New Kitten

This is our new kitten "Othello". Eric is very happy! We got him yesterday and he seems like a good kitten. He loves Eric and as I type is sitting in Eric's lap while he plays his Gamecube!

1st Day of Winter Break

Christmas Break!! I am off of work for the next week so I can stay home with Eric and do lots of fun things! Today we took advantage of the snow that fell this past Sunday and went sledding!

This hill is at the park about 3 blocks from our apartment.

After about an hour and a half we went home and Eric invited 3 friends over and I made a big pot of hamburger soup and some cookies. Tonight we did a little bit of shopping and I hit some really good sales at Elder-Beerman...what a great store! They had a ton of sweaters for only $9.99 & $14.99, lots of stuff marked down 60% and a ton of $4.99 racks! I need to go back without Eric though because it is pretty much impossible to shop with him ....I did manage to get a few things though!

I did go out and buy myself a digital camera on Monday. I finally just asked my mom if she was getting me one...I couldn't wait anymore or be without one for Christmas.

Tomorrow Eric and I are going to look at a kitten to adopt. He has been wanting one forever and I have gone back and forth. I stopped in a pet store last week to get a real fish tank for our goldfish who currently resides in a small fish bowl which I am cleaning about 3 times a week....but anyways, while at the pet store I saw a kitten that was there through a rescue agency and I have not been able to get him off of my mind. They will be back there again tomorrow so we are going to see if he is still available. I just hope I don't end up regretting it....this will be our first pet besides the goldfish which we only got in October. I won't be to heartbroken if the kitten is no longer available.

Eric's Christmas Concert and Updates

Yes, I know it has been forever! I have not had a camera and it is driving me crazy (I like to post a picture when I blog). It is taking all of my will power not to go out and buy one...but I can't because I think my mom is getting me one for Christmas. Eric had his Christmas concert last night so I borrowed and old camera from work. I tested it before I left and it seemed fine...it is really old. Well, when I started taking pictures at the concert they were all blurry and then the flash stopped working. I was not happy. I am posting the one picture that came out almost ok...and of course he is acting goofy...but, that is my boy I guess. I wanted a nice picture in front of the "fireplace"...he acted like his had was in the fire...lol.

Following up on what has happened in the last month that I have not blogged....hhhmm, really nothing! We went to the Circus and it was fun but we probably won't go again. It was expensive and the place was just to big. It was $50 for 2 tickets, $10 to park, $18 for a stupid toy, $20 for 2 drinks and nachos and a pretzel...so $100 for us to go to the circus. And, I spilled my drink in my lap!

Thanksgiving I ended up cooking a turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, rolls and green beans. An old college friend of mine was in town for the Lions game and came by with his son to eat with us. The only bad part of that was is he ate all of my stuffing, and that is my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner!

The next day we took the kids to the Ann Arbor Hands on Museum and the U of M Natural History Museum. They had a lot of fun and we had fun hanging out.

Other excitement is Eric is grounded for 3 weeks...he has made it 2 so far. This is the longest I have ever grounded him. He threw a complete temper tantrum in the grocery store. I was so embarrassed. People were peeking around the corner to see the horrid sight. It only started off as 1 week, but he kept insisting he wasn't grounded so it got to 3 weeks before he finally calmed down. Fun fun! The biggest part of his grounding is his DS is taken away.

Also, we have been sick. Eric's behavior may have been slightly influenced by him coming down with this nasty cold. I have been sick for over a week now. I don't think I have ever had so many symptoms in one cold....maybe that is good though, I will get everything at once and be done for the season.

My Christmas shopping is pretty much done. I went the easy way and ordered almost everything on line. I didn't intend to, I only looked online to see what I wanted, but when I went to the store I couldn't find anything.

I will try to be better at keeping up with this. And, if my mom doesn't get me a camera I am buying one for myself! I can't stand not having one!