Through my Weekly Recap {Android Pics} Meme, I managed to find a fun little blog hop that is running from now until Christmas night.  It’s called “Show Me Your Tree” and it’s pretty self-explanatory.  You just… post pictures of your Christmas tree.  Click on the button below to head to the hostess of this fun blog hop to link up or see other trees around the world…

So without further ado, here is our {super lame} Christmas tree.  Yes it is fake.  Yes, it is pre-lit.  Yes, we have just a few blue and silver balls on it.  Yes, it is crooked.  But it is ours.  And ours alone.  Next year I vow to have a real tree, because this one is pretty depressing.  Lol.  The kids don’t notice like I do, though.

{note: the fancy pictures to make up for the lameness}

the finished product:

the finished product with my little Christmas tree decorator:

pretties:

Thanks for looking!  I hope you and your family has a fantastic holiday season.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Saturday again, huh?  Hmph.  The days pass too fast these days.  This past week wasn’t too exciting, but here we go.. Oh and just a warning, my sister and I found my “distortion” effect on my phone today, and had a bit too much fun with that. Oye!

Sunday… Apparently my daughter wants to be Tarzan, or maybe Jane??

Monday was a boring, foggy day.  I worked. Boo!  Yeah, I totally took a blurry, crappy picture of the fog on my way to work.  The one on the right I took after I got to work. Haha.

Tuesday?  Another boring day, but dinner was yummy!  Chicken enchiladas with broccoli/cheese on the side.  Weird combo, I know, but broccoli is seriously Ariana’s favorite vegetable ever!!! And, since she was a sick baby who didn’t want to eat, I had to make something that she would eat.

Wednesday?  Continuance on the sick day for Miss Ariana.  Fabulous.  She did manage to find the Cheetos, though.  Oh man, she is a handful, even when sick!

Thurday…. So little happened, the only pic I got was from getting stuck at the railroad crossing on my way to work.  Thankfully, it’s only our public transportation train, so the way was less than 30 seconds.

Friday was “Civil War” day at work, so I willingly sported some of my Ducks gear for the occasion.. Oh, and traffic sucked so bad, I got to take pics of the sunset.

Now Saturday was a good day indeed!  Civil War, hanging out with the family.  We discovered the “distortion” effect on my phone, and laughed ‘till we cried.  The following are just a few of the pics we took… Ohmigosh!! Hahaha…

And then some random Saturday pictures that aren’t so scary!  My sister, me, and the cranky Ariana

I laughed so hard I cried…

Oooooooooooooo!!!!!!!…

Okay okay, enough!!  Have a great week, everyone!! See you here next Saturday for another installment! =)

If you follow me on Twitter or have me as a friend on Facebook, or simply a friend of mine in the flesh, then it is no secret that I am an Oregon Ducks fan.  I take pride in the love that I have for the Ducks.  I cheer them on during every game (sometimes annoyingly so).  I have been to games.  I wear clothing and jewelry sporting their logos.  Simply put, #iLoveMyDucks.

Recently, I was asked why.  Not in a mean or hateful or “oh-my-gosh-why-or-how-could-you-like-football-college-football-and/or-that-team” sort of why.  Just a simple question by someone fascinated with the passion I have for this team.

To be honest, it started, for me, in 6th grade.  I had this teacher who was a total Oregon Beavers fan (for those that are unaware the Ducks and Beavers are HUGE rivals), and boy was he passionate about his team.  I had watched college football with my dad before, and knew about the Duck/Beaver rivalry.  Don’t get me wrong, this man is/was an amazing teacher, I just wanted to go against him.  Seems reasonable, right? 

Thus flourished my love for the Ducks.

It has stuck ever since. (So has mine and the teacher’s personal Duck/Beaver rivalry.  I used to cover his Beaver posters in his classroom with my own Ducks variation)

There have been ups and downs since then, as with anything else in life, including sports teams.  Good seasons, bad seasons, mediocre seasons.  There have been moments that the Ducks have put me on cloud 9, only to have my heart shattered in the same season.

That’s the way it goes.

Despite their victories and losses, I have never faltered from my loyalty to the Oregon Ducks.  They have always been my favorite, and the only team in college football or the NFL that can keep my attention.  Because of my loyalty and passion for the Ducks, my entire family are Ducks fans.  We watch as many games as we can together, we talk highs and lows of the season between games, and are always sporting Ducks gear – year around.

My team.  Forever.

Last year, we made it all the way to the Rose Bowl.  What an accomplishment.  We didn’t gain that title, but we became the champs in our own conference – the Pac10.

This year the Ducks are 12-0.  Now 2-time Pac 10 champions on our way to the BCS national championship game in Arizona on 1/10/2011.  This after an intense start to our 114th Civil War game against the Oregon State Beavers. We pulled out a 37-20 victory. 

I am over the moon!!! Beyond happy and in such awe that my team, the Oregon Ducks, will be contending for their first ever national championship!!

Today is an amazing day to be a Duck!!!

#GoDucks

A test of your local blogging mommy’s new-found publishing software.  Windows Live Writer….

Please bare with me as I test:

a few
different

things….

hehe!

But of course to ease the pain, here are some pictures!!!

thanks to Miss Lindsay for telling me about this fantastic program!!! Maybe now I can figure out a siggy to put at the bottom of all my posts.

This water fountain straight up just doesn’t work.

You can find more WW (with linky) at 5 Minutes for Mom, My Organized Chaos, Mrs. Cox Slice of Heaven, and WW home !!