thinkin' about it thursday.

don't you hate it when........... 

you've been cooking all morning and you have one more thing to put together, but all your regular sized mixing bowls are in the dishwasher.  so, you're faced with the decision to use a too small bowl or a too large bowl.  {because it's too much work to get the normal one out of the dishwasher and spend all that time hand washing it.}  well, you choose the too small one - again, to save time - because you can squeeze it in the dishwasher {and then you won't have to look at it dirty in your sink until tomorrow when you unload the dishes.}  

so, you're blending your base (yellow cake mix, butter and an egg) on low speed in a too small bowl and cake mix base is flinging all over you.........the counter.........the floor.........and now the baby - because he had to crawl up on the stool to see what the noise was when you turned on the blender.   but, you push on.  you can't get the too big bowl now, you already got the too small one dirty.  and it's still too much work to get the normal one out of the dishwasher to hand wash.  you ignore the crumblies you're stepping on with your bare feet, swat the marshmallows out of the babies hands {because it is only 9:30 am} stop blending, and start pressing in the bottom of the pan.  it seems a bit too crumbly {probably because you didn't mix it well enough} but you throw it in the oven anyway.  

you turn around from putting it in the oven and you have a huge mess to clean up.  you start with the baby {because of the multiplying marshmallows in his hands} and go to the counter and then the floor.  *bonus* the bowl squeezes {barely} into the dishwasher!  yay!  the timer goes off and sure enough, looks too crumbly.  you cover with marshmallows and finish, but start praying that rebecca is bringing brownie bites and ashley is bringing white chocolate cranberry cookies so no one will want to eat the salted peanut chews............

i hate it when that happens!  hehehe

i always seem to have the perfect recipe for making easy things hard!  lol.  at least it gives me somethin' to blog about!  :) 

thinkin' about it thursday.

yay!  it's warm enough!  look at all the fun we had at the pool:

if you are scratching your head at my "at the pool" italicization, then you forgot about the post from a couple summers ago.  click HERE to catch up.

in that post you saw some pics of cy with his floatie:

 two years has gotten us nowhere:

yep, some things never get old, and never change.

cousin calvin "smiling" for the camera:

 thanks, cal.

and, lane, doing whatever he can to touch the camera while i am telling him "not to touch" and shooting pics at the same time.  hah.

happy father's day.

we have the bestest dad/husband. ever.

thinkin' about it thursday.

just sittin' here wondering why every. single. thing. in my house is getting:
karate chopped {by cy}
or
raspberried {by lane} *you know, the stick-your-tongue-out-spitting*
anyone know why?

thinkin' about it thursday.

today i'm thinkin' about grass.  my grass.  a weird, interesting, random fact about me?  i like mowing the lawn {i warned you that it was random. and weird.}  no, i don't want to come mow your lawn.  i like mowing my lawn.  i've picked up some tips over the years that i thought i would share so that you, too, can like mowing the lawn.

1.  music is essential.  this is like 20 mins. of "free" time from the kiddos, so grab your ipod, load it with rockin' tunes, and go.  feel free to sing along and head bang in the back yard, but keep it under control in the front yard where more neighbors can see you.

2.  make sure it is a beautiful sunny day and that the wind is blowing 20-30 mph.  this is important for a few reasons:

*you don't have to do your hair {again, neighbors might be watching}

*the breeze keeps that trickle of sweat under control

and

*you don't have to use the leaf blower after you mow because the wind takes care of the extra grass strewn about on the sidewalks.  bonus!

3.  if you are going to miss a thin strip between passes, make sure it is NOT in front of the kitchen window, because every time you use the sink {which is all day, every day} you will see it and it will drive you crazy!!

4.  make sure your 3 yr. old is out of his pj's.  especially if it is 11:00 am.  even if he says "no" when you ask if he wants to go out with you.  because he WILL come ripping around the corner of the house, yes, in the front yard, on the too-small trike, shoe-less.  {ahhhhhh........such a proud mommy moment for me.}

5.  make sure to get ready for all those thank you's from the husband!  and be prepared for help with the dishes and laundry and vacuuming.  lol.

happy grass cutting!

thinkin' about it thursday.

{sad sigh}

these guys:

aren't they cute?  they moved away.  actually, they are moving away right now.  and i miss them.  yes, already.  {another sad sigh}  i'm gonna need some chocolate.