In case you are wondering, I am the driver on the closest ride!!!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Dishes...
I don't think it would be too dificult to do the dishes with this as your view! My sister-in-law's kitchen view! Love it!!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
brussel balls
When I was a young girl, my mom would boil these and serve them and I would THROW UP everytime. I hated these green vegies.... I have not had one of these in my mouth for YEARS...
Fast forward 35 years later and I thought "why not" let's give them a chance.
Last night I cut them and drizzled olive oil on them, added some kosher salt and fresh ground pepper, and threw them on the grill with my chicken. At the last second I added a dash of teriyaki sauce...cooked till soft-er and viola...GOOD BRUSSEL BALLS!!!! I can't believe how good they were! I am seriously hoping they are extra healthy, since I went to all the trouble of making them after all these years. I honestly struggled with the first bite "will I throw up" filled my mind... they were delicious.
btw: I know they are called brussel sprouts, when we were young we called them brussel balls.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
and this too!!!
So I have an addition to the "ups" column.
Just when you think no one appreciates your work... I had a mom of a football player tell me what a great job I am doing coaching the cheerleaders and she would like to treat me to a hot wax pedicure! GO ME! I chose RED...I never choose red. I am way more the "french" kind of girl, occasionally I will choose a dark brown, but never a red.
Who knows, red it is...
Saturday, November 08, 2008
the ups and downs and ups
Hanging over my head has been this whole Cancun trip. I really want to go, yet my "mom guilt" takes over...do I really need to spend the money on myself? Do I need to be gone right now? Do I need to miss our last pep rally and game? Do I need to miss my 2 younger kids last soccer games? How is Corey going to get everything done without me here?
I have been going round and round with it. I stalked the orbitz.com website trying to find the best ticket price. I stressed over each dollar I was going to spend. I had to buy the ticket and then still drive to Dallas, pay for parking etc... What was I thinking???
So I decided that I would base my decision on Corey's last game. If he won and went to the National Tournament, I would not go to Cancun and go to the tourney with him.
Saturday morning: got a speeding ticket. Now this is not too bad to say if you (idk) HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE!!!! The police are not too happy to pull someone over who doesn't have a driver's license. (Or maybe they are but I am not) Well, last nail in coffin...no Cancun trip when you have to pay multiple tickets to the fine city of Tyler.
Super fun time on Saturday stunt clinic with good friend John Blake. I think I learned as much as the girls did! It was a great way to take my mind off of Cancun trip for 8 hours.
Sunday: day of game... Corey's team loses on overtime and shootouts. Okay Cancun could possibly still be on???
Monday: still stalking Orbitz.com. Tickets are TOOOOOO expensive. Definitely NOT going.
Tuesday: My sub calls and says she cannot sub for me after all for Cancun trip. Okay really NOT going.
Wednesday: really want to go so bad! I go to school and check with a different sub...he CAN sub. Check ticket prices and (gasp) under $300.00 bucks!!!!!! Book it Immediately! (even though flight leaves Dallas at 7:00, be there by 5:30 meaning leave Tyler at 3:30am and get up (stay up) at 2:30.... oh well, I am going to Cancun!
Thursday: Went to dmv to take drivers test (yes I have to re-take written and driving test). Lady is nice, and asks me KEY question: Have you ever had a Texas driver's license? Why yes I have...okay renew old license, take cute picture, pay $24.00 and BAM license in hand!!!!! YEA!
I do something amazingly nice for ex-boss (find him judges for an event he has on Saturday and no one to judge) and he BOOKS ME A HOTEL ROOM IN DALLAS ON TUESDAY!!!!! Yea! So that the above doesn't have to happen and I can also park my car at the hotel!
Friday: Call about ticket.
IF I go to defensive driving school ticket will be only $111.00 and WILL NOT show on my record therefore not raising my insurance. Whew.
So> I am going to Cancun!!!!!
I have been going round and round with it. I stalked the orbitz.com website trying to find the best ticket price. I stressed over each dollar I was going to spend. I had to buy the ticket and then still drive to Dallas, pay for parking etc... What was I thinking???
So I decided that I would base my decision on Corey's last game. If he won and went to the National Tournament, I would not go to Cancun and go to the tourney with him.
Saturday morning: got a speeding ticket. Now this is not too bad to say if you (idk) HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE!!!! The police are not too happy to pull someone over who doesn't have a driver's license. (Or maybe they are but I am not) Well, last nail in coffin...no Cancun trip when you have to pay multiple tickets to the fine city of Tyler.
Super fun time on Saturday stunt clinic with good friend John Blake. I think I learned as much as the girls did! It was a great way to take my mind off of Cancun trip for 8 hours.
Sunday: day of game... Corey's team loses on overtime and shootouts. Okay Cancun could possibly still be on???
Monday: still stalking Orbitz.com. Tickets are TOOOOOO expensive. Definitely NOT going.
Tuesday: My sub calls and says she cannot sub for me after all for Cancun trip. Okay really NOT going.
Wednesday: really want to go so bad! I go to school and check with a different sub...he CAN sub. Check ticket prices and (gasp) under $300.00 bucks!!!!!! Book it Immediately! (even though flight leaves Dallas at 7:00, be there by 5:30 meaning leave Tyler at 3:30am and get up (stay up) at 2:30.... oh well, I am going to Cancun!
Thursday: Went to dmv to take drivers test (yes I have to re-take written and driving test). Lady is nice, and asks me KEY question: Have you ever had a Texas driver's license? Why yes I have...okay renew old license, take cute picture, pay $24.00 and BAM license in hand!!!!! YEA!
I do something amazingly nice for ex-boss (find him judges for an event he has on Saturday and no one to judge) and he BOOKS ME A HOTEL ROOM IN DALLAS ON TUESDAY!!!!! Yea! So that the above doesn't have to happen and I can also park my car at the hotel!
Friday: Call about ticket.
IF I go to defensive driving school ticket will be only $111.00 and WILL NOT show on my record therefore not raising my insurance. Whew.
So> I am going to Cancun!!!!!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Got to be fair...
Emy and her mighty "Tinkerbells" cleared the fields and won their tourney as well! Go Tinkerbells!
Mac + soccer = Champions!!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Kennedy and her homecoming "date"
And I use the word date VERY loosely...
At the game she said to me "Mama, he is like, stalking me... he wants to be with me all the time..." and she is just so upset about it and she says "I kind of want to hang out with Matt a little bit" And I am trying not to laugh, but I say to her "Well, what did you expect...he asked you on a date and you said yes. So technically he expects you to be with him. He is not stalking you, you are on a date!" LOL
And these are the Homecoming mums...kind of out of control if you ask me...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Why...
I want to know a few things...
1. Why do I have an enormous headache everyday after school?
2. Why did I let my MS drivers license expire last month...forcing me to have to take a written test and a driving test in order to get TX license?
3. Why do little things seem like such a big deal?
4. Why do kids cut their own hair?? Even after they have cut it before and were disciplined?
(PS the answer I got was "this piece was hanging in my face" it was a CHUNK from the BACK!!!!)
5. Why do kindergarten age kids have homework???
6. Why do I constantly want to move...right after I move somewhere new?
(wait that was deep...sorry:))
7. Why can't it be November 12th yet?
8. Why do 41 year olds still have acne?
9. Why did K's soccer coach schedule a tournament ON THANKSGIVING DAY in Dallas, when we will be in SC???
Any answers will be accepted, and some advice may actually be taken, so feel free!!!
1. Why do I have an enormous headache everyday after school?
2. Why did I let my MS drivers license expire last month...forcing me to have to take a written test and a driving test in order to get TX license?
3. Why do little things seem like such a big deal?
4. Why do kids cut their own hair?? Even after they have cut it before and were disciplined?
(PS the answer I got was "this piece was hanging in my face" it was a CHUNK from the BACK!!!!)
5. Why do kindergarten age kids have homework???
6. Why do I constantly want to move...right after I move somewhere new?
(wait that was deep...sorry:))
7. Why can't it be November 12th yet?
8. Why do 41 year olds still have acne?
9. Why did K's soccer coach schedule a tournament ON THANKSGIVING DAY in Dallas, when we will be in SC???
Any answers will be accepted, and some advice may actually be taken, so feel free!!!
Sunday, October 05, 2008
some thoughts
I am obsessed with pumpernickel bread... I eat it all the time (i know: carb/schmarb) It has such good flavor and it makes a sandwich a little more interesting...I have been eating it for breakfast toasted with strawberries on it. YUM
I am craving apple picking in the north! I love to go out and get fresh apples and eat about 3 that day and bag about 3 dozen for later...missing that.
I am sick of cheerleaders that wine (i mean whine)...it makes me drink wine...Friday I received an anonymous typed letter mailed to the school!!!! From a cheerleader, signed "a friend". There are so many issues just in those sentences....well, you get the drift.
Why do parents enable their children??? Do they think it will "help" them in the long run??? I am so shocked to receive email from parents: "Please do not collect John's homework, I forgot to put it in his backpack." Did you catch the key word??? I mean are parents responsible to put the 8th grader's homework into his back pack??? Why don't they just come to school with them and turn it in too!! LOL
okay enough complaining...
I stood in Walmart today and read part of the book The Last Lecture. I stood in Walmart and cried today.
I was awe struck by the fog over the cow pasture this morning...with the sun coming up...beautiful.
I am craving apple picking in the north! I love to go out and get fresh apples and eat about 3 that day and bag about 3 dozen for later...missing that.
I am sick of cheerleaders that wine (i mean whine)...it makes me drink wine...Friday I received an anonymous typed letter mailed to the school!!!! From a cheerleader, signed "a friend". There are so many issues just in those sentences....well, you get the drift.
Why do parents enable their children??? Do they think it will "help" them in the long run??? I am so shocked to receive email from parents: "Please do not collect John's homework, I forgot to put it in his backpack." Did you catch the key word??? I mean are parents responsible to put the 8th grader's homework into his back pack??? Why don't they just come to school with them and turn it in too!! LOL
okay enough complaining...
I stood in Walmart today and read part of the book The Last Lecture. I stood in Walmart and cried today.
I was awe struck by the fog over the cow pasture this morning...with the sun coming up...beautiful.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Happy Birthday to my friend....
One of my friends wrote this, and I am astonished to see how they fit me as well. This is a friend that I have known for 16 years, although we are not very close, we are close in heart. I am happy to find that we are better friends than I expected at the time we lived close to each other...she is precious...
1 I'm becoming less of a middle child as I grow up
2 Baking relaxes me
3 I love to watch chimney swifts fly in circles
4 Some days I don't like children
5 God has a purpose for me and I want to be smack dab in the middle.....
6 Something evil inside me is happy when others gain weight too
7 Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night and drink tea from my fine china
8 Home is my favorite place but I do LOVE adventure
9 I could play ping pong for hours
10 My husband still gets me after 27 years
11 Give me a challenge!
12 When I close my eyes at night I see colors that I've never seen before
13 I deeply love my family
14 I'm thinking of painting my kitchen.....again
15 One of the best moments of my life was spent washing stinky feet
16 I turn 48 years old tomorrow and I still feel young.....most of the time.
1 I'm becoming less of a middle child as I grow up
2 Baking relaxes me
3 I love to watch chimney swifts fly in circles
4 Some days I don't like children
5 God has a purpose for me and I want to be smack dab in the middle.....
6 Something evil inside me is happy when others gain weight too
7 Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night and drink tea from my fine china
8 Home is my favorite place but I do LOVE adventure
9 I could play ping pong for hours
10 My husband still gets me after 27 years
11 Give me a challenge!
12 When I close my eyes at night I see colors that I've never seen before
13 I deeply love my family
14 I'm thinking of painting my kitchen.....again
15 One of the best moments of my life was spent washing stinky feet
16 I turn 48 years old tomorrow and I still feel young.....most of the time.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
comments from Emy
She is playing in her first soccer game of the season and I (of course) am cheering here on from the sidelines. One time, as an opponent was kicking the ball in, and Emy was standing right in front of me, I took the opportunity to "parent coach" her. I know, all you coaches out there are disgusted right now..."Leave the coaching to us..., come on lady" anyway, as she stood in front of me I couldn't resist... "Em, you have to go after the ball and get it!" and she turns and looks at me and says "Mama, I already did that once." Then, (coach) what do you say to that???? It was like she really thought that was enough. So ....is it enough?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
on a serious note
Someone came to me the other day, and (i think) they were complimenting me on my outlook in life. IN GENERAL I am a very upbeat, glass is half full, kind of girl.
She said "Do you ever have a bad day?"
um, hello.
Yes,
I said, everyday is a bad day.
Everyday that I spend on this earth with my sinful nature is a bad day.
Everyday.
Everyday I am prideful.
Everyday.
Everyday I hurt one of my children's feelings!
Everyday.
Everyday I think more about myself than anything/anyone else.
Everyday.
Everyday I brush past people who need a hello, or more, from me.
Everyday.
I can only make everyday by the grace and mercy and love of Jesus. Cling to the promises.
"Better is one day in your courts, better is one day in your house, better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere!"
She said "Do you ever have a bad day?"
um, hello.
Yes,
I said, everyday is a bad day.
Everyday that I spend on this earth with my sinful nature is a bad day.
Everyday.
Everyday I am prideful.
Everyday.
Everyday I hurt one of my children's feelings!
Everyday.
Everyday I think more about myself than anything/anyone else.
Everyday.
Everyday I brush past people who need a hello, or more, from me.
Everyday.
I can only make everyday by the grace and mercy and love of Jesus. Cling to the promises.
"Better is one day in your courts, better is one day in your house, better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere!"
Sunday, September 21, 2008
the days rush by
WOW
It has been a long time since the last post!
Well, I was miserably sick this whole last week... I HATE being sick. I hate feeling sick and acting sick and when I am trying to talk to someone and snot is everywhere, or I am laughing and a big gunk of chest yucky stuff comes up.... I just hate being sick. And on top of that so many things going on this week!!!
My blogging may end up taking a back seat, I am just sooooo busy!
I am trying to keep the kids organized and myself organized and Spanish classes in order and cheerleading "un-drama-ed" (impossible feat)...so you can see the complications.
Homework for 3rd graders sucks!!!! I am seriously disturbed by the amount of homework Mac has. It is unreal. And they do this thing called the "Riggs Program" at his school and it is the mother of all hard things...I don't even like it/understand it. We struggle with this every night!!!
This whole week, we had the most lovely weather.... gorgeous cool mornings and sunny days, but only about 85 instead of the 100 degrees...so very nice here.
It has been a long time since the last post!
Well, I was miserably sick this whole last week... I HATE being sick. I hate feeling sick and acting sick and when I am trying to talk to someone and snot is everywhere, or I am laughing and a big gunk of chest yucky stuff comes up.... I just hate being sick. And on top of that so many things going on this week!!!
My blogging may end up taking a back seat, I am just sooooo busy!
I am trying to keep the kids organized and myself organized and Spanish classes in order and cheerleading "un-drama-ed" (impossible feat)...so you can see the complications.
Homework for 3rd graders sucks!!!! I am seriously disturbed by the amount of homework Mac has. It is unreal. And they do this thing called the "Riggs Program" at his school and it is the mother of all hard things...I don't even like it/understand it. We struggle with this every night!!!
This whole week, we had the most lovely weather.... gorgeous cool mornings and sunny days, but only about 85 instead of the 100 degrees...so very nice here.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
bowling fun
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