We watched the Super Bowl last night. I'm a Peyton Manning fan (a little bit), but was glad to see New Orleans win. That city deserved a reason to party and they played a great game.
But now let's discuss the real excitement of Super Bowl Sunday: food and commercials. I slacked off on the snack food this year. We're trying to eat more healthy, and I just wasn't much in the mood for 'healthy' snacks. I did make a nice homemade beef stew (yum!) for dinner and as a concession to 'we have to have something to snack on-it's the Super Bowl' theory that I got from my husband, I made a small batch of ro-tel dip and gave him a bag of tortilla chips. That was it for snacks. I did, however, have margaritas. Cuz, dudes...any excuse for a margarita and I'm all over it!
I thought the commercials were fairly lame this year. I was a little disturbed by the two commercials featuring underwear (not sexy people in underwear, mind you) in a row. Really, could the planners have not separated them out a little bit. Probably would have been more effective if they had not been back to back. Instead, I just cringed while watching them. My favorite was the little boy in the doritos commercial. "Put it back. Keep yo hands of my momma and keep yo hands off my doritos." Hahaha, funny stuff.
I was glad to see the Clydesdales in a commercial. Being from the St. Louis area and having a bad taste in my mouth because of the whole InBev takeover, I do still like the Clydesdales. They are beautiful horses. And does anyone miss the Bud frogs from years ago? They were awesome.
Woke up this morning to just enough snow to make the roads slick and cancel school. I made the mistake of telling the boys too early. If they had thought they had to get up for school, I couldn't have drug them out of bed. But because I told them they could sleep in instead of telling them to get moving, they jumped out of bed full of energy and attitude. No Schoooooolllll!!!! Help me.
Well, here's hoping things calm down around here in time for some knitting to get done. And I'm trying a new recipe for dinner tonight. Going to try hungrygirl.com's buttermilk chicken tenders. (I'm sure that's not the right name, but it's close). Sounds yummy. I do like trying some of these new healthy recipes. So far, so good.
Oh man, CJ has the TV turned up to 'amplify' mode, the dog won't stop barking at the snow falling, Ryan won't stop yelling at the dog, and I'm on my third cup of coffee. This day is not shaping up like I planned!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
World's Worst
Yes, I am the World's Worst Blogger. 'Tis true. You may note that my last blog entry was about a camping trip, with green, green grass and shirtless little boys excited about going to the pool. As I sit here tonight watching the snow fall outside, I realize that some time has passed since my last blog. Sue me.
The issue here is partly that I know that no-one reads this blog. You know how your life is full of things you should do, because maybe they are good for you. But if nobody is watching, you find yourself not doing those things? Yeah. Kind of like this.
But screw it. I'm going to (attempt) to blog anyway. Largely because there has been some undocumented knitting going on in my life since last summer. And I was getting ready to order yarn that was PERFECT for the baby sweater I made last fall, and I have a baby explosion going on with my friends and family. And I cannot for the life of me remember what the hell yarn I used for that baby sweater. I know the color was called Petal. That's it. Don't know where I got it from. Don't know what weight it was. Don't even fully remember the material. Was it Alpaca? (No, I'm sure it wasn't.) Merino? Superwash? What the hell?!?! If I had been a good little blogger, there would have been pictures here, with details. (Why, yes, I am a member of Ravelry, where they have great applications for keeping record of such things. But that would mean I'd have to use it. See the above paragraph where I talked about doing things that are good for you.) Ravelry is a great site, by the way, for finding patterns. I'm just never going to remember to keep my stash records updated. Never. Ever. Not gonna happen. So here I am. Back in blog world. Hold me to it, will ya?
Current WIP: a prayer shawl for a very dear friend in need of prayers. I'm using Lion Brand Homespun in a great color that can't be named in this post because I already lost the damn ball band. (Note to self: Don't do that again.) Using size 13 needles and the pattern Easy Triangle Shawl by Lion Brand.
No pictures as my camera has gone kaput. Maybe a new camera is coming my way. I mean, how can a girl blog and keep good records without a camera? Yeah. Just what I thought. I'll work on that plan.
Until next time, enjoy the snow. There's more on the way.
The issue here is partly that I know that no-one reads this blog. You know how your life is full of things you should do, because maybe they are good for you. But if nobody is watching, you find yourself not doing those things? Yeah. Kind of like this.
But screw it. I'm going to (attempt) to blog anyway. Largely because there has been some undocumented knitting going on in my life since last summer. And I was getting ready to order yarn that was PERFECT for the baby sweater I made last fall, and I have a baby explosion going on with my friends and family. And I cannot for the life of me remember what the hell yarn I used for that baby sweater. I know the color was called Petal. That's it. Don't know where I got it from. Don't know what weight it was. Don't even fully remember the material. Was it Alpaca? (No, I'm sure it wasn't.) Merino? Superwash? What the hell?!?! If I had been a good little blogger, there would have been pictures here, with details. (Why, yes, I am a member of Ravelry, where they have great applications for keeping record of such things. But that would mean I'd have to use it. See the above paragraph where I talked about doing things that are good for you.) Ravelry is a great site, by the way, for finding patterns. I'm just never going to remember to keep my stash records updated. Never. Ever. Not gonna happen. So here I am. Back in blog world. Hold me to it, will ya?
Current WIP: a prayer shawl for a very dear friend in need of prayers. I'm using Lion Brand Homespun in a great color that can't be named in this post because I already lost the damn ball band. (Note to self: Don't do that again.) Using size 13 needles and the pattern Easy Triangle Shawl by Lion Brand.
No pictures as my camera has gone kaput. Maybe a new camera is coming my way. I mean, how can a girl blog and keep good records without a camera? Yeah. Just what I thought. I'll work on that plan.
Until next time, enjoy the snow. There's more on the way.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Camping is a trip
The vacation officially began on Monday. We purchased a used pop-up camper (I don't tent camp anymore - I just don't have it in me.) After loading it up, we got to the campground late in the afternoon, and got all set up and cozy. We had a fire going, roasted hot dogs and made smores (which I hate, by the way. I like all the ingredients of the smore, I just don't like them together. I prefer my marshmallows roasted, and alone.)
We put off going swimming or fishing until the next day and just chilled out at the campsite. WELL...that plan didn't quite work out.
The air conditioner began leaking, so we had a small pan to catch the drip. OK, no problem. We took Jasper along, who I don't trust enough to spend the night outside of his kennel. He still has too much 'puppy' going on and chews everything.
I discovered that two adults, two kids, and a rather rambunctious dog with a large kennel is just too much for a pop-up camper. Oh, its fine when you are outside of the camper, but not good when all are stuck inside it. To top it off, the dog had horrible gas (I know - TMI) and I decided right then that the dog is not camping with me again!
Then the rain began. (Rain that we weren't expecting!) We got about two inches and the leaking drip from the air conditioner became a steady stream. We switched from a small pan to a 5 gallon bucket and it was almost full. By Tuesday morning, we were soaked through. Decided that was enough camping!
We loaded up in a downpour and took our soaked behinds home. After setting the camper up in the garage and placing fans inside to dry everything out, James and C.W. removed and re-sealed the A/C unit. (No more leaks!!!! Good job, guys!)
By Friday, we were ready to try camping again. I'm an optimist, as everyone knows. This time, we left the dog at home with John. And while there was a little bit of rain during the night and some loud thunder, it didn't amount to much.
Some pics:
Ryan and CJ are ready to go to the pool!
CJ LOVES to fish!
Waiting patiently for Dad to bait the hook (although after the first time, CJ was taking care of baiting his own!)
Still waiting on Dad!
Still waiting...
Ryan caught a blue gill! He was hilarious!!! He was so excited, but everytime the fish would jump Ryan would scream "NO!" and try to get away from it. It was very hard to get a pic!
Another pic of Ryan and his first fish.
CJ caught a couple of toads. (Gross, I say!)
But he's proud of them! (No toads were harmed in the making of the blog post. He released them shortly after the photo session.)
All in all, it was a very successful camping trip. We all had a great time and can't wait to go back!
We put off going swimming or fishing until the next day and just chilled out at the campsite. WELL...that plan didn't quite work out.
The air conditioner began leaking, so we had a small pan to catch the drip. OK, no problem. We took Jasper along, who I don't trust enough to spend the night outside of his kennel. He still has too much 'puppy' going on and chews everything.
I discovered that two adults, two kids, and a rather rambunctious dog with a large kennel is just too much for a pop-up camper. Oh, its fine when you are outside of the camper, but not good when all are stuck inside it. To top it off, the dog had horrible gas (I know - TMI) and I decided right then that the dog is not camping with me again!
Then the rain began. (Rain that we weren't expecting!) We got about two inches and the leaking drip from the air conditioner became a steady stream. We switched from a small pan to a 5 gallon bucket and it was almost full. By Tuesday morning, we were soaked through. Decided that was enough camping!
We loaded up in a downpour and took our soaked behinds home. After setting the camper up in the garage and placing fans inside to dry everything out, James and C.W. removed and re-sealed the A/C unit. (No more leaks!!!! Good job, guys!)
By Friday, we were ready to try camping again. I'm an optimist, as everyone knows. This time, we left the dog at home with John. And while there was a little bit of rain during the night and some loud thunder, it didn't amount to much.
Some pics:
Ryan and CJ are ready to go to the pool!
CJ LOVES to fish!
Waiting patiently for Dad to bait the hook (although after the first time, CJ was taking care of baiting his own!)
Still waiting on Dad!
Still waiting...
Ryan caught a blue gill! He was hilarious!!! He was so excited, but everytime the fish would jump Ryan would scream "NO!" and try to get away from it. It was very hard to get a pic!
Another pic of Ryan and his first fish.
CJ caught a couple of toads. (Gross, I say!)
But he's proud of them! (No toads were harmed in the making of the blog post. He released them shortly after the photo session.)
All in all, it was a very successful camping trip. We all had a great time and can't wait to go back!
PS - there was no knitting on this trip. I took it along, but quickly realized that relaxation does not take place for Moms on camping trip.
Monday, July 6, 2009
A good day for ducks.
So much rain!
Well, the weekend was interesting. Independence Day was a soggy one here in Missouri, which brought 4 inches of rain to the area. (Taken with my cell phone through the screen on the window - sorry for the low quality!)
The parade was pushed back an hour, and then got started without rain. Sadly, the rain returned before the end of the parade. Hubby and the boys and I were dry, though, driving the fire truck through the parade. Here's a pic of the boys waiting to get the parade started.
Then we had rain off and on all through the day. Ryan played in the water so often, that we made several trips home for bathing and clothing changes. (Good thing we only live a couple of blocks from the park!) I began the day by complaining to my neighbor about all the rain ruining the days festivities. She said "Well, it's a good day for ducks." What a great way to put a positive spin on the day. I decided to be negative no more, and we ended up having a great (though incredibly soggy) day.
It stopped raining long enough for the fireworks show to begin on time. During the fireworks, a fine gentle mist began falling, (which was much better than the buckets that had been coming down all day) and to be honest, the evening was almost perfect. Libby wasn't here, so it couldn't be perfect, but it was as close as one could get under the circumstances.
Today is 'trip to the dentist day'. Yay.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Random Tuesday
1. I have officially finished my summer school duties as of today, and the month of July is mine. Tomorrow, I will celebrate by cleaning closets. Maybe. I might start by trying to fix my vacuum cleaner that threw craps a few days ago, because the carpets are starting to look so bad I'm wondering if it is advisable to wear shoes in the house. Either way, it is my day. And I'm looking forward to it.
2. For Father's Day I took hubby to the Marlboro Hot Laps at Gateway International Racetrack. We had a blast and I think it was the best Father's Day he's ever had!
3. Buying a pop-up camper in July so to spend more time with the boys, making memories. I wish we had done it years ago when John was small, but he never enjoyed camping, so it probably is just as well.
4. Need a new camera. Can't take decent pics to post on the blog and it is disappointing.
5. Big storm here on Saturday night knocked our power out for 20 hours. It was laundry day too, so now I'm playing catch up. On top of that, I missed Mass because I couldn't sleep in the hot house and couldn't shower and refused to go in the shape I was in. Now wishing I had gone, because my week feels like it goes so much better when I start it with Mass.
6. Just had to stop blogging long enough to remove a hammer from the hands of a five year old who is trying to see what happens when he hits his truck. Pieces and parts on the carpet. Back to working on the vacuum plan for tomorrow.
7. The Cardinals are losing and I'm kind of glad I turned down tickets to the game. I can watch them lose tonight from home and I saved a lot of money. This is a good thing.
8. Knitting is non-existent. I want to knit, but I'm not inspired by the stash or by the patterns I have on hand. Going to get myself going by knitting for the Red Scarf Project. I've vowed to Norma to knit two, and am doing so in honor of my two adopted sons. Going on Friday to purchase some yarn that wows me. That will surely cure the knitting blues I've got going on.
9. Soooo glad for a break from the heat we had last week. Praying it lasts as long as possible.
10. Looking forward to the holiday. Wishing Libby was here to sit on the lawn at the park with me, oohing and aahing at the fireworks. It just isn't the same without her. Libby-I miss you. Can you come?
2. For Father's Day I took hubby to the Marlboro Hot Laps at Gateway International Racetrack. We had a blast and I think it was the best Father's Day he's ever had!
3. Buying a pop-up camper in July so to spend more time with the boys, making memories. I wish we had done it years ago when John was small, but he never enjoyed camping, so it probably is just as well.
4. Need a new camera. Can't take decent pics to post on the blog and it is disappointing.
5. Big storm here on Saturday night knocked our power out for 20 hours. It was laundry day too, so now I'm playing catch up. On top of that, I missed Mass because I couldn't sleep in the hot house and couldn't shower and refused to go in the shape I was in. Now wishing I had gone, because my week feels like it goes so much better when I start it with Mass.
6. Just had to stop blogging long enough to remove a hammer from the hands of a five year old who is trying to see what happens when he hits his truck. Pieces and parts on the carpet. Back to working on the vacuum plan for tomorrow.
7. The Cardinals are losing and I'm kind of glad I turned down tickets to the game. I can watch them lose tonight from home and I saved a lot of money. This is a good thing.
8. Knitting is non-existent. I want to knit, but I'm not inspired by the stash or by the patterns I have on hand. Going to get myself going by knitting for the Red Scarf Project. I've vowed to Norma to knit two, and am doing so in honor of my two adopted sons. Going on Friday to purchase some yarn that wows me. That will surely cure the knitting blues I've got going on.
9. Soooo glad for a break from the heat we had last week. Praying it lasts as long as possible.
10. Looking forward to the holiday. Wishing Libby was here to sit on the lawn at the park with me, oohing and aahing at the fireworks. It just isn't the same without her. Libby-I miss you. Can you come?
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