The Night before THANKSGIVING!!

Hello friends!! I found this wreath online and wanted to share it with you and what a better time than the night before Thanksgiving!!



Is this not adorable..



All it is,







painted clothes pins on a wire wreath frame ( you can get from craft store )



And you hang the cute little sign in the middle



and..







anyone that comes in and out of your house writes what they are thankful for on a clothes pin.



I LOVE THIS..



And if you don't have a lot of people coming in and out, then just do it once a day yourself or have husby do it when he comes and goes. I will for sure have one of these hanging either on my door or in my house next November.



Anyway, hope everyone had a great day. I have to admit, I have had better days myself. I had a melt down at the grocery store today. I was grumpy with Scott all day, grumpy with the animals, grumpy with family and it just was not a day I want to repeat, that's for sure. I am going to work hard on not making tomorrow anything like today. I really wanted to tell Brittany to spill her drink on her but thats not a good example and I didn't do it.. but it sure crossed my mind!



It was just not my day. I got into an argument with an uncle via facebook over him being a fool and actually had the nerve to tell me what I could or couldn't say. Yea.. that's going to work out for him.  I also found out that my children are going to be around whore Hope for Thanksgiving at my fathers. Wow.. what a slap in the face. Just in case you don't know that the cousin of mine who had an affair with my ex husband. I swear I would love to just take her in a plane, drop her off over South Africa with a parachute and no passport and tell her to never come back. Sigh.. Its just a test and I am just not going to think about it. Hopefully the little disloyal gathering will not last long and my kids won't have to put up with her for any length of time. Funny thing is, she has a father.. why does she have to keep coming around my family? Gosh.. she's like a little bug that drives you crazy,  that needs to be swatted.



I am going to focus on the good rather than the bad for the rest of the night and tomorrow. Husby is home of course and I want to make it the best day for us that I can. I really wish we would have headed North for Thanksgiving but I guess it's best to just have a holiday to ourselves every once in a while. I am lucky that he is taking me out instead of cooking.  I know its not the same as being around a bunch of family but its still nice not having all that stress and mess! I didn't make any reservations any where and husby came home with the bright idea of going to Golden Corral for Thanksgiving dinner. I was not too pleased with that idea but... I think it might just be good and I am going to give it a shot! I will take some pictures and let you guys know how it is! I really wish my mom was here. I miss her on holidays but Christmas is right around the corner and she is going to be here. Actually she is going to be all over the place because they are doing a ton of traveling over the holidays but she will be here Christmas eve and for 4 additional days. LOVE THAT! I think my sister is still coming too!



I feel like a mess tonight. I hope this passes with a good nights sleep. I should be blogging about being grateful and not bitching! I am grateful for the life I have, even on days I am not so happy. I have a beautiful husband who loves me as much as I love him. I have beautiful children and a beautiful family. What else could a girl want! And.. I have..



My beautiful babies to be grateful for too!

Picture of Swagger from today

Here is Gizmo's picture also from today

Sweet pea hanging out while I worked on the computer today

And here is Ferinand being lazy tonight..

How sweet is that face!?

While I picked up some groceries tonight at that dreadful market...

I also got a couple of things that make me happy..

Good bath reading material..

and a new pen!

Both made me happy.

And in an effort to be in a better mood, I fixed.

Pasta for dinner.

Here is the new Barilla Pasta Sauce that just hit the shelves the past couple of weeks.

As you can see,

thick and

rich with a beautiful color.

I got the

pasta dropped, garlic bread popped in the oven

and

dinner was served!

Couldn't forget the cheese

Does this not look delish!?

This bite was pure bliss for me!

And it did help to put me in a better mood!

Well for a little while anyway.. Scott and I were watching a movie when I told him I couldn't wait till it was over, so I could go get in a hot bath. So what does he do?? He jumps up about 10 minutes before the movie and gets in the shower.. I wanted to SCREAM at him but I didn't. I watched the end of the movie and went and got in the bath. He didn't really appreciate that but I didn't appreciate him stealing all the hot water from me either. I didn't have as much hot water as I would have liked but I had enough. And my bath felt amazing anyway.. with no fighting over the hot water!

Afterwards, I came down stairs and started playing around online. I also organized my favorites which were like 200 websites and that took me over an hour and a half to make new folders and sort them all out. I also backed them up in case something happened and I lost them, which has happened before.

Tomorrow I doubt I will be blogging a lot. I will have a few post up but that's probably about it. I am going to be doing a Thanksgiving MARRIED LIFE post too! But it should be a day of being with family and loved ones and sharing what you are grateful for. I know it sounds Corny but we all should EAT, PRAY, LOVE.. No, I am not talking about actually watching the movie but follow those 3 key steps for the day! I promise I will be in a better mood tomorrow!!

I wonder how many of you guys are putting your turkey's in the oven tonight!? I know my sister in law is putting hers in to cook all night at 250. Boy, I have a story about the last Turkey she cooked but I will wait to tell it. I think this is only her 2nd time cooking a big turkey and I am sure she will do a great job!

Well this grump is calling it a night.

Sweet Dreams..

K Jaggers

♥

The End Of My Day

Hello everyone!

 Hope you had a really good Tuesday. It was a busy day around the house for me. I woke up, had 1 cup of coffee and then got busy upstairs.

First thing I did was

Toss all the laundry down stairs. This works better than trying to carry it down all those steps.

You see that landing above the door with the electrical outlet. I need to find some pretty Christmas decorations up there! Hummmm.. anyway..

I got some fresh sheets on husbys bed..

And thinking now.. maybe I should have put some other sheets on his bed.

These 400-thread-count sateen sheets from Peacock Alley and I can just see the dog wallowing around on them. Might have to change them tomorrow again and put some cheaper sheets on his bed. These cost almost $ 60.00 ( not bragging, just saying ) and I have never owned JUST SHEETS that cost that much. What possessed me to put them on his bed today, I don't know.

I took about 40 minutes upstairs zipping around, cleaning up and wiped down 2 bathrooms and vacuumed and even took about a 6 minute shower and did my make up in about 5 minutes. I was on a roll!

I was heading downstairs when I snapped this picture.

I have boxes all lined up against the railing for the kittens. I didn't really know what to do to keep them from falling over. And they are so small that fall would kill them. So this is whats working. I know they would just go over the boxes but they don't. I think they would fall off by accident from rough housing from each other and this prevents that. Not too attractive though. I actually thought about getting a huge box of plastic wrap and going back and forth with it to shield it but I just haven't.

Anyway, I came downstairs, grabbed my

handy dandy feather dusted and swiped over everything that would stand still..

Then a few minutes later I got the total downstairs

vacuumed and then I had a break, enjoyed some lunch and then cleaned out the dishwasher and cleaned up the kitchen. In about 2/12 hours the house was working and I was also working on

laundry too. You know.. I have heard people say I am Scott's maid but truthfully, I don't mind because I like a clean house. And the things I am doing is not just for Scott. Duhhh.. Its for me and the animals too. I was happy with the way the house looked after just a few hours of work. I have always said you don't have to do things perfect, you have to do them. My house is far from spotless and I don't really mind. As long as its a organized mess, I can handle it!

The kittens love..

the feather duster.

Swagger was carrying it all around the living room and its bigger than he is!

Too cute!!

There was a lot of drama with Scott today. Not with us or anything but his work was a hectic day. I am not suppose to talk about it for a few weeks but things are changing!

I got busy on a quick comforting dinner tonight because it was the last show of Dancing with the Stars and I couldn't miss it!!

I browned up some Chicken breast that I cut in strips.

set them aside. Then took some

rice and

browned it up ( per the boxes instructions )

added the water and the seasonings

then took the chicken added it.

mixed it up

covered it up.

 ( I didn't feel like digging for the glass lid that goes with this skillet so I grabbed this one that I use for everything. It looks like its been to hell and back but I like it a lot! )

After letting it cook for about 15 minutes on med low

it was done!

thats my bite!!

Then I mashed up some

potatoes. I don't care. I like mashed potatoes with this meal!

Popped some corn in the microwave and then got stared on dessert.

I took some pears and topped them with some vanilla sugar

and the smell was amazing.

If you just take some sugar and add your vanilla beans and store in an air tight container you

will have a heaven in a jar!

I love this stuff.

You can use it with anything from coffee to fruits, french toast to even bland cereal. Its really good.

Before I knew it

Dinner was plated up

and I was ready to eat.

This meal is so tasty and comforting and so easy.

After dinner it was time for

Dancing with the stars!

Husby got busy getting his clothes ready for tomorrow.

Our iron broke the other day so this is just a cheap one to get us through

Scott got a shower and was in bed when the weather started to turn

Another big storm and there were all kinds of tornado warnings going on. I woke him and let him know and he didn't much care!

Look who won!!

I figured he would! Its funny everyone I know was pulling for other people. My friend wanted Rob to win because he was the underdog, my mom wanted Ricki Lake to win, I wanted Max to win but my other pick was JR. He is a great dancer and I am sure all the military guys love that it was him.

I wonder what show is going to take its place.. Btw.. Have you guys seen how Oprahs time slot has been filled by ANDERSON COOPER. OMG.. He is so sweet looking and kind. I haven't watched it yet but I recorded it today on my bedroom tv and when I go to bed I will be watching it! Super excited to see how he does! I will let  you guys know tomorrow what I think of it!

Well its 2 am and I have to make the coffee and get to bed.

Sweet Dreams

K Jaggers

♥