Happy New Year

My New Year's Resolution: to be better about updating the blog.

...starting tomorrow. :)

Every new year people make resolutions to change aspects of themselves they believe are negative. A majority of people revert back to how they were before and feel like failures. This year I challenge you to a new resolution. I challenge you to just be yourself. - Aisha Elderwyn

Deny til You Die

My kids will kill me for this but being that it's Christmas time, I thought I would share a warm fuzzy. Don't you dare ever bring it up to them or mention it to them because I'm sure they will deny it ever happened. They'll try to convince you that I was on crack and don't know what I'm talking about. But joke is on them, I have a witness! ;) Jordan was at work the other day and Devan and I went to the movies with a friend. We decided to grab a bite to eat after the movie and went to see Jordan at work. She came out to talk to us for a few minutes then had to go ring up a customer. Devan decided he was still hungry so went to get more food. He came back to the table and they called the number before his, then the number after his. He was just starting to feel bad thinking maybe Jordan had somehow sabotaged his order. Then she comes bebopping over with his order on a tray and says "since you're my brother and I love you I thought I'd be nice and bring your food to you." Everyone together.....AWE! Then she wanted to sit for a few minutes and there wasn't room in the booth so she sat on Devan's lap. They were being silly and Dev was trying eat his sandwich with his arms around Jordan. It was not working well since she was in the way of it getting to his mouth. She was bending weird to help accommodate his attempt at eating and they were both laughing and Dev says "I love you Jord." Again in unison....AWE! See, told you...warm fuzzy.

Today, December 18th is International Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf.

Buddy the Elf....what's your favorite color?

Anyone Wanna Bake Cookies With Me?

Jose Cuervo Christmas Cookies

1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup or brown sugar
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila

Sample the Cuervo to check quality. Take a large bowl,
check the Cuervo again, to be sure it is of the highest quality,
pour one level cup and drink.

Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter
in a large fluffy bowl.

Add one peastoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point
it's best to make sure the Cuervo is still ok, try another
cup just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy.

Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup
of dried fruit.

Pick the frigging fruit off the floor.

Mix on the turner.

If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaters just pry
it loose with a drewscriver.

Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who geeves
a sheet. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.

Add one table.

Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can
find.

Greash the oven.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall
over.

Don't forget to beat off the turner.

Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the
Cose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the wishdasher.

Cherry Mistmas !

Forgetful Me

This is a little late but still worth sharing. I've already shared that band is over and my sweet boy is so glad it is. The kids did an encore performance which was really fun to watch. The band leader shared some interesting facts about this band season: the average high temperature during band camp the last week of July was 93 degrees (Devan did not attend), the temperature at the last competition in Chattanooga was 36 degrees, the number of cans collected by the band students for the canned food drive was 500, the number of flags sewn by volunteers was 84, the number of times the band played the school fight song this year was 59, the number of hours the band practiced this year was 211, and the number of minutes the band performed this year was 112.

It's snowing here which makes it really feel like Christmas. The kids went out and played in the snow for a while and had a great time. Devan is so excited because school is closed for tomorrow. Mom is not excited, it's finals week and he needs the extra day to review in each of his classes. :
I had a couple fun stories to share and convinced myself that I didn't need to make a note of them because I would remember....well, I don't remember. I'll make a note so I can remember and share them with you as they happen. I'll share this instead: