Another Super Spud

My husband has the memory of an elephant. Except when it comes to food orders. There have been dozens of examples over the years including what I have come to call the Super Spud incident. I couldn't even tell you what I actually ordered - a fiesta spud maybe? But I ended up with a super spud. It was nothing at all like what I had requested be ordered other than the fact that it was indeed a potato, but that was where the similarities ended.

Tonight I can add another item to the super spud list. I came home and promptly went to bed with a fever. I sent Kevin to the store for Cran Raspberry juice later in the evening. When I woke up he brought me a glass. It was sweet. Much sweeter than my normal Cran Raspberry. I asked him what it was and he insisted it was exactly what I asked for. I knew it wasn't, but was too tired to go look.

And sure enough, come morning I discovered that had gotten Cran Cherry instead. I polished off the bottle and sent him back to the store for more. He came home with a little of Cran Everything. I am guessing he once again forgot which one I wanted and got one of each just in case...

For the record..

For the record the upstairs hallway still looks like it did when the furniture people arrived... And I am coming to the realization that Christmas might as well be next week given the number of things I still have left to do and the amount of time which I am going to have to do it.

Dollar Store Finds

I found these penguins. At the dollar store. I couldn't help myself. Christmas next year, maybe?

I am having an affair...

It's a love affair. With my Breville toaster oven.

Today it produced muffins, and absolutely delicious chicken enchiladas. I only used 1/2 the whipping cream, but otherwise followed the recipe to a T. Next time I will cut the cream cheese to 2/3 or add more chicken, but otherwise, it's absolutely perfect.

I don't know how I lived without a toaster oven for so long, but I am definitely a convert now.

The best of friends

A few weeks ago I took the boys to Walmart. We spotted the pillow-pals. I was sure both of the boys would want a panda, but instead Connor was set on the penguin. I tried to talk him out of it several times, but he was adamant.


The boys love the pillow pals. They would take them everywhere if they could.

Eureka!

I wanted to do something personalized for the kid's Christmas goodie bags. I have looked for a few days to no avail. I was ecstatic when I stumbled on these tonight.


As the boys have learned their letters they get so excited to see the letters of their names. "R" is for RYAN! And "C" is for CONNNOR! Ryan helped me pick all the right letters. A is for Ashton. B is for Bryce. C is for Connor (and Carly). D is for Dean. E is for Elise. F?? Apparently there are no F's in his class that he remembers. The only problem we had was when there was more than 1 child with the same letter - like "L." Thankfully Connor was good at remembering his other friends name with the same letter.

Pure Madness

I have been popping into the dollar store every couple of weeks waiting for them to get their Christmas coloring books in. I found 3 different varieties with elves on them.

The Madness is Starting Again

Good Names

I hope the people who live here after us like these names. Because I am pretty sure these are here to stay. Forever. Unless of course you want to replace the sheetrock.

Kevin doesn't know that yet. It is something my mom and I discovered. And after laughing and sharing a conspiratorial look agreed to keep it our secret.

Just Yesterday

It seems like just yesterday we were looking at cribs. And this room existed only in my imagination. It is hard to believe it's been 3 years since this room was finished.