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Voting Results and A List

November 17, 2011 /

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1. Thanks to everyone who voted on which “Gift of Happiness” trip Chris and I should take. We are so happy that you all chose the ADVENTURE PACKAGE!! Yay! Chris says I messed up the voting because I swayed you, but I think you all just know the perfect vacation package when you see one, right???? SO SHUT IT, CHRIS!

2. Thanksgiving is, like, next week. When did that happen??? I thought Halloween was yesterday? We are heading to my parent’s house next Wednesday to spend a few days with the fam. I’m super excited, but about 1.3 million things have to happen before we can leave. First, I have to take Gracie to the doctor on Monday and go to the DMV to get my license renewed. Then on Tuesday I have jury duty (who schedules jury duty the week of Thanksgiving?!?!). And on Wednesday morning I’m have my BFF, Emily, over for breakfast while she is in town from California. Sometime in the middle of all of that, I have to make green bean casserole and two dozen deviled eggs for Thanksgiving dinner.

3. I’m taking a field trip tomorrow to Chris’s theater. I’m super excited, but not as excited as my students. They really want to meet Chris for some reason.

4. Chris and I are in a funk/slump right now. Actually, he’s in a funk/slump right now. He doesn’t feel good, he has an ulcer in his mouth (he gets them from stress), and work has been crazy for him lately. I’m sympathetic to all those things. But it’s been going on for about a month now and, to be honest, I miss my husband, darn it. I go back and forth between being mad at him and feeling sorry for him, but lately I’ve decided that sometimes in marriage one person just has to carry the relationship for a while. Someone has to make the effort for both people when the other one isn’t able to. Chris did it for me last year and so I’ll do it for him now. Cause I love him. And cause he’s a good kisser.

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5. Bean has a Christmas play at his new daycare in a few weeks. It’s supposed to be a surprise program, but a couple nights ago, Chris and I were sitting in the living room after we’d put the kids to bed and we heard Bean singing in his room, “We WISH you a merry Christmas! We WISH you a merry Christmas! We WISH you a merry Christmas and a haaaaappppppyyyyy neeeewwww yeeeeaarrrrr!!!” We silently died laughing and then sat on the stairs together for 10 minutes listening to him sing his entire Christmas program. It was one of the sweetest moments. I love being his mom.

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6. I have been reading the entire Harry Potter series with a few kids from my classes this semester. It’s my first time reading them and they are just as good as everyone has always said they are. I just finished the sixth book last night and started the seventh book today. I have one class where practically every student is reading some part of the series right now and they all cheered with me when I told them today I was on the last book. It was the 4,000th time in the past year that I said a silent prayer of thanks that I’m a teacher now because kids are pretty darn awesome.

7. The fourth volume of Southern Weddings Magazine came out a few weeks ago and I am so proud that a piece of my writing is in it! The SW editorial team are just about the sweetest people you’ll ever meet and the quality of their magazine is absolutely breathtaking. If you’re getting married (or even if you just love pretty pictures of happy people and gorgeous places), pick up a copy of Southern Weddings Magazine and then let me know what you think of my article on how to include family in your planning process and, later, in your marriage.

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8. If I had one wish, I’d wish for a laundry fairy who would just silently show up when the laundry needed to be done. She’d whisk it all away with a flick of her fairy dust and it would instantly be clean, smell good, and be folded back in the correct drawer or closet. If science can make those tiny toy dinosaurs that grow into huge toy dinosaurs in water, then surely they can whip up a laundry fairy in some lab somewhere…

9. I have not checked my email in a week and I know for a FACT that I have at least six important emails that are waiting for my response. I’m hoping the world doesn’t explode before Saturday because that’s when I’m scheduling time to tackle the email beast.

10. If I had a second wish after the laundry fairy wish, I’d wish for an email fairy who would read all my emails, respond to the ones who need responses, save the ones that are worth saving, and trash the ones that need to be dumped. I’d also want my email fairy to organize some email folders for me. And maybe figure out how to delete the email accounts from my phone because email on my phone just annoys me.

That is all.

Happy weekend.

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24 Comments

  • Meri

    November 17, 2011 at 9:27 pm Reply

    First, I would like the laundry fairy to visit me also. Our laundry situation has been approaching crisis level far too often in recent months… You know – when we have to do laundry if we want clean underwear to wear the next day.
    Second, I love your description of one partner carrying the relationship sometimes. My husband has been a stressmonkey lately, and it is beginning to wear on me. I take solace in knowing that this is just a season and that the blessing inherent is that during the next season of our relationship, he will do the same for me!

  • jenny-bird

    November 17, 2011 at 10:07 pm Reply

    1. Good luck at the DMV 2. Create rules in your E-mail account. It’s easier, for me, to see what should actually be read. 3. How funny that you caught Bean practicing. 4. He looks so adorable in that picture. 5. It’s wonderful that you can take a step back and see the big picture between you and Chris. It may not always be pretty, but if you can look beyond yourself then you can find the opportunity to do good. 6. The adventure package seemed like the best package for you two. It also had a lot flexibility, which is nice when your escaping to relax. 7. Good luck with laundry.

  • Tori

    November 18, 2011 at 8:54 am Reply

    Katie, what you said about sometimes one person carrying a relationship is SO true! I appreciate that you are always so honest and make me feel better about my fiance and I’s relationship, like we aren’t the only ones who go through funks. No, its not perfect, but at the end of the day its right and its US. So thank you!

  • Jessica

    November 18, 2011 at 11:33 am Reply

    I just finished book 7 of Harry Potter! They are fantastic! I was actually sad when I finished. I’m renting all the movies now 😉 I can relate to Chris because I’ve been the one in a slump lately…hope we both can shake it off soon!

  • Christina

    November 18, 2011 at 2:47 pm Reply

    Sorry things are in the dumps for Chris right now. Hopefully things turn around soon! I love how honest you are in your blog, makes me feel like you and Chris and the kids have been my friends for years! You rock Katie!

  • Kat @ living like the kings

    November 28, 2011 at 12:43 pm Reply

    You’re so right about the marriage thing – we take turns carrying the “load” so to speak. Times like these I need to remember that my husband probably carries it most of the time. Le sigh. And congrats!!!! I can’t wait to read it (that’s my next click after I hit the submit button on this)

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