She makes a..... Brick House

Last weekend E and I did the annual gingerbread house crap. I bought a different kind of kit this year. The house was already put together all we had to do was decorate.



My job was the icing and her job was the rest of the crap on it. Boy that icing was yucky. I had to mix the powder with water to form some kind of concrete like paste. It got hard very fast. But it was yummy. Then the bag they wanted you to put it in didn't work right so I had to use baggies. It was a gigantic mess.



Most of the icing would get hard before she would get to put pretties on it so I would have to slather more on it for her. All in all it turned out nice and we had fun so that is all that matters. Except now she doesn't want to get rid of it. I had a hard time finding something to put it in. I think when the trash comes next week it might magically disappear, or better yet I can tell her that Santa wanted to take it with him.

Fun with Friends

A few pictures from the last time I went out with the girls. I was still sick and didn't have much fun but I am a trooper and stayed till like 10.

Ms Mustachio


Me and Desi


Kim, Sarah and Jacquie


Me and Sarah


Em and Jacquie


I haven't been out since, however I get to go out on Saturday night with my hubs and another couple. Should be fun since D is always the DD I will be able to get my drink on and you know Sarah and I will have the cameras. Now I just have to decide what to wear.

Winter clothes suck ass. I mean how are you supposed to look sexy in something that covers your entire body. Plus I hate wearing socks. I don't know why but I just do. Maybe my toes are claustrophobic. I have been wearing my boots to work with no socks then switching to my heels. Really socks suck ass too.

Anyways I hope ya'll have a great weekend!

Snow

Snow is beautiful and magical. It is wonderous and awesome.

Until

You have to drive in it.

Oh the weather outside is frightful

And I wish I had a fire. Or not.

It's really cold here. It was 2 when I drove to work this morning and the windchill was like -15. The high today is supposed to be 12. Yikes. Poor D has to work outside all day in it. E and I loaded the car up with blankets this morning and we both wore our 'boots with the fur'.

It snowed like an inch last night but no freezing rain or ice so that was good. I also finished almost all of my shopping over the weekend when it was in the 60's so that was nice. I also got to get my toes done, that was really nice.

A few weeks ago when it snowed E was so excited to go play in it and I just didn't feel like it so I made C take her. They had a blast.







They went sledding in our backyard and even had a snowball fight. Of course it wasn't very cold at all so I let them stay outside for like an hour. You can bet we won't be doing that any time this week.

This and That

I have been sick. The lingering kind of sick that is not too bad but never wants to leave. It decided it really liked my head. I can't imagine why but whatever just leave already sickness. I feel like that commercial for that mucus stuff that has all the mucus hanging out inside the people. TMI probably but after three weeks of this shit I really don't care.

Anyways I have been busy while sick I just haven't blogged about it so I have to catch up now. Over the weekend D and I went out. Shocking I know. But we went bowling with some of the people he plays softball with. It was fun. Bowling is the only thing I can beat him at. Or should I say used to be able to beat him at. I don't know if he has been holding out on me the last ten years or secretly has been taking lessons after work but he beat me all three games. Oh well I guess he really is better then me at everything.

Here are some of the people we went with




And one of me after a gutter ball


After bowling we decided to go out since it was still pretty early so we went to a bar and grill. And who happened to be there but my mom and her work friends and one of my aunt and uncles and one of my cousins. While we were there one of the people we were with spilled his drink all over me. It was funny.

Here is a picture of my mom and my favorite aunt. You can tell where the eyes closing came from.


One of the three of us

Oh no bad picture here is take two


Finally about midnight D decided he had enough and we went home. I was pretty impressed since he doesn't ever stay out that late especially at a bar. Oh and someone paid for our ticket, the waitress wouldn't tell us who so that was pretty sweet.

Here is D ready to go.

Oh well it was a fun night and we don't go out like that hardly ever so I was happy.

Emo Girl

Add a lot of black eyeliner and she would be set. Sometimes every great once in awhile, she doesn't like to pose and smile for the camera. And how sad is it that she can't wear little kids winter hats. That hat is mine.





She has attitude. More attitude then she should but hopefully it will serve her well as she grows older.

The Holiday Spirit

I love Holidays. I really love them all. They all also have very different meanings to me. Christmas is one of my favorites. I have such great memories of waking up on Christmas day and the living room being full of presents for me and my sister from Santa. My mom and dad really knew how to do it.

Christmas in our house now is more subdued. D does not have great memories of the holidays. So I try my best to make things festive for the kids. I am really thankful this year that we both have jobs right now. D didn't work for like a month and a half this summer which have made things pretty tight but I have buckled down and now we are almost back to where we were.

I am also thankful that we are all in good health. Everyone in our extended and immeadiate families are also. Along with our friends.

This year the holidays will not have as many gifts as in the past but I think our love will more than make up for it. Along with some of the traditions we have. E and I started going over to my moms to help bake cookies. Which E loves to do. She also loves to help me make treats at home. We are also going to try and go on a carriage ride through an area that has light all around. She loves horses so that will be a treat for her.

We started putting up the tree last night. She was having a ball tonight we will finish hopefully. She can't wait to hang up the ornaments. Anf hoepfully D will put up our outside stuff tomorrow since it is supposed to be nice.

We also already had our first snow over the weekend. Not very much but as soon as E woke up Sunday morning she wante to go play in it. Her brother finally took her and they had a blast in the dusting of it. I can't wait to see what she will do when we get a couple of inches.

All in all we had a great Thanksgiving. We ate and played cards and went for a drive around a nearby lake. Then Friday I got to go shopping. I was out for over 12 hours but it was a blast. Saturday I took the kids to the movies and then we went out to eat as a family and yesterday we just chilled.

Carmel Apple Cheesecake

I volunteered to make a couple things for our Thanksgiving dinner at work last week. I decided I would take pictures as I was cooking. Even though D kept looking at me weird. I told him not to ask I was posting it on the internet. That made him feel so much better. He is used to me being all crazy weird like that. Anyways here is the receipe complete with step by step pictures.

2 8oz bricks of cream cheese softened
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp of vanilla



Mix it up and add in 2 eggs



Make sure you don't burn the stuff for your dinner (Burritos)



Stir in 1/3 cup of frozen apple juice concentrate thawed, that seems to defeat the purpose but whateve



Pour into a honey graham crust, the only part that a didn't make from scratch, BTW and since it was for work I didn't buy the brand name. HA



Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Comtemplate your next dish.



Decide it can wait until the morning. Pull your cheesecake out of the oven and it looks like this



Let it cool, I let it cool overnight because by this time I had been cooking for two hours straight and missed dinner with my family. Then drizzle it with caramel topping and sprinkle with nuts. The receipe called for peanuts but gag so i used crushed walnuts.



Everyone at work loved it. I am tha bomb, what can I say!

Must Be Able to Shop

I don't give a rats ass about being able to taste anything or eat much tomorrow but I MUST BE ABLE TO SHOP ON FRIDAY!!!!!

Seriously.

How was your weekend?

I will give you a hint about mine.





Hey at least in her sickly state she asked for a pretty purple bowl to puke in. A girl has to have her priorties straight you know. She is much better now. But I think I am getting a cold.

But in good news instead of going to the grocery store I got to go see this



A girl has to have priorties:)

Start Em Early

Top Five Reasons to take your kids to the bar with you

5. It's a great place for photo ops

4. The swivel chairs can keep them busy for an hour

3. The cute kids score all kinds of free drinks

2. They can drive you home later

1. They can be scarred for life by the crazy drunk guy who pops his fake eye out and then puts it back in.

PS, it was really a bar and grill. And D drove home. But she did score a free drink. And the crazy drunk guy well we will see how bad the damage is when she goes to my eye doctor appt with me in two weeks.

PPS, Can you see her boots with the fur??? She loves them and wants to wear them every single day. She can't understand why she only gets to wear them with skinny jeans. Gosh I thought I brought her up better than that :)

Sad and frustrated

Today I am sad. I feel like things are going right back to where they were before. Some of you know the before. Before the big blow up that entailed him leaving in the middle of the night and me not knowing if he would come back. Me trying to figure out if the girl and I could make it on my salary alone. The crying, oh the crying.

After a lot of talking and time things had been better. Not that things are not better now. I am still trying very hard to be a loving person. It does not come easy for me. I didn't grow up in an environment where love was expressed freely. I know I was loved but it just wasn't expressed.

I try very hard not to do this with E and I think I do a good job. I also have been trying very hard with D. Little notes just to say I love you, more hugging and kissing just because. Getting over the fact that I like my personal space at night and cuddling.

Sometimes I just feel unloved. It would be so nice to have these things done back to me without me having to say something. It would be nice to hear how beautiful I am or how sexy I am. I guess I am feeling down on myself right now. I need to start exercising again maybe that will make me feel better and maybe I will look better for him.

Maybe I should let my hair grow back out the way he liked it. Even though everyone else likes it this way. Including myself. He just has this way of making me feel like I am not good enough and I really hate it.

R.I.P. Possum

Oh how we will miss you possum. Your lovely hissing that aggravates the dog and makes him bark shall be missed by all. We have had such a wonderful time getting to know you the past couple of months.

It all started on a lovely fall morning at 5:25 am. D had just gone to work and the dog kept barking and barking. After he woke up the whole neighborhood and E, we went out on the deck to see what was going on. Since it was still dark I had to point the flashlight into the pen and all I could see were some eyes. So I put on some clothes and grabbed the camera.

At that time I called D up to see what I should do. He told me to whack you on the head with a shovel. Oh how I could not do that. It just seemed so inhumane. So I left you to roam free that morning. All I could hear in the breeze was E up in the window yelling "Mama is that possum gone yet?"

The next time we were graced with your presence was about two weeks later at 11:00 pm. You familiar sweet hissing filled the room and I told D you were back. He just did have have the fondness for you that E and I do so he got his pellet gun and started shooting.

We never knew if he actually hit you or not until Sunday night. D went out to feed the dog and there you were in a different corner of the yard. All mad and hissing like your normal self. If only you knew if was the end. Maybe you would have had a different dinner. Maybe some crazy possum sex.

I wonder what you were thinking as D brought the shovel down on you over and over again. I guess we will never know now. So I guess this is farewell possum well I guess farewell if D will ever get your carcass out of the yard.







We will miss your entertainment but sadly not you.

Its Monday Again

We had a pretty non eventful weekend. C was supposed to be up but cancelled on us. D takes it pretty hard when he does that kind of stuff. I feel really bad for him.

I had to stop and check the date on Saturday. We were at Bass Pro to get some scope rings and the greeter told E that if she followed the tracks a certain someone would be waiting to find out what she wanted for Christmas.

I thought it was only November. What the Hell? Doesn't he usually show up after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? It really kind of stinks that all the Christmas stuff is out right now. It's like the stores completely forgot about Thanksgiving. Oh except I guess the frozen turkeys are on sale this week. We however don't need to buy a turkey because according to E her daddy is going to shot one for us to eat.

But we did get a free picture with the bug guy so I guess its not all that bad. Usually we go to Cabelas to get the picture thing done. Which I am sure that we will go there too.

I need to make a list for what I want for Christmas. I just really can't think of anything. I told D he could get me some sexy lingerie but he poo-pood that idea. So today I just went online and bought some myself. Did you know that Vicky's sells crotchless panties? Wow I was shocked but thought that once upon a time they could have come in handy. But I just ordered some lacy, frilly, girly stuff. Now I just need to start exercising again so I look hot in it.

I did get a couple Christmas presents bought this weekend too. I have a good start on things. E is almost done, I know what I am getting D, so the only major things are what to get C. Oh and decide what I want too.

Here is a picture that D took with his fancy expensive camera that I love.



And my new gun which actually works now. All I need are scope rings to mount the scope on it and I am good to go.

Randomness Thursday

Its been a long week at work so far. Busy Busy Busy. Tonight I am having an impromptu game night at my house. Time to get our drink on!

This friend will be there



And this friend will be there



And I need to go to the liqueur store on my way home.

And just for the fun of it, a cute in a creepy smile kind of way picture of the baby girl



Hey don't judge the kitchen counter. I just know that you would rather play cars with that beautiful girl than clean. At least that's what always seems to happen to me. I think I need a maid. But hey doesn't that backslpash look great.

Next time won't you sing with me

I thought this meme was interesting. At the very least you may learn something you didn't know before about people. So all ya'll should do it too.

A is for Age - 32. Seems perfect not too old, even though I found my first gray hair recently, but not too young. Even though some people think I am older, which is so not a nice thing to say to a woman.

B is for my burger of choice - Ranch flavored with cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo but hold the bun please.

C is for car I drive - 2006 Envoy, its an okay car. It will be better when I don't have to make the monthly payment on it. It fits all of the family in it at least.

D is for dog's name - Jack, even though technically its not my dog, I still have to pay for its food.

E is for essential item used every day - Concealer, I put it on every day to hide the horrible dark circles I acquired when I became a mom.

F is for favorite TV show at the moment - Well the only one i am watching right now is D*esperate H0usewives. I wouldn't say its my favorite ever but I haven't found a really great one lately.

G is for favorite game - Oh I love to play games so this one is hard for me. I love scattergories. On the electronic gaming I would have to say that guitar hero is my favorite.

H is for home state - Kansas, the sunflower state.

I is for instruments you play - Right now nothing but that one time in band camp, LOL. I used to play the flute, oboe and piccolo

J is for favorite juice - I love me some cranberry juice. It's my all time fav plus its good for you bladder. Bonus!

K is for whose bum you'd like to kick - Hmmm right now nobody but give me a couple hours, PMS is on the way.

L is for last resteraunt you ate at - Would have to applebees last Friday. It was okay. Not one of my fav's but E loves it.

M is for favorite muppet - Does cookie monster count? I love me the old school cookie monster who ate cookies all of the time, not the new school one who only eats cookies as a sometimes treat.

N is for number of piercings - let me count, two in one ear and four in the other ear so I guess that makes six. I should have went for the belly ring way back in the day.

O is for overnight hospital stays - Just one on a Monday through Saturday for the birth of my daughter. Hopefully never again.

P is for people you were with today - The day is not over yet so D and E this morning, then the teachers and kids at E's school and then the people at my work. Tonight I will be with a bunch of girlfriends at a concert.

Q is for what you do in your quiet time - Read and maybe watch what I want on TV, play around on the computer. Nothing real exciting.

R is for biggest regret - honestly I don't have one. Everything I have done in my life has made me who I am today. Never regret something that once made you smile!

S is for status - Working or I guess I should be working right now.

T is for time you woke up today - 4:00 this morning, D was going hunting today and that's what time the alarm started going off even though we both didn't get out of bed until 6.

U is for what you consider unique about yourself - I'm pretty ordinary so I guess I will take the easy route and say my fingerprints.

V is for vegetable you love - Hands down broccoli, which I have definately passed on to my daughter. She gets it with her kids meals whenever we go out to eat.

W is for worst habit - I am a horrible pack rat and procrastinator as we can all tell since I am supposed to be working right now.

X is for x-rays you've had - Hmmm besides all of the dental ones I guess the only other time would be the sonograms.

Y is for yummy food you ate today - Leftover bacon from dinner last night and ranch flavored sunflower seeds.

Z is for zodiac - Gemini


Okay its everyone else's turn.

Fun with Family

We really enjoy going out to my dads house. It's really a bummer that he works the third shift and his days off are Monday and Tuesday night. Add to that the fact that he works overtime as much as he can and that means we don't get out there as often as we like.

E loves animals. Big or small, it doesn't matter, she loves them all. Side note, hey that rhymes, and yes I am retarded sometimes. Anyways, one of the reasons she likes going to Papas is the fact that he always has some kind of animals roaming around.

Last time we went it was kittens, the dog, the cows and the new baby chickens he bought. While D and C went down to shoot the guns E and I hung out with my brother at the house with all of the animals.

Two of the kitties




The new chicks


My chick petting a chick


My dads bobcat mount we were playing with


The view form his backporch