It's a Parade!

How fun! My blog buddy, Lynnette's daughter, Abigail is hosting a blog parade this week. Just click on the link above and join in. It is fun to meet new people and get to know those we already know a little bit better. Great idea, Abigail!

1. What's your favorite time of the day, and why? That is a tough one! I like two different times for two different reasons. :) My first favorite time is early mornings when I have quiet time with God...just the two of us. The second favorite time is when Matt comes home from work. I love hearing the girls screaming, "Daddy's home!" and to know the day is getting better! :)

2. If health wasn't an issue, what food could you live off of? I'm sorry, but is there something other than chocolate that would be appropriate here? Ha! I love chocolate, I also could live off cheese. :)

3. If you could have one wish granted (besides wishing for more wishes), what would it be? That my children would boldly and safely walk in their faith and we all be together for eternity.

4. What's one thing that you get teased about a lot? Forgetfulness is one of my issues so I get called Dory, from Nemo. The thing my family giggles about most is my need to have the covers just right before I can go to sleep each night. My husband now puts his hands up in the air until I get everything just right and then he says, "Are we all good now?" and starts giggling. He now has trained the girls to do the same when they cuddle up. Cracks me up! I admit, I have issues. :)

5. If you could choose one movie, book, or TV show to spend your life in, which would you pick? What type of character would you be? Little House on the Prairie...love it and Charles always saves the day! :) I'd want to be either Laura or Ma...probably Ma because she was always calm! That woman had a gift of making mothering look so easy...could it be it was just a show? Nah!!

6. If you could have one talent that you don't already have, what would it be? I wish I could play the piano as well as my girls, but I think the one thing I have always wanted to do and just can't get over the hump, write children's books. Love reading stories to my kids and always thought it would be great to read them my own.

7.If money were no object, where would you go on vacation? The first thing I thought of was Romania to see our girls and our friends. Next, I think I would want to go walk through history in Europe...Rome, Greece, Italy, etc. I love reading about different parts of history to my girls but to walk through it would be amazing! Lastly, selfishly, I would want to go back to St. Maarten to see that blue water and sky again. I have never been able to explain the colors and it is awe strikingly beautiful.

8. If you were an awesome singer, which genre would you sing? Christian for sure. :)

9. If you could have a $10,000 shopping spree to one store, what would it be? Oooh, one store? That is tough. It would have to be something for our home because that is the only place I could spend 10,000 bucks in one place. So, maybe Home Depot or Lowe's. Oh, wait! Pottery Barn if money is no object and we are dreaming!

10. If you could live in any point in time, when would it be? Again, tough! Good questions. I think I would love to "visit" different times such as early American history, walking with Jesus, different times in history fascinate me, however, I really feel blessed to be here now so I think I'll stay put. :)

11. If every outfit in your wardrobe had to be one color, what would it be? I wear a lot of browns right now. I jumped from black to browns! I wonder what is next!

12. If you were one of the seven dwarves, which one would you be?(Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, Happy, or Dopey) Ok, this question has me giggling now because as I was reading it I started a sneezing fit!!! So, while I was going to say, Happy, I think I am being told Sneezy! LOL!

13. What's the last album you listened to? Rich Mullins....love his stuff!

14. What's something we'd be surprised to know about you? I met my husband on a blind date, as did my parents, as did my brother and his wife. Blind dates rule in our family. :)

Math Tutor

We do a lot of schooling on the floor in our living room. We have desks, we just don't use them! :) Anyway, Bean and I were working very diligently this past Monday. We finished the work she needed my help with and she laid down on the floor to do her math. I came back in the room to find I had be replaced......with our dog, Rocky!

Rocky giving Bean a little assistance during math.

I have decided he likes math because he did the same thing when Doodle use to do her math on the floor.
Of course, the last picture is proof that either he loves math or you should not leave your camera in the room with your kids. You choose!

Seriously cracks me up!

Mousin' Around

Over our Christmas break, we were blessed to have a few days where my sister and her husband held a swim clinic which Doodle and their oldest D-man were able to attend. While they attended that all three days, the "little" guys all hung out at our house. They enjoyed having this time together and I loved having them at my house. I made dinner for the entire crew each night and have a new appreciation for cooking for a family of 9! Regardless, at the end of the three days, the Logan kids all three spent the night at our house. We had fun.

The three "littles' enjoying a litte story time.

One of the days the Logan's were there, we were all playing a game when Doodle went to the kitchen to get something. She screamed a blood curdling scream and we all came running. This is how I found her....

and then this is how I found my big brave nephew.....

and finally this was the last group...

Guess what she saw? That is right, a mouse. Luckily, she saw it before it had made its evidence of being in our home. Matt caught it that night and no more mouse! Sorry Mickey, nothing personal. We like your house, but this house does not do mice. :)

Feel the pressure...cooker that is!

Well, my friend Lainie, has outed me with hinting at a story to blog about pressure cookers. :) So I took the bait and I think it is something those of us who use these lovely pots need to know.

I inherited my pressure cooker from my Gram. She had it for years before I received it. I just love it! The size is perfect to make stews, soups for large groups and of course big roasts, ribs, chicken to boot. So I used it a lot because I am known for forgetting to lay out the meat needed for supper that night. (getting better by the way) Anyway, this certain fall day about a year ago or so, my family was outside and I decided to make my homemade veggie soup. I think it tastes better after letting it cook all day allowing all the tastes to come together and make this yummy bowl of comfort food. MMM! This time, I did not have all day as lunch was needed in about 45 minutes.

So I pulled out the pressure cooker knowing that would work as well. I did all that you are suppose to do to get it ready and I came in to make sure that the top vent dealy was just dancing a little bit but not over the top. This was not my first time using this device by all means. About ten minutes later, I hear an explosion in my kitchen! I run in to see what was making that sound.

To my horror, I found a fountain of veggie soup spewing from the top vent of my pressure cooker. I could not take the lid off yet and the fountain was not stopping just by removing the pan from the heat!!! I had vegetable soup all over my kitchen from the backsplash, up the cabinet fronts and most of it was on my ceiling!!!! How do you get vegetable soup off the ceiling?! Anyway, I am a problem solver by nature so I didn't panic, but I grabbed towels and threw them on top of the lid so it would spew into the towels instead. Then I stood back to take it all in.

You had to laugh! I mean, if not, you cry at that moment. I have never had a bath in vegetable soup really. However, I feel certain I know what a shower would feel like. We still have a mark on our ceiling that is a reminder of this moment. It truly made me stop making that soup for a bit! Now, we are just more certain to check the vents and rubber seal as the company suggests. Good to know why they say that. So glad I could take one for the team in figuring that out for everyone. I now share this story with those who tell me they use their grandma's pressure cooker as well. It always brings laughter, but I assure you that at that moment when I saw the fountain o' soup spewing out of that cooker, I was not laughing....yet. :)

Just for fun!

I really try to stay pretty politically stagnant on this blog as this is not the forum I want to discuss such topics. However, there are times that my sense of humor gets tickled or my passion flared and I just must share. I don't know about you, but I have had a horrible time trying to get Doodle the H1N1 shot not the mist due to her having asthma. No matter who I speak with, where I go, I get the run around. I know everyone is doing what they can but it feels as if no one really knows who has what or who is in charge. It makes me feel like a hamster running on a wheel. It makes me think that the left hand really doesn't have a clue of what the right hand is doing as far as the governments handling of these said shots. So with that, when a friend sent me this picture below, I just laughed. I don't know that it is the message as much as the look on the face but it made me giggle so hard my girls came running to see what was up. So with that in mind, enjoy a laugh on me. :)

Tim Hawkins~ The Government Can