Well I guess  I’ll wait til next season and hopefully they will recruit better players so I don’t have to waste my time rooting for them! — I still ♥ the Patriots eventhough I whine about the recent loss but I am loyal to the Patriots–well… to Tom Brady at least lol!

I went to www.satellitestarinternet.com at work so that I could get us set up with satellite internet. Since we have gotten it, I have really enjoyed using it for trip planning. We are planning a trip to the Pacific Northwest in the Fall. We have had lots of friends who visited the area and rave about it. So far, our two major cities that we are planning to visit are Portland and Seattle. There are great websites for looking for things to do. One of my favorites is Trip Advisor. I like it because real people give reviews about attractions, places to eat, and lodging. There are also tons of reviews for different places. Another site that we have been using is Frommer’s.com. We have booked all of our flights , hotel stays, and attraction visits on-line. It has really been just so easy. I have been able to save us the money that we would usually spend on a travel agent, and I honestly think that we are getting the same great deals that we would with using an agent.

So the groundhog from Pennsylvania saw it’s shadow and I guess he was right because we have this big snow and it supposed to snow again on Tuesday but I am just thankful that the temp is not totally freezing! I hate driving when it gets icy and I don’t wanna be in another car accident! So anyway here’s my entry for Saturday 9′s Our House

1. I read that Bud Weiser & Kathy moved into their new house! When was the last time you moved? Where to?
* 2002 from TN to NE.. I’ll be glad to move back to Cali though!
2. If they were making a Hall of Fame for the blogosphere, name a blogger or two who you think should make the list. Why?
*I don’t really know… I don’t really follow any blogger!
3. What are couple of funny things you remember your parents saying? (Like, “They’re starving there in China, so finish what you’ve got.” – John Lennon) Do you say them to your kids?
*My mom would tell if that ” if you fall down and hurt yourself I’m going to beat your u’r butt!(only she didn’t use the word butt!”
4. What is something that has happened to you that you would consider a miracle?
*I have no idea! I haven;t seen any miracles yet!
5. What is it too late for?
*Nothings too late!
6. What do you try to stay away from?
* annoying & depressing people!
7. When you get into a disagreement or fight, how often are you the first to apologize?
*only if I know I was wrong.. If I think I am right… I’ll never apologize!
8. Tell us about a current issue that you’re unhappy with.
* Can’t say it!
9. How often do you update your blog/site and why?
* not as much as I should!

That’s all for now and enjoy the weekend!

Anyway, I didn’t another car since I decided to use the expedition we parked in our garage. We don’t use it frequently only if we go on trips but I guess it’s my everyday car now but it is somewhat too big for me but it is awesome ! ^-^

Anyway, we have decided that we will be spending our summer vacation once again in TN. We do want to spend time with my children’s great-great- grandmother who will be 95 this year. She’s not been in good shape so we want to be able to see her and spend time with her this summer. The children really enjoyed the company of their grandparent’s and aunt’s uncles company just like last year. California will have to wait another year, I know I have been saying it probably a million times already but family is more important to me.

I do wish that we have our own RV to drive all the way down so we don’t have to worry about looking for a hotel that would allow puppies in the room. Sookie our toy poodle will be going with us! We don’t really want to leave her somewhere and the kids really want to bring her to show her off to their aunts and uncles. RV would be perfect to have, no worrying about which hotel to stay and the kids won’t be bored on the trip. I bet we can get a second hand one that is affordable, my friend told me that there are affordable insurance and motor home repair too. We thought about getting one but we will just have to wait for a couple more years until we pay off my car. It’ll be fun I bet.

We have been watching so many Christmas movies this year on our direct tv North Carolina. I say ‘we’, but I really mean my son. What else can he do when he wakes up at 5:30 in the morning? I just can’t get up that early and it is way too easy to turn a movie on for him and go back to sleep. Well, have you noticed that in ALL the Christmas movies, the kid wants a bike for Christmas? My son has been telling us all year that he wants a BB gun for Christmas. He has told everyone! And of course their response is: “You’ll shoot your eye out!”. He is probably wondering why everyone says the exact same thing every time! Anyways, so we took him to see Santa and he climbed up on Santa’s lap all nervous like. He smiled for a picture and then Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas. I heard my son whisper, “a bike”. What? He has a bike! I really think he just got nervous and said what every kid in the movies said!

I like giving something that we like to use  especially during special occasion like jewelry and perfumes. My teenage son love gifts like that something he can use when he goes out to movies with some friends, or going to recitals and concerts and especially when he goes out with a special friend!  Now that he is growing up, he is more concern on what he looks and what he smells. We have been there and done that, so it shouldn’t be a gift to miss because colognes and perfumes are a part of good personal hygiene no matter what age you are.

I just hope that snow will have to wait til Christmas day because I still have  a lot of things to do and places to go. I also need to get my grocery shopping done for Christmas dinner!

I told her that we have been through the hassle. Dealing with insurance and all. Fire damage can be a hassle and the smell was horrible. Professional restoration knows what they are doing and I can’t imagine cleaning afterwards myself because I know that it will be impossible for me. I don’t have the experience and the knowledge when it comes to what can be clean and what to salvage. I know it’s easy to just toss things out but the professionals know exactly how to handle and take care of things that needs deodorizing and cleaning complex fire damage goods and tehy ahve the technology to do it. I have to be careful in what I am doing because I don’t want to see my house in fire again!