Oh no - I have another hobby now!

I have entered into the realm of digital scrapbooking - or digiscrapping, as I found it called. I am hooked. I downloaded a bunch of freebies from Lily Belle Scraps - you must check her out! - and I went to town. Here is my very first, very amateurish page ...

I know I have too much "white space" and my drop shadows are a bit much, but really I was just playing with my program to figure out how to place and move things around.

I'll post more soon! -- Rose

Smiling

It has been such a nice day.

Andy went shopping on his way home from work last night and I had him pick up a whole chicken so I could make soup today. Soup always makes me feel better. I wanted dumplings, also. After noting that the Bisquick I had in my fridge expired in 2005, I had him pick up a new box of that as well.

We had a big icy snow last night - so while Andy went out and shoveled this morning I fed the girls breakfast and they ate so nicely it was amazing. Mealtimes give me agida (looked up the spelling of that one - there are a million ways) and for some reason they just ate like angels. After that we all went to sit on the potties (well, not me!) and Maddie did her thing. And she got a sticker. Katie couldn't do her thing. But she wanted a sticker and sat on that potty for half an hour. Didn't happen though so I talked her into trying again later. No sticker. :(

After that I put the chicken in a big pot of water with veggies and parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Just like the song. Easy to remember. It cooked for about 2 hours - I broke the chicken apart - added more veggies - and then Andy had a big bowl right before he went to work. He is not a dumpling fan, so I'll make those later for my dinner.

The girls and I played and read and had another lovely meal (is it a full moon?) and then after Sesame Street it was naptime. I did all the dishes and - because they are Andy's favorite thing in the world - I made yellow cupcakes. (He bought the mix last night so I figured that was a big fat hint!)

So now it is almost 3:30 in the afternoon and I hear the girls stirring. Gotta go. Hope you all are having a nice day, too.

Yay!

Katie went on the potty once last night and once this morning!

Maddie went once last night (just missed it this morning - no problem - we'll just try again)!

Mama is doing a happy dance!

A-Z on Mondays: C is for Cups

I let the girls drink out of their bottles WAY TOO LONG! Past their second birthday. We had a very hard time getting them onto a cup - and went through about 15 different types until I found one they liked.

This is what they settled on ...


They are made by First Years and are called "Take 'n' Toss" - and they rock. They are cheap cheap cheap (like $4 for 8 of them) and they are not made out of that bad plastic.

They come in a million colors. I thought the girls would get a kick out of choosing a different color each day, but Katie always wants purple and Maddie always wants green. If all the greens and purples are dirty (not uncommon in this house) the only way I can get them to use another color is if they both get the SAME EXACT color with the SAME EXACT lid. It's nuts.

Now, you may be asking, "Rose, why do you have so many of them?" (And that first picture doesn't even show all of them.) My answer is ... it's like a suit. Have you ever seen My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin? There was one scene where he was explaining to Rick Moranis if you hang up your suit jacket but lay around in your pants all night you'll eventually have to have your pants cleaned more than your jacket and you end up with a mismatched suit.

The girls treat the lids of these cups like Rick Moranis treats his pants. The girls continue to chew on the lid spout long after the cups are empty - and the mouthpieces eventually end up cracking and they leak. So we chuck them (hence the "Toss") and get to the point where we have more cups than lids - so we buy a new set or two. But since we never really retire the older cups, they build up - and we end up with a ton of them. Right now I think the ratio is 2:1 of cups to lids!

See you next week for D! If you want to see more "A-Z on Monday" visit Jen over at Unglazed!

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I am starting to feel better - THANK YOU ALL for the comments and thoughts. I am taking my medicines and they are helping. What is killing me the most is the lack of sleep at night because I am coughing so much I really can't settle down. The girls are both sick now, too - noses and coughing. This has been one tough winter, man. Only 3 more months???

Bronchitis

Yes - I have bronchitis. I knew this was not just a regular cold when I realized my nose was clear as day and my throat was filled with a glob of yuck.

I just got back from the doctor and he put my on Prednisone and an inhaler.

I may be very sporadic in my posts for a while - my energy is zapped and all I want to do is sleep. I have to rest as much as I can for the girls (it breaks my heart how much I have plopped them in front of the TV these past few days) and I think the computer will be on the back burner for a while. :(

Stay tuned - I'll be back. :) -- Rosie

Thanks, everyone!

Hey there! Thanks so much for the well wishes yesterday. I rarely get sick but when I do it hits me so hard. I woke up today still feeling gross, but I seem to be improving as the day goes on. Thank you, God, for this beautiful sunny day. It is helping me feel so much better - thank you!

I have a post that I am working on called "No Knead Bread" - have you ever heard of it? One of my twin club freinds sent it to me because she thought I would love it and she was right. I channeled Pioneer Woman and took step-by-step pictures of the whole thing - I was such a dork. I am working on that post now.

Is anyone else as frustrated with the picture uploading process here on Blogger as much as I am? It bugs me that they all get uploaded to the top of the post - and a million spaces get inserted into your text. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a trick I need to know about?

So once I get the energy to fight with Blogger to get my post to look the way I'd like it to, I will finish that up. I was going to do it last night, but ... LOST was on, people! I have watched it from day one and supported it through it's ups and downs and I am sooooo excited that it is back. And it is sooooooooooooooo good!

If you into LOST, there is a great blog that I read: http://blog.zap2it.com/lost/ - this guy is an awesome writer and recapper. You can read his analysis right from the first episode. It is also a spoiler-free site, which I love. I like to be surprised as I watch. Most definitely worth a visit.

This was a random post, huh? Sometimes those are the best.

I am sick

I am sick. Swollen throat. Stuffed nose. Aches and pains.

I'll live. I'll be back tomorrow.