Another New CD

I can't wait for American Idol to kick off in January! I have enjoyed almost all of the music from American Idol contestants. My latest CD addition is the new self-titled release by David Archuleta. Sample some of his tracks here.

Back in the Scrappin' Mood

I kind of hit a lull in my scrapbooking interest over the last couple of months... between school, work, kids, holidays, etc, I've just sort of let my cropping materials sit. With the new office furniture, I've been re-vitalized into it. Crop invites from friends help, too! Here's a rare one-page layout (I typically do double-page spreads) I did using photos of WD, Erin, & Dylan all as infants (well Dylan was a little older) laying in the same dumptruck! The layout idea is scraplifted from one of my old magazines... it worked for me!

Merry Christmas

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas Day!

Strange, Strange Sight

I know I should be blogging about the holidays and how wonderful Christmas is... it is, but I just couldn't help but snap a picture while driving home from work yesterday of a strange, strange sight I saw on I-10...

I guess that's a car with "bling"?!? Maybe it's "scales", like a fish?!? I don't know, but I couldn't stop myself from staring and actually laughing out loud. I guess we all have our own "style" (if that's what you want to call it)! To make matters even more hysterical... check out the license plate!

Another Favorite Christmas Movie

Yesterday afternoon, I really needed to fold clothes... like 7 loads! WD was sleeping (working nights again), while the kids and puppies were stir-crazy & wild around the house. I had a list of things I needed to get done in addition to the clothes, so I piled all the clean clothes in baskets in front of the TV and put the kids to work folding, while I was across the room in the kitchen making lunch. To make it more enjoyable, we popped in the movie Elf. It's a hilarious story. Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus. When the news is finally broken to Buddy that he's not a real elf, he decides to head back to his place of birth, New York City, in search of his biological family. We laughed and laughed, and before we realized it, the clothes were folded, lunch was served & eaten, and we were enjoying our new fireplace. If you haven't seen Elf, you just have to rent it during the holidays! It will surely make you laugh.

Treasure Remembered & Found

While driving to work this morning, I was listening to the 96.1FM River (I've run out of audio books and the newest one I ordered hasn't been released yet) with Murphy, Sam & Jodi. They were reading emails/letters from the Producer's Mailbag. Apparently the radio personalities asked the public to write in to them concerning their favorite all-time Christmas movie. The producer began reading the letter, and noted that this particular listener's favorite Christmas movie was "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas". My brain was flooded with very happy memories as a child watching that movie over and over and over again. I texted WD to see if he remember it, and his response was "??? Is that french or something?" I cracked up laughing, because he is the family's movie buff. Obviously he hadn't experienced this Christmas story. It's a children's classic put out by Jim Henson. I was so excited to be reminded of such a good memory. Once at a computer, I immediately logged onto Ebay, found the movie (re-released on DVD... nice since it was originally produced in 1977!), and bought it on the spot. I can't wait for it to arrive at the house... hopefully before Christmas!

Ink Link

Okay... now I've found something else to eat up my time! I was looking for free online word games (like scrabble, jumble, etc), when I ran across this game... InkLink. It is an online version of pictionary! It's free (you have to create a login name & password). If you run across me online my "gamename" in InkLink is "LouisianaPaula". I've stayed up way past my bedtime the last couple of nights glued to the computer playing & laughing with the players I've met online.

Lazy Saturday & Enjoyed EVERY Minute!

Today was an ultra-lazy day. The only productive thing I did was complete my last assignment for this semester (YEAH... I'm out of school until January 12th!). While sitting at my new desk, finishing the assignment, blogging, ordering pictures, and many other things I do on the computer, I realized I hadn't introduced my new office friends to you yet.

These two little buddies are from Houston, Texas... specifically the IKEA store there! Erin positioned one in 5th position (dance move, I think) and the other doing "Happy Hands" from the movie Napolean Dynamite! They don't have names yet, but they are very fun to look at.

And I had to add one more picture that my friend Stacie sent me... it is Dylan and Cameron (my boy & hers). I miss the snow already!

Snow Day 2008 in Baton Rouge

I awoke this morning to snow falling. Still, I got dressed and headed downtown for work. It was a ghost-town to say the least. At about 9a.m., we got an announcement that work was cancelled! I was happy to be off, but it would have been nice if the powers that be made the announcement before I drove the treacherous path to work this morning. Kids had no school, so it was a day of fun! Our dogs weren't too sure of the snow, but Zoe explored out to take a leak. Chewee, who has been house-trained for over a year now, reverted to pee-ing on the floor inside... he did not like the cold snow at all.

Christmas Tree & a Zoe Update

I finally put the final touches on my tree today. The traditional ornaments of the past stayed in the boxes for use another year. My favorite ornaments are the huge, white snowflakes which I found in a Christmas speciality store a couple of years ago. I kept the tree decor very simple and clean this year (that's my way of excusing my laziness ;-)

Zoe, the Davis puppy, has been with us a week today! This morning WD & I took her to the vet... she was having some problems with her poop which freaked me out. The vet looked her over, gave us a prescription which should fix her right up, and offered reassuring expertise on her health. The cutest little thing she has learned to do is climb the stairs in the house... the only problem right now is that she doesn't know how to climb down. When we hear her little whine, we know she's stuck at the top of the stairs waiting for one of us to carry her little butt down. Hopefully she'll learn how to get downstairs with Chewee's help and demonstrations.

Zoe

We headed to Houston, TX, the Friday after Thanksgiving to pick up our new family addition... 8 week old smooth fox terrier pup, Zoe! We contacted the same breeder where we got our beloved Chewee. Now we have two dogs. I never would have thought I'd enjoy animals, but these little pups are just precious. They make us laugh, give us love, & sometimes make us frustrated... especially with housetraining a puppy and yard training a dog. Chewee now has a special underground fence in the backyard that allows him to run and play, but not run off into the neighbors' yards anymore. Erin is like a little "momma" with them so having the dogs isn't a huge burden on me & WD.