Head Start With Spring In The House

 

Want to get ahead start with spring flowers in the house?

Go out and clip your honeysuckle bush, stick them in some water and watch them bloom within a few days.

Ahhh Spring has arrived!!  ( I convince myself today by looking at these for it is bitter cold out and we are fast approaching April

And because we hit the park last week…

 

It was Jeremiah’s first experience of park fun.

 

I think he liked it. I did.

Intelligent Me

 

 

I DID IT….YES…I DID!

I may be crazy, and maybe the things that excite me, may not be what excites you.

I understand that you may be way ahead of me. I am ok with that. I am climbing the ladder of intelligence daily. Well, maybe more like weekly. Ok OK…to be honest maybe monthly.

But at least I am climbing!

For those who have known me through all of my life will understand that I would be excited.  I admit I haven’t always been the smartest but I have always been fun and that counts right?

I do believe that my excitement took me on a bunny trail and I haven’t even told all what excites me most today. So sorry to keep you in suspense…it’s nothing really, kinda embarrassed actually now that I have to write it.

But I did it!!!!!!

I, yes I alone sat down with my computer and said, “Computer, you and I are going to figure out how to use publisher today. I need your help in printing up some bread tags. ( I bake and sell whole wheat bread)”   Now, I have been printing tags for years but recently I started selling my bread as frozen dough for pizzas. I needed to write instructions on back of my bread tags. AND I FIGURED IT OUT!!!

I did not cheat and ask the man of the house for help.

Well, I did not cheat much, just a hair.

and only a hair. Do you know how little one piece of hair is? well, that is how little I cheated. So don’t even count it!

Here are my cute little bread tags…

 

Just looking at these cute tags makes you wanna buy bread from me right? hehe

Chocolate Cake Peanut Butter Icing

 

Oh Chocolate cake with peanut butter icing…come to me

I love you morning noon and night!

It takes only seconds to whip this desert up.

Thanks to a good friend I have me the best peanut butter icing eVer!

Peanut Butter Icing

1/2 cup butter softened

2/3 cup peanut butter

3 cup 10 x sugar

1 T milk

1 tsp. vanilla

pinch of salt

Writer’s block

 

Today I write cause:  I’m having a terrible phase of writers block. (I have been told you must write even when there is nothing to say) So I guess we will talk about the block and see what comes of that.

There is just this block….

can’t get over it – it’s too high

can’t get under it – cause it’s too deep

can’t get around it – way to wide

sigh!!

but wait a minute…

this block looks very much like ice?

That means if it melts my block is gone right?

YES, YES, oh summer days please come quickly and rescue me that I might write once more!

As I stay stuck in the warm today I listen to JJ Heller on my Pandora and I am warmed in my heart. Music is good for the soul. It kinda just pulls it all together for me.

May you stay warm this day as together we wait for the sunny summery days!

When life gives you puke,grin and bear it!

 

“Mom, I just love you! There ain’t nobody like you!”

You brighten my days!

I know you need me right now, but I got to chew on this toy for a little first.

Man, I love my toys!

Ok, here you go…take a shoot of me now

sorry, I really would smile and pose for ya more if it weren’t for all these bright exciting toys in front of me.

This one is my favorite…

Wait…what was that?

It’s Nicky!!!!  gosh i love that dog, she gets me going every time!

Woops, I so excited…my burp came up wrong

I really didn’t mean to soil these clothes Mom!

I guess when life gives you puke you just gotta grin and bear it!

I say…grin and bear it!!

NOW GIVE ME BACK MY TOYS!!!!!

The Bug

 

When I get rid of this bug I am gonna….I am gonna

eat cake

When I have strength to hold my kitchen broom I am going to…

houseclean this little abode until it glitters and sparkles with cleanness.

When I get over the dizziness in my head I am gonna…I say I am gonna

make my dreams come true.

When I get rid of this nasty bug I am gonna….

run a marathon

but until then I will sleep…I will sleep so the bug will have to die

I will not let that thing live one more day longer! He will have to go. He may not be about.

I will feed him nasty food and sip on tea all day.

I will stomp on him, I will squash him.

He will soon know he is not welcome here and must die.

Oh happy day that will be!!

What I got Done Today

 

somewhere today between:

- feeding the baby

- making tea for the man of the house

- getting plenty of water to my Sarah peach

- letting Nicky out to pee

- getting vitamin C water ready for the man of the house

- checking my mail

- changing Jeremiah’s diaper

- preparing dinner

- a memory game with Sarah (because that is what we do when we get sick around here, and might I add that I never win…i do try, I try very hard.)

- taking out trash

- opening another Kleenex box 

- a load of laundry

 

I actually had time for:

- blogging

- a good dose of skittles and then some sour patch kids

- a fast 20 minute walk ( getting out of the house was vital to my sanity )

and now my mind goes blank as to what else I did….i need sleep

oh yes, that is what I did….

- two short little 1/2 hour snoozes

 

pray for me -

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One Warm Hat and a Pair of Cozy Striped Socks

 

 

The hat is just for some extra warmth cause it is down right cold here today.

10 decrees to be exact.

and oh how about them cozy lookin socks as well.

have we talked about my cozy socks yet?

something tells me we haven’t and so I must begin to tell all…

 

My Cozy Striped Socks

 

My cozy striped socks

are all I need

they provide warmth

on a cold winters eve

 

No need for slippers

no fuss no commotion

just pull them on

and you will feel the lotion

 

i must confess

that altho the washer is working

I can’t keep em clean

cause that would mean

I would need to pull them off and then my feet would freeze which would cause my body to freeze I have no other socks like these,just this pair my sister-in-law gave them to me for Christmas they have not left my side since when I go out I wear big boots so others will not see my suppose to be… around the house only socks.

ahhhhh that felt good to just stop with the rhyming already and get this off my chest.

 

Have a good day…I will be thinking of you thinking of me in my cozy striped socks.

Fresh Tilapia Late at Night

 

What is this you ask?

Well, I will tell you what it is…

It is my dinner

No, not from today and not from two days ago

It was my dinner late, I say late last night

Stromboli was cooked for the kids and man of the house however I personally was not feeling it.

And one MUST be feeling it in order to eat right?

I got a bit sidetracked…did this and that and then another thing or two

and somewhere between the Stromboli cooking and this plate I ran to the store and bought me some fresh tilapia

I do believe it was about 10:00 when I did sit down to enjoy this.

and ohh the yummyness

the complete enjoyment of eating while kids are sleeping! ( I should do this every night )

Snowy weather

 

The snow is falling and coffee is calling u-hoo!!

It is lovely weather for a sled ride together.

Lets get-together and have a hot chocolate or two.

Ok I do believe there is a song along those lines right? How is it that I do not remember hearing this one during my constant Christmas music playing?

Should I play my Christmas music all over again? It just wouldn’t seem right tho…I mean, I can pull the music out loooong before it’s time but to play it the week end after?

nah, just not feelin it

For right now I plan to curl up on my comfy couch and read. (with 3 kids and a baby I hardly see my plan working but it is good to plan awhile )

Oh and I do plan to head outside and play…that I do see happening

I am like my Mom in that way…WE LOVE THE SNOW  You should have seen us on Christmas day. My Mom at 60 some years old and all the grandkids sledding down a big hill. IT WAS LOVELY     The man of the house was asked if he was going to join his wife and his reply was… Why would I put myself in that situation? All she does is scream when going down a hill. No thanks.

Haha makes me smile!!  If he is happy indoors I will be happily screaming down a hill. Anybody else wanna join?

snowy kisses to you all….

Short little things that mean a lot

 

I don’t know if it is wrong but it doesn’t exactly seem right to eat as much as I do over this time of year.

It all just looks and tastes so wonderful and then the fact that at most parties the food stays sitting out on the counter for the entire time just doesn’t make it easy on anyone.

sigh

At least I can say that as much as my belly feels full so does my heart.

Full of contentment

Full of joy

Full of love

Full of living

and I am sure it is…

Full of blood as well

Well I do hope each of you enjoy yourselves and those closest to you in the next couple of days.

Don’t fight

Forgive readily

brush your teeth often

say kind things

pick up the mess made ( wrapping paper, paper cups, toys and such )

Hug your Dad

Don’t say so much instead do a lot

smile, even if you feel some pain at the moment

and whatever you do DO NOT GRUMBLE OR COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING!!

All of these may seem like little things but all of them mean a lot when acted upon, well, maybe not the “ brush teeth one” unless of course you struggle with bad breath.

Many Hugs to you and best wishes!

 

 

Sorry, There really was no time left yesterday for me to blog. none.

This and That

Free dog. must go to good home.
Why do people say that?  How do they have any idea whether the home is good or not when they come to pick up the free dog?
and do they say no to some people because they feel their home is not good enough?
Shoot, I would hate to be that person. I would scream and say “discrimination” Not that that would make them change their mind, actually I am sure by then they would not give free dog to me.
No, I am not picking up a free dog and no I am not giving away a free dog. I just have thoughts of it sometimes.  I mean, Nicky is sweet and all and is VERY well trained but…it is just that I have to let her out to pee at the most inconvenient time for me. I can never just let chicken set out on counter. ( I probably shouldn’t do that anyway) but nevertheless if I wanted to…I couldn’t
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The traffic was terrible as I headed out to the airport tonight! I went to pick up my parents who were coming home from Florida for Christmas.
We ate at Bob Evans and I plan to eat only there when I go out for the rest of the winter.
For one simple reason…They have the heat turned on.
My Mom says they keep it nice and toasty because it is a restaurant where old people eat a lot.   Always listen on your Mom.  She knows.
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This was Christmas 2008
 
I am wishing and hoping for snow like this for a couple different reasons…
 
1. so I can go sledding
2. So I can curl up in a blanket and look out the window.
3.So I can throw a snowball at the Man of the house.
4.So that Christmas day will feel more like Christmas day.
5.So I can shovel the driveway and lose a couple pounds.
6. I think I will stop here before my reasons keep getting more lame.
Happy pre Christmas week end to you!!  Like Chadwin says to people…
Have a sweet Christmas


I started this post at 11:53pm so I am counting it as the blog for Friday not Saturday. Good Lord who gets up and does things that early on a Saturday morning?

Magical and Dreamy Feelings

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Somehow the sound of rain tonight makes me feel like we are at the end of summer, or beginning of spring. But it can’t be cause the Christmas tree is sitting right next to me ( I take it with me wherever I go throughout the house) Me and the tree – we are just kinda like that.   We stick together. There ain’t nobody comin between the tree and I.

I said nobody!

uh, I have never written before about how I feel about my tree have I?

Well we go way back…

actually we don’t because growing up my parents did not believe in the tree. Last I checked they still don’t. But that’s with them,  back to things about me.

I remember driving through the town at night sitting in the back seat of my parents car. How I loved looking at all the Christmas lights! I would dream of how I would decorate our house if I was allowed. 

I babysat for this one family and at night during the holidays I would sit right beside their Christmas tree until they would return. I don’t remember all that went through my head but I do remember feeling very magical and dreamy inside.

And now the day has come where I can have my very own tree. A very good feeling indeed. I now feel magical and dreamy all through the holiday season.

Is that a good or a bad thing?  ( don’t ask the Man of the house. He is not sentimental like that and I would hate for him to down play my magical and dreamy feelings. I would like to hang on to them until after the new year if I could.)

Like I tell my children occasionally when things are not how they want…For right now I am the Mom and this is what seems best in my opinion and then someday you will get to be the Mom and may do whatever you like.

  Have I ever written to you before about how I feel about my Great Aunt Ruth? No? Well we will save it for another time.

Good-night to you all, If I dream tonight I will rise early to tell you about it.

Dear God, Please let it be a good/nice dream. Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

aaahhhh I love reading the comment section.     I don’t want to look all desperate and everything. Really, I would blog all for just my self.      But I am just sayin, I like to read the comment section

Broken Promise

 

12:38am I awoke to feed my baby. Half awake and half asleep my mind wondered back over my day and what should I find but that I broke a promise.

I forgot to blog.

I nearly leapt out of my rockin chair to come blog only to realize the clock told me it was a new day.

A feeling of despair washed over me accompanied with a feeling of fatigue and a feeling of Joy because of Christmas approaching.  (The last two really had nothing to do with me blogging I just wanted to let you in on my feelings at that hour.)

I have been thinking all day of how to make it up to you. I found nothing.

So lets just say it never happened and go on with today as if it was today.

Hehe…it is today. I don’t make a bleep of sense now do I?

Blame it on the chips. That’s right – my hand is in a bag of Lay’s sour cream/cheddar chips. Do you mind?

My hand also went deep into the chocolate jar. Maybe I should blame it on the hand?

If I where to advertise for anyone it would have to be:

1. Lay’s potato chips

2. Hershey’s dark chocolate m&ms

_{(Grapes will be on the menu a little later on…I promise)}

Not that I expect you to believe my promises,it just felt better to see the word grapes somewhere with all my junk food.

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So far in the last few weeks I have won $30.00 of free merchandise at JC Penny.

All because of the buttons! So get yourself over to Penny’s NOW gather a few buttons ( you only have till the end of month) and see what you can win!

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We tried out the floor this week…

 

and then we all ate pizza and lived happily ever after.

I love you all. Have a splendid day!

There will be a Giveaway

 

A little of this and a little of that is going on around here today.

I started with a cup of tea. Took one sip and just wasn’t feelin it so I went to my coffee and grabbed a cookie to go with and now that feels right to me…ahhhhh

Sarah, the constant giggle at my side stayed home from school today. She had a cough in the night (really not much of anything to worry about I just needed some Sarah time) She is probably thinking… I need laptop time.

She is now sipping on the cup of tea that was meant for me.

So listen up….listen close…I am thinking about doing a give-a-way. YES, you heard me… a gift that will be free.

Will it be yours to keep? Who can know?

So I am dreaming big a while…you want a new ford flex?

maybe a kindle?

a vacation for two?

Just so you know, If these things are in the give-a-way I am putting my name in for the drawing as well…

So stay tuned. Look for something beginning of year.

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Prayer for Newtown

Over the week end I have tuned in to the news a few times. The grief I feel for the families of Newtown does not allow me to sit and listen to all the talk for very long. 
Chase and Catherine are two of the children who lost their lives on Friday. I have decided to pray for these two families each time I think of this tragedy. I challenge you to do the same. Pick a name that stands out to you and commit to praying for that family over the next few weeks.
We accomplish so much more with fewer words and much prayer.

Dear God, I am so thankful I can come to you and cast all my cares on you. You are good all the time. Please,visit the home of Chase and Catherine tonight with your peace and comfort.Their pain is so very deep. Amen

Today was good in that I went to retrieve my free items.

1. JC Penny,,,they have these cool little buttons they are giving away and you take home and punch in code online to see if you win anything. I won a $10.00 certificate.
2. Wal-mart photo center called me this week to say we won a free 10x30 photo. I took the kids today to get picture taken.

See-you in the morning.

There Was No Quiet

Here I am finally, I have been waiting all day for a quiet, like a super quiet moment and none arrived.
I say… none
zero quiet
even now there is still the soft humming of one child off in the distance.
Anyway why is she not in bed? I do forget about her in the evenings. She goes about doing her own thing without much of a peep. Often she has her head buried deep in a book.
Aaahhhhh  I love her so. I love them all.
WHAT? WAIT? what is this now…behold the man of the house decides to play his guitar right in the room of my space (my little computer space) singing …have a holly jolly Christmas. Now I just can’t complain about this can I?
perhaps I should have waited to post until midnight when not a creature is stirring not even a mouse.
It started out like this…

and then…things just went crazy
  
I am having difficulty getting this site to allow me to post the video.
Bummer. It would make you laugh
And I just know you need one more good laugh for the day.

On more of a different tune here is a really quick dinner idea for you all…
A wonderful idea on how to use up all your stuffing from the holidays. (not that I expect you to still have some sitting around from Thanksgiving. If you do please go ahead and pitch it and then just make some fresh to go with this recipe.

Cut up some chicken breast about 1 inch thick, place a handful of stuffing on top and then wrap with bacon. Place on a cookie rack and put on top of a cake pan. I do this so the chicken can cook all around and the bacon can drip. bake at 400 for about 20 minutes. serve with gravy.
No, I did not make this today
I did not want to make anything today…but I did
Good-night to you all.  I will see you tomorrow. Tonight I will pray a little longer before bedtime for the people of Newtown.



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Just so you know, I started this post at 9:00 and published it at 10:30. Too many interruptions were made

Blogging in the Morning

 

It is 7:50am Friday morning. Not the usual time for me to blog in fact I have never blogged in the morning.

I am not one to do things in the morning. I would rather sleep.

Mornings to me should be for drinking coffee with coffee cake (if there is any, and there isn’t any today…oh what to do? I just made my mouth water for coffee cake)

If you where to do anything in the morning it should be to pull on your running pants and go for a quick jog in the cold beautiful frosty morning.  I know that that hardly matches my idea of doing nothing in the morning and you may wonder does she really know what it is she wants to do in the morning?

Basically I am saying mornings are not for blogging.

And here I am blogging in the morning.

So I guess you could say…Mornings should be made for doing whatever you feel like on that day.

10 days till Christmas and I shall blog each day until then.

I will tell you the weather my feelings for the day and then some odds and ends,gossip and such.

I miss it terribly when I do not take the time to blog. Already I can tell you my day will go good because of this morning decision to blog. And really how pathetic that all I talked about was nonsense!

oh well…I will add a few pictures just to make it seem more profitable.

I love all of you who take the time to read my silly ramblings! Have a WONDERFUL day! Don’t rush so fast that you forget to hug the ones you love.

I am proud to say that these are my men!

And these are my ladies!

oh and for the record I said “morning” 13 times in this blog.

Yum-o Turkey

 

yum  ooohhhhh   aaahhhhh   yeah  whoo hoo

see what else could I say to describe my feelings about the turkey dinner?

oohh lala 

Ok I willl speak english…I feel sorry for you who do not understand and my hope is that when done reading this pathetic post you will also join me and begin a tradition with someone and COOK A BIG FAT TURKEY.

make some filling too.

Do not stuff the bird. It takes to long and ends up being messy and mushy,,,,ugh   yuk   eeeoooo   ( sorry I just can’t help with the language, I am taking some online classes for it and need to practice daily)

This year I am using The Pioneer Woman  corn bread stuffing recipe. I love this women’s food!  aaaahhhh    mmmmmm    scrum-e-o

To make it a bit interesting I am cooking bar-b-qued green beans for the veggie. I might add corn to the menu as well.   DE-E-E-LISH

oh and yes to the cranberry salad…can I get an AMEN?

Mashed potatoes whipped to a frenzy with sour cream,cream cheese and lotsa butter.  lip smakin gooooood

and then the warm pumpkin pie topped with vanilla ice cream!  Lord I do not know if there is a word or even an expresion to describe that kind of goodness.

So

while this mouth waters lets get this cozy little home cleaned up and some Christmas lights hung cause Thursday will be upon us in a blink of an eye.

Somebody say…Hallelujah

ps. don’t forget to save the turkey bone for the dog, He deserves some love too.

I Must Blog

 

I MUST BLOG.

It cannot wait another day. Today is the day.

The longer I wait,the bigger the list of things to talk about which means more time to write it all.

After all my motherly duties there is little time leftover in a day. I CANNOT AFFORD TO LET THE LIST GET BIG.

I MUST BLOG.

It releases my stress. I don’t know why? It just does. I do not even look at myself as being any kind of a writer. It is a mystery to me. I have tried to solve it but gave up.

I don’t know about you but I am ready for the holidays. I have started with my Christmas music and the cravings are kicking in for all the yummy chocolates and pumpkin pie. I think I will hang some lights this week. 

Every year I determine to do fun traditional things with the kids during their school break. Somehow the days fly past and I feel we are left with memories of only the Christmas tree and bellyaches from too many cookies.

.This year I am going to change my focus.

I only want to wake up each morning with a smile on my face. That’s it…just a smile. and I want to keep the smile all day long. But I don’t want it to just be a smile I want it to be soooo much more. I want for it to start deep from within.

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Yesterday I had a birthday. I do not mind getting old. It is adventurous.

I would still rather not publicize my age. You may ask me in person or in a text ( hehe I do not text) write me a letter to find out or heck just come see me. I LOVE VISITORS.

The man of the house took the kids out shopping for me. The house was wonderfully quite when they left. It was late till they returned and let me say they were more excited about wrapping those presents then getting gifts themselves.   IT MADE ME SMILE.

   

                                    

and how could I forget the most important person of the house right now…this look here tells me there is a fair amount of intelligence stashed inside just waiting to jump out us.

     I think someone other then me might be behind it.

 

I am so in love…