Moms

I don't know about all y'all, but this is how our house operates. I'm so glad I have Moms in my life who can deal with days like these.

"If you give a mom a muffin, she'll want a cup of cocoa to go with it. She'll pour herself some. Her three-year-old will spill the cocoa. She'll wipe it up. Wiping the floor, she will find dirty socks. She'll remember she has to do laundry. When she puts the laundry in the washer, she'll trip over boots and bump into the freezer. Bumping into the freezer will remind her...... she has to plan supper. She will get out a pound of hamburger. She'll look for her cookbook. (101 Things To Make With A Pound Of Hamburger.) The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail. She will see the phone bill, which is due tomorrow. She will look for her checkbook. The checkbook is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two-year-old. She'll smell something funny. She'll change the two-year-old. While she is changing the two-year-old the phone will ring. Her five-year-old will answer and hang up. She'll remember that she wants to phone a friend to come for cocoa. Thinking of cocoa will remind her that she was going to have a cup. She will pour herself some. And chances are, if she has a cup of cocoa, her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it."

~by Kathy Fictorie

Michelle's Birthday

Here's a few more for you all who couldn't be there.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

May your day be merry and bright.........

Just in Time

A must do for everyone before Christmas. Just print out, fold, and cut away.

Shopping

I don't even like shopping, but with the bulk of our kitchen work behind us and with the plumbing done for our new washer and dryer we just had to get out yesterday!  It took all day, except for our pancake breakfast.

We went to:

• Home Depot - looked for paint colors for our bedroom
• H & M - got a shirt for Justin, sweater for me and hair clips for the girls
• Sweet Tomatoes - Linner! (lunch/dinner)
• Ryan's Diamonds - got both of our rings cleaned and replated and caught up with Ryan
• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory - chocolate! and other treat bribes for being good in the stores for Jaime
• Downeast - shirt and two undershirts for me
• Aeropostale - jeans for me!  Yay, jeans that fit.
• Ikea - bathroom step stool for Jaime and new sliding shelves for my pantry

Just thought you'd all enjoy that. I married into a shopping family.

IT'S GONE IT'S GONE IT'S GONE

That's right. Merry Christmas to us our house is officially SOLD. The offer was approved and an extension given to make it possible 3 days before auction. How blessed. How grateful.

Happy Birthday April

Yep, I am posting the same day of the event. I know, crazy. That's me, crazy.

Warm, sunny, and almost went swimming. Instead we enjoyed a nice family run, super yummy tamales, and a fabulous cake.