A Pajama Mama

So...Raybelle was warming her leftover Pizza Hut pizza in the microwave and the Butter asked if he could warm up his breadstick next. Then he said, "Nevermind....I'll warm it up myself." And he sat down at the kitchen table. Raybelle retrieved her pizza and joined him at the table. She looked at him quizzically as if saying," Where's your breadstick?" He answered her unspoken question with "I'm warming it with my Grand Bahookey!" Raybelle's eyes widened! Yes, he was SITTING ON THE BREADSTICK. He then said, "WHAT!?!?! That's how they did it in the 80's!!!!!!!!!!" I really don't have an explanation for that one.....Or a retort. Or a commentary. It just is what it is. Nothing I can say...... A Total Eclipse of the Heart . (Chris-10, 4u!)

FeO has the family hooked on Oatmeal Chewy ChipsAhoy cookies. He bought two packages last time, but the Butter didn't know that. He thought we had one almost-empty package when he grabbed one off the shelf. In actuality, he grabbed the unopened package and was quite surprised when he opened it. With eyes wide, he said, "Mama! Look what God did! He gave us more cookies!!!" Who needs fish and bread....? ;) Read more here . "Out of the Mouth of Babes" is a recurrent post where you will be amused to read the hilarious things that come out of our kids' mouths.

"The Good Wife's Guide" is the title of a very amusing article printed in May, 1955 in Housekeeping Monthly.....just a few short months before my very own parents were married. It includes tips on how a good wife welcomes her weary husband home from a long day of work. Daddy said he had Mama sign a pre-nupt based on these rules and has it hidden in an undisclosed location. Heehee. Probably locked up in that trunk in the attic with their love letters. Here are a few thought-provoking quotes from the article: "Minimize all noise....Try to encourage the children to be quiet." (Our kids are not normally loud, so this one is easy. But, we don't subscribe to the "kids should be seen and not heard" belief.) "Remember...his topics of conversation are more important than yours." (At first glance, Romans 12:10 comes to mind..."give preference to one another." Nothing wrong with that.) "Don't complain if he's home late for ...

" Mommy, I had a great idea! Since I can't use tape to put up my pretty ballerina picture on the wall, I just used GLUE! Come see!" Yes, Appledumplin' was SO proud of herself. I assumed wrongly that she had used a glue stick. Nope...I found the pretty ballerina picture that she so meticulously colored plastered with streams of dripping Elmer's glue flowing down my recently-painted Sahara Sunset wall. Thank goodness for De-Solv-it . We actually use Elmer's glue for all sorts of paper crafts, homeschool projects, repair jobs, etc. But our favorite use for Elmer's glue is Flubber . I buy tons of Elmer's just after the "back to school" rush when it's all on clearance for a quarter. It lasts us the whole year through. The kids get especially excited on Flubber making days. I keep it in a sealed container and it lasts through several rounds of play before it goes byebye. The Elmer's website is pretty cool..has lot of ideas for kid projects...

Butterbean handed me his completed handwriting paper. He had neatly copied sentences about sheep. One was 'Sheep eat grass.' He accidentally left out the 'gr' in grass. Have you ever laughed until you were crying...tears streaming? I did over that one.

WOOHOO! I won!!! Anne-Marie, the owner/ceo of my favorite soap supply company, Brambleberry , chose moi as the winner of her weekly blog comment prize!!! See it here . She even put our kitty's picture in her post! He's famous! I received my goodies today....a lotion bar and lip treat from Moon Valley and chocolate lip balm Anne-Marie made herself. It smells good enough to eat! If I still had some of Bella Lucce's Peruvian Chocolate Body Scrub left, I'd be chocolate-flavored from head to toe! It was a sweet touch for Anne-Marie to include a handwritten thank you card....letterpressed. Anne-Marie lives in the opposite corner of the country from here but it'd be so nice to meet her in person one fine day. Thank you, Anne-Marie! You're awesome.

She's near and dear to our hearts. She's like family. We love her to pieces. She's Chris-10. And today, she moved to Kansas. You can't see the tears in my eyes, but they are there. The story is pretty incredible, actually. And all God. We've been praying with C for sometime for Father to show her the next step of her journey with Him. We never dreamed He'd move her so far away! In August, friends felt impressed to pay for her to attend a conference at IHOP in Kansas City. Once there, C found herself gazing at a random bulletin board and a job posting jumped out at her. She called and forwarded her resume. Within 24 hours, C was interviewed and offered the job on the spot...after 20some-odd applicants had already been interviewed. She will be working as house parent at a ministry for troubled teen girls. Father impressed upon Chris-10 to sell everything. So, guess where her moving sale was??? Yep, here. We worked feverishly to get it ready for Saturday morning.....

Raybell took this hilarious pic of Chonji!! Leave a comment if you can think of a funny caption!

Today was the Appledumplin's very first ballet lesson. I stayed for her first class for moral support and watched from a distant spot, doubled over laughing at the little A trying so very hard to get "first position-plie'-point" just right. Wish I had my video camera. Anyway, Mrs. Ballet Teacher had the little ballerinas gathered around her while she encouraged them to work hard to be beautiful ballerinas. One little dancer interrupted, "My daddy is working hard to get enough $ to take us to Disney World!" Before Mrs. Ballet Teacher could refocus the girls' attention back to being beautiful ballerinas, another little dancerina piped in......."And my daddy is working really hard to get a baby !" "Out of the Mouth of Babes" is a recurrent post where you will be amused to read the hilarous things our kids....and other kids...say 'round here!

Two of my dearest and sweetest friends, who have never even met and are also approaching the big 4-0 like moi, have made life-changing announcements. I am so thrilled for them both. Their announcements are (drumroll, please) that they are both expecting !!! Same announcement....but very different. Tutu is my bff from high school. We met when we were in 5th grade and have been tight (almost) ever since. Since she lives in FL, we meet for coffee and IM daily, discussing everything from the mundane to the lifechanging. Tutu, who has two gorgeous girls, had a miscarriage last Thankgsiving. She was devastated and my heart broke for her. Then, SURPRISE, just before 4th of July, she found out she was expecting again. She kept it hushhush to everyone....except me. heehee. I believed God so hard for her to keep this baby. When she saw the little heartbeat at 12-13 wks, she finally felt free to tell friends and family. She's had a few scares, but I'm convinced Father is sending them the...