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The Baby Catcher

Tommy, Josh and I made these this evening for a treat!!  The smell alone brings back childhood memories for me.   A favorite from Josh's childhood is Monkey Bread.  We will be making that tomorrow!  His last babysitter used to make that for him. 

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL DROPS

½ Cups Milk

1 – stick of butter

½ cup of cocoa

2 cups sugar

3 cups oatmeal

Combine Milk, Cocoa, and Sugar in sauce pan.  Heat to boil, stir constantly as it scorches easily.  Boil for 3 minutes.

Remove from heat and add oatmeal.  Mix well.  Drop by teaspoon on wax paper until cool. 

  Well the installers just left from installing our new wall oven.  They were to be here between 2:00 and 5:00 and got here at 6:30 to start the install.  Oh well....at least it is done!  I am very happy with it!  Now all we need is a new cooktop.  We will be looking for one of clearance as well.   I am sure we will find one eventually.  I am willing to wait until we find a good deal!

BEFORE

AFTER

 OH MY...we had our long hair cat groomed,.  She has what is called a lions cut.  OH MY...she looks like a mutant!!  I will have to post pics later when she comes out of hiding.   It is way weird looking!

UPDATED WITH PHOTO::

It has been a very nice weekend.  We have not had one of those for a long time....it was so nice!   Saturday we went to a wedding in North Branch.  A young man that works for my hubby was the groom.  It was an interesting wedding.  I had a bit of a hard time with it as the groom and bride were the same age as Josh.   They were soooo young!!   But the groom is very mature for his age.  We went up for the reception.  A friend of hubby's went with us as well.   After that we came home and I crawled in bed and read my book until bedtime!!  What a rare treat!  

Sunday we got up and I immediately started reading my book again.  I really wanted to finish it!!   We showered and got ready for our day.  We went to Walmart to pick up a couple of things and went out to eat lunch at China Buffet is W. St Paul.   Afterwards we headed to the Children's Museum for their free addmission Sunday!   Tommy had a great time!!  He was go go go....it was hard to keep an eye on him.   Then my hubby indulged me in my one weakness.  We went to the half proce books in St Paul.  ARGH!!!  I only spent 17.00 that is pretty good.  I bought a new Magic Treehouse Book for Tommy and picked up a few others to donate to the school at church.   We also discovered a new series to try called Cam Jansen Mysteries.   I bought four books and when I got home realized I had already read one of the books!  

Kate Atkinson - Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Ann Packer - The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Adriane Trigiani - The Queen of the Big Time
Anita Diamant - Good Harbor (read already..ooops)

Each on clearance for only $1.00.  

Tommy fell asleep on the way home.  Hubby went to pick up Erik from his Mom's and I stayed home and I finished reading my book.   It was my first 5/5 read of the year.   Very good book!!!  

The Thirteeth Tale - Diane Setterfield - 5/5

 I picked up a few other books at the library so I am on to the next book I wanted to read for bed tonight.  

Tomorrow they are coming to install our new oven.  I hope it goes smoothly.  We are also dropping off one of our cats to get groomed.  She is so hairy and we are getting her a lion cut.   Hopefully that will cut down o nthe hair in our home!

 Hubby wants me to give the puppy a bath so I need to scoot.   Later!!  Have a great night!

I am pretty close to done with Tommy's room.  I still have one little container to go through and throw somethings.  But I did take out 2 garbage bags of toys that are going to Goodwill and one of garbage to toss.   I doubt Tommy will even notice one thing missing.  

Erik's mother should be here to pick him up soon, so I am going to relax and read until I need to leave to get supper.  We are having KFC tonight for Family Movie Night.  Tomorrow we are going to a wedding in the afternoon and Sunday we are taking Tommy to the Children's Museum as they have a Bob The Builder exhibit.  Should end up being a nice weekend!!  I am looking forward to it.  

Later ....

I am off to start Tommy's room.  I should show you the huge pile of junk/toys.  But it is far to embarassing....I might show the end results!   Later!  I am going to conquer this mountain 15 miuntes at a time!

I am home from dropping off Tommy at his aunties and shopping at Walmart.  I found a couple of shirts for Tommy on clearance for $3.00 and winter hats for $1.00.  Nice to stock up a bit at a good price.  I just had my lunch and now I am going to veg for an hour or so and read my book as a treat for getting my stuff done this morning.  I still have a few things to do.  I really have to start on Tommy's room, though I am dreading it!   I piled everything he owns in a corner as I needed to scrub the floor.  The cat had messed in there when he was sick.  ARGH!!  So now I have to put the room back together.  I hope to get rid of about 1/2 of that pile before Tommy gets home!  

I am off to read and relax a bit......Later!!!

Today is my first day of vacation!!   YEAH!!  I was up early and have already dropped Tommy off at preschool, paid bills and updated our budget.   I am going to clean up around here until it is time to pick up Tommy.   I will drop off Tommy at daycare and then I need to run to Walmart for a couple of things.  

I then plan on taking a bit of a break and reading my book.  I treated myself to new book for vacation!  Not like I need more books...I have many, many on my shelf to read!!   My mom wanted this one so I bought it and will read it and then mail it to her!  Guess what it is, Mom???   The Thirteen Tale by Diane Setterfield.   As soon as I am done with it I will mail it to you Mom!!  It is good so far.  I read the first 60 pages before bed last night. 

Well time to crank the tunes and get busy!! 

TO DO:

• Clean light Fixtures - Kitchen
• Clean toaster -DONE
• Organize Pantry
• Clean Microwave-DONE
• Clean Stove Burns-DONE
• Mop Kitchen & Bathroom -DONE
• Clean Glass - Living Room-DONE
• Change bathroom hand towels -DONE
• wipe down outside of kitchen cabinets-DONE
• change sheets - master bedroom
• Dust Dining Room-DONE
• Pick on Clutter spot and work 30 minutes (TOMMYS ROOM)
• Quick tidy each room.Vacuum-DONE

As you can see I am needing to catch up on a few of the chores from my motivated moms list for the last few days.   Tonight is Family Movie Night so I want to have things done so I can enjoy the evening. 

 ATTORNEY:   Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? 
WITNESS:       No. 
ATTORNEY:   Did you check for blood pressure? 
WITNESS:       No. 
ATTORNEY:   Did you check for breathing? 
WITNESS:       No. 
ATTORNEY:  So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? 
WITNESS:      No. 
ATTORNEY:  How can you be so sure, Doctor? 
WITNESS:      Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. 
ATTORNEY:  But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? 
WITNESS:  Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.