Nov

Nov

I had my hair colored again.  I normally get it colored every 6 weeks or so.   It has caramel tone underneath it, but the highlight is normally plaitum blonde.  This time, I decided to do what Jeff want me to do PARTIALLY!  I had the highlights switched out to “Flame Red” streaks :)  However, the picture make it look “orange”. It is NOT!

Nov

I found a blog that does recaps on GW.  Here’s the link.  Hope this helps ya!!

Nov

Jeff got me hooked on the tv show, LOST right when they started showing the repeats.  The new date is January 21st!!  WHOO!

You can find it on their offical LOST website.

Nov

The shipping has been very good for CTMH!  I put in the order late Saturday afternoon, fully expecting that it wouldn’t be able to ship out till today or tomorrow since the weekend usually get packed, so I figured it’d be here NEXT Tuesday..  WRONG!! Well I got the notification yesterday afternoon around 1 pm and it is scheduled to be here Thursday afternoon!!!   It was JUST picked Monday then be here Thursday!? Talk about fast shipping!

I caved in and bought the CTMH’s Original Card book. SO now I’m all done with the books.   Will be working on December’s Kits of the Month. I’m really looking forward because the first set is going to kick butt!!

I really worked my rear off yesterday – Now that I got the new vacuum on Thursday – Jeff put it together for me.   Yesterday, I pulled all of the furnitures away from the wall and cleaned the walls and got everything out of the way. Vacuumed everything. OMG!  It was sooooo dirty!!  I can’t even tell you when the last time I did that for the living room!  I’m thinking 5 years?!  EWW!! It was so nasty!  I had to dump the vacuum container FOUR TIMES!! Just for the living room!!  That’s how dirty it was! I started in there at 10 am and finished at 2 pm!!  Yeah, that’s how long it took me to really clean everything out.

Now my back’s paying for it. It’s just very very sore..  not threw out.   Today I’m just going to tackle the bathroom; something easy.. – Tomorrow I plan to do either my scrapbook room OR the front room.  I’m not sure yet..Hopefully by next Sunday I’ll have everything really cleaned then it will be easier to clean it up afterward.Then I wouldn’t have to freak before the surgery about what I need to do. Oh yeah that reminds me!!

I got the paperworks for the surgery date.  The surgery is December 10th at 1 pm! YES, at 1 pm! I was like uh oh, I’m going to be so hungry!  UGH!  So it DOES look like at this point, that I will be spending the night at the hospital, which I was hoping to avoid!!   So my pre-op is Dec 3rd and post-op is Dec 18th.  So it does look like I’ll be activated sometime after Christmas to the first part of the year.  I’m hoping to talk to Brenda today and see if we can go ahead and set up the schedule for the activation for the left side so I can work around the kids since they will be off from Dec 19th till Jan 5th for their Christmas Break.

Well, It’s gonna be rainy day today. EW!   Kids have no school today!  I have appointment in STL at 11 am. So, I am dropping the kids off at Jeff’s mom’s at 9:30 am.  Thankfully soccer is done!!
I’m gonna let the kids sleep in today. I made Jeff get me up because I’m not doing good with getting up with the alarm clock anymore… so hopefully after Christmas, I can get back on that and don’t need Jeff to wake me up. It sucks!!
Okay I’m off to hop in shower before kids get up so I can have some quiet time to myself, hopefully. LOL!

Nov

Know where I can find previous shows online?  Im trying to find the video from 5/16/08 of Ghost Whispers.

Thanks 

Nov

OMG!!

I did not get to watch it until Saturday afternoon. Friday night I was busy working on my websites. When I got ready to watch it, my oldest son, who is 11 years old had warned me to make sure I had some Kleenex on it. I said Oh really, so something’s going to happen and he said Yes mom, just watch it.

If you read my original post about this. You can see I had some hunch about this.

I’m still in shock about this!! At the same time, I wonder what the heck the writers were thinking about writing him out, but having him show up as ghost?! That’s not fair to Mel!  She was ready to make a baby with her hubby and they do this!? ARGH! I guess we’ll find out next week!   I’ll check back in a few days on line to see if I can find the full video and post the link here.

Nov

Connor just had his last game of the season this morning. It was COLD! It was hovering just barely over 40’s. I was lucky to score a decent parking right in front of the field so I could stay in my bus. (Bus — is what my kids call my trailblazer :)) They managed to win 3 to 1. They’ve done very very good this year. 9 wins, 3 ties and 0 loss. Basically from what we have been told, is that we’re undefeated. Next weekend is the bowling party for the team. Thankfully the season is over because it was getting unbearable with the weather. Normally it doesn’t get THIS cold till the end of November, but mother nature decided to switch us on and did it in the 3rd week of October. BRRR!!

Oct

Walk on while trick and treating..

Oct

Whoo I finally walked!!  I’ve been meaning to start walking and lose some weight… Here’s what I did!! I took Metzger out and we walked for half hour and this is what I ended up with!!

Oct

Last night, we went to a friend of mine. They’re like us — one deaf/one hearing — We met up with another cpl there too. The house was full of KIDS! There were total of 7 kids!! It was crazy last night!! We played 2 different games last night. There was one point during the evening that I heard something fall and I said “Did something just fall?” One of the hearing said yes it was a kid collaspable chair — and then mentioned that wasn’t used seeing me hearing things. It was kind funny at the same time. Always knew me since I was little girl and not hear anything and now I am.
Kids were WORN out by the time we got home. We left at 7 pm and didn’t get home till 1 am and they really had a great time, so did we.. Looking forward to the next time we get together!! Defintely needed that!!

Oct

UGH!! I’m ready to SCREAM and pull my hair out. Connor was doing so well with the counseling and now he’s scaling back to his old behavior and is not doing his chores and is being disrespectful.

Duncan and Aiden, on the other hand, is throwing the line of “I didn’t do that!” when I ask them to pick something up. I’m like I DON’T care who did that mess, just do what I said. I finally pulled Duncan into the living room this morning and said to him and pointing to one of the cover that i did not use last night and I said, but I’m STILL cleaning it up and putting it up because no one will and being lazy about it and has no respect for what I’m doing around the house. it’s a hard job keeping this house decent with 3 kids and 2 dogs.

UGH, this DEFINTELY is not going to be one of my good day for sure.

Oct

THANK YOU all!! We went camping over the weekend and got back in late yesterday afternoon (after getting stuck in traffic jam on 44 E for 2 ½ hours with 3 kids and 2 dogs. UGH!)

I think I did okay overall with the eating, but drinking was the other story — all I had was sodas all weekend. SO my quest, today to is start drinking water!! I was really uncomfortable all weekend as the water down there is not drinkable and the nearest store was 30 miles away!! However, I did walk 3 times a day with the dogs and it’s probably about a mile all together as we were in a “loop” where we camped. I hope that counted somewhat. I’m planning on taking the dogs out for a walk this evening if weather permit and hopefully I can stick with it! my rotty is pretty good about not pulling me, but it’s the mini dachshund that is giving me grief! She has to be ‘first’ in the line. It is hilarious seeing this big rotty and this little mini dachshund competing for the “first” in line. LOL! It’s a sight!

Weight – so far I’ve lost only 2 lbs this week. It’s always 2 lbs lose, then 4 lbs gained. It always seem to stay within the same weight since last year. It is driving me nut. I still haven’t gotten on the exercise wagon as I’m still having hard time waking up at 5 am. I hit the snooze till 6:30 am! *sigh*

I need to start to stay off the computer and moving around the house, but the computer’s so addicting! I’m going to be adding the pictures from the camping trip to my picture blog hopefully this afternoon – after I tackle the mountain of laundry Fun, NOT!

Okay I better get off of here and go down-stair and tackle the laundry if I want to get it done today (about 2 weeks of laundry down there) anyone wanna come and help me, LOL!

Oct

Donations boost Shop With a Cop dance

EAST
ALTON - Sgt. Brent Wells is revved up about donations that are coming
in for Saturday’s benefit auction, dinner and dance that supports the
annual Shop With a Cop program.

Jim Spain and Jim Cromer of Donnewald Distributing Co. in Godfrey
donated $500 on Thursday for the seventh annual event, which will be 6
p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2859,
231 E. Edwardsville Road, Wood River.

Wells, of the East Alton Police Department, said Donnewald’s
donation couldn’t have come at a better time because one of the
benefit’s longtime contributors pulled out.

“We really appreciate what all the businesses and individuals who donate have done for the program,” Wells said.

The event raises money to take underprivileged children shopping during the Christmas season.

Wells said Dream Weavers Motorcycle Club Inc. is the driving force behind raising money for the event.

“Without them, we couldn’t do this,” he said.

Members of the motorcycle club work throughout the year, soliciting
business owners to donate money and merchandise for the benefit. The
group also holds poker runs and a motorcycle rodeo to raise additional
money.

The benefit is the motorcycle organization’s primary charity. Last year, they raised about $10,000.

Wells serves as the liaison between Dream Weavers and the children
who are selected. He said school nurses actually are tasked with
picking the children.

“There a lot of people who work hard but can’t quite get their kids
what they would like to for Christmas,” Wells said. “This is a way to
reach out to families who need it most and put police in a positive
spotlight.”

Wells said law enforcement officers from East Alton, Wood River,
Roxana, Bethalto, Hartford, South Roxana and the Madison County
Sheriff’s Department would team up with motorcycle club members to take
25 to 30 children shopping in December.

Cromer said Donnewald Distributing’s owners, Jim and Mike Donnewald,
are pleased to give to such a good cause. He said the owners want to
continue partnering with the community and be a positive influence.

In August, the Donnewalds purchased Dixon Distributing Co., an Anheuser-Busch wholesaler.

To find out more information about the event, visit www.dreamweaversmc.com,
or to make a donation, contact Wells at (618) 259-6212. Tickets can be
purchased at the door for $15 per person or $25 per couple.

Link is here

Oct

Chicken Dumpling
Put a whole chicken fryer in a pot with 4 cans of chicken broth and 3 cup of water (just enough to cover the chicken)
Add Peas, Carrots and Onions (I didn’t add onions because my kids hates it). Let it boil for about 1 to 1 1/2 hour.
Take the chicken out and de-bone it.  Put the meat back in the pot.
bring it back to boil while you make the "dumplings" part.

4 cup Flour
6 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp salt (I think I’d cut it down to 1 1/2 tsp)
6 tbsp Shortening (I put 8 tbsp instead)
2 cup milk (I added about 1/2 more)

Sift flour, baking powder and salt.  Cut in Shortening with fork, then add milk.  Mix lightly with fork.  Drop onto the meat (boiling broth).  Cook for 10 minutes UNCOVERED.  Then cook for another 10 minutes with the lid on.  Sprinkle with paprika or parsley. 

This took me about total of 3 hours together (I started at 5 pm and we will be eating around 8 pm). My suggestion is start it around 3 pm if you normally eat around 6:30 pm like we do!!

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