Dreams

I can always count on Chloe for some blogging material.

Last night as I was leaving her room after stories and prayers Chloe asked me if I had dreams. I said, "Yes." She looked at me funny, so I said, "The kind you have when you are sleeping?" She said, "No, the kind you have when you're awake." She then said, "You know how I wanted to be a fisherman when I grow up? Well, now I just want to be a plain old Momma with babies."

Neglect

Well, I've neglected my blog for a while now. The reasons for this are:

1) I've had nothing to write

2) I started a Facebook account

I still love my blog. I'll be back. I just need some stories or inspiration. And, I need Facebook to be a little less addictive.

Good Day

This view from my kitchen window

plus . . .

A pot of soup simmering on my stove all afternoon

plus . . .

My girls getting out of school 2 hours early

equals . . .

one very good day.

Pizza

We ordered the new $5.00 Pizza Mia pizzas from Pizza Hut yesterday. They advertise that these are "specially prepared with rich whole milk mozzarella, old world sauce from vine-ripened California tomatoes, fine white great plains flour, and other wholesome ingredients."

They tasted all right. But, I like regular Pizza Hut pizza much better. So, why do I have to order these special, better pizzas to get a good price? Why are these better ingredients cheaper? Why can't they just sell me a regular old Pizza Hut thin crust pizza for $5.00?

What Are You Watching?

Here's what I have scheduled to record on my DVR:

• The Office
• Lost (just waiting until it's back in February)
• Ace of Cakes
• Celebrity Apprentice
  
• Life
  
• The Cosby Show
• Unwrapped
  
• Little House on the Prairie

Now it's your turn. What are you watching? What's on your DVR or Tivo? Give us your list.

Cruella

We heard Chloe singing this song last night in the bath tub. But, her version went like this:

"Umbrella de Vil, Umbrella de Vil . . . Umbrella, Umbrella de Vil"

Me Gusta Tex-Mex

I love me some Mexican food! More accurately, I love Tex-Mex. Lance and I are always looking for good Mexican restaurants. There aren't very many in Maryland. That's one thing we miss about Texas and something we enjoy when we travel back home. During our Christmas vacation we ate at 3 Mexican restaurants, 2 are old favorites of ours and 1 was new to us. All were great.

Lance and I are also always looking for great hot sauce. (It's called hot sauce where I'm from, aka salsa). I was pleasantly surprised this week when I walked into my local Food Lion and found these:

We really like the Triple Pepper Salsa and the Mexican Four Cheese Salsa con Queso. I've tried many brands and flavors and been disappointed, but I think I might have found the best store bought hot sauce and queso that I've had. I'll keep looking, but for now I'll be buying more of these new products from Pace.

Only at Wal-Mart

I turned down an aisle at Wal-Mart the other day and my path was blocked by a family with a skunk. I think I said "Wow!" when I noticed the animal. The family proceeded to turn toward me and the lady brought the skunk closer. She assumed that I wanted a better look at the thing. It was brown and white, not black and white, so I verified that it was indeed a skunk. I was completely stuck on the aisle with this family and they weren't moving anywhere but closer to me. So, I asked if skunks made good pets. I was told that they made great pets and that this skunk was a year old and slept with the woman holding it every night. She continued to hold the skunk near me, and told me that it wouldn't bite. I didn't know what to do but pet it. So, I did and then they moved aside so that I could get to the light bulbs I needed and continue my shopping.

I am convinced that the above would only happen at Wal-Mart. Never at Target. Two completely different clienteles. But, that's a whole other post.

On a side note, my kids are crazy about animals. I went to the web to find a picture of a skunk like the one I saw to show them. There I found out that pet skunks are illegal in 30 states, including Maryland. Hmmmm.

Amazing

This is one crazy story. Can you believe it?

I'm Back!

Actually, we got back home to Maryland on New Year's Eve, but I'm just now getting back to the blog.

The quick run down of our trip is as follows:

• 16 days
• 9 states
• 3,153 miles
• lots of family and friends
• lots of fun

I will probably post more details later along with pictures. Things have been non stop since our return.

Happy New Year!