I got this in an email from Leanne from Saving Dinner dot com and I loved it so much that I thought I should post it here. It's great advice for anyone that would like to read it and it will serve as a great reminder to myself...

Dear Friends,

In the aftermath of Christmas, lie credit card bills in waiting, messes to be cleaned up both figuratively ( Read more... )

What an awful Christmas this has been. Christmas Eve, I fired my babysitter and fought with Joe about it. He doesn't think that I am wrong in doing so but that we both (me and the babysitter) "need to get over it". Noah has been sick for a few days and JJ is getting it now. I am supposed to work today for the Christmas Stand (it's the last day 1/2 ( Read more... )

I know I have said this before but I just love this time of morning. It's nice and quiet, Joe left for work and everyone else is sleeping, even the cat. I am sitting here drinking gingerbread flavored coffee and listening to the Vince Guaraldi Trio's A Boy Named Charlie Brown. It's still to early for their Charlie Brown Christmas CD so this will ( Read more... )

I learned something today...

If a 4 year old eats an entire box of BooBerry cereal in 3 days, his poo becomes blue and smells like fruit roll ups.

Ew.

This is too funny and so typical of something Dee Snyder would do…..

From The Onion
Members Of Twisted Sister Now Willing To Take It
September 29, 2008 | Issue 44•40
NEW YORK-In a stunning reversal of their long-stated reluctance to take it, members of heavy-metal band Twisted Sister announced Monday that, after 24 years of fervent refusal, they are ( Read more... )

So last weekend we went apple picking, omg what a disaster that was. It was a million degrees out, Noah had a HUGE meltdown, JJ was tired and cranky and crying and Joe was losing it as well. We haphazardly picked some apples and went home. I will be baking all kids of apple stuff for the next year lol! Here is a pic...don't they look happy??


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It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Today is the first day of school for the older boys. Zack 9th grade and Jimmy 7th. Where does the time go? Noah starts back tomorrow (Pre-K). The summer was nice for awhile but I am ready for the fall. I was cleaning out my bins of holiday decorations and came across my fall harvest wreath and almost put ( Read more... )

I got my books!!  :)

6 shiny new ones...my precious, my precious...

:)

Gotta love kids...

Zack: What crazy concoction did you come up with for dinner tonight?
(so I show him dinner)
Zack: Looks like dog food what is it?
Me: It's meatloaf.
Zack: That doesn't look like any meatloaf I've ever had.
Me: It's mexican meatloaf (a mexican version)
Zack: But Mom, were not mexican.
(At that point I just walked away)

I am going ( Read more... )