This is Kelli...reporting for duty.

I am having blog withdrawal! Didn't had two minutes over the weekend to sit down with my laptop and check in here. And I don't have much more than two minutes right now, so this will just be a quickie.

We had Perri's first track meet on Saturday. Ever been to a track meet? Three words: ALL DAY EVENT

The Hubster had softball practice that evening, too. (He is Perri's coach.)

Tucker had baseball practice early Sunday afternoon, and then there was softball conditioning later. Plus I cooked dinner for everyone for after church. We ended up eating at different times and I really hate that. We have as many dinners as possible (especially on Sundays) sitting around the table TOGETHER.


Today has been busy, too. Took the kids to school and then went straight to see Kelli, my awesome stylist, and got new color and cut.

Doesn't it always feel good to get pampered just a little?

Now I'm prepping dinner ingredients so we can eat steak sandwiches on the run this evening. If there is no more rain, we'll be having softball practice after Perri gets out of track practice. And Tucker has baseball practice at the same time. Luckily the fields are next to each other in the same complex.

Last but not least, don't forget about my GIVEAWAY! I hope more of you will click on that word and leave a comment! Time to enter is running out...you only have until Wednesday!

What a weekend!

The last couple of days have been something else! Busy and productive, which is so much better than busy and fruitless. I needed these last two days to make me feel 'caught up'. Lately I've been feeling like I'm lagging behind, not keeping up, and just basically sitting back and watching it happen as opposed to running to catch up.

After the weekend I've had, I feel better about it all. And I'm caught up.

Well, sort of.

At least now I have made a pretty good dent in my Christmas shopping. Thanksgiving dinner for 13 is planned and the shopping is done. My house is clean enough for company. I even picked up table decorations for Thursday's dinner! If you know me at all I'm sure you are shocked by this. I haven't decorated a dinner table since...well, probably since last Thanksgiving. I love fall things and this seems to be the one holiday that allows me to use the colors and things that I love.

I guess if you have to be known for your expertise at making one holiday meal a little more special, a girl could do a lot worse than Thanksgiving. :)

So progress was made in leaps and bounds over the weekend. I was going to begin wrapping packages tonight but decided that a pint of New York Super Fudge Chunk (no, I didn't eat the entire thing!) and the American Music Awards sounded a little more relaxing. So I'm watching some really strangely dressed people make some incredibly peculiar music and win not-so-attractive trophies for doing so. But hey, at least I'm chillin' on the bed with a few fluffy pillows and a nice cozy quilt and not sitting in the floor, breaking my back and getting paper cuts. So even if the packages don't get wrapped tonight, I think relaxing and rejuvenating is a form of progress, too.

Don't you? :)