I participated in the Mug O' Comfort Swap adn got paired up with Jennifer from Innerworkings of the Female Mind. She was great fun to get to know and we had a lot in common.
Saturday I shipped my package to her and Yesterday I got her package to me. She sent some great stuff:
There was a great mug that came with a lid, two pencil puzzle books, one sudoku and one word search, a box of Chai tea, and a package of pencils. The pencils were immediately claimed by Turbo and I had to swipe them back for the picture.
I love everything I got and since our weather here is terribly unpredictable, I'm sure I will be able to enjoy a mug of Chai and watch it snow again.
Thank you so much Jennifer, you did a great job!
Woo! Made it through Monday. And since it's normal operations here, it's time to random things up. Let's see what random we have this week:
I hate kidney stones. I have been passing stones off and on for the last 6-7 years. Since the great Kidney Stone Event of 2007. Not as big as the first ones I passed but unpleasant none the less.
Kind of really wanting to institute nap time at work. I have a great spot under my desk where I could curl up and catch a few winks.
Tonight I will start running. The boys are in swim lessons for half an hour at the rec center, so Nick and I are going to take advantage of it. I can run on the track and Nick is thinking about swimming. We could get 20 minutes of activity in and we need to start somewhere.
And Facebook has changed the interface again. I'm sort of ehh about it.
Turbo gave up some stuffed animals yesterday. I had to salvage a couple of them, sentimental reasons. He's growing up so fast.
Strawberries and cream are a preferred dessert at the Jones house.
We are tossing around the idea of getting Turbo his own laptop for school next year. However, I think it will not be one to play games on. He has a Kindle Fire for that.
I'm feeling quite accomplished this morning, I got the dishes done, and soup in the crock pot this morning. I didn't get Bruiser's laundry folded, but there's only so much time in the morning before I have to get the guys rolling. Yes, I am the alarm clock for most of the guys in the house--Nick got up on his own this AM, so that helped.
My glass of white Zinfandel tasted very good last night.
And somewhere in Wyoming:
I really need to do this:
Yeah, that about sums me up!
Not a whole lot of exciting going on at the Jones place this week. Go see Stacy, she had a disaster at here house.
So what's your random? Link it up with the lovely Stacy--she's back!
Here we are at another Monday. Poor Monday, so disliked, so inevitable. After the weekend I had, I'm almost glad for Monday--although I'd have taken another day off, especially if it came with beach time. Beach time is not much of a possibility, but we did get a bit of sunshine this weekend.
Due to spring break, Nick and I took Friday off to spend with the boys. There was some swimming done, some banana bread made adn then we introduced the boys to Wayne's World. They both enjoyed it.
Saturday Nick and Turbo had an archery shoot that they had to be at early. It was a 3D indoor shoot at a local roping arena. Turbo came in 3rd in his group, Nick was 8th in his group. Turbo had fun and the shoot went off well. Bruiser spent the morning with Papa and Nana. I got to grocery shop on my own and get my swap package in the mail. It snowed off and on all day Saturday. Just enough to make going outside not so fun. Turbo did have some fun with Thullee though:
Sunday Nick had to go clean up from the shoot, so it was the boy and me at home. I cleaned the aquarium, changed sheets on both boys' beds, vacuumed, cleaned the upstairs bathroom and got ribs ready for the grill.
The guys hung out outside enjoying the chilly sunshine.
Even the dogs got to enjoy some time outside, although since Thullee is still a flight risk, he gets to be on a lease or in the back yard.
All in all, I feel like I accomplished a lot this weekend. Nick did say he appreciates all I do--that was really nice. I appreciate all he does too.
MMMM is a freebie week, so here are few I have been enjoying recently:
Thompson Square, Everything I shouldn't Be Thinking About:
What does spring mean to you? What does spring mean to me? Spring is buds on the trees, tulips and daffodils, and warm sunshine. However, spring won't appear in these parts for at least another month.
We live at 7200 ft elevation. Winter is slow to leave, even in good years, this year winter looks to be really slow in leaving. Today our temps are supposed to reach 49F. This is quite warm for us. It does have the effect of the oh, so fashionable shorts and sweatshirt look on campus--when there are students here.
There is snow in our forecast for tomorrow night. Also again on Sunday. The first flowers won't poke their heads out until close to the end of April, unless they want to get frozen. Spring is usually quite short here. And it comes with wild weather swings. We can go from 60 degrees and sunshine in the morning to 6 inches of wet blowing snow by afternoon, and back again. The saying "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes" is truly Wyoming in the spring.
I'd love to see this for srping:
We won't see that for another month. What we will get is more of this:
Winter will let go eventually, but we know not to hold our breath.
Do you have a cheerier view of spring? Spin it up and link it up with Gretchen and Ginny Marie, they would love to have you!
Well, after a long weekend, we are back at work. The kids are hanging at home, cause it's Spring Break and all. We also don't have big plans for this years Spring Break. Since we woke up to snow, having my mom take the boys to visit family will get to wait, at least til the weather clears off and the roads open.
Shall we got on to the random:
Thullee is the strangest dog. Case in point, he often lies on the floor like this:
Frog dog
Definitely a frog dog pose.
He really is getting big. At almost 9 months old, we are hoping he doesn't get much bigger.
Our weekend was sort of strange. Nick went to an archery shoot on Saturday, so it was the boys and me for the day. I took the easy route and let them play video games most of the day. I made a successful Chicken Lo Mein. Turbo loved it and even Bruiser ate the noodles and chicken with minimal protest.
Sunday was strange. I felt off all day. I finished the laundry--all except the towels which await folding. Turbo had a friend over which turned into a sleep over. I reclused to the basement so my snappy mood and not feeling good wouldn't rub off too much on everyone else.
Some minor drama over a certain child wanting to go home at midnight (we tucked him into bed and made him comfortable and he finally slept.) Monday morning came with pancakes, bacon and hash browns. Then we took Turbo's friend home and went to the walk path with the dogs. It was good to get out in the sun and fresh air.
I had gotten a volcano activity thing when I did the 12 Days of Christmas swap. Yesterday I got it out and the boys and I added water to it.
I now have a growing dinosaur on my counter. There was a dinosaur that was inside the volcano. It was the add water adn it grows kind. So, it's currently growing. Bruiser is in love.
Our celebration of St. Patrick's Day was low key. I made corned beef in the crock pot. We watched Finian's Rainbow (such a weird movie) and that was about it. No green beer, no Guinness. We just weren't feeling it this year.
So what's your random? Link it up with the lovely Stacy--she's back!
I need the confession today. It's been a long, long week. Most of which has been unbloggable. When things clear up some, then I can share. For now let's confess:
Just exactly when did I get on the roller coaster again?
Life has been throwing curves at us this last week.
I keep having to remember our mantra--it all works out in the end.
I just wish that getting there wasn't so up and down.
So, are you feeling just a bit Irish? Doesn't everyone feel a bit Irish for the 17 of March? Nick has just a smidgen of Irish in his background, somewhere back in the mists. We don't do St. Patrick's Day huge, but we try to have Corned Beef and Cabbage, maybe, if I'm feeling all bakery, Irish Soda Bread. This meal was met with protests from the kiddos when they were little, but they are beginning to appreciate it.
Nick and I have had some memorable St. Patrick's Days. There was last year on Fremont St. in Las Vegas, where poor Bruiser tossed his cookies.
Pre Cookie tossing.
The one where we got to go out with friends. We got much bling that night. Budweiser bling, but getting free t shirts and beads is always fun. Green beer was consumed and adult fun was had.
I have on occasion produced green scrambled eggs. Turbo made a leprechaun trap one year.
This year, we are on Spring Break again. Nick and I took Monday off and will be home for St. Paddy's Day. We will be making our traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage, I'm going to make a stab at Soda Bread, We may get all crazy and make green eggs, the milk may get dyed green, Who knows, some luck may fall on the boys and something else fun may happen. We just don't know yet.
Do you have a more interesting St. Patrick's Day story? Spin it up and link it up with Gretchen and Ginny Marie, they would love to have you!
The prompt is the 10 favorite snacks you had growing up. Here goes:
1. Teddy Graham--I loved these in high school.I would have boxes to snack on in the back seat of my car. The back seat that was a sea of discarded things.
2.Slurpees from 7-Eleven--I could make these last forever--loved the spoon/straw (spraw? Stroon?) that came with them.
3. Whatchamacallit candy bars. My favorite as a kid--not so much now, they are really sweet.
3. Hostess Chocolate Donuts--a staple on bus trips for swimming or speech team. I loved the slightly waxy feel they left on the roof of my mouth.
4. But the above only went with Cheeto puffs. I had to have the salty to balance the sweet.
5. Sunflower seeds. Fisher brand. Later it was David, however once the kidney stone adventure was over, I had to give up my favorite reading snack. I started nibbling on these when I was about 13. They were the perfect snack to nibble on while reading.
6. Oreos. Who doesn't love Oreos?
7. Pickled Polish sausages. So bad for me, but oh, so tasty to nibble on. These would come in large jars and I could nibble on them and read. You didn't really want to take large bites.
Not exactly this brand, but closest I could find.
8.Fruit roll ups. My mom was a sort of granola crunchy type. She fed us as heathily as she could manage. We really didn't get a lot of junk food. Fruit roll ups were sweet, but still had fruit, so she would on occasion, get them for us.
9. Zingers. These were cakes with frosting that mom would get for us. I loved the chocolate ones the best. Didn't care for the coconut ones at all.
10.Pop Rocks of course--I was an 80s kid. Pop rocks were awesome and annoying.
So there, the sncaks I remember enjoying when I was a kid.
Survived Monday and all it threw at us--migraine, work, crazy kids, time change adjustments--and here we are at Tuesday and that means tie to get all random:
I have my second test today. I'm a bit nervous, but some last minute cramming and I should be able to manage just fine.
Our spring break is next week. We have nothing major planned. My mom is taking the boys out of town to see family. Nick and I are taking a couple days off to make long weekends. Nick has some archery stuff going on, but mostly it's pretty low key this year.
We have both boys in swim lessons after spring break. Yep, Bruiser finally can take swim lessons. I so love that his potty issues are resolving. The day is coming when I'm no longer invovled intimately in my kids bathroom habits. Hip, hip, hooray!
The general consensus is the time change stinks. Turbo was rather confused yesterday morning when I got him up. I had forgotten to change his clocks. He has an alarm clock and a wall clock. He was less than impressed when he thought I had gotten him up at 5:45, and was even less impressed when I told him I forgot to change his clocks and no, he really had to get up. My mom ran late yesterday, she's messed up by the time change. Time change sucks.
And, no it does not mean more sunshine. It means the sunshine is reallocated. The change of the seasons means more sun, not the stinking time change.
Bitter about the time change, no not me.
I colored my hair again.
Here I am straightened after my hair cut.
Here I am with the color.
I think my skin tone improves with the darker color. Nick likes the color too. So win!
My meal planning is going better. I just have to keep the motivation up.
Nick and I are planning on doing some exercising while the boys are in lessons. We are at the rec center anyway.
I need to start doing something. Summer is coming and it's not good to go full on coverup baggy clothes mode. Not only does it look strange, but the heat would kill me.
So what's your random? Link it up with the lovely Stacy--she's back!
