Monday, March 30, 2009

  • 08:35 Watching "Mighty Machines" with the boys. The subway chapter is making me wish I were in London--the boys would love riding the tube. #
  • 10:39 EZ's bday bounce house (air mattress meets blow-up pool) has quickly become a honk receptacle--brimming with bedding, clothing, and towels. #
  • 21:07 Thinking of going to Mer's graduation. With $10 hotel and $39 plane ticket how could I say no? #

Saturday, March 28, 2009

  • 11:20 Just got home from a yard sale. Funny how you can instantly want all kinds of random things when you are perusing through neighbors junk. #
  • 11:21 Out to walk the treadmill. Goal: one more pound before March ends. #
  • 11:24 ...except that I hear the baby crying. Foiled again. Maybe we'll try afternoon naptime? #
  • 14:50 Multi-task Sat: Laundry, cooking for the YW tonight, prepping the garden for planting... #
  • 22:08 Accidentally laundered Aaron's ipod. Will be having graveside service for it tomorrow after church. #

Friday, March 27, 2009

  • 18:32 Dinner tonight: Pasta Carbonara with peas...then tomorrow I am back to 1500 calories. I promise. #

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

  • 10:26 Regretting last night's rendezvous at [Up] ChuckaRama with Sushi and Dad--not the company, the food. Did I really need four scones? #
  • 13:56 Just started following Terry Moran and Orrin Hatch. Interesting. #
  • 17:16 Sporting a side pony tail. #

Monday, March 23, 2009

  • 11:14 Monday again and trying to get back in the swing of things. #

Saturday, March 21, 2009

  • 13:11 Trying to develop a beef cannelloni recipe that can be adapted for mass production as freezer meals... #

Thursday, March 19, 2009

  • 20:40 Wow. What a day! #

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 13:29 Beautiful day! Spent the morning with the boys on the grass outside examining ants and jumping spiders. #
  • 13:30 p.s. Jumping spiders are freaky. #
  • 13:32 Afternoon Mom/HY project: Whip up a batch of divinity for YW tonight. #
  • 14:07 Waiting for the sugar to get to hard ball stage takes forever. #
  • 14:12 HY: "did you see the brown specks in [the beaten egg whites]?" Me: (Oh no) "what'd you do?" HY: "it's ok, just a little brown sugar." #

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 08:54 Happy St. Patrick's Day! #
  • 15:40 Going crazy. #
  • 15:42 One two-year-old for sale. If you call today, you'll also receive a four-year-old for no additional charge. #

Monday, March 16, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 10:06 Fri: Made Aliesha bday cookies. Sat: Took cookies to find open P.O. to send them. Sun: Opened package, ate cookies on way home from church. #
  • 10:06 "The way to Hell is paved with good intentions." #
  • 10:56 Doing laundry. Avoiding Easter candy. #
  • 14:11 Talking myself out of exercising today and into eating candy. #
  • 14:12 Fell asleep nursing the baby, like usual. Those afternoon feedings are a killer. #
  • 15:51 Contemplating taking the boys to a department store...at four in the afternoon. May be crazy. #
  • 17:59 Dinner tonight: pancakes. Either that or leftovers. #
  • 20:55 Yuck. Sometimes leftovers are so blah. I hate that I even wasted calories on them tonight. #

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 13:19 Making tamales. And sweet pork. Love me some fresh mex. #
  • 13:46 Tamale dough ranks right up there with cookie dough, if you ask me. #
  • 13:53 Primary Teacher "How is your mommy nurturing in your home?..." HY: "She plays guns.." #
  • 14:52 Squeezing lemons to make sherbet. Fiesta at my house, four o'clock! #
  • 17:40 Partying with my friends. #
  • 19:49 The men cleaned up. I'd call that a successful dinner. Next time let's try it without the kids. #

Friday, March 13, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 11:35 Getting pumped for Friday family venture. Already cleaned up several messes including, baby lotion, vinegar, broken glass, and hand soap. #
  • 17:10 Did not need to eat the skittles, chips, Easter candy, and cookie dough today. That's what happens when Daddy comes home early. #
  • 17:11 Working on dinner. #

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 14:56 Sleepy today. #
  • 15:31 Thinking of taking the pilgrimage to Costco, just for the fun of it. #
  • 21:17 Doing dishes, of course. #

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 10:10 Making Honey Bee cookies for "H" day. Yesterday was "T" day, hence the Tuna for dinner. #

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 14:46 Dieting again. "I will not eat a rootbeer float. I will not eat a rootbeer float..." #
  • 15:26 Updating the budget. #
  • 17:16 Dinner tonight: Tuna Noodle Casserole. ...Look, I know what you're thinking. And you're wrong. It's going to be good. #
  • 21:41 Tuna didn't wow the crowd too much tonight. Surprise? #

Monday, March 09, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 10:46 Back from Vegas vacation. Organizing/cleaning house. LOVE daylight savings! #
  • 10:56 Putting together new vacuum that we bought in Vegas. #
  • 13:08 Milling brown rice to make hot cereal. Or, more accurately, HY is milling. He would have made a great pioneer. #
  • 13:52 Wasting time reading blogs. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! #

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 10:54 Just cancelled cable...again. I have a love/hate relationship with TV. #

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 12:39 Curse you mini marshmallows!!! I don't even like you. Why do I keep eating you? #

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Tweets for Today

  • 15:47 Playing Candy Land with HY. He's winning. #
  • 16:18 Dinner tonight: Grilled Curried Chicken with Summer Squash and Basmati Rice. #
  • 20:05 Dinner was good. Kids in bed. Tomorrow I am going to thin out the toys by at least 30% and give to DI. What a great day! #