Thanksgiving has come and gone. Wonderful time with the family and friends. Best part is NO shopping on Thanksgiving or Black Friday. Did that last year, what a waste, nothing that we needed or wanted and the 1 big item I got needed the tires replaced 3 times before summer was over. This year that is not going to happen, no trying to get that 1 item that you think the kids need and can't live without. They've been without it all year and probably all their life. They don't have to have me out of the house on a holiday to get something they can't life without. Thankfully our kids are stuck on name brands and material items. None of them have t.v.s in their room. No gaming systems set up in there either. Toys (mostly non-electronic) yes, but Wii, PS3, DVD, T.V. NO! Actually I think they have more books then toys even. Speaking of books, they all have Kindles from last Christmas (from my mom) and guess what... they are sitting on a shelf not being used. These kids prefer the hard copy of a book to electronics. Books don't have a Black Friday special, probably because they are already a great price. As a matter of fact other than the quiet time between relative visits they didn't even pull out the cell phones or DS games.
Even now, the only reason we are going out this weekend is for groceries, car checks, work, and school events. We would all rather spend time together at home then trying to fight the crowds for stuff we don't need.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
so much to say so much to do.....
No time
No time for me
Snatch a moment here
a second there
coffee while you're sleeping
firelight peace
movement of waking souls
waking to a busy day
a life full of hope
dreams and fears
No time to regret
Good morning
No time for me
Snatch a moment here
a second there
coffee while you're sleeping
firelight peace
movement of waking souls
waking to a busy day
a life full of hope
dreams and fears
No time to regret
Good morning
Friday, July 5, 2013
Updating?? Ya right!
Well that didn't work.
Ok, not sure what I'm going to do with this place but I should do something.
Back from Venture Crew white water rafting trip last weekend. Little man is at Boy Scout resident camp this week. Little lady is working with her troop at Tall Ships to earn money for our troop. Big lady is working on getting license and learning how to fix her car. :)
Mom is good, married to a nice man (can't say good since he's not dad, but still better than the last one) and living in little closer, although just a difficult to visit with.
J and me are good. Although I really need to work on my communication skills where he is concerned. And boy am I glad he doesn't read this blog.
Guess that's it. Hope the next post isn't a year away.
Ok, not sure what I'm going to do with this place but I should do something.
Back from Venture Crew white water rafting trip last weekend. Little man is at Boy Scout resident camp this week. Little lady is working with her troop at Tall Ships to earn money for our troop. Big lady is working on getting license and learning how to fix her car. :)
Mom is good, married to a nice man (can't say good since he's not dad, but still better than the last one) and living in little closer, although just a difficult to visit with.
J and me are good. Although I really need to work on my communication skills where he is concerned. And boy am I glad he doesn't read this blog.
Guess that's it. Hope the next post isn't a year away.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Oh my!! Its been far too long since my last post.
Well where to start......
Lots of people are posting different ways to be dairy free or other allergy free in their foods. So I thought about that. Got busy, it didn't happen.
Rerun's Webelos leader had a baby so I took over the den. We're a year in and he's got 13 of the possible 20 activity pins for his level. Now to get the rest of the den to that point.
AJ is now a Senior in Girl Scouts and working of coming up with a good Gold project.
Smash is currently procrastinating on coming up with her Silver project. Can't blame her but really it just needs to get past me, its not like the gold where you have to talk council into approving it.
Me?? I am now working full time. Have been for over a year. Jer is working from home now that I've got a real job. Its working well for us, even with me having no life outside of scouts and kids. :)
The no-dairy thing you ask? Yep still doing it. BUT we still get all sorts of yummy food since I have finally gotten the hang of how to substitute dairy alternatives in most all the foods we eat here at the house. How's that?? Well Galaxy Foods, So Delicious, Tofutti, Enjoy Life, Rice Dream and Silk all work great for substitutes. Tomorrow is my 39th birthday and we are going to have lasagna and garlic bread for dinner. Yes that's right a totally dairy free italian meal - take that Olive Garden!!
Maybe I will do a food blog.... Gotten get a good twist on it though.... maybe I should try and convert an oldie but goodie cookbook to a non-dairy.... Let me know what you think.
Well where to start......
Lots of people are posting different ways to be dairy free or other allergy free in their foods. So I thought about that. Got busy, it didn't happen.
Rerun's Webelos leader had a baby so I took over the den. We're a year in and he's got 13 of the possible 20 activity pins for his level. Now to get the rest of the den to that point.
AJ is now a Senior in Girl Scouts and working of coming up with a good Gold project.
Smash is currently procrastinating on coming up with her Silver project. Can't blame her but really it just needs to get past me, its not like the gold where you have to talk council into approving it.
Me?? I am now working full time. Have been for over a year. Jer is working from home now that I've got a real job. Its working well for us, even with me having no life outside of scouts and kids. :)
The no-dairy thing you ask? Yep still doing it. BUT we still get all sorts of yummy food since I have finally gotten the hang of how to substitute dairy alternatives in most all the foods we eat here at the house. How's that?? Well Galaxy Foods, So Delicious, Tofutti, Enjoy Life, Rice Dream and Silk all work great for substitutes. Tomorrow is my 39th birthday and we are going to have lasagna and garlic bread for dinner. Yes that's right a totally dairy free italian meal - take that Olive Garden!!
Maybe I will do a food blog.... Gotten get a good twist on it though.... maybe I should try and convert an oldie but goodie cookbook to a non-dairy.... Let me know what you think.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Happy Birthday Rerun!
my little man is 9 years old this week! I just finished making rigatoni for his birthday dinner thanks to his daddy for making the sauce!
Gotta go wrap the cloths from my mom and pack up the car to head to my in laws for the party!
Pics soon. Maybe, if I remember.
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