It’s clean.
It’s simple.
It’s still a work in progress.
I have some things I still need to do with it.
But, for now, this is my new look!
What do YOU think?
“Maybe who we are isn’t so much about what we do, but rather what we’re capable of when we least expect it.”
Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper
“Peek-a-Boo”
remember to:
live.laugh.love.and.celebrate.life.
“A child’s joy is contagious.”
My new blog design is just about ready. I’m hoping I can get it loaded up tonight. I haven’t done a post since Sunday –but I’ve been trying to get this done and off my plate!
So, when you wake up tomorrow morning or if you’re one of those night owls, keep watch for my new look. Maybe this one will last for at least 2 weeks before I want to change it again!
I have had a couple cool opportunities come to me this week – due to being a blogger. I’ll fill you in on those. I’d like to have some down time this week (she says laughing – haha). I haven’t had much of that for over a week now. It’s time.
The kids and I had a fun time today with Melissa, Sofia and Brooker. You all know Melissa – my friend for like 24 years now! We had fun watching the kids make a huge mess, play, have a picnic on the family room floor – and of course us mom’s had fun talking, drinking tea, eating cookies and running after our little boys :o)
You all have a great Tuesday!
remember to:
live.laugh.love.and.celebrate.life.
“A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.”
Douglas Pagels
Here we are with last weeks photos. We had a great snow storm and I got some really fun shots of the snow. We were able to get outside a couple times – in spite of the snow. That’s what’s wonderful about Colorado. It gets warm, sunny and melts the snow the very next day! We’re definitely ready for warmer weather around here. The kids absolutely enjoy being outside. So does puppy! I also got me a new lift on my Land Rover! It’s pretty cool.
Anyhoodle….the photos!
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Sunday 080
“Naptime”
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Monday 081
“Healthy Shopping”
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Tuesday 082b
“Chillin”
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Wednesday 083
“Spring Snow”
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Thursday 084
“First Daffodil of 2010”
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Friday 085
“Friends”
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Saturday 086
“Thinking”
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Just For Fun Day
“Tree Climbing”
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“The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.”
W. Eugene Smith
Seriously, you wouldn’t even make it out of your driveway, let alone a mile down the road. And for those of you who don’t know (Paige knows, though) – Colorado does not shut down when it snows like some cities. Nope. It takes at least 4 feet of snow to do that. We did get that back in March of 2003! But 1-2 feet of snow is nothing and business goes on as usual. So, you will need a vehicle that can actually drive in, through and on top of snow. Not seeing the little Smart Car making much progress on the snowy, slushy, iced over Colorado roads!
And, thanks to my new lifted, gas guzzling Green Disco:
1. We were able to make it home safely Tuesday night after our meeting at church. It took us an hour because you had to drive so slow due to the extremely slick roads, but we got home safely and we were all safe, including our children.
2. We were able to pull 3 people out of the snow that night – stuck in ditches and what not.
3. We saved those 3 people the cost of calling a tow truck to get them out of ditches and unstuck from the deep, wet snow.
4. We saved those 3 people the possibility of being stranded late at night in a cold vehicle – which could have proven dangerous!
So, I’m thankful for my Green Disco, not matter how much gas it takes. Besides, I pay for the gas – not you, so no worries. And now I sit a little taller (no pun intended) since she got her little makeover (thanks to Hubby)!
It’s fun trucking down the road in my tall Land Rover Discovery aka The Green Disco, huge tires and my Mountain Midwifery sticker on the back window!
Only in Colorado!
remember to:
live.laugh.love.and.celebrate.life.
“A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.”
Charles Gordy
This is all from last night. It started about 5:00 pm. I’d say we got at least a foot of snow at my house! Beautiful!
(this is Missy’s summer house)
remember to:
live.laugh.love.and.celebrate.life.
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”
Carl Reiner
Okay, before I post my recipe from last week I wanted to tell all of you that I sort of got my first ‘client’ as a Wellness Coach. I am doing it ‘pro-bono’ (at my suggestion) and am excited to learn from this. It’s amazing to actually be excited to work – haha! I’ll be helping a family with their 12 year old son who is border lining obesity for his age. This will entail lots of research on my part, but the main focus will be on nutrition and exercise. I think this will be a great learning experience for me! I also have a few names I’m tossing up in the air for my business and when I narrow them down, I might get your vote on what you like!
Now, onto sugar.
For those who are aware of my passion for baking and preferably baking from scratch – this isn’t a recipe I might normally use. Why? Because most of it is fake food! You know, pre processed food! Yep. I usually like to bake from scratch, but since my dad is addicted to peanut butter this looked like something he would like – and he did. Immensely.
As for the recipe, something was brought to my attention when preparing this dessert. BLOGGERS when you are posting recipes, make sure your written out directions match the list of ingredients. I’m not sure where I got this recipe, but it was from a blog a while back. When I went shopping I used the list of ingredients she had. Then as I was preparing it following her written out instructions – you needed about 1 cup more peanut butter then she had listed. Good thing I had bought two containers while I was there.
CRAZY NUTTER BUTTER PEANUT BUTTER DESSERT
You will need:
2 1/2 cups of milk
1 small box of Chocolate instant pudding
1 small box of Vanilla instant pudding
1 package of Nutter Butter Cookies
1/2 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
2 twelve ounce containers of Cool Whip
1 cup peanut butter
1 bag mini Reese Peanut Butter Cups – chopped
This is what you need to do:
Chop the mini peanut butter cups and set aside.
Crush 10 Nutter Butter Cookies and set aside.
Take 6 oz. of Cool Whip and put it in a bowl. Add the box of Chocolate Instant Pudding, 1 1/4 cups of milk, 1/8 cup of the mini chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of peanut butter. Mix well.
Take 6 oz. of Cool Whip and put it in another bowl. Add the box of Vanilla Instant Pudding, 1 1/4 cups of milk and 7 crushed Nutter Butter Cookies.
Take the remaining 12 ounces of Cool Whip and add 1/2 cup peanut butter. Mix well and set aside.
To assemble:
Using a cake pan, glass is better, separate enough cookies to layer on the bottom of the dish – centers facing up.
Once the bottom layer is down, spread the Vanilla Pudding mixture on top.
Take the 10 crushed cookies and spread over top of the pudding mixture.
Then spread the Chocolate Pudding mixture on top of the crushed cookies.
Then spread the Cool Whip/Peanut Butter mixture on top of that.
Now, sprinkle the crushed peanut butter cups and mini chocolate chips over the top.
Chill for at least 3 hours before eating and store covered in the refrigerator.
There you go. It’s a pretty sweet dessert. I did like it. Her recipe called for sugar free pudding mixes and Cool Whip Lite – but I steer clear of all sugar free and fat free products. They are worse then eating the regular item. Since it’s sugar free or fat free you should see what extra junk they add to it to make it taste decent. So – I used regular instant pudding and I always use the thick and creamy Cool Whip.
As for THE CONTEST, I think I’m sticking with my original response that if we want to determine a valid winner, we will have to do a bonus question since Julie missed a question and Brandi copied answers :o) You girls make me laugh. You made all of us laugh. I will say this though:
Julie – your confidence is justified. You are good! You are fast! You are detailed! I’m very impressed. Do you have a photogenic memory by chance? Either you are lightening fast or you used the little search box that is amazing for finding stuff. I SO liked that you put dates by the answers. That is something I would do :o)
Brandi – I admire you for even playing along since you still are having pregnancy / toilet issues. I don’t know how you do it! You are awesome and you do know so much about me that is just engrained in your memory. You are a true stalker :o) Your twin-ness is justified!
Kimber – I’m with you on laying low since you didn’t feel good. It’s not fun. I did that all last week and the last thing I wanted to do was be on the computer. I hope you and your kids are feeling better. Good health is a beautiful possession!
Everyone have a great day. Doing lots of baking and cooking today and we have a meeting at church tonight and they are serving us a full course dinner. I’m excited! Last week at the meeting they had the most amazing spread of appetizers and desserts and I felt crummy so I couldn’t enjoy any of it. Not even the shrimp cocktail! No fair!
Awaiting another snow storm tonight and tomorrow! Ahhhh, spring in Colorado!
remember to:
live.laugh.love.and.celebrate.life.
“Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.”
Gerry Sikorski
“Fill your life with as many moments and experiences of joy and passion as you humanly can. Start with one experience and build on it.”
Marcia Wieder
Seriously. I’m done bawling and squalling over not having a great week last week and feeling yucky for so long. I know it happens, but I’m sure you all don’t want to hear about it all week!
So…anyhoodle!
It’s nice to be back to feeling good and to have a houseful of healthy people again! I realized this weekend as I was getting things done that I got quite behind last week on everything. I’m usually a tad behind anyway, but now I’m about 5 days behind the normal behind.
Nice.
So, it’s spring break this week for my darling Bella and of course we have lots going on. Tomorrow we’ll be gone for most of the day, so I’m posting this early because I needed to get the final questions for THE CONTEST posted before I left!
If things go as planned this week (I’ve learned that I may have to be more flexible with my concrete schedule. Ugh) then I’ll post that recipe for the ‘Nutter Butter Craze’ dessert I made my dad. I need to get my freaky eye video recorded and on here. AND I think we’re going to be discussing swimsuit season. Not my favorite topic, but you gotta do what you gotta do, right?
Oh yeah, before I post the final questions, a little random chat….I was cleaning out a dresser that has been in our basement since we moved in here and I found me some drug paraphernalia along with some Victoria’s Secret tags inside the drawers. Hmmm. Disturbing to say the least. That sucker got sanitized pretty thoroughly, I tell you what!
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And NOW for the FINAL questions for Brandi, Julie and Kimber:
1. Back in September of 2009 what kind of vehicle did we welcome into our family?
2. During the Columbine Shootings in 1999, which one of my family members was in the library at the time the shootings?
3. At the time of the Columbine Shootings, which victim lived two houses down from my family?
4. What is an annual tradition for the women in my family every Christmas season?
OKAY YOU THREE LADIES! THESE ARE THE FINAL QUESTIONS.
TO MAKE THIS EASY ON YOU, INSTEAD OF FINDING THE ORIGINAL POST FOR THIS CONTEST TO POST YOUR ANSWERS
POST ALL YOUR ANSWERS
ON THIS POST
AND WHOEVER POSTS ALL THE CORRECT ANSWERS FIRST WINS!!!
I’m looking forward to seeing who gets to say BOOYAH!!! to this one!
Love you three!
remember to:
live.laugh.love.and.celebrate.life.
“It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.”
Vince Lombardi
Even in the midst of a not so good week, I still managed to have my camera out to capture some special moments in our home and with our family.
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Sunday 073
“Comfy Sleep”
Monday 074
“Chenille”
Tuesday 075
“Old Glory”
Wednesday 076
“Puppy”
Thursday 077
“Young American”
Friday 078
“Afternoon Snow Storm”
Saturday 079
“Couch Potato”
AND A COUPLE EXTRAS:
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“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
Ansel Adams
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