My most favorite Max quote ever............I think

Yesterday Max climbed up next to me on the couch and started kissing my face. He gave me a bunch of really fast kisses.
I asked him why he was giving me so many kisses and he said......

"Because I love you SO, SO, SO, SO MUCH!.............today."

Multi tasking?

Today I had the extreme pleasure of watching my teenage son try to unload the dishwasher while continuing to play a game on the playstation with the wireless controller.

Let's just say that neither the game or the dishes turned out very well.

Message to my children..........

OK kids, press pause or turn of the video game, do the dishes, finish the homework, use the restroom THEN play the video games

This may very well be the most confusing post that I've ever written

HELP ME!
1) My children* are awake too late and now they're making fun of my inability to converse coherently with them at this late hour.
However, I will say that it is pretty nifty how they are able to interpret my odd hand movements to understand the words that I can't think of such as sandwich bag and refrigerator drawer. (must be seen to be fully appreciated)

2) Today it was my responsibility to bring sauce to go on the chicken Cordon Bleu for the Cub Scout's annual Blue and Gold banquet. This thing was going to be HUGE because 75 scouts, their parents and all the leaders were invited.
I made enough sauce to fill TWO crockpots clear to the rim. One other mom brought the same amount. As I was making the sauce, I thought "This is a lot of sauce" As I was very carefully carrying in the very warm crockpots filled to the brim with sauce and trying not to trip** on anything before I got to the table, I was thinking "This is a lot of sauce"
Loads of people showed up to this event and much food was eaten (this was a scouting event, these boys love to eat!)
Guess what, I was right, it was a lot of sauce, so much, in fact, that I brought home about half of what I made.
I have approximately 96 ounces of cream of chicken soup, sour cream with water and a dash of lemon juice mixture.
What on earth should I make with the remaining sauce/soup?

I thought about making funeral potatoes*** out of some of it (they also sent some left over baked potatoes home with us) but I'm out of corn flakes.
I just know that if I make multiple chicken and vegetable casseroles that we're going to get mighty tired of the sauce.
Can you think of any creative ideas to use these ingredients?

We have a lot of sauce.

3) One of the kids finished off the last of the spreadable butter, so now I have to go to Wal Mart**** tomorrow to buy some more.
I realize that this isn't really a problem that anyone can help me with, but I just needed to whine about it a little.


*Just the oldest two, one stayed up to watch the Olympics, and the other has spent the evening trying to coax back to life an old computer given to him by one of our kind neighbors earlier today.
**I have to admit that as I was carrying the two very heavy crockpots into the church (one at a time) while I was very worried about tripping or dropping the crockpot, I was also thinking "Wouldn't this make a funny blog post if I did fall flat on my face, spilling sauce everywhere?"
***If you've never heard of funeral potatoes, they're made with the above mentioned sauce, shredded cheddar cheese, diced potatoes all topped with corn flakes. Seriously, you can't forget the corn flakes, they're the best part!
They are called funeral potatoes,***** because they are commonly served at after-funeral luncheons in these parts, along with ham and jello salad.
****Not my favorite place to go, especially since I discovered the people of Wal mart website,****** and now I have to pay special attention to my appearance, lest I end up being publically humiliated when my photo ends up on their site. I am very sad that shopping in sweats is no longer an option for me.
*****They might also be called funeral potatoes because some variations of the recipe are so full of fat that if you eat enough of them, they will clog your arteries and you will die, and ironically, these potatoes will be served at your funeral. (they are rather tasty!)
******Have you been to this website? I never imagined that so many men went to the Mart of Wal dressed as women.

Dilemma solved?

Yesterday I posted a question about wearing brown shoes with navy blue pants.
In counting up the comments, the "yes, it's OK" vote and the "absolutely NO" vote were neck in neck. The "I don't know/care/have a clue/just wear slippers all the time" vote was much higher than the other choices.

So I have finally come to the conclusion of what I must do to solve this dilemma myself.

Buy new shoes.

Yes, I think the only way to solve this is to buy a pair of shoes specifically to match these pants. Of course, if I buy new shoes, then I'll probably need to get a new purse to match. I need a new purse anyway, so this shouldn't really be that big of a deal.

However, if I have a new purse and shoes, then I should probably get a nice haircut, and since I'll already be at the hairdresser, I should just go ahead and get some highlights too.

But then, with my new shoes, purse and fancy hairdo, I should probably get a manicure.

If I get a mani, then I MUST get a pedi, because the toes need to match the fingers.

Now here's a new dilemma, my new shoes won't show off my dressed up toes, so now I'll need to buy some new sandals so I can see them. Seriously, what's the point of having a pedicure if you can't see your feet?

Unfortunately, it's still too cold here to wear sandals.

I'll need to go someplace warmer.

Hawaii? Bahamas? Caribbean?

If I'm going one of those places, I'll need to get a new swimming suit and sunglasses too.
Oh, and I'll want to take my husband with me, so now I'll need to find someone to stay with the kids.

Since the kids won't be coming with us, I'll end up buying a bunch of souvenirs for them and for me too..............................





I've suddenly decided that I really can't afford to have my shoes match my pants.

Fabulous or fashion faux pas?

Brown shoes with navy blue pants?



Please discuss.

Back pain explained

Last week as we were walking into the store, Max would stop, put his feet together then jump over the crack in the sidewalk. He did this over every. Single. Crack.
It was kind of cute, but then he did it again when we walked out of the store.
As we were walking along, he said "See mom, I'm being really careful not to step on the cracks so your back doesn't break!" I thanked him for being so considerate then he looked at me with a gleam in his eye, giggled, then went ahead and stepped on a crack.
This morning I was walking across the kitchen floor when Max starts yelling "NO MOM! Don't step on the cracks, or grandma's back will get hurted!" then he proceeded to tiptoe his way over the 12" square tiles on the kitchen floor.
I spent the better part of the next 30 minutes explaining to him the difference between cracks and grout lines.

My 15 seconds of fame

Just going to take a minute to toot my own horn.

Have you seen this commercial?

I made the dress that the skater is wearing. ( :29 and :36)



It's been so fun to see this on TV!