
Noun 1.A Mom with seven kids and one fat pug. 2. Crazy, wild, loud, loving, forever
Friday, December 26, 2008
The Key to My Heart

Sunday, December 7, 2008
Random Smiles With Miss Em



Thursday, November 27, 2008
To Be Or Not To Be.....Thankful That Is

Sunday, November 23, 2008
Thanks Babe!

Saturday, November 15, 2008
'Til we meet again

Friday, November 7, 2008
My Joy Through Our Sorrow
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Share the love

- My family
- Peanut butter and chocolate ice cream
- Harry Potter
- The smell of fresh cut grass
- Listening to the owl outside my window at night
- Pumpkin anything
6 Blogs I love:
Have a great day friends, voting, enjoying the fact that election season it almost over, spreading the love.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Chocoholics Anonymous-Halloween




Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Chocoholics Anonymous-Coma Hot Chocolate and a Super Duper Chocolate Chip Cookie


Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I'm running all over the playground!!

Tag, I'm it, 3 times in a row! Man, I need to run faster. No, just joking, this is fun, hope you find it fun too. I'm going to combine the three tags from Lindsay, Bobbi Jo, and Mamarazzi, the 8 things, to know about me, that make me happy so here goes...
Places I like to eat:
- Outback
- Carabba's
- Pei Wei
- Ted's
- Hideaway Pizza
- Olive Garden
- Panera
- Chick Fil a
Shows I watch
- Lost
- Heroes
- Dr. Who
- Medium, is that still on?
- AFV
- Wizzards of Waverly Place, the kids sucked me in
- Jimmy Neutron, secretly love this show, no sucking needed
- Jon and Kate plus 8
What makes me Happy
- Food, I have issues with chocolate, Sonic's diet Cole w/ lemon, and peanut butter.
- Watching my girls dance(shhh, even my boys), recital and Nutcracker time just make this mama want to bust some buttons. They look so confident, something I always struggled with as a kid.
- Family vacations, spending time with my kiddos and husband, minus the asthma attacks, crying babies and out of this world costs, Silver Dollar City and Colorado have been the happiest I have felt in a long time.
- Holding a newborn baby, oh it makes my heart just go pitter patter, and this is why I have 7 monkeys in this jungle.
- Harry Potter!!! I'm in stinkin' love with this whole phenomenon, movies, books, muggles, Hogwarts, Griffydor, Doby, and could go on and on.
- Fall weather, 50-60 degree temperatures, sun shining, leaves falling off the trees, perfect!
- My children, Molly, Ben, Katie, Jack, Grace, Hannah, and Emma. I love every little piece of their stinky, dirty, cuddly, soft, and amazingly cute bodies. OOHHHH they can drive me insane, but when the dust settles most of what they do is just so silly and laughable.
- My love and eternal companion Duane. He is the first thing I think of in the morning and the last thing I think of at night. Even before cancer he was the light in my life, I didn't need cancer to remind me how incredible he was, I always knew. No one could ever make me more happier, no one.
That in a nutshell are three tags summed up into one. I'm tired of running, I won't tag anyone else, time for a kool-aid.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Muffin Tin Monday-A Ghostly Tale



Here lies John, my dear late lamented friend. I know he wished he could be here before the end. John was a fun man, a giving man too. He wanted to share his body parts with you.
John was a jolly man with a great big gut. Let’s pass around his intestines, just your luck! Fresh from the grave, wet and cold Just a little slimy, just a little old. Twisted and shriveled in a bunch Just like they were after his lunch. (cold cooked spaghetti)
His skin was fair, almost pure white Let’s pass around a piece, no need to fright. Fresh from the grave, wet and cold. Just a little slimy, just a little old. Pretty greasy and dirty, he lived in a cave. Never really had time to ever bathe. (shredded tortilla)
One eyeball went left, the other went right. See poor John had very bad sight. Fresh from the grave, wet and cold. Just a little slimy, just a little old. Handle them gently as they roll John wouldn't like it if they fell from the bowl. (peeled grapes)
Now John wasn't a very smart man. We found his brains stuffed in a can. Fresh from the grave, wet and cold. Just a little slimy, just a little old. You'll feel there isn't much to them Shows the kind of man he'd been. (cold cooked cauliflower)
One thing John was proud of was his pearly whites A good set of choppers kept him fed right. Fresh from the grave, wet and cold. Just a little slimy, just a little old. See his teeth were strong unlike his sight Just be careful when you touch that they don't bite(white cooked corn)
With all his pieces back safe and sound. Time to put him back into the ground. So now you've met my dear lamented friend That brings this haunting to an end.
To round out the muffin tin and complete the Tale of John I added a little liver(spam), maggots(rice), heart(peeled tomato), vomit(bean and corn salsa), finger tips(hot dog tips) and broken bones(shaped bread sticks).
Are you still with me? I know a little gross for the younger crowd but my older monkeys loved it, Jack was enthused about eating all the "body parts", Grace was a tad spooked and Hannah was clueless. The rest were impartial. I had fun!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Chocoholics Anonymous-Sipping Chocolate


Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Secrets in the Sauce-Blogathon

Have you seen this button on the side of my blog? If you haven't guessed yet, I love blogging, and the SITS network is awesome! I have found some blogs that would have probably never come onto my radar. Where are my Angels just today won my heart with this funny post about giving Richard Simmons the old one two. Give it a click if you loathed Sweating with the oldies as much as I do. The Peterson's Go Public today posted a brutal confession of eating circus peanuts(you know the orange marshmallow thingies)for breakfast. Love that lady. Last but not least are the three blogs that sparked my creative bug, the three blogs that I look at every day Skip to my Lou, Make and Takes and Today's Creative Blog. All three are a treasure trove of useful, creative and sometimes yummy information.
Head on over today they are having a huge giveaway, one prize every hour, and yes I already have won a fabulous prize from the SITS gals, a gift certificate, from Sweet Funky Vintage, which I ordered the cutest outfit for Grace. Anyway give it a whirl today friends, good luck!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Chocoholics Anonymous: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Fudge Bars


Just today I was blog stalking and came across a kindred spirit with a sweet tooth, Satisfying My Sweet Tooth is a yummy site full of lots of sweet treats! This week alone she dedicated each day to a different brownie, that's what I call a true Chocoholic! I knew at first glance that this was going to be this weeks Chocoholics Anonymous recipe. Maybe I should rename Friday Peanut Butter and Chocoholics Anonymous, I'm setting a trend here huh? Thank you Grandpa for my deep love of Peanut Butter(especially in oatmeal!).
Thursday, October 9, 2008
What would Jessie do? Part two



Wednesday, October 8, 2008
W.W.J.D.?-What Would Jessie Do?


Sunday, October 5, 2008
Well, We Tried
Do you have a love/hate relationship with General Conference? Twice a year we try our darndest to watch, listen and learn from the leaders of our church as we watch the broadcast on TV. Twice a year different methods are used as we try to include the children in the spiritual experience that we often have felt while watching the speakers. Twice a year we at some point fail to capture the attention of several of the children as it becomes to much of a temptation to giggle, laugh, and play as they sit comfortably in their home. This year Hannah-Nana did not help, watch, listen and learn why she is such a nut head!
After this Wild Woman finished coloring it took 30 minutes to stop laughing hysterically. Thank goodness for the DVR.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Chocoholics Anonymous-Reason #159 why I'm a chocoholic, Identity Theft

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Recipe Box Swap-Lunch
3 c green/red grapes, halved
3 c pineapple tidbits
6 T dried parsley
3 T lemon juice
1 ½ t pepper

Monday, September 29, 2008
Muffin Tin Monday-Shapes


- Square-cheese cubes
- Triangles- Triscuit triangle crisps
- Circles- Red Globe grapes
- Ovals- Cherub grape tomatoes
- Rectangle- Sugar wafer cookies
- Semi-Circle- Potato and cheese pierogi
Any suggestions about how to make pierogi's more appealing, they just look so cool. Well we tried.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Chocoholics Anonymous-Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookies


One note about these chocolate chips they are bigger than normal chips, how sweet is that.
Hershey's(with Ghirardelli chocolate chips) All-in-One Chocolate Chip Cookie
1 c Butter; softened
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Granulated sugar
2 Eggs
3/4 c Packed light brown sugar
2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 ts Baking soda
Heat oven to 350 F. Beat butter, sugars, vanilla and salt in large bowl until creamy. Add eggs; beat well. Sift together flour and baking soda; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until done. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack to cool. Cool completely. About 5 dozen cookies. Enjoy!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
My Jack

He is such a complex little man. All this outward energy, but still so shy and insecure.
He is a purest, plain vanilla ice cream(except for lately, he likes cookies and cream, Duane's favorite, I think a little cancer induced psychology into that new liking), plain glazed Krispy Kremes, only spaghetti noodles(nothing else, nothing homemade), but he will eat casseroles with onions, peppers, and whatnots.
He adores his big brother Ben, tears fill my eyes now as I think how loyal he is to him. Yesterday during one of our little dates I marveled at how often he spoke of Ben, and never in a harsh way. Little man loves and idolizes Ben.
I discovered after 5 years of stewing he still thought Penny's head had fallen off when she died. FYI when your dog dies don't say to your 3 almost 4 years old that her body went to be with Heavenly Father unless you're prepared for years of psychological torment to be done to the little guy. Sorry Jack, I should have explained it a little better.
More than anything I learned that my world has been blessed to have Jack. He was given to Duane and I to teach and love. I hope and pray he always knows how much his momma loves him.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
To Be Three

Friday, September 19, 2008
Chocoholics Anonymous-This one's for my Grandma

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Visions of Sugar Plums
