UNEXPECTED VISITOR...

I awoke this morning to an unexpected visitor.
Maybe he isn't as much unexpected as unwelcome. He has invaded my entire head.

I've napped twice today hoping he'd take the hint and leave.

And he wasn't even gracious enough to arrive with a bottle of wine like any other well-meaning guest would.

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS...

Every year, it's our family tradition to each choose a new Christmas ornament.

Daddeee and I have been together for 16 Christmases so we've collected quite a few ornaments over the years. Our tree is covered with only sentimental ornaments.

No plain balls here.

We try to choose ornaments that mean something to us. The Teenager was into Elmo one year, a long time ago, so we have an Elmo.

We have McDonalds, Coca-Cola, Chiefs...

So this year, these are mine.

I love them. They're about 2 inches tall and a beautiful reminder of where I'm spending my retirement money.

I can't wait to hang them on the tree this weekend.

THOUSAND WORD THURSDAY...

This is a first for me. I've never joined this fellow mom and posted along with her for TWT. The Mom Jen over at Cheaper Than Therapy has been doing this FORever.

I was up at the b-crack of dawn this morning looking for something other than cleaning my kitchen to occupy my time so I thought I'd join in.

I chose this picture of The Kid this morning because a) his ear is so darn cute and b) it's 20-something degrees outside and I know my son would much rather spend his day in shorts playing with his chalk on the front sidewalk than bundling up in a bulky, winter coat. I don't like the cold. I won't play outside in the cold. And you can't make me.