J's Book Report Project

Shoe box + play-doh = cool book report project


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Day 1 of 21

Today I'm starting 21 days of no processed food. I will be eating lean meat, fruit, veggies, and low-fat dairy. I need to break my addiction to sugar (especially after eating 8 pecan shortbread cookies). Wish me luck!


Here's my breakfast and snacks for the day. Thanks to my friend Jeanne for the Santa Cruz organic lemon juice, I drink tons of water.

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OCD Conversation

Mad: "Mom, do you have OCD?"
Me: "Hahaha, no way. Why do you ask?"
Mad turns to J and they both chuckle.
Mad: "You always make us clean up, vacuum, dust, and clean our rooms."
Me: "That's not OCD. If you want to see OCD, you should live with Granny! And I'm not your maid!!!"
J: "My friends don't have to."
Me: "Your friends have maids!"
hahaha, silly girls :)

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Pecan Shortbread Cookie Yumminess

I have been wanting to make these pecan shortbread cookies for the past 2-3 weeks. My friend, Melanie (who is an amazing cook and baker), made these and brought them to work and they were fabulous. So I'm finally getting around to making them. Mad helped, but really just sprayed flour everywhere when she turned on the Kitchen Aid! :) The cookie dough was so yummy, I wasn't sure there was going to be enough left to bake.


They turned out pretty and almost as yummy as Melanie's!

Runners-up

Not state champions, but the little girls did great. Mad had an exhausting weekend at the state tournament. She fouled out of a couple of games, trying to take 4 charges in one game, but apparently the refs didn't see it that way. Oh well, they still had a great time.


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Great weekend

I have had more fun in the last 2 days than I've had in the past 32 years! Friday night we had Karaoke Night at The House of Troy. I had never sang karaoke (mainly because I can't sing) and it was a blast.


Here's a pic of the girls from Karaoke Night.


Sara and I belting it out to Footloose.


These are the amazing desserts we had.

Saturday morning I was busy running errands, creating my meal plan for the week, doing laundry, and I got a good walk in. I was quite productive. Then I had a hair appointment with Tina at her new salon. I was so excited to see her and to get my hair highlighted and cut. Then I met my great friend Sara (who also got her hair done today) for dinner and a movie.



We saw Bridesmaids and oh my, it was the funniest movie ever. We laughed from beginning to end.

My First Post!!!

Here goes it!  I have been following a few blogs for the past several months and I have decided to give it a try. I don't post much on Facebook because I'm not sure I want everyone and their dog to know what's going on in my life. I would like to share our daily/weekly happenings with my family and friends, especially those far away. Maybe this will help me take more pictures and actually share the pics with my parents!

Here's a recent picture of me and my girls on Mother's Day. It was great, I had breakfast in bed, I planted flowers and ate at Macaroni Grille. Exactly what I wanted for Mother's Day!