S Club Mama

Sorry I haven't really posted lately. I haven't been feeling myself. Not fun being sick this time of the year, but I guess this is the time sickness likes to come out. Yuck.

Oh man, that was an awesome game! And I don't think football games are awesome very often. But this was fantastic. The Colorado/Nebraska game today started off horribly! 14-0 with CU leading. It was awful. Then we came back 17-14. By the 4th quarter (I think...I forget to pay attention to the clock), we were down 31-30 with just a few minutes on the clock. Our kicker comes in (I also don't pay attention to names much) and kicks a FIFTY-SEVEN yard field goal! What? I didn't think he could do it (sorry, man), but wow. It was great. Then #93 (Suh??), who is a BIG fella, intercepted the ball from CU, basically blocked for HIMSELF (knocking down the quarterback, I believe), and scored a touchdown! I was yelling so much, I'm surprised Moose didn't start to cry. It was amazing. Then with the clock winding down, we hold them, and at the last second (literally), we had ANOTHER interception. Wow! What a season! And now...where will we head for a bowl game? Congratulations, Hu...

Lord, Recently You have been forcing me to look outside myself at my blessings. I know that to some people this blog is silly and it may even look pointless. But, Father, I know you have blessed me with such amazing women who bless me with their time, their comments, and even gifts. I know the gifts are secondary, but are appreciated nonetheless. Lord, I know that this blog was put into my life for a reason; I know these gURLfriends are really true. Thank you, so much for my family. I can't say that enough, even if I told You every second of each day. Big A is the most wonderful husband, and he follows you as closely as he can. I love that most about him. And Moose is a precious little guy. He loves me so much, so much that I don't deserve. He's amazingly smart (aren't all Your children?) and beautiful and just so sweet. I can't ask for a better son. Thank you so much for my entire family, those gone, those present, and those to come. Lord, You have blessed me with ...

Tonight some friends are having a Thanksgiving dinner. We've been doing this for maybe the past 2 years, so I'm very excited. I'm going to make the pumpkin crisp again - it's so yummy. However, I'm not feeling the best today so I'm hoping that I'll feel better in time to bake & eat. Shoot, I just remembered that I needed to buy the french onion things for green bean casserole...darn it. Back to the store. BUT on Saturday I'm making chocolate cheesecake. What are YOU making for Thanksgiving celebrations??

I'm not sure if I've mentioned it on here or not, but I've been trying to teach Moose some signs. I think it will make communicating with him easier (and I'm holding out for him to learn the sign for Mom because he says it so rarely). So far he has mastered "more," "thank you," and "please." I didn't teach him more but diligently took it from there. Some days it seems like he's not learning anything. Then I kind of remember that he's not going to learn it instantly; he'll learn it when he's ready. He may even never imitate it before he does it himself. I've been watching these "Signing Time" videos with him that we borrowed from the library. Our doctor recommended them, and I really like them. Moose likes to sit and watch them with me, too. A few days ago, I asked him if he wanted milk, and showed the signs for "want" and "milk." And he totally knows "milk." So awesome. Then th...

My best friend, my husband, tried to surprise me today. It really broke me down to tears and completely added to my humbling. He wanted to take me out to dinner and a movie. Not just any movie, but Twilight . I know, we can't necessarily afford this luxury but he worked close to 90 hours the past 2 weeks so he worked his tail off. And he wanted to treat me . Unfortunately, our plans fell through. The baby-sitter was going to help his sister move. Then we thought we could all go out to eat. Our favorite place, the Boondocks, closed (any of my real-life, in the flesh friends....did you know that????). We drove out there and it was closed. Boo! The only restaurants open were fast-food...not in the mood. So we rented The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (which was pretty good except Carmen looked awful through most of the movie) and bought frozen pizza (yeah, I know...not any better than fast food). But when he told me his first initial plans, I cried. Why is he so good to me? I kn...

I cannot tell you how blessed I am. Really. It's unfathomable . And I know that there has been so much drama in the blogosphere lately, but I really (somehow) have kept out of it (except for a very minor piece about that anonymous comment...anyway). I feel so blessed by the friends I have made. And sometimes it's very sad to me, too, because I feel like these women I've met online are more my "real" friends than the ones I have met in flesh & blood. But I need to give a shout out to some ladies that have made me feel super super blessed. Stephanie @ Live.Love.Eat. About a week ago, Steph had a message at the top of her blog, saying if anyone had a kid with the same name that she had a birthday banner she'd give them. And my son happens to have the same name, so I emailed her and asked about it. And she's so sweet, I should expect it next week. I'm so excited and that's just so self-less. And her blog's really cute, too! Stacey @ Fun Wi...