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October 31, 2007
Ok - LAST post!
I saw this at Eric's place and just **had** to take it!
| You Are a Witch (or Warlock) |
 You somehow always end up getting what you want - without anyone knowing you're working behind the scenes. Crafty and cunning, you can work your way out of any jam. And it's easy for you to get people to do what you want, whether you're working for good or evil. Your greatest power: Mind control Your greatest weakness: Making people your puppets You play well with: Ghosts |
Posted by Cate at 11:57 AM | Comments (0)
YUM!
I whipped these bad boys up this morning. When I get to school, I will stick the ghost Peeps on each cupcake with toothpicks. This way, they don't get all squished in the cupcake carrier. I'm off to party!
Posted by Cate at 11:29 AM | Comments (0)
Hangman
Don't forget to check out the Halloween Hangman. It's SPOOKY!
Have a great Halloween!
Posted by Cate at 10:17 AM | Comments (0)
October 30, 2007
Ewwwwwwwww
I'm siiiiiiiiiiiiick [/end whine]
I had a great weekend, attending a Girl Scout dance and even a Halloween party. On Sunday, five girls from my third year Junior troop and myself visited a local nursing home to play Bingo with them. I don't know who had more fun - the girls or the residents! I was so very proud of my girls. They are all excited to go back again before Christmas and host another Bingo event. We provided all the prizes for the residents and they had a ball choosing through all the goodies - like scarves and earrings for the ladies, tshirts and ballcaps for the men as well as writing paper, a clock, cookies and mini chocolate bars. We also served snack - Thin Mints and Oreos. Gee, I wonder why they want us back?
I spiked a nice fever of 101 today, always fun to be sick right before a party. Youngest's class is having a party tomorrow and I will be bringing in cupcakes. I guess I neeed to make some cupcakes. I hope I feel better tomorrow or Husband will be dragging the girls around trick or treating.
Ugh - off to bed for me.
Posted by Cate at 09:20 PM | Comments (1)
October 26, 2007
Errands Done!
I checked the time when I finished loading my car at the supermarket and was quite impressed to see 9:12am. Booyah! That also included a trip to WallyMart. I needed to pick up a pair of red sparkly shoes for Youngest's Halloween costume. She and Eldest are going to the Gurl Scout Halloween dance tonight. Youngestis a half devil/half angel (which is so appropriate for her!). Instead of white tights and white shoes, we're doing red and white tights - one leg red and one leg white - with red sparkly shoes like these. Eldest is going as a sleepy student. Yeah - a little lame but that's what she came up with so we're going with it. She's going to wear pjs, a robe, new fuzzy slippers, and her hair in two ponytails. She's also going to carry a stuffed animal and a blankey. I know she will look cute so I'm not too concerned.
Ok - I"m off to fold some more laundry. Ewwwwwwww.
Posted by Cate at 09:25 AM | Comments (2)
October 25, 2007
Dinner!
I tinkered around in the kitchen today and came up with a new recipe for the family and it was a huge hit. It was very simple and it is totally allergy-free for Youngestand Husband. I am very pleased with myself! I'll even share it with you because I'm awesome.
Lemon-Pepper Chicken
(Egg and Dairy free)
1 pkg thin sliced chicken breast
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3 tbsp lemon pepper seasoning
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cracked black pepper
Mix the flour, salt, pepper, and lemon pepper seasonings together. Dredge the chicken and cover thoroughly. Heat 4 tbsp canola oil and 1 tbsp "safe" butter in a large frying pan. When heated, add chicken and cook, approx 3-4 minutes per side, until nicely browned. Remove from pan and place on a plate with paper towel to absorb any excess oil. Repeat until all pieces of chicken are cooked, adding extra oil and "safe" butter if needed.
I also made a delicious gravy with the little bits and dripings left in the pan.
Add 1 can of reduced fat/low sodium chicken broth to the pan on medium high heat. Stir the broth, making sure to scrape any browned bits off the pan. When broth starts to bubble, add your roux. Reduce heat and stir until sauce has thickened. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.
When I served dinner tonight, I placed the chicken on a platter, spooned some of the sauce over all the pieces and sprinkled about one tbsp of parsley over it. All of the chicken was eaten tonight. I seved it with "safe" buttered noodles and broccoli.
Thumbs up from the whole family!
Posted by Cate at 10:36 PM | Comments (1)
I See Changes In My Future
Well - I've managed to land myself a job interview. It's not scheduled until November 19th. I'm so excited! Someone might actually hire me after all. I've applied to be a teacher's aide at one of the local schools. I was lucky enough to get references from two teachers whom I have worked with (on a volunteer basis) from the past two years. I was also able to get references from a very close family friend and two other women who are in professional and volunteer positions. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Posted by Cate at 09:47 PM | Comments (0)
October 22, 2007
Still mourning
I can't believe it's been three years since my Dad died. I miss him so much. I wish he could see the girls. I wish he could visit me one more time. I miss his silly games with the girls. I miss watching him play chess with Eldest and I know he'd be thrilled that Youngestis now playing chess with Husband. I read through my post from three years ago and all the wonderful comments left by so many of you out there, well, it just made me cry all over again.
Posted by Cate at 08:40 AM | Comments (7)
October 19, 2007
AWESOME recipes
Ok - so I am hosting a Lia Sophia party on Sunday and I needed some easy (and yummy!) appetizer recipes. This site - Recipes From Friends has an excellent collection of appetizer recipes (3 pages!). I must ask, why do all the best appetizers have bacon, spinach, or some form cheese in them. Yum! In fact, the BEST appetizers have all three of those ingredients! Go browse through the recipes but don't do it on an empty stomach.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Posted by Cate at 07:57 AM | Comments (0)
October 17, 2007
Monkeys!
Ok - I hate this commerical but it makes me laugh every stinkin' time.
Posted by Cate at 10:39 PM | Comments (2)
Dusting off this old blog
Hmmm - this could be the place for my "weekly" blog entries. So much for 2-3 entries per day!
We've been busy,between the two Girl Scout troops, afterschool activities, PTA events, and Board of Ed-u-ma-kashun. Don't even get me started with the local school system. Grrrr. Even though I want to blog about it, I can't.
I've been really tearing up my house, cleaning and organizing. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear I was nesting. LOL - just kidding Husband. My kitchen looks pretty good but it's not really decorated. I've got a lot of plain walls. Don't get me wrong - I am loving my kitchen. See?
If you look at the walls in the first and third pictures, you can see that my walls are bare. On the wall in the first picture, I would like to get a large black wrought iron looking clock. As for the opposite wall, I am at a loss. I have to see if I can find some nice pictures. Please forgive the tablecloth. It's not one of my favorites but it does match the room. Also, I realized, when previewing these three pictures, I need to clean off the front of my refrigerator! Too much stuff. So, while my oven is in self cleaning mode, I will attack the fridge.
Gotta run!
Posted by Cate at 11:55 AM | Comments (1)
October 10, 2007
Happy Hump Day!
Yeah yeah.. what's so happy about it?
Well, I did spend some time with my adorable nephew. You can check him out on my Flickr page. I also uploaded some older pics of the girls and other family shots.
It's taken me a few hours to even complete this entry. I can't stay focused today. I think I'm going to fold some laundry and clean my house.
Posted by Cate at 11:49 AM | Comments (0)
October 04, 2007
New and Improved American Gladiator
Ok - I was a huge fan of American GLadiator. I loved watching people try to pass through the obstacle course or battle it out with pugil sticks. You can only imagine my delight when I read that Hulk Hogan (whom I adore) will serve as the host of NBC's revival of American Gladiators, due to premiere at midseason, the network announced Wednesday.
"Hulk Hogan is an American icon," NBC Entertainment Executive Vice President Craig Plestis said in a statement. "For over twenty years he has been a symbol of strength and toughness in all facets of entertainment. His electrifying personality will no doubt inspire Herculean efforts from our everyday challengers. There is no one more qualified to host this program."
Oooh - I found some clips on YouTube!
Ahhh - memory lane...
Posted by Cate at 05:12 PM | Comments (0)
Disgusting
5 Shore area men among dozens arrested on child porn charges.
One of these guys was a volunteer forefighter and another was a volunteer volleyball referee. I hope they all rot in jail, sick perverts.
Posted by Cate at 03:16 PM | Comments (0)
October 03, 2007
Sitting here restin' my bones...
Another hectic day comes to a close. I had a PTA meeting this morning. I am in charge of membership, which is a bit more work than I realize, but I have been keeping up with it thanks to my friend Lauren.
After PTA, I made it back home to get things cleaned up and dinner prepared for Husband and the girls since I had an optometrist's appointment at 330pm. Always fun to get my eyes dilated in the bright afternoon sunlight. Besides, the office was about 40 minutes from my home. I've been a patient of this doctor since I was 11 years old. In fact, today he told me that he was 25 years old when he operated on my eyes. 25!!!! I had (and still have) Amblyopia aka Lazy Eye. He did a pretty good job on my eyes - they used to wander all over the place! In fact, when I am tired (which is almost all the time), my right eye drifts to the right. It's pretty freaky to see.
Things are getting more settled down around here with the girls getting back to school. So far, Eldest is in a Gifted and Talented school program as well as an after-school enrichment class. We can't forget her weekly horseback riding lessons and Girl Scouts. Oh, did I mention that she is going to start playing basketball in November and that she will also be participating with the school play too? Now, Olivia, she is involved in her hip-hop dance class, Brownies, and chorus. I'd say that we probably have an activity every day. Oh, and I guess we'd somehow have to find the time to do the actual homework too.. hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
While perusing through today's mail, I discovered a flyer from a reunion company. Seems like my twenty year high school reunion is fast approaching. I think I'd rather push thumbtacks into my eyes before I'd even waste a DIME on attending the reunion. My high school years SUCKED. I hated that damn school and most of the people in my graduating class were assholes who made my life a living hell for a few years. Jerkwads. I wish them all a painful and miserable existance. [/rant] As you may all have guessed, I won't be attending this reunion. And, yeah, I've still got some issues. Twenty years isn't long enough.. and I doubt that twenty more would change my perspective.
Ok, I've got to get to bed. I am exhausted and more a bit emotional that I had planned to be this evening. G'night.
Posted by Cate at 10:30 PM | Comments (0)
October 02, 2007
The Morning
I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired of the morning drama from my 11 year old daughter. Every. Single. Morning.
GAH!
Posted by Cate at 07:36 AM | Comments (2)