I am a mastermind!

so some of you might have seen the trouble i was having with the side bar of my blog spot and i am happy to say that i used my wicked awesome skills and figured out all the high tec crap and fixed the problem. thats right! so enjoy my blog spot cuz it is all better now!
That made me feel good...
oh and as an update we will be going to Maui in 9 days!

on christmas eve we had a cookie swap party which i must tell you was wicked fun. and this wednsday we will be having a nice big new years eve dinner and party with the cheneys. aaron has convinced his parents to come down eairly. he pulled the grandchild card. so i think they are coming on thursday.
i am way bummed cuz aaron just found out he has to work on new years day! unheard of. what is the world coming to? whats next stores open on christmas and easter!
it was a big bummer

Aj had an awesome first christmas. mostly he tried eating the wrapping paper instead of opening the presents. he got some really great stuff. santa brought him a baby ensitine sign language video that we watch every morning. i know it will take a while for him to make the signs but i think he is starting to understand them when he sees them, well mostly just milk cuz i means he is going to get his bottle. weird huh the first one he reconizes has to do with food. what can i say he is an emotional eatter like his father.

your baby can read!

so i saw this infomercial (you know how i love them) about these videos, kinda like baby ensitnen, that teaches your baby how to read. you can start them as soon as three months. what it is is a video that shows a picture of a card that says SNOW and then a picture of snow or it will say ARMS UP and then shows a baby that puts his arms up. so after a while when you kid sees the words arms up he reconizes it and will put his arms up in the air. and as each video is mastered you move on to the next one. the point is so that your child can read fluently by the time they are five. i really want it cuz it not only teaches them to read but it will encourage reading (so aj wont hate it like someone else i know...i bet you can guess who) as well as makes learning fun for him.

so when i have mentioned it to other people everyone this it is the dumbest idea ever and a total waste of money. it really discourages me that no one else thinks its a good idea. i'm sad

retarted blogspot

so all my gadgets are on the bottom of my blog even though i have them on the side when i customized my bog and i cant figure out what is wrong so if someone else can figure it out i would greatly appreciate it!

Christmas questions

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?gift bags are easier to wrap but wrapping paper is more fun to open.

2. Real tree or Artificial? I wish I had a real tree, I love everything about real trees

3. When do you put up the tree?  As soon as possible, aaron wont let me do it until after thanksgiving though

 

4. When do you take the tree down?  usually  after the new year.

 

5. Do you like eggnog?  I LOVE eggnog...if i could i would drink it year around

  
6. Favorite gift received as a child? my favorite joke gift was one year i begged and begged my mom for a hamster and for christmas she got me a mechanical one that would roll around in a ball

 

7. Hardest person to buy for? Aaron because i have get it before he buys all his own presents!

 

8. Easiest person to buy for?  Me! i always know what i want.

 

9. Do you have a nativity scene?  Yes, its aarons from paraguay

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I'm hoping to send them in the mail

 

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? once again mechanical hamster...i wanted a real one

 

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?  i love how the grinch stole christmas with jim carry

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? black friday sometimes a little sooner if i find something good

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I dont think so

 
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?  lots of cookies and candy and Mrs. Kelly's choclate chip cookies, and the Nortons white choclate rice crispy treat thing, and my moms carmel popcorn, and my aunt cynthia's jelly cookies (i have a bit of a sweet tooth)

 

16. Lights on the tree? of course.

 

17. Favorite Christmas song? the official Harpel Christmas song is Christmas in Kalarney

18. Travel at Christmas or stay at home? this year we will be staying home

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, something, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen, and of course Rudolph.

 

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? We have a Silver light up star

 

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or?  sometimes one on christmas eve and the rest chirstmas morning but i think this year we are opening all of them christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year  There is nothing annoying i love it all...even throwing a couple of punches on black friday

23. What theme or color are you using? my theme is snowmen

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? i like Ham its about the only time of the year that i eat it too

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? i'm pretty sure i got all i wanted for christmas