Blogging Shmogging

I miss my computer. Ever since December rolled around we spend very little time together. I don't know what my deal is, but I get thrills off of giving myself way too much to do around Christmas time. I love giving handmade gifts and that usually takes up till Christmas Eve to get them done.

I hope everyone is doing well, getting things done, and having a little fun in the process. I will post some pics after Christmas of my many projects. It has been fun. Love you all!

I Have a Ninja and I Had no Idea!

A couple of day ago I put Ben in time out. I put him in his bed and told him he had 4 minutes. He was mad for a minute and then we could hear:

I thought I had better check on him and this is what I find:

He had no shirt on and flip flops. I said, "what are you doing? Why do you have flip flops on?" He yelled, "I have flip flops on so I can fight you!" I busted a gut. How could I possibly not! My son was all out ready to fight me! Of course he was mad at me. I didn't help the situation by laughing. I contained myself and we talked it out. Aaron heard the whole thing. When I walked out we both laughed so hard we almost cried. What a great kid.

It's coming, and I'm excited!

I used to be somewhat of a scrooge. I don't know. Christmas seemed to me to be way too commercialized and it perturbed me to see how people seemed to treat each other during all the holiday rush. I guess it kind of ruined it for me. Having kids totally changes that. My kids help me see past all that. I love Christmas now and I can't wait. They make it magical, like when I was a child. It brings back the memories of anticipation and all the excitement that surrounds it. I just love how excited they get.


Monday night we went to the annual Lifferth Christmas party. It was good times had by all. Santa made a surprise visit. Watching Ben's reaction to Santa was it for me. Seeing his face has already made this year worth all the rush and grumpy people out there. I love my boy.

Here are some pictures of the event. Ben loved sitting on Santa's lap, Maggie, well, not so much.
I hope everyone else out there is soaking this all in. Really, this time of year is fabulous.

C'mon! Are you kidding?!

I have been tagged, not once but twice. Can you tell how overjoyed I am? You know those emails that say, "If you believe in God, you must send this to 10 people"? Or the "You will have good luck today if you send this to all your friends". I hate those emails and I get great joy out of pushing my big fat delete button. Although I love the two gals who tagged me very very much, (Did I say very?) I am going to respond to the tags but I'm not going to tag anyone else. Every party has a pooper and well, I guess you can call me a pooper. I promise, life will go on, I believe in God, and I just may have good luck today. :)

Here I go...

Tag #1
How long have you been together? Almost 9 years.
How long did you date? Ummm, I don't like to answer this one. Before we were engaged or before we got married? Let's take the latter. 9 months.
Who eats more? Depends on the day and what's on my plate.
Who said I love you first? To be honest, I have no clue. Probably me.
Who is taller? Aaron by 1 inch.
Who sings better? Hello? Have you heard me sing?
Who is smarter? Aaron is much smarter than I am book wise, but when it comes to everyday smart, that would be me baby.
Who does the laundry? Mostly me, but he helps.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Aaron
Who pays the bills? If I didn't pay the bills, no one would pay the bills. Aaron--"Bills, what bills?"
Who mows the lawn? Aaron, although I mowed many lawns in my day.
Who cooks dinner? We both do. Aaron really is a great cook.
Who drives when you are together? 99% of the time Aaron does.
Who is more stubborn? Definitely Aaron. Seriously, I used to think I was but then I met Aaron. He is a good debater. Maybe it is a Lifferth trait? (Said in the nicest possible way.)
Who kissed who first? We both did.
Who asked who out? Aaron asked me out. Blind date.
Who proposed? If you call it a proposal, I guess that would be Aaron. :)
Who is more sensitive? Definitely me. I cry way too much. My dad always said I needed to toughen up.
Who has more siblings? Aaron-4 Me-2
Who wears the pants in the family? For the most part things are pretty even although for trivial things we do what Aaron wants. I'm just too laid back.

Tag #2
6 Things you Ought to Know About Me.
1. Just like my good friend Anne, I was Homecoming Royalty in High School. Yup. Me. Surprised? So was I! I sat next to two beauties in their gorgeous dresses on top of a convertible car in the Homecoming parade. All I could think about was how I could keep from slipping of the trunk of this thing and I couldn't wait to get back in my baggy jeans and t-shirt. Ahhh, good memories.

2. I used to have hair all the way to my butt. I loved that hair. Why did I cut it?

3. I'm a bug. In my right eye I have 3 black spots in a row on the iris below my pupil. I told my sister once that I was part bug and they are my extra pupils. I know, I'm hilarious. Check them out next time you see me. They really are cool.

4. Speaking of my eyes, when I was little I poked myself in the eyeball with a needle. Youch! I wanted to be like my mom. She used to separate her eyelashes with a pin. I must have watched her doing her makeup often enough to try it. I'm careful about what I do to my face now that little Maggie will sit and intently watch me. Hint for the wise (and not so wise), don't put a pin anywhere near your eyeball.

5. Recently I got to sit in the jumpseat of a KC-135. I know you are jealous, right? For those that don't know, the jumpseat is right behind the pilot seats in the cockpit. I had headphones and everything. I sat there chattin' it up with the pilots. I'm so cool. :)

6. I become emotionally attached to inanimate objects. I used to have a really hard time throwing things away but I've gotten much better at this. I get sad when old buildings get torn down, feel terrible when I trade in an old vehicle, and get a little blue when I put away baby clothes. I've decided it's not the object that I love, but the memories behind them. I'm a sap, what can I say?

Anyway that is it! I think I actually had fun doing this. Another thing about me, I'm pretty good at admitting when I'm wrong. Aaron wouldn't agree.

*Disclaimer* Aaron said my intro is kind of rude. It really truly wasn't meant that way. Hope no one was offended. Just having fun.