Hang Tight.........

I'm going to take a small hiatus until I figure all of this blogging stuff out.........I'm going to educate myself on it all over the holidays!

See you soon!

XOXO

I'd Like To Order More Time Off Please.....

What a crazy whirlwind of a time the last 4 days were! I need 4 more just to sleep please!

I got all of my baking done and everything turned out wonderfully!

I decided not to do my annual 4am shopping spree after I read some articles about being able to get better products online and the quality of some of the advertised products not being up to par. Plus we had a playoff game to get to!

It was off to Cowboy staidum for a grand ole time of high school playoffs in Texas.

                                   Sutton and Caden........

                                           Even got the boyfriend dressed in Wylie gear!

                                           Mom and Roger in their Pirate Best!

                              And We're OFF! YES WYLIE WINS!

I spent the rest of the weekend decorating or at least trying to! I got my tree up, and yesterday got some of the ornaments on. I like to have the kids put those on so they pick the ones they want. I have a kajillion of them LOL

                              I love my sweet little tree............

Notice the windows are open! There's just something wrong about that! The air conditioner is on now! UGH! I like snow!

I've got a busy week this week. I hope everyone has a wonderful week too! Bring on Friday and our next play off game! GO PIRATES AHMO BABY!

XOXO

Turkey Day and Black Friday....

Thanksgiving is almost here and I'm almost ready! It looks like our Annual Kickball competition is going to be cancelled because of weather but we'll see. We are already looking for indoor options!

I finished my pies, chocolate, cranberries, and cheesecake yesterday. I've only got a cake left to make today and then I am ready!

I'm going to buy our playoff tickets today too! That's what I'm talking about! AHMO PIRATES! I hope to find a good deal on a tv during the black friday sale and then go back to catch a few more zzz's until it's time to head to the football stadium.

I do hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! This will be the first one for Roger without Robyn so I'm sure it's going to be rough but we'll make him laugh I'm certain of that!

No matter how hard things are, I give thanks!

Have a great weekend! XOXO..........

I Need Another Weekend.........

Wow what a whirlwind weekend we had! It started with me dropping my sweet baby girl off at the airport for a week with her dad up in Minnesota.

                                    Doesn't she look so vogue?

I just can't stand dropping my kids off at the airport! I don't know what it is, but I don't like it.

I headed from there over to pick up the boyfriend and his kids. We were off to watch the high school playoff games at Cowboy stadium. We got to see a great game Allen/Trinity.

If you've never seen the Haka live, I encourage you all to go see it just once!

                                 Trinity Haka Warrior Dance!

                                   Blurry I know but still cute!

Also watching the Allen band is a sight to see as well. They have 688 kids in the band! WOW, it's AMAZING! They really are good!

I love high school football in Texas! Next week my Pirates play for the chance to advance to the semi finals. WOW I hope we win! I love me some Pirate Football! AHMO!

I'm going to work on Sutton's room again tonight, in hopes that it's all done before she comes home Thursday. I'll have to bake all day Wednesday, I guess. I'm running out of days! LOL

Have a great day today! GO PIRATES! AHMO! XOXO

Oops I forgot.....

I wanted to post the recipes for Stone Soup......

Stone Soup

1½ lb. ground beef, browned with onion (optional) and drained

1 pkg. Taco seasoning mix

1 pkg. Hidden Valley Dressing mix

1 can Pinto Beans & liquid

1 can Kidney Beans & liquid

1 can Black Beans & liquid

1 can Corn, drained

2 cans Stewed Tomatoes (1/both can be Rotel for extra heat)

Mix and heat to blend flavors.

Serve over Frito's or rice or both.............

and for dessert, serve Texas Sheet Cake......YUMMO

Texas Sheet Cake

Sift Together:

2 cups Flour

2 cups Sugar

1 teaspoon Soda

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 teaspoon Salt
Combine in heavy saucepan and heat to a boil:

1 stick butter/margarine

¼ cup cocoa

½ cup oil

1 cup water
Add to flour mixture, stirring well and then add:

½ cup butter milk

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

¼ cup cocoa
Pour mixture into ½ sheet pan that has been

sprayed with no-stick spray.

Bake at 400º for20 minutes.

When the cake has been in for 15 minutes use the

same saucepan to combine:
1 stick butter/margarine

6 Tablespoons milk
Heat to boiling then remove from heat to add:

1 box powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup chopped pecans

Spread over hot cake and enjoy

You'll thank me later.............XOXO

Rough Night At My House.....

I don't ask for much in my life. In fact all I ask for is respect, a bubble bath nightly, and sleep! Mess with any of those and I'm afraid for your life. I've got three teenagers in my house and one requires sleep while the other two apparently don't. It seems as though I have some lessons to teach them and rather quickly before I lose my sanity.

That's on my list of "to-do's" this weekend.......deal with the lack of respect for my sleep!

I'm also taking my baby girl to the airport. I don't know why but I always cry when I do this. It's like she's leaving me forever even though I know I have to pick her up in a week. LOL something about the separation I guess. I'm gonna miss her but she'll have fun and she needs that. She's been working so much lately. I want her to have a breather, and I need a breather too from staying up to pick her up from work.

I've got some serious baking to get done to get ready for Turkey day. I guess I'll start my grocery list today and work on it this weekend.

I'm also going to plot my strategy for Friday morning shopping! Oh yes, I am!

I would like to with the Pirates a big win tonight! AHMO baby! AHMO!

Have a wonderful weekend, I'm sure I'll see you again Monday! XOXO

I can smell Christmas....

We had our office thanksgiving party today and it dawned on me that Christmas is coming whether I like it or not, it's around the corner. YIKES!

I've only bought two presents! Oh the daunting task ahead.

I'm going home and taking a hot bubble bath and forgetting all of the stress tonight. I don't have to pick up my baby girl from work so I get to go to bed early! YAY!

I'll post more tomorrow, I'm really wiped out today. It's been a rough day.....

XOXO

Teenagers Today.........

As I was driving up on my house last night I saw a kid standing up by my garage door and wondered what he was doing? Then it dawned on me, he's urinating! I thought "Surely, this isn't what he is doing" and continued driving up. I rolled my window down and asked what he was doing and got a prompt "I don't know what he's doing" from one of the boys. I've got a temper on me when it comes to right and wrong and blatant wrong, I'll admit that. I proceeded to feel the steam blowing out of my ears and got out of my car. I absolutely lost my mind on this kid and his lack of respect for other people's property. I didn't back down from him and kept yelling. He was walking backwards and I think knew he was about to get pounced if he didn't get away quickly. My kids get mad at me when I voice my opinion to other kids but dad gum it, that's part of the problems with the kids today! NO ONE is telling them when they are doing wrong, and because of that, they have NO respect! Well, people, I'm not going to sit back and let it happen! My kids will understand one day that their Mom stood up for right, and vehemently hated wrong period!

I've stood up for what's right my entire life. I can remember being a little girl and I became friends with a girl that was disabled. I remember getting picked on because I was friends with her but you know what? I bet money that she still remembers someone that was nice to her, and it was me! It's a good feeling and it makes me think of that movie "To save a life" again. It should be a national anthem for our country! It's a fantastic movie! I know I've talked about it before but I'm serious! This country needs a swift kick in the arse!

If you haven't seen it, SEE IT! If you've got teenagers, MAKE THEM SEE IT!

I'm going to get off my soapbox now. I'm still so fired up by it all. I hope that everyone has a wonderful day today and make it a good one! Do something good for someone, buy the next person in line's coffee, pay for someone's gas, just do it! You'll be glad you did!

XOXO