Friday, December 30, 2011

2011 YIR


January - Right In The Ear

Feburary - Wearing A Memory

March - I Was RUNNING!

April - Artichoke Pasta

May - Relay For Life

June - I Am Not Made Of Glass

July - *Happy Dance*

August - Whatever Lola Wantz

September - August 11, 2004

October - GGGiiirrrlll, You Need Some Nair

November - Happy Thanksgiving!

December - Adventures In Babysitting


Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Jingle Bellz...Jingle Bellz...


Merry Christmas, Peoplz! I iz SO ready to DO thiz thing. Santa iz gonna callz me aaannnnyyy minute now to ask to help him guide his sleigh thingy. Those rainy deerz don't have nuthing on me.

So....Iz has been a super duper good girlz this year. Uh-huh! I haz been. I didntz pee in the house..not evenz when it was coldz and the grass made my paws all wet. Yuck! I really, really hatez when my paws get wet. I hasn't chewed up any of Mommyz shoez. And I letz everyone petz me. See...SO good! I hopez youz have been as good az me...and Santa leavez lotz and lotz of prezzies under your tree.


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Just Jinny household.


Friday, December 23, 2011

Friday Funny


I love these commercials. So funny.





Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Guest Room Makeover...early stages


While Jeremy works on the major details...trim, baseboards, crown moulding, carpet..blah, blah, blah. I am busy working on the decorting aspect that will happen once all that other stuff is done. Here are some paint chips I've taped to the wall:



I'm leaning towards the top left color. But I have lots of time to decide.

Also, my sister donated her comforter to the guest room cause. This comforter and whatever the new wall color ends up being is what I will base my general decorating scheme on. I'm thinking a blue-ish, gray-ish, white-ish, yellow-ish theme.





Monday, December 19, 2011

Lately....

*  The guestroom makeover commenced about three weekends ago. First thing on the agenda, new door trim and doors. I don't want to go into details..but let me just say this..Jeremy finally hung one of the doors this evening (and it was the fourth door we bought). It's been....a lot of trail and error.


*  Bad News: Lil'Mama is not living with us anymore. Good News: She went to live with my in-laws. I'm fairly certain that my Mother-in-law is completely smitten already.


*  Our neighbors from down the street are handing out Christmas cards door to door. That makes my heart feel all melty. We don't really know them...beyond the friendly wave when driving by..so it was a super sweet gesture.

* We are taking Mack and Dolly to the movies this weekend. It will be Dolly's first time ever...I'm sure she will whisper talk her way right through it. I am ok with that.


* Saturday outfit:



 
 

 

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Now and Then

Sometimes...I'm still amazed that I can look down and see my feet. I know I keep saying that...but it's true. I had resigned myself to looking like this..

January 2009

Here it is three years later, I've maintained my weight..this whole lifestyle change is no longer a change...but just how things are done. And I successfully completed my first official 5k this weekend.

December 2011
Now, don't get me wrong. I haven't suddenly fallen in love with working out. I don't like running. I still love chocolate...a lot. I have flab and stretch marks. I'm a size 12. I can't touch my toes. I use regular sugar in my coffee.

But, I can see my feet. And for me..that is enough.


They've got the magic...

video




Thursday, December 15, 2011

Thursday Funnies

**WARNING: THERE IS ADULT LANGUAGE IN BOTH OF THESE VIDEOS. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.**



Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tuesday Randoms

1. It's freakin' cold outside, y'all! It actually snowed yesterday, for about an hour. It didn't stick..thank goodness. After the great freeze last year, I decided falling snow is pretty...snow that hangs around for more than a day is no fun at all.

2. I'm headed to Dallas this weekend. It's baby shower time for my bestie, Jonessa. I call her baby Jethro even though that's not his name. It's grown on me so I keep using it. The kid is going to be so darn confused. But Jonessa and I are NOTORIOUS for nicknames.

3. I get to see my seester. Who knows what we'll get up to.

4. I have wrapped presents under my tree. It makes me happy. I still have more presents to wrap. That makes me happy too!

5. Jeremy and I bought  a new TV for our "den". We have been using a dinosaur of a tube TV. It works fine but it weighs a TON and we have to keep moving it to change out cables. I kept imagining a broken foot or a hole in my floor if Jeremy ever dropped it. So for Christmas we got a pretty new flat screen that weighs 15 lbs. and a place for all the cords we need.

6. At this very moment I have Harley sitting on one side of me and Lil'Mama sitting on the other. There has been no hissing. Everyone is relatively relaxed. It's progress. Having a new cat in the house has slightly disrupted the vibe in the house...of course. Everything has been fine, but we can tell that we are still a little on edge. It's getting better.

7. The guest room makeover has commenced. The back room has been a lot of different things over the years we've lived here, but recently it's been the 'cat room'. Their food and litter box is back there. But we are getting started on a revamp for a proper guest bedroom. When we moved into this house we tore out the baseboards and door trim to replace it all, and put up crown moulding...in every room except the back room. It was our dumping room and it was never remodeled. So its time to catch that room up with the rest of the house. Hopefully it won't take a lifetime. Of course, I shall keep y'all updated.



Sunday, December 4, 2011

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Adventures in Babysitting


We watched Dolly for a few hours last night. It was the first time she stayed at our house without my in-laws being there (my MIL called an hour later to check on her..lol..I think she might have been more worried about us than about Dolly).

She didn't waste one moment making herself right at home. She brought out all her babies that she brought with her. She tried desperately to make friends with Lil'Mama who just kept running away. "See..she wuns away ebery time". She had no problems making friends with Squeak because Squeak does not run..for anything, ever. She sat next to Squeak, petting him and she says "I wish I had a kitty that would sit with me just like this".

She had fun finding things that my magnetic Weight Watchers hunger monster would stick to in the kitchen, while I made dinner. When I sat her down at the table to eat she reminded me that we hadn't said grace.

She is OBSESSED with playing zombies. Usually the zombies are stuck in the drain, being held there by a ribbon. Don't ask me how she comes up with this stuff.

We played with her Wizard of Oz toys.

We played tickle monster.

We snuggled in bed in our Pajamas (I called them PJ's and Dolly asks 'What is PJ's'). She was pretty excited to have Lola up in bed with us. We watched a little of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'. She asked me a million and one questions. What are they doing? Who is that? What are they eating? Why are his fingers hairy? Why is he green? Why are they singing? Is he mean? Is that his dog? Why is he dressed like Santa? Is she sad? Is she still sad?

She was a little upset when my in-laws came to get her before the movie was over, but we promised it would be on again. She did NOT want to leave the sock monkey behind. And she said next time she wanted to stay for a 'weely long time'.