Pinterest Weekly

Okay, I have sufficently dug myself out from under the mound of tissues. Sick kids are the worst because the nurse gets sick and then the second kid will get sick and the nurse will get sick again just as she got better. I am 7 days behind on Pinterest Posts of the Day, and who knows what else, so here is my top 7 for the week:

1. Corkboard inside the cabinet doors for more note usage. I don't think I'd do it. I'm afraid that the paper would fall off because of the kids shutting the cabinets too hard. Neat, nonetheless.

via Brenda Bell

2.  Bacon. Enough said. Oh wait. Turkey... *Drool*

 

 

via Robin Tater

 

3. My Handprint Calendar Something I'm thinking about doing for the grandparents this year for Christmas. Last year I did the VistaPrint deal of $4.99 for a 12 month calendar of the kids.

 

 

 

via Kristi Ackerler Sullivan

 

4.  Cake and rum. Yum.

 

via Malori Seegel

 

5. Easy and cheap for fall snacks or a Thanksgiving dessert to pass.

 

 

Burt Christina Corley

 

6. Holy Cow! Rock wall. Great idea. We don't have a two story house but this is really awesome! Of course, I would prefer if there was some way to make it look safer.

 



 





via alison yunker

7. Quick Apple Crisp. You had me at "quick".

 

 

via Facebook this morning. 

Conversations of a 3 Year Old

"I want toast and cheese!" he exclaims.
"Okay, let me finish cooking dinner," I reply.
"Why are you cooking dinner now?" he asks because it's only 10:30 in the morning and lunch should come before dinner, of course.
"So we can go to the park after school," I answer.
"Yay!"
"Can you get me the cheese out?" I ask about five minutes later.
"Sure!"
I begin toasting the bread and ask without looking at him. "Where's the cheese?"
"It's hiding!"
"Oh, no! I can't cook without the cheese!" My voice is full of fake exasperation.
"Here, it is!" he replies as he pulls it out from under him.
"Yay!" I exclaim and melt the cheese sandwich in the microwave.
"Oh, no! I only have one arm!" he shouts two seconds later from his booster seat. He has hidden one arm behind his back.
"Oh, no! I guess you'll have to eat with your toes..."
"Yep!" he agrees. He switches arms, then says, "I only have one arm again!"
"Hey, that's the other one! I guess you'll have to eat with your elbows," I joke.
"Yep!" Two seconds later he raises both arms into the air and he says, "Look, I have two arms now!"
"Yay! Do you want squares, triangles or rectangles?" I ask.
"Ummm....two triangles, please."

     I cut the sandwich diagonally and proceed to roll up his long sleeve shirt in an attempt to save it and not have to change him before school starts. He whines, "Why are you rolling my sleeves up?"
"Do you want to change your shirt again?" I ask because he just had a bath.
"NO."
"That's why I'm rolling up your sleeves. We don't want to get cheese or juice on your shirt, right?" I explain.
"Nope."
I get a cup of fruit out of the pantry and hear more indiscernable whining. "What's wrong?" I ask. "Talk to me. I can't understand that."
Looking devasted, he holds his arms out to me. "My sleeves are up."
"They have to be up." We both sigh and then I ask with hope, "Can we take it off and put it back on after your done?"

He nods slowly and thankfully eats, shirtless.

Pinterest of the Day

via Wendy Baiamonte

Seriously. Someone honked at me today when I was at the long red light. My husband would've stopped in the middle of the intersection and then slowly crept through it to make the person behind him mad. I moved on. Well, sort of. It still irks me. Just like it irks me when parents park in front of the "No Parking" rope at school for drop off.

Actual Pinterest of the day:

 

via Tonya Milligan Holt

Chocolate cake in an orange over the campfire. Or maybe a pan less version for the oven, if adjusted. Oh man, I really want some chocolate! Now if I could only figure out an easy way to get an orange out of its peel.

The Dark Drug

***

Yes, I am drinking coffee. Delicious (free) coffee by the way. Yes, I have gained 5 pounds since returning from our cruise. No it was not from cruise food (I actually lost 2 lbs on the cruise). No, I do not care.

As of this week, I want salty, sweet, chocolate food and I will eat it all (if I had some)! Also, I am sick and when I am sick I eat everything. For some reason it makes me feel better, even when I am not hungry. Child3 has been in school for only two weeks and the contagious spread of germs from 3 and 4 year olds has begun. Even the teacher was sick yesterday. I cannot even imagine how she isn't sick every week with all the toddlers putting their hands in the garbage cans because they want to know what is in there, wiping their hands on her, and spitting on the classroom desks.

I will start my "diet" on Monday. I will eliminate coffee on Monday. Today I need to stay awake or my children will tie me up like the giant in Gulliver's Travels and my husband will find me gagged in the closet in the morning.

It really isn't a diet. I just eliminate the foods I know I'm not supposed to eat by not buying them when I go shopping. I watch my calorie count so I can keep track of how much I am actually snacking. When I'm bored, I snack. I was using an online calorie counter but I know my max and what I feel comfortable with. I am aware of my portions now and have felt guilty this past month when I know I do not need to fill my plate that full to be full. I enjoy food, though. I have to eat because I'm anemic and I need the iron.

I enjoy food.

My poor husband has had to make his own sweets for the past couple of months because if I cook it I will eat it. Now, my husband cooking is not a bad thing. However, it doesn't excite my taste buds. He cooks out of a box because it is fast and efficient. I want to cook now that the weather is changing. I like to experiment with new recipes based off of the ingredients in my pantry. It was a very depressing day when I received the letter from school stating that we can no longer bring in food for snacks, birthday treats or holidays unless it has a store label on it. I did not sign up for child9's holiday food helper this year because it was not fun last year. I felt obligated to sign up for Valentine's day and just picked up some mini red velvet cupcakes from the store. The pre-school has its own funding for everything so we are not allowed to bring in any food for any holiday, even birthdays. I'm thinking of finding inventive ways to make goodie bags that are cheap enough for at least tot3's birthday in April. I understand the school's take on food allergies because I have family and friends with specific allergies but it still is a damper on my fun in the kitchen.

Now this really didn't have much a point besides that I am drinking coffee and I will not share! And I am sad that it is only two cups because I used a packet that I took from the hotel we stayed at last month. Oh well, at least its not de-caf.




***Picture taken from: Purex on Facebook.

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Pinterest of the Day

via Chynna Fletcher

Just kidding. But it did make me laugh because I have to wonder if its not a photoshop and I like the twisted mind.

But really here it is:

https://pinterest.com/pin/245164773436132539/ Simple enough. One of those "Uuuuh, why didn't I think of that?"