Gobble Gobble

Just wanted to share a picture Sammie made at school. I have it
hanging up in my kitchen. I just love it! How was your Thanksgiving?
We had a good one. We went out to eat with Brad's family which
was nice so no one had to cook or clean up!! My Nana came with us.
My parents were on a cruise.

I was going to go out shopping at 3am on "Black Friday" but i whimped out
and my sister in law Ruth, got the item I was hoping to get, for me!
How nice is was that?? I got to sleep in until my "Sammie clock"
woke me up and then we went out shopping around noon. It is so crazy
to go so early but sort of fun too. I went last year at 6:00 am and was home
by like 7:30am and felt sort of weird, like now what do I do, I was already
out and back and it was so early!! Anyway.. got some good deals.

I had an extra few days off this week since it was only a 3 day work week.
My teaching partner worked the 3 days, so I was off for the whole week
and then a few days this week. Am I caught up on everything?? NO!!

I feel like I can never catch up with all that I want to do! I guess that's
just life these days. So what did I do?? I went on a Scrapbook bus tour,
went to the movies, shopped, went to Disneyland, organized a little bit
of my scrappy stuff, went scrapbooking to celebrate my friend
Donna Larson's birthday, and miscellaneous other things that
keep me busy!
Well, just wanted to say hi since it has been a while but now I
have to go write a few bills and get to bed! I am tired!

I've Been Tagged!

Okay.. so I"ve been tagged by Donna Salazar on the Red Bee Design Team!
I have to post 7 random things about ME! There are lots and lots of random things about me but I can only choose 7!
I am supposed to do some linky thing back to her blog but I don't know how to do that exactly so look on my sidebar and find her name under "blogs I read" and you can see her blog with the tag and other posts.

Anyway.. here are the top 7 random things about Illyse:

1. I can hang a spoon on my nose. Yes, any spoon and my dad does it to and so does Sammie.
2. I was born in Detroit.
3. I was a cheerleader in high school.
4. I love to play blackjack and slot machines.
5. I love 80's music still!
6. I have been on TV 3 times. ( In the audience of the Price is Right, also in the audience when my mom was on "The Joker's Wild" gameshow, and on the channel 9 news when they interviewed people in my neighborhood about a nearby lake that smells like fish when they drain it)
7. I always print when writing things. I like my handwriting but I always prefer to print.

Okay.. that's it! Those of you who know me well, know many more random things. Hey, if you are reading this, surprise me and post a comment sharing something random about me that you know! Here are the 7 people I tag that have to post 7 random things on their blog.... Christine, Donna Larson, Echo, Heather, Stacey D, Erika, Nan. Have fun girlies!

I know this is a shock but I posted 2 days in a row so read below to find another post.
Bye!

Halloween Pics!

Here are some pics I promised from Mickey's Halloween Treat and Halloween night. We trick or treating at Disneyland on Tuesday night. We had a fun time! Sammie loves the Matterhorn.
She dressed up as Cinderella this year for Halloween. The pumpkins she picked from pumpkin patches. The little one she got from her preschool fieldtrip to CSUF arboretum and the bigger one we picked at Tanaka Farms. We carved them together the night before Halloween. Well actually I carved them because she didn't want to touch the pumpkin goo!
The little pumpkin was tricky to do but came out cute! This was the first year that she really "got" the concept of going door to door saying "trick or treat". She had lots of fun getting candy. We wandered around our neighborhood and then walked a few blocks to a haunted house that a family made in their front yard. They did a really nice job on it and they didn't scare her too much. How was your spooky night??