plant growing out of it.  I saw one for the first time a few years back & ever since then I 've wanted one - without the expense of flying to Hawaii though.  And today - I found one - & I would have never thought to look here -   .....IKEA!!

You don't need much water - & I am still not sure if I need to add a little dirt around the rock - but I love it.

Here's a close - up view of the piece of lava rock.

And here's a look at my IKEA stash from today's visit:

Love that store!! Plus all the Christmas items are out & it's so much fun to look at.

Yesterday B hit the road - this is what he looked like leaving:

I don't think he could fit much more into the SUV.  

Lot's to do while he is gone, scrubbing baseboards, washing windows, getting ready for holiday season.  Somehow it seems the house always stays cleaner when he is gone for these few days.  

Planning on putting together my December Daily Album at this time also.  Ordered all the items for it today, and will start putting pages together as soon as they get here. 

    "December Daily is an album that documents the month of December leading up to Christmas day.  It is a chance to reflect, to share, to celebrate the season in a manageable, in-the-moment way.  The entire key to this album is to put it together before December."  -  {This quote taken from Ali Edwards blog on her December Daily post}.

{photo courtesy of Ali Edwards}

Ali Edwards is my favorite Scrapbook designer - I love her style, her simplicity, & her way of looking at everyday life.  Once you finish putting together the album all you have to do is add photo's or journal entries for each day in December.  I add receipts,  Christmas lists - stuff I want to remember years from now.  

I made one for myself last season, and sold about 10 other ones - it was a unique gift.    

Off for a nice warm bath & then watching "the Proposal" again - I love that movie.

Good night B.

Boo!!!

Stinky couldn't decide what to be for Halloween this year.....

Taco Kitty.....

Pumpkin Kitty....

Snow bunny kitty.....

Farmer Kitty....

and little Piggy Kitty....

I know, I know, too much time on my hands.  Well maybe it's because I am off from work today.  B leaves tomorrow for his annual hunting trip to Ohio, which means I am solo for the next 8 days -  

till later.

Pumpkin Patch Part Two.

Here's some of the rest of the shots from the Pumpkin Patch expedition on Sunday.  

This first one is my favorite :

It's still 90 degrees here - wishing for some fall weather.  

Pumpkin Patch Part One.

Went to a so-called Pumpkin Patch on Sunday.  Not sure if I would go so far as to call it a Pumpkin Patch.  There were like only 12 Pumpkin's in "the Patch".   but I was able to get some good shots of Makenna - running around.  Actually - do you know how hard it is to get a good shot of a child whose constantly running around??  

Here's just a few - will post more tonight - have to get ready for work - unfortunately. 

more to follow later.

I love B today.

New Hair cut.

just ignore the bags under my eyes.

Getting better.

It's true.

Practice makes perfect.  The more pictures I take, the happier I am with the results.  I am still nervous w/ the new camera - {don't know why}  but taking pictures of the cats all day gets boring.  Yesterday I got to take pictures of someone other than a cat.  I am happy with the results.  Really happy.  I can only get better from here.  Enjoy.

I love this mother-daughter shot - I think it's perfect!!

Don't know if I like the top one or the bottom one better.

Thanks girls!!!

Today is finally haircut day!! Can't wait - Have a happy Thursday.

Just figuring this camera out.

My only subjects to practice on.

It's finally here!!!!

UPS made me a happy girl today - look what he dropped off....

It's awesome, amazing & I love it already.  SO much heavier then my other camera too.

Here's a couple of shots I took playing around -

till later...

i heart faces - Pink!!!!

                                                                     

October is Breast- Cancer Awareness month & to honor that -  this weeks challenge at i heart faces  is Pink.

The photo doesn't necessarily need to have a "face" in it but something pink representing "Pink Week".

This is my entry:

Number 20 - Ronde Barber is wearing pink shoes & gloves honoring Pink Week.  Now Ronde wasn't the only one - most team members had some form of pink whether in the form of gloves, wrist bands etc. I believe they are doing this all games played in the month of October.  It is not only the Buc's but all NFL teams.  I like the contrast between  big, masculine football players wearing some form of pink on their uniforms.

Check out i heart faces - to see other entries.

This is what it looks like......

after these guys get home after working the Buc's game today.  I couldn't resist!!