A First

Uniform shirts ironed for the whole week! First time that's happened all year. Wonder if I can keep up the trend?

Uh-O

Cheerio chaos! Look at the mess I made. This is how it all started. Costco was out of Multigrain Cheerios so we bought good old regular Cheerios. Well, the regular are apparently not nearly as yummy . So we came up with trick of mixing the two kinds together. Ta-da! We have been doing this for sometime now & it saves money & sugar intake, as the regular Cheerios are probably cheaper because they have less sugar! Anyhow in my attempt to do our little mixing routine yesterday it would seem I did not get the lid sealed properly. Thus, this HUGE mess onto kitchen floor. All I could do was laugh. The mess was so big it actually really was more funny than frustrating.

Tortilla Bowls

Another White Elephant connection.... These tortilla bowls are the first I've ever made. Yet I've had the pans for making them for a couple of years now. I got them from Joni while helping them pack for their move a few years ago. What makes it especially funny is that someone else brought similar pans to the White Elephant Party and Joni wanted them & ended up keeping them. She used them for dinner the other night and they turned out great. So I knew I had to finally give the ones I got from her a try. I used them last night when we had Kerry & Fred over for dinner. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy! Looked fab and tasted great too!

Chest X-Ray

Took Joshua for a follow up appointment to see how his pneumonia was improving this AM. Ended up at Envision Imaging getting his chest x-rayed! Not what I was expecting. Good news though.... His left lung is ok and showing improvement despite the fact that the doctor could not hear any air flow. Envision & the doctor's office were both speedy & fabulous. Glad for the positive x-ray and hoping for more improvement soon.

Christmas Tubs

It never fails. No matter how careful I am, how hard I look or how many times I double check I ALWAYS forget to pack something away in the Christmas tubs. For the second year in a row I forgot an item from the kitchen and it was out in plain site! Guess it's just a tradition now. ;-)

Vodka Light

More White Elephant fun! Joe was inspired by a gift Kyle made for the New Year's Eve party. He decided to get creative & make his own version today. This is his end result. Turned out pretty darn well!

Fairy House or Gnome Cottage?

First day of 2013 trying to decide if my awesome New Year's Eve party White Elephant gift is a Fairy House or a Gnome Cottage? Still deciding if this will be it's permanent location or not. I do think it's perfect wherever it ends up!