- Run a 5K
- Log over 400 miles on the treadmill
- Get a will done
- Dance lessons with Jason
- Learn to sew
- Get fit by my 35th bday (November)
Wishing everyone a safe and happy new year!!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
New Years Resolutions
I promise to have lots of pictures to share after the New Year. I have been so busy at work changing over accounting software and such. So I will just share my New Years "goals" today and save the rest for next week.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Crap
I will have lots to post after the holidays, but I felt I had to get this down before I forgot it. Lauren is home, of course, with an eye cold. Just in time for Christmas. Tis the season for jingle bells and eye boogers...ewww!
Anyway, the other day I was in Lauren's bedroom putting her clothes away and she comes over to me with some fuzz in her hand and says, "Mommy, I found this crap on the floor."
I looked up from the dresser and said, "What did you say?"
"I found this crap on the floor." she said to me like DUH!!
Trying not to laugh, I told her that we do not use that word and she should say garbage.
She shrugged and then said, "Ok, I found this GARBAGE on the floor."
I am still trying to figure out who taught her that one. Another example of kids repeat everything...watch what you say.
Happy Holidays to everyone!!
Anyway, the other day I was in Lauren's bedroom putting her clothes away and she comes over to me with some fuzz in her hand and says, "Mommy, I found this crap on the floor."
I looked up from the dresser and said, "What did you say?"
"I found this crap on the floor." she said to me like DUH!!
Trying not to laugh, I told her that we do not use that word and she should say garbage.
She shrugged and then said, "Ok, I found this GARBAGE on the floor."
I am still trying to figure out who taught her that one. Another example of kids repeat everything...watch what you say.
Happy Holidays to everyone!!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Ahh My Child
Lauren is home with daddy today. Jas emailed me this:
After lunch, unprompted, Lew grabs her stuff and says that she needs to take a rest for gymnastics. I tell her I will be quiet and go downstairs. Two minutes later she has to go potty, which I could smell from the stairs, and says that she is going back to bed. 5 minutes later she comes downstairs and says that she woke up and is all rested.
Why do guys have to include the stinky part in the email? He is going to be embarrassing her all her life. Poor girl!
After lunch, unprompted, Lew grabs her stuff and says that she needs to take a rest for gymnastics. I tell her I will be quiet and go downstairs. Two minutes later she has to go potty, which I could smell from the stairs, and says that she is going back to bed. 5 minutes later she comes downstairs and says that she woke up and is all rested.
Why do guys have to include the stinky part in the email? He is going to be embarrassing her all her life. Poor girl!
Pancakes and Firetrucks
I have a ton of pictures to share from last week and this past weekend. A few pictures at how where I live resembles Alaska now, some pics of a new meal I tried and some from the Pancake Fundraiser we went to at the local firestation.
Lauren practicing her runway walk for us. Notice the heels and the wind in her hair. She's got skills.
Dressing up as a princess
Our mini tree with some gifts.
I found this meal on another blogger's site and thought it looked easy and yummy. I think she called it Crescent Chicken. Anyway, all you need it 3-4 chicken breasts, can of cream of chicken soup, 1/2 cup of milk, cup of cheddar cheese and a can of crescent rolls.
Boil the chicken. Then I put them in the Cuisenart instead of chopping by hand.
Grease the bottom of your pan and lay out your crescent rolls.
Mix up your chopped chicken and cup of cheese.
Mix up you cream of chicken soup and milk.
Fill each crescent with some of your chicken/cheese mixture.
Fold over and press crescent together.
Your bundles should look like so. If you have leftover chicken/cheese mixture, I just plopped heaps of it all around the pan.
Next, pour your soup/milk mixture over the chicken bundles.
I know it looks kind of gross, but it will be yummy!
Throw in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Sing and dance while you wait.
Voila! We served it with peas. Delish!
Great reheated the next day too!
More snow from my office!
Driving down the road to our house.
Our cul de sac....see our house peeking out from behind the mountain of snow?
Lauren all bundled up on the way home from daycare.
Saturday morning, we all (my brother, SIL, niece, and parents) went to our local firestation to support them. They held a delicious pancake (scrambled eggs and sausage) breakfast. Santa Claus was on hand as well. The food was really good and the kids loved eating next to the firetrucks. They also had numerous activites for the kids to do.
Lauren enjoying her pankcakes.
Brent, Jill and Lyla
Lauren and Lyla hugging.
Photo op with grandma and a firetruck.
Lauren at the activity table.
Lauren and her papa.
Enjoying a candy cane from Santa.
The view out one of our basement windows. We live in a split level house so the basement windows are above ground. As you can see the show is well up over the window.
Ahhh....chilling by the fireplace.
Lauren practicing her runway walk for us. Notice the heels and the wind in her hair. She's got skills.
Dressing up as a princess
Our mini tree with some gifts.
I found this meal on another blogger's site and thought it looked easy and yummy. I think she called it Crescent Chicken. Anyway, all you need it 3-4 chicken breasts, can of cream of chicken soup, 1/2 cup of milk, cup of cheddar cheese and a can of crescent rolls.
Boil the chicken. Then I put them in the Cuisenart instead of chopping by hand.
Grease the bottom of your pan and lay out your crescent rolls.
Mix up your chopped chicken and cup of cheese.
Mix up you cream of chicken soup and milk.
Fill each crescent with some of your chicken/cheese mixture.
Fold over and press crescent together.
Your bundles should look like so. If you have leftover chicken/cheese mixture, I just plopped heaps of it all around the pan.
Next, pour your soup/milk mixture over the chicken bundles.
I know it looks kind of gross, but it will be yummy!
Throw in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Sing and dance while you wait.
Voila! We served it with peas. Delish!
Great reheated the next day too!
More snow from my office!
Driving down the road to our house.
Our cul de sac....see our house peeking out from behind the mountain of snow?
Lauren all bundled up on the way home from daycare.
Saturday morning, we all (my brother, SIL, niece, and parents) went to our local firestation to support them. They held a delicious pancake (scrambled eggs and sausage) breakfast. Santa Claus was on hand as well. The food was really good and the kids loved eating next to the firetrucks. They also had numerous activites for the kids to do.
Lauren enjoying her pankcakes.
Brent, Jill and Lyla
Lauren and Lyla hugging.
Photo op with grandma and a firetruck.
Lauren at the activity table.
Lauren and her papa.
Enjoying a candy cane from Santa.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Blizzard of 2009
Well we sure got the snow, but thankfully the wind they were predicting didn't get that bad. We got around 20 inches of snow and now the frigid (-4 degrees and -20+ wind chills) have set in. I really hate winter, I hate the cold and the mess and the driving in it all. I have to admit though, it is rather pretty on the trees.
Our cul de sac did not get plowed out until 7pm last night, so good thing we had nowhere to go. Driving to work today was like driving through a snow fort. I will have some more pics to share tomorrow, along with a yummy and easy meal.
Outside my kitchen window at 7am
Our deck at 7am
Jason tackling the snow...took him nearly 2 hours to do the driveway and sidewalk. The snow was very wet and heavy.
Can you see the neighbors car buried in the snow there to the right?
Our cul de sac did not get plowed out until 7pm last night, so good thing we had nowhere to go. Driving to work today was like driving through a snow fort. I will have some more pics to share tomorrow, along with a yummy and easy meal.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
A Gripe
First of all I have to remember that Lauren called her burned hand (that blistered) her Bubblehand. Hilarious!
Onto my gripe. This weekend we took Lauren to the mall to pick a tag off the giving tree, so that we could help someone less fortunate have a nice Christmas. Now, times are hard for most people right now. Jason being laid off again has really made us tighten the belts on things once again, but I want Lauren to learn that we need to help others in need and the giving is far better than receiving. I went into this thinking we could spend about $25 for a gift. I thought that seemed logical. Boy was I wrong.
I let Lauren pick the tag and she picked a 44 year old man who wanted a T-shirt for Christmas. This was what I expected. Now, I am going to tell you that I held onto that one and glanced at some others to see if we could afford to do a child as well. Um...fat chance! I saw tags for boomboxes, CD players, PSP's, $80 perfume, pots and pans set, etc. I was shocked and kind of put off by it. I mean, times are tough and many people do not have the money to buy expensive things right now. It kind of hurt me that we wanted to do something nice for someone, yet we couldn't afford most of the things on these people's wish lists. Jason and I have not gotten each other Christmas, bday, anniversary gifts for years and we are fine with that.
Anyway, I gladly took our tag for the dear 44 year old who wanted a T-shirt. We found a pack of 3 very nice Wisconsin T-shirts for this person and I gladly got them knowing that this would make his Christmas a little more special. I think many forget the true meaning of Christmas. It shouldn't be about gifts, it should be about giving and family. What we teach our kids now will be instilled in them for a lifetime and I certainly hope my daughter learns that Christmas is not about how many gifts are under the tree.
**getting off my soapbox**
Onto my gripe. This weekend we took Lauren to the mall to pick a tag off the giving tree, so that we could help someone less fortunate have a nice Christmas. Now, times are hard for most people right now. Jason being laid off again has really made us tighten the belts on things once again, but I want Lauren to learn that we need to help others in need and the giving is far better than receiving. I went into this thinking we could spend about $25 for a gift. I thought that seemed logical. Boy was I wrong.
I let Lauren pick the tag and she picked a 44 year old man who wanted a T-shirt for Christmas. This was what I expected. Now, I am going to tell you that I held onto that one and glanced at some others to see if we could afford to do a child as well. Um...fat chance! I saw tags for boomboxes, CD players, PSP's, $80 perfume, pots and pans set, etc. I was shocked and kind of put off by it. I mean, times are tough and many people do not have the money to buy expensive things right now. It kind of hurt me that we wanted to do something nice for someone, yet we couldn't afford most of the things on these people's wish lists. Jason and I have not gotten each other Christmas, bday, anniversary gifts for years and we are fine with that.
Anyway, I gladly took our tag for the dear 44 year old who wanted a T-shirt. We found a pack of 3 very nice Wisconsin T-shirts for this person and I gladly got them knowing that this would make his Christmas a little more special. I think many forget the true meaning of Christmas. It shouldn't be about gifts, it should be about giving and family. What we teach our kids now will be instilled in them for a lifetime and I certainly hope my daughter learns that Christmas is not about how many gifts are under the tree.
**getting off my soapbox**
Prepping For A Big One
Well it is December, but I am not ready for the first big snowstorm of the season. It is snowing right now, but supposed to get very heavy after 6pm tonight and snow all night. Predictions for this storm are ranging anywhere from 12-18 inches right now. I pray they are wrong. Also, high winds in the forecast. I have a feeling all of us will be spending tomorrow at home.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Hodge Podge
It is the second week of December already and sadly the snow has started to fly here. UGH! They are predicting a BIG storm on Wednesday (9-12 inches of snow)
This post will be a hodge podge of things. Lots of pictures and what I did for our neighbors for the holiday, as well as, a Christmas gift to me.
Love the orange lining.
On Friday night (Dec 4th) we celebrated my mom's birthday. Lauren was in a little rocking chair and Lyla just walked over and sat on her lap. It was so funny and so cute.
Each year I like to make something for the neighbors in our cul-de-sac. They are all such sweet people. So I decided this year to make 4 kinds of muffins and do a "You're Getting Muffin For Christmas!" Get it??
I chose to make blueberry, lemon poppyseed, chocolate chip and cinnamon streusel muffins.
Putting em in the pans.
The cute cups I got from Vanilla Bean.
The great gable boxes I got from Hobby Lobby.
First batch out and 6 to go!
Mmmmmm!
The cards I made for each gift. 
The final product, ready for delivery!
My little helper.
Lauren doing some laundry.
My xmas gift....the jewelry armoire!! I love it!
This post will be a hodge podge of things. Lots of pictures and what I did for our neighbors for the holiday, as well as, a Christmas gift to me.
First off, since the snow is coming, I thought I would share one of my favorite winter staples. These cute boots from Lands End. They are comfy and so easy to slip on and off.
See our first snowfall?
Love the orange lining.
On Friday night (Dec 4th) we celebrated my mom's birthday. Lauren was in a little rocking chair and Lyla just walked over and sat on her lap. It was so funny and so cute.
Each year I like to make something for the neighbors in our cul-de-sac. They are all such sweet people. So I decided this year to make 4 kinds of muffins and do a "You're Getting Muffin For Christmas!" Get it??
I chose to make blueberry, lemon poppyseed, chocolate chip and cinnamon streusel muffins.
Putting em in the pans.
The cute cups I got from Vanilla Bean.
The great gable boxes I got from Hobby Lobby.
First batch out and 6 to go!
Mmmmmm!
The cards I made for each gift.
The final product, ready for delivery!
My little helper.
Lauren doing some laundry.
My xmas gift....the jewelry armoire!! I love it!
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