Snuggie, dance, & tea

I saw a commercial today for a 'snuggie. The blanket with sleeves'. you just stick your arms in this blanket and pull it up over your chest. Wouldn't that be considered a backwards robe? I thought it was the goofiest thing. What about the back side? It's like a heavy duty hospital gown.

Sorry, off my opinionated topic of nonsense. I'm pretty excited as today was my second day of training. I have never been so sore! Jumping, dancing, and stretching for almost 4 hours straight with a bunch of giggly 3-5 year olds will make you tough. We did a lot of technique but mostly it was all girly FUN! We got to do freeze dance (complete with cottonball snow), dress up, travel to the north pole, AND we created our very own frosty the snowman. Tomorrow.....I'm on my own. ;P eeks!

Tonight calls for a bath. If I had a snuggie it would just top off the evening. ;) Hey thanks to all of you who have been so super supportive of my recent post about the tea. I need to take more pictures and start doing tablescape tuesday! Thank you ladies...and to Myrna who boosted my self esteem. ;)

We made it out alive!

We braved the mall yesterday. It's recently been completely re-done with new high end fancy pants stores. Tiffany & Co, Louie Vuitton etc. Basically stuff I could care less about, but hey it puts Roseville on the map. We didn't buy anything but it's always nice to check things out. So Jer and I had lunch after church, and went inside in the ginormous money trap. We decided to go into lenscrafters to get my eyes checked. I hate glasses and want to go back to contacts. So we made the trip worthwhile. As I was talking to the lady behind the counter, Jer was messing with some glasses on the wall. He looked shocked and said, "these ones are awesome there's no glare at all! It's almost like......" I stopped him mid-sentence and said, "It's almost like there are no lenses in them?" ;) I raised my eyebrows and smiled. He looked confused, and put his finger through the 'lens-less frame' and said, "Oh. I guess that's why there's no glare". I got a laugh out of it, Jer smirked and put them back on the wall. It was totally something I would do, but it's good to know my husband says goofy things too sometimes.

It's raining...again.

It's almost 9am, and it's pitch black outside. Super windy and absolutely pouring!!! I almost paid Mary Poppins a visit with my fly away umbrella this morning. I love this kind of weather and enjoy a good storm. (only when I can enjoy it from the comfort of my couch in front of the fireplace).

Tea for two...hundred!!

Every year in December Bridgeway has a 'womens' tea'. Mom and I went last year and it was such a blast having a girly dinner party. Each table in the room is decorated by women in the church. This year mom and I signed up to add some 'Silver Bell' flair for our guests. Little did we know what would go into decorating a stinkn' table!! We had a lot of fun though, and glad that we got to do it together. Dad was a server for the night, and he did a great job. I knew where he was in the building because of his bell strung santa hat. (picture below) I have to say I got a giggle at him walking around with fancy tea pots in his hands. ;) So next year I'm planning on doing a Dr. Suess tea. Everything was so proper this year....it needs some corky kid fun mixed in. ;) If you have any ideas for a 'who's who' (hey that's a good one!) name for my table leave me a comment!!

Deck the hall with...a really big ball.



Yolanda, mom, and me



Dad & Rich the elf



Half of the building




Lights on



Lights off

Message from Steven Trint Kkubolyabalamu

I recently received an email from pastor Steve. He is such a wonderful man. His family (which is HUGE) opened their home to us when we stayed in Uganda. They have a LOT of children it's hard to keep track, but I believe this is their oldest who got married. He sent us pictures of the wedding. I have to tell you that emailing in Kampala is pretty difficult. I remember when we drove into the city to send emails to our family it cost us money, we only had 3 minutes on the computer, and it was in the back of a store where roaches and other ooglies ran free. Anyway this email was much appreciated and I was so excited to see pictures attached! I've added Steve's comments (in his english) before each one in italics. ;)


This is the younger man who married my Daughter.
I meet this son in law in 1995 before he was a born again christian and brought him to church
where he got saved and now he is my son in law.
They wedded on 18th September 2008

God is good in all ways
Thank you so much for all your prayers.
Yours in Him
Steve.

This is our traditional dressing and we as parents we have to dress like that on any official occasion



Dad walks down her daughter the isles.



In Him,
Pastor Steven Trint Kkubolyabalamu

Nutcracker.....totally nuts!!!!

Wow. I'm really tired this morning. ;) My first Nutcracker performance was last night. There were 100's of little gumdrops, candy canes, gingerbread men (well one gingerbread boy), and lots of sugarplum fairies. They did such an amazing job! Passing out costumes before show-time had to be the most craziest part of the night, but so worth the stress. We had to run racks of clothes back and forth and unpack bins of tutus, hats, wings, and wands (which were all loaded with sequins and glitter). I looked like a sparkle fairy by the end of the night. 

Once backstage all the the little ones waiting in the wing were excited to bolt out into the spotlight. One actually did. ;) I had to run and catch her. Everything went smoothly for the most part. I got to be a toy soldier for 2 seconds and attempt to pull the canon string. Confetti was 'supposed' to fly out but it didn't work, so I smiled, took a bow, and marched back off stage. There were little mishaps here and there like Alyssa's man wig falling off (which looked super scary and freaked out a couple kids). She still rocked the mustache! I had such a good time, and to think this is my job!! I start training next week since shows are over, and will begin teaching my own classes by January. 

OH! Jeremy is taking me to see the Sacramento ballet's Nutcracker next weekend. It'll be my first one. ;) What a Christmas present!!! Pictures to follow!

I'm just easily amused ;)

Looking at the news online gets me every single time. Some of the stuff is good to know. Then there's the filler stories and mainly entertainment that cracks me up.

I found out today that Oprah is "flubbergasted" (emphasis & funny word mine) at her weight of 200 pounds. So much so that her horror is news headlines. I'll be the first to say who cares, and holy cow (yes that was a pun).  

This one was the most special. "Is re-gifting more acceptable now in this economy?"  Was it ever? 

"Mega millions jackpot hits $170 million" Wonder where that money could go? Maybe we wouldn't need to re-gift this year.

"Lil-Smokey starts hibernation" I didn't know hot dogs went away for the winter.