I had so many things

that I wanted to blog about tonight, but those ideas will keep for another day.
Tonight, I’ve made things for the bake sale at work and all my plans for great blog content has flown away.
This is what I’m taking to the bake sale tomorrow:
Rice Krispie TreatsBlueberry MuffinsChocolate Chip Muffins (Chrissie made [...]

bake sale

I’ve made cookies for the bake sale at work to raise money for the JDRF walk on Saturday, June 2.
Here are a few of my favorites.
I’ve had a lot of fun messing with these today. Chrissie brought over the sticks and made the frosting. Tomorrow we’re going to decorate [...]

Meet Smokey,

the newest member of our little family.

"Keep telling yourself that, darling."

We saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End on Oklahoma’s largest screen, the Cine Capri at Harkins Theatre. The screen is 70 feet by 30 feet.
What a great movie! I liked it better than the first two. Definitely will be seeing it again in the theater and buying it [...]

JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes

As many of you will remember, this past December, at age 10, my youngest daughter was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes (also known as juvenile diabetes).
She is required to check her blood sugar level by pricking her finger 5-6 times each day. Because she now wears an insulin pump, my daughter only has to [...]

in 48 hours…

we get to see
on the big screen again.
Will you be there?

going flying today?

Most of the time I hear and see common surnames like Smith, Jones, Baker and Watson. Once in a while I come across an unusual name. Today I saw the name Flyingout. I am curious about how that name came to be. Baker most likely originated from someone who was a [...]

the easy road

People that always seem to choose to take the easy way out drive me crazy. I don’t understand it. I would rather invest a little more time now and get it done right instead of doing it halfway and having to see it again later to fix it. This is something [...]

flute?

Oldest daughter has been in the junior high band for the past two years. She plays clarinet, like I did, like my mom did. She asked recently if I could teach her how to play the flute over the summer, but since I don’t know how she’s out of luck. She finds [...]

at the premier

Here are photos of Johnny Depp at the premier of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End yesterday.

Breathe deeply & focus on remaining calm. Hitting your head on the keyboard because you fainted would be painful (after you were coherent again).

photos courtesy of WireImage.com

youngest daughter

will officially be eleven years old in 15 minutes. It’s strange to think that my youngest child is this age.
When we were driving out to Mom & Dad’s house this afternoon, I was telling her about the day she was born. I told her how Julie had to run out to [...]

the cake & the wave

The cake. DD13 helped with the flowers. Cute, eh?

And the birthday princess waving to the minions.

7 + 8

I’ve been tagged by Ann over at Each Day is a Gift to list 8 facts about myself or 8 habits that I have. I was also tagged by my sister Julie to list 7 facts/things things about myself. So I’ll make it easy & combine them. All of you lucky readers [...]

Today

it’s been 5 months since DD10 was diagnosed with type I diabetes. It feels like it’s been so much longer than that.

cupcakes

Youngest daughter’s 11th birthday is on Saturday. These are the cupcakes we made to take to her class on Friday afternoon.
Her birthday party/slumber party is Friday night, since niece17’s high school graduation is on Saturday afternoon.
We’ve got a busy weekend ahead!