About Victoria's Birthday
Victoria turned SIX in January. She's so funny and smart. We had a fun family party at home with the mom-made cake -- cream cheese frosting again, but this time with some "flowers" drawn on top. I say "flowers" b/c I don't think they really looked like flowers. They were a little blob-ish.
About Girl Scouts
Yes, that's right. The girls are now Daisy Girl Scouts...and I am their grand master troop leader (that would be my unofficial title). It's been fun so far -- we have 10 girls in our troop and I have a great assistant troop leader who keeps me from going completely crazy. We did this crazy (and I'm not kidding, it was CRAZY) cake auction thing and then....wait for it....sold cookies. Now that the girls have raised a bunch of money, we're going to be able to do some fun stuff. The funniest thing about being a troop leader is how much the girls like me. They are a little different than high school kids. haha
About Andre
He is now the district armorer. It's very exciting for him; it'll be a new challenge and keep him very busy. I think part of the job involves taking guns apart and putting them back together. And testing them out. And repeat.
About Today
Yes, today. We had a good day. The girls and I met Mandy and her kids at the library and then went to lunch. I think we checked out 13 books. They aren't due until March 19 -- hopefully they will all get read before then. We hung out at home the rest of the day and I cooked. I've been wanting to make some big batches of freezer-friendly food. Swedish meatballs and chicken pot pies. It'll be nice to have some stuff to stick in the oven when I don't feel like cooking during the week.
About the Blog
I'm going to try to keep it up AND to post pictures! We'll see how that goes!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
A post I wrote January 10...that I'm just now posting...
Some of my friends mentioned the other day that they actually read my blog. So I decided to update it. Maybe I will try to keep it up. That and losing 65 pounds could be my New Years resolutions!
About Leavenworth:
We went to Leavenworth with the Smiths the beginning of December. Last year, there was no snow. This year, we got stuck in it! No joke. It was not a laughing matter. We were stuck in the driveway of the rental house. Big sigh on my part. Andre finally made me go inside so he could take care of business. A few minutes later he was inside with good news -- it's unstuck. We snowmobiled the next day and had a great time...except for the the "incident" that left one of the snowmobiles with a broken tail light. We spent our last full day in town shopping and then watched the tree lighting. It was so pretty, as usual.
About Christmas:
The holiday was pretty relaxing, which was nice. Sometimes Christmas gets lots in a whole bunch of stress, so I've been trying for the past couple of years to really focus on what's important -- spending time with my family and not being grouchy because I'm worried about wrapping paper and such. We went to Mom & Tom's the morning on Christmas Eve to exchange gifts and eat quiche (yum) then went to Andre's family gathering that evening. It worked out so well -- we didn't feel like we had to rush around at all. Then we were able to vegitate at home on Christmas. Andre had to work, but the girls and I did not go anywhere. I even went so far as to take a shower and then put my pjs right back on.
About Olivia's Birthday:
Miss Olivia is 7 years old. I can't believe it. First of all, time flies. Second, Andre and I are definitely not mature enough to have a 7 year old. We had a little family party at home. I made her a cake with homemade cream cheese frosting (the greatest thing I have created in my kitchen to date) and filled with cherries (some of the ones that I canned last summer). Can we say delish?
About New Years Eve:
We were going to go out, but we didn't end up with a babysitter. It turned out good, though. We got Chinese from Mandarin House (the greatest place E.VER) and watched a couple of movies. I fell asleep on the couch around 11 or so. That's right, we party like rock stars at our house. Sorry, I have no pictures of this night.
About Leavenworth:
We went to Leavenworth with the Smiths the beginning of December. Last year, there was no snow. This year, we got stuck in it! No joke. It was not a laughing matter. We were stuck in the driveway of the rental house. Big sigh on my part. Andre finally made me go inside so he could take care of business. A few minutes later he was inside with good news -- it's unstuck. We snowmobiled the next day and had a great time...except for the the "incident" that left one of the snowmobiles with a broken tail light. We spent our last full day in town shopping and then watched the tree lighting. It was so pretty, as usual.
About Christmas:
The holiday was pretty relaxing, which was nice. Sometimes Christmas gets lots in a whole bunch of stress, so I've been trying for the past couple of years to really focus on what's important -- spending time with my family and not being grouchy because I'm worried about wrapping paper and such. We went to Mom & Tom's the morning on Christmas Eve to exchange gifts and eat quiche (yum) then went to Andre's family gathering that evening. It worked out so well -- we didn't feel like we had to rush around at all. Then we were able to vegitate at home on Christmas. Andre had to work, but the girls and I did not go anywhere. I even went so far as to take a shower and then put my pjs right back on.
About Olivia's Birthday:
Miss Olivia is 7 years old. I can't believe it. First of all, time flies. Second, Andre and I are definitely not mature enough to have a 7 year old. We had a little family party at home. I made her a cake with homemade cream cheese frosting (the greatest thing I have created in my kitchen to date) and filled with cherries (some of the ones that I canned last summer). Can we say delish?
About New Years Eve:
We were going to go out, but we didn't end up with a babysitter. It turned out good, though. We got Chinese from Mandarin House (the greatest place E.VER) and watched a couple of movies. I fell asleep on the couch around 11 or so. That's right, we party like rock stars at our house. Sorry, I have no pictures of this night.
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