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Puppies, Unicorns and Rainbows

Jean — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:35:59 +0000

I love my daughters’ attitudes. On the way to the accountant’s office with my husband and children yesterday, the girls proudly proclaimed, “We love puppies, unicorns and rainbows!”.

I feel so blessed.

Have a Happy March Break 2013!

Loving Words of Advice

Jean — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:19:31 +0000

I needed to hear these words. Maybe you do too.

Eat A Salad

Jean — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:23:29 +0000

I’d rather eat a pizza, but for the past week I’ve eaten a salad for lunch.

My waistline is thanking me.

My taste buds, honestly, are not. They still protest; “Send down the good stuff!”

Don’t they realize salad IS the good stuff?

What are your favorite salad toppings?

I like kidney beans and croutons.

I’m looking for some inspiration in the salad aka healthy eating dept.

Thanks in advance!

Fake Cake is a Pin Win!

Jean — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:21:03 +0000

Last weekend, the kids and I chose a craft from our “To Try” Pinterest board, and tackled it. We bought the supplies from our local hardware store; sponges, spray paint, caulking, and glue. The Project - these darling Fake Cakes which can actually be mailed with 3 postage stamps.

Hubby sliced the sponges in half with a long, serrated knife, and also cut the groove in the center of the cake slices. I spray painted them chocolate brown, and waited for them to dry. The sponges took 3 coats of paint to cover any hint of the original sponge color.

Once they had dried, I traced the cakes on pink construction paper, cut out the shapes, and glued them to the cake. More drying time was involved, and FINALLY it was time to get the kids involved.

Frosting the cakes - Hubby showed me how to use a caulking gun, and I squeezed the caulk onto the cake; first in the groove, then on top and along the edge. The girls swirled the caulking with toothpicks.

The hardest part of this craft was fighting the urge to eat these fake cakes!

The original post recommends caulk drying time to 3 to 5 days. We had a long weekend (Martin Luther King Day was Monday), and by Tuesday the cakes were dry.
The girls decorated the cakes with stickers and markers. Instead of mailing them, we are hand-delivering them or packaging them to mail. I’m afraid the construction paper will fall off during transit if we did try to mail them. Our hardware store helpers suggested we use Elmer’s glue since it would not melt the sponge. If I had it to do over again, I’d use the 3M glue that the original pin listed. The Elmer’s also discolored the paper.

All in all, I think this was a pin win! If YOU have a pin win or a Pinstrosity, enter Pinstrosity’s 1st Blogiversary here.

Awkward Link-Up

Jean — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:43:34 +0000

My friend, Helena, recently shared an awkward story, and promised to share even more if we share an awkward story too. Who doesn’t like an embarrassing moment when not on the receiving end? So, here’s my slightly awkward, very recent story.

My eight year old daughter has been obsessing about her height. “I’m afraid I’ll NEVER get taller,” she whines. In an effort to make her understand that in time, she will get taller, I confessed that when I was younger, I feared I’d never get boobs. In my quest for womanly endowments, I enlisted the help of my sister who knew breast-building exercises that only mature siblings know. But I digress…

My daughter looked at me in all seriousness and said, “But Mom, you don’t have boobs.”

Dissed by an 8 year old.

In an effort to regain my composure, I assured her that, yes, I do have boobs.

“Mom, boobs are BIG!”

I’m not going to win this one.

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