Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Day 25 ~ Your day, in great detail

A day where I work or a day off...? No two days are the same around here Haha

Days when I work are more interesting because of where I work :)

Usually....
Holly will wake me up sometime between 5am-7am cause she wants to nurse. Around 7:30 I pull myself and Holly out of bed and get dressed. I make sure that Faith and Megan are dressed. If they have school I make sure that Faith has had breakfast (Megan gets breakfast at school, but we usually let her have a little something) and then I let Steve put them on their perspective buses. Holly and I head to the daycare. The day there consists of interacting with the kids there, while dealing with and feeding Holly as well (she nurses twice while there). We have morning 'recess' and circle and craft time, then a bit of free play time while Miss Sara preps lunch. Everybody eats lunch, we read a few books and then nap time (too bad I don't get to take one, I usually need it by then). Putting multiple kids to sleep at the same time is interesting! Once everyone wakes up we have snack and head outside again. This is usually the point where I have to leave to get Faith off the bus. Once we are all home, it's about time for Holly to nurse again, then (ideally) I fix dinner and let Holly have some 'solid' food. After dinner Faith and Megan get ready for bed, I get Holly ready for bed and nurse her.... all three are (on a good night) in bed by 8-8:15 for the night. Steve leaves for work about 8:30-8:45 :( (Anyone have/know of a daytime job you want to give him?) and I try (don't always succeed) to get a bit of 'housework' done... dishes or a load of laundry, have a bit of computer/internet or TV time. I then hope to get a bit of sleep before Holly wants her 'midnight' feeding. Steve gets home around 5:45, gets a few hours of shuteye... and it all starts again...

tired...? ya me too!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Day 24 ~ Where I live

Ok... I've had a long day ...and I'm tired, ...so I am going to be lazy tonight :) You get a picture of our house! We live in the town of Duncansville in the state of Pennsylvania (for now anyway) in the United states of America!


It's a greyish purple (the house behind is no longer there)
and we are sporting an Arizona flag off the front porch for the time being.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Day 23 ~ A YouTube video

We have SO many various videos on our computer that we have gotten from YouTube, that it was hard to even decide where to go with today's topic. I got to thinking about what our favorites were... and when Steve is looking at videos the girls almost always ask for one in particular... The Pixar short "For the Birds" it is so cute... but due to copyright ...whatever... the original can't be put on YouTube (and I don't like what most people have done with it)... so you get the one that the girls ask for in conjunction with "For the Birds"

This is one of Faith and Megan's favorites!





....and this is the short that is before the new Toy Story 3. I think this is one of my new favorite Pixar shorts! (this sound is a bit off from the picture... and there are a few bits cut out, but it's still good!)





Sunday, August 22, 2010

Day 22 ~ A websight

Uummmmm.....

sights I frequent...

Facebook - yeah I'm addicted!

Yahoo - I check my email way too many times a day... a lot of the time I end up reading articles off of MyYahoo instead

Blogger - um yeah

Freecycle - We have gotten some amazing deals (as in free) from here - our couch (not the best looking thing)... They also have a sister sight SwapShop (have to be part of the local freecycle group first) where you can buy, sell or trade... I like being able to give/sell things that we really don't need anymore



Saturday, August 21, 2010

Day 21 ~ A recipe

Seriously!? Any recipe?! .... just one?!! Oh, the things that are going through my head....

There's the enchilada recipe that we use...

There's the Hot Cocoa Mix recipe that I make at least three times during the winter...

There's our favorite way to do salmon...

There's...

Well, I am being lazy and I don't want to get up and find one from the kitchen. So you get my favorite cocoa mix, cause I make it a lot and it's easy to remember without having to go look. It comes from my other mother (AKA Grams) :)

(If you think you might like one of the other recipes, just ask!)



Gram's Hot Cocoa Mix

(everything is proportional, if you want a lot use cups, if you want a little use your 1/4 cup measure - super easy!)

6 parts powdered milk
4 parts powdered sugar
1 part cocoa powder

sift all together and keep in an air tight container (the sifting is important)

when you want some hot cocoa put 3-4 heaping spoonfuls into a mug and add hot water. You can also add marshmallows and/or creamer to taste.