not a fan of the new feed system....had to work late, but still got family pictures picked up and called home to get the kids orders for Feedlot Cafe on the way home for supper.....Bubs didn't realize I wasn't home!

still on to-do list: deliver Rachel's baby gift. need to get started on those bills....then sink onto the couch to fold the basket of towels sitting there....

6:11 a.m. and 45 degrees on Bourbon Street....

16 degrees here on Broadway Street. gonna dig thru the drug box to look for any remnants of sinus medicine I can take before I go to work....wrote myself a note to pick up pictures at Teri's. also need to deliver Rachel's baby gift. and it's BILL DAY.

I always feel accomplished and pretty special when I magically convert overripe bananas into banana bread!

'cause who doesn't like to google a recipe? because it's much easier than finding a damn cookbook and then finding a recipe....especially when I don't have all the necessary ingredients.....watching Stand By Me with Boo. she is trying to decide what 3 friends she would go on an epic hike to find a dead body with. she went to Making The Mark Conference today. it is cccccccccccccccccoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllldddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd out there today, daddy-o.

Well I wound up back in the ER today, my meds for this nasty scorpion sting was not working...I took this selfie like a big boob...lol. But I wanted to thank the staff at the Centerpoint Medical Center here in Independence, MO.

ok, for reals.....to be a nurse here treating Steve! In Independence! my mind is blown! or seeing The Sister Wives at Wal-Mart. or Johnny Depp at Applebee's. or Cam from Modern Family on a golf cart at a Chiefs game.....whoa! already done that one! I have met some celebs up close and personal.....Johnny, the guide from the Villisca Ax Murder House....and Miss Hester from The Mrytles....

states I've been to....

not a long list, but pretty impressive, figuring in full time jobs, 3 kids, and $$$$$....have done so many cool things, and have so many more on the list....Kevin got to go to Graceland! I got to see the plantation from Widow of the South! mountain hikes....waterfalls...sunrises and sunsets...reading Joe Hill in the courtyard at Hotel Villa Convento.....Mount Rushmore....driving thru a storm in The Badlands....The Mrytles...riding a fan boat in the swamp....seeing the ocean and dolphins!

Zat you, Santa Claus? It felt a bit like the North Pole out there this morning, but we have Jackson Square decorated for Christmas New Orleans Style 2014!

Christmas in NOLA? putting that on my bucket list! back to work. thanksgiving leftovers for supper. a team effort got the monumental went away for the weekend laundry caught up....and the weenies are home!

You can tell she's daddy's favorite...he's already bought her a warm fuzzy blankie

had a fun filled family weekend....Koren, Cody, & Ian threw a family Thanksgiving Dinner with the works at their house on Saturday, attended by us 4, my mom, and brother John...Kate spent the nite with them, us other 3 stayed in a hotel. Kevin hung his jersey in the window! Chiefs vs. Seahawks Sunday....coldest game we ever went to....V I C T O R Y ! and saw Cam from Modern Family ride by on a golf cart....practiced my Bigfoot calls every time they told us to "make some noise!"