Thanksgiving Holiday

Wonderful Thanksgiving. My holiday started on Wednesday, I got to sleep into until 8 or so and that was great. Paula and I went to Shannon M.'s going away party. Shannon changed jobs so now we will not be working together but she has moved on to a job that she finds more fulfilling. Anyway so we went to a Mexican restaurant and had a nice lunch with lots of the people I work with. It was really fun and I think that Paula enjoyed herself. After lunch Paula, Shannon and my self went for pedicures. That is always a good time. When we were done we ran over to the mall to meet with Shannon's in-laws so that Paula could see sweet baby Kendall. I am pretty sure Paula fell in love with her, but then who doesn't? When we were done there we went to Erin's to pick up the things we ordered from her Pampered Chef party. It was nice to visit with them for a few moments. Erin was slaving away in the kitchen and the kids were running around. It was a nice visit. So after running the roads all day with Paula we headed home for a night of cooking. We were so tired from our running around that we ordered pizza haha, It was good. Also I have to send a thanks out to Paula, while I was at work on Tuesday and she was stuck at our house all day she did all kinds of cleaning to include our laundry. I don't think Paula understands the meaning of relaxing. We are going to have to help her work on that. : ) So Wednesday night Shannon H and I made our pies and Paula made the jello. I also made twice backed Sweet potatoes. That was not easy, but it turned out to be really good.

Thursday was wonderful, can you guys believe that weather it was out of this world. We had the windows and doors open all day. The cooking went well Shannon, Paula and my self pulled it off with out any issues. We work well together as a team. We ended the night with a game. That was a lot of fun.

Friday morning is where the real fun began. Paula, Shannon and myself were all up at 3:30 am and out the door by 4:15. But little did we know we were late. The parking lot was full when we got to the mall at 4:45 and there was a line out the door. But we did get there early enough to receive the gift bags they were giving away. I would say over all the Shopping went smoothly and we did get some great deals. After about 5 hours of shop Paula the Shannon's (Shannon H and Shannon M) and my self hit the dinner in Central Park for some Brunch. I think a good time was had by all.

Things I learned from Black Friday this year.

1. Get up earlier, next year we are going to have to up our time by about 30 minutes.

2. Doesn't matter how warm it was the day before wear a jacket.

3. Don't dress alike. We didn't dress alike but there was a group of women in line in front of us that did. I think there was like 7 or 8 of them.

4. Don't listen to the rumors in the waiting line. We heard all kinds of rumors about how all the stores had to be open and who had what and what the sales were. Most of them were not true.

5. Don't even think about going to Cracker Barrel for Brunch on this day.....

I had a great time and I hope that everyone else did as well. I do hope to see some more of you out next year. If you start training now I know you will be ready haha.

Happy Turkey Day!

Copy Cat

copied from Erin who copied from Katherine who copied from Adrienne:

1. To whom did you last give the finger? I am not 100% sure but I think it would have been someone that cut me off on 95 .

2. If you had 1,000 dollars what would you buy? I would pay a bill.

3.What was the last beverage you spilled on yourself? Water

4. Are you different now than you were 6 months ago? Yes, I have changed my mind about having kids.

5. Have you been anywhere exciting in the last three days? I wouldn't say exciting but fun?

6. What was the last photograph you took? I am sure it was a picture of Kendall

7. Where were you last night around 9:30? Sleeping in my bed

8. What do you think of guys that wear eyeliner? I am not really into it.

9. How many hours did you last sleep? 8-9

10. Who was the last person to whom you spoke on the phone? Shannon M.

11. 50 Cent shows up at your door, what do you do? Did I win something???

12. How was the last egg you ate prepared? It was good I guess

13. Where did you last wear sunglasses? Maybe in the car I don't wear them that often.

14. Ever worn your underwear backwards? I am sure I have

15. Who was the last person to smoke a cigarette in your presence? Someone at work.

16. Does it bother you when people put && before every sentence and after? I have no idea what you are talking about.

17. What animal did you last pet or hold? My little man Bristol

18. What was the last law you broke? Speeding on the way to work this morning

19. What are you wearing?Wouldn't you like to know.

20. What did you think of your last kiss? Sweet

21. What was the last newspaper you read or skimmed? I have no idea

22. What was the last word written on your hand? Something about work

23. What was the last hair product you used? shampoo and conditioner

24. What was the last text message you received? I love you from Tim

26. Who was the last person to make you really laugh? Shannon M.

27. To what song did you last sing along? Your not gonna break my stride (think that is the name)

28. What was the last musical instrument played in your presence? I have no idea

29. What was the last superstitious thing you did? Made two wishes at 11:11

My Favorite Day!!!!

This weekend went pretty good. Tim did catch some fish on his trip but he didn't take any pictures. I do have some pictures of baby Kendall that I will have to put up when I get some time. Tim and I came home early yesterday we had much to do to get ready for our guest. Paula my mother-in-law is going to be with us for Thanksgiving. This is the second annual Hanson Thanksgiving haha. I don't know if it will be any annual thing but I really do enjoy doing it. I did all of my grocery shopping with Shannon (may sis) yesterday and the store was crazy but we got through it. She also treated me to a manicure. So thank you Shannon for that. I also am working on my game plan for Friday. Anyone who knows me knows this is my all time favorite day of the year. I love shopping on this day. Last year was the first year Shannon (my sis) and Paula had ever gone shopping on Black Friday. Shannon M. (baby Kendall's mom) and I get up about 5 and meet with coffee at the mall around 5:45 and wait in line for the doors to open. Then we hit the stores hard until about 10 or 11 by they we have done most of our shopping for the upcoming Christmas and we grab a bit to eat and call it a day. So I have to start working on my shopping list. There are a few guidelines I like to use.

1. Have a list with items and estimated price.

2. Always buy something for your self first. (this is really important.)

3. Partner up with someone who shares the same passion.

4. Map of the mall always helps. (unless you are like me and already know where everything is.)

5. Have coffee.

6. Make trips to the car to unload bags and much as needed. (you are at a big disadvantage if you have a ton of heavy bags to carry.

7. Over all have fun.

8. Take long nap when you are done.

If anyone would like some personal training in this feel free to give me a call. LOL! Or if anyone would like to join us this Friday let me know, and I will share our plans with you.

Going out of Town for the Weekend

Tim and I will be out of town this weekend. Tim is going to be in a fishing tournament with Shannon M.'s dad who name is also Tim. LOL! Tim has been looking forward to this for the past 3 months. I think Tim B. said that they came in second last year. So they are hopping to come in first this year. I will have to have Tim take pictures of the fish they catch so I can put them up on the blog when we get back. Well I hope that everyone has a great weekend, I know we will.

I love Pie

I made this Cherry Pie last night.

Thank You

I just wanted to take a minute and say Thank You to everyone who sent Tim and I a card and left supportive comments. It has really made a difference .


THANK YOU

And the week comes to and end.

Well Monday Tim and I went back to the gym after not even thinking about working out for the past 3 weeks. Really I think it went pretty good. I only gained 1 pound and Tim was down .5 pound. Tuesday I went and had a massage, it was amazing. Thank you Olivia!!! It was one of the best hours ever, and I mean that I am not just saying that. Wednesday Tim and I had to meet with our financial adviser. It went pretty well, we have a good start one our savings but we will have to be a bit more aggressive if we want to meet our goals when we retire. It sounds like it is so far off but I look at it as a life time goal. In 35 years this is where I want to be. So yeah it is a long way off but I will always have something to work towards. I am lucky b/c Tim shares the same dream and is willing to work on this goal with me. Then on Thursday it was Shannon's (my sister-in-law) birthday. Shannon I hope that you had a wonderful day. I also stayed home from work I was having a CRAPPY day if you know what I mean (I had the craps haha). So yeah I stayed home. I didn't really do to much other then watch TV and hang out with Tina and Bristol. I cooked a pretty good dinner for Shannon's birthday, I think she liked it. And then we had cake not just any kind of cake it was the best cake ever. It was from Cold Stone. It was like eating chocolate and peanut butter heaven haha. Thank you Tim for bringing that home. Tonight Tim and I will be taking Shannon out to eat for her birthday. I really wish I could do more for her. I know it has to be hard to be away from all of her friends and most of her family. I hope to have a few guess with us for Dinner. Like Jenn, Shannon M w/ baby Kendall, Cindy and maybe her boyfriend Aaron. I think that would be a nice time. Oh after dinner Tim and I (maybe Shannon H if she is up for it) will go play a game or 2 of pool with Jenn and her date. That should be fun. Also I am really looking forward to Saturday night. Tim, Shannon H., maybe Shannon M w/baby Kendall and maybe Jenn will be going to E&J's Pampered Chef's party. I love that stuff and so does Tim and he as never been to one. So that is what is going on with me. I hope that everyone has a great weekend. I know I plan to. : )

A weekend to remember

First I would like to say Congratulations to Tim, he started a new job on Thursday. I am really happy for him and I hope that he enjoys it. To celebrate Tim's new job I took him down to Richmond for dinner. The restaurant that we were going to is located in Stony Point Fashion Park. Before we went to dinner Tim took me to the Coach store, I know I am totally spoiled. Here are some pictures of my new bag. I love it... Thank you Tim.

So after a little shopping trip we went to this great Italian restaurant. The mood was great the company was wonderful and our meal was out of this world. It was a very nice date night, something Tim and I haven't done in a while. We really enjoyed our self's.

Saturday we got up early to meet up with some of our friends and go on a hike. It was the perfect day. The weather was cool and refreshing. I do believe a good time was had by all. But I have to tell you I am feeling the hike now. My legs are killing me haha. But I guess there is no gain with out pain. I also want to thank J- for the planing of the hike. Thank you so much!!!.

I am still alive

I had to take a bit of a break from blogging. Tim and I have had a rough few weeks but things are getting back to normal. I have been thinking about what I was going to write in the post for a few days now, b/c there has been so much going on and I wasn't sure if I wanted to share it with everyone. But I feel like I should that way I can talk openly about my feelings. I mean this is my blog so I should be able to write about anything I want right?

I know that I posted a few months ago that Tim and were not going to be trying to have a baby but that we were not going to be preventing it either. Well back on Oct 11Th Tim and I found out that I was pregnant. I had very mixed emotions about it b/c just the day before we learned that my sister was going to be having a baby in April. I was a bit upset when I found out that my sister was going to have a baby b/c she is so young but I also feel like it is really important to try and support her through this. So yeah I was a bit mixed about how I felt about being pregnant. Tim was over joyed with the news, he has been on the baby kick for a while now. We had a doctors appointment on the 18Th and it went well the doctor seemed to think that everything was fine even though I had some light spotting. That weekend Tim and I had the girls ( my two sisters) at the house and we had told then about me being pregnant. They both were pretty happy for me and I was starting to really come around to the idea my self. However on Sunday the 21st I started bleeding really bad and had to go to the ER. They took blood test and did an ultrasound. They didn't see anything and my HGC levels came back really low. They told me I was having a natural miscarriage and there wasn't anything they could do for me. They sent me home and a few hours later I passed a really large blood clot, I was only about 5 weeks a long. (I am sure this is TMI) After that I started feeling much better but Tim and I were every upset. But at the same time we are glad that we didn't share our pregnancy with a lot of people because it was pretty hard to tell the people we had told that we had loss the pregnancy. I know in my heart that everything happens for a reason and when it is met to be for Tim and I we will be and if anything we will be more grateful. I have been lucky to find a board that I can post on with other women that have had unsuccessful pregnancies and that has really helped. I also would like to thank the few people that knew what Tim and I were going through and supported us. I am sure that we would have had support from all of our family and friends, but we just were not ready to share the news. I hope all of you who we didn't tell will understand.