What a week!

And this time, it's a GOOD "what a week" post!

Praise God for Drew's surgery going well. I get updates from his mom almost daily and he is doing great and should be back at school tomorrow! I can't wait, I have missed him so much.

Actually, I miss ALL my babies--I have been off work since Tuesday. The academy was only open half day Wednesday and we didn't have that many kids signed up to come for that half day so I got to take off. Dylan was supposed to have a wrestling tournament but he lost his exhibition matches the night before so he didn't get to wrestle Wednesday.

Me and the girls spent the day with my mom. We went thrift-store shopping and I got some books for my classroom (like I needed more books--but I have to feed my addiction) and a Christmas tree! Yes, we already had a tree--a HUGE, BEAUTIFUL tree that my mom bought us brand new several years ago and it is still lovely. But it's 9 feet tall and about 10 feet wide (okay not really but it looks like it in this cracker-jack box house) and my ceilings are 8 feet. We are never able to put the top piece on it and so that makes it look weird and then the topper is always a challenge and it takes up half the space in an already crowded living room...so I found another one that is nice, smaller and only costed $20. And yet the thought of my big, beautiful tree sitting up in the attic just makes me cry! So guess what? It's going in my classroom! LOL Yes, it's pitiful I have more space in my classroom than in my house!

Anyway, we spent the rest of the day watching tv at her house--a rare treat since we still do not have a tv. We watched the last episode of Jon & Kate (I cried) and some Cold Case episodes and then came home to decorate some more.

Thanksgiving we went to my in-laws where I played with little Braden and then we went over to my aunt's for desert. I LOVE my family.

Friday, I got up early and went shopping with my mom and sister and we had a BLAST! We went to lunch at Habeneros and then my sister pooped out and went home to watch the game. I chose my mommy over football, sue me. I set my phone to get alerts on the game, though! lol And mom and I stayed out shopping until 7 pm when we finally gave it up. I didn't get the one item I went after but I'm not worried. Actually I didn't get a whole lot "accomplished" at all since our money is still tight but I had fun just being with my mom and being out in the hoopla. Go figure, it's the only day of the year I actually LIKE to shop.

And then Bama won on top of that! So I got to go home to a happy house!

Yesterday I slept in then got up to get groceries and we've been finishing up our decorating. My brilliant, talented, creative son is making some decorations for me. I'll post pictures when they are done.

I have a baby shower to go to today and the house still needs a good cleaning and there is laundry to finish and homeschool planning to do. And I get to go back to work tomorrow and see all my angels!

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!