Packing

Today I started packing some things for my trip to Germany next week. You ask why I started so early. Well let me tell you my schedule starting Wednesday morning. We get up and drive 3.5 hours to PA. for Thanksgiving. The men in the family are going deer hunting on the Monday after the holiday so I need to pack for them. I need 5 days worth of clothing plus hunting gear. After we eat our holiday dinner on I will travel back to Delaware with my cousin to go black Friday shopping. We will shop all weekend. Then I will travel back to PA with her on Monday. Once arriving there I will go to the airport with my sister since she is also going to Germany. BUT I have to take most of my luggage with on Wednesday to PA because when I go back on Monday we are traveling in a mid size car with all of black Friday shopping in it. So there will not be a lot of room for all of my luggage. I'm tired just thinking about this. So today I packed one suitcase filled with Christmas gifts for my German family. ( I will say a little prayer tonight that it is under 50lbs.) 50 lbs.!! that's all your suitcase can weight:+( I can take 50 lbs worth of shoes and purses. What is the sense of being a great packer when you can only put 50lbs. in a suitcase. The challenge has always been to see how much you can get in a suitcase. The airlines really need to back off the weight restrictions. Because 50lbs. just is not enough. I think men should only be aloud 40 lbs. and women should be aloud 60lbs. Men only need one pair of shoes and no purses. I hope someone from the airlines reads this and takes my suggestion.

Sunny Day

What a great day. The weather was 60 degrees today. It was so nice we drove to OC and walked on the boardwalk. Why can't the weather be like this all winter long? I woke up today and my children still had A's on their report cards, so it wasn't a dream. I'm the mother of kids with A's I also took some pictures today of the house and "THE BODY" I will attempt to put her picture in this post. She was also enjoying the beautiful day.

Heaven

Today I feel like I'm in heaven. I feel like I'm floating on air. With a chocolate cupcake, a beer, and weighing in at 110 lbs. I know you are all wondering why I feel like a queen today. Well let me tell you: Today is report card day and my children came home with A's. One son had three and the other had four. I have not seen these good grades since 5th grade. Middle school was the worst. I only hope that high school continues to be this good.

Heads UP

The 22nd annual World Championship "Punkin Chunkin" was held this weekend. And again what a great time. If you have a list of things to do in your life this should be on it. To witness the throwing of pumpkins (some almost a mile) and all the hoopla that goes along with it, is an event you can only experience in person. I could write about all the ways the color orange is used, and all the lingo that goes along with this event, but I would not do it justice. We tailgated, witnessed the "Chunkin", drank beer, danced to the live music, and always watched for "falling pumpkins." Because the do misfire sometimes.

Football

Last night my sons had their last game of the season. And it ended in a tie!!!!!! A tie!!!!! What good is a tie? A tie is like taking your sister to prom and embarrassment. Let's have OT. When you have a competition you have to have a winner and a loser. So they ended the season with 4 wins, 1 lose, and 1 tie. They had a good year considering they only had 16 guys on the team. All the other teams had enough for an offense and a defense, but not Cape they played all the time on both offense and defense. So now I'm done with stinky sweaty football jersey's and it is on to stinky sweaty singlets.