I've made the switch!

I've been a loyal Oprah fan for a long time.

When the kids were really young, it was one of the things I always looked forward to. That and the mailman coming to my house. It's sad, I know, but I love getting catalogs in the mail and I loved looking at them, while I watched Oprah. It was kinda my "mommy time" back then.

I would even go to the extreme of putting a movie in for the kids and watching Oprah upstairs just to have a little peace and quite during that one hour. I know none of you do that, right?!

I still love Oprah and all the wonderful things she has done over the years. She has helped so many people. Women and children especially! What a blessing she is.

However, over the past several months, I have made a switch. I now watch Ellen!

She is hilarious! I laugh out loud every time I watch her! And I love how laughing out loud (all by myself) makes me feel.

So thanks Ellen for making me smile, every single day and for helping me to not take things so seriously!

You ROCK!

Great Gift!

My husband is wonderful. He is a great guy who is always willing to help others. He is compassionate and sensitive to other people's feelings and he is a super great daddy.

He is NOT the best gift giver.

Now don't get me wrong, I have received some really awesome gifts from him. And he has surprised me on several occasions, but I think he has a hard time coming up with cool ideas on his own.

And that's okay...I still love him!

All that said, I have been dying to tell you all about one very special gift I received this year.

A book of my blog!

A 220 page, hardback book of ALL of my blog posts in 2008! (That's when I started the blog!)

I had been working on blurb.com for quite a while and getting very frustrated. I was trying to make it perfect and get it exactly the way I wanted it. It stressed me out so much that I stopped.

So after getting the idea from a friend, he worked on "my book" every night after I went to bed. Of course, he got a little perturbed at me since I changed my header and background the night before he sent it off to be printed. Oh well.

I have looked through this wonderful book so many times, reminiscing over old posts and reading comments from all of you. It's wonderful! Now I have an instant scrapbook of all the fun little things that have happened in our lives that year...which is just the reason why I started this blog in the first place.

I can't wait for the 2009 version!

♥ Thanks honey, this was a wonderful gift and I LOVE it!

Great minds think alike!

Every morning I write a little something on my prissy plate. It's just a fun little part of our morning routine. Sometimes it's different activities going on that day and other days it's something silly. Yesterday morning was so cold and the only thing I could think of was this!

As I was going through backpacks after school, I found this in Max's backpack.

Obviously, Max's teacher and I were on the same wavelength!

Like my plate? You can order one of your own here! Tell Kelly I sent you!!