Organization central

Since Ben has been on hiatus from work, and he is home a lot more often now, we have gone into organization mode. More me than him seeing as how he really can't do much but give directions with his gimpy arm.

Even though he can't do much, he is still as hot as ever with his silly sling. Oops, I mean MANLY sling!

Anyway, so while he is handicapped for the next while, we needed to get some shelves put up in our basement. It's all unfinished and our "office" area was getting way too crowded and messy. So up the shelves had to go, with the strength of good ole' me!

Step 1: Lay everything out, and yes that camcorder box is essential to putting up metal shelving! Duh!









Step 2: Hire the "little" helpers. They may have been a little short for the job, but they were all I could afford. Child labor is cheap these days. Payment = lollipop!

Step 3: Finish putting together and fill up with "stuff". Gotta love being a handy momma!

Superwoman 101: Loves and Hates about Valentine's Day

Superwoman 101: Loves and Hates about Valentine's Day: "I LOVE that there is a special day set aside to tell people you love them! I HATE when people complain about not being in a relationship. (..."

Loves and Hates about Valentine's Day

I LOVE that there is a special day set aside to tell people you love them!

I HATE when people complain about not being in a relationship. (If you really wanted to be in one, you would be! You are the only person standing in your way!)

I LOVE Valentine's Candy

I HATE Valentine's Candy Calories

I LOVE all the Pink and Red everywhere

I HATE when people dress up in V-day costumes (ie. Heart glasses)

I LOVE seeing people get flowers and balloons

I HATE not getting flowers and balloons (Just a little)

I LOVE seeing everybody's Facebook posts about how much they love their friends/family/ significant others.

I HATE when people give me lectures at WALMART about why you don't have to celebrate V-Day to say I Love You. ( I know I don't HAVE to, but I WANT to!)

I LOVE getting Adam's class Valentines ready to go.

I HATE that Adam is old enough to pass out class Valentines.

I LOVE how Wyatt says "I have a Vawentine's Day Dad!" aka Happy Valentine's Day Dad!

I HATE having to go to School on this day instead of playing with my favorite men in my life.

I LOVE that this is the 10th Valentine's Ben and I have been together.

I HATE that he is not feeling very good on this Valentine's Day.

I LOVE YOU!!!

Valentine's Day Cookies...

I think after having kids, every holiday seems to get about 10x better, and Valentine's Day is no exception. We get to do some fun stuff with the kiddos...

We got to decorate some really cute, and yummy heart cookies. The boys had a blast and we ended up with some really fun stuff.

Wyatt probably ate more of the frosting than actually putting it on cookies (this would probably explain the sugar rush afterwards). But he had a great time and still asks if we can decorate cookies every day. (I don't think my waist line would allow that.)





Adam was so good at decorating. I didn't have to give him any ideas on things to put on the cookies. He was partial to patterns, and he went with it. His turned out great!






These are the finished products. We had so much fun doing these, I think we will have to make it an annual tradition. I doubt the boys would object, it's a free sugar rush! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Feeling Prepared...

My husband's family has always been big on food storage, so we are a little to late getting on the band wagon. But better late than never! In the fall I started canning applesauce which got me in survival mode I guess you could say.
I know it's just a start, but I am feeling really great about it. I've got at least 10 of each veggie we usually use. Peas, Corn, and Green Beans. Then I "stocked" up on Chicken Stock too.

As you can see I've got my applesauce there, putting it all up made me want some! Then I've got an extra 6 bags of assorted cereal. Brown sugar, tomato soup (12), ranch, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, ziploc bags, and my hubby's favorite kind of pop tarts :)

We also have tubs full of flour, white rice, whole oats, and sugar (although as you can see we need to refill that one soon).

I love feeling prepared. I guess it makes me feel at ease. This coming fall I plan on doing A LOT more canning. Here is my wish list I hope to accomplish:

Canned Peaches
Canned Applesauce (again)
Canned Salsa
Canned Spaghetti Sauce
Canned Stewed Tomatoes

If anybody has any good canning tips let me know! I am all ears for this kind of stuff, well all ears for anything really! Leave a comment!

And it finally happened...

Yes, it finally happened, I lost the infamous Super Bowl Bet of 2011. If you aren't sure what I am talking about, refer to yesterday's post.

It all started out kind of dreary, being down 21-3. But then of course the Steelers had to get my hopes up and bring it as close as a 3 point game.

Then my dreams were shattered, and my new purse and shoes slowly faded from my reach.

And Ben's new reloading equipment took the forefront.

Sad day :(

New Record as of yesterday
Alli 6
Ben 1

Until next year...

Superbowl Bet 2011!!!

This Sunday marks the 7th year that Ben and I will have placed bet's against each other in the Super Bowl.
In that 7 years I have only been actually able to cheer on my favorite team, the NY Giants once. And even sadder, Ben has never been able to cheer on his favorite team, the SF 49ers. Why he likes them I don't know.

So we end up placing bets on teams we don't like (Just so it's fair) we alternate years of who gets to pick teams. This year was my year, so I chose the Steelers, so Ben gets Green Bay, not that he was disappointed, he hates the Steelers.

This game is something alot of people look forward too throughout football season, but I mostly look forward to the bet. And Ben dreads it...

Why? You really want to know?

He has NEVER won the bet.

That's right, 6 years in a row and my team has pulled out on top, sometimes with some seriously close calls.

So this year I am going for win #7, and Ben for win #1.
Who do you think it will be?

OR

Who do you want to win?