Thanks Latina Mom Bloggers!!

Recently I won a $50 giftcard to Home Depot from the fabulous Vanessa 

at De Su Mama courtesy of Latin mom Bloggers!

If you haven't read her blog- go now! :)

So Now I am debating on what to purchase!

 

Here are some items I have in mind.

We need a new kitchen faucet. 

I just can't believe how expensive these are!

We also need a new faucet for the guest bathroom, this one looks interesting.

We actually need to replace the ceiling fans in all 3 bedrooms too!

I'd also like to replace all the brass door knobs with bronze knobs.

The kitchen faucet needs to replaced first because it leaks and drives me crazy! But I want to get one we really like-and one that doesn't cost $600!  

The gift certificate doesn't expire so I have some time to decide.

Christmas Weekend Recap

I am so sad that the holidays are over! 

I really do love all the holiday music, the decor, the shopping, etc!

Friday we decided to throw a small last minute Christmas get together. We had several friends over and a few kids. The kids put on a show & sang for us. Unfortunately my karaoke machine stopped working after the first kid sang, oh well!

Hubby looked so festive in his red & green! 

And the kids were adorable with allll of their singing!

Christmas Eve after shopping & lunch, the hubby and I rented some movies & sipped on egg nog. We watched Super 8 & Horrible Bosses. I thought both were great!

Christmas morning hubby & I exchanged gifts and then went to my family's house to eat & exchange more gifts. Hubby got me a CHI curling iron which I've been wanting for 2 years now. He also got me some make-up brushes & perfume. I gave him a Michael Kors watch, clothes, & a year membership for Xbox Live. My brother got me a cheetah print coat from Nordstrom's, my mom got us a new set of pots & pans, and she gave hubby a new jacket. We got my brother a GA coat, a watch case, a gift card, ipad case and my mom a coat and purse. SHe was cracking up because we put some new socks in her purse since she always gets everyone socks. Hubby laughed his ass off because my mom wrapped his socks in a mary kay gift bag. The woman believes in recycling, what can we say? lol! My brother also got us some crazy gifts from the "as seen on tv" aisle. Hubby loves that crap!

After Christmas with my family we went to the hubby's parent's house.

They bought SO many gifts, especially for hubby's little cousin Kayla. 

The best part of the day was when she opened her DS. She cried she was so happy!

We got his parents a giftcard to Cheesecake Factory and they were thrilled.

We all love eating there!

After we got home we realized we didn't take any pics of us together. So we decided to put the camera on the fireplace and put the self timer on. We ended up with so many pics of just him or just me, as the other tried to run & hop in the picture! lol! 

We literally have 26 pictures like this:

Another wonderful Christmas for the books! ;)

Christmas Gift Exchange

A few weeks ago I participated in a Christmas Gift Exchange hosted by Star & Jennifer!

I was paired with Heather from The Fox Family.

Heather sent me a YUMMY package!

 Hot Cocoa Dipping Spoons!

These were wonderful!!!

 

The cocoa for the spoons of course!

 The ingredients & recipe to some homemade cookies!

Again, SOOO yummy!

I haven't tried this yet because I don't have all the ingredients available yet!

But I'm sure it's going to be fabulous!

Some Fudge Brownie mix!

 Some "snowmen" gum! I thought this was hilarious & creative!

 All my loot!

Thank you so much Heather! 

I enjoyed it all!

Click here to see what I sent Heather!

And the winner...

Of my first giveaway is:

Megan from Miss Madison's Charmed Life!

 

CONGRATS!!

Megan, send me an email (lawtonlane (at) ymail ) with your address and 

I'll be sending your package this week!

Thanks to all those who entered and for following.

I appreciate you all! :)

Last Chance!

Happy Christmas Eve!

You have a few hours left to enter my giveaway!!

This is just for my current followers.
Click HERE to enter by simply leaving a comment.

Sorry I've been absent this week.

I've been running around getting things together for Christmas 

& hosted a last minute holiday party.

Tipsy Tuesday

It really wasn't Tipsy Tuesday because I had a coke, but I did enjoy a nice night out with my friend who was in town for a quick visit.  We went to Chili's for dinner...I LOVE their southwestern eggrolls!

We were talking about past careers and she was telling me how her most favorite job ever (& least paying) was being a Flight Attendant. She said it was lowest paying job though as well.

All I could think of was:

So I applied to be a flight attendant!

Im crazy, I know! 

But hey, you only live once right!? :)

Virus & Racist

Weird post title I know. So let's start first with the virus. This has been the second time in a year that one of the hubby's friend's have used our computer & next thing you know there's a virus. To say I was irate is an understatement. I spent 4 hours last night removing it.

I announced to all the guys (because of course they were all there for Monday Night football) that all internet privileges have been suspended indefinitely! HA!

If you see "Win 7 Antivirus 2012"...it's a virus!!

 

Now on to the racist topic. 

My friend was out shopping & came across a car with the most unbelievable bumper sticker ever! I am just SO shocked that someone could drive around town with this.

If you're from the south, then you know the Confederate flag is a hot topic of discussion.

Some people say its racist & some it's heritage.

IDK. I haven't taken the time out to research the history. But I do know a lot of racist hate groups use this as one of their flags of choice, so it is offensive to a lot of people.

I digress...so my friend saw this bumper sticker on a car:

 

So is this saying, if you had picked your own cotton, instead of bringing slaves over from Africa, we'd have no black people here? I'm not sure if that's the right interpretation but that's how I take it.

The blatant racism in the south is VERY much alive. I'm sure it's everywhere...but it's blatant here and I can't stand it. It's my #1 pet peeve.

Our neighbors that live directly behind us, once hung up a confederate flag on the back of their shed. So that every time we opened our back door, that was the first thing we saw. I wanted to hop the fence and set the flag on fire! Hubby told me leave it alone. I just don't get how he can be so calm. He literally has seen so much racism but doesn't do anything about it which pisses me off to the 10th power!! Once while at work his Asian female coworker told him he was a "dumb ninja" (<-- she didn't say ninja though!) He of course said something to her, but it took a LOT for me to not drive up to that job & kick her @ss. Do you know what the owner did? Sent her to customer service training class. THAT'S IT! How can you not suspend or fire someone for that? I could go on & on with the many situations that my husband has been through. 

He is obviously the calm one in this relationship. IDK what made our neighbors remove the flag, but about a week later they did. This topic infuriates me! 

It's easy for people to SAY racism is dead or people should get over slavery. But unless you truly understand the history and things that black Americans have to go through, then you don't get it. It most certainly has a major effect on why you may see more black people on welfare, not as educated, higher crime rates, etc. And that statement is not meant to offend, it's just a fact.

I could could go on & on but maybe I'll save that for another post.

Enjoy your Tuesday!