College, Infertility and Christmas Crafts!

I compltely understand now why people do no go to college! They make it impossible to pay for! Holy craaaaaaaaap! I am just so compeltely frustrated with begging the government to pay for my classes... I haven't even started a class yet and college is a big pain in the rear! I hope this is all worth it in the end... that's all I can say LOL! Seriously though... I am using Federal Student Aid for the first time annnnnnd MYCAA for the first time... I think they are both confused at the fact that I am trying to use both... but hey, can you blame me? It's FREE money! Just sitting there! Waiting for me to use it... but, they don't make it easy to get. I feel like I have jumped through every hoop possible in order to get the money. I have played phone tag with financial advisers and email'ed to death military assistance specialists. And all I can say is... what a mess! I hope to god this all gets straitened out before my class starts NEXT MONDAY! O.o

In other news... I am not pregnant... yup, AF just reared her ugly head on Thanksgiving! :P It is always my luck that she shows up either on a holiday or while on vacation (espeically when the destination involves a bathing suit) Soooo... it is back to the ole drawing board (AGAIN) I called my RE's nurse this morning and now I'm waiting on a call or e-mail back about what our next move is gonna be. Time is running out fast before hubby deploys so we gotta move fast. :( To be honest, I am looking forward to the break. It also wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be emotionally. I don't know if its because of all the excitement that was going on with Thanksgiving or what but I am pretty much in a relatively good mood, despite the bad news, and for that I am greatful. It's a roller coaster I tell ya... hopefully this is the "up" part!

The kiddo is back at school today and I am home... all alone... all by myself... ♪ ♫"don't wanna be... all byyyyyyy myself..."♪ ♫ oops LOL! It was nice seeing her not be as eager to go off to school this morning... don't get me wrong, I mean... I like that she goes but it was nice knowing she rather spend the time with mommy :) Mission accomplished! We did do some pretty awesome stuff this week! One of which was playing with salt dough! Super easy to make and waaaaaay cheaper than buying clay! Also safe around other children or pets who might eat it by accident! You just take 2 cups of flour, 2 cups of salt and 1 cup of water and mix in a big bowl. You can add a little water here and there if you need to, depending on the kind of texture you want. Then knead it for a while till it becomes the consistency of "play dough". Shape into whatever you want and then put it on a pan and bake it in the oven at 250 degrees for a few hours (more hours if its a huge item). We made Christmas ornaments this time out of the dough. A snowman, a butterfly and a cupcake. The kiddo shaped them and then we baked them for a few hours and then we painted them together.

I think they turned out awesome, if I do say so myself! ;)

The 25 Days of Christmas Challenge: Day 11

Show your Christmas Decorations (indoor/outdoor)

I really didn't go all out like I usually do this year and put up alot, but its because we will be gone for half the month. We will be spending 2 weeks in Florida with my parents in Ft. Myers and a few days with my in-laws in Jacksonville and then a few days with our friends in Orlando. I'm so excited! Eeeek! We've also been invited to a little get together/high school reunion of friends on Christmas Eve, it has been soooo long since I've been home and seen any of them, and I'm really looking forward to it. So because of all that I just did the minimum on decorations... Hubs though it was silly that I wanted to put up anything at all but I just cant NOT put a tree up. The munchkin looks forward to having it up and decorating it with me every year. So here is what we did...

Our Christmas Tree :)

Our stockings :)

Remember the window I had the leaves up in? This month I have straw stars, they are a trade mark in any German's home this time of the year. :)

And you all have seen my snowflake wreath, I just added the Christmas window clings to my storm door.

And then this is also new to the rest of the stuff this year... its my wishful thinking for snow. Seeing how it doesn't snow in Mississippi I figured I'll make my own snow on my windows :)

What decorations did you guys put up this year? Do you have a theme?