Cyber Monday - LOVE IT!

Ok - why get up at the crack of dawn on Black Friday when you can sit in the comfort of your own home on Cyber Monday! Today, lots of stores offer great deals if you order online.......so, once I got home from work - I spent two hours shopping online at Amazon.com and finished my Christmas shopping for Jake! I'm so excited. It should all arrive at my house by the middle of next week - perfect timing to wrap and place under the tree so he can try and figure out what it is exactly.

The large "santa" gift is a new drum set! I must be INSANE (Trent - why oh why did he follow in your footsteps!) He loves to play his drums and just this week - punched a hole in two of his drum heads....of course, he has had them for a year or so and has beat the fire out of them (he has also gone through 2 cymbals - they split in half)!!! He plays them so much that he is on a limited schedule due to the fact that we have neighbors and I have EARS!!! LOL. He wakes up in the mornings at 6:00 asking if he can play (which he can't play before 9:00 on Saturdays) and then at night - he has to get off at 8:00 PM......if he is not drumming - he is playing his guitars...so, we are replacing all musical instruments this Christmas Season.

A funny story is my sister Carla was at my house over the weekend and she asked Jake what he wanted for Christmas. He told her he wanted a guitar with an amplifier and cord. She said - do you want anything else and he replied No. She said - "well, that sounds like something Santa might bring you - what can I buy you and he said "that's all I want" in a tone like - if you can't buy that - then forget it! too cute! He is a music freak!!!

I'm hoping that I can now relax. I bought my mother-in-law's present (digital picture frame - I can say that because she doesn't have a computer and won't see this)all of jake's and some of mine (I know, I'm bad - but I've wanted a video camera for so long that Mark told me to pick it out and order it - so I did!!!). All I have to shop for now is my neices and nephews - which won't be hard once I receive everyone's list. I also have to buy my dad and Shirley's gift - but we've got that covered too (which Grammy has a computer - so I can't say what that is LOL)

I'm looking forward to the rest of this week - I'm hosting a neighborhood party at my house on Friday night and I've been checking out ideas and recipes from Tracie's Christmas blog - can't wait to try some of them on my neighbors! My house is all decorated and I'm excited to host and share with my friends.

I think tomorrow I'm going to take Jake to have his picture made with Santa - I'll post if I do - we go to the same "Santa" every year - he is great - and looks so authentic.......

Ok - gotta go make dinner - I'm having turkey pot pie (to get rid of all the extra turkey!) Very simple recipe that I recieved from my sister Deniese (who received from her friend Susan)

take a pie crust - place in bottom of pan - put in whatever kind of veggies you want, chopped up turkey, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, some sour cream (I just put in a big ole dollup) and whatever kind of spices you'd like to add (salt, pepper, nature's seasoning, garlic powder) - top with another pie crust - bake on 350 for 45 minutes and then up the temp to 400 for 10 minutes (or until golden brown)......YUMMY!

Love to all of you.