Scrappin' Time

I got to scrap on Saturday! I am so excited that I was finally able to get to Scrappin' Time for the first time in about 2 years. It worked out that after Ben's basketball game he went to David's for the day, so I didn't feel guilty for making Alan stay home with the boys all day (why do I have these guilt feelings? They're his kids, too!) I got 11 not-so-creative pages done, but they are done and in scrapbooks. The girls who scrap at Scrappin' Time (3rd Saturday of the month at LUMC)are SO creative and artistic. I love to see them work and to see their work, but it takes SO long to finish a page! They also probably get to scrap more than I do. I am guessing they all have their own scrapping rooms...I get a scrapping room when I put a table out in the family room. It was out all summer, but I put it all away right before school started. Wish I had a place where I can just go to escape and scrap a few pages without having to pack it all up. Someday. Let's see, Colin's 15...college in 3.5 years, then in 4 he'll graduate and hopefully leave the nest...Hooray! I can have a scrappin/sewing room in about 7 years!

And then to add to my madness, I will be doing "Sewin' Time" on the first and third Fridays of the month at LUMC (generous church- they let anyone use their rooms!) with Jodi's mom and anyone else who wants to sew or quilt. GeeGaw (Jodi's mom) and I are going to make a mason jar quilt (cute pattern!) Like I need another quilt. I need to quilt the ones I have pieced. That's pretty much what I am going to use Sewin' Time for. Finishing projects that I never get to complete at home.

I am also going to start yet another thing in my life. I am calling it "The Purge Project." (Maybe if I write it down I'll be more apt to do it!) A couple of times a week I am going to choose a room and purge 5-10 things (depending on the room.) This could be clothes, knick-knacks, garbage, paperwork, magazines, mugs, water bottles with no lids, etc. I really have to simplify my life of all the clutter. And my house is full of clutter. Every room is affected by the clutter madness. Hopefully the Purge Project will get everyone in the family involved and we'll be downsizing our clutter by a lot! Think of it as Clean House without Niecy Nash and her posse. (Oh, and without the yard sale and $2,000 makeover of the house.)

Fun Stuff

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The Best Commercial Ever

Just in case you haven't already seen this Coke commercial from 1979/80, it won the best Super Bowl commercial again. Not sure for how long, but it's my favorite!

And posting something really cool like a Mean Joe Green commercial keeps my mind off my drunk next door neighbor who called the police on us because Colin and some friends were in her yard! (They were trying to catch a neighbor's dog who got loose.) She's a belligerent drunk who has nothing better to do than gripe about kids walking in her yard, which, by the way, is no better than any yard on our street. We had an altercation, called each other a few choice names, the apparently she called the police! A couple hours later they show up at our house, asking what happened. Here I am in my jammies, with a houseful of crazy kids, and the police are at my door!

Okay, I was not going to write about this! This woman has been a pain in the butt since she moved in 3 years ago. If I could afford to move I would. I am going to go to bed and try not to dream about visits from the police!

Good Movie

Just saw The Game Plan with Dwayne "The Oh-so-hot Rock" Johnson. It was a really cute movie. You also have many opportunities to see The Rock and his naked chest! He is so hot.

And speaking of hot, Heath Ledger is dead! He was so cute, even when he was lusting over Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain. It's so sad.

Where has the time gone?

Since my last post we've endured 2 weeks of school, a 10th birthday party (see above), several soccer games, a few basketball games, un-decorating the house for Christmas, an Ohio State loss, and lots of laundry. Needless to say, it's a busy time! I could really use a snow day.

Happy Birthday, Ben!

Today is Ben's 10th birthday. Happy Birthday, Ben! I guess we can call him "Ben Ten" or is it "Ben 10?" Who knows. He'll always be my Benna-Boo. He'll kill me for posting these pictures from this past week, but it shows his true personality. (Although I did post one picture of him riding his scooter in his underwear in the snow, I swore to him I wouldn't post the one of him playing Guitar Hero in his new spandex boxer briefs and wife beater...too bad. It's cute.)

Merry Christmas

The gifts are all wrapped and under the tree. It's 1 AM, and I just took the last gulp of Santa's wine (yes, here at the Cunningham household he gets wine if we have it...Santa doesn't like milk...ugh...especially a cup of it that's been sitting out since bedtime...) It's time to go to bed...the boys will be up by 6, I am sure. Last year it was 5:30 I think! Tonight we had wedding soup, went to Niederman's Farm for their Christmas Walk (even Alan went!), and after Ben went to bed at 9:30 (his idea is that the earlier you go to sleep the earlier you can get up!) Colin and I watched The Flintstone's Christmas Carol. Well he watched it. I am not very good at sitting down and watching something. I was asleep on the couch before he met Marley's ghost! I woke up just in time to see Scrooge see the error of his ways and repent. Great story.

I hope everyone has a joyous and blessed Christmas with family and friends. I know it's a time of gift giving and receiving (why must it be so stressful to get just the right presents, the right amount of gifts under the tree for each boy, etc) when the true meaning is that God sent his Son to earth. He asked a poor girl and her fiance to take on the responsibility of caring for the One who will open the gates of Heaven for us. Let us not forget the real meaning of Christmas, and continue the celebration through the season of Christmas that lasts through the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6.

In the words of Charles Dickens and Tiny Tim, "God bless us, every one!"