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Not Too ShabbyI flew pretty well last week, and I'm excited about the state of the house. I tried to do a little 15 minutes of something during "breaks" like between chapters, during commercials, waiting for web pages to load... I folded laundry while I was on the phone. Flung in the fridge while waiting for DH to get out of the shower. Did the good 'ole shish-n-swipe when I got out of the shower. That's gonna be my new strategy this year. TADA PODA I hope everyone had a peaceful Christmas and a fun New Year. See Ya,  Hello......Hi you guys Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year! As usual - PODA TADA Hope everyone is well and happy! love Old to newhad this on the old thread. Thought I would just MOOOOve it on over here!! Honey, I'm home!! We had the ultimate Christmas and SURPRISED my mother, et al, for the holidays. And boy, did it surprise them! LOL! It was lots of fun though, with LOTS of references to National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (we took the RV, and it made the neighbors Christmas when we pretended to dump the holding tanks into the sewer, all while holding a beer and shouting "shitters full". They are my mother's best friends and they all LOVE that movie). It was just great! But driving 1300 miles with 4 kids wasn't that much fun. LOL! They were well behaved, even the baby. But man that's long! So now, home. I have a camper to unload and much stuff to find places for. Laundry to do, Christmas to put away. I should put the computer away and not get it out til it's all done (but then when would I be back?). Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Hey Honey! You stole myHey Honey! You stole my PODA and TADAS!! LOL!!! Yesterday was nice to come home, relax a bit in my home (which seems bigger after 3 days on the road! LOL!). It was COLD so I only unloaded essentials from the camper. But today's weather shows getting up into the 50's, so I believe I will try to accomplish some things. PODA: No, that's not all. Just, EVERYTHING. LOL! But I also want to sit, relax at my desk with my NEW 20" flatscreen computer monitor (my Christmas present from DH), and make my goals and resolutions for the new year (in other words, make some lists and plans for the year). I think I'll be getting rid of DH for the day (his new barn was completed while we were away, and he is SO excited, he can't wait to fill it up with tools and equipment). So I'm sure he will be out there or out shopping for needed items for it. Just me this week? Well,Just me this week? Well, ok! LOL! My TADA yesterday: Today's PODA: I'm not sure what all the day will hold in store. My MIL has my neice and nephew (SIL and hubby went to Las Vegas. The one in Nevada, not the one in New Mexico. LOL!). We will probably go over there to play. And while I'm out I can pick up the last 2 weeks of mail that's sitting in the post office. Won't THAT be fun! I may have to run to town for groceries, not sure. NahI'm here. TADA PODA I'm doing some consulting and have to figure out how to do a comprehensive evaluation on an unmediated child (no contact with anyone except her grandmother for 8 years, she's non-verbal). So, I have some major internet research/emailing to do... Ta-ta,  Wow, good luck wiht that oneWow, good luck wiht that one Jo!Let me know how it turns out. Your dinner sounds great as usual. I am here too, just not much to report - Your trip sounded fun Jenny! Oh my gosh, Jo! Really,Oh my gosh, Jo! Really, good luck with that little girl! It's a challenging task but I'm sure you will do great. Yesterday's TADA: Didn't get much other than that accomplished because about 1 I went to the inlaws and didn't get home til after 10 last night. I did, however, help MIL cook and clean up over there, does that count? LOL! PODA: Oh, and DH got electricity to his barn yesterday. Today he is putting up lights. And I shall be gathering things throughout the house that will LEAVE my house and take up new residence in his barn (like drills, misc. tools, etc). I've got a box started already! Hi Everyone -Definitely count the work at inlaws Jenny! DH must be excited about his barn. Just got back from DS's first basketball game. They did really well - they don't keep an overall score - reset the scoreboard at the end of each period - but they won each period so I guess they won! TADA so far: PODA: dinner: rib eye steaks (maybe grilled), broccoli, something with potatoes? Andrea, I never heard ofAndrea, I never heard of resetting the score for each period! That's weird. Glad he had a good game. Hopefully I will hear soon which teams my girls got on. I only got the laundry done yesterday. DH needed my help a bit out in the barn, putting in several light fixtures and lots of electrical outlets (which he still isn't done with). One of my jobs was to wheel his butt around on the scaffold. Kinda fun. I made a few lists, wrote a letter for the preschool parents (I'm in charge of organizing a bake sale). Made dinner (Pork chops, stove top, green beans) and cleaned it all up. Then the kids and I played Disney SceneIt in my bed (because exhausted DH had fallen asleep on the sofa). Today the kids and I are going to church. I'll go get groceries while they are in SS. Then I'll drop the girls off at the inlaws so they can spend the night (school starts Tuesday). scratch church. Kids weren't up for it this morning, and SIL is in town at the inlaws house, will probably be gone by the time we get home. So, new plan: go to inlaws. After I round up some breakfast. Hey everyone - Jenny, IHey everyone - We scratched church today for the first time in a very long time. I got quite a bit done here, Christmas finally put away , just doing a bit of vacuuming, etc. Starting to think about redoing DD's room - I got her a really nice comforter and cover earlier in the fall, but we never painted or got accessories. She wants each wall to be a different color, but I'm not buying it! See ya -  Revving up the enginesI've been going over my old flylady stuff, trying to start fresh again. It is not easy to adapt to our current lifestyle -- too many activities -- school, business, etc. -- going on in one house! Take heart -- I was just working on my Christmas cards today! I'm out of address labels, so I printed them on regular paper and will cut and paste them on the envelopes. Just don't make me write! You are better than I am,You are better than I am, Shaun! I just completely skipped the cards all together. Andrea, I want to do some decorating! While in ATL, I went to my first PotteryBarn Kids store and brought home catalogs (I've gotten catalogs before, just never been in a store). Man, I just want to redo everything!! If only we won the lottery... Mark me up for NADA today. Too busy at the inlaws house. Life is fixin' to get a WHOLE lot busier here. BB coach just called. I'll be going to town at least 3 times a week for that. LOL! Good Morning! Missed youGood Morning! Missed you guys. We were in Florida over Winter Break visiting family. It was a great time,good weather most days and lots of eating!! Drove all night Saturday and got home Sunday afternoon. The van is unpacked,bought milk and oj,did laundry. Today I need to grocery shop and pick up mail at Post Office, and start putting away Xmas decor. Kids are back in school today. They called me to sub but I had to say no,we really have no food here!!! Must do that if nothing else. Sounds like everyone is busy but well. Hellos to all of you. Heidi Good Morning!
Hi All - Back to work today, moving kind of slow. Just maintaining today at home - the house is in ok shape. Not sure what's for dinner - DS has been bugging me to make homemade split pea soup of all things, so I may do that. Sounds like a nice trip Heidi! Welcome home, Heidi!! WhatWelcome home, Heidi!! What kind of teacher calls in sick on the first day back from a 2 week vacation!? LOL! Andrea, I can't wait to see pictures of her room! I LOVE PBKs gingham sheets. My girls have been drooling over the Teen catalog, but I'm in tears looking at the baby/kids one (can I have another baby please?! LOL! Just kidding. For now. LOL!). We have no milk and no bread. Not a good thing. I will have to go to Walmart today. I'm going to look around and see what they have in terms of storage that are similar to PBKs for things like magazines and CDs. I've given DH his first building project in the new barn: a shelf to run about a foot from the ceiling for the whole east wall in the girls' room. I can put pretties and trophies and all my old horse models on it. Tonight we are having dinner at a friends house. PODA: TADA: haircut for boys (DS2TADA: That's all I really got done today. Kids are back to school tomorrow (I love them, but I am thankful for a slight break from them). I'll be back in the a.m.!! Good Morning! TADA morningGood Morning! TADA PODA Pretty much a paperwork day,yuck! Oh well,best get at it. Have a good one! Heidi Heidi, I need to tackleHeidi, I need to tackle paperwork today as well. 2007 filing, paying this months bills, getting stuff ready for the tax guy. And while I'm here in the office, I'll be cleaning up a few more things. I had planned for this office to be MY office. BUT, DH has other plans, and it's instead going to be another living area, someday. Directv is coming out Thursday to install my DVR, and while I got them here, we want another line put in the office-soon-to-be-livingroom. It will be more of a room for the kids to watch their stuff while adults can still gather and watch what they want in the main living room. That way, the kids have their own TV without it being in their room. Sorry, had a ramble. I think tonight I may bring home pizza for dinner. We have BB practice til 6:30, so that will work out great. TADA sorted all 2007 papersTADA sorted all 2007 papers into neat stacks Jenny-I vote for pizza anytime!! Our kids don't have TVs in their rooms either. They can watch DVDs or shows on the main one so we can monitor. If we want to watch something that is not appropriate for them,they can go up in our room and watch there instead. Heidi Heidi, that's kinda how weHeidi, that's kinda how we are. TV in the living room, one in our bedroom. But the kids don't always agree on what to watch (4 of them tend to disagree, and DS2 usually wins because, well, I say so!). So I think this will be a good alternative. I didn't get much of my paperwork stuff done yesterday. Maybe I can tackle it some today. Got sidetracked with moving a TV around (it was in the boys room, but it played movies only. Usually Thomas the Tank Engine or Toy Story). Pizza last night was yummy! This morning was unexpectedly early. the kids all made Honor roll and brought home a note saying Honor Roll Breakfast at 7am this morning followed by awards assembly. So, I've been there all morning. Since getting back home, I'm working on second load of laundry, run dishwasher, and cleaned all bathrooms. Trying to get the house clean since the TV guy will be here tomorrow. No poda, just the usual. SighI just have no motivation this week. I want to sit in my chair with my feet up and read and drink tea... TADA PODA Maybe I'm just really overtired. I am in another of my 3-5 times yearly insomniac spells. ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Good Afternoon! TADA morningGood Afternoon! PODA Jenny-kudos to your kids on the honor roll achievements Jo- I get insomnia quite often. I know that sit and stare feeling fairly well,especially in the winter months. Hang in there. Heidi Morning! I got 5 loads ofMorning! I got 5 loads of laundry done, still two to fold. Bathrooms cleaned. Got some letters written, some pictures scanned, but I'm procrastinating the paperwork thing. But together some shelves I got at Walmart for movies (put all the kids stuff on it). Made a pretty good dinner (stuffed shells, salad, followed by banana bread). I stayed pretty busy all day, but looking around the house there isn't much to show for it. DirecTV guy comes today, between 4 and 8. I'll get the living room and office and kitchen cleaned up pretty good. Will even light up my Bath and Body works oil thingie I got last month. Make the house smell purty! Good Evening! TADA morningGood Evening! TADA PODA Heidi TGIF! Yes, even I am sayingTGIF! Yes, even I am saying that today. We didn't have school on Monday, so we are making up for it today. Dh didn't realize that and had already told DS5 they would stay up playing games. Well, he wasn't very pleased when I made him go to bed because it was a school night. LOL! We got a DVR! Guy was supposed to be here between 4-8 yesterday. He called at 1:30, wanted to know if it would be ok if he came on out. Why, yes, that would be just fine! He was done before 4. DH was able to record All in the Family and Frasier while he slept, can watch them some other time now. And the kids are thrilled that they can now watch their shows, too. Someone ought to just come in and condemn the girls' room. It's HORRIBLE! Even when they pick up the floor, it's just shoved to the sides. And there is still a MOUSE in there! I'm about sick of this mice thing. I'm fixin' to just douche that room! Girls have a basketball scrimmage tonight in town, and another tomorrow. I've also told friends daughter that I would babysit her 6 month old today if she needs it. So, I should get crackin' on that room! BTW, Bath and Body works scented oil thingies: HIGHLY recommend them. My house smells so goooood! Not the plug-in ones, the oils you use with a candle thingie. Love it! Just.Can't.Muster.The.Effort.To do a darn thing. SLUG TADA PODA Jenny, we had a mouse problem at our last house. I hate mice. {{{{{shiver}}}}}}}} Heidi, what has been your favorite class to sub for so far? See ya chicas, -Jo Hi All, Tada morningHi All, PODA DD is at a friend's house til 6pm. Not sure about dinner,feel uninspired... Jenny-mice---eek--- Jo-the class I like the best is the severe behavior/emotionally disturbed one but I also like hanging out in the Kindergarten rooms too for a change of pace!! Good luck on your exam. Have a pleasant night Heidi Jo, did you remodel theJo, did you remodel the whole kitchen? Would love to see pics sometime! That is one of our next projects, but I leaning more towards corian (spelling?). Cheaper than granite, better than plain old laminate or whatever it is. Would you believe I caught THREE mice in the last 24 hours in the girls' room!!?? OMG, I'm so disgusted!!! No school today (of course), and I'm fixing to go on the rampage in there. I went thru some clothes yesterday. But as usual, life got busy with other things. So, work on girls' room, WITH the girls. Though they are having a fit about going in their room if there are still mice in there (they are in there because THEY have left candy in there and the room is a pig sty. Perfect hiding place for mice!!). They won't even sleep in there, but instead are sleeping in the boys' room (it's THAT bad to them!). We only have the morning for this, because the Varsity girls play today in a big tournament (for 3rd place. WTG Broncos!!), then the next game my girls scrimmage during halftime. Will stop by Walmart and get groceries. Oh, and I may get to do all of the above with NO BOYS!! Whoohoo!! Dang toddler, keeps me fromDang toddler, keeps me from getting my work done!! His demands of being held, or for "something else" to eat (his favorite right now is raisin bran, but only to pick out the sugar coated raisins. I've tried to trick him by adding regular raisins to it, but he's a smart toot). Anyway, we got thru all the clothes in the closet in the girls room yesterday. Which isn't much. We packed away seasonal things (finally) and got out winter stuff (again, finally). And got a whole big tub of too small and unwanted stuff out. Still, much to be done. Why is it that Pottery Barn Teen has the ONLY storage solution baskets/boxes I'm looking for? Walmart had NOTHING close, neither do other chain stores online. Ticks me off!! Today, I'm ditching church. Well, that's nothing new. I really was going to go, but they scheduled a church ad-min board meeting (of which I'm secretary of) for 3. So, when church/SS is over at 11:45, what am I going to do for the next 3 hours? So, ditching church and will go to the meeting later. In the meantime, I'll work on the girls room some more. I bought more tubs and laundry baskets at Walmart yesterday. Hi!Hi Everyone! Jenny, did you check target.com. I got DD's lime green collapsible storage squares there. See ya! Good Afternoon! TADA morningGood Afternoon! TADA PODA My mom had been sick at Xmas and then we were away on vacation so today we are FINALLY having Xmas with her. DH will make calzones on his new pizza stone I gave him,yummy... Jenny-www.thecontainerstore.com is another good source,try them. Who else?? Can't think... Andrea-what is the color/theme for your DD? We are in processs of redoing DS13 room since it has been the same since he turned 7! All blue walls and denim comforter is what it is now. He will get light tan walls and one olive green wall, a larger bed(twin now), and new bedding in tan/cream/olive colors. Good luck! Just started snowing here Heidi Stores I tried (online, ofStores I tried (online, of course): and still, PBT is the only place that comes close to what I want. Well, we will see. I may just break down. That's the thing with PB -That's the thing with PB - they have JUST the right thing, so after awhile people just say what the heck! DDs room looks good - still needs some finishing touches - I've been working onI've been working on paperwork all morning. Ugh. No where near done. I've just been balancing checkbook and updating quicken, haven't begun to pay the bills yet. money, money, money. We don't have enough, the church doesn't have enough. I had admin board meeting at church last night, and a good hour was spent arguing over the budget and getting it approved. My husband managed to blow up the grill last night. Yup, that's right. As in, he singed off a good bit of his eyelashes and eyebrows, moustache, and had to use a fire extingusher. Oh my. Inlaws were on there way over for dinner, and I had no grill to cook the steaks on!! Ended up broiling them (that was a new adventure for me). Like I needed something else to do, I told friends daughter I would babysit every Tuesday for her, starting tomorrow. Well, at least she is paying me for it. Well, I need to go help DH out in the field. Moving equipment to another field, gotta road him back and forth. Then pick up the kids, come home and do homework before we go to a friends house for dinner (DH has board meeting tonight). Good Evening! TADA morningGood Evening! TADA PODA Jenny-how old is your friend's DD? Hope it isn't all too much on you,no? Good Luck! Wow, was the grill fiasco part of DH's EMT training???LOL Glad he is okay. Hi, Andrea Heidi LOL! No, the grill fit inLOL! No, the grill fit in with the fire fighting training. Actually, it was DD10 who ran after the extingusher. Way to go Jr. firefighter (she is a member of the dept, afterall!) Friends DD is 20. Friend's DDs baby is 6 months. She is still going to school and subbing some on the side. But this semester I guess the classes she needed were only offered on Tuesday. I don't mind. I probably won't even let her pay me (she and her hubby are so young, afterall, and need all the help they can get). I won't be around in the morning. Picking up the baby at school when I drop off the kids (baby's grandmother is DS5's teacher. We have it worked out that I pick him up at school in the mornings and will drop him off when I pick up the kids in the afternoon). Then I have to head up to C-town for some errands. Tomorrow night is basketball practice for the girls, so will be back to town for me. Whoohoo!! NOT!! LOL! Good Afternoon! Well, DSGood Afternoon! TADA PODA Heidi Good morning!! Heidi, hopeGood morning!! I got half the girls room done yesterday. Today, will tackle under the bed. Oh, I'm not putting it all away. So far I have filled one large tub of schtuff. If they don't get it put away, I will either give it away or throw it away. But I am getting the room clean! But with it in the tubs, I can hide those easily and room will be clean. Yesterday I also got a couple of errands done (not the Hobby Lobby. Didn't feel like messing with the baby I was babysitting and DS2 in there). But got DH registered for his EMT course, dropped off some checks, and last night did the grocery store while DDs had basketball practice. As mentioned, I will finish the girls room today. I also have a more important matter of some paperwork. Which I better do right now. Good Morning! DS stayed homeGood Morning! DS stayed home again yesterday. I am about to go upstairs to see if he is up to going to school today. This is the worst cold he has ever had as far as duration,poor kid. PODA Heidi I posted yesterday, butI posted yesterday, but guess it's floating somewhere out there.... TADA: didn't get much more done in the girls room or in the office. DD10 had a friend stay over last night, and between eating, playing, and watching TV, we have managed to work on the experiments for their science fair project. We have ball game to cheer at tonight. Load of laundry going now. Good Evening! Seems like theGood Evening! Seems like the Jenny and Heidi Show here.... TADA My mom gave DD a small 5 gallon tank for Xmas and today brought over the fish and gravel for it. Dd has been wanting fish for awhile and was so excited. Now let's see how long we can keep them alive. Anyone keep up with Susannah? Hope all is well with them. Heidi I'm here!Hey Everyone - Fish are fun Heidi, although they are too smelly for me! We have had a few and they are very relaxing to watch - wish they had fish that don't require cleaning of the bowl! Of course they are way easier than a puppy! Don't get me started on that one. Winding up a typical week - somewhat stressful as we were planning our spring vacation. Kind of wrapped that up tonite - we are going to Florida for a week - haven't nailed down the lodging yet though We have many family obligations also, so it is tricky to travel without feeling guilty! DH has been a saint - vacuumed, dust mopped, swept,changed sheetsm and actually cleaned my kitchen floor on his hands and knees the way I like it! I learned this from my housekeeper that I no longer have - it works really well and is actually easier than mopping. He also did a WM run today and picked up watches at the jewelry store (batteries). Hmmmm, what did I do? Cooked, dishes, laundry put away (he did that too). I really am lucky I guess as much as I complain. DD and I are going to HSM on Ice tomorrow and out for lunch. Should be fun. DS has a game which I will miss. Then DS's party is Monday - we are doing a sports garden event where the boys can play soccer, kickball, dodgeball, and basketball for a couple hours and also have lunch in there. Should be a good time. I read Susannah's blog - seems like she is doing well. Very busy of course. She always keeps up a great attitude - I admire that. Andrea, how was HSM on Ice?Andrea, how was HSM on Ice? My girls would have loved that! Heidi, have fun with the fish tank. I'm sure DD will love watching them! Homecoming was last night. My cheerleaders did excellent! Especially the last half of the boys game, when the Varsity cheerleaders were absent (getting ready for the homecoming festivities after the game). It was harder than I thought. It's one thing cheering along with the varsity girls. Quite another figuring out which cheer to do when on your own (especially since I never was a cheerleader) . But we came thru and did pretty good! We are having company over for dinner tonight. I made the BBQ yesterday, it will be wonderful tonight. Me and dd8 (and hopefully DS5) will work on the house and get it spiffed up. Need to vacuum and mop as well as picking up and quick wipedown of bathrooms. Margaritas are in the freezer, beer in the fridge. Find a recipe for hash brown casserole (Cracker Barrel). Or may just do mashed taters. Hi All- Jenny, the show wasHi All- Hi Heidi and whoever else is out there! PODA: See ya! Glad the show was good,Glad the show was good, Andrea! Wish I lived closer to some of these HSM/Hannah Montana stuff. The HM movie won't be around here next month I'm sure. Well, small price to pay for being in the country, right? Dinner last night went well. I made Paula Deen's hashbrown potato casserole, a chocolate merangue (sp?) pie, and an apple pie. The guests brought a vegetable (green beans with velveta and a can of rotel tomato/chili) and a chocolate dish that was yummy. I had also made homemade rolls, but for some reason after 8 hours they hadn't done what they were supposed to do. I managed to salvage them about midnight last night, we can eat them today I guess. DH insisted on homemade waffles this morning. I haven't bothered to unload the dishwasher or clean up this morning's mess. I'm just being lazy now. I want to just be lazy today. Can I, please? LOL! Just me, huh? ok. I canJust me, huh? ok. I can live with that... Babysitting today. Then town and store tonight while girls have bb practice. Probably won't fly much today with the baby here. Hard enough just to get this post done! Oh, over the weekend I made a big change in my life. After 7 years, I have changed the format of my website. It is now a blog. But same address: www.jandjessary.com Good Afternoon! TADA morningGood Afternoon! TADA PODA Jenny- i loved looking at your pictures, I will miss them,but understand it can be time consuming and all. Hi Guys!! Heidi Just me and Heidi then.Just me and Heidi then. (I'm sure the rest of you are just too busy flying to post, right? LOL!). Heidi, there will be lots of pictures to come on the blog, so check back. Ok, so yesterday was a flop since I was babysitting (how did I get ANYTHING done when any of my kids were 6 months old?). I really have to do laundry today, I'm down to ankle socks in my drawer! Its been years since I did a 27 fling boogie. I think I should do one today. *Laundry There is more, I'll get to it later. Good Evening! TADA morningGood Evening! TADA PODA DH is making breakfast for dinner:pancakes and bacon,it smells good in here.... Catch you all tomorrow Heidi Hey gals - I'm here - alwaysHey gals - Heidi, there is nothing better than the smell of bacon in the am, unless it's bacon and coffee. Yum. Hey Jenny, you are a saint to watch that baby! Made a great dinner tonite - pork roast marinated in maple, soy, sesame (got this from Jo), I threw carrots and pre cut butternut squash in the dutch oven - roasted for 3 hours at 325 or so. Spinach salad and baked potato on the side. Bread for kids. Yum! My favorite was the carrots and butternut squash - caramelized. Flying, not so much, just maintaining. See ya! Dinner sounds yummy,Dinner sounds yummy, Andrea!! Your's too, Heidi. I love breakfast for dinner! We just had hamburger helper. whoohoo. Tonight I think I'll make burritos. TADA (from yesterday): Today's PODA: Awesome Jenny! You go girl!Awesome Jenny! You go girl! Hope you get at least some of your poda done. Bad day all around here - negative meeting at school - got blamed for some stuff by a parent. I feel like I'm gaining weight even though I feel like I'm eating next to nothing - not fun. Then I burned my finger on the stove just now. Ouch. Think I'll give up for the day. Have a good nite guys - Sorry to hear that your daySorry to hear that your day was lousy, Andrea. TGIF though! Hope your weekend is better. TADA I am subbing all day again tomorrow so not too much flying here. Heidi Andrea, Wednesday night wasAndrea, Wednesday night was a full moon. You were probably just feeling the effects of that yesterday. Have a good one today!! Enjoy subbing Heidi. Got the clothes sorted, but not the magazines. Got 4 loaves of banana bread baked, sliced, bagged, and 1 batch of cupcakes made, and I bagged up all the halloween candy in snack sized bags. All for the bake sale today. Won't be home to fly today: Then on Saturday we have 2 BB games in town to play, starting at 8am. Hopefully this weekend I can get the other items on the previous poda done. Good Morning! Subbed all dayGood Morning! Subbed all day yesterday in the main office,boy is that place BUSY! It went well though. PODA Instead of dinner, we are having finger foods and everyone can just pick. It's easier and more relaxed that way since there will be 4 kids here that won't be too happy if they had to all sit through a long dinner. Then they can go play and the adults can talk! Did you sell everything at the bake sale,Jenny? Hope the girls had fun at their BB games. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Heidi Whew!! It's after 4 and weWhew!! It's after 4 and we are finally home! We had to be in town at 8am. Girls won their first game, lost the second. Ate chinese, had to buy dd10 new shoes (good tennis shoes, not the cheap ones at Walmart), then still had to go to Walmart because the shoe place didn't have socks that would fit her. Couple other errands before getting to come home. Heidi, the bake sale went good. We had a bit left over. One of the teachers brought a snow cone machine and the kids really ate that stuff up rather than the homemade stuff (except the burritos, which were gone before 1st lunch was over). But we made $335 anyway. This will pay for our end of the year field trip, t-shirts, snacks, and lunch for the whole preschool. Three days of not being here and the house has fallen apart! How does that happen when we aren't home? I will probably ditch church again tomorrow and try to catch up on stuff (and sleep in a little. Today really threw us in a loop). Hi Everyone! Busy day forHi Everyone! Sounds like a great idea for a party Heidi - I should try it. Lots of our friends are our kids' friends' parents and so having them over for a formal dinner doesn't really work. What finger foods did you make? TADA: That's about it! Most of our burritos areMost of our burritos are beef, potatoes, beans and green chili. Although sometimes someone will throw a few red chili ones in there as well (the New Mexico official state question is "Red or Green?"), and when we used to have school 5 days a week, the meat is omitted during Lent (because of all the Spanish kids who are Catholic and can't have meat then). All on a flour tortilla, kept warm in a roaster. Certain parents and teachers have a reputation for their burritos. When the high school English teacher makes them, they are in HIGH demand. She makes everything from scratch, right down to the tortillas. Kids LOVE them. We aren't supposed to sell them until the kids have been to lunch in the cafeteria, but the high schoolers and teachers sneak down before the sell actually starts. We usually have at least 4 or 5 dozen burritos, sell them for $1.50 each. They aren't small, usually a 12 inch tortilla. Teachers will come buy 2 or 3 of them just for themselves. Yeah, we heard we weren't supposed to do bake sales too, but ignored it. Not sure if it was our state or mandatory or what. But we do it anyway. They are our only fundraisers for preschool, elementary and middle school. Weren't they also supposed to do away with coke and vending machines? We still have ours! hehehe. Another fundraiser. The money we make off those go to the athletics dept (except the ones in the ag shop go to FFA). It's nice to be in a small school where we can "bend" around some of the rules and still have some of the high up people on our side! LOL! Hey Everyone- Ok, I'mHey Everyone- Ok, I'm salivating here Jenny! You know I love Mexican from living in San Antonio - we haven't really been able to find good reproductions of that here though. I know that was Tex-Mex. Yours may be different. I miss it. I miss getting the "slushee" margaritas from the machine with some really good chicken and black bean nachos. Ok, I'm reminiscing here. Which green or red chilies do people use? I have a pretty good selection of peppers at my Wegmans. And friend potatoes? I really need to take a trip back to SA. Got a lot done today, but not much time for me. Wegmans and WalMart. DS11 skating, laundry, church, some cleaning, etc. I am working 1/2 day tomorrow due to a dentist appointment, so that will help - The chilies used here areThe chilies used here are Hatch or New Mexico chili. Around here, people buy them in late summer thru fall by the 25 or 50 pound sack at any grocery store (especially Walmart) and they will roast them free. Your eyes will burn and water just sitting in the parking lot. LOL! My MIL always gets a bunch, then takes them home and freezes it in little bagfuls. Then she will make stew, or fry it with some squash and cheese, put it on steaks. Green is usually fresh picked and milder, while red means it has had time to dry out and is usually hotter (but not always. Ask when you order which is hotter). Red ones are also decorative, you see them hanging in bunches on houses and are sold in roadside stands that are everywhere. Here is an interesting artical I found about our chili: New Mexican food is different than Tex-Mex. We ate at a place on the Riverwalk ('Ritas) and I wasn't that impressed. I like what we have here I guess. However, that place had some goooood Margaritas!! LOL! I did some decluttering. Well, sorta. I could smell a dead mouse in my sewing closet, so I attacked it. Managed to throw away a whole lawn sized trash bag of stuff out (and TWO dead mices!!). Cool! Cooked dinner (peppered steak, rice, green beans) and cleaned the kitchen, 4 children are clean and 3 are in bed. Go me! LOL! Of course, Drew is the hard one to go to sleep. So the night won't be over for at least a couple more hours. Hi Guys! TADA morningHi Guys! TADA Saw Bucket List with my mom and DS last night. It was awesome but definitely a tear jerker! DS kept checking if I was crying which of course I was. I get to sub all day today so not much flying at home. Andrea-hope the dentist isn't too painful Have a good one! Heidi Thanks for the review,Thanks for the review, Heidi! I'll put it on my list of things to rent when dh goes hunting and kids go to bed. It sounds good. My word, the wind is BLOWING today!! Gusting to 50mph! I think I'll stay in. LOL! No, I do have to run out and get that toy I want to clean up for the little baby on Tuesdays. But think I'll spend the rest of the day working on blessing this mess of a house. And I want to get at least one more big trash bag of junk out today. Hannah MontanaAndrea, Heidi: are you all going to see the Hannah Montana 3D movie that comes out this weekend? My girls would just DIE to see it, but of course, the nearest theater playing it is 2 hours away in Amarillo. And I'm not going to Amarillo for one stinkin' old movie (not Amarillo by Morning, not going to see Amarillo Sky, uh, can you think of any other country songs with Amarillo in it?) I have been working my hiney off all morning, but not getting much accomplished that you can see. I decided to search for that dead mouse smell in my office. I moved the desk and all computer stuff (and gathered a whole box of papers, etc that need to be sorted, filed, done something with, but not thrown away). No luck. So I proceeded to take everything off my TWO completely full 5 shelf bookcases and move them. And sure enough, when I got the second one out of the way, I found a big ol' nest, some dead babies, and a hole chewed in the wall. Got the hole plugged up, everything back in place (well, almost). That will about do me for the day! LOL! That is so gross Jenny.That is so gross Jenny. Icky. I can't believe you have to deal with those kinds of critters! OK, I had no idea about the HM movie. Which is hard to believe since DD eats, sleeps, and breathes it - that and HSM. I'll have to see if it will be anywhere around here. OK day today. Dentist appointment went well. Got a few things done at home. See ya - I agree Andrea! Ewww!! II agree Andrea! Ewww!! I wish I didn't have to deal with it either. I would rather castrate calves than deal with this mouse mess!! Babysitting today. Wind is howling worse than yesterday (gusting to 60mph). I'm glad I didn't bother cleaning much yesterday, because underneath my doors and windows (which were nearly brand new when we moved in 5 years ago) is a think layer of red sand. Even the new doors in the garage-soon-to-be-office have let the cursed sand in (and that's why I won't go with hardwood floors in there). Just a yucky day. Cavender is sleeping right now, so I should do something. I want to completely clean out the pantry today, I think. I'm working on the kitchen this week. DH and I are talking about doing most of the remodel ourselves. Still gutting it, new cabinets, etc. Oh my. LOL! But it would save SO much money! Ok, time to go! Today was a NADA. Baby tookToday was a NADA. Baby took up all my time and arms to get anything accomplished (didn't help that his mama forgot to pack his pacifier and we had to live without). did manage to fix a pan of enchiladas before we went to BB practice, DH put them in the oven (then I fixed the rest when I got home). Did go to the grocery store and stocked up for the week. Tomorrow DH and I need to go to Big-ger town and sign some papers, then we have a gift certificate to Applebees we may use (or, we may just go to Chili's because we like Chili's), and we plan on browsing around Lowe's at kitchens and some other home improvement things for a while. Oh, and need to drop off some things at the accountant's office (like, some money. LOL!). So, busy town day tomorrow. Good Afternoon! TADA morningGood Afternoon! TADA PODA Whew,what a day! I don't work THIS hard when I am at work!! Oh well,very productive day. Below 0 windchills here today even though it is very sunny,deceiving for sure... Have a nice night Heidi No flying. We were gone ALLNo flying. We were gone ALL day, and since returning home, we have discussed kitchen ideas (have gone from having someone completely gut and remodel, to US gutting and remodeling with ordered cabinets, to us gutting and using cheaper instock cabinets, and right now we are at stripping and redoing the existing cabinets. Oh, and from corean countertops to US doing ceramic tile on the floor and counters and backsplash. It's one big rollercoaster ride here, let me tell ya!!) We will be back here in the morning, and I will get something accomplished tomorrow. Tonight, bed. brrr! Heidi, that'sbrrr! Heidi, that's cold! (actually, our therm. shows our wind chill is -3, so I guess it's pretty darn cold here, too). I'm going to clean the floor of the girls closet today and possibly the pantry in the kitchen. I have a need to get those places CLEAN. I have 3 mouse traps set up around the house and none have been touched (not even by the sneaky mouse who usually licks the things clean without setting them off), so I'm hoping I have seen the last of those for a while. Also a couple loads of laundry to be done. Wind is going to blow some more today. I'm about tired of this wind! Hi, Remember me?How is everyone? Well I wish I could say that I have been flying as great as always but in the last year hubby and I bought a business so House has fallen apart. Which is one of the reasons Im back, and of course I missed everyone!! Have a lot to do today............ Mop Kitchen Today and Tomorrow are my days off so hopefully Ill get a lot done! Check in later Good Evening! TADA morningGood Evening! TADA PODA Anyone doing anything special for SuperBowl Sunday? I like to watch the commercials,they are usually pretty funny. We will not be having anyone over,just us and lots of junk food!! Hi Ameeqt, I remember you! Heidi Good morning! TGIF!! LOL!Good morning! TGIF!! LOL! Which of course meant staying up late last night watching movies (The Game Plan and latest Pirates of the Carib. But we didn't finish that one, everyone was asleep). Then sleeping in this morning til 7:30! Yesterday's TADA: Today's PODA: Time to take that shower!! HiHi Everyone- Welcome back Amee!! Not sure what we are doing for SB Heidi. No big party, but I thought DS might want to have a couple of friends over. PODA tomorrow: See ya! Post new comment |
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