Pancakes

Mackenzie was fixing breakfast a moment ago. She was heating up pancakes. Jackson saw her with the pancakes and he said "pancake" clear as a bell. In the past week he has really started saying more and more words. They're so cute in the mornings. I love it on Saturday & Sunday mornings because we can be lazy for a little while and all cuddle and snuggle together. Mackenzie woke up at 6 this morning. She is so excited because it's Griffin's birthday party today. She can't wait for us to go get him a present. I love how she has a big heart. And Griffin, well he just adores her. It's so sweet and cute!

Okay, when I woke up this morning it was 42 degrees. I'm seriously wanting to know what has happened. My sink water would always be warm when I turned it on at first. Well this morning it was not. It was ice cold. Now it's confirmed it's not because it's broken it was warm, it's because it shoots out first the water from the ground and if it's cold it's cold and vice versa. I went shopping for the kids some winter clothes last weekend, but didn't end up with Jackson any shirts. I was not fond of what I found. I just know that he needs some long sleeve shirts.

I think I need to go ahead and get a jacket too. If we had gone to the soccer game last night I would have needed one. I just hate jackets and coats. I know that I need to just make sure that the kids are warm. I guess I'm going to have to sadly change out my favorite shoes for the winter ones. Bye bye my crop pants that are so darling. Bye bye my favorite shirts. Hello closed toe shoes that I hate so much. I cannot stand not being able to wiggle my toes.

Today will be a nice day. Lee's off and we don't have any pressing plans except for the birthday party. He's still asleep right now. I know he had a horrible night at work. He called me and was telling me how so many servers didn't show up and they're slammed b/c of the fall breaks. Let me tell you I can feel those fall breakers here. The traffic has gotten back to mid-May levels. I hope they all leave this weekend and don't come back until next summer. Hey, they don't have to come back at all. They can't drive and they make my commute longer. It's just frustrating.

I wish I had family that lived close by. I hate that everyone misses out on the little things that Jackson and Mackenzie do. I would love to share that with everyone, but I will never leave Florida so it doesn't matter. But Elizabeth is coming down here tomorrow night. She's bringing Sarah with her. I haven't told Lee yet. It's not that I did it on purpose (I have to admit sometimes I don't tell him until she/others are coming that day) but in all honesty we haven't seen each other at all this week. I can't wait to see Elizabeth. I love her so much. We never really got along too well growing up, but now it's so different. We will have to have a pre-Black Friday strategy meeting while she is here. Not that I'm going to have any money to spend on that, because I'm not, but still. It's amazing. We had what for us was a decent savings account but it's all been drained lately. Between his car and his car it's not fun.

Christmas always ends up being stressful for us. I love buying people presents and taking the time to carefully pick out something that will mean something to them. I am always given a budget but rarely stick to it. I don't know how we had the money last year, oh yeah I do, we didn't have the outrageous house payment. Our house payment is triple what I rent was. Yeah, how's that for a fact. So this year I'm going to have to figure it all out. And I will it's just that I hate thinking about money. Bonnie and I talk about it all the time. It would save probably half of all marriages and would perhaps cutback on heart attack victims if money was never an issue. Unless I want to live in a communist country where I am doled out cheese, money and a house then I'll stick with a free enterprise economy.

I need to go and get ready. I'm taking Mackenzie with me to go into town and to buy Griffin's gift. I may try and snag Jackson a shirt or two. It depends on how cute they are and how much they are. I refuse to pay $20 for a kids shirt. Okay, enough about money. It is the root of all evil. I'm just now trying to get the courage to take a shower when I know the water will be freezing when I start it.