Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Let's Bake!
Warm, fresh, right out of the oven. I'm not completely back in the swing of things, but this is a good start!
Monday, August 6, 2012
What I learned from Disney
Disney...a few facts
1) unless it is in a mouse shape or a princess, they do not sell candy in the onboard shopping area (no m&m's, snickers, etc) and that candy is $$
2) room service is all included, except for a few snack items
I tell you these facts to support my story. While on a family vacation (5 day Disney cruise), we discovered these random facts. M&M'S are on the room service menu-not included. I wanted some, I realized I was going to pay $$ for a bag of candy, but it was vacation! I also knew I would end up with 2-3 if I had to share with all the kids. my decision to get several bags was supported by this thinking. I ordered five bags of M&M'S. That should be plenty....I ask if they were peanut or plain, and the woman with the foreign accent told me they were chocolate. Okay, that should have been a clue.
Sure, cookies would be great too. Great idea!
I take a nap, and wake up to find five-1 pounds bags of candy and two plates of cookies. My kids think its hilarious! I am thinking, we have to eat five pounds of candy before the end of the week! That's five pounds of luggage I need for other stuff!! Memories made....
1) unless it is in a mouse shape or a princess, they do not sell candy in the onboard shopping area (no m&m's, snickers, etc) and that candy is $$
2) room service is all included, except for a few snack items
I tell you these facts to support my story. While on a family vacation (5 day Disney cruise), we discovered these random facts. M&M'S are on the room service menu-not included. I wanted some, I realized I was going to pay $$ for a bag of candy, but it was vacation! I also knew I would end up with 2-3 if I had to share with all the kids. my decision to get several bags was supported by this thinking. I ordered five bags of M&M'S. That should be plenty....I ask if they were peanut or plain, and the woman with the foreign accent told me they were chocolate. Okay, that should have been a clue.
Sure, cookies would be great too. Great idea!
I take a nap, and wake up to find five-1 pounds bags of candy and two plates of cookies. My kids think its hilarious! I am thinking, we have to eat five pounds of candy before the end of the week! That's five pounds of luggage I need for other stuff!! Memories made....
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Sisters
I love my girls. They are two and a half years apart, but the younger one, Olivia is taller than both Kennedy and myself. They fight like sisters do, but in the end are best friends. I am so thankful for that. Honestly, two people could not be more different. These photos portray their personalities well...and show that even as teenagers that act up sometimes (they are my children, after all!)
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Curse Continues
Just a little background.... My best friend since seventh grade and I have traveled various places together and we tend to either leave a mark on the place --or it leaves a mark on us! I tell you this so that you will understand our story. I won't drag you through every trip, but will hit the high points to make my point.
High school- she thinks she may want to go to Ole Miss, so we go check it out. Just the two of us (what were our parents thinking?!) head to Mississippi. This is her trip, I am along for the ride. Drive is fine, but when we get there, all of the information she was sent about housing, game tickets for the weekend and a school tour--no one knows anything about. Ok, we can deal with this, let's just get a room somewhere, get tickets from a scalper and move on. EXCEPT it's small town Mississippi, on a game weekend. No rooms, no tickets, no nothin'!! So, we drive as far as Memphis (this is pre-cell phone). I have a friend with a hotel there, we check in, plan to stay and shop, and call our folks. I call to find out mine are checked into the same hotel--2 rooms away. Really?
Fast forward 10+ years, we decide to go to Branson for the weekend. We were unaware of the BIG Vetetan's day celebration Brandon hosts. BIG parade through the middle of town, that we accidentally got to be a part of. One room available in the middle of nowhere. Four total rooms in this place, totally out of the movie Deliverance...listening for the banjos. We decided it would be safer to just sleep in the car. Fortunately, a room in Kimberling City was available so we drove and stayed safely there.
This hotel has since blown away in a tornado, completely taking the room we stayed in. Left our mark there....
Fast forward to 2012. Hot Springs, we debated about her joining me at a conference there. We jokingly discussed our travel issues. We met anyway and had a great time. Both of us cautiously waiting for the other shoe to drop. We invited another friend to meet us and told her our story, and she was not scared off! Lol everything went perfectly. This is where I come back to the "leaving our mark" curse. Yesterday, I received this photo. It's an Italian place we found on the lake to eat. Great food! Burned down. Really.
So Leslee, you didn't break our streak, I think your probably a part of it now! Sheree thanks for being such a sport in our adventures!
Who wants to sign up to travel with us now? It's always an adventure!
High school- she thinks she may want to go to Ole Miss, so we go check it out. Just the two of us (what were our parents thinking?!) head to Mississippi. This is her trip, I am along for the ride. Drive is fine, but when we get there, all of the information she was sent about housing, game tickets for the weekend and a school tour--no one knows anything about. Ok, we can deal with this, let's just get a room somewhere, get tickets from a scalper and move on. EXCEPT it's small town Mississippi, on a game weekend. No rooms, no tickets, no nothin'!! So, we drive as far as Memphis (this is pre-cell phone). I have a friend with a hotel there, we check in, plan to stay and shop, and call our folks. I call to find out mine are checked into the same hotel--2 rooms away. Really?
Fast forward 10+ years, we decide to go to Branson for the weekend. We were unaware of the BIG Vetetan's day celebration Brandon hosts. BIG parade through the middle of town, that we accidentally got to be a part of. One room available in the middle of nowhere. Four total rooms in this place, totally out of the movie Deliverance...listening for the banjos. We decided it would be safer to just sleep in the car. Fortunately, a room in Kimberling City was available so we drove and stayed safely there.
This hotel has since blown away in a tornado, completely taking the room we stayed in. Left our mark there....
Fast forward to 2012. Hot Springs, we debated about her joining me at a conference there. We jokingly discussed our travel issues. We met anyway and had a great time. Both of us cautiously waiting for the other shoe to drop. We invited another friend to meet us and told her our story, and she was not scared off! Lol everything went perfectly. This is where I come back to the "leaving our mark" curse. Yesterday, I received this photo. It's an Italian place we found on the lake to eat. Great food! Burned down. Really.
So Leslee, you didn't break our streak, I think your probably a part of it now! Sheree thanks for being such a sport in our adventures!
Who wants to sign up to travel with us now? It's always an adventure!
Friday, August 3, 2012
Pintrest Addiction
My name is Sherry and I am addicted to Pintrest.
I know some folks don't get this, but for me it is a dream come true! I want to make that, I want to try that, that's perfect--now show me where to find instructions to do it! My daughter is equally as bad. "Mom, we need to go to hobby lobby. Look at this cool thing I found on Pintrest!"
Additionally, it's like window shopping from my sofa. You can see great outfits put together, figure out a new hairstyle, and picture your future outdoor living space. Right now, I'm checking to see if I have everything I need to make a chocolate Swiss roll! Got to love pintrest for getting me excited about baking before I even roll out of bed!!
I know some folks don't get this, but for me it is a dream come true! I want to make that, I want to try that, that's perfect--now show me where to find instructions to do it! My daughter is equally as bad. "Mom, we need to go to hobby lobby. Look at this cool thing I found on Pintrest!"
Additionally, it's like window shopping from my sofa. You can see great outfits put together, figure out a new hairstyle, and picture your future outdoor living space. Right now, I'm checking to see if I have everything I need to make a chocolate Swiss roll! Got to love pintrest for getting me excited about baking before I even roll out of bed!!
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Let's Get Crafty!
Three hour project...not exactly. This is Emalyn's nap mat cover, blanket and pillow. I'm really proud of it! I read some guidelines on the Internet and here is my finished project! I did require some help (thanks Steph!), and thanks to the blog sewlikemymom.com
Good Morning!
Momma and her two babies are regular visitors in the mornings. They seem to be getting less bothered by our presence --and they are freaking me out a little less.
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