Pandora's Casket

Boy right now we are experiencing some extreme winds. Even the towns emergency signal is blowing outside although you can barely hear it with the howl of the wind at times.

In a way it is rather frightening, especially up in my area of the house. It feels like I am on a boat when the winds hit. Swaying and swaying at times just a sick feeling.

I hate the high winds and being on a tornado watch or warning. Especially when you start getting the notices on your phone and emails. haha The high winds and thunder storms which will hit later is actually in effect till 8PM tonight through Wednesday according to the weather station.

Not a good day to travel or do errands at all in. I was supposed to pick up Shay's blackheads treatment medications but that will have to wait till the storm is under control or she can have big Nick pick up it.

Today will be maybe a downstairs kind of day for me!!!!

Have you noticed how many books and exercise regimes that there are on the subject of how to lose belly fat fast? Boy, I have.

The other day I was looking for a supplemental Yoga DVD and I got lost in all those other books on that topic. I read a few of the excerpts that were available just to see if there was anything that might be suitable for Shay and her diet plan but saw nothing that I saw fitting.

I did find the perfect DVD that I was looking for and at a great low, low price. Made my afternoon to find it! The one I have I like but wanted something to switch it up a little. Now I have it!

I found another one I liked and wanted as well. So instead of buying it I put it on my Christmas list for the kids to buy this year! Sneaky thinking!

Shay has decided that she needs to start a pre holiday diet. She has been looking into the best fat burner supplements that are available in order to help her.

She figures that if she looses the weight now she can have a pig fest during the holidays. Especially focusing on all the tasty sweets that we make for Christmas.

Personally I do not see where she needs to go on a diet but everyone thinks differently.

A sensible diet and exercise would be all she would need. And a sensible diet is not oreos and diet Pepsi! haha

Jamie, Trev, Colt and even Nick are all now lumberjacks. Each weekend and even during the week they have take out their heavy duty Mechanix gloves and gone to the woods to cut down trees for firewood.

My yard looks like a small lumber mill with all the logs that are piled up. Right now the pile is so high and big I am in awe of the work that all the boys have rallied together to do. Very impressive.

The way that they worked as a team and stuck with it has been so great. It looks like this winter that there will be an over abundance of wood and little to no money will be spent on wood. That makes mom very happy indeed!

They have a few more weeks of using their gloves and chainsaws out there in the woods until the bad weather sets in. I can not wait to see the end result!

I have started to receive Christmas lists form the boys finally. Trev wants to replace the DVD's that he has for all those that are blu ray because of the TV that he owns.

A lot of the DVD's that he wants have yet to come out like this and those that he wants seem to cost an arm and a leg! I have a month or so to keep trying so lets keep our fingers crossed on that!

Colt & Nick have some of the easiest items this year. Mostly a lot of games for their PS2's and hand held gaming systems. half.com here I come! I love that site so much looking for games and books. Sometimes though I have gotten things cheaper on Amazon so I do a lot of back and forth searching.

The girls are easy to. Anything to do with baking.

I have started shopping already and ahead of the game right now. That won't last long, it never does! haha

This weekend I spent a vast majority of it cleaning the great room. That room can take hours to clean and by the time I get done it is time to start all over again.

I started with cleaning the blinds & shades so this winter it won't have that dusty smell when the house is all closed up. That is a job in its self right there. Takes a long time to do.

I finished the last touches of decorating for Samhain also. This is the first year that I actually felt like decorating and now I am so glad that I did.

I have gone through the kitchen, family room and Great Room dusting, mopping and other cleaning. Plus throwing out things that I either do not use, do not like or do not have a use for any more. I was surprised at the pile I had once I was done!

I still have to do the dining room yet. That is just washing the glassware which will take forever! But all the hard core cleaning is so worth it!

Trevor and one of his friends is planning on a deer hunting get away this year. One thing that Trev and his comrade wanted to do was find a small travel trailer to take so they could camp in style while hunting. As he said to have a home base instead of coming actually back home.

Since the woods they hunt in is not that far away it isn't that rushed to get a travel trailer. He looked into the 5th wheel insurance to get an idea of how much it would cost and he was amazed that it was not all that much.

Of course, as he went on to tell his story, he would have free storage as he would park it here. Just what I need is a travel trailer parked here. The good part as he put it, tornado season is over so I wouldn't have to worry about that. haha

They are still looking and I have a feeling that they will all come home over those hunting weekends. haha

This was a busy purchasing weekend for everyone here for some reason. But everyone bought all kinds of different things that made it so much fun to share at the end of the days.

Shaina bought two of the cutest sweaters I have seen in a long while. I especially like the blue sweater that is the full length. The sleeves and length are so cute! Wouldn't mind one of those myself.

BB bought some of the cutest Samhain decorations! And the Samhain sockies for Duncan looked so adorable on his sticky little feet. Oh, I love his piggies!!!!!

Shay also bought Jeremy a lot of cute outfits for winter. The shirts were adorable! She bought him a heavy jacket type that looks like a lumber jack style. Reminded us of the style that dad used to wear. Jeremy looked so adorable in it! Then again both those boys are so adorable in anything they wear! haha

It was just a lot of fun to check out all our stuff!