She who laughs last...

To all my favorite mothers..

2008-05-10T20:24:00.003-04:00

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

I wish you all a beautiful and joyous day, with all the pampering and love you deserve! Take some time out for yourself, and hug your wonderful child/ren and just bask in the joy of motherhood!

Store stocking!

2008-04-03T13:41:00.002-04:00

I added a couple of cute undie/jammies sets to my store- 4t/5
Hopefully next week I can branch out in sizes.
I'm also thinking of starting my own etsy store since my congo appears to be insanely huge. Who wants to scroll through all that?!?!?

Check out these gems though!

http://hyenacart.com/onestore.php?vid=526&category=166

Easter!

2008-03-24T20:26:00.007-04:00

Ok, Easter weekend was hectic. I tried to play supermom I think.. it was crazy, but fun. Matt decided to take on the downstairs bathroom and paint it (which didn't go as smoothly as we hoped!), we dyed Easter Eggs, I made a fantabulous cake for dessert at my dad's Easter dinner, and Faith had her first hand sewing lesson! So.. our weekend in pictures!

ps: In the Easter day pics, I made Faiths dress, and Chris and Lukes bunny shirts. Strangely enough, James didn't want a bunny shirt. Guess 8 years old is just too old for bunnies!

and this about sums up my fathers Easter... (taken from the vantage point of 8 year old James!)

Shrimp! It's what's for dinner!

2008-03-24T14:06:00.009-04:00

My sister asked that I post more recipes.. well here is dinner from Saturday night. I somehow am subscribed to Gourmet magazine.. so I decided to actually TRY something from said magazine, and this looked easy enough and didn't require trips to specialty stores to find ingredients I've never heard of before!!!

Capellini with shrimp and creamy tomato sauce

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 lb peeled large shrimp (I used bagged/cooked/peeled frozen shrimp from Trader joes!)
3 large garlic gloves, forced through a garlic press
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 cup sweet (red) vermouth (a whole $3 for a small bottle at the liquor store!)
1 (14-15oz) can diced tomatoes, drained
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2lb capellini (angel hair pasta)

Heat oil in a skillet over medium high heat until it simmers, then cook shrimp and garlic with oregano, 1/2tsp of salt, and 1/4tsp of pepper, turning once, until golden, about 2 minutes total.

Stir in vermouth and tomatoes, scraping up any brown bits from bottom of skillet.

Add cream and briskly simmer until sauce has thickened slightly, about 1 minute. Stir in lemon juice.

Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente, and serve immediately!

Voila!

Easter funnies!

2008-03-21T12:50:00.000-04:00

Just stuff..

2008-03-19T22:35:00.003-04:00

So Matt hasn't been updating our family website, so I'll just post a few pics of the kiddos for your enjoyment. I don't really have much to say this week. We went to the Discovery Museum today (like a "please touch" place) and all 4 kiddos had GREAT fun. What a awesome place for kids! Unfortunately I don't have any pics of that. A few weeks ago we went to Franklin Institute and saw the new Star Wars exhibit. THAT was a blast. It isn't all that often that you get to see the original models, costumes and puppets from the Star Wars movies! What else.. the weather has S L O W L Y been getting nicer and we're getting outisde more often. Sadly though, it seems the nicest days temperature wise, are also the rainiest.. Anyhow.. for your viewing pleasure.. pictures of 4 rambunctious, high spirited, whimsical, beautiful children!

Hunting for Easter Eggs on a friends farm

Star Wars

Face paintings after the Easter Egg hunt!

Faith and her new friend!

Easter Science Project!

2008-03-15T20:21:00.003-04:00

So our homeschooling science project this week is growing grass in our Easter baskets! Yes that's right.. it's real grass for us! None of that fake weird plastic stuff in OUR Easter baskets! ;)

The kiddos had a BLAST playing with dirt and seeds... so now we wait and see how it looks next week! The seeds have sprouted, and there is some grass growing.. so we'll see!

We started off by soaking some wheat grass seeds that we bought at Whole Foods. I soaked them overnight. The following day, we rinsed off the seeds, put some potting soil in our plastic basket inserts, and covered the top with the seeds. We mixed them into the dirt a bit, then we placed a damp paper towel over them and put saran wrap on top- to keep the seeds moist and warm while they sprouted!

I hope to be able to share a finished picture of the 4 (yes Luke was napping and didn't get to play with the dirt- darn!) baskets next week for Easter!!

New items in my store spam!

2008-03-06T13:28:00.003-05:00

Put up some cute "springy" things! Check out these cute outfits! I LOVE the dress.. the pictures really don't do it justice!!

Check out those and other stuff at http://hyenacart.com/onestore.php?vid=526&category=166

Thanks for everyones support!!

Snow Day!

2008-02-25T09:42:00.003-05:00

Ok so I'm a few days late with these, I'm a slow "get the pictures off the camera" kind of person. :)
We had our second snow of the winter last week. Got a whole maybe 2 inches! w00t! Didn't matter to my little guys.. they see snow and they get super excited! (what child wouldn't?) So here are some ever so lovely photos showing you all the action!! Oh and please note- this was Lukes FIRST real experience playing in the snow. Last year he was loo little, and the 1st snow this year he was sick. He loved it! Oh and yes.. I am a bad mommy- I couldnt find his mittens anywhere. He is wearing 2 pairs of socks on his hands! *rofl*

One of each of them. :) Then of course we all came inside and had hot chocolate and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies! (yes mommy is THAT good!) And topped it all off to a nice warm fire going! (yes I can start a fire!!)

I'll leave you all with a video of Lukes 1st experience in the snow. He kept trying and trying to walk up the ramp to the playhouse.. alas.. he never got very far. That sucker was slippery!

Send Cheryl to Broadway fundraisor!

2008-02-23T18:46:00.002-05:00

Ok, brainstorm with me... how can I raise a few thousand dollars so that I can go star on Broadway??

Let's take a look at this..

Cheryl.. total drama freak... total "Renthead"... who never stops singing.. who would give her right arm AND leg to be in a Broadway show...

You know you all want to just throw money at me now right????

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140208622053

Please send all your paypal to cmintel @ Comcast.net (please take out spaces!) *lol*

Our family is growing...

2008-02-21T19:43:00.003-05:00

.................
I know you're all saying.. oh my gosh.. is she crazy???

Announcing...

Santa and Latte! Santa is a Netherland Dwarf in a sable color. She has a white beard, hence the name Santa! (Matt named her!) and Latte is a Holland lop/lionhead mix. Isn't she beautiful!! Latte is sooooo calm and mellow. She will let you sit and just pet her on your lap for hours!! The kiddos are all in love too.. it's so nice having pets in the house!

Anyhow, just a quick post to annouce our new arrivals. Have to go get crabby patty into bed! (Luke! lol)

Anyone want some free money?

2008-02-07T18:21:00.000-05:00

Ok I checked and checked and checked some more. Did whois, and googled the names of the ceo's. I even found this article on USA Today . Everything is legit. Everything. It's hard to believe.. but it has happened before (I made a quick $125 from ING Direct when they first opened!)

So.. if you can believe things like I can.. then sign up here.. I HAVE the $25 IN MY ACCOUNT. It's there. It's mine. I can use it to buy things.

Anyhow, if you are interested, please send me your email addy. If I can send you a referral, I will get an additional $10 into account. You can email me at cmintel @ comcast.net (please take out the spaces! I write it like this so spam bots can't link my email!)

Seriously.. it seems like a great oppurtunity.. a good $25 is a good $25 right??? Like I said, I made out like a BANDIT with ING and they are still around! (and have one of the best savings rates around!)

Just my little spammy for the night. I'm pleading- help me make some money to pay off my new serger! :D

FINALLY stocked my store..

2008-02-07T14:12:00.000-05:00

It's a congo.. I'm in a "store" with a bunch of other people.. it's not just my own. I'm doing it as a side thing.. seeing how it will work. Hopefully now that I just bought a new serger (my old one kicked the bucket last week! wahhhh!) I'll get more done for next week. We stock every Thursday at 2pm est.

http://hyenacart.com/onestore.php?vid=526&category=166

Please be kind! Please notice that the baby snoopy outfit includes THE most adorable newborn baby in it. (thank you Danielle and Kayden!)

Mom, I also listed one of the bunnys and sheep that I have of yours.. I'm hoping they sell! I tried to get nice photos.. but I am NO photographer!!!

Anyhow, just wanted to be spammy and show off. ;) Enjoy!
~C

I'm willing to bet..

2008-02-03T22:14:00.001-05:00

I'll be able to find Giants stuff in Eagles country tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yahooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Undefeated my a@@!!!

Best. game. evah!

I'm a Giants fan in Eagles Country.

2008-02-01T10:02:00.000-05:00

It's amazing how South Jersey feels like a different state than North Jersey. For the most part, I've had no problems living here... met some fantastic friends, gas is cheaper down here, the pace is "slower" than up North.

However, yesterday, I discovered one HUGE difference.

No one likes the Giants.

The Giants are a NEW JERSEY TEAM!!! (ok well technically they are the NY Giants.. but where are the located huh? huh??) I'm still in NEW JERSEY right????

I went to 4. F O U R sports stores yesterday in the South Jersey area. The first two when asked basically scoffed at me. "heh, NO" Meanwhile I see racks and racks of Eagles stuff sitting in clearance two feet from me. This is Dicks sporting goods and The Sports Authority.

The other two, were in the mall. One was some random sports/shoe store that had other jerseys. No Giants, sorry. Then on to Modells. They had little kids Giants shirts, and tons of Pats stuff. No adults Giants stuff. I was told they DID have it, but it sold out really quickly. That gave me SOME hope for South Jersey.. met another mom in there searching for an Giants jersey for her teen daughter. That was nice.

So today I'm off to travel in the pouring rain, further North into the state in order to find something to support my guys. I live in a house with 1 adult sized Eagles fan and 3 pint sized ones (the jurys still out on Luke which way he will sway!) and I need something blue and red! Plus the fact that the GIANTS are in the superbowl and the eagles... where are they? Oh yeah. vacationing.

Nothing better than fresh grown lettuce in the winter!

2008-01-31T16:28:00.000-05:00

In honor of my absent sister (who left me for Australia! Sheesh!) I made a nice salad. See, she bought me this nifty contraption for Christmas called an Aerogarden
I had wanted one for a while, but never wanted to pony up $150 for something that MAY work..

So anyhow.. got the present- yippee!! So excited! Opened it up and started my "garden" the next day! (12/26) Here I am today, already reaping the rewards! I've had fresh lettuce all this week on my turkeyburgers! Yum-o! It's not as hardy as regular lettuce, kind of thin for a lettuce leaf... but it tastes the same (when you close your eyes- sorry- song stuck in my head now)

Nice green salad... lettuce, tomato and cukes! Nice healthy lunch. :D

Here is my "garden". Its kind of wimpy compared to the aerogarden pics on amazon. It works though. The back 4 pods are salad greens, the front three pods are supposed to be cilantro (which never grew), basil on crack, and italian parsley. The basil as you see is doing very well. lol

Chicken pot pie and I don't care!

2008-01-30T19:57:00.000-05:00

Enjoy my meal with me! Free cooking lesson for all to enjoy! This recipe is a great way to use up leftover chicken you may have from a previous meal, or even a thanksgiving turkey! (and a HAH to my sister, who decided to go off and live in Australia for 4 months- this is her fave meal! *lol*) Lots of pics! Be forewarned!

Your ingredients- missing from this pic is the chicken (or turkey as I have used), butter and salt and pepper!) I swear I usually have real carrots to peal and everything- but the supermarket was out of regular organic carrots. So I bought baby organic carrots instead. Hey, a carrots a carrot right??

First, chop up some sweet potato, celery, and carrots! I have subbed the yam for a regular potato when I didn't have the yams. Aren't these pictures pretty? Vegetables are so beautiful!

Add veggies to a pot and cover with water and lid. Cook until soft

In a seperate pot, melt 3Tbsp butter

Turn off heat. Add 3.5Tbsp of flour and stir well.

Add 1 cup of half and half (I have subbed for regular milk as well, just doesn't come out as creamy)

Then add 1 cup of chicken broth

Add spices- a couple pinches of thyme, a few shakes of poultry seasonings, salt and pepper.

Turn heat back on. Heat to a boil and let thicken. Turn off and let cool.

Chop up leftover turkey or chicken.

Add some frozen peas to the veggies that are still cooking, cook for a few more minutes until frozen peas are softer.

Put pie crust onto pie plate. Yes I'm a cheater and used a ready made crust. Hey I have 4 kiddos, and it's a chore just trying to get THIS much done!

Drain veggies, add veggies and turkey (or chicken) to your sauce mix. Mix well. Pour into piecrust. Yum!

Put the second pie crust on top. Make a few vent slices. I usually cut a small circle (about the diameter of a shot glass) on top as well, and put a little pat of butter in the middle.)

Bake for approx 30 minutes at 425. Until the top is nicely browned. Voila!! Dinner is done!

What does my toughest critic think?? I think he likes it! Please ignore the paint spots on the wall.. we're trying to decide what color to paint our dining room!

You can alter this recipe to not be so artery clogging. Replace the half and half with fat free half and half. Use earth balance for the butter, a low sodium/fat free chicken broth. Make your own pie crust if you have the time. Add more veggies, subtract the meat for a veggie pie. It's SUPER yummy though!!

Thanks for sitting with me through this edition of "What's for dinner!"

Baby sewing!

2008-01-14T09:19:00.000-05:00

I just love baby sewing. It's so quick and easy because everything is SO little!!
Check out the cuties I made yesterday..
One of my littlest sisters best friends is in labor as we speak. Their nursery theme is supposed to be "Peanuts" but she couldn't really find anything that wasn't JUST snoopy. So I managed to find this fabric and make up a couple of things! Look at the teenie hat!! Isn't it just sooo cute? Mock crosstop shirt, the pants I actually ended up making a solid black pair and gave that to her instead of the two matching pieces. (Going to have another newborn snoopy set for sale in my Hyenacart on February 1st!)

Then I made this absolutely adorable girly set out of my alltime favorite baby girl fabric.. my prized pink Lennon knit. I figure it might as well go to a deserving little girl whose mama will appreciate it if I'm not going to have another girl!!! This will be gifted to a very dear friend who operates one of my fave blogs Tabula Rasa She had a beautiful baby girl in December, and appears baby girl is giving her some tough crying times. ;) I have another outfit planned in my mind before I send this out, so I best hop to it!

Thanks for looking and indulging me!

Two words..

2008-01-14T09:17:00.000-05:00

GO GIANTS!!!!!!

More on Christmas Eve..

2007-12-28T13:47:00.000-05:00

In pictures..
First the cake... I made this using a train cake pan from Williams and sonoma that I got last year. Cake decorations include white frosting with a flower tip, green frosting with a pen tip, lots and lots of m&m's and just gel writing pens (edible). not the best, but we had limited amount of time to do it. Matt helped with the decorating. It was fun, and they were a huge hit!!

Then the trying to get a group shot of 9 children ages 8 and under. Yeah that didn't go over too well. For your viewing pleasure- the mele... (please note- all 4 of my kiddos are in pjs made by me! I wish I had a better shot!! All matching, in Chez Ami red/green/white stripe knit! )

The fat lady sang!

2007-12-28T13:36:00.001-05:00

Oh yes she did! We finally sold our house! Can I tell you all what a LOAD off that is??? We closed yesterday, and we didn't lose money! That's always a plus right?????? We didn't make as much as we planned, but all is good- we are not paying two mortgages, two water bills, two eletric bills etc. I can now enjoy our current dwelling and start on making it my own. First up- get rid of the ugly pink paint in the living room!!

Christmas went well, Matt got me a beautiful video camera and we've been having fun playing with it. Got some great pics of the kiddos singing Christmas carols up at my sister in laws and brother in laws house on Christmas eve. That was fun! Of course you can't hear them over my singing.. oops. I got a Karaoke machine from my dad, and an aerogarden from my sister! It's already growing some lettuce!

The kiddos had a blast- as usual we got too much CRAP. Seems like a visit to the salvation army is in order next month!

Anyhow, hope you all had a happy and healthy holiday and a WONDERFUL new year!!

Cancer sucks.

2007-11-29T20:23:00.000-05:00

I belong to a sewing board, lots of wonderful women chatting it up and getting some sewing done in between. I think the majority of the women are moms, hence the name SEWINGMAMAS.

There is one lady on there, who I have "known" for oh gosh.. 5 or 6 years now??? She's had bouts with cancer on and off almost the whole time.

She just had a baby two months after Luke was born, a miracle little boy. She shouldn't have been able to have anymore children after her chemo and radiation, but she did. She also has 6 year old twin boys.

She basically was just told there is nothing more they can do. The spot in her lungs has more than doubled. She was just in the hospital due to a collapsed lung. What do you SAY to someone who posts that?? Nothing I want to type sounds good enough. How can you just say "I'm sorry"?? To that. That can happen to ANYONE. My aunt passed away two weeks ago after finding out she had cancer less than six months ago. What do I say to my cousins??? One of whom is a very close friend of mine and has six children, my childrens ages? I hate cancer. That's all I can say. It takes way too many wonderful people away. WAY too many.

I'm sorry for this sad post, I'm just so angry and sad for this woman, and pray all the time that it doesn't happen to me.

Even though I disagree with the book and the author..

2007-11-25T19:25:00.001-05:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

2007-11-21T21:43:00.000-05:00

Everywhere you go!

Thanksgiving is tomorrow- yay!!! As soon as I see that Santa cross Times Square- the first Christmas Carol is getting broken out!!!!!!!! Now.. do I want Celine? Bing? Dean-o? Sammy? Maybe a nice mix. :D Seriously.. I can't wait. I'm SO excited. We're going to my sister in laws- Matt's sisters, for dinner tomorrow. Should be fabulous! Everyone is going to be there with the exception of his brother and his family from down south (currently in Mississippi!) That means there will be NINETEEN grandchildren there! Oh my gosh! It's going to be so much fun. :)

I have almost finished my Christmas shopping. I have to- I've been doing it little by little due to money constraints. I have a few things left I have to get, but for the most part it's done! Check out the quilt that I made Faith for Christmas! I'm hoping to get one done for Chris as well. Faiths is made up of different cotton fabrics, some organics, some hand dyed fabrics- all very very girly! I'm really very proud of it. It's a collaboration of squares from many many different moms on my sewing board. Fairies, unicorns, castles, princesses etc. SO Faith! Chris' will be fun too, I'm hoping to do an "I-spy" quilt.

News on the house- we signed the contracts today! We should be out of attorney review sometimes next week!! Appraisel came back at where we needed it to be HOORAY!! We have some termite issues to fix, but at least everything seems to be working out. Thank goodness! Just keep praying for a good outcome. December 27th is the tentative close date.

Ok, off to sew now. I'm going to attempt to make Faith a dress to wear tomorrow to Thanksgiving dinner. Hmmmm I think the boys all have something they can wear. ;) I'll update later with pics of Faiths dress if I finish!

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Whoo hoo!

2007-11-16T23:52:00.001-05:00

Today was a good day! I finished the quilt that I'm making for Faith for Christmas (it's so cute, I'll try and remember to upload pics!) and we got a TERRIFIC offer on the house! They offered only $5k under our list price! All they want us to fix is the sidewalk- no problem!

The only issue we may have is they are FHA. Like the first buyers. I come to find out that the first appraisal that the first buyers got stay on public record for 6 months. So the new buyers mortgage company may deny that as well because the appraisal came back so low. Man I can't stand FHA. Our realtor (and the previous buyers realtor) both agree that the guy who did the appraisal was terrible. It should NOT have come back that low. He used comparables from a year ago and from houses not even in our neighborhood but in really bad ones! He even said in his report (of which I have a copy of) that with all the upgrades we did on our house, it appeared newer than the 60 years that the house is!!!!!!!! So no one understands why it came back so low.

Regardless, it turns out these buyers REALLY love the house and they are going to try and fight their mortgage company to get a new appraisal! I am SO happy! If their mortgage company doesn't agree, then we will probably drop the house to the appraisal cost- just to get rid of it, unless we get another offer. It's a bummer- but we just want to be rid of this house!!! Of course it will be much nicer to have the extra ten grand I tell ya!!

So please pray, light a candle, think happy thoughts- whatever you do- that this works out and we can sell the house at a decent price!!!! Please!!

Houses, husbands, and termites

2007-11-15T15:52:00.000-05:00

Oh my.
So we got an offer on our house on Saturday.

Ok backpeddle.. we started our house at $229k back in what, April? Lowered it, lowered it, lowered it.. it's now at $199.9k. It's also November. We bought our current house in July- so you can tell that we're feeling a financial pinch now right? Months of double mortgages, does not a stressfree situation make!

We received an offer of $175k, we countered with $190k, they accepted. We were supposed to close the 15th of Nov. THey were FHA- meaning the appraisal had to come back at the sale price. It did not, it came back at $184k. (the appraisor was using OLD sale prices- we feel it was unfair- whatever) The buyers walked, even though we agreed to lower the price again.

We got another offer. $170k contingent on them selling their house. We countered again with $190k. Never heard back until last week. They offered $160k, as is, willing to settle on 11/15. Well that wouldn't even pay off the mortgage and our realtor fees! We said no. They came back TODAY saying $170k as is. That would JUST pay all our fees- and not be able to pay back what we borrowed to put down on current house.

Our offer from Sat, offered $185k. We said "ok, but 'as-is'". We gave them the home inspection report from last buyers, to go over. They came back and said the termite damage worried them (long story- we don't think it's termite damage but Matthew damage due to him drilling holes to run wires and leaving sawdust. The exact spot where he was drilling is where the termite people said there was termite damage) Anyhow, we came back and said- ok we want to do another termite inspection- we will pay for whatever repairs is needed as per the inspection. If you will continue with the sale and everything else 'as-is'. So we're waiting to hear back from that.

In the meantime, my realtor just emailed me to say that the 1pm showing we had on our house went "very well, the buyers are very interested and well qualified, so we'll wait to hear back". So I'm starting to feel optimistic about this!

It's really heartbreaking. We put SO much money into this house. New paint, new sheetrocking, new flooring, new carpeting, totally remodeled bathroom, and the week before we moved out our central AC unit fried and we had to replace it (another $2500 down the drain!) it hurts SO much to think that we're going to just break even with what we owe on our mortgage and what we owe our realtors. Our house appraised last May 06 for $214k when we refinanced, and this year it only appraised for $184k and people are only offereing $170k?!?!? Seriously, the market SUCKS.

Oh and the husband part of my title.. I MISS HIM! He's been gone since Sunday afternoon and I'm going NUTSO with 4 kiddos all by my lonesome. Plus he missed James' 8th birthday too. :( I just miss him.. only two more days til he comes home!!!!!!!!!!

46 minute countown..

2007-11-14T21:11:00.000-05:00

til season 4 of Project Runway! Oh my I can't WAIT!
I just joined a fantasy Project Runway pool too. Does that show what a huge fan I am??? Or am I just a dork? *lol*

I chose Carmen on a pool I'm doing on a board I'm on. After reading projectrungays blog though.. I'm pretty certain that's not going to happen... they showed a couple of her designs.. ummmmm ok.. not really. I should have gone with my first choice Christian. I was only going to go with him though because my son's name is Christian, so I couldn't justify that! I'm such a loser. *lol* I really need to go out more ya think????

Ok, off to play a little Super Mario Galaxy, drink some peach wine, and then wait for PR to start! What a great night!

(Only thing that would make it greater is if my house sold and my hubby were home! )

Oops..

2007-11-12T21:05:00.000-05:00

Ok so that last post I added a pic of my lovely baby sister Stacy- and right next to that was an not to flattering caption to the pic. I swear it was not done intentionally and I do not under any circumstance think that any of my sisters are fat! It was merely a reference to a favorite Christmas song of mine that I decided to title my blog entry.

OOps! Serious faux paux!

Christmas is coming...

2007-11-12T20:29:00.001-05:00

The goose is getting fat!

Ok seriously folks. It's November 12th. Since when did Christmas start the first week of November? My sister and I drove to a local winery today to get some peach wine (YUM!) and apple cider donuts. See I'm still in the fall mindset! I don't want to think about snow and Santa yet! Anyhow, we took the kiddos to dinner at Friendlys (have the new buffalo chicken quesidillas. You will NOT be sorry!). Across the street from Friendlys was a big ol house totally decked out for the holidays. About $100 a month electric bill worth of lights and a big ol SEASONS GREETINGS! I say we take back our Thanksgiving and the fall. Who's with me? Start a revolution! Cluck like a turkey! Refuse to acknowledge Christmas til after Turkey Day!! Poor Tom is getting the very short end of the stick here.. Santa's getting a full two months now!!!!!

(Let's not mention how much of my Christmas shopping I've gotten done yet though. Hey I have four kids and two mortgages to worry about!)

Evil.

2007-11-11T22:56:00.000-05:00

She ratted me out to my husband.

Evil. Evil I tell you!

Due to annoying sisters..

2007-11-11T22:34:00.000-05:00

I had to edit my last entry. I just have to explain, because Karen certainly thinks she's super cool with her editing capabilities. "You said 'don't get me wrong' twice!"

So I just wanted to make a special entry all about Karen. Don't you feel special now?

Free at last!

2007-11-11T22:19:00.000-05:00

Is it bad that I enjoy a night to myself without the hubby? I love him to death- but I LOVE having the bed all to myself. I can take all the covers, lay however the hell I want to, and toss and turn to my hearts content if I want to! Seriously, it's like heaven!

Matt's in Dallas all week. Lucky man. It's 35 degrees right now. He's living it up in 70 degree weather. What happened to the fall? Can someone tell me? Because it went straight from summer to winter. Do you know I saw FLURRIES the other day?? Flurries! In the beginning of November! Seriously, I don't remember that happening in NJ before. We don't usually get snow til at LEAST December.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE snow. I would love to move back to New England. However, I'm stuck in NJ. So you just learn to expect a few things.... like a nice fall season. Gradually reducing the temperature until it gets ball freezing cold.

Ok back to the alone thing. It's cold in my house, dh is gone in Dallas and I'm sitting on the PC writing in my brand new blog. I think I need a glass of wine to enjoy the solitude!

Ok, in the future I promise to get witty. I just don't have a damn thing to say and I wanted to write in my blog. I'm jealous of my friend who writes ass slapping funny blogs. I wanna be like her!