My bil is way too funny. He has become somewhat of a sahd. He works 2 24 hour shifts a week and the other days are spent taking care of his home and his son. My sister has been going to school and working a lot leaving him to become Mr. Domestic. I love it!
Last night we were at his house for Sunday dinner. After dinner he offered to make all the kiddos hot chocolate. When he got out his blender I was thinking what are you doing? Well, you will thank me for this idea he saw on Martha (even though he admits it wasn't Martha that he got it from ha!).
Warm up some water in the microwave till hot. Put a packet (or how many packets you need) of hot cocoa in the blender. Add the hot water to the blender. Then blend away. It will make it super creamy and it will give you that froth on the top. (think Starbucks froth). You can then pour into mugs and add marshmallows or my bil's fav. is to put a candy cane in and stir it with that so that the candy cane melts a bit. Oh my word. Sooooo good!
Fyi: do not overfill blender. Bil pours this super hot water into the blender, pushes the start button at the same time saying, "Helen watch this" and just when he does that the water explodes out of the blender all over his shirt, his hair, his face, the counter, the floor, everywhere. I almost fell out of my chair laughing so hard! I was so mad at myself for not having my camera! Fortunately my sister thought it was funny too...I wasn't sure what her reaction was going to be seeing the mess that was made. But it was sooo worth it. That had to have been hands down the best hot chocolate evah!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Menu Monday
Boy, its been awhile since I have done one of these lol.
Monday: Maid Rites, Lays potato chips
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday
Wednesday: Chicken Stir-Fry, rice, spring rolls
Thursday: Fajitas (both chicken and beef), beans
Friday: My son is requesting Kraft Mac n' Cheese. Let's just say we will be eating that for lunch and something else for dinner ha!
Monday: Maid Rites, Lays potato chips
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday
Wednesday: Chicken Stir-Fry, rice, spring rolls
Thursday: Fajitas (both chicken and beef), beans
Friday: My son is requesting Kraft Mac n' Cheese. Let's just say we will be eating that for lunch and something else for dinner ha!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Just talkin...
Has it really been 2 months since I have blogged? I mean really...2 months? I must confess I found a new addiction. Drum roll please...Facebook. Yes Facebook. I put it off for the longest time and just couldn't put it off any longer. My sisters are on, my brother is on, ALL my friends are on. I was living in the dark ages so I gave in and signed up. Let's just say I have been having an affair with Facebook. It's the first thing I look at in the morning and the last at night. I love "seeing" what my friends are up to in real time and I love "sharing" what I'm up to. I love the itty bitty details of life. You know the ones like: I'm eating pizza now. I just worked out. I 'm wrapping presents. yep. I'm loving it. I also love the privacy of it all. With my settings I can control who sees what I write and I can actually post pictures there and not worry about some oogie person overseas stealing my pics and posting them on their blogs acting like they know me. Don't believe this happens? It does....I just recently read where a mommy was keeping a blog and posted tons of pics of her 2yo on it. Well she found out from someone that her pics of her daughter were being used on a Chinese ad site without her knowing. Horrible. Now she is trying to fight all that and has since put everything to private.
I must admit that is why there are hardly any pics here..I love sharing my life and keeping a record of it but I'm just not comfortable enough to put pics of me and my kids up when anyone can come here to see kwim? Yet I love reading blogs that are pic. heavy because that is where a lot of my inspiration comes from.
In other news I decided to get a jump on my annual new year's resolution to get healthy, exercise, drink more water, blah, blah, blah. For about a month and a half now I have been working out 5 times a week, drinking 1 1/2 - 2 liters of water per day, and for the most part watching what I'm eating. I feel great! More energy, more positive, but the weight is not budging. No. Not even 1/2 a pound. nada. sigh. but I do feel better. Does that count for something?
Other than that the past 2 months have been spent doing holidays and holiday functions. My son is in theater at school and they have already done 3 plays. 2 of them were doing school hours so I was able to go (the advantage of being a sahm for sure) and the other was at night a couple of nights ago at his school. Mariposa has had various programs going on at her school and artist has had art functions and other activities going on. Busy, busy, busy.
I feel like I haven't really had a chance to enjoy Christmas yet with all the busyness going on. It's sad really. I MADE myself sit down and watch Charlie Brown Christmas with the kids last week and for those 30 minutes I was feeling the Christmas spirit. I'm hoping next week things will slow down and I can get in the Christmas mood.
It's funny, come January I will actually go through withdrawal from busyness. I go from 100 to nothing come January and I'll be sitting here twiddling my fingers wanting something to do. I will then miss all the activities and happenings that I am dreading right now. Crazy. I guess I'm still learning how to live in the moment and embrace it as it comes. I'm doing better though. Remember I did enjoy that Charlie Brown!
This week coming up shouldn't be too bad. The kids will have half days on Thursday and Friday so that will make my week go by fast. I have only one activity going on and that is at Mariposa's school for her Christmas party. Other than that I am free to enjoy my Christmas home but more importantly enjoy the time with my family and perhaps a few friends here and there.
I must admit that is why there are hardly any pics here..I love sharing my life and keeping a record of it but I'm just not comfortable enough to put pics of me and my kids up when anyone can come here to see kwim? Yet I love reading blogs that are pic. heavy because that is where a lot of my inspiration comes from.
In other news I decided to get a jump on my annual new year's resolution to get healthy, exercise, drink more water, blah, blah, blah. For about a month and a half now I have been working out 5 times a week, drinking 1 1/2 - 2 liters of water per day, and for the most part watching what I'm eating. I feel great! More energy, more positive, but the weight is not budging. No. Not even 1/2 a pound. nada. sigh. but I do feel better. Does that count for something?
Other than that the past 2 months have been spent doing holidays and holiday functions. My son is in theater at school and they have already done 3 plays. 2 of them were doing school hours so I was able to go (the advantage of being a sahm for sure) and the other was at night a couple of nights ago at his school. Mariposa has had various programs going on at her school and artist has had art functions and other activities going on. Busy, busy, busy.
I feel like I haven't really had a chance to enjoy Christmas yet with all the busyness going on. It's sad really. I MADE myself sit down and watch Charlie Brown Christmas with the kids last week and for those 30 minutes I was feeling the Christmas spirit. I'm hoping next week things will slow down and I can get in the Christmas mood.
It's funny, come January I will actually go through withdrawal from busyness. I go from 100 to nothing come January and I'll be sitting here twiddling my fingers wanting something to do. I will then miss all the activities and happenings that I am dreading right now. Crazy. I guess I'm still learning how to live in the moment and embrace it as it comes. I'm doing better though. Remember I did enjoy that Charlie Brown!
This week coming up shouldn't be too bad. The kids will have half days on Thursday and Friday so that will make my week go by fast. I have only one activity going on and that is at Mariposa's school for her Christmas party. Other than that I am free to enjoy my Christmas home but more importantly enjoy the time with my family and perhaps a few friends here and there.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Menu Monday
Monday: Chicken taco bake, beans, sauteed broccoli (feeling the need for some greens with all the germs and viruses around ha)
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday
Wednesday: Fajitas, beans, mexican rice
Thursday: Spanish Macaroni, crackers
Friday: Date night with hubbie!
Saturday: Sammies, chips, fruit
Onto the subject of laundry...the weekends are kicking my butt. I normally do 2-3 loads of laundry per day. Its the first thing I do when I wake up and the last thing I do when I go to bed. Come the weekend that does not happen..we are so busy with soccer, church, family time that laundry gets put on the back burner. Well, come Monday like today I end up with 8 loads of laundry to do. I am so sick of laundry at the moment and I will still have to wake up tomorrow and start a load. I am hoping to train myself starting this weekend to at the very least do one load of laundry on Saturday and one on Sunday just to keep somewhat on track. I mean my poor washer and dryer are pooped as am I! Good night washer and dryer.
Tuesday: Taco Tuesday
Wednesday: Fajitas, beans, mexican rice
Thursday: Spanish Macaroni, crackers
Friday: Date night with hubbie!
Saturday: Sammies, chips, fruit
Onto the subject of laundry...the weekends are kicking my butt. I normally do 2-3 loads of laundry per day. Its the first thing I do when I wake up and the last thing I do when I go to bed. Come the weekend that does not happen..we are so busy with soccer, church, family time that laundry gets put on the back burner. Well, come Monday like today I end up with 8 loads of laundry to do. I am so sick of laundry at the moment and I will still have to wake up tomorrow and start a load. I am hoping to train myself starting this weekend to at the very least do one load of laundry on Saturday and one on Sunday just to keep somewhat on track. I mean my poor washer and dryer are pooped as am I! Good night washer and dryer.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Living our lives in seasons
I was listening to Joyce Meyer today on christian radio. She said something that just shook my bones. I'm paraphrasing this as I can't remember word for word but this is what she said:
There are seasons to our lives.
It is beautiful to live within our season.
It is ugly to live out of our season.
Can I get an Amen to that?
My gosh is that ever true. I see too many people willing to use a credit card to buy the new designer jeans or Coach bag rather than using cash to buy used or frequent a discount store. I see too many people graduating college and building a mcmansion when really they should be thinking starter home. I see too many people buying a house full of furniture to fill above said mcmansion when really they should be buying piece by piece.
Don't get me wrong. I have my moments where I try to live outside of my season. But, those are short lived moments especially when I get my credit card statement and realize its time for a Dave Ramsey intervention ha!
Seriously, I think if we choose to live within our season of life we would all feel so much better. Right now I am in my childbearing/child raising season. This is my time to be at home with my children, take care of my home even if it means having times of loneliness or missing adult conversation. This is my season and before I know it the kids will be grown and then my season for working outside of the home will come and I will converse with other adults and have opportunities for more "me" time. Right now it's all about raising my kids the right way: with morals and values and respect for themselves and others. That is my focus on this season of my life.
Living our lives in seasons is God's plan for us. He has purposefully created "times" in our lives to reach our milestones. Time for school, time for marriage, time for children, time to care for our elders, time for us. He has carved out these times for us and ordered them in such a way that we are able to grow and learn in His infinite wisdom. Let's get back to living within our season and let's get back to being true and open to the beautiful, wondrous gift that has been given to us: LIFE.
There are seasons to our lives.
It is beautiful to live within our season.
It is ugly to live out of our season.
Can I get an Amen to that?
My gosh is that ever true. I see too many people willing to use a credit card to buy the new designer jeans or Coach bag rather than using cash to buy used or frequent a discount store. I see too many people graduating college and building a mcmansion when really they should be thinking starter home. I see too many people buying a house full of furniture to fill above said mcmansion when really they should be buying piece by piece.
Don't get me wrong. I have my moments where I try to live outside of my season. But, those are short lived moments especially when I get my credit card statement and realize its time for a Dave Ramsey intervention ha!
Seriously, I think if we choose to live within our season of life we would all feel so much better. Right now I am in my childbearing/child raising season. This is my time to be at home with my children, take care of my home even if it means having times of loneliness or missing adult conversation. This is my season and before I know it the kids will be grown and then my season for working outside of the home will come and I will converse with other adults and have opportunities for more "me" time. Right now it's all about raising my kids the right way: with morals and values and respect for themselves and others. That is my focus on this season of my life.
Living our lives in seasons is God's plan for us. He has purposefully created "times" in our lives to reach our milestones. Time for school, time for marriage, time for children, time to care for our elders, time for us. He has carved out these times for us and ordered them in such a way that we are able to grow and learn in His infinite wisdom. Let's get back to living within our season and let's get back to being true and open to the beautiful, wondrous gift that has been given to us: LIFE.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Menu Monday
Monday: beef stroganoff, green beans, rolls
Tuesday: taco tuesday
Wednesday: Mom's night out woo-hoo! Kids will be eating at my mom's for dinner
Thursday: crock pot beef stew, crackers
Friday: sammies, chips, fruit
Saturday: my bil and his family will be in town. not sure what we will be eating.
Sunday: sunday dinner at my mom's.
Tuesday: taco tuesday
Wednesday: Mom's night out woo-hoo! Kids will be eating at my mom's for dinner
Thursday: crock pot beef stew, crackers
Friday: sammies, chips, fruit
Saturday: my bil and his family will be in town. not sure what we will be eating.
Sunday: sunday dinner at my mom's.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
My girl is growing up; sniff, sniff
Yesterday when I picked up Mariposa from school she asked me if I could NOT walk her in to school in the mornings. I of course asked why and she proclaimed that she is now a big girl going to a big school and she knows her way around. Stop right there. When did my little girl grow up and where have I been? What a shocker. I think I'm still peeling my bottom lip off the floor!
So, this morning when I parked in our usual spot and was about to get out of the car to walk her in she says, "Mom, remember I walk myself in now." Sigh. and that was it. She walked her little self in by herself all the while my eyes were peeled at the door making sure some alien did not snatch her. It took everything in me to not go in just to peek and make sure she made it to her classroom. I stayed in the car in disbelief, then drove away anxiously awaiting 3pm when I could pick her back up. When I picked her up she was so proud of herself. She said she walked in with her little friend and they gabbed all the way down the hallway into the classroom. Yep, it's official she is growing up.
All I can say is that thank goodness I still have one at home with me and I am still the center of her universe. Watching my kids grow up is hard and letting go is even harder.
So, this morning when I parked in our usual spot and was about to get out of the car to walk her in she says, "Mom, remember I walk myself in now." Sigh. and that was it. She walked her little self in by herself all the while my eyes were peeled at the door making sure some alien did not snatch her. It took everything in me to not go in just to peek and make sure she made it to her classroom. I stayed in the car in disbelief, then drove away anxiously awaiting 3pm when I could pick her back up. When I picked her up she was so proud of herself. She said she walked in with her little friend and they gabbed all the way down the hallway into the classroom. Yep, it's official she is growing up.
All I can say is that thank goodness I still have one at home with me and I am still the center of her universe. Watching my kids grow up is hard and letting go is even harder.
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