It's My Life

As I posted last week in  A Christmas Tale , I owed a huge pay back to my current training class. They did, after all, help me obtain the much desired Lalalopsy Silly Hair Doll for The Short Chic for Christmas. So pay back came today, in the form of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes. Oh, they were good. And they came with a little surprise tucked inside all that yummy yellow cake. A nugget of chocolate chip cookie dough! Who would not love that? So, let me tell you all how I made these, so you too can enjoy the cupcakes. I started off with a simple yellow box mix. To that mix add: 4 eggs 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup milk 1 cup sour cream 1 package dry vanilla pudding mix Mix that well. Next, I used pre-made chocolate chip cookie dough. I actually planned ahead and froze that cookie dough. I put the cupcake liners into my pan, added the batter, filling the liners about 3/4 full. Next, I cut the cookie dough into little squares and sat a sq...

I have been MIA from the blog for a week, or so. Just when you think things should be settling down for a long winters slumber, it picks up. The Boy has started basketball. We played three games last week. The Short Chic had her first dance recital. My day job has also been busy. Back to back straight weeks of training. Plus Christmas decorating and shopping. I am a tired Momma! {please excuse the flash photos. I am too tired to get the tripod out to take night photos} Both of our Christmas trees are up. Maybe not fully decorated but they are up. The Advent Calendar is counting down the days. The Short Chic and I are in a daily race to see who gets to flip it from one day to the next. {I let her win...most days} And the stockings {all five of them because Miss Medical Student arrives soon} are hung by the fireplace. Yes with care! I saw this cool thing on Pinterest, where you take two stocking hangers and a curtain rod and hang stockings from it. I...

WARNING: This post contains classified information about the true origination of Santa Claus. Please, do not read this post if you still believe a single over-weight man drives all around the world delivering presents to children in one night while driving a flying sleigh pulled by reindeer who know how to fly. Please by all means, do not read this post! This is a tale of a Mommy (that would be me) whose favorite things in life include making her children happy. This is a tale of a Mommy (again, that would be me) who has taught her children about Santa Claus. You know this story, it is common. Santa Claus spends all year making toys. If you have been good, you can write Santa Claus a letter and tell him what you hope and dream he will bring you when he makes his trip around the world on Christmas Eve. This is a tale of a Mommy (yep, still me) who goes goal it is every Christmas to give her children their dreams. This tale starts the day the giant sized Wal Mart toy a...

The Boy started his basketball season tonight.  He started on the "B" team. The first play of the game, he got a steal and immediately scored two points! I know there is no "I" in team. But as a Momma, I counted. He had a total of 7 points in his first high school game. (Yep, he sunk a three pointer!) In the end, the "B" team won their first game.

Thanksgiving at My Momma's was this weekend. I love My Momma's cookin'. I had been looking forward to the trip to her home all week long. We went up Saturday, the same day as the annual Braymer Craft Fair. My Momma loves to go to that craft fair so we stopped by there on our way to her home. Miss Medical Student, who is so far so good safe in Norway, asked that I post a photo of the good food we ate. So here you go! We had turkey, ham, sage dressing, cheesy corn, candied sweet potatoes, dinner rolls, and My Momma's homemade egg noodles (that is what is in that huge silver kettle!) YES, everything is a carb. I love carbs! I know I should not but I do. For dessert we had pumpkin pie and my favorite, cherry pie. My middle brother and I have a long standing fight over who gets to cut into the cherry pie first. Once again, I won! Ironically, my niece has a cute book of mask. After this meal, one of the mask was so appropriate. What can I say, "Oink...

2011 Class 5 Champions Staley Falcons! We went and brought it home!

I made a Thanksgiving candle a few weeks ago, here . I took it to my Mother-in-laws home for Thanksgiving dinner and everyone loved it. My sister-in-law has a secret Santa. She is suppose to give small gifts once a week leading up to Christmas. I love secret Santa's but my office is kinda too small for one. She and I got together and made a candle tonight for her Secret Santa. She secret person has two favorite scents; lavender and vanilla. We took a plan lavender candle and jazzed it up tonight. Using Microsoft Word, we found a font we liked and printed a monogram letter out, using 125 font size. We put a piece of tissue paper over the printed out copy of the large letter. Then we traced the letter onto the tissue paper and added a circle frame. Next, she trimmed up the tissue paper fairly close to the edge of the circle.  Next, we took a piece of wax paper, layered the tissue paper, then wax paper onto the candle. Holding the wax paper from behind, heat the des...