So What...

IF...

... I haven't linked up to "So what Wednesdays" in FOREVER but lets be honest - I have been one HUGE slacker lately in the blogging category of my life... but i miss it! I really do.

... I haven't posted in almost 2 weeks and I have now posted twice in 1 day, I just had a lot on my mind that was about to be a brain dump, but very easily it turned into a SWW post :)

... I haven't blogged about my new car yet because I haven't had time or a nice day {i.e. not raining-c'mon mother nature, can't Ohio get a little snow?? afterall it is December 28th} to take a picture of it! But I promise, its coming soon!

... I have already started to stress about non loyal gym go-er's come January 2nd. I don't think its fair to those of us who go 12 months out of the year to have to fight with those who only go one month a year... perhaps JillianMichaels and I will just become BFF's for the month of January and I will pick up my running addiction again in February

... I'm signing up for the capital city 1/2 marathon in May tomorrow, after i start my new credit card statement... hey, the price goes up as of January 1st! who knew that running could be SO expensive

... so what if I'm living like a hermit for the first time in a long time, I have a car payment for the first time in my life, and I need to figure out how to adjust to having an extra expense every month

... I'm not making a new years resolution list this year. I will continue to live my life like I have in the past, with no regrets and living life to its fullest... because after all, you only live once!

So what are you saying

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SWW of 2011!

Christmas Wrap Up

I hope this post finds you filled with joy after the holiday season.

Ours was filled with lots of cheer and family time

Christmas Eve is always spent at my dad's mom's house

Nan and DB's

This year we had 2 new additions to the family

My cousin and his wife just had Rylan, December 8th

She's just a little peanut

and it was also Palmer's first christmas, who is 2 months old

and Palmer's sister, Addison

After Christmas at Nan's we all head to the 11pm church service

Christmas morning we woke up and had Justin's parents over for breakfast and to exchange gifts

After breakfast, we headed down to Justin's cousin's house in Lancaster to celebrate another Christmas

and then back to my parents house for my immediate family Christmas

on our way back to my parents house, I turned to Justin and asked how Santa does it all.. because I was EXHAUSTED!

My dad is probably one of the biggest rudolph fans out there

{which I didn't know until I came home from college one year, and I declared I was home, and he said.. shhh rudolph is on! who knew that he liked rudolph SO much}

so when I saw this bumble sucker I had to get it for him and add it to the top of his gift

{yukon cornelius is from his co-workers this year}

even Lily dressed up for the holiday

My sister and brother in law received an ice cream attachment for their mixer as one of their wedding gifts, and we have been fortunate enough for Alli to make us home made ice creams twice thus far.

Christmas dinner she made a peppermint ice cream with dark chocolate brownies!

Hello heavenly! seriously!

Last Christmas Justin, my mom, dad and I went bowling with several other family members after Christmas dinner, and this year was no different, except Alli and Doug were able to join us

AND

my dad wore this shirt!

I about died when he pulled this shirt out, it was given to him by his neighbor across the street. The neighbor was about 80 and he gave him the shirt in 1983 {i'm pretty sure its safe to say this shirt is every bit of 50+ years old!}.. it was his favorite bowling shirt and he wanted my dad to have it!

I'm so thankful he has held onto it all this time!

I sure do hope you had as much fun and family time as we did!

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Getting into the Christmas Spirit

With the holiday's quickly approaching, we decided to get together this week with Molly and her family to celebrate.

My favorite little almost 2 year old

Although her and her brother received a few toys from Justin and I

we also got a little crafty this year with their gifts

With this as my inspiration

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and a matching bib for her brother

along with Molly's shirt, I had her a tutu made from one of my friend's Megan

that is red and white so it will match her shirt and work for her birthday party that is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed.

Molly got me an amazing necklace that I had pinned a long time ago from Vestique

{consider this your fair warning - vestique can be a dangerous website! everything is reasonably priced and ADORABLE! i kind of think of it as a less expensive francesca's}

I have had some trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year {even though I have been listening to Christmas music since November 1st, and my tree has been up shortly after that} but hearing Molly say "Ho Ho Ho" when you ask her what Santa says, made me excited for the season. She truly warms my heart more than she even knows!

A healthy competition: Gingerbread House

For the past few years, I have politely begged asked, to be a part of the Graham family Gingerbread competition.

Shelly and Scott assemble all of the gingerbread houses, and provide all of the candy, and then we are each responsible for bringing our own roofing, and then one item to share with the rest of the group

We all had a 2 hour time limit with 2 person teams

As Jaci and I were focused on completing our house, Shelly was having a photo shoot with Truitt, her grandson

{it was only after she claimed to have gotten the BEST picture ever that she realized it was on my camera and not hers! whoops!}

Our finished product

The competition was judged by a unbiased Pizza Delivery Driver

The Graham's bribed him with an extra tip, however it was their way of paying it forward

and he was beyond thankful and touched for the additional tip!

And the winner was Lauren and Greg's cottage

Their traditional gingerbread house was done with perfection

{well minus the use of broccoli for their trees - but who's judging??}

This was such a fun way to spend a Saturday night with amazing friends!

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Columbus Blogger Meet Up

Saturday night we had our 2nd Columbus blogger meet-up

We had a great time catching up with old friends

and meeting new bloggers!

This is just a few of us, I wish we were able to get a picture before people had to leave

but that just means we will need to get together again soon so we can get one of everyone!

Thanks again Holly and Katie for organizing the event!

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It's called an accident for a reason

Last night I was on my way to meet up with a friend and her babies for dinner

however I did not get very far before my night took a drastic change

i was sitting at a light right outside my condo complex, and I was on the phone with my sister when

i am slammed into from behind from a car going 35 mph

i squealed, my phone went flying, and my hat when sailing into the back seat of the car

my first instinct was "what just happened to me"

and my second was to get back to my sister on the phone because that would be the most TERRIFYING sound on the other end of the phone {some one squealing and then no longer talking to them!}

as soon as I hung up the phone with Alli, I got out of my car to assess the damage and to make sure no one else was hurt

The car in front of me was a brand new volvo with a 9 month old in the backseat that her dad had just picked up from daycare, and the girl behind me was a younger girl similar to my age who was alone.

I was SO worried initially about the baby b/c she was crying uncontrollably, but I told the dad to leave her in the car seat until the paramedics came.

After we realized everyone was okay, and it was just our cars that were hurt, I realized how fortunate we are.

Cars are replaceable, people are not!

However, it will be a little different having a car payment for the first time in my life,

but to say that i'm not a little excited to start looking for potential new cars could be fun!

So now I'm just in the waiting game...

I've been fortunate never to be in accident before in my life,

and I'm very fortunate that our family friend is our insurance agent and he walked me through the initial steps of what I need to do to get the ball rolling.

So now I'm waiting to figure out if they are going to "total" my car or fix it.

Either way, I will be fine with the decision.

But based off of the damage - I'm pretty sure this is the end of an era for Herbie, my 2004 Passat. It's been a good ride buddy!

The trunk is all out of line, and my back bumper has quite of bit of damage as well.

My passenger side air bag deployed {boy do those things stink!!} however mine did not!

Here's a few pictures of what I could snap this morning

The officer told me I could drive my car home only because I was only 1/4 mile from my house.

I am so thankful no one was injured during the accident,

and I just keep reminding myself that its called an accident for a reason!

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