Loving Now

ONE - I've had these work pants or wear anytime pants on my radar this week. Looks like I need to try them! 

TWO - a good thing to put in your own stocking. I love these since they don't dent my hair. Also they call this color "seashell" so that's super cool. 

THREE - a classic black dress $188

FOUR - needed these socks to wear boots with. I love the free two day shipping anytime. 

FIVE - I'd wear these leggings any day! Must have pockets. 

Randoms

1. My kids are still loving our elf Achy. They're 6 and 9. Like everyone morning they are cracking up over him. It makes the spirit so alive!

2. Speaking of - Grady had a kid in his choir that told him Santa wasn't real. When Grady told me I told him, "what in the world?!" He was like, "I know, that's just crazy!"

3. I made two batches of fudge the other day and they're both dry. I'm so mad! Will try again this weekend. 

4. One of the best things I've done this year is teach Molly Anne how to wrap gifts. Last night she and I wrapped over 20 gifts for other family members. Nothing for our immediate family because I don't have my act together on that. But she LOVED helping me. And I felt soooo much better after we knocked all of that out. 

5. At the Toyota dealership this morning for an oil change. Always great timing on that...not! But I always do this when I have some work meetings on Teams so it shakes out. 

6. I have a few posts I want to write soon - how much capacity do I have. Career as a woman in your young 40's. And why I stay busy all of the time. 

Dad's Visit

My Dad came to visit last week for one night and we are sooooo glad he did! He came to surprise Molly Anne for her winter jam concert where she had a solo, It's Snow Fun! The next morning we got to surprise Grady being the mystery reader in his class! It was all SO fun! 

Of course Ms. Julie came AND brought her flowers. 



Cookie decorating night was great too!






Basketball in the driveway!


Time with the granddog!





He also gave Grady's teacher a new set of Dr. Seuss books for the classroom. So cool. 


Oh and we got to have lunch with Molly Anne too and see her classroom. 


Thankful for the caregivers that stayed with my mom so he could do this. Now we have to get him down here more often for these things!! 

Holiday Weekend

We had a big weekend.

Friday night was choir practice at church. 

Saturday was nails, tennis, birthday party then out for a fun party. 

Sunday was church concert, santa brunch then round two of the concert. 

Busy but good!

The kids and I surprised Kevin with the chocolate oatmeal cookies that his mom always made. 


Our annual Christmas nails date (and picture!) for Molly Anne and I. 


Spending time with our best buddy. 


Out for drinks and apps before a party. We went to North Italia and Postino. 







Good times at the Clubhouse. 


Reading always. 


Church choir




Then Santa brunch - our favorite activity at the club. We made reservations at the same time as our other friends. 


Still reading. She just started Harry Potter!






And back to church for round two...

Cheers!

High and Low

A mix of high and low today. Y'all know my high isn't very high like $500 for a shirt. Anyway, here is goes:

ONE - this is the most wonderful shirt. I have it in red. It's $20 today, down from $118. Will be glad in the Spring that I have this!

TWO - dreaming of a summery trip we have in February with this dress!

THREE - this top is out of my usual but I'm SO glad I grabbed it. Pair with a black skirt or pants. 


FOUR - my friend told me this $25 sweatshirt is the one she grabs over her lulu ones. It's the perfect length and has enough give in it to be flattering. Will be putting this in my cart!


FIVE - such a pretty new color of my fav long sleeve shirt! 

How Ya Doing?

This is a picture of a crockpot full of chili that I'm gonna plop in the burner the next morning to cook all day. One way I'm trying to make wise use of my time. Making dinner at night for the next day.  

You spy that Kringle from one of our vendors at work, yum!! What about Great Lakes Christmas Ale? Best beer ever for the holidays!

How's everyone doing? 

Are you enjoying the festivities or are you too busy to think about them? 

Have you finished shopping? 

Things are kicking along over here. I have a couple people find gifts for but I already have a thing or two for each. I also still need to help my dad with his shopping for a couple people. 

I've been so busy with Mills and work. Oh yeah and my two humans. But Mills is taking even more time than normal time which is fine. I have two big deals going on right now in addition to my regular workload. I hope to be able to share my two big deals sometime in the new year. Some different things for me which is cool and fun!

Other than that I'm trying to slow down and enjoy the moments. These are the days! 

King

The king is doing well today and for that I'm so thankful. He was especially photogenic last night!