Month: September 2004

  • MY BABY'S FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL!!!


    He is Attending the Terrific Two's class at the preschool at our church!




    Tommy and his backpack!

  • I got my hair highlighted today.   Looks pretty good.  I have alot of shopping to do for the wedding yet.  I hope to do that this weekend.   There are a couple of things I know I want to get so I will pick them up tomorrow. 


    Tomorrow is my baby's first day of preschool!   You can bet there will be a picture tomorrow!   My hubby and I are taking him there together for his first day.  Neither one of us wanted to miss this milestone!   Tommy is very excited, especially about his new backpack! 


    I hope to get some things done around the house tomorrow.  I am actually caught up on laundry!  WOW!! So I won't be spending the weekend doing laundry.   I think I might try to cut out the fabric for my dining room chair tomorrow.   Well time for me to head to bed.   Later!   Have a great night!


    PS - Potty Training Update - Tommy pooped in the bathtub tonight.  Informed me he peed on my chair...and yes, he did the chair I sit in when I am on my laptop.  OOPS...and hit the floor a couple of times.  His cousins were over so he wasn't too hip on going potty.  He only went once in the potty this evening.   More laundry to wash of course!

  • Another great OAMC website for "Dump CHicken". You just make
    marinades and freeze with the chicken breasts. Very good! I do this
    even with bottled marinade sometimes!

    http://oamc.8m.com/index.html

  • I am in the process of cleaning out our freezer than I will get it
    stocked for winter. I do alot of Once A Month Cooking (OAMC) to get
    us through the busy holiday season. Life is so busy to cook, that I
    cook now and freeze the meals for later use. I also give meals to my
    in-laws to help them out. I feel the need to cook a bunch soon,
    since my large freezer is starting to empty!

    Recently a new place has opened in our town called MixItUp. It is a
    place where you can go to cook freezer meals. Great idea I suppose
    if you have never heard of it, but way too expensive if you bulk cook
    to save money like we do. I have a group of friends at church that I
    will cook with. We occassionally cook at the church together. They
    have a great facility for bulk cooking!

    If you are interested in learning more about this way of cooking, the
    following websites are a couple of my favs! I do more session
    cooking on the weekend. We have been doing this for years and keep
    our food bill pretty reasonable with it!

    http://hardys.freeservers.com/oamc.htm

    http://snider.mardox.com/OAMC.htm

    http://www.30daygourmet.com/

    So don't pay someone to teach you how to cook like this! They
    resources on the internet are fabulous! Save the money that is the
    whole idea of freezer cooking!

  • I didn't get anything accomplished last night and was asleep by 10:30~   Boy was I tired!  I need to catch up a bit today at home especially.


    THURSDAY


    WOrking until 12:00.


    Go home and work on chores/tasks until 2:30 or so. 


    3:00 Hair Appointment - getting highlights, cut and eye brows done!   (getting ready for the the wedding on the 26th!) Still need to buy a new evening bag. 
    Afterwards, pick up Tommy.
    5:30 - Chiropractor appointment


    Get chores done and enjoy a relaxing evening of read???  HOpe so!


    I am off on Friday since it is Tommy's First day of Preschool.  He is going to a Christian Preschool at our church.  I know I am going to cry....my last baby is growing up so fast!!!

  • My Day......I seem to jsut have time to post lists anymore, but that is what my life is.  A never ending list!! LOL!!


    Wednesday already....YEAH!!  I have Friday off this week again so a short week for me!   Gotta love that.


    WORK - 7-3:00
    Plenty of work to do!  Might have to play TOTH to get things done!  Keeps me off the computer!


    HOME


     WEDNESDAY - DESK/ ZONE
     Zone - KITCHEN: Clean Fridge/Top of Fridge
     Anti - Pro Item : PHOTOS - work and planner
     Fridge Boogie
     Make Grocery List/Menu
     Laundry - Darks 
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    TOMMY - HOME PRESCHOOL STUFF
    LETTER OF THE WEEK - A
    Color letter, trace letter, and post to poster!
    THEME - JUNGLE:  Story and Song
    REVIEW - Shape and Color


    Tommy update - He loves playing school.  When he gets home from daycare he says "can we play school??"   It is a good thing really.  So we have been getting his little items out of the way before supper.   He knows the letter A when i show him the magnetic letter.  We have read a few books about the Jungle our theme this week.  We really don't do much with the color and shape, since he already knows he colors and shapes!   He knows the basic shapes, but once we get to octogan, etc those will be new.   We are learning nursery rhymes too!  This week is Hey Diddle DIddle.     Lots of time when I lay down with him at night we jsut talk.  He tells me about his day.  He must have been naughty for his auntie yesterday.  He told me he called her stupid.  His new naughty word, he knows he isn't suppose to say!  He said he got in trouble for hitting Mateo. 


    Joshua - doing well with school, but it has only begun.  Doesn't have a job yet either!  


    Erik - Enjoying Middle school so far!  He sounds pretty happy about it!


    Paul & I  - Back to our regular routine.   OUr group Wednesday night was cancelled by the church due to budget cuts.  We talked to them about reformatting the group and it is back meeting on Wednesdays.  We start September 15th!   I hope it isn't expected that Paul and I teach since we got the group started again!  I have some ideas but don't want to be locked in to doing it every week.  I did get a couple of books at the library I am interested in read withthe group.   Like the Mimi Doe book, 10 principles of Spiritual Parenting and maybe a bit of the James Dobson daily devotional for parents.   Since my schedule has changed the boys and I will be eating at church each Wednesday too!  One less day to cook!  YEAH!  


    Well back to work I go.....Later!


  • MONDAY - FREE DAY

    ZONE = KITCHEN- Clean Oven and Organize Pot Cupboard
    Laundry - Towels -

    TUESDAY - WEEKLY CLEANING
    Zone - KITCHEN - Pantry Mission - Clean Microwave
    Weekly Home Blessing - Bedding/Bathrooms
    Cat Litter
    Laundry - Sheets
    Errands - Target/Bank/Grocery Store

    WEDNESDAY - DESK/ ZONE
    Zone - KITCHEN: Clean Fridge/Top of Fridge
    Anti - Pro Item : PHOTOS - work and planner
    Fridge Boogie
    Make Grocery List/Menu
    Laundry - Darks




    THURSDAY - GROCERIES/ERRANDS
    ZONE:  KITCHEN: Clean Defusing Bowl/Wash Curtains
    Laundry - Lights



    FRIDAY - PAPERWORK/MISC.
    ZONE: KITCHEN - Plastic Cupboard
    Purse Boogie
    Car Boogie
    Fin. Home Blessing
    Laundry- Socks/underwear



    SATURDAY -
    ZONE: Kitchen - Top of Kitchen Bookcase
    Laundry - Tom's Clothes

    SUNDAY -
    Church
    Plan for next week
    Iron Clothes for the week
    Lay out Tom's Clothes for week

  • I feel a little Martha Stewart like today, so thought I would bake.....


    Spiced Applesauce Muffins


    Grease a muffin pan or mini mukkin pan well.   Do Not use paper cupckae cups for this recipe.


    Cream Together:


    1 cup margarine, softened
    2 cups sugar
    1 tsp. vanilla Extract
    2 eggs


    In another bowl, sift together:


    4 cups flour
    3 tsp. cinnamon
    2 tsp. baking soda
    1 tsp. cloves


    Combine with egg mixture and mix welll.


    Add 16 ounces of applesauce.  Stir until blended.


    Spoon into prepared pans, filling each cup about 2.3 full.  Bake at 350 degress for 15 to 20 minutes.  Remove from oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.


    Make 48 regular muffins or 96 mini muffins.

  • Tommy is in bed after playing school one more time and a bowl of ice cream!    We are finishing up our week with a theme of cows.  Tommy can tell you what a baby cow is called.....most of the time.    We also started next weeks theme....Jungle......the vocab word is vine.  Which he has been swinging from all night like Tarzan!  We watched Tarzan and Jane this afternoon.   The following week we are doing Cats...so I reserved the books for that.   I am so blessed by all the fabulous free resources on the internet and library.  It is amazing!!    I did alot of reading with Josh from when he was very little, but with Tommy we really focus on different themes, etc.   Actually now that I think of it I was going to load the Candy land game onto my laptop so we can play that tomorrow.  


    Josh got home from the movie and left to go to the movie with friends already.  So I am going to enjoy the quiet and read my book in the living room while hubby works on the church website.   Good Night!

  • Tommy wore a pull-up this morning to church.  I didn't want to chance it.  I put him in underwear when we got home but he fell alseep cuddling with Daddy on the couch.  I put him down for a nap without a pull-up or going to bathroom before so he wet.   He has wet a number times today on the floor.  He tells me he has to go potty as it goes on the floor.   We will keep at it!  Boy I am sure making myself alot of laundry!!!


    The church administrator spoke to Paul and I this morning about figuring about a way for our Families First group from last year to meet again this year.   It will be a little different, but we will be able to meet.  We will have to come up with out own ideas and topics and our children will go into their new program called KIDS FIRST.   I hpe everyone from our group last year will come again.  They are a great bunch of people!  


    I haven't gotten much done today with running Tommy to the potty!  I did go to Bloomington and have my Bridesmaid dress pinned for alterations.   I get to pick up the dress on the 22nd before the wedding.  This dress fits much better.   Then I came home and played with Tommy.  We played school!   He loves that.  I am doing the LETTEROF THEWEEK curriculm with him.   If you haven't been there it is a great site.  


    www.letteroftheweek.com


    We are on the second week of the prepatory curriculm.   Our vocab word is Vine and the theme jungle.  LOL!!   He has that down already!  We were watching Tarzan today and he said "He swings on a vine!".    The shapes and color are reveiw right now since he knows those.    He wants to play school one more time before bed so I should go to that!    I think we will review last weeks letter some more....A.  


    That is pretty much my night  I have done a few loads of laundry too!  I plan on heading to bed early and reading some more tonight.  Relaxing.................................................