Tonight on the way home Noodle was flipping through the radio stations on the satelite radio. The face of the radio lists the artist name and the song.
The screen said “Prince 7″.
Noodle said “Oh I know who THEY are”
I said “No honey Prince is that black man, not a group”
Noodle “I though he sang We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You”
Me: “Um, that would be Queen“
My funny, funny girl.
Saturday night the girls had softball practice. Big surprise I know. Being the fabulous mothers that we are we sent the girls with their dad’s to practice and MamaB and I went shopping. (It was only to the grocery store, but that doesn’t sound as fun or very glamorous). As we were checking out and dividing our goods (we shared a cart, I know awww…) we were laughing as usual. The cashier did a double take.
Cashier: Are you guys sisters?
MamaB: No.
(We look nothing alike, it would be like comparing these two guys)
Cashier: Well do you tan at the same place?
MamaB and Mar in unison: At the ballpark!
A little left of center if you ask me but whatever. The good news seems to be that we are getting more than we bargained for when we signed the girls up to play ball. Maybe they should add Free Tanning For Parents! to the registration forms.
Tonight is our last regular season game. The past few games have been intense. Our team is kicking A$$. Its ALL about winning. It is not about winning. It is about learning the game, good sportsmanship ,making new friends, and most importantly WINNING! trying your best. As I understand the very complicated “scoring” the best we can finish is 2nd. BUT! And a very big but (He he) it is… Where you finish in the regular season really only places you in the tournaments. The way the tournament was set up in the dark ages when they started the ball club is a double elimination tournament. (Logically the last place team could come from behind and win it all). So as it turns out 2nd is really a better spot to be in than 1st. 1st place will get the first “By”. Which means we will play either 5th or 6th place, most likely eliminating them. Which then gives us the next “By”, forcing 1st to play 3rd a better team than 5th or 6th making them work a bit harder AND giving us a small break before (if we indeed beat 5th or 6th) playing whoever wins 1st vs. 3rd. Are you confused yet? Good. Me too.
So cross your fingers that the girls have fun tonight and play their best. It is still about 112 out and will remain in the upper 100’s well into the evening. They really are troopers. Hot, sweaty and stinky, but troopers none the less.
If you happen by the ballpark tonight I will be the one right behind home plate with the great tan biting my nails.
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My quirks
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This hands down is our favorite snack at our house. I don’t make it very often but when I do it doesn’t last long.
Here is the original recipe:
Mix:
2 Cups Crispix Cereal
6 oz. Cheez- Its
11oz. Pretzel Sticks
6 oz. mini-Ritz bits
2 Cans Mixed Nuts
11 oz. Fritos
Melt:
2 sticks margarine
4 Tbs. Brown Sugar
1tsp. Chili Powder
1tsp. Worcester
2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Curry Powder
6 drops Tabasco Sauce
Like I said that is the “original” recipe. Noodle loves the cereal the most so I usually use about 6 cups, I also add more Cheez-Its than it calls for, I use only one can of nuts, and about half the pretzels it calls for, but I also just use the whole bag of Fritos. I will also look in the pantry to see what we have little bits of left. Goldfish are a common add in as well. As for the Ritz-bits I have never been able to find them so have never used them.
Now, I will sometimes substitute Chex Cereal and will also use the store brand of “Chex”, it just so happened this week Crispix was on sale at the store so I used that this time. For the love of all things holy though, DO NOT use a generic or store brand of corn chips. I have tried it more than once it is just isn’t the same. I don’t know why, but take my word for it.
I knew I was going to make 2 batches this time so I measured out the spices and mixed them in a zip-lock bag so they were ready to go when I was ready to make the second batch.
So, mix your “snacks” in a deep pan. (A throw away turkey roaster pan works great, nothing to clean up and easy to stir as it cooks, the pan I used this time wasn’t quite deep enough to really mix it as it was baking). Melt the butter and spices in the microwave then poor over and mix really well.
Now its ready to go into a 250 degree oven for 1.5 hours, stirring every 20 minutes.
(No ones nose was burned in the taking of this picture!)
Here is the finished product. I leave it in the pan until it is cool and then usually just put it into freezer size zip-lock bags. You can see the first batch in containers behind the pan. I plan on sending Noodle over to the new neighbors with some to tell them welcome to the neighborhood.
My mom likes to add M&M’s when she makes it after it has cooled. M&M’s never make it home from the store at my house so I don’t usually add them.
OK, your turn… What’s your favorite snack you make?
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Did you ever have a friend when you were little that you tried to convince all your other friends was related to you?
My BFF from high school and I had to spend most of our days convincing people that we WERE NOT related. What do you think?
(Just don’t look too close - bad hair, bags under the eyes, no make-up - Its been a long week).
The house next door was finished about 6 weeks after ours so it has sat empty for about 4.5 months. Imagine my surprise the other night when I went outside about 8:00 and low and behold there was a UHaul and truck on the driveway.
I was on my way around the block to see my friend real quick and just said hello as I ran by.
On my way back I told myself to quit being a stuck up bitch and just stop and talk to them for a minute.
They looked so tired and frazzled. The woman explained they had just gotten here after driving the past two days. They had a ton of kids.
Trying to be nice I offered them a cold beer or pop knowing the fridge in our garage had both.
They nicely declined. I tried again telling them that really it was no problem blah, blah, blah.
Yeah, turns out they are LDS and don’t drink alcohol or caffeine.
I am such an ass sometimes. I should stick to being anti-social I guess.
Friday night my best friend in high school’s aunt died. It was unexpected. I loved her so.
Saturday morning my dad’s oldest brother’s wife, my aunt died. It was a long time coming. I loved her so.
I am not sure which hurts the most, the knowing it was coming or the unexpected.
The thought of 2 visitations and 2 funerals in one week are 2 more than I can handle. I will though because I loved them so.
Don’t I wish! With our backyard being just dirt and all the construction around us we fight a never ending battle with everything in our house being covered in a fine layer of dirt all the time. This morning I started by cleaning all the windows, blinds and window seals downstairs. If that was not enough fun for one day then it was time to tackle the floors.
If I was cool enough or clever enough to add words to my pictures I would label everything and tell you what it was but alas I am not so here is a quick rundown. All the shoes on the bottom of the stairs? Yup! All mine. Do you think anyone else could see them there though and drag them upstairs? Nope! Ok the floors - we have LOTS and LOTS of tile. I start with the broom and sweep up all the dirt and dog hair I can get. Then I vacuum with the yellow one, then I use the Swiffer to get the spots I can see, then I use the love of my life Bissell for the wet mop part of it. It takes me about 2.5 hours to do the downstairs, you know just long enough for where I started to be covered in dog hair and dust again. I can’t believe I am going to show you this next picture.
This is after I have used the broom, vacuum and Swiffer. We have so much dirt it isn’t even funny. Fortunately I picked a tile that hides all that gunk pretty well. It has probably been 2 weeks since I mopped, but I do sweep the floor every night. You can say it Ewww…… i just don’t have time to do it more often.
While I was working on the floors and windows (and doing laundry in between) this is what poor poor Hubs has been doing…
God Bless Him! He is getting the yard ready to get the landscaping done to hopefully get rid of some of the dirt. I at least got to suffer inside in the nice AC.
While we were busy doing all of these things…
Thing 1 and Thing 2 felt the need to nap. (On nice clean beds might I add). I am sure we are cramping their style and they will be happy when we return to work tomorrow and get out of their house and stop making so much noise.
We will all be going to bed early tonight. Noodle has softball camp all this week which means we have to get up at 5 to leave the house by 6 to have her there by 7. In case you were wondering this is in addition to softball practice and games that we also have every night this week. Remind me again why they call it summer vacation?
MOLLY WALKED TODAY! TODAY PEOPLE! MOLLY WALKED!
Truly amazing.
“Everything will be ok in the end, and if its not ok, then its not the end”.
