Optimistically Blogging

We are doing a remodel on our home, we are putting in tile and getting rid of our old carpet.  This project is long overdue and I cannot wait for it to be completed.  As excited as I am for this project, I am not liking the "carpet is half torn up" phase.  We are living a few weeks with cement floors and it is driving me crazy.  I hate being barefoot anyways so I am always wearing socks but they are getting so dirty with the cement.  I decided a few weeks ago that I should get a pair of slippers.  I just recently got a pair of UGG boots and I never want to take them off, so I decided UGG slippers would be a fantastic idea.  The problem with UGG slippers is they are expensive and my husband wanted a pair as well so I set a task to get them as cheap as possible.  I went on Amazon and started doing research and saw that they had a wide range of prices available for their slippers and I wasn't sure why.  I soon came to realize if you bought slippers in an uncommon color you c

My brother is in town for Christmas and last night we were down on the Vegas strip.  We were wandering around and wanted to do something that we have never done before, so we decided to check out the High Roller at the Linq.  That is the giant Ferris wheel that takes you to a heigh of 550 feet and is a half hour ride.  The High Roller is the tallest Ferris wheel in the world.  We went to purchase our tickets and they have an option to ride in a cabin with your own bar and all you can drink (not just alcohol) for the entire ride.  Since it was only $15 more we opted for that, we don't do it everyday after all.  It is Christmas time so their normally $52 per person (before $15 extra) is marked down to $20 per person.  This made our tickets only $35 per person for the "happy half hour" ride.  By choosing this deal we were directed towards a separate entrance and bypassed 150 or so people in the regular line, additionally no one around us had purchased the "happy half ho

I have been around a lot of Christmas music this year and frankly I love it.  I could listen to Christmas music all year long, but I don't love every Christmas song.  One in particular that I don't really like is I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.  Up until about 2 years ago I thought this song was about a woman who was so loose she even kissed Santa Claus, then a friend informed me that Santa Claus was the Dad.  I felt so foolish, of course it is the dad and this is not a song from the 1950's about a slutty mom.  I was always so baffled until someone pointed out what was obvious to everyone but me.  So tonight's blog post is about my favorite Christmas songs.  1) O Holy Night (any version): This is my favorite Christmas song of all time.  My favorite part of Christmas is going to Church and the whole congregation is signing this beautiful carol and holding a candle.  To me this is what Heaven will be like, singing praises to God in candlelight with friends and family. 

We watched the movie San Andreas last night.  Usually I don't like to watch disaster movies but I have always had a morbid curiosity about the San Andreas fault. As a child we lived in the San Francisco bay area for a few years, we moved there right after the big 1989 earthquake.  My new friends often talked about it and what they were doing when it happened.  We had lots of earthquake drills at our school, I always thought they were fun because they were lengthy and took time away from class.  I thought of them as Tornado/Fire drills combined.  We were to immediately take cover under our desk (like a tornado drill), and then after the initial shock we had to hurry outside (like a fire drill).  We always heard people talk about how "the big one" was 30 years away, and when it hits California would fall into the ocean.  My family moved back to the midwest and I no longer worried about earthquakes.  I even promised myself that I was never going to move back to California.

I am definitely feeling the holiday crunch today.  I have had a wonderfully busy week but have just realized that Christmas is less than 20 days away!!  I am so excited about the holiday and spending time with loved ones but I am stressing as I haven't gotten all of my packages out.  I am so very thankful for Amazon prime, how did I ever shop without it?  Shopping online with Amazon, Younique, and Norwex has been so easy and perfect for me this holiday season.  I just wanted to write a quick post to say that I haven't forgotten about my beloved blog it just has been busy, but a good busy. I will write more in the next few days but I wanted to say happy holidays and I hope you are all enjoying this time of year.