ari, the new terror in the family :)

here's my new niece, ari-- more to come :)

back from arizona!

we had a great time :) i left most of the pic files in az (eek!) but i'll have them soon -- for now, just one from our trip -- cleo was so clingy when we were home! hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving :)

i went to ikea!

on the second day it was open in orlando! for months i've been saying.. no way i'm going near that place until next year... then a few days ago i started thinking... hey wait, i work at disneyworld... how bad could the crowds really be at ikea? so i ventured out after work today and i'm so glad i did :) i parked with no problem, and although it was crowded, i didn't wait in a single line :) i bought all kinds of random house knickity knackities and then, dedicated wife that i am, i purchased some frozen swedish meatballs to serve to my husband for dinner ;) truly a swedish evening!

christmas already?

starting on halloween, the christmas decorations popped up in our building! epcot's also recently been sporting a new tree:

it's the weekend!

we've been up to quite a bit lately, although it's all little here and there stuff. we've been: shopping for new carpet, shopping in general because our big new shopping center opened, all day team building (i'm sore!), enjoying the beautiful florida november weather, sleeping with the windows open, trying to eat better, getting excited about home for the holidays (arizona for thanksgiving, pennsylvania for christmas), landscaping another flowerbed, cleaning off the porch so we can enjoy it, excited about cleo meeting her new cousin, ari :)

this weekend we're helping a friend move, relaxing, going to brunch with a bunch tomorrow morning and watching the steelers game :) have a great weekend!