Holidays 2011 and a giveaway

It has become apparent to me that I try to juggle too many balls, put too many eggs in my basket, and make too many false promises to myself. I've been swallowed up alive in my busyness and it would be nice to just sit back and breath. The question I've been asking myself literally all week? Where the hell does my time go!? I don't even have kids like seriously...ready to scream. Nevertheless I will fill you in on all that I mentioned before or atleast try to touch base. I "promised" mysel I would make an extravagant post with one of those giveaway copters and all. But really? I'm posting from my iPhone because time does not bare much more. So yeah here's the Christmas run down:


Long time bestie Beezie and I at the game. Christmas eve Honey and I went to the titans game then headed to my parents house. We spent the evening with my parents, uncle, and grandfather. Possibly the best Christmas eve I've ever had including childhood. It was my grandfathers (we will call him Big J) first Christmas in society and not in prison in six years. We definitely made it one he could cherish and having him there meant the world. My mom and I spent the evening cooking up some goodies: sausage balls, pigs in a blanket, and our newly added tradition:


buffalo turds! They're hollowed out peppers with some sort of cream cheese mixture for the filling and wrappe with bacon and then baked. Delicious!!


Mine and Honey's first Christmas Eve together :)


Dad and Honey. Funny story: Honey made Apple Pie Moonshine and my grandfather asked what was in it. When he replied 'everclear' my grandfather responded "EVERQUEER!?" so when this picture was taken I had just said "aw look how cute y'all are " and my grandfather (commenting on the fact that they were siting in a small recliner together) says "yeah they both must've got ahold of some of that EVERQUEER. Hahahah. Okay moving on.... Christmas day sister BIL and little baby bumble came over. We indulged in all the yummy food and then headed to unwrap presents. This year was definitely not about "my presents" for me. It was more about seeing how excited the presents I bought for others made them. I think I did a pretty good job in that area. Oh! And baby bumble Jacob got a cute tricycle!!


Pawpaw (my dad) and lil Jacob taking the new tricycle for a text drive. He loved it! Later honey and I went off to DTown to his family's gathering. I love them so much! It's like they've just always been my family. Afterwards we went to his parents and stayed the night. The following morning we did Christmas with his parents sister BIL and their kids. Fun overload.


Honey and I Christmas day. New years eve we went to dinner with my parents and A couple that is family friends. Later we picked up T-Rex and headed to Mogo's house and played some games and what not. The holidays were so busy and though I enjoyed all of them I'm semi happy they're over with and the new year is here. So now for the GIVEAWAY Item: $25 gift card to Amazon.com To enter: Mandatory: Leave a comment: including your email address and URL for your blog(+1) Follow The Diva Bee (+1) Extra Entries, and a better chance to win: Add The Diva Bee button to your blog ((+1) Follow TheHaleyBarr on twitter (+2) Tweet about the giveaway and leave a comment to the link (+3) Blog about the giveaway and link back to it (+5) Leave a comment telling me your favorite item ever purchased on Amazon.com or if you've never used it tell me something you would like to have off of amazon.com (+2) And there you have it. Every (+#) is how many entries you will have in the giveaway. Therefore commenting(telling me you're entering) following my blog and then blogging about the giveaway will give you a total of 7 entries. Every time you blog about it leave an addition comment for an addition 5 entries. Easy. Oh and to spice things up every time you refer someone to my giveaway you get an additional 5 entries. So when you blog about it tell your readers to mention your name in their comment entry! Happy new years and belated Christmas everyone :) Coming soon: a series of awkward one night stands. More info soon ;) Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone