Random

Burnt two bags of popcorn last night in the micro...a real pinterest disaster, or shall I say, epic fail! By the time I burned two I was mad, frustrated, the house reaked of burnt popcorn and I was afraid the smoke alarm was going to go off and wake the kids up...I had to try one more time though, I was craving the treat! Finally success...popcorn with cinnamon and sugar...yummy! Doing it in the micro (it's not "micro popcorn")...never again!

Had the best night Saturday with friends doing a murder mystery. Good times, had by all...I was looking on-line to see about buying one to host ourselves. Was amused to find there were "conservative versions" that were billed "perfect for church groups". There were also adult only versions...hmmm...who'd a thunk it?!?!

Although my new job officially starts today, tomorrow is my first day in the office. Looking forward to it. Wasted an obscene amount of time last night on pinterest pinning all kinds of Children's Ministry stuff. Prince Charming was busy wasting his time watching a terrible movie with friends...he does not recomment "The Gray".

A kid I had in youth group a billion years ago got a SAG award last night for his part in the movie "The Help". Kinda' surreal...

This morning I couldn't go out until I did a load of laundry. I was so busy trying to catch up on everyone else's laundry I forgot to do a stitch of mine. Jeans and a sweatshirt worn more than one day is fine...but...

I feel a good week coming on! With or without the sprinkles :)

Totally random

*In my continuing efforts to be mother-of-the-year, I gave the kids a lollipop at 8:30 this morning, on the way to preschool. Miss M got one at Cubbies last night and was enraged that she couldn't eat it before bed...sadly, I didn't hide it well enough and she found it this morning. I couldn't give her one and not JB...so...

*On the way home from preschool I was following a little yellow car with advertisements printed all over it that read 'the MAIDS'. It was all I could do, when we stopped at a red light, not to hop out of my car and BEG them to follow me home and clean my house for ANY price!

*We have been eating leftovers since Monday...if I don't cook a real meal tonight my entire family may revolt!

*The nebulizer got pulled out today, hasn't been out since Thanksgiving. It's a much better winter than last year, so far. Of course this post probably guarantees I will use it from now until April non-stop!

*I'm not pregnant, but I do have news...you'll have to wait until Monday for me to post about it ;) (and the reality of this is that both of you who read this regularly already know the news, so...)

Random pictures I downloaded from the last two weeks :)

Went to a beautiful and fun wedding on Friday for Laureen and Jon. There were sunflowers EVERYWHERE and it was fantastic! And, the bonus of the evening, if you stuck around long enough you got to bring some home!!! We are enjoying two big vases of them in our house. I think the Garvens might have more sunflowers in their house than they do in all of Kansas!

Made these with the kiddos last week. Saw it somewhere, than my friend Kim posted that she tried it. They were perfectly simple for JB and Miss M enjoys any crafting we do. They are sweet and simple and took two days of "project time". Even Daddy liked this one!I got crazy at dinner about two weeks ago. Made my usual meatloaf but cooked them in muffin tins. Than I used mashed potatoes as icing and a little dollup of ketchup as a cherry. I thought they were adorable...the kids...not so much...why do I even bother????????

The other day I realized that we hadn't eaten very healthy for a few meals (read as "mom was lazy and made a lot of junk") So I was feeling guilty but still had a few hot dogs I didn't want to waste. My kiddos love hot dogs so I wracked my brain to see what I could serve with them that would be really healthy. Miss M is on a NO vegetable kick (has been for about a year and half now) and they've both been giving us a real hard time about eating dinner. So I made a "rainbow" of things that are healthy and that they like. Red strawberries, orange cheese, yellow apple, green cucumber and blue blueberries. I forgot the purple, don't worry, Miss M pointed it out repeatedly!

I ended up laying a blanket down on the floor and we had a picnic dinner, a hot dog for everyone than just noshing on the rainbow. The kids loved it and I felt okay about what they ate for dinner! I just went to the grocery store and stocked up on ingredients for some tried and true recipes, so we can get back to a more balanced diet. Hopefully there won't be too much resistance, if there is, you know what I'll do...just add sprinkles!!