P.S. To Daddy

P.S. To Daddy. Was nice to talk to you on my way home tonight. Made the rainy trip not so bad. So glad you are doing well! Love to you and Mom!

Christmas Wish List

Just have to record Chelsey and Colby's Christmas List 2011. Here we go....

Colby's List:

iPhone 4s with black and white otter box
New shirts and pants
Xbox games 2-3
Shoes
Waffle Maker

Chelsey's List:

Louis Vuitton Danimer Neverfull purse
True Religion/Rock Republic Jeans
Victoria Secret Jacket (m) Yoga pants (m) and sweats (m)
Michael Kors Very Hollywoood Perfume and Chanel Chance Perfume
New windshield
Bedroom comforter
Cartlidge pierced
Starbucks and Chipolte gift cards
Nike Ankle boots and Nike black tennis shoes
sunglasses (note indicates she is unsure of what kind yet)
Eye shadow
iPad cover

Now.....I have to ask...Did Chelsey miss ANY brand names? Am I still to this day thrilled that I had a boy AND and girl? What color ski mask should i buy for the bank robbery? LOL....kidding..kidding. And could Colby be any easier to buy for? I mean come on....a waffle maker? Sure do love those two.

Bottom of Chelsey's list also mentions something for Ashley that involved Juicy Couture. Mom....I remember when it was Wranglers (36 inch inseam) and K-Mart.... Carla and I were easy compared to this!

For those of you with grown kids...I don't want to hear it and for those with little ones JUST WAIT! Santa better be reading this too....I just want it to be January already...

Love to all,
Pam

An afternoon of meetings...

went to the office until 11:30am then was off to a nearby hotel for meetings....then left at 6:15 to head home and 121 was at a stand still. Passed wreck #1 and was off to the races again with all the other cars, only to get on the tollway and find another one....it was just a LITTLE rain, but people forgot to drive with the wet roads...made it safe and sound finally!

Back tomorrow for meetings, then to our employee Christmas party....should be fun. Always surprises me of just how many people work for our company.

Danny and Chelsey were eating cold pizza when I got home. Colby is at the basketball games. Fairly quiet night at the Fenter Funny Farm. Kinda liking it...

One of my "other sons" Jamarick got a couple of college offers today. Hope he stays close enough that we can keep up with him! Ashley joined Chelsey at spin class tonight....I think it kicked both of their butts...literally! Love that they do things together...

Think I will turn in early for a change. Night all.

Pam

Hardwood floors!

I cleaned the hardwoods at the old house one LAST time today....spent 6 hours out there. Cleaned out the flower beds of the frost bitten flowers that were so pretty 2 months ago. Our former maide came after a few things. One last small trip tomorrow and the house is empty. Kinda bittersweet....hopefully we get it closed before the end of the year! Since it is all empty, and the electricity is still on, we hpmay have one last party out there...or made not, since the hardwoods are sparkling at the moment! Barn is NOT empty, but that is Danny's mess, not mine. He and Colby get to figure that part out next weekend. I walked down to the pier, and stayed just a minute, before leaving. Gonna miss all those fish that were waiving goodbye...

We now have a dresser...of sorts. I just could not part with my dining room suite, so we decided to store it. While I was taking the screws out of the top, I thought...now, why can't we use the bottom as a dresser, since we do not have one with out bedroom suite? Danny looked at me as if I had two heads when I asked him, but when I got home, the bottom part was in our room. Guess my two heads didn't have such a bad ideas after all....

Lily and Tank were happy when I got home. Everyone was starving, so we just got back from Ernesto's for full out mexican food. Now I am full, dirty and tired...BUT the Cowboys are playing....so here I go to watch the game until I pass out in my recliner.

Love to all, and have a good week! And Carla....I didn't see an email from Danta, but I will go look again now.

Pam

Ice!

First time ever to see the Ice exhibition at the Gaylord. WOW....was amazing...even in a giant blue parka. 9 degrees....nose got cold, but other than that, it was great. Christmas decor at the Gaylord did not disappoint....Megan you MUST taken Hayden and your camera. Chelsey and I saw so man little ones all dolled up in their Christmas outfits....precious!

Headed to Downtown Grapevine after leaving the Gaylord, but Chelsey was about to fall asleep on me, so we headed home instead. Maybe next time....

Pam

What to do...

Danny is on call for the next week. Can't go more than 20 minutes from McKinney. :-(

Soooooo, I think Chelsey and I will head out to Grapevine. One of my favorite places to go is the Gaylord Texan. It is beautiful anytime of the year, but at Christmas...it it breath takingly decorated. Bass Pro is very near and I also walk to check out the downtown square. Funny, I work less than ten minutes away...and have never been to the square. Maybe we can find a gift or two...

Glad this past week is over! Took many hours to catch up at work. Now I am just my normal "behind" which I am okay with at the moment. I talked to Susan last night and she is doing well. So glad! Have been really worried about her.

Colby and Kevin just came in from Saturday school. He had to make up work missed while we were in Greenville. They are now cashed out for a few hours...

So flipping cold! Looked out this morning and all the rooftops (have not said that in years!) were sparkling from frost. Duke barked half the night, so I slept fretful....Tank and Danny slept well though. Until I had enough of Duke and had him up trying to get him to stop barking!!!! I bet I get a call from the landlord....ugh...

Chelsey applied with UNT in Denton Thursday night....least it is close and NOT the other one she has talked about. Hoping OSU will somehow come up again. Still no sign of Colby's plan....I kind of wish he'd go into the military, but want him to be right here with us and not off someplace hot and sandy.

Chelsey made her Christmas......if she got everything it would require me wearing a ski mask and buying a gun. Not happening,

Colby has not made his list yet. Typical. He's the easy one of the two. Someone sure knew what they were doing when we had a boy and a girl. Two girls would just not do!

Stopped last night, after meeting Danny in McKinney for dinner, and bought my first gifts of the year. Maybe we can add to that today!

Happy Saturday all!
PK

Cinnamon rolls

After seeing Megan's post about homemade cinnamon rolls, I had to try making them....but decided instead of taking the time to check for a recipe, I would wing it, sooooo....I went to the store and bought pizza dough, cinnamon, butter and cream cheese. I saw her pictures, so I rolled out the dough. Melted butter. Sprinkled it with cinnamon. Rolled it up. Cut the dough and placed it in a pan. Baked until kinda brown and done in the middle. Once they were ready I melted cream cheese with a little butter and spread it on top. Next I placed the lid on the pan, so the cream cheese could sweat it's way into the rolls. Colby came in and got one. He took one bite and I saw him sneak it to the trash. I was curious...so I got one, took one bite and tossed it. Although they looked great, please note, there is no sugar in pizza dough, cinnamon or butter. So, although they looked great, they tasted like non sweet pizza dough....next time I will take the time to write down the recipe!

Yesterday was INSANE at work....I learned that my desk does not allow for being out unexpectedly. Going to take me all week to catch up. Ugh...

Chelsey finished her dual credit college courses yesterday. The instructor came in with their final test 30 minutes late, allowed open book and for them to split into 2 groups. So....they all made the same grade. I am afraid she may get the idea that college is easy....

Colby is learning to live without football and work outs. He's still lifting weights, but is enjoying sleeping in and being able to do other things, such as going to the basketball games last night. Oh he misses it, but after all these years, he has a little sense of freedom.

Danny was HOME when I got here last night....since the roads were not bad, they didn't do on 12 off 12 hours. So glad he was here! I think he was too. Chelsey and I watched Milluonairre Matchmaker so he was in our room watching some old western....least we were under the same roof!

Off to find warm clothes that I can shed later this afternoon....our office gets HOT in the afternoons!

Happy Wednesday!

Pam