Here's a funny video to celebrate the feast....Eggs! Meat! Cheese!

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17 good years

My husband and I are married 17 years this Sunday. We're visiting St. Barbara's monestary to celebrate and we're staying at my Mom and Dad's house! This all sounds ironic I suppose for an Anniversary celebration, but Mom treats us real well and the Monestary is a great place to be...very welcoming. They are so good to the kids too. We love being there.

Tag you're it

RULES:1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.2. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I want my kids to learn cursive before print.
2. I often get my news from Jay Leno.
3. If I had to work, I would like to teach art classes to kids in my own home.
4. I have dishes in my sink and I'm blogging anyway.
5. I would like to study Byzantine chant with an expert chanter.
6. If you like dark chocolate, I can give you some really good recommendations.
7. I like planning parties.
8. I seriously need a live in maid.
9. I'm a wannabe crafter, 'cause I rarely get to it. I want to do quilts/ mosaics/ knitting/ felting/ soap making and others.
10. I have 3 dogs, 2 rabbits, 1 bird, and 1 cat, and I'm not an "animal lover." It's amazing what we end up doing for our kids.

Anybody have hints for tightening your budget? I need to make some cuts and would love to hear some creative or basic ideas.

Party food

Yummy party sausage.....slit the sausage without cutting all the way through. Add mustard of your choice. Stuff each sausage with 3 pitted prunes. wrap with bacon. Broil 15 minutes turing around half way through. Cut each sausage into 3 pieces and spear with toothpicks. from Outdoor Food.

Mama's been busy

Planning parties in May. We had a fun party for John. A breakfast at the beach with friends. It was really nice. We had two families with us, as well as my parents. We had boiled eggs, fresh bagels, lots of fruit, sausage, and juice. The beach was almost empty...really nice. John loves to build sand castles, Christopher and Sam had a great time body surfing, and Katherine loves the edge of the water. Happily, my Mom helps out. It was nice to hang out with a friends and family.

Katherine's party this week was at a local farm. We had snacks and spent time with the animals. Katherine was so cute when Mom gave her a dress at home. She was spreading it out and looking at it from every angle. At the party, she decided the tissue paper was a blanket for her doll.

The animals were They were just like dogs and even sort of barked. The cows scared the kids....too loud, and we saw them milk the cows. That was fun. It was a really nice day. Simple and fun.

Next...the wedding shower!

John, told me this morning, "Mom, one good thing can mean many Joys. Like my trash truck. I liked it. Now Katherine likes it....one bad thing can mean many joys, like pushing out a baby. Many joys...like Katherine."

fitday.com

I'm liking fitday.com. It allows you to keep track of calories/ percentage of protein/carb/fat and has a place for journaling...Cool site. It even allows you to add custom foods that they don't list. I've never been good with know about calories, so this is very helpful. Thanks Mimi!