Random stuff and stuff

Monopoly tournament tonight.  Hope our house brings home a trophy...we are waaaaay overdue!

Needed something quick to make to bring to said tournament...and found a recipe for graham cracker toffey that I *miraculously* had all of the ingredients for!  Simple...and quick.  I'll post the recipe later.

George now says his first and last name when you ask him what his name is!  Sooo cute.

I dyed his applesauce last night with two drops of red foodcoloring.  Why?  Because we were out of the stawberry/apple applesauce...and he had a *fit*. 

Off and running.

Love to all!

Sick Mommy

I have a cold.  It sucks.

Eric was kind enough to take George out for errands today...they went this morning and spent some time with Grandpa and ate luncj there and then came home and George took a nap.  I wrote up the grocery list and they went out again.  While they were at the store, I tried a new pizza crust recipe.  I liked the consistency, not sure about the taste since the cold has pretty much wiped out my tastebuds!

I noticed my hyacinths starting to come up...which means that even though it's snowing there is hope for warmer weather soon.  At least I hope so!

I'm still looking at seed catalogs and websites.  I really want a viable garden this year.  I'd like to do a raised bed or two in the back yard.  Not sure how that will work, but I can have my dreams! 

Oh, and I did give up Facebook for Lent.  The exception being Sunday...according to everything I have read, you are permitted a "mini-indulgence" on Sundays because Sunday is a mini reminder of the ressurection.  (When you count timewise to Easter, it is 40 days not counting Sundays because of this...who knew?) The goal is to keep it in perspective...and so I am allowing myself an hour tops...and prefer to keep it to a half an hour. 

Off to bed for me.  Well...after I drink my orange juice.

Valentine's Day

Hope everyone is having a happy Valentine's Day.  Eric and I don't typically do anything special.  We used to go out an grab a burger somewhere.  This year I'm making crockpot chicken and dumplings.  Cake mixes were on sale, so I made a chocolate cake and decorated it for the "holiday".

We were totally out classed at daycare for Valentine's Day.  We did cards and I attached a jolly rancher lollipop.  Well, a couple of kids had gift bags...like bubbles and a matchbox car and three kinds of candy.  It was crazy!  Sure there are only 7 kids in his class...but man!  I would have brought in cupckaes or something but they don't want anyone to bring in homemade stuff any more.  How sad.  I understand the principle, I suppose, but I think it's really a shame.

I need to get the house picked up.  Daycare is closed tomorrow for teacher training and Eric's mom and dad are going to watch George...this could be interesting!  They are starting out at our house, hence the need to clean.  George has been so wound up today that it isn't even funny.  I hope that he calms down some for tomorrow.

Short and boring, that's me...maybe someday I'll have the opportunity to work on making entertaining posts.  Right now, I have a house to clean and part of  I Kings, Proverbs, Isaiah, Amos and Micah to read...and all of Ecclesiastes.  This class could have been interesting.  Unfortunately, it is boring and the man teaching it has an ego that makes it almost unbearable.

Off to get going.  Love to all on Valentine's Day.