Icky...Rainy...Blech!

I was looking on my camera card to see if I had anything I could blog about...Nope not really! It has been so icky...rainy...blech weather this week...all I want to do is hibernate! The sky has just been gray or foggy for several days and tonight it is raining...freezing rain so it is VERY slippery! Looking off my front porch (I can see the highway) there are two separate accidents with LOTS of flashing police and ambulance lights. I am hoping my daughter makes is safe to college in the morning! I told her to be sure and call the hotline first and make sure there IS college tomorrow first!

I hit the "I am feeling trapped in my house" feeling today, so I took the kids out for supper. We went and had soup bowls at a deli in town then went to the thrift shop to browse! I love finding treasures *smile* It was a nice out! We have been so busy doing homeschool (and playing on facebook LOL) The kids are loving their facebook pets! It "motivates" them to get their chores and school done so they can have time with their pets *grin*

Last night Missy got to be my helper for supper. She helped cook ham fried rice and it turned out YUMMY! I can't believe my baby girl is growing up so fast!

The New Family Obsession!

Our family tends to be on the Obsessive-Compulsive side! (I know...GASP...SHOCK...the Weatherston's OCD??? Nah...that CAN'T be!) Anyways...right before Christmas a friend introduced me to Facebook and the Superpoke pets! (A certain friend who shall remain nameless--but that I spend WAY TOO MUCH time at night visiting with...right longfeathers??) Well, Superpoke pets is WAY too addictive! My pet is a chicken...his name is Sanders (as in Colonel Sanders *snicker*) Everyday you can go in and feed him, bath him, give him tickles and playdates. You earn coins and then can decorate his habitat and buy him stuff. You earn more coins by having more friends who own pets...which brought us to the next part of the obsession...

...Kimmy needed a pet...then we joined Steven up and of course got him a pet! He laughed a lot about us doing that (HOWEVER...when I am visiting with him on the phone...I can hear him playing with his dog in the background...so even he is addicted now LOL)...then Stevie and Missy wanted their own pets! Kimmy even joined a 2nd time under her online name (I never let her go by her own name when she was younger--so she was afraid her online friends wouldn't know her...and hey! It let her get another pet! *grin*) So now we are up to 6 pets in our family. They tried to convince me the guinea pigs needed their own...but that was kind of pushing it *grin* I mean WHO would register their PET?? (Oh wait...longfeathers did that already too! LOL)

I have a great bargaining tool now...if you don't do your laundry/brush teeth/feed guinea pigs/insert any other chore here...you can't have time on facebook! And if you don't take care of the facebook pet...he starts to look very sad! Anyways...if you have facebook...take a look at the application...it's a BLAST!! (And we'll be friends with YOUR pet too!)

This is my pet, Sanders! I have WAY too much fun buying him goodies from the pet store!

This is Missy and her pet dragon named Drake.

Stevie has Kawaii the tiger.

Kimmy has Guinevere the penguin and her alter-ego, Ariana Lithenbourne, has Fluffy the Sheep.

A Tigger-ific Birthday Celebration!

Nope...not one of OUR birthdays...but the birthday of A.A. Milne! Our kids LOVE LOVE LOVE Winnie the Pooh! Well, to be more specific...Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore! So of course we HAD to celebrate the birthday of the man who brought them all to us! (His birthday was actually yesterday, but I had a migraine again and the kids let me move it a day LOL) In honor of the birthday, we had cornbread for supper with HUNNY! Then we all settled in to watch "The Tigger Movie" I told the kids to bring all their "friends" down to watch the movie with us!

Stevie is our Tigger lover!

Missy is the Piglet lover (and Lumpy thrown in!)

Kimmy definately is the winner with the MOST animals...She is our Eeyore lover! What you can't see is the rest of them...there is a basket full at her feet, more on the couch and she didn't even bring them all down! LOL!!

It was a fun evening with lots of laughing, lots of snacking (pizza rolls and popcorn YUM) and a great appreciation for A.A. Milne's wonderful characters!

People are Interesting!!

I have been trying to declutter and maybe sell a few things on ebay...you know...make a little extra money...it seems like we could always use a little extra *grin*

I have been doing okay...five dollars here...about thirty-fifty a week off and on. Well, this week was interesting! Missy had this doll--that she HATED! It creeped her out! It is called a "Miracle Moves" doll and it moves its mouth and makes baby sounds. She has other dolls that move and talk, but for some reason she has always hated this doll. Interesting!

So...lasst week I decided to try selling it on ebay. I actually knew where all the pieces were LOL! Can you believe someone paid $61.49 for this doll??? Someone must obviously have more money to blow than me! Good grief! That is a LOT of money for a USED doll! Too funny! Hey one step closer to my lawn furniture I want though LOL!

I LOVE to Stamp...Now Why Don't I Do It More Often???

Have I mention how MUCH I LOVE to stamp??? I guess there is just a rush from that creative outlet! I love to see how things turn on paper that have been rolling around in my head! Anyways, one of my goals this year is to stamp at least once a week!

Each year for Christmas, I like to give my mom and Steven's mom a box of cards they can use throughout the year. Birthday, baby, wedding, etc. It gives me a reason to stamp...and they seem to like it Last year I stamped a grand total of about 8 cards (okay 16--2 each of 8 designs). So...they did NOT get cards for Christmas. This year I am going to try harder!

I also am planning on trying to stamp cards to send to Iraq for Steven and his team to be able to use. They are in such a remote location...it is hard to get cards to send home to family--so I thought that would be a fun service project this year!

Anyways...I thought it might be fun to share my latest with family and friends! Kind of a "sneak peak" for the moms even! Today's big project was finally stamping some Christmas cards LOL I was sooooo sick over the month of December, I never got my cards finished for a card swap with some online friends! This is what they are getting in the mail this week :)


The card below is one I stamped up while Steven's sister was here visiting. I needed a baby card for my niece Julee's new cute baby! It's a fun card--the little duck is yellow flocking--so he is soft to the touch!


So those are the two most recent cards! If I haven't shared soon...remind me of my goal! I need all the encouragement I can get LOL! This is my fun "for me" project that always seems to get put on the back burner with all the other "need-to-do-jobs" that come up in life and I miss it when I don't get to be covered in glitter and glue!

Another Cook in the Family!

Stevie had to cook a couple meals for a "Duty to God" project. He sat and poured over the cookbooks before finally deciding to make "Pizza Soup". I have to admit...I wasn't looking too forward to it...Pizza Soup??? How strange!

He did a great job browning and spicing the meat!

He even made cheese covered biscuits to go with our dinner. The first time the can "popped" kind of suprised him!

Kimmy was his "Cooking Mentor" for the meal...but he did most of the work himself!

And the best part? The eating!! Remember how I was nervous about the soup? I had TWO servings and begged the leftovers!! It was DELICIOUS!!

Pizza Soup

1 lb. ground beef

2 cans (26 oz. each) condensed tomato soup, undiluted

6-1/2 cups water

1 jar (28 oz.) spaghetti sauce (We used Classico's 4-cheese)

1 tbsp Italian seasoning

2 cups (8 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese

Additional cheddar cheese, optional

In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the soup, water, spaghetti sauce and Italian seasoning; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered, for 15 minutes. Add cheese; cook and stir until melted. Garnish with additional cheese if desired. Makes 16 servings.

I Thought Texas Was Supposed to Be WARM???

You know...when I heard I was moving to Texas, I thought "OH NO!! More living in an oven!" We have lived in Georgia and Florida and I was kind of hoping for a little cooler weather! Be careful what you wish for! This is what we woke up to yesterday!

This is part of our fence--it was completely iced!

What you can't tell on this picture--there is a sheet of ice encircling my trampoline net! It was pretty awesome!