ABC the Bacholor

Is anyone as hooked on this season as I am. I like how he calls out these space cadet's and makes them explain themselves! This is a good season and I wrote off the Bachelor long ago as a show I would actually watch consistently.

I am so hooked on crocheting right now I can't put down my hook! I am working on three projects and love the results!

I will post pics tomorrow. But if you follow this blog you know that isn't generally the case.

The new giveaway over at DMC !

I am excited because these are our bracelets :) So excited! Hope you win!!
Here is the link

And the BLog is comming up I swear lol.

Reading Dracula

Ok I really think there are so many books I need to look into further :)

Dracula has been hard at first to get into but is really getting good!

Can't wait to see how this is going to play out!!

When Stress runs high....

There are some tell signs that stress is on and thick. I am not sure why now is a tougher time to handle than any other time of stress but it is weighing on me. The tells for stress for me are....
-Uncontrolled crying fits.
-Anger bursts.
-and when things get really bad....
The desire for a small rollie cute 8-9 week old puppy.

It is bad when there is a place to find such cute and adorable things. Not so much for sale as a "rehoming"fee.
This time it is really bad. I am ready to go on a computer/everything fast to get away for awhile and just relax. It is like my own form of puppy porn. It started when I was very young. If it isn't puppies it would be something else. I just wish it was Gourmet food or something that my kids could use.

And I need to run.... like I have never run before.
My timed mile was 12 minutes and I am going to time again this weekend. I just need some really big stress relief.

Busy Busy tis the season!

This week we...
-Orgainzed next Book Swap!
-Started reading Dracula (thanks Lani for the push)
-Hung Fliers for davis.momscircuit.com
-Started actually working hard on the Blog for MomsCircuit.com
-Tree lighting down town was so fun with the choir and treats and sleigh rides.
-Helped in Thing 1's class, we did Pumpkin bread, and I played drop the sicks to see what side they would land on (probability thing).
-Timed my mile. :) Did I mention how much I love running? Hee Hee
-ordered thing 1's new glasses Phew!
-designed coupon for Davis.MomsCircuit.com for downtown store that is on the new blog that will be ready soon :).
- Looking for ideas for my hand made CHRISTMAS CARDS!
- Realized there would be no Zhu Zhu Pets under the tree this year... Ok I am over it ;)
- Discovered these are kinda cute.
-Found out where my brother is going on his Mission. :)

Stress around this holiday season is incredible. I can't believe how crazy this year has been. Breathe just breathe.

Setting goals for long term achievements.

This is not my strong point. I am the care taker of three small children. I put out fires a lot of my day.Things that are planned are a lot of times don't happen because of one reason or another. But I really like being in physical shape and I like the energy and the amount of work I get accomplished when I am in shape.
The past two weeks I have been sick. Just sick and sleepy with this cold congestion crap. Everytime I spend time recovering I always get the itch to exercise. So the goal now is to cut my mile time down. I will start very slowly. And work my way to whittle down my time. Outside in the cold is my first obstacle I must overcome. Then there is the motive to listen to new music. And then there is my dislike of running I have to get over.

I plan on running. Becoming a runner. A good runner. I used to be a runner. Now I am a walk runner. I love to walk. Maybe I will be a walker..... I also like bikes..... Man I have ADD.

The Halloween Post

Ok it is a bit behind but last weekend was a total blast. We went to the church's Trunk or Treat, Went to an awesome Halloween party, road the last run on the Spookie Train in Old Sac. Then wrapped it all up with some trick or treating in the old neighborhood. Man I want to do it all over again.
Can't wait to see what this holiday season brings! Hope less candy!

Foreign Service Anyone?

Ok the Band passed the exam. What exam you ask the Foreign Service Officer Exam. Well the initial exam. He now has go through the narrative and then oral interview. We are so excited this is his dream job. Seriously I am scared to the point of nervous giddy laughter. We'll see what happens.

YEAH BAND!!

Never thought I would type this....

This afternoon I was looking out the back windshield to check if it was safe to make a lane change on the freeway. I couldn't believe what I saw. A frog. (yeah It was hard for me to beleive my eyes too) was trying to scale the back window! I was freaking out and then asked the kids if the frog was on the inside or outside. They started shrieking and I knew it was on the inside. The sound of excitement mixed with terror ensued. I knew I needed to clean the van but really? Seriously? A fully grown frog??? WHAT the WHAT?

We got home and we unloaded EV-E-RY thing which included four jackets of Thing 1 that I had been looking for :)

Could not, still cannot Believe a frog was in my VAN!

Woot woot for do it your self hair!

Ok there are things that I must confess. I don't know which I love more the long flowing hair or the beautiful short sassy hair. I like the sassy for now.

Damage report... A++ Ode to thing 2

Some times the list works to work it out.

-The fish last night jumped on Thing 1's bed and fell on the foot of the bed. Split his eyebrow right open. No stitches just glued shut.
- Thing 2 just cut her hair. Let's just say it is Business in the front and party in the back. I have to deal with it after school tomorrow.
-We all woke up with soar throats..... Yeah
Rough day. I think we will be good but I didn't take a chance kept everyone home. I am really excited to see the sun tomorrow it was not so good not being in our regular routine:( I am kicking everyone into gear tomorrow.

We are going to have a do over.

Yard Sale finds!

Can I say .......... 5 dollars? Sure it was probably a little more expensive at wally's (hee Hee) when she bought it but I like 5 dollars.

Back to work!

This week we have the GRAND Opening of the new Website MomsCircuit.com this is the Davis one that is set up right now if you have requests to start one in your area.... tough! Ha Ha just kidding we are working on it. Meanwhile come check out the happenings around our neck of the woods. It would be really nice if you have been some of these places or seen some of these events to rate them.

I will be designing Wordpress and Blogger templates soon so you can keep an eye out for those. I am going to put up there more designs for the covers of the planners so there is a selection.

I have been Gathering ideas for the news letters and what is happening around town but I am going to need some ideas on what to write about.

Hopefully we will have a widget and some I-cal attachment features soon for the site so the events that you want can go right on to your calendar ;)
We'll see how this flies and then I am sure I will be doing more crazy projects.

Book or Recipe by it's cover..... Don't judge!

Ok so a couple weeks ago I am thumbing through the Cookbooks I have and I have some Country cooking book that had some "misc" recipes in the back. I love these kinds I could read these all day long. But one caught my eye

Peanut Butter Banana Toasted sandwiches.

Come on. Are you kidding me? Mashed banana in Peanut butter?? I have had some crazy combos like
Salt on Mangos
Cereal and Yogurt
Crepes and Yogurt
cottage cheese and Ruffles potato chips
I mean I am willing to give anything pretty much ago.... ask R.G. I downed some nasty sesame seed sweet ball of pooh yesterday.

The Banana and Peanut butter sounded to me like someone pulled it off of the Oscar the grouch menu. Something like "Pickles and Ice cream"

So I had to give it a whirl.

LOVED IT! Made my kids eat it and they TOTALLY LOVED IT.

So here it is. Peanut butter mixed with two mashed bananas to taste.... sandwhich them like toasted cheesers and grill them on each side. Eat hot steamy mess and LOVE IT TOO! I dare you.

Two brothers

Yesterday morning around 4:30am I woke up to some light peering through my door. The normal dark house is not usually lit up so well at that hour. I slowly made my way down the stairs. I then hear some clanging and banging of our fisherprice train set. I look and the two boys are already getting the tracks laid and the trains moving.

I am too tired to be really upset. So I gently tell them to go back to sleep.
Thing 1 instantly turns to the FISH and in a direct tone says,

"I told you this was a bad idea!" We had two cranky boys to deal with yesterday.

If it Sounds Gross.....

It could be but try it anyways. Here is where I am going with this. I love food and yesterday I went with a friend to a SUSHI BUFFET. I thought it was just a normal sushi place. I am glad I didn't research it before hand and just went. So glad we did! Thanks R.G. I need some more adventures in my life.

Any one want to RACE?

On Labor Day this year I ran a 5k It was so much fun!
Here are some of our crazy shots. :) the after ones are the best who knows what was going through my head!

Surprise!!

We had a surprise birthday party for our friend B.W. and we had so much fun getting there and setting the whole thing up.
Here are some of the shots from the party. Thanks I.W. for setting this up we had a total blast!

Thing 1 Humor

I have to post about Thing 1's humor lately. Couple years ago it was the art of the nonsense joke. Where you just got the cue to laugh from his own fierce laughter.
This week we have been introduced to "practical jokester Thing 1"

"Hey Mom! I have Poo on my arm" he yells from the bathroom. This was such a disgustingly gross image that entered my mind so I armed myself with baby wipes . Then he showed me his "muddied" arm. It was peanut butter. FUNNY...... to him..... Me I still used the wipes for the peanut butter.

Earlier .......
I am getting out of the shower and started dressing. I think I had one item of clothing on. All of a sudden I hear foot steps on the stairs. My door is the one at the top of the stairs. So I call out...."oh Who is there" and I hear a quick answer "It's me George"

You would think that simple phrase would have no effect.... WRONG with that simple phrase I have never moved across my laundry filled bedroom so swiftly. I was a lighting bolt. I can't even remember crossing the room I was just there shutting the door. FAST.

"George" is our neighbor. You know, you have a "George" in your neighborhood too. The one that knocks on your door CON.st.ant.ly at the same time everyday to see if Thing 1 (or your child) can play. He has been known to not understand "boundaries" being only six I can cut him some slack. Let's be honest, I am still working on that.... I just didn't want to blind our fine youth we have in our neighbor hood :)