Silly Girls

Once again today my girls were on a roll.  I think I actually snorted at one point.  Sometimes they just tickle me.  It all started when Brandon and Lauren came back from washing the sleeping bags at the laundrymat (major rip off by the way! -it would only take not washing your clothes for a couple of months to be able to  buy your own stinkin machine!)  They had been playing pretend, Lauren was the dad and Brandon was the son and they had been “fishing” from the carpeted bay window seat there.  It was so cute she was walking around calling him son and at lunch she wanted to say the prayers because she was the dad.

Then around supper time, we told the girls to get dressed because we were going out.  Erica wanted to know where we were going, Brandon told her “Crazy”  She said “well you don’t need to wear clothes to go crazy”.  So anyway, the place we were taking them all was to the Grand Coney restaurant here in town.  While we were eating Erica said “the next person to have a birthday should choose to go here” (they each get to choose the restaurant of their choice for a birthday dinner -within reason of course). Then we got talking about that I will be the next one who gets to pick and how I will be 34 in October.  Erica says “wow! then you’ll be like right at the top of the hill” and Sam chimes in “no, thats not ’till your 50.”  Toward the end of our meal Erica (who had eaten two pancakes, two sausage patties, and a side of hashbrowns) starts commenting on how full her stomach was.  Then she proceeds to state her observations that “Daddy is the fattest, then mommy is the second fattest because she has the baby.”  Interestingly when she started talking about herself and her sisters it switched to “Lauren is the second skinniest (the baby being the skinniest of course) then she was the third skinniest and Sam was the fourth skinniest.”  We joked that we could have our own TV show -just give our kids food and let them roll.

Oh do I ever wish Brandon’s phone hadn’t died because we would have the cutest evidence of how much Lauren enjoyed her “side order of toast” not toasted. (She wanted the peanut butter and jelly sandwich w/o the peanut butter so since they have jelly right on the table we just ordered the bread and I jellied it for her -she thought it was great b/c she got to sample all four jellies)  She had jelly from ear to ear, it looked like a big jelly smile.

My Mother-in-law is brilliant

How many times do you hear that?  First of all I do love my MIL.  I have always said I am one of the luckiest people in the world because I have such wonderful in-laws.  However this tip she gave me was so helpful.  You see many years ago, when we were first married, I had canned some peaches with my mom (it might have even been before we were married).  Well, Brandon thought they were quite good, so not long after we were married he was at an estate auction and decided to buy me some canning jars that they were selling by the box.  Being new to auctions, however, he was not aware that since it was “choice out” he should go select the boxes he wanted right away and ended up with an interesting assortment of jars -lesson learned.  Well over the years I have done some canning and used some of the nicer jars in the collection (I had no idea how to get the others clean -they were dirty and had a white film on them) but this year I’ve done quite a bit more canning and needed more jars.  Well, once upon a time my MIL had told me how she cleans the glass items she gets at estate sales to get them usable again -denture tablets.  So I decided it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try.  I sent Brandon out to pick up some cheap denture tabs from Walgreens but because they were on sale, of course they didn’t have any.  So off to Family Fare -I needed them right now! (I have since tried the dollar store variety and I would say they work just as well)  My mom-in-law said she just puts the item right into the water with the denture tabs and then washes them.  I had already washed the jars in the dishwasher hoping that it would be enough, not so.  So I loaded some into my handy rubbermaid dish pan (the big one I use for camping) and filled them with the warm water and denture tabs.  Next I scrubbed them with my “bottle” brush and ran them through the dishwasher.   They came out great!  Some of them still had a very light milky white film but the insides were sparkling clean and smooth.  I have since done some experimenting with pre-washing vs. not, different brands of tablets etc.  I found that because some of mine were exceptionally dirty prewashing did seem helpful and didn’t seem to have negetive effect on the final product.  I focused on the inside of the jars by putting a tablet in each jar and letting the solution flow into the water surrounding the jars but I think next time I might add a few tablets to that water too.  Here are some pictures of the process.  The first picture is the “before” picture.

  This is after one time through the soak process. this is after a second run through (just to see if it would make a difference  To be honest, the “Kerr” jar had such a serious film even after the second treatment, I took a steel wool pad to the caked on stuff you see at the bottom in the second picture (I did try this on some of my larger jars that had just the light film and it didn’t make any difference) I ended up not being sure which of the Kerr jars was the one I started with (note the others in the background)

Tag your it …

Okay now Nana sent me this e-mail foreward so here it goes:

TAG – YOU’RE IT! If you opened it, you have to do it
 
(it only takes a couple minutes I swear!) Then, post it on yours!
 
 Two names you go by:
     1. Dawn

     2. Lovey

 
Two things you are wearing right now:
     1. maternity clothes
     2. headband
 
Two things you want very badly at the moment
      1. A nap
      2. extra time to get stuff done

 
Two people who will most likely to fill this out
     1. Melissa
     2. Lindsey

 
Two things you did last night:
     1.set up for the clothing sale at school
     2.took a bath
 
Two things you ate today:
     1.honey bunches of oats with almonds

     2 crackers and cheese

 
Two people you last talked to:
     1. Brandon
     2. Nana

 
Two things you did today:
     1. worked the clothing sale
     2. showed my sister how to do stuff on the computer
 
 Two favorite beverages:
     1. hot chocolate with a mint melted in it
     2. coke w/ cherry syrup

 

Okay now it’s your turn, don’t forget to link me so I know to check your site =)

About Me

I got this in an email from my SIL so I thought I’d post it here rather than doing the foreward thing.  44 odd things about me!  If you enjoy this try it yourself

1.  Do you like blue cheese? ewe no
2.  Have you ever drank?  Yes, I try to drink often throughout the day as my Dr says I will get dehydrated if I don’t
3.  Do you own a gun?  not personally, but there are at least 3 in my house
4.  What flavors of Kool Aid was your favorite? I don’t like Kool Aid – too watery
5.  Do you get nervous before doctors appointments?  Depends on what dr
6.  What do you think of hotdogs?  depends on if I’m pregnant
7.  favorite Christmas movie? The Best Christmas Pagent Ever
8.  What do you prefer to drink in the morning?  hot chocolate if it’s cold out, juice if it’s not
9.  Can you do a push up?  A push up, sure  -though I’m not even sure about that right now
10.  What is your favorite piece of jewelery? my wedding ring
11.  Favorite hobby? scrapbooking
12.  Do you have ADD?  no
13.  What’s your weight? hard to determine right now as the baby is figured in to the total
14.  Middle name? Marie
15.  Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.  My back is aching, I wish I hadn’t just accidentally deleted #1-37 so I have to start over, I hope tomorrow is a productive day
16.  Name 3 drinks that you regularly drink. Water, Milk, Cola
17.  Current worry? That Erica will have a flare b/c I miscalculated her meds
18.  Current hate right now? gutless “prolife” politicians who won’t stand up for what they supposedly believe in because they don’t want to force their views on others -if it’s wrong, it’s wrong.  Would they allow people to steal because in their mind it’s not stealing? -ask me how I really feel
19.  Favorite place to be?  home sweet home
20.  How did you bring in the New Year?  I think I was blogging
21.  Where do you want to be right now?  in my dream home -the clean version of this one
22.  Name three people who will complete this. Jen, Mary, Melissa
23.  Do you own slippers?  yes
24.  What color shirt are you wearing right now? gray
25.  Do you sleep on satin sheets?  no, the slightest rough spot on your foot and it’s like velcro
26.  Can you whistle? YES 
27.  Favorite color?  pink or green
28.  Would you be a pirate? no
29.  What song do you sing in the shower? II don’t usually sing in the shower
30.  Favorite girls name?  If only I had a favorite girls name left, I would probably have a name for this baby
31.  Favorite boys name? Joshua
32.  What is in your pocket right now?  what pockets
33.  Last thing that made you laugh?  the video Mary posted on her blog. It’s a good thing I was already on the floor
34.  Best loved bedsheet as a child? I had a favorite quilt I got to use at my Grandma’s house
35.  Worst injury you had as a child?  going down a slide a screw punched into my leg and left a divit
36.  Do you love where you live?  yes totally
37.  How many TV do you have in your house? 2

 

 

38.   Who is your loudest friend? probably Nelly
39.  How many dogs do you have? none -thankfully my hubby has allergies
40.  Does someone have a crush on you?  Butch
41.  What is your favorite book? Debt Proof Living by Mary Hunt
42.  What is your favorite candy? chocolate
43.  Favorite sports team?  n/a, I don’t watch sports
44.  What song do you want played at your funeral?  Lots of them, hard to narrow it down

An enthusiastic send off

Lauren could not wait for the girls to leave for school this morning.  You see Nana had gotten her a new set of watercolor paints -with glitter I might add and the deal was we would get them  out after the girls went to school.  She was most impatient that I made her wait until the table was cleared of the breakfast dishes and washed off.  She had a great time creating a masterpiece for each of her sisters and her daddy.  However she was done within about 45 minutes and then came into the livingroom and was “just going to wait here till the gails get off the bus”.  I finally convinced her that it was going to be a while and she decided to go watch a video.  We ran the gammut of things to do, coloring, painting, play dough, videos, but finally we made it through to time for the girls to get off the bus.  I must say, I don’t remember hearing much from her after that.  Good thing we are taking Oma to the Dr tomorrow, I don’t know what else we would find to do.  At least she hasn’t use the dreaded phrase ” I’m bored” …..yet.  We’ll see if she’s as glad to have them go tomorrow.  Oh I’m going to have to see if I can get some video of her because today she was doing double time to get all of her words out -she was having quite the conversation with herself….so cute.

baby bumps and a name

Brandon felt the baby move for the first time today.  I was so excited because she moves alot but until now he has not been able to feel it. 

Since we already have Charlie (Lauren), Clide (Erica), and Clevis (Samantha), he decided this one’s nickname should be Cooter.  Other than that we do not have a name for this little girl, though there are a few being kicked around.