69

That is the temperature right now in lower Delaware. What a great day. My man and I took "THE BODY" for a walk on the beach. I have the windows open in the house, and wash on the line. Life is just perfect today.

Saturday

Well today is a quiet day. One son is wrestling all day, and doing well (he called) and the other son and my man are golfing. Which is crazy to me because the weather is warmer the two days ago but not warm enough for me. When you have to wear long under ware to golf it's not warm enough. So I did what I do best, I went shopping:+) I got some good deals. I had to scope out the Coach store for next weekend. The girls are coming for a weekend shopping trip.

COLD

It is so cold the past few days. I hate it please summer hurry up. I can't wait until my children are grown so I can move some place where the is no cold weather, no blustery wind and certainly no snow. Until that time I will just stay inside for the winter.

The End

Well here it is again, the end of the year. The time when everyone looks forward to a clean slate, a new beginning, a start-over:+) Also it is the time to make promises that most of us don't keep. That's why I don't do resolutions. So I wonder why people do this at the end of the year. Why not do it every week or even once a month. Why only once a year. If we did it once a month we could have at least twelve times to get it right.

Gone

Christmas has come and gone already. We had a really nice quiet holiday. Grandmom and Grandpa Carl come for the holiday. Now Sandy and Gary are here for a few days. The hotel filled again. I love when the hotel is filled. Christmas weather wise was so great this year in the 50's. Today is going to be another great day. I got a new Coach bag from my man for Christmas, which is beautiful. I also bought myself a new Coach bag because I'm so special.

Getting Ready

Everyone in our house is getting ready for Christmas, even "The Body". Today she got a bath, brushed, and got her bed washed. She is also wearing her Christmas collar so she is ready. I wish that's all I had to do to get ready. I'm almost done wrapping gifts, which to me is the worse part of Christmas. They should come already wrapped. Just think of all the money you could save on wrapping paper, bows, ribbon, gift tags, and tape. You could use all that money to purchase other things like the pair of most gorgeous Cinderella shoes I saw last night at Coach. I would wear them everywhere even if they do have three inch heels:+)

Christmas Time

This weekend we put up a Christmas tree, it's beautiful as always. Why is it that this time of year there never seems to be enough time. It doesn't matter if you are working outside the home or a retired queen like me there is never enough time to go around. Today I will also bake more Christmas cookies. Last weekend I baked millions of them and they are almost gone. Next weekend Grand mom comes for Christmas I'm excited we will have our first Christmas dinner in this home. Today we also started wrapping Christmas gifts. This is the part I dislike the most. I like putting the ribbons on but not wrapping them in paper.

Also as you can see in the picture my annual gift to myself, Holiday Barbie is under the tree

Home Again

So much has happened since my last post. My trip to Germany was great, I got to be Oma Kathy for 10 days. Seeing my German family is great but leaving them is hard. I wish Germany and Delaware where closer. The pictures are of Paulina and Finn. My two sons are now deer slayers. James got his the first day and Matthew got one today. The holidays are fast approaching and I feel "not ready". So today I tried to start feeling ready. I baked Christmas cookies all afternoon. The house smells great just like a cookie candle. I baked three different kinds and tomorrow I plan to bake two ore. So now I have lot of cookies tins sitting on the counter.

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.

Clean Garage

Yes we cleaned the garage today, and now my car is in it's rightful place. As lady of the house I should always have a warm dry car to put my goddess self in. My car sat outside last winter in this new house, because the garage was full of stuff. But that will not happen this winter. I never understood why people have garages if they don't put their cars in them. Lots of people use them as extra storage. But if you have that much stuff get a bigger house or get rid of the junk. It is still raining in lower Delaware, but according to the news we are still below normal rain fall for the year.

Rainy Day

It rained here for the first time in weeks maybe even months. It rained a little off and on all day until 4:00pm when my boys started their football game. Of course it started pouring then. At half time it started to lighting, after a delay they had to call the game, so Cape won by one point. They only have one loss this season. This Friday my children turn 15. I still can't believe it. Tomorrow we get company for the weekend. I really enjoy having friends and family here. Also this week I have to vote for Dancing with the stars to win the most entertaining reality show this week. Marie Osmond fainting on live TV was the best. I personally think she passed out because she got a look at herself in that dress:+)

Thursday

Today is another fine day in lower Delaware, the weather is in the 70's which is great. Not time for jackets and long pants yet. Today I can still wear shorts and sandals. I hate wearing a lot of clothing. Which you would think that I would like a lot of clothing to cover up my almost 50 year old fat, but I don't:+) Next week my children will turn 15, I can't believe it. It's seems like yesterday I was holding them in my arms. Sometimes life just moves too fast.

Organize

All weekend I have been re-organizing things in my home. I have a hard time understanding how things can get un-organized. I just can't seem to get a flow in this house. I guess I shouldn't get too excited since it took me 20 years to get my other house flowing. But I now have a work place for myself, a place where I can do things. Things like wrap gifts, do crafts, read books,...etc, etc, etc. Since Christmas is coming I needed somewhere to put gifts and wrap them. So I took a space and made it mine. I think I will even put a picture of "The Body" in my space. Since she is a female she will be the only other life form I will allow in the space. I will make it a females only space. Since I am putting a picture of "The Body" in my space I think I will put one of her on my blog for everyone to see:+)

Arrivial

We have a new baby. It's a boy this time Finn Maarten. He is so handsome. So last night I booked my flight to Germany to meet him. It has been raining here off and on for the past few days. The days are getting shorter and the weather is getting cooler. Please winter hurry up and get here so you can leave and it can be summer again. Tomorrow the kids have off from school so it will be a work day for me.

Vacation

School in back in session and my man and I are on a 180 day vacation:+) The weather has gotten cooler in the past week. Too cool for me, but not cool enough for long pants. Jack is out working on his lawn, his goal is to have a golf course lawn. The hotel has been full this month so far. This past week was bike week in Ocean City, so all the Harley's went through town they are quite impressive riding in their packs. This cooler weather makes me sad, because I know winter is coming. I can't wait for the day when I live somewhere winter does not show it's ugly face:+)

Moving too fast

Summer is moving way to fast for me. Next weekend is Labor day. The unoffical end of summer. The time when the kids go back to school, the days get shorter, the sand gets cooler, and the beer consumtion goes down. It seems like yesterday was the beginning of summer. We had our official Beach Gang photo last week. With summer coming to a close I wonder what my retired husband and I will do this winter. Since the house additions are almost complete, we will need to find another project