Viernes Negro!

My family and I (well my sisters and my mom) have gone shopping on Black Friday as long as I can remember. We used to have Thanksgiving in Idaho with the extended family on my mom's side, and we used to all go together. It's always cold and crazy, but I love it! Here we are looking through the ads the night before and making our game plan :)

This year we weren't after too many things, but I found a stellar deal (just like I said I would) on a camera at Shopko, so we headed over there at approximately 3:15 am. Sheesh! There were some interesting people in line...one guy in front of us had horrendous breath...maybe it was too early for him to brush his teeth. Another guy kept talking to us about really weird things. Don't we look pretty at 3:00 in the morning? I love my mama and sisters!


So when the doors opened some lame sauce ladies cut in front, and bad breath guy was NOT happy. I hate it when people do that FOR SURE, but this guy REALLY hates it apparently. He called her a not so nice name and the store employees seemed nervous that something was about to go down. I love crazy people on Black Friday. So we got what we needed at Shopko, stood in a ridiculously long line, then headed off to Target. We really only wanted to get the cheap movies at Target. BTW, I am bugged that the Office season 5 was not on sale this year. The latest season is always on sale. Bummer. Anyway, I digress. I ended up only finding one movie that I wanted to buy, but the line was seriously 2 hours long and there was no way I was standing in that for one movie. I really didn't want to come back later either. What's a girl to do? I'll tell you! I asked a lady at the front of the line if I could put my movie with the stuff that she was buying and just pay her cash for it. She was so nice! She just let me go in front of her. She was the nicest lady I've ever met. I wish I would've taken a picture of her, but I guess that would've been a little awkward. Anyway, she started my holiday season off perfectly. I love when people are nice. Thanks nice lady at Target!!
Although we didn't really have a lot of items to fight for this year, it was a success and I had fun once again. I really love this tradition and can't wait until next year!!

I need to vent!!

Okay, this topic seriously makes me feel anger inside. It's kinda silly that it makes me angry, but it really does, and I just need to know if there are other people out there that feel the same, because it seems as though not many people share my opinion. So, the issue that is making me so upset is TAYLOR SWIFT. What the @*%^ is up with her winning so many awards? And being nominated for artist of the year along with Michael Jackson? Seriously? Can they even be compared? I DO NOT think she is a talented singer! Okay, so she writes her own songs. They appeal to teeny bopper girls. Sweet. Then give her a dang song writing award. Have these people ever heard her live? Come on! She SUCKS SUPER BAD EVERY SINGLE TIME. Anybody can sound good in a recording studio with amazing technology to hide your tone deaf issues. If you can't sing live then you're not a good singer. End of story. If you can't sing live, you SHOULD NOT be nominated for artist of the year. What is the deal with this girl? Can someone please explain the hype? I mean, I'll be the first to admit that sometimes, sometimes I don't change the station when her songs come on the radio, but sometimes I don't change it when the Backstreet Boys come on either. Let's be honest people. Her songs are catchy, but she can't sing. I hate so much that she wins so many awards and the people that are employed in the music industry are the ones that are giving her all of these dang things. Let's recognize people with talent please. Otherwise, nominate me for those awards. I bet I could sing them better than Taylor! GRRRRRRRR!!!!

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Waiting...

I want to blog about my fun-filled-fall adventures, but I don't have pictures as of now. We had fun carving pumpkins with my nephews and niece, but the pictures are cuter than just writing about it. We went to a super duper Halloween get together and Judd even dressed up for me (even though he REALLY didn't want to), but words don't do justice to how awesome his face looked or how fun our friends were. My niece, Tayla, just turned 2 yesterday and her party was super cute, but alas, I didn't take pictures. So, just so you know, we've been having fun, but I have a LAME SAUCE camera, so I just let everyone else take pictures for me, and then I have to wait to get them. I am going to be looking for a stellar deal on a camera the day after Thanksgiving.

My off-track time has been amazing. I have slept in but stayed busy. Judd and I went to Park City and had lots of fun. Oh, I have pictures of that too, but on a disposable camera (how cool are we?) that we haven't finished the film on yet. We went shopping at the outlets and discovered the Croc outlet. Didn't know that existed. I immediately thought of my friend Adrianne who HATED crocs. She would've died in that store. They make ALL kinds of shoes, it was pretty crazy, and I will sheepishly admit that I thought some of their designs were kind of cool, and I probably would wear some of them (only if no one could tell they were crocs...). I still have one week left of freedom and I am going to seal the grout on our tile and watch some more Price is Right.

I am getting excited for the holidays. This year I have been thinking about family traditions and what traditions Judd and I could start and have them be our own. I have only come up with one so far. I am thinking it would be cool to write letters to our family members on Thanksgiving and tell them specific things about them that we are thankful for. I want to try to make Thanksgiving more meaningful and not just about food and football (although I do love those aspects of it). What kinds of holiday traditions do you have? Please share, but be warned, I might steal them. :)

Happy Anniversay to us and stuff!

So it's been 3 years! I can't believe it. I'm grateful that we found each other. Judd makes me so happy and I'm so glad he's mine forever.
I love that our anniversary is in the fall because that is my favorite time of year. I'm so excited for Halloween, Thanksgiving, shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, the Christmas season....yay!!! I love fall!
We haven't been up to a whole lot lately. Just the same old stuff, Judd is stressed out with school, and I go to work everyday and find a million things to laugh about. I love my job and my students! I also get to go off-track in a week, and that is always exciting! I bet you're excited too because I am WAY better about blogging when I don't have to work! Stay tuned!