A Poem About Our Girlfriends

Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Some of their houses will be bigger.
Some will drive a better car.
Their children will do better in school.
And their husband will fix more things around the house.
So let it go, and love you and your circumstances
Think about it!
The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart.
The most highly favored woman on your job may be unable to have children.
The richest woman you know, she's got the car, the house, the clothes~

might be lonely .

And the word says, 'If I have not Love, I am nothing.' So, again, love you.
Love who you are.
Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say,
'I am too Blessed to be Stressed and too Anointed, to be Disappointed!'
'Winners make things happen~~ Losers let things happen.'
Be 'Blessed' Ladies and pass this on to encourage another woman.
'To the world you might be one person, to me you are special

~Busy Weekend~

This weekend is going to be fun! I will have an extra 3 kids here this weekend. I watch a famioly that use to be my daycare kids once in a while for respite care. Last time I had them was back in October! I can't wait to see them! I will be down 1 of my kids til tomorrow afternoon, but we still have a busy weekend.
This is a picture that I took last year...We like to be goofy around here! And no, they are not all mine. LOL :)

~Check this out~

So I am starting to store food, and try new recipes that might take up more time, but will be good for me to cook in an emergency...I am probably making NO sense at all. Oh well, that happens to me a lot! I found this wonderful blog when she left me a comment on my page...check them out.

http://oneshetwoshe.blogspot.com/2009/01/dare-i-say-word-assignment-1.html

~Kids Will Have Fun~

~I've been TAGGED!~

I've been tagged by Robin http://alabamaslackermama.blogspot.com to do a meme with six random things about me. According to Robin there are a few rules to go along with this meme and they are:~ Link to the person that tagged you~ Post the rules on your blog~ Write six random things about yourself~ Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them~ Let each person know that they have been tagged and leave a comment on their blog~ Let the tagger know when your entry is up For the six random things about me.

1) I use to sing soprano,not so much anymore.

2) I love to drive! If I can get out and drive even just a short trip, it changes my mood.

3) I would love to be a nurse, but I am scared to go to school.

4) I love to see anything really "GROSS" that has to do with the medical field.

5) When I think of my parents dieing, I can't stop crying.

6) I want t o move to Eastern Oregon so my Friend Kristi and I can open a bakery/restaurant like we have always wanted to do.

Like Robin, I do not have 6 people to tag. Robin is the one who tagged me, so there is only one more for me to tag...drum roll please....

Heather.... http://www.thewholewolfleyfamdamly.blogspot.com/

~PeanutButter Recall~

Here is a link to all of the stuff that is recalled.

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/#All

I am really getting into this whole gardening thing...trying to figure out how to do it, what will work best for us, where to and what to plant... There is this WONDERFUL lady that has a lot to say about this kind of stuff, she always has such good advice. I noticed this on here site, and anyone who does gardening should really look at this if you already haven't. I got really excited when I saw this, it is going to help me out ALOT! OK, I am done rambling...


http://www.almanac.com/

~History being made~

I can not believe that tomorrow I will have seen History made...a Black President(we have come a long way as a country!). I have to admit that I am scared to see what happens in the next 4 years...I might not be happy about who is the next president,but I pray that he does a great job, I also pray for him and the safety of his family...So here is to making history and seeing it happen.

I found this on a blog page, and it is a pretty cool site. You can actually do a lot of stuff for free. Check it out.
http://www.picnik.com/app#/home/welcome
Here is just a little something that I did.

~What suggestion's do you have?~

So when it comes to decorating my house with plants I SUCK!!! I have no idea on what to do. This is what I was thinking. I rent so I do not what to spend a lot of money. I was thinking about planting those ground covers that are little flowers all around my house with some other plants. I have a ton of Tulip bulbs but I just read that it is to late for me to plant them. I also want to do some wild flowers,sunflowers, and something else. Anyone have any other ideas that are not to expensive let me know. Thanks

So this is the Christmas Musical that we made up due to all the snow that us Oregonians are NOT use to...and people just become idiots...that's besides the point.

This is what Ashley does for every School Musical...she looks at everyone else...It is so funny! Here she is looking at the boy she really likes.

Adalynne is just singing her little heart outI am sooooo COOL!This is what Dossie decided to do when he got bored...Take my picture Mommy!!!

~What a fun night~

Here we have....Max,Ashley,katelynn, Adalynne, and Emily.




Here is the Birthday girl.Look, Hannah Montana decided to come and visit us when we got home!Dossie and my little Niece.I wish we could of brought this home for the boy!
Awwww, my baby is getting older.

She is such a silly girlMax, the best little boy...I could not of gotten a better daycare kid.The girls!

~OMG!!~

Do you see it??? Do you, Do you??? The gray hair!! My first gray hair!! I am so excited!! Yes I know, why in the heck would anyone get excited about having gray hair...I don't know, but I am! I guess this my body telling me,"Welcome to the next stage of your life...Getting OLD!" And I am NOT going to die my hair.

It is there, it is only one...

~Happy Birthday Boo Boo~

Today was the day that God blessed me with Ashley...A.K.A. Boo Boo. We are taking her and a few friends to Chuck E Cheese today after school...She is going to have so much fun!!

Happy Birthday my Boo Boo Girl!

~Well, I did it!~

I did my first load and it was AWESOME!!! My clothes are brite, and smell really nice. I have hard water...so in my front loader the little cup that holds the liquid was turning brown...and after only 2 loads...drum roll please...the brown is going away!!! YEAH!!! That's right..there is a little circle of color coming back...Whoo Hoo!!




I did it!!! I made the laundry soap...it was super easy! I did not have any essential oils, but I still have some downy fabric softer. I can not wait to use it. I think that the hubby is a little iffy on the whole idea, but who washes his clothes?? So he has no say.

~Here I go trying to make stuff from scratch~

Ok, so my friend Heather had a blog about making homemade laundry soap. I am going to make it today. I am so excited!! Yes, I get excited about silly stuff, but hey,it is going to save us ALOT of money. I would give you her blog page, but I just remembered that it is set to private...so here is my copy and paste of her page. Thanks Heather for the post!

HOMEMADE LAUNDRY SOAP

I like it.... so here is the recipe

Ingredients:

*5.5 oz bar Fels Naptha

(I choose this because it's all natural (ERIN) and has been around for 100 years. You may use a soap of your choice, such as Ivory)

* 1 cup 20 Mule Team Borax

* 1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda

* Water

JUST A NOTE: I could not find thing ingredients at Any of the big name stores..IE..the "Walsmarts", or Freddy's...But if you try your local "home town" type stores...you will have better luck. Try true value...But I would trying calling around. I found most of the the ingredients in the laundry isle by the fabric softeners and stain removers, usually top self... I know that Winco sells most all of them.

Tools:

* 5 Gallon container

* Knife

* Pot large enough to hold 5 cups of water

* Long stirring stick/spoon (for 5 gallon container, IE A BUCKET W/ LID)

Instructions:

Shave the soap into small strips and place in the pot with 5 cups of water.

Bring the water just shy of a boil and stir until the soap is completely melted. When the soap is just about melted, pour 3 gallons of hot water into the 5-gallon container and let it sit until the soap in the pot is totally melted.

Once all of the soap shavings are melted, pour the mixture into the 5-gallon container and stir.Once the soap and water are thoroughly stirred, add the 1 cup of washing soda and stir until dissolved. Once the washing soda is dissolved, Pour in the cup of borax and stir again until dissolved. Fill bucket 3 inches from the top with hot water.

Optional: Essential oil for fragrance. If you like fragrant detergent, now is when you can add a few drops of your favorite essential oils.You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled.

Some ideas Lavender, tea tree oil, rosemary, orange or just about anything you like.

Now you've got a huge container of hot soapy looking water. Cover the container, place it some where out of the way and let it sit overnight. Once it's cooled it will gel. It will not gel uniformly so it will be lumpy and watery. Sorta like egg flower soup...If you can get around this...were good. It is not very attractive, but it works. It's best find smaller storage containers for convenience and something with a lid that will stop the kiddos from playing in the super slime!

~One Hot Man!~

~Celebration~

It has been 2 since since my girls have been back to school. Thank you Jesus that it was time for them to go back. I thought that I was going to have a break down. Christmas break is so different then summer break. At least when it is summer I can send the children outside and tell them not come in til it is dark!

Yesterday was so nice...After my Daycare kid went home, I took Dossie to school and went to the school bus place to see what they were hiring for...well, that was not a good thing. They said they are hiring for subs...which does not grantee me a regular schedule or hours. I can not live on the "maybe you will make money today." So I decided against it. After I went to the Library and looked around ALL BY MYSELF!!! That was one of my highlights of the day. Then went to Safeway and puttered around until I had to go get Dossie. What a WONDERFUL day it was.