Shila's First Christmas

I know this blog might seem a little weird since it says "Shila's First Christmas and then you see pictures of our dog but she is like our child. 


When we woke up over the weekend and seen that it had snowed we couldn't wait to get dressed and get outside to see that she would do in the snow. I didn't think that she was going to like it because she hates to get in the grass when it is wet but she loved it. 

Books for Sale

So over the weekend I was going threw my bookshelf and I have a lot of books that I have bought but I have never read. I am wanting to sell them and re-buy them on my nook. 


This book are new except one(the last song). None of them have even been opened up to be looked at on the inside.

A lot of them are paper back and 3 of them are hard back. I dont want that much for them. If you are interested in any of them just let me know. If you want to bargain let me know too.

Fast Food Nation:$5.00

The Singing Fire:$5.00

Love Walked In:$7.00

The Secret Life of Bees:$7.00

Water for Elephants:$7.00

P.S. I Love You:$8.00

The Last Song:$3.00

Belong to Me:$10.00

Are You There, Vodka? Its Me, Chelsea.:$7.00

The Carrie Diaries:$10.00

L.A. Candy:$7.00

It has been awhile

Well it has been awhile since I have posted. I have been really busy with projects around the house, trying to get ready for the holidays. I have been remodeling the kitchen, we put down hardwood floors in the hall way on the 2nd floor, making a few Christmas gifts, hung the tv on the wall and made a new entertainment center. I still have a few more the finish-like painting the living room.

Are they any projects they you need to finish before the holidays?


We always go to my moms on Christmas day and do Christmas Eve with my husbands family. But this year we are having both families come to my house on Christmas Eve. Last year we did have Christmas Eve with just my husbands family and this year I thought we would kick it up. We played this game where everyone brings one gift and we put them in the middle of the room. Everyone picks a number. The person with #1 picks a gift 1st and opens it then the person with #2 can either pick a new gift or steal the 1st persons gift and so on and so on. The gift can only be stolen away 2 times after that it cant and at the end the 1st person can keep the gift they have or they can steal anyones. The game is a lot of fun if you have a lot of people we only had 7 so with both families we will have a lot more people. 






My Christmas Wish List:

1. Sims 3 for PS3
2. Movies: I am addicted to watch and buying movies. I used to buy a movie a week. My husband said I was buying to many movies and since I am doing weight watchers I get a movie as a reward for every 10 pounds I lose. Which is great motivation. But I figured I could get a punch for Christmas to help with my movie fix. lol

   

     3.Barnes and Noble Gift Card and Nook Accessories:My husband bought me a Nook for my birthday so I dont have to worry about asking for a lot of books. I am not to big on getting gift cards for Christmas but it would be hard to buy books on my Nook without me knowing. I need a light just so I can read in the car when we go on road trips and so I can read in the bed and not bother my husband.

   Their will probably be changes to the list later on. I am the type of person that is ok with just getting home made things or a few small things. I love Christmas because I get to buy people gifts. I love seeing the look on their faces when they open up their gift and they are shocked. I make my husband write a list just so I have some ideas to give my family to buy him. I usually never buy him anything that is on his Christmas list. I write down things that he tells me that he wants at the beginning of the year and I know that he is not going to remember. 

I got him an Ipod-something not on his list.

What a face!!!
Doesnt that just make it all worth it! If only I took a picture on the giddy smile on my face

Oh My Garage!

We recently bought a stand-up freezer to put in our garage. I went out to the garage Tuesday to get some pork chops out of the freezer and when I opened the door I seen this...

I can not handle clutter and I am thinking that I couldn't find a place for a lot of it so it just ended up in the garage to collect.  I decided that the best thing to do was have a GARAGE SALE!!!

I love going to garage/yard sales. It is one of my fave things to do on the weekends. It is my moms and mines bonding time. Lol. But I don't get to excited to have my own garage/yard sale. I don't like getting up at 7am on the weekend to just sit outside and wait for people to stop. I am not to fond of having to put everything back in boxes and have to find a place to store it until I decide to have another one. 

This yard sale turned out to be a very successful one. I got rid of almost everything in my garage. All the clothes that I had left over I just decided to take them to the goodwill. It is better than putting them back in a box when someone somewhere can use them and need them more than my box.

Here is everything that was left over and the boxes are empty and need to be put in the recycling. I am so happy to have my garage back. I am going to turn in into "Marsha'a Gym". I have a trampoline and the gazelle  out there. I am thinking about putting a small TV with a dvd player out there to do exercise videos but I dont know yet. 

I have a few things left over that I am still trying to get rid of. Later on I am going to post some pics of the items and prices and if anyone is interested in wanting any of them just let me know.