Winter Blahhs

Yes, it’s technically not Winter yet. But what else do you call it when it’s –30 and deep snow everywhere? We had a wonderful Blizzard on Friday, and while the snow stopped falling Saturday morning, we are still have what it left behind, and extremely cold temperatures. Thank goodness our street isn’t as bad as some, we had to go out Saturday for a bit to return library books and get some food and we got stuck briefly but myself and 3 wonderful guys who I think had already been pushing people out all day got us out fairly easily. I have seen pictures friends have posted on Facebook and seen pictures on the news of some communities where the snow drifted so high that cars were almost completely covered.

I have great thoughts of things I want to get done right now. I want to do some baking. I have a basement that is in complete and utter chaos that is going to remain that way until I do something about it, because I know nobody else is going to do it. My pantry yet again needs completely emptied and re-organized, I made my kids do it only a week ago because they are the ones who make a mess of it, but they didn’t even clean it well in the first place and had it a disaster again within 2 days. I have blinds that need pulled down and cleaned, curtains that could use a washing, walls that need a scrubbing. But instead of doing all that I’m stuck sitting on the couch with a heating pad because my back and hip are in such pain I can hardly walk without crying in pain after each step. All of last week I was in pain, but this morning it’s worse than ever, even just sitting here I want to cry it hurts so much. I don’t know if it’s so bad because of the cold, or it’s something more than that. It sucks though whatever the reason for it. I know pushing the car out on Saturday didn’t help, but while it hurt bad afterward, it didn’t hurt as bad as it does this morning.

Since the storm ruined my plans to go out and do some Christmas shopping this weekend I ended up ordering a few things online, one thing I really wanted to get was on sale and I was worried we wouldn’t get there before the sale was over or they sold out of it, so at least I was able to take care of my niece and 2 of my nephews gifts. Found what I want for my other nephew too I think, but it wasn’t on sale and would have cost extra shipping, so I’m taking a chance I will be able to go buy it next weekend. So here is my updated Christmas list.

 

	Bought	Ideas
Bear (9, Boy)		Wii Game, Soft Cat Blanket
Jman (almost 12, Boy)		Wii Game, Soft Dog Blanket
Jman & Bear	Nintendo Wii	Wii accessories
Alex (hubby)
Prestin (under 1, boy)		Rock N' Ride Brown Pony
Madalyn (2, girl)	Doll Gear(Stroller, P.Pen etc)
George (4, boy)	Hungry Hungry Hippos, Crayola Pip-Squeak Thin Markers
Ian (almost 8, boy)	Monopoly City, Crayola Pip-Squeak Markers
Mom & Dad(Old! LOL)		The Pioneer Woman Cooks
MIL & FIL(even Older! LOL)	Digital Photo Frame

Tassimo

I’m sure you all have seen and heard about the Tassimo Brewing Systems. Well, I WANT  one of these!! I LOVE my coffee, but I’m rather picky about it too. I’m also the only coffee drinker in the house, which makes it kind of a bummer if all I want is one cup of coffee. I find that regular coffee makers don’t make the coffee well if it’s less than about 6 cups perked. So the Tassimo would be perfect for me so I can make my one cup at a time whenever I actually want it.

Even better though, with the Tassimo you can also make Lattes, Cappuccino, and even Hot Chocolate! Which means it is incredibly useful for the whole family since hubby and kids love Hot Chocolate. I’ve never really tried Lattes or Cappuccino to be honest with you, but I’m sure I would give them a try with one of these since I wouldn’t have to pay what coffee shops are asking for them!

So, why am I blogging about a coffee maker? Because I want to WIN it from My Organized Chaos! That’s why! LOL. You can mosey on over to her blog and check it out(it’s a great blog and she always has lots of great contests)…..but pleeeeeeeeease let me win it ok ;)……hey, it’s been yet another rough year, I think I deserve it :).

It’s That Time Again!!

Well, I’m going to try to make more of an effort to blog. I really want to and have been thinking about it a lot lately. And I thought what better way to start off than to do my Christmas List like I did last year!

Ideally I wanted to be done by now, last year I was done by the first weekend of December. But it has seemed even harder to get out for shopping lately than normal. Yeah we go to Walmart like every weekend, but that’s with the whole family and it’s kind of hard for me to buy gifts when we’re all together. So I’m hoping I can get it all done within 2 weeks….we’ll see if I can make that work LOL.

As I did last year, here is my list and I will try to keep it updated. I will link to sites that carry the items, but that is not necessarily where I got them or am getting them from. Maybe I can help some others out with their Christmas Lists with some ideas!

 

	Bought	Ideas
Bear (9, Boy)
Jman (almost 12, Boy)
Jman & Bear		Nintendo Wii
Alex (hubby)
Prestin (under 1, boy)
Madalyn (2, girl)		Doll Gear(Stroller, P.Pen etc)
George (4, boy)
Ian (almost 8, boy)
Mom & Dad(Old! LOL)
MIL & FIL(even Older! LOL)	Digital Photo Frame

Ok, going to have to add the rest later, computer has turtles in it.

Super Duper Funny!!

I know I’m far from the only one who is so sick and tired of the H1N1 this and H1N1 that crap. And noooooo I absolutely will not be getting my family vaccinated, in fact in all the research we have done about vaccines since checking out to learn more about this one I am now very very upset with myself that I didn’t do the same before giving my kids any vaccines and very much regret ever having them get any. But anyway, one of the pages I’m a fan of on Facebook shared this video and we had a HUGE laugh over it! I shared it on Facebook too, but just had to post it here!!

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are!

I need to find some good homeschooling blogs! I’ve found lots, but not quite what I’m looking for. All the ones I find are either families with younger children than mine, or don’t seem to do schooling quite the way I do….not that I really have a “way” though LOL. I want to find new ideas and stuff to make it more exciting, or something. I don’t know, I guess I don’t really know what I’m looking for, inspiration of some kind I guess. But most of the homeschool blogs I find are for the little ones, or they are very religious based, which we sooooo are not and I don’t want religion in my kids school….for us it’s a separate topic and they will learn about all religions so since hubby and I are not at all religious the kids can learn about all of them and decide for themselves if they want to follow a religion of their choice, or just remain neutral like us.

Wow, what a totally run-on rambling paragraph that was LOL. That’s what happens when you can’t get 5 minutes of peace and quiet to get your thoughts out properly haha!

Happy Halloween!!

I hope everyone had a great time trick or treating tonight!

The weather returned to real Fall weather for us, and while it was cold enough and windy enough that my legs and behind were pretty chilled, it was great! The snow we got earlier in the week was all melted, and the temperature was actually above 0.

My boys had a great time, as always. There were not many kids around though, wonder where they all were? LOL.

Wayyyyyy too much candy though!! OMG, each boy carried a bag the size of a pillow case and each bag was FULL!! And of course full of mostly chocolate and chips….my biggest weaknesses!! LOL

Here’s my Pirate and my Vampire. (my Vampire kinda scared me, no not his costume, but in it he looked like a teenager!! Yikes!!LOL)

 

****just a little footnote here unrelated to Halloween…..all ignorant people, and anyone who has some holier than thou attitude or anything of the sort piss off!! LOL. Sorry, but I blog for me when I feel like it. I don’t blog to debate things. I don’t blog to please anyone. Take your small little minds elsewhere and get a life!! Some people in this world are just so sad and really need to grow up or shut up. I don’t even want my kids to act immature, and they’re kids! It’s so sad that there are people who are supposed to be adults and they can’t act like proper human beings.

Stupid Entrecard

LOL, ok, so it’s not really stupid, EC was great when I really into blogging. But now try as I might I just can’t get back into blogging on a regular basis. When I do blog nobody reads it anyway(except for Sandee, Callie and I think occasionally Rene that I know of…thank you guys!). So instead or worrying about making sure I post once every 3 weeks in order not to get booted from EC I was going to just get rid of it.

Thing is, I have over 21, 000 EC credits built up!! I don’t want them just to disappear. I have checked their marketplace several times to see if there was something in there to spend them on, but found nothing. So I thought maybe I will just divide up my credits between some of the blogs that I really like and/or support from when I actually read a lot. Only to see that there is a limit! You can only send out 1,000 EC credits in 7 days!!! WTF!? I sure as hell don’t feel like going back there every week fro 21 weeks and then have to worry about posting every few weeks, but I also don’t want them to disappear. Grrrrr!!

Now, I don’t know if it will actually let you send the credits and then you just get in “trouble” if you oversent, or if it won’t even allow you to send them. Since the plan was to leave EC anyway I guess I should just try, because it doesn’t matter if I get into “trouble”. If it won’t let me send them, well I guess here’s a post and I’m good for another few weeks LOL.

 

**update** Well it seemed to work! I sent out chunks of credits to a few bloggers, big time fees it took off but at least not all the credits were lost. Now I’ll remove my widget and just blog when I feel like it….which could be months, who knows LOL.