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Sank you dat God loves me…in duh sky…and dat He pulls me in duh sky…soon. And sank you for Mom and sank you for Bella and sank you for Dad. And sank you dere not monsters cuz dem be scary. Amay.
This morning over breakfast Eric told the kids that in a few days we’ll be celebrating the 40th year since we walked on the moon. Both kids gasped and Bella said “You walked on the moon?” Uh, no. Since “we” meaning “the United States” walked on the moon. I’m trying to keep in mind that they are too young to realize that Eric and I are too young to have walked on the moon 40 years ago. Oy!
So I love making cake mix cookies. They are SO easy to make (cake mix, plus 3-4 other ingredients), plus they taste SO yummo!!!! And of course they are chewy cookies. Mmmmm!!!
For a great recipe, go here to RecipeZaar.
The cookies I made today were out of yellow cake mix and had 3/4 C. white chocolate chips and 1/2 C. Pecans mixed in. Then, before I cooked them I put a dollup of strawberry jelly on some, and Boysenberry jelly on top of the others. Other times I’ll make it like I did today, but instead of the jelly I mix in about 1/2 C. Craisins.
You can also make these with chocolate fudge cake mix and put dark chocolate chips and nuts in. And of course you can use lemon cake mix and white chocolate chips, or Orange cake mix with chocolate chips, etc. The options are nearly endless! Let me know what combinations you try!
Check out this blog! It looks SO delish! I need to have a girls night here at my house sometime so I can make these!!! Not only does the blog tell you how to make this one, it also tells you how to make many different combos of trifles AND other ways to do it!!!
Bella and Noah started swim lessons two days ago. Noah is almost too young and I’ll be getting with him each day from now on to help him. Bella on the otherhand is rocking the lessons!
She started out with barely putting her face in the water, refusing to jump in like the other kids, and not swimming at all. That was yesterday. Both yesterday and today Eric and I practiced with her, concentrating on things she had learned. She is now going completely under, trying to dive down to the bottom to retrieve stuff. She’s also jumping in off the side (in the areas she can touch) and never once has she plugged her nose. She still sputters a bit, but she’s not afraid anymore. It’s been GREAT! She can’t swim above the water yet, mainly because she doesn’t have the stroke motion down, but she’ll be there long before the end of the 8 lessons! We’re really proud of her!
This is not really a post for guys, but if any of you male readers feel you have some advice to give on women’s hormones and birth control options, read on.
I’m curious if anyone has anything to say about the birth control pill (BCP) called Yaz. My doc wants me to switch to it so as to supposedly even out my mood (which gets a little out of control for about 2-4 days before aunt flo comes into town). I know there are ups and downs to all BCPs, and I also know that some BCPs are basically like having mini-abortions, which I obviously don’t want. Also, I was on a low-dose BCP when I had my ectopic pregnancy and nearly internally bled to death because it errupted. My Doc is convinced the BCP wasn’t at fault, but I am convinced it was….and since I have so much more expertise than he has we’ll just go with what I say. (note the sarcasm) Anyway, I’m also aprehensive about taking Yaz because it’s a low-dose BCP.
What says you?
I’d first like to say that I’ve watched VERY LITTLE of Jon & Kate + 8. In part because Kate drives me nutso! I might watch more if she acted crazy PART of the time…that would be understandable, but all of the time, really? Oy!
So because of the fact that they are fine with cameras in their homes quite a bit does anyone else think it’s possible that they are trying to drive ratings up by claiming they are filing for divorce, when in fact maybe they will try to work things out in the end? I’m not saying the affair was a hoax, but that how they are handling it is in part for tv. Just wondering what other people think.
Yesterday Bella and I were discussing hell and about how bad it is and about the fact that it’s so bad that we need to tell people about Jesus so they don’t have to go to hell. She asked where hell is and what they do there. In the conversation I told her about the verse that talks about “weeping and gnashing of teeth” and what those things were. I described to her that that’s all everyone is doing…crying and gnashing their teeth, to which she replied, “That would be SO annoying!”
Noah: What you doing, Bella?
Bella: Dressing up as Esther.
N: Esther not wears shoes like dat. (pink ones with heals)
B: It doesn’t matter. Do you want to be Hamon?
N: No. I not want to be him.
B: Do you want to be Hamon or the King? If you’re Hamon you go to jail!
N: I not want to go to jail. I’ll be Spiderman. Where’s my Spiderman Costume?
Next 5 minutes are spent looking for the Spiderman costume while Bella continues to dress up like Esther.
