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It is the end of the month and I am linking up with my bestie, Emmy for Ten Things that Made You Smile!   1.  Ryan found out about chess...I have been playing with him.  Now that makes me smile.  A LOT! 2.   We saw Frozen...on New Year's Day!  Who wouldn't love that silly Snowman!   3.   Got to see my Bestie!  This is always a treat!  Love ya girlie! 4.   Ryan got his Bobcat! Fangirling...it's going to happen.... 5.   Got my Loki shirt.  Love it. 6. Loki phone cover 7.  This one has not happened yet, but will happen in January...and I want to keep it in the fangirl grouping...on Thursday the girls and I will see a live broadcast of Coriolanus starring Tom Hiddleston.  8.  Getting not one, but two new pairs of shoes.  This is no easy task for me.  I wear a 10W and finding a nice shoe that I like is a huge deal people....

ABC's of Me.... Let's see if I can even pull this off...I thought I would do a little sharing this week about me since it's been forever.... A.   Anxious...sometimes I am anxious about stuff.  I can't help it.  I try to be cool.  But...anxiety has a way of sneaking in. B.   Braindead...not always...but I have my moments.  Like on Halloween while walking around with Ryan...I actually said, "Mmmm I smell pumpkin!"  Yep.   C.   Cats...I have two.  Spencer and Sheldon.  They think they own me. D.   Diet Coke because I love the stuff.  My weakness. E.   Emily my middle girl... F.   Food...because you know...I like it. G.   Grateful...I try to be grateful everyday for the things I have. H.   Hearing...my hearing just isn't what it used to be.  I totally understand why people with hearing issues bow out of social events.  It's because you can't hear 75% of what is being...

I "squirrel" a lot.  Does this happen to you?  It happens to me.  Constantly.  For instance, I will be telling a story and I will think of another one right in the middle of it and launch into that one.  No worries, I will circle back eventually.  This week has been interesting to say the least.  Monday I was three kinds of cranky.  I may or may not have terrorized my family that day.  It didn't help that I had two papers due that day, one of which I had completely wrong and had to entirely rethink.  I really needed chocolate. Tuesday was a better day.  The kids went back to school.  They might not have liked it so much, but I was happy.  Did I settle into a nice a nap or relish in the quiet?  Nope.  I went shopping with my Mom and stopped only for lunch where I made fun my own horrible parking. Who parks like this!?  Well just know that you are not safe, because I even call myself out on ...

I decided to go with a random post today.  I haven't done in many moons, and let's face it, I haven't blogged in many moons.   I am suddenly the crazy cat lady.  Every night as of late, both of the cats come and curl up with me.  What gives??? Silly beasts. I got to see my bestie.  We may have been on Pinterest some of the time! Has anyone seen Frozen?   Such a CUTE  movie.  I now have the soundtrack on my phone!!  Olaf is my favorite of course. In case you are not cold in your neck of the woods, or maybe you are into that whole polar bear thing... This is very typical of California.  I do hope my frozen friends are thawing out soon! Last but not least....we have a winner for The Review Extravaganza! VandyJ of The Testosterone Three our runner up is... Mindi from Simply Stavish And finally another tremendous thank you to all of our marverlous sponsors! We would li...

I forgot! But then I remembered. So did I actually forget?? In keeping with my blogging one time a week, here is this week's blog. I am linking up with my bestie Emmy and here Ten Things to Smile About.. Before I begin, I just have to say how grateful I am that my mom and I share a regular email of what makes us smile each day otherwise I'd be lost.  I smiled a lot in Decemeber, but what to choose from.... I had some awesome homework assignments...which included but were not limited to:  writing about the acting skills of Tom Hiddleston, his character Loki, the movie Thor, and the movie Field of Dreams.  I'd call that a good class!   There is just something terrific and hilarious about this GIF.  I use it frequently in texts and emails.  So did this make me smile in December ?  (A bonus to the ten...yes it did!) 1.  Our church Christmas program was great.  The kids did awesome.  And the face tha...

<div class="Emmy-Mom" style="width: 200px; margin: 0 auto;"> <a href="http://www.itsalark.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q491/Emmymom3/Blog%20Design/ReviewExtravaganza2013250_zps9e91a2ab.jpg" alt="Emmy Mom" width="200" height="200" /> </a> </div> I finally made it! I had a lot of issues getting my pictures uploaded. Now that they are finally uploaded, I can get down to business.... This is the last installment of the Review Extravagana 2013. We will have the linky open a couple extra days so you have some time. For a complete set of rules and all the fabulous prizes go here. October.... Let's face it, when October begins time starts to fly...and it fly it did. October had a birthday, a play and of course Halloween. Now that doesn't sound like much when you are on the outside, but come and sit let me paint you a ...