brrr...cold

i love this time of year.

i get to drink hot chocolate and caramel apple spice.

eat peppermint bark ice cream.

put up christmas lights

i get to wear cute coats...and dress up ainsley in cute coats.

i love it!

i love getting to pull out all my winter clothes. whats even better this year is i get to pull out ainlsey's too. i knew having a girl would be fun - i just love all the cute little clothes we get to buy. we got our first pair of mittens and a matching hat...and she actually loves to wear them. we bought her a cute sweater dress too, and she's adorable!

yay for winter!

(i know, its only november, by february i wont feel the same...but for now...i love it!)

celebrate good times....come on

one of the many things i love about my family is how much we love to celebrate things.

birthdays don't last a day - we have birthday weeks...sometimes we celebrate all month long!

we even celebrate half birthdays.

we celebrate pi day, ice cream day, and have other great festivities.

now some of this may be because we can't always get presents together on time, but that's besides the point.

we love a good party.

ainsley recently had her super first birthday, and is still enjoying the benefits of her birthday month. thanks grandma for extending the celebration.

i just look that way

i saw this picture on jamie's blog and i felt like i need to explain something about myself....

once one of my college teachers asked me to stay after class so he could talk to me about something. never a good sign. then he asked me if he had offended me during our class discussion.

no.

i couldn't think of anything that would have.

he said that during the discussion i had this sort of angry look on my face.

i laughed and said, no i just look like that.

its true.

ever since i can remember i've had strange people i don't know coming up to me and saying things like, "just smile" or "you're too pretty to look so sad" or "hey lady what's wrong."

so here it is.

i look angry, perturbed, annoyed, and/or mad when i'm thinking.

i'm sure people who don't know me probably think i'm grumpy all the time, but it's not the case. i just look that way when i'm thinking deep carrie thoughts of chocolate and kitty cats.

so don't be offended if you see me with a scowl on my face.

i'm not angry - i just look that way.