new "home"

I'm moving my blog to

http://mayflaum.wordpress.com/

more options that I like over there. :) It's still pretty rough and I'm working on making it all complete and pretty... but it's a good thing.

Happy New Year!!

festivus for the rest of us

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus

We began celebrating our own holiday (we call it festivus) on years that Jason has to work Christmas. This year we will be celebrating from Dec 23-30- a long, happy, love filled existance complete with childhood traditions, jigsaw puzzles, and family house guests. Jason has to work the 24 and 25th... but that's cool. We'll still have Christmas plus all our festivus celebrations. :)

Oh yeah- since I've got a LOT of prep to do and want to maximize off-line time I'll be logging off until next year. Happy Holidays!

May

you want some magic?

Head on over to the fiskateers blog- I just posted my newest discovery- magic bar recipe!

http://fiskateers.com/blog/2007/12/15/pure-magic/

before I forget...

I have to write this down somewhere before I forget! I was at the gym, and on tv there was some show (no idea what- it's all on mute so you have to read what they're saying) and I read someone quoting something like this-

it's not where your dreams take you

it's where YOU take your dreams.

powerful stuff. It's stuck way down deep and I can't agree more! You can be a dreamer, but unless you get out there and work at them- the dreams aren't just going to give you a ride to where you're going. (know what I mean?)

butter belly

yeah, I'm no longer calling it baby belly... it's butter belly now. A syndrome very common this time of year. cause? Great baking going on in the kitchen with pure buttery goodness. It's alright. Soon these glorious sugar-filled weeks will pass and it'll be back to carrot sticks and a few scattered hidden sweets...

Speaking of butter, have you seen the Noteworthy line from Making Memories? I'm so in love. I want it all. in triplicate. It's like buttah, baby. (and it won't add to your belly- just your budget!) I want to go play and create with this line now, today, this minute. (so why am I still here?) Guess I'm off!

as luck would have it...

I'm almost better... and now the girls both have green noses... (sigh)

Despite this setback we're enjoying holiday cheer here. I'll be back with something more interesting to say in a day or two...

his first name is always...

I married Mr. Right. Most of the time he is, anyhow. Sometimes it can be annoying, but most of the time it rocks. I love being able to ask him something and he just knows. Honestly- MOST of the time it's a good thing. Today though... I'm living a perfect example of the annoying side of his gift.

The Dr. recommended flu shots for everyone (except new baby R) to keep safe as possible this winter. Ok- I've been getting them for years now since I've been pregnant or with newborn... so I'm ready and write myself a note to go do it. Then Mr. right proceeds to tell me he won't be getting a flu shot. Since he's exposed to all kinds of stuff at work (and has a killer immune system- by the way) he feels it could actually get him sick as a result of the shot- something he doesn't want. I roll my eyes and figure this is one of his crazy ideas- though I know all the guys at his work do NOT get the flu shot.

So anyhow, last Tuesday Miss E and I both got our shots. Sore arms, check. matching bandaids, check. No biggie- we're done and now Miss R is more protected than ever. Thursday evening my throat was a bit sore- nothing major though- I'd just been talking a lot that day. Friday morning I woke up sick... and now (Saturday afternoon) I'm still getting worse. Achy all over, congested, major swollen glands, sore throat... a cold deluxe. In fact- this is the worst cold I've had in YEARS.

What does Mr. Right have to say? Well he's very sorry I'm so sick- but to be fair he did warn me that this might happen if I got the flu shot. How did he know????? (sigh) Here's hoping I start getting better soon...