What a day, what a day!

Where, oh where, do I begin?

It was a long, hard, busy, day. But it was wonderful :o). 

Here is the breakdown. 

We (Karsen and I) woke up at 7:30, thank you son. I jumped in the shower, fixed my hair, and make-up, got dressed, came downstairs, and I fixed Karsen some milk and breakfast. Then I got into the kitchen and started cooking! First I started to eggs, I wanted to get them boiled and out of the way. Then I cut the broccoli and steamed it. Then I made the cheese sauce and set it aside. Karsen decided he didn't want to play by himself any longer so I brought him in the kitchen in his walker. I then got the corn bread in the oven so I could get it baked. I then started cutting up the vegetables for the cornbread dressing. I cooked the veggies and made the stock for the cornbread. Once the cornbread was done baking I let it cool down and I made the green bean casserole and sat it aside. Next I finished with the corn bread dressing. I then cuddled with Karsen and made his lunch. Matt got home and helped me to clean up a bit. Matt started working on his banana pudding and decided we needed to have some macaroni and cheese so I went to the store to get the stuff to make it. I got everything I needed and Matt finished up his banana pudding and I made the home made macaroni and cheese. Then I left to go get the ham and turkey from Honey Baked Ham. Needless to say, I didn't realize I would be standing in line and I was wearing some boots. I stood in line for about an hour. My feet were KILLING me. I got home and got back in the kitchen. Wait, I made the mac and cheese when I got home. Jan got home a little after me and we visited for a bit. Then I got everything in the oven and ready to go and I left Matt with a few directions for the cooking and I left to get my parents. I drove across town and picked them up, then drove back. Then we got everything ready and ate. My, oh my, it was a wonderful meal!! Everyone loved all of my food. yummmm. Matt's banana pudding was GREAT too!! yummmm. After more visiting, I drove them all home and drove back. I got home and Matt helped me do dishes and clean up. He did a GREAT job of cleaning the house, oh how I love that man of mine. 

Now I am writing this and Matt and I are watching tv. I am going to hit the hay and get some sleep. 

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i really need some prayers. i just found out that there are a lot of problems with my graduation application (for some reason they dont contact you when there is a problem) because i emailed an advisor. i want to break down and cry. i feel like it will disappoint everyone (including myself) if i dont graduate and i also dont know how i will pay for next semester, i got less financial aid b/c this is supposed to be my last semester and i dont have any money to pay for classes next spring. i just really need prayers to not be so stressed and to take whatever happens.

i want to cry right about now. 

Ugh

Today was just one of those days that you want to spend in bed. I woke up around 4 am not feeling too well. I decided not to go to class because of how I was feeling that I would spend the day studying for my test on Thursday in Human Genetics. When Matt was ready to take over for me at 10, I went to get us something to eat because I was really hungry, and I got home around 10:30, ate and went back to lay down. I was planning on sleeping for only a little while, like an hour, then I was planning on getting down to business. Around 11:30 (about 20 minutes after I fell asleep) Matt comes into the room and says, "You have to see this, come on...." over and over until I get out of bed. I had a really bad headache, stomach ache, and my eyes were feeling really puffy at this point, but I get out of bed to discover what on earth the commotion was. I walk over to Karsen and he does not have on a diaper. And yes, exactly what you are thinking, he had pooped. I told Matt to clean it up and went back upstairs and got back in bed. He follows me and tells me he needs me to bathe him so that he can clean up the mess he made. I reluctantly do so. I gave him a bath, he had poop on his hands, feet, and bottom. yuck, yuck, yuck. While I was bathing him, Matt brought in two little (not really little) poops that he had thrown out of his pack and play. We were both thankful that he had his pacifier in his mouth and did not eat any of it. 

So now I go back upstairs and lay back down and slept way too long. I woke up around 12:45 and started studying. I was reading my teachers notes and doing my own enrichment research on the disorders. It was overall a good day (minus to poop incident). 

On another note. I made a wonderful Shepherd's Pie on Sunday  night. I had never made one before and wanted to try my hand at it. I asked my mom how she made hers, and Nicole and I had discussed how she makes hers. So I came up with my own recipe. It was fantastic! Yesterday I made some chicken tortilla soup, it is very tasty. I calculated the calories and stuff on it (b/c I am on a diet) and it has less than 100 calories per bowl. Which is GREAT. lol. 

I guess thats it for now, Karsen's dinner is in the oven and I am going to play little big planet. 

Have a great day!

Day After Halloween

Today is the first of November, the start of "Dia de los Muertos", or the "Day of the Dead". A Spanish celebration that I find to be fascinating. But this is not an educational blog, but an entertainment one, so I am not going to get into the details, if you are interested in finding out what it is (because you do not know) I would suggest "googling" it. "Googling" is one of my favorite words...yes that is a word, just look in the dictionary (ed. after 2006) or click here if you dont believe me. 

Onto the Halloween festivities. I do not personally have a problem with the day, although I am hesitant to call it a holiday because generally with holidays you get the day off and we all know that the federal employees would jump to take off any holiday they could, but I still got mail yesterday. I also don't think of it as a celebration of evil, I have heard many stories about the origin of Halloween, and many of them differ. But once again, this is not an educational blog, but an entertainment one so I will not get into the nitty gritty details. Karsen was dressed up as a skeleton, the cutest one ever.

I also felt the need to add a picture of Karsen and his Daddy, just because they are my two favorite people in the world. 

And yes, the mustache is real. I know, I have a real man. :o)

Daddy (Matt), Mommy (Me) and Baby (Karsen), had McDonalds for lunch, Karsen got his first Happy Meal, 4 chicken McNuggets, apple slices, and apple juice. Karsen really liked the nuggets, not so much the apples (which he usually loves) because they had a strange taste, so I didn't make him eat them. He did like the apple juice, it was his first juice box. Then we ran some errands and when we arrived at Petsmart, Karsen was the star of the show in his costume. He likes to watch the dogs in the play room and all of the employees loved him. My sweet, sweet man. Then he and I went to Kroger, just to show him off (and we needed a few groceries) then onto Texas Land and Cattle for dinner. Everyone at the restaurant smiled at Karsen, he is a charmer.

Then we came home and there was a family walking down the street trick or treating and I told them to come to the front door. So with all of the candy I bought, I was able to give away one HUGE handful.

Oh what a wonderful day! 

Now to prepare myself to watch the TTU vs. UT game. Fingers crossed for TTU, Matt and I predict that the winner of this game will be the national champion. 

Go Red Raiders! BBQ some Bevo!