Gloray!

Come Tuesday morning it's Christmas in the Casey house.  

I got candles, I got Christmas records, I've even got Garfield's Christmas special.

Oh it's on.

10 reasons why I love him

1. He's patient with my impatience.
2. He makes me cinnamon toast with extra sugar... and butter... just the way I like it.
3. He keeps going back to Disney World because he knows it makes me happy.
4. He's the voice of reason.
5. He sometimes understands me better than I understand myself.
6. He will listen to an hour long story about this weird dream I had, when he only asked how my day was.
7. He asked me what I was doing just now and when I impatiently replied "just blogging", his response was "sorry to annoy you with my friendship".
8. He's still the funniest person I have ever met. ...I just don't laugh every time because I already knew what he was going to say before he says it.  Because we're close like that.
9. He makes me want to argue to resolve, not to win.     Though, I can't help it that I always do win...  I'm just never wrong, is all.
10. He says things to me like "are you gonna go to the spa again sometime?  It's been a while, hasn't it?"


Nobody has ever or will ever make me as happy as he does.


...Love you boy.

When you are troubled and you can't sleep...

I count my blessings...

1. A husband who is kind and considerate, who is a good father and a great husband.
2. A sweet and good-natured daughter who I never knew I'd love so much.
3. A house that is warm, dry and comfortable.
4. Carey having a good job, with a great company, working with wonderful people, in an area that brings him fulfillment.
5. Bills that remind me we are far richer than most people in the world.
6. A mama and daddy who I look forward to being with as much as I do my best friends.
7. Sisters that are my best friends.
8. A brother to proud of.
9. Sweet dogs that keep me company and wait outside the bathroom door when I shower.
10. In laws that I not only love but enjoy being with.
11. A husband who I know will always love me and overlook my many faults. (he deserves being mentioned twice.)
12. Old friends who've known me long enough to remember my teeth before braces and my hair before the perm, who I never have to explain stuff to because they were there and they know me.
13. New friends who allow me to vent and talk about meaningless, random things... friends who give me new perspective on things.
14. The ability to count, otherwise this list wouldn't be possible.
15. A car with air conditioning to drive. Because Savannah's a big, hot city and it would take forever to get to Orlando without it.
16. A toilet to sit on, because squatting over a hole in the ground would get old very quickly.
17. A computer and internet to waste endless hours surfing and writing ridiculous blogs on.
18. A niece who has occupied most of my time for the last 3 years and who I love like she's my own.
19. A nephew who is destined to be BFF's with Piper.
20. A flat iron, because without it I would be forced to shave my head.
21. Donuts. For they make life that much more enjoyable.
22. Weight watchers.  For it saves me from becoming one big, nasty donut.
23. Netflix. Because it provides hours of Star Trek enjoyment for little cost.
24. For good health, good doctors and good medicine.

But more important than all of these, Jesus. Who provides everything I need and a lot of what I simply just want.  Who is faithful even and especially when I am not.

Thank you, Lord.

Be jealous

We just got back from our weekend trip to Disney.  It was a good trip and I would like to share some of the highlights with you so that you may be jealous.

We went to the Magic Kingdom on Friday night around 7.   We made our way over to Tomorrowland and rode Buzz Lightyear first, cause we've got our priorities straight.   Tivoli, me and Piper rode in one car.  Piper was in the sling on me and she just sits there lookin' around like "it ain't no thing. just sittin' here with my mama".  Tivoli shot 1000 points and I shot 0 because I was too busy watching the two of them.  I thought Tivoli's score was impressive for someone who couldn't even see over the side of the car.  When we first got on the ride and started moving she grabbed my leg and said "we not gonna be scared. we not gonna be scared" so apparently she struggles with fear on Buzz's ride.  

That would be the first time of many I would want to hug her into oblivion.

Afterwards, we discovered a dance party going on and thought it might be fun to go watch people do the cupid shuffle (is that what it's called? i don't know.  i'm not hip. i'm not with it.) while we waited for the rest of the group to catch up.

This is where we discovered that Tivoli has {insert famous dancer} inside of her.   I mean, girlfriend was having to remove her jacket and tutu because they were hindering her.   We did this dance party twice and the second time I got it on video. I also got video of Kaylyn busting what I think she would call a sweet move but the rest of us would call an awkward spasm.   I'm just sayin', Kaylyn...  At one point Carey schooled us on how to dance like Bill Cosby ( I just said schooled and I've never said it in my life.  It felt awkward.)   and I was even able to dance around for the first time in my life, in public, and not feel like a mentally retarded pigeon.   Oh, I'm sure I looked like one, especially considering I had Piper in the sling both times... but I just didn't feel it.  

It. was. awesome.  The highlight of the trip.  We could have stayed right there, danced until midnight and felt like we had gotten every bit of our 60 something dollars worth.  

But we moved on because there was a fireworks show and a parade to watch.  Oh and free candy to collect.  I now have half a bucket of candy to hand out for the trick or treaters.  Or to eat.  You know, cause it's not like I'm trying to lose weight or anything...    

We didn't even ride very many rides.

It was the most fun I have had in the Magic Kingdom in a long, long time.  

For the record, though.  When you go to this party (that lasts until midnight) with a 3 year old and two babies under 6 months, don't bother with costumes.   As I said before, the 3 year old ends up stripping most of the costume off in the process of having fun and the babies never get seen because they're trying to sleep and stay warm.  We don't even have a picture of them.  

Oh well...  there's still Halloween.

P.S. - In case you're wondering, Pipes and Tee-bo matched as bumble bees and Cutler-man was Charlie Brown.  He even had the swirly hair on his forehead drawn on with an eyeliner pencil.   It was amazing.

P.P.S - With the exception of a 20 minute nap DURING THE FIREWORKS SHOW, Piper rode around in her sling facing out all night and didn't cry or fuss at all.   As in, she was awake until 1am... and didn't fuss.  

As I've said before, she's just awesome.  That's all there is to it.

I highly recommend the Kona Cafe.

I ate 81 points on Saturday.

If you don't know how much that it is, it's a lot.   As in the daily allowance for a 350 lb man.  

....I don't know that for sure, I'm just making things up now because it sounds good.  

But it's still a lot.  I'm allowed 35 per day.     Plus 49 extra over the course of a week, so I'm ok but I just wanted everyone to know....   I ate a lot.

It was one of the most delicious days of my life.  

I love that food.

I will dream about that food.

I want to marry it.

Especially the cheesecake.

Oh and the butter.  I love butter.