Miss. Molly visited Santa!

We got a suprise on Sunday! Beckie, Molly's Nana, came to visit and brought us a Christmas card from Molly AND...when she kept Molly for us just after Thanksgiving she had bought Molly a Christmas dress and had Molly's picture made with Santa! They are SO good! What a great gift!!!!! Of course I'm sharing them with all of you here on the blog. Is she not precious?! Beckie said that when she took Molly's leash off she went right to Santa. Santa was amazed at how she did her tricks for him. She is such a prissy thing! Check out the pics and you will see what I mean.
She will pose for a picture better than my kids will!

Tell me that aint the cutest thing you ever did see?!?!

Well, Monday the couple did not come see the house. The wife went back to FL to be with her children and the husband is a Pilot in the Airforce and had to fly out unexpectedly. Our house is still in the running but they have not made any decisions yet. Keep praying! We ended the day by meeting Aunt Carol in Lee's Summit for dinner and then we went to Wal-Mart...AGAIN! We went Sunday night at 10pm to avoid the crowds. Then we went again Monday night and left there at 10pm.

Tuesday...I woke up at 4am and could NOT sleep! I was frustrated and after tossing and turning for an hour and my mind running 100 MPH I got up. I went to the living room to start wrapping presents. Larry woke up when he realized I was not in bed and came looking for me. He was still sleepy but insisted in staying up with me. He was "helping" me in way of giving supporting comments. You know like, that package looks great and you are doing such a good job. Just joking of course. He would help but I'm a little OCD when it comes to stuff like that. I have an order in which I wrap, I make sure the seam matches when it meets up, I make sure every single thing is wrapped (even stocking stuffers...everything but the candy), I cut the paper like a puzzle so that I don't waste paper....I know you are laughing and rolling your eyes right now. I can't help it...I'm sick like that! Anyway, I wrapped for a couple hours then made breakfast. We decided to lay back down around 7:15 and it took forever to go to sleep but we did get a couple more hours sleep in.

We also went out today to do last minute shopping. Well, let me rephrase that, ALL of our shopping has been last minute. It's a crazy life we lead...it's sometimes very frustrating but it's never boring! We were out with winter mix coming down and it was freezing quickly. It is supposed to do more of that tonight and maybe tomorrow.

I got all my orders finished and out and on time! Yeaaaaa! I still have to stitch some stuff for my kids and redo something for a friend of mine.

I need to go and begin to unwind. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I have to wrap stocking stuffers, bake a cake, prep for Christmas dinner, etc etc etc!

If I don't get to blog tomorrow....Merry Christmas to all of you from the Parr's. We pray for a Blessed 2009!

kdp

Catching up...Finally!

Oh my am I behind?!?!

As usual, things with us are crazy and very fast paced.

For starters, the house is still for sale. We are planning to meet with our Realtor on the 29th and begin listing the house in Jan. Well, this morning she called at 9:30 and she has a family that is moving to Whiteman Airforce Base which is only about 10 miles from our house. The wife had flown in to Kansas City to see some houses. Kitty, our realtor, called and asked if she could go ahead and show it since the lady was here. Of course we said yes and for the next hour or so did the flight of the bumble bee and cleanded as fast as we could. Larry got home Friday night from Ft. Riley and I was so glad he was here to help! Anyway, she liked the house and Kitty called back this evening and the husband will be here on Monday and they want to come back. We are trying not to get excited but of course we would LOVE to see this work out and it would simply be all the Christmas present we want or need. Please keep praying for us!

Larry has been hard at work at his new job. He and I both have been back and forth some trying to spend some time together. He has been in hotels and in the Lodging (hotel) on post. He is really tired of that kind of living. He is home now on leave and when he goes back I'm going with him, house sold or not. Times are tough and not being together is not helping. Our time together is precious and there will soon come a day when we are apart for quiet a while. Until then, I want all the time together that we can possibly have!

Christmas....it's coming way too fast. My business is doing well and I've been working a lot to get orders out on time. As of now, I only have orders to do that are local to me and I have to finish the things I am making for the kids. I got my families stuff in the mail on time but my friends will be getting New Years gifts instead of Christmas. I know they understand but the real thing is, they know I'm making them things so they are willing to wait! Ha! They might be fooled! I always put my tree up right after Thanksgiving...not this year. After Thanksgiving I went to Riley so there when some days. When I returned home from Riley, I was sick sick sick! I've just gotten over it and am feeling better in the last few days. So I was sick and trying to work to get orders out. Needless to say, the tree was on the bottom of the list. Plus, I couldn't get it up from the basement alone. So, right now, on Dec 20th, my living room has a naked tree and there are ornaments and such everywhere! I've always thought that on movies and TV that is is so stupid that they are always decorating a tree on Christmas Eve and I think, "What a waste of time for 24-48 hours!?" Well this year...I'm the idiot putting up the tree 5 days before Christmas. I just couldn't not have a tree for the kids. Our lives are so messed up right now the least I could do was drag out the tree. Maybe tonight, it will be naked no more!

Yeaaaa, I've updated the blog and now the hate email will stop, including from my husband! Just joking, I'm glad to know that people actually read and keep up with us.

Keep all the soldiers and their families in your thoughts and prayers during the holidays. It's an exciting time of year but when you are missing a key player in your family, it's not as exciting.

Love to all!