It's moving day tomorrow.
Archive for November 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Last post before the move
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Thanksgiving Eve
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
What's for Dinner. Or What's Not for Dinner.
Since we're moving soon I've been trying to clear the freezer and utilize the food that we have. We'll stay one night at a hotel before the move, therefore we won't be able to bring along too much refrigerated stuff. It's really a blessing because I seem to collect salad dressings. Time to purge!
I'm getting back to the point now... Needless to say, dinners have been a bit strange.
Last Tuesday the kids and I dined on MorningStar nuggets, toasted ravioli, kiwi, and edamame.
Tomorrow we're switching things up and having Mexican Monday instead of our usual Taco Tuesday. This will clear out the last of the taco shells, a few more of the tortillas, the refried beans, Spanish rice, and one of the 4 cans of black beans.
Black beans are one of the items that I always think we're out of when I'm at the store. We're never out and I apparently I never learn.
What's your item? What do you have too much of in your pantry?
This will be our last real meal and from that point on we'll be piecing or hunting or foraging or whatever you guys call it when everyone is on their own for dinnertime.
I'm sorry to whomever gets stuck with the giant pack of wonton wrappers. Maybe I should say Good Luck instead.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Thankful!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Another Round Please!
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Pack It Up, Pack It In, Let Me Begin
We're moving.
As in we sold our house and movers will be here in less than two weeks from today.
The house had been on the market for 7 months and we had tons of lookers but no takers. Two days before our contract with our realtor was up we had a long phone conversation. We weren't comfortable dropping the price any lower. We had gotten in the mindset that we were going to have to stick it out for another year or two at this address. It was going to be okay.
That very afternoon someone walked through for the first time and made us an offer.
Two days before we were going to take it off the market someone walked through and made us a great offer.
Irony? Kismet? Someone upstairs shuffling the deck? Call it whatever you want, but we're chalking it up to nothing short of a miracle. We're still in shock. That's part of the reason I haven't been writing about it. I thought that if I were to say it out loud I would jinx it and it would go away.
With the majority of the paperwork behind us I think it's safe to scream it out now...
We're moving! We're moving!
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Monday, November 14, 2011
November 14th for the past 6 years
Thursday, November 10, 2011
If I could get Tupac and Karen Carpenter to do a duet I'd be in heaven.
I like background noise. Nothing loud, but just enough to break up the quiet around the house.
(Sidebar: If I ever fall tragically into a coma and am in the hospital, skip the flowers and please bring music. Preferably Tupac's greatest hits album. Or maybe Paul Simon. Or the White Stripes. I'm pretty much open to anything except the twangy stuff.)
I won't lie. We've been listening to Christmas music pretty much non-stop this week. Yes, I'm one of those people and so are the kids. Don't give me any crap about it either. However we're all too jolly around here to even care if you did. That's a side effect, you know. That and wanting cookies and hot chocolate.
When it's not Christmas music it's Pandora. The Radio for Kids Radio isn't that bad. Yes, there are some sickly-sweet kid songs but there's also Regina Spektor, Florence and the Machine, Adele, Buddy Holly, and Bob Marley. (I haven't found a Pandora channel that doesn't play Bob Marley. He's everywhere.) It's a random mix and I like that.
What do you listen to with your kids?
That's where I leave you today. Have a great Thursday!
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
MIA
Life seems to be at its fullest right now and it's been hard carving out any time for extra stuff.
I tried embedding a clip of Vaughn singing the song from Tangled. I successfully converted it from an AAC file to an MP3 file, but still can't get it embedded correctly.
Too bad, it's hilarious.
Hope everyone has a great Wednesday! Today I'm hoping for the rain and wind to stop and for Martha to have a great birthday!
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Halloween 2011
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