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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Dr Phil & stuff

I had my 15 seconds of fame (again)!! The camera panned the back of the audience at the very end when credits rolled. YAY!!

I made a trip to Target today. Sometimes I think I live there. I could, lol. I can NOT stand going to the Walmart here. You end up parking in Alaska & then you have to run people over just to get through the isles to wait in a line that is a mile long (at every register). Any who, I'm hoping I bought the last package of pull-ups for Tootie. I'm only putting them on him at night. We've even ventured out into public in big boy undies. He'll stay dry until we get home & he is distracted by chasing the dogs around. Nap time he wears plastic undies. I'm thinking after this package I will start putting him in those at night, too. He's starting to be dryer in the mornings.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

About 2 months ago I went to a taping of Dr Phil with some other military wives. Well between Britney Spears, child molesters, the fires & a few other things, our episode is FINALLY being aired... tomorrow!! If you are home & get a chance to catch him, keep an eye out for me. If you are looking at the stage we were on the left side in the back. I had on a black polka dotted blouse.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Cookie exchange

It went well. There were 5 of us. I came back with some yummy cookies!! I realized on the way home that I made more than 3 dozen cookies. I can cook tired, but I can't count tired. lol Oh well, the hostess got the extras. Turned out that the cookie exchange was right around the corner from us, so I loaded the kids in the stroller & we walked there. I finally met another mommy with a little one (versus grown children) in the neighborhood!!

On a side note, 2008 BAH rates are out. Ours is going up $166. YAY! Still not even for the market out here, but it's a nice boost.

No dog or 2 year old can eat this!!

Build your own ginger bread house!

Monday, December 10, 2007

Cookies cookies & MORE COOKIES!!!

I'm going to have nightmares about cookies tonight! I made Lemon Snowflake cookies and a couple variations of Cake Mix cookies. It's a quarter to midnight & I am still baking... almost done, though!! I really hope I get some good cookies tomorrow at the cookie exchange.

Breakfast with Santa

Saturday (late) morning the kids & I went to the local community center to have breakfast with Santa. It was o.k. It was $5/seat. You got a plate with eggs, biscuit, hash browns (that could have been cooked longer, imo), sausage, bacon & orange juice. Kids also got a little goodie bag. After breakfast there was some singing & then Santa & Mrs Claus made a guest appearance. Table by table we lined up with the kids to have their pictures taken. This year Santa went over better than last year or even the Easter bunny. I think it helped that I talked a lot about Santa before & showed Tootie pictures.

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Later that evening I had a spouses meeting to attend down at the harbor outside of base. Kids were welcomed. There was a light show which was a bunch of boats decorated. It was fun & I had some of the best hot chocolate at the restaurant. The whip cream was nice & think, sprinkled with cocoa. My next vehicle MUST have GPS. LOL Yet again, I got lost venturing in new territory.

I started on Christmas cards yesterday. I wasn't going to make them this year because I just wasn't feeling too creative. So I designed something online & before submitting the order I previewed it. That's when the creativity bug bit me. I decided that I could just make what I had created online for less. I'm almost done, but my hands are tired of cutting, adhering, stamping & writing. I'm going to try to finish them up over the next few nights. When I get done I will have to post pictures in my other blog.

My MOMS club is having a cookie exchange tomorrow. As soon as Tootie & Princess are up from their naps we'll make a trip out to the store. I found some yummy recipes to try. I'll post those in the other blog, too, after I put them through the taste test. I have to make 3 dozen cookies for tomorrow. Late next week I will make cookies for some of our wonderful neighbors & for DH to take to work with him. I have a few recipes in mind for that baking frenzy. I'm sure there will be enough to enjoy ourselves!