How-To: Enjoy Your Coffee in Peace

This morning, my 4 year old and I were having breakfast.

Son: Wow, Mom! That sure is a big full cup!
Me: Yes, that's my coffee. I need a lot of it today.
Son: Why?
Me: Oh, I was up late last night. I went to a party, remember?
Son: Oh, whose party?
Me: It was my coworker,...you met her before. It was a wedding; she was getting married.
Son: Oh, what's "married"?
Me: Well, Daddy and I got married. I picked him, and he picked me and we got married. Tita (Aunt) Janice picked Uncle Dave and Uncle Dave picked Tita Janice, and they got married.
Son: How about Lolo Jun (Janice's dad)?
Me: Yeah. Lolo Jun picked Lola Phoebe (Janice's mom) and Lola Phoebe picked Lolo Jun. One day, maybe you'll pick some girl and you'll get married too!
Son: I don't want to get married.
Me: No? Maybe one day....
Son: {shakes head} No, I don't want to get married.
Me: Well, I'll remember this talk in the future (for your wedding reception). You sit on it, think about, maybe you'll change your mind one day.
Son: I'm not hungry anymore. {exits room}

And that, my friends, is how you clear the room and enjoy your coffee in peace on a Monday morning!

Nintendo Wii

Since my 4 year old discovered my dad owns a Nintendo Wii, we've all been playing it a litle bit more these days. It had been relegated to collecting dust, as many of my dad's toys have been (he also owns Guitar Hero, go figure!)

The Wii was marketed in getting more kids active, but technology isn't as advanced as much yet, as we can still con the Wii into thinking we're actually moving. First case in point: our neighbour down the street plays bowling on his Wii by sitting down and shaking the remote like it were a pair of dice, essentially imitating the correct movements needed to throw the bowling ball down the lane.

Second case-in-point, this video. I guess the Wii isn't all that it's cracked up to be!

Flamingos, Anyone?

Driving home today from a BBQ, hubby wanted to avoid the crazy traffic on the main roads and started driving through side streets. At one fork in the road, in the distance, this amazing eyesore beckoned us, so I excitedly told him to drive by it...

If you could only see this mecca in person, it truly is eye candy...for someone. I'm just not sure that someone is me.


I kid you not: this is a real house! I could probably direct you there if you lived in town. The colours in the photo don't even come close to how vibrant the house is in reality. My jaw dropped...I think I drooled on my chin, flabbergasted.

I can only imagine what the neighbours are thinking!

Swine Flu

No, I don't have it, nor know anyone who does.

But at the risk of being insensitive, I thought I'd post a cute little Winnie-The-Pooh that tickled me pink. If you've read Winnie-The-Pooh stories before, you'll laugh at this. If you don't, I apologize.

I guess I've read too many children's books to not find this funny. Especially those like Winnie-The-Pooh, where everything is always so cheery.

Sent to me by a cousin via email, I make no proprietary claims on it.

Click and enjoy!

5 Signs You Need New Heat!

This made me laugh...only because I'm guilty and now have proof I really need another one, as I've been harping about for years.

How does yours fare? ....

5 Signs you need a new hair dryer!

Sign 1 …

You can’t remember when you bought it.

Sign 2 …

It takes you twice as long to dry your hair then it used to.

Sign 3…

You can smell smoke.

Sign 4…

It’s not running as hot as it used to.

Sign 5…

If your hair dryer doesn’t have the words ceramic or ion, it’s definitely time for an upgrade.

Guilty as charged!

A Desperate Housewife

I thought I'd take a stab at trying to be Mom of the Year by making some cookies, because I have all the time in the world to do so!

Being that a cousin of mine is a Pampered Chef consultant, I bought their Cookie Press to try out. I've always wanted one, so I got one on sale.

So, in between making lunch for my toddler and I, and listening to my other son wailing away in his crib, I mixed up a batch of the "spritz cookies" according to the enclosed recipe.

This thing comes with 16 cookie discs that will allow you to create different designs for different occasions, from pumpkins to maple leafs to christmas trees. Seeing it was just Valentines' Day, I thought I'd try my hand at making heart-shaped cookies.

So I fill this cookie press up with the dough I mixed together. It seemed a little dry, but I followed the recipe, so continued on. The way you're supposed to use the cookie press is to stand the cookie press onto a cookie sheet, press the trigger once (the contraption resembles a caulking gun) and pull the cookie press straight up, to release the dough and, voila, leave a nicely shaped cookie.

Well, if I could've videotaped my fiasco! I couldn't get the dough to come out of the press on its own, so I ended up peeling the dough off the press and configuring the dough on the sheet. I got so fed up by the time I got to the bottom of the mixing bowl, I simply was rolling them into balls in my hand and flattening them onto the sheet. I tried different discs, thinking I should start with something more simpler, but I still couldn't get it to work. I actually was getting a kick of making the heart-shaped cookies, because my first few batches were looking less like hearts and more like penises with engorged testicles...or on the flip side, boobs-on-a-string. I wished I had taken a photo of them! All lined up in a row....LOL.

But they were tasty. Think those Danish butter cookies in the blue tin, but without the decorated sugar topping. Yum. Maybe I'll give another recipe a try next time, to see if I can get away from making "tasty penises" to something more wholesome-looking.

EDIT: Here's a sample pic! LOL