sunning

To tired for a walk...we hat a sit in the front yard instead.
Got our daily Vitamin D and Avery met Tank the dog.
Oh, and she officially refused to look at the camera.

We Want the Funk

I am planning on posting something actually relevant to our family soon, but for now, here is my favorite commercial ever

So cute.

CRAZY

Um, do you ever forget to put the clothes from the washing machine into the dryer, and then by the time you remember they smell like mildew and you have to wash them all over again?

I have done the same load of laundry every day for the past 4 days, thus making me feel productive without actually accomplishing anything.

Is there something wrong with me?

rehab? part 2

So as I started getting comments about my last post, I re-read it, and realized that it came off sounding a little more negative than I intended. One more thing that is not so great about the Internet, is that sarcasm doesn't always come across well. At any rate, I mostly meant what I said. Just not in such a complaining and self deprecating way. I think I will make some little internet rules for myself though.

The thing is, I don't actually have that much of a problem with spending too much time on line most days. I go through phases. And I think the Internet has wonderful power for good. It's just that I have been thinking a lot lately about how I spend my time, and my energy, and I want to make sure that it is in a positive and beneficial way-- in a purposeful way-- and in a way that is going to lead me towards ultimate goals in my life. And that goes for my relationships with people as well...but that is a whole other post;).

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant, and sorry that you will never get those two minutes of your life back.

For Internet with the power of good visit here.

Rehab?

(the view from our computer...pretty cute)

I am fairly sure I am addicted to the Internet.

My husband has suggested as much on more than one occasion. I hate to say it, but I think he is right.

Admitting you have a problem is the first step towards recovery right?

I feel like this must be a common problem among women my age and in my situation (home with unlimited access to the computer). Is it? It must be.

I am to the point where I tell myself, "No more Internet till you clean up the house (or fold laundry etc)", and then I walk past the computer on my way to do something else, and I end up checking my email or my reader to see if anyone has posted a new blog. It's so seductive. That high you get from seeing "new comments" posted, or a new email in your inbox. Or how you can just get lost for hours clicking on links in blogs to find more blogs and more crafty, interesting people. ARGH!! It's ruining my life.

OK that may be a slight exaggeration. But, I am starting to feel like blogging is bad for my self-esteem. I swear, I read blogs and think...man, I must be the least creative, least productive person alive! Do you feel that way too? Because I know that it is not real life, and that there is quite a skewed view or reality floating around in blog land, but still...

Do you think there is a 12 step program for this?

OK really, I am going to fold laundry now...

someone needs to explain moderation to me

So I made monster cookies this past week. The thing about my life, in case you didn't know, is that until recently most of my belongings have been in storage for about a year and a half--including my recipes. So its been a long time since I made these and I forgot that I usually cut the recipe in half or fourths because it makes so many. Anyway, I went ahead and made the whole recipe this time pausing only briefly as I cracked a dozen eggs into a bowl thinking, "I'm pretty sure this all fits in my mixer"...

It didn't--

hence the pot, which was the only vessel I own big enough to contain the cookie madness. Anyway, a few of you that I pawned my baked goods off on (mom remember when Ethan said that?), asked for the recipe. So here it is.

Monster Cookies
Serves 144 (that's no lie!)

12 eggs beaten
4 C. sugar
4 1/2 C. brown sugar
1 lb. butter (yeah all 4 sticks)
1 T. vanilla
1 T. light corn syrup
3 lb. peanut butter (6 3/4 C.)
8 t. baking soda
2 lb. 10 oz. (14 C.) quick oats
2 C. chocolate chips
2 lbs. M&M's
*optional can add 1-2 C. flour for thicker cookies

basically you just dump all the ingredients in a huge bowl and mix them together like any other cookie recipe (wets together and drys together) chocolate chips last. Then use an ice cream scoop to scoop onto large cookie sheet, 6 to a sheet...they get BIG. Then kind of smoosh them down a little flat and cover with M&M's:

Then bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes ( I did 12), till they are as big as your face:




When they are cool individually wrap them and enjoy!



I loved when my mom made these as a little kid...I mean, who doesn't love an enormous cookie.

So ready for some irony? The day before I made these I failed my glucose tolerance test (which if you are girl and have ever been pregnant you know what I am talking about, and if not then you probably don't care). So that means not only do I have to go back to my doctor and do the 3 hour fasting glucose test to make sure I don't have Gestational Diabetes, I really shouldn't eat sugar. So unfair.

So have a cookie for me.

Our week in pictures

It has been snowing... a lot.
And when it's not snowing it's really cold,
But that doesn't stop Trav from golfing.

On Sunday it snowed so much that they canceled church. Then the snow plows totally piled all the snow in our neighbors driveway. So these cute fireman who had been called to a house nearby for a false alarm, pulled out their shovels and did some community service. It kind of melted my heart a little bit.
A few friends got together for lunch to celebrate Anne's coming babe. Of course I forgot my camera at lunch but snapped a few shots afterward at our house.

Blaine loves his brother...ahhh.

Charlie's CUTE bum

Dainty little ClaireIt was a good week. Maybe next week I will get some stuff unpacked, and be a more interesting writer. Oh well.