Happy 2010!!

I did get a post in before the new year, just to say HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I have a packed next couple of days as usual. Tonight we are having a girls night to see our good friend Hannah back to Louisiana, although we wish she would just move back home!! Tomorrow night is New Years Eve of course so we are going over to some friends house and then Friday is January 1st 2010!

Be Safe and Have a Happy New Year to All!

Belated Merry Christmas!

Well another Christmas Day has come and gone and as usual, I need a vacation from my vacation! We stay so busy over the holidays as I am sure everyone does and I wouldnt have it any other way! It is great being able to spend this time with our families and be thankful. I must have been a good girl this year as Santa was VERY good to me!





Mr. A did really good this year, you can see my sparkling gift from him below:

Now that the new year is coming, I have a couple of New Years resolutions:

1. Be More Organized

2. Be more faithful to my blogging! I am going to have to be better!

I hope that everyone has a fantastic New Year if I do not blog before then, which at the rate I go most likely wont happen!!

A to Z

One Letter at a Time...
A - Age: 24
B - Bed Size: Queen. Which is almost too small for the two of us and our tiny 5 lb dog! haha
C - Chore you hate: Folding laundry
D - Dog's Name: Roxy
E - Essential start your day item: Coffee
F - Favorite Color: I love all kinds of colors but if you had ever been to my house you would see that my most favorite color is red!
G - Gold or Silver or Platinum: Silver
H - Height: 5'2 and a half!
I - Instruments you play: Umm currently, none. I use to play the piano if that counts and the clarinet in 6th grade?
J - Job Title: Individual Insurance Specialist
K - Kid(s): Definitely
L - Living Arrangements: Mr. A, Roxy, and I live on a 40 acre farm in the house that we gutted to the studs and remodeled less than a year ago.
M - Mom's Name: Sharon
N - Nickname(s): Juju (thats what my nieces call me). Before that it was Jonesy, JJ...etc.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Never, lets not jinx that now!
P - Pet Peeve: When People do not take responsibility for their own actions
Q - Quote from a movie: "You had me at hello" from Jerry McGuire
R - Right or Left Handed: Right
S - Siblings: One Sister
T - Time you wake up: Depending on the day and where I am going. Most of the time anywhere between 6:30 and 7.
U - Underwear: Victoria Secret Pink
V - Vegetable you dislike: I like most vegetables but I hate uncooked onions. If it is sauteed or fried I like them though.
W - Ways you run late: Roxy taking her sweet time to go to the bathroom in the mornings before I leave, traffic, not wanting to get out of bed!
X - X-rays you've had: In 7th grade I sprained my ankle, I think thats the only xray I have ever had, knock on wood!
Y - Yummy food you make: well...my husband would say chocolate peanut butter pie and rattlesnake eggs (sausage and cream cheese wrapped in a croissant).
Z - Zoo Favorite: It has been so long since I have been to the zoo other than SeaWorld so I would have to say Shamu! When I was a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist and I was always fascinated with marine life, especially whales and dolphins.

MIA

It is very clear to me that I am a horrible blogger! I have been so busy with work and everything else lately that I have definitely neglected the Alford's blog.

A lot has gone on since I last wrote I'm sure but what that was, I am unsure of now. Of course we had the 15 meals of Thanksgiving with the Alford and the Jones families. One of which we hosted Thanksgiving night at our own house. It was so much fun having everyone over and sharing a meal in the house we have worked so hard on and to see the transformation we have made. We had so many compliments on everything, all the work has finally paid off. (Although I know my husband reads this, don't get any ideas...I still would like to move from there in the near future!). See our house is perfect for just us but when you have an older home, some things just drive you crazy and he knows what those things are! Plus we are at the age where starting a family is probably in our close future so I want something a little bigger.

The biggest highlight for me in the last few weeks was BLACK FRIDAY. Yes, you heard me right. I am one of those idiots that gets up before the sun and shops til I drop all day the day after Thanksgiving, and I love every minute of it! Myself and three others started at 3:45 on Friday morning and hit every store within our town I believe. My envoy was packed to the ceiling and we all had a blast doing it. Not to mention witnessing the crazy eyes of mad shoppers, fighting to get what they want. It is so much fun and the best girls day one could wish for. I mean what could possibly be better than shopping all day long!

Then of course after Thanksgiving, it was time to put up our Christmas decore. This was the first time we had decorated this house for the holidays and it fun to find new things to put up. Of course we like to go a little overboard, or I do at least, with the holiday decorations. So early saturday morning we started our trip to go pick out the Alford Christmas 2009 Tree. Nothing like the Griswalds Christmas, but still just as fun. As I sifted through the boxes that had been stored all year long that hold our Christmas belongings, Mr. A began the process of hanging out outside lights. Icicle lights, wreaths, and greenery.

Here are a few inside photos I have of what we did although they do not really do it justice and are just a mere few of the things we actually put up:

Our Christmas Tree with a few of the packages I bought underneath on BLACK FRIDAY!!

Our monogrammed stockings we recieved last year as a Wedding Present hung from our mantle. (Of course these pictures came from my phone so they do not really do it justice but you can see some none the less)

And my three small trees family. You can not see the ornaments very well but they are all red or green with white polka dots, very cute if I do say so myself!

I love Christmas! Of course our schedules are booked every day from here until December 25th but we love it! We are hosting our annual Christmas party tomorrow night so if you are lucky and I have time, I will post some photos of that.

Also, we are attending my niece Katie-Blairs 1st birthday party on saturday! I can not believe how fast the time goes by!! Happy Birthday Katie-Blair!!

P.S. We also saw New Moon last weekend. Is is sad that I am just a tiny bit obsessed with Bella and Edward and after the movie decided to read twilight and finished it in one day?? Don't answer that!