MIA

I have been missing in action lately. I have been trying to get everything ready for Maddy's birthday party that is next weekend. She is so excited her birthday is very soon. She became a little more interested in her countdown to birthday calender this week.

I haven't really had a chance to put stuff away since we've moved in, so we had things laying everywhere. With company coming next weekend I knew it was time to get busy and get our house presentable. I have a wonderful mom who has taken time out of her schedule to help me accomplish this task. It's not quite finished, but it will be by next weekend. Above my cabinets in the kitchen are some fall foliage with lights intertwined in them. It's really pretty...especially at night with the lights off.

 The pumpkin is not really spikey lol. Zip ties hold it together and I just hadn't tucked them in at this point. Maddy LOVES her pumpkin. She asks me everyday if that is her pumpkin. I'm so glad I got it because seeing her excited over it is worth just about anything.

This candle has really brought that "homey" feel to me personally. It's pumpkin spice and the first day I lit it, I about melted. I had no idea a candle is what would make me feel like I was "home" but it sure has.

From here on out I will be taking advantage of the "end of season" sales stores hold. I've got a great start to my decoration collection, but there is always room for more :)

Another reason I have been MIA is because I've been working on Maddy's slideshow. I got it done last Saturday and was trying to burn it to a dvd. Sunday went by and it still wasn't done, then Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I had decided if it wasn't done by this weekend I would have to stop the process and try to condense the slideshow down. Do you know how hard it is to get a year's worth of pictures and video into the allotted space they give??? My computer helped me out because I woke up Wednesday morning to find my computer had installed updates over night and shut down. That wasn't the worst part. The worst part is the changes I had made prior to starting the burn process apparently didn't get saved. I spent 4 hours trying to fix it on Thursday. I did finally get it to work out and now have it on a dvd. I'm making a "party" dvd that still needs some work, but it'll get there :) I have missed blogging a lot and will be very excited to share her birthday party.

I told myself I wouldn't really take a "big" vacation this coming summer, but I found myself talking about planning a Disney cruise with my mom for next year. I really don't know what we will be doing vacation wise this coming summer, but it's fun to think about. I would have loved to be able to give Maddy a disney cruise this year for her birthday, but even if I could financially...I still haven't recovered from last year's cruise lol. I would definitely go on a cruise again right now if it were handed to me, but I might hesitate a bit because there were some really rough patches with Maddy last year. Don't get me wrong...she did do a great job on that trip, but her age was NOT the best age to go lol.

Me and a friend got to talking this week about weddings and it got me thinking again about what my dream ring would be. I'm not worried about the dream dress...but the ring is a different story lol. A while back I had told my mom that whoever marries me has to get my ring from New York. At that time I said it didn't have to be Tiffany's, but just some store in New York. I had decided to not have such high standards as far as the ring goes and just had a certain look I wanted. Well, after looking up rings yesterday I decided to go back to my original statement lol. It must come from New York City and preferably Tiffany's, but I don't want a $30,000 ring. I want this ring.

Yes, I was laying in bed trying to find the ring they used in Sweet Home Alabama and finally figured out it was the Tiffany Lucida ring. Ta da!!! I may buy this for myself :) Ok...back to reality lol.

This weekend I will be finishing up Maddy's party shopping...I need to finish getting the party favors and shoes for her Minnie Mouse outfit and then the weekend of her party I need to get the food and stuff for punch. We are having Minnie's Punch :) I hope it tastes good...maybe I should make some first to be sure. I think these are pretty much my thoughts for now...I'm going to go play around with her slideshow and if I can figure out a way to break it down to fit on youtube I will post it.

Hope you all have a great weekend!!!