Karaoke Queen

Thanks to Taryn and Kevin for bringing over their karaoke machine Thanksgiving night! Now I am addicted. I think we sang for 4 hours. Of course I know that I can't sing, but I do have rhythm and can at least harmonize (I think). The guys may beg to differ though. Taryn and I found some songs we are really great at singing together and have a plan to go out in a couple of weeks to show our stuff! The guys caught a lot of our singing on video, so be looking out for us on YouTube. We're gonna be stars! Gabriel even surprised the heck out of me by performing Headstrong by Trapt. This has been his favorite song since he was 3 years old. He normally is kind of a shy kid, but this opened him up. He grabbed the microphone and started belting it out. Now I'm calling him "Mommy's Little Rock Star"! I've definitely got to get him on YouTube. And the most romantic part of the evening was when Alberto sang me Hero by Enrique Iglesias. I LOVE that song. It has so much meaning and feeling. He actually sang it with the Spanish accent (so sexy). Talk about melting my heart!

Our Thanksgiving lunch went really well. I have such a small family it was only a few of us. My turkey etc. came out fantastic. My family still can't believe I know how to cook so good! I guess I'm just a natural. Maybe one day I will open up my own catering business. That would be fun!

Happy Turkey Day!

Well, it looks like I'm cooking again this year. For the past three years I have cooked Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. I've never seen myself as the cooking type, but over the years I've become pretty good at it. Better than the rest of the women in my family at least. None of them are that great at it. I've kinda just taught myself and did some swapping of recipes with friends. This year I am cooking the turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, a corn bread and corn bake, and two pumpkin cheesecakes (my FAVORITE). My mom is bringing the olives, rolls, deviled eggs, etc. All the easy stuff basically. I think we're going to have a good time. Some friends are going to be coming over after they have dinner with their families and then a night of karaoke and Texas Hold'em will begin. Thank God I'm off on Friday! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Gobble, gobble.

Addiction

Hi, my name is Season and I am addicted to bingo. Yes, I played bingo again this weekend. This time 6 of us went. It was myself, my mom, Taryn, Stephanie, Yvonne, and Rachel. We all had a blast. I think this is going to become a monthly ritual of ours. I am thrilled that I have so many bingo buddies now! After bingo we went back to my house to hang out with our men. I can't believe it but Taryn actually beat Alberto at Music Scene It. No one has ever done that before! Way to go Taryn!!! Hopefully a Texas Hold'em tournament will be happening soon. We all need to get together and start the planning. Bring on the money!

Go Emmit!

I was not a die hard fan of the show, but the few episodes I did watch both Emmit and Cheryl had me smiling the whole time. My favorite was their freestyle dance. Did ya'll see Emmit shaking his groove thang?! The man can dance and he's so quick on his feet. Guess all that running with the Cowboys did that to him. Gabriel and I were both hoping Emmit would win and he sure did! Way to go Emmit! Way to represent for the great state of Texas!

Strep X Two :(

This week so far has not started off good at all. Sunday, Gabriel starts complaining of a sore throat, starts throwing up, and has a fever. By Monday morning it has gotten worse so I take him to the doctor first thing. Of course the doctor says he has strep again (he just had it last month too) and he can't go to school and someone really needs to keep a constant eye on him. I figured this because of him throwing up so much. So, I call in to work so I can stay home with him and be by his side constantly. The doctor also gave me a referral to a Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor to see about getting his tonsils out since he's had strep three times in the last couple of months. Poor Gabriel... I feel so bad for him. He can never be just a little sick. Either he's perfectly well or REALLY feeling bad.

By Monday early evening my throat starts to hurt pretty bad. I take an extra large dose of Nyquil hoping it will knock it out and go to bed. I hardly slept at all. It hurt to breathe, talk, swallow, and even to move. I knew I had it. So, I call in to work again because I feel TERRIBLE. I feel bad because I know I'm causing other people more work, plus I'm going to be so behind when I get back. I guess it's like Alberto said to me - "you need to only worry about yourself, especially when your health is involved. Plus no one there wants to get sick." I went to the doctor at 1 and sure enough she says I have strep. She didn't even have to swab my throat it looked so bad. She then explains I am contagious for the next 24 hours after starting my medicine. The only question is... Do I stay home tomorrow for the sake of work or go in to work and risk everyone else catching this?

Would You Rather...

This game rocks! We went over to some friend's house Saturday night for fajita's, drinks, and games and played this for the first time. Talk about getting to know one another! This game is full of crazy questions that will have you wondering what kind of friends you have. I almost was forced into giving Taryn a lap dance! I chose to make up my own 60 second rap instead, which was terrible (I can't believe I used swingers and humdingers in my rap), but it had the whole table laughing at me. The most hilarious part was when Taryn had to do an interpretive dance of a cat prancing on its prey, but turned out looking like she was making love to it instead of eating it! We were all laughing our butts off. This was definitely a night where a video camera would have come in real handy. They also introduced us to Texas Hold'em. You know I liked that with my "gambling problem" and all. Next time we're gonna play with real money if Alberto doesn't kill me first! Taryn and Kevin are awesome people. We can't wait to get together more often. Thanks guys, for a fun night!

Here's Halloween!

Halloween was so much fun this year. We attended two Halloween parties, a fall festival, a costume contest at work, and of course a night of trick or treating with some friends. I would say this was the best Halloween yet!

My whole department showed up on Halloween dressed as pirates! Since I was the Cap'n they were all my crew. We called them "scrub pirates". From left is Mandy, Donna, Gary, and the big boss lady, Lydia. It made me SO happy to see all of them dressed up. Especially as pirates (they all know my infatuation). I couldn't ask for a better group of people to work with! And, by the way, I came in 2nd at work in the costume contest ($200 baby)! I got beat out by Paul who dressed as Spongebob. He really deserved it. I'm glad I got beat by him (although we did have a deal that I vote for him and he vote for me). The vote was very close though.

Cub Scout Camping Trip Pictures!

Finally here are some pictures from the camping trip Gabriel had with the Cub Scouts. Alberto made a post about what they did, how much fun they had, etc. so you can visit his blog to read up if you like.

I like how Gabriel has his leg cocked in these pictures. He's a true natural. And, these are such great dad and son pics. Definitely two of my favorites. Oh, and he was the only Tiger Cub to get a badge for hitting the mark 5 times in a row with the bb gun.

This is Gabriel at the Archery field.

And, this is Gabriel with his best friend Brandon. Too cute!!!

LOVE This Commercial...

Audrey Hepburn displays such class, beauty, and style. There are so many actresses these days that could take some pointers from her. What a fun commercial!