10 Day Friendship Bread: Day 44

A few weeks ago, one of the Mom's of our preschoolers gave Esther, Louise, and I a starter bag of 10 day friendship bread. I lost track of it the first time, and eventually threw it away. Louise gave me more starter and this time I was more diligent and made 2 loaves tonight. Before you bake it, though, you remove 4 cups of batter, and pass that along to more friends. I will definitely bring another bag to Louise as a thank you. The bread is delicious..and you'll definitely make friends if you share some!

Heat is your friend: Day 43

This weird looking thing is my homemade rice sock "square" given to me by my friend Gayle. It usually keeps my feet warm when I go to bed (after a 3 min warm-up in the microwave) instead of subjecting my freezing cold feet on Jim's warm backside (lol).
Today it kept me company all day as I have had this strange pain in my abdomen. It's still there, so we shall see how tonight goes...until then...my friend will help :)

Safe Grad Bottle Drive: Day 42

Tonight we dreamed about vacation: Day 42

Tonight, we invited the Cocuzzo's, the Gages, and the Maychek's over for dessert and coffee to discuss our upcoming trip to the OB. We had fun looking at pictures from 3 years ago when we stayed at our favorite place....

Dad's Home!: Day 41

After 4 long days and nights, Jim (aka Dad) is home from L.A.! Hip hip hooray...!

My latest digital creation: Day 40

This page was done entirely from scratch..."cutting" 6 patterned papers, "stamping" on the layout, adding embellishments, text boxes....lots of fun. All thanks to my online digi course, in it's last week.

Still Life Pears: Day 39

Made a quick trip to Costco this afternoon to pick up some essentials: Organic Milk, Boca Burgers, Hummus, Mango Salsa, Apples, Salmon, Multigrain Chips, Paper Towels, Earthbound Farms baby carrots, Cukes, Peppers....and these gorgeous Bartlett Pears...beautiful now, but perfectly ripe in a day or 2. MMMMM-mmmmm.

Destructo Cat meet Destructo Dog: Day 38

Leo and Mikko must be long lost brothers....shredders from way back....paper, books, trash...you name it, destructo dog is at it again!

Easter Celebration: Day 37

Lots of Easter fun....baskets on the doorstep, hunting for jellybeans, then eggs;
and dinner with aunts, uncles and cousins at Dabi's house!

Easter Eggs: Day 36

Today was the day for dyeing eggs...Claire and Anna are here for today and tomorrow, and they took on the job. First they poked holes in the eggs and blew out the insides....(ewww-gross);



Then mixed up the different colors of dye & plunked in the eggs:








Then showed off the finished product....beautiful, colored Easter eggs!

Take-Away:Day35

do ya think Dad's a little hungry?

Easter's Coming: Day 34

Time for the Easter Egg Tablecloth!

Beautiful smile....with added features today: Day 33

Those blue things in the back of Taylor's teeth are "spacers", worn for 2 weeks before braces are applied...Taylor is a little sore...so she got a McDonald's milkshake to feel better....

Nightly Ritual: Day 32

My everynight ritual....water, sandwich, apple, chips, 100cal pack...sandwich of choice today...pb&J

Tennis, anyone? Day 31

Joe and Taylor both started tennis today (an Ellington High Club sport with Bd of Ed approval) and I will probably be seeing a lot of this in the next 8 weeks or so....

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!: Day 30

Celebrated an early St. Paddy's Day with Dabi, Kath, Craig and Brooks at Dabi's townhouse.....lots of fun, and we had a delicious corned beef and cabbage dinner....but who is that lady with the green hair???? :P)

A wall of color: Day 29

Gayle, Marlyss, and I went scrapbooking today, and as we walked into the Scrapbook Clubhouse, I was struck by the rainbow of cardstock on the wall and knew that was to be the picture of the day...

Woof, woof from Mikko to Jack and Leo:Day 28

Theatre Night: Day 27

Tonight was opening night for Booby Trap, put on by the Opening Knight Players at EHS. Taylor had a part in the play, and Joe was in the back, manning the sound booth...it was an incredible performance...brought us to tears. Kevin Goldthwaite was the lead, and was fantastic. Taylor was, as usual, extraordinary in her role! The pictures are a little blurry as there was no flash allowed.

A new mag:Day 26

My new subscription to a pseudo scrapbooking magazine (Paper Crafts) started today...with 2 issues in my mailbox....don't you hate that? They start your subscription with an OLD issue...grrrr.

Comfort Food: Day 25

Split Pea and Ham soup with Homemade Cornbread..mmm-mmmm....

Working hard: Day 24

Signs of spring: Grilling & Easter Flag!: Day 23

Poor Dad: Day 22

 

Going green in a big way: Day 21

My grocery bags have gone "green" (literally) due to a sudden transformation re bag need. There was an article in the paper today discussing the possible ban on plastic grocery bags. The group in favor of the ban cited the fact that these bags can take 1000 years to biodegrade!
I suddenly realized how environmentally irresponsible I was being, using so many bags and dicscarding them without an afterthought. Later this evening I bought reusable GREEN cloth grocery bags...and they were convenient and inexpensive. I feel very green....in a good way!
PS Poor Jim is feeling very "green" in a bad way...still very sick!

Home Office: Day 20

Jim was home sick today, so the couch became his office. This is probably the first time in 5 years he has stayed home sick! I was so glad he was home, because I didn't have to work this morning, so I got to be his nurse today...:)

2 friends: Day 19

I AM NOT A GEEK!: Day 18

OK, well maybe I am a little bit of a geek...a Photoshop GEEK! I have dabbled in Photoshop on and off all day....coming up with another digital layout...designed by me! (the last one I used a premade template!) Woo hoo!