Why does this happen

So yesterday afternoon I was outside stretching out the Christmas lights and creating a scene in my mind. I plugged all of the various outdoor stuff together and I was excited that all lights were lit and accounted for.

Next I unplugged everything and started decorating. I was very excited with how things were just falling into place.As I finished up I started to plan my plug-in stratagy and low and behold, some of the lights had an extra wide side of the plug and they didn't fit into anything else. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. So I had the opportunity to re-arrange things a bit and most of it was able to plug-in. The rest will need to sit in darkness until I can find extension cords that fit the silly ends. Also to my dismay, last night as darkness is creeping up on me, I like Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation, call the family out to witness my masterpiece and only a portion of the lights light up. As I grumbled and started shaking the light strands some came back on. Today when I leave the office it looks like I will get to inspect all of the lights again to ensure they light up properly, oh and I get to check each light in the light up snowman to figure out which one is burnt out so the snowman can have his body back. Thank heavens our daytime temps are in the high 60's. Good times I tell ya.

Tonight we are going to Fresno to pick up a sister of a friend at the airport, followed by a quick stop at Maggie Moos, then we will pick up Poker (the chihuahua for those of you that don't know him) and we will take him for a drive around Lemoore to look at the pretty Christmas lights. (spoiled dog).

I am almost done with our Christmas Tree and I will soon post this adventure along with pictures for your reading/viewing pleasure.

World Easiest Quiz

This quiz was sent to us via e-mail from Aunt Tami and Uncle Randy. I thought rather then forward the email, I would just post it on the blog. Don't cheat and read the answers first. Just give the quiz a try and see how you did.

WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ Passing requires 4 correct answers

1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What colour is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane?

Remember, you need 4 correct answers to pass. Check your answers below .





ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert
8) What colour is a purple finch? Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange (of course)


I got 2 correct :(

Have a good day

The Christmas Flower

While at Costco yesterday checking out the fake Christmas Trees, I realized that they were way to heavy for me to lift into the basket and car, so I did other shopping instead. Costco had the poinsettia's available for a great price of $15.99. I love these particular plants and decided that I would get a few after trying to squeeze them in the cart with Steven and his friend Gabe, I decided that we would just get one now and I will get a few more when I bring Scott back to help me with the tree.

When I took the wrapper off of the Giant flower I realized just how big it is. This picture can't really capture the size of the beast but I asked Steven to pose next to it a few different ways to help you picture in your mind how huge it is. Steven is 51 inches tall. The table you see to the right is actually our computer desk for our home office.

I have made the executive decision not to purchase anymore of these big guys this year. Perhaps when we purchase our home we will have room to accommodate a few more. :)

We did purchase a fake tree and I will right about that adventure later.

Did you brave the crowds on black Friday?

Thanksgiving was a fun day for us. We got up early, put the turkey in the oven and the prime rib on the bbq. Steven and I went to get our Starbucks drinks followed by a little last minute grocery shopping. I see that I am training Steven right as myself and one lady cashier were the only women in the very crowded Save-Mart (aka former Albertsons). We had a great time and found some good deals on stuff.

We got home around 9:00ish only to be told by Scott that our guests were on their way. I know that we said come on over around 12:00, I guess I forgot to say 12:oo pacific time. hee hee. I didn't mind that they cam over early, we had lots of good veggies and stuff to snack on while we waited for the good stuff. Speaking of good stuff I must brag about the prime rib, it was amazing!!! I have never bbq'd one before and I must say I did lose sleep worrying about it.
Our morning/afternoon visitors consisted of Scott's father two of his brothers, his neice, soon to be sister in law, and her daughter. We enjoyed the heck out of visiting with them and I was reminded that way way way back when I was a little girl living at the Kettleman Plant, all the employees kids would go to the clubhouse to wait for Santa to come give presents and talk and stuff. I remember sitting on the floor waiting for what seemed like hours for the jolly old fella to show up. I found out that the jolly old fella was actually Scott's dad. Apparently he dressed up as Santa for several years running for the company. How cool is that........Santa is my father in law. ahhh good times. Later in the evening we were joined by our dear friends Chad, Kathy, Kevin and Kayla. They helped us polish off the left overs (yahoo, no wasted food) and we watched Santa Clause 3.

I considered black Friday shopping, then changed my mind. We normally buy the stuff for our homeless bags on this day because there are so many buy one get two free items but I did not see any in the paper this year so I decided to take down the fall decor and deep clean the house. This took ALL DAY!!!! I hurt today!!! Scott took pity on me being the sweetie that he is hauled in the 12 Christmas storage boxes so I can begin the holiday decorating when my floor duty ends at the office today. We hope to start the outside decor this evening, if I can get my muscles to stop yelling at me, otherwise we will do them later in the week.

I have decided that since we will be leaving the country on Steven's birthday and returning on Dec 23rd that we will not buy a real Christmas tree. I always always have a real tree and it pains me to get a fake one, but I will do my best to get over it. So after I leave the office today I am off to Costco to see if they have the only tree I actually like still in stock, if so then I will buy it and get it put up as quick as possible so I don't change my mind.

Mom and Dad called my a few times during their exciting shopping adventure yesterday, sounds like they had a great time and I think they were going to visit my favorite store Kohls. Last year I went there on black friday and wow did I have a great time buying, buying, buying.


Scott was in Lemoore yesterday so I was very excited to tell him when he got home last night that I saved our family $1,000.00 or more buy staying home. Scott was so excited to here of our savings that he has agreed to take us to Fresno for a little Maggie Moos. Yahoo, it's been almost a year since we have had the good stuff and I can't wait to dig in.

Two more sold

We have been very busy this past week. While fighting the cold virus from you know where, we were running around like wild agents closing one deal and securing another awesome deal for another client. This week looks to be just as busy so please forgive us if we don't post until the end of the week.




We found this awesome brand new home for our friends Rick and Norma, work was completed last Wednesday, final walk through inspection was Thursday, deed recorded friday and we are excited to say that they moved in Saturday and Sunday. This one happened pretty quick once it got started. We hope to move into or around this area when we purchase our home. Congrats Rick and Norma (and thank you for letting us represent and protect your interests with this purchase).

We found this awesome brand new home for my hair stylist and her husband last Thursday morning and due to a fabulous lender we should be able to close this deal within 7 days. How cool is that? We are very happy for Justin and Melanie, (Congrats and thank you extending us the opportunity to be your agents).

Candy Day

So Halloween was pretty fun even though the school wouldn't allow the kids to dress up this year. The weather was warm -upper 70's all day and low 70's for the trick or treating adventure. We had a taco fiest prepared buy Scotti too hottie and we were joined by Scott's brother Danny, Niece Cheyenne, friends Chad and Kathy and their two children Kevin and Kayla. Sunset was at 6:03 so we made sure our bellies were full and our tennies were securely fastened for our journey. Chad and Danny stayed behind to hand out candy ( they said we had a couple hundred young ones come to the door while we were gone. Kathy ,Scotti too hottie, the kids and I braved the busy streets. I kid you not, the streets in the neighborhood we went trick or treating in, had a minimum of 150 kids at any given time, it was down right crazy. I took a ton of pictures but the 3 you see are the three that turned out. Anyway a great time was had by all.






Steven (army dude) Cheyenne (witch), and Kayla (spy).

This is a picture of a really cool house we trick or treated. They did such a great job, I am disappointed with the blurry pictures but you can kinda get the idea.

Happy Birthday Grandma

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Grandma
Happy Birthday to you.


Steven made a card for you however it won't scan correctly so I will explain:

Red construction paper folded in half twice creating 4 squares total, below is what Steven wrote to you in your card in very hard to read writing due to lack of finger spaces:


You're cool gramaw........................ . You are great
oh yes you are . .................................You are a good
I love you . .........................................gramaw
Steven .


You are . ...........................................Oh yes you are.
OSUM (awesome) . .........................I love you
gramaw........................................... . love you
........................................................... love you

Happy Birthday Love Steven