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April 12, 2008 By: Katiecomment

Last night our neighbors came by to play games. We do this occasionally since they have two about the same ages as ours and we live next door to each other so we can turn on baby monitors rather than hiring babysitters. When we get together, it is usually last minute (see – I’m not […]

Ding Dong The Carpet’s Gone!

April 9, 2008 By: Katie3 Comments

Hallelujah! We have finally replaced the horrible, stained run-down carpet in our main room. Between the dog puking up manure; DD puking up red punch; various people tracking tons of grease from popcorn, chips, the garage floor onto it; DD’s wonderful diarrhea blowouts; and hair-balls/poop that the pets left so generously, this carpet was disgusting! […]

It’s Disney’s Fault

March 22, 2008 By: Katiecomment

I think I’ve watched Cinderella over 50 times in the last year. For a while, it was the only video DD liked (thank goodness she is out of that stage!). Needless to say, I know every line and every song. I could probably put on a show and get it 99% similar to the video […]

I’m not anal!

March 20, 2008 By: Katiecomment

On my fridge, I have a list of things that I would like to get done on a daily basis. I thought it would be a short list, but once I sat down to work everything out that I need to do, and estimated the time each task would take, my time is taken from […]

St. Patty’s Day

March 17, 2008 By: Katiecomment

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! We didn’t do the traditional corned beef and cabbage – I wasn’t up to it this year. But we did start a new tradition called the “Leprechaun box.” Here is how it works: The night before St. Patty’s Day, we decorate a box that will be used as a trap for […]

Almond French Toast

March 3, 2008 By: Katiecomment

This is a recipe I found at Whole Foods Market’s website. Their recipe uses tofu instead of eggs, but since I’m not vegan, I’ve opted to use eggs instead. The french toast is a little too sweet if you use syrup. Probably some yogurt and fruit, or maybe (if you really want to splurge on […]

Trashy Toys

February 28, 2008 By: Katiecomment

DH must be thinking I’m schizophrenic. I go through spurts where I want to save anything and everything that can be recycled and used again. Then a week later or so, I go through spurts where I’m sick of all the trash in my house and I toss it all. Since DH takes out the […]

Another Yummy Treat

February 22, 2008 By: Katie1 Comment

  These yummy truffles comes from a blog by Bakerella – check out the site. She has so many creative and fun ideas. I need to stop browsing because I will never lose weight if I keep on like this! I used Nutter Butters instead of Oreos, but I’m betting Oreos would be awesome as […]

Yummy!

February 15, 2008 By: Katiecomment

These are the icecream sandwiches I mentioned in my last post. I got the recipe from Martha Stewart online. I used mint chip icecream instead of strawberry (since I hate strawberry icecream). They are really good except that the cookies are a little hard when they are frozen. But that may be because I cut […]

Spicy tomato mac n’ cheese

February 6, 2008 By: Katie1 Comment

I have quite a few boxes of Velveeta mac n’ cheese in the house right now because the store had them on sale for .69 and my DD loves it. It makes too much for just her, so I end up eating it too (which is probably not the healthiest lunch I could be having). […]

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