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December 24, 2008
Christmas Eve? ALREADY??
Why am I surprised *every* year when December 24th arrives? Probably because I am about four times busier than my normally hectic schedule.
I have to add this commercial in at this point. I love the Mom's character and how she says "Yay memories". That's our new catchphrase around here.
Yay memories!
We had a major mishap last night which now involves the girls and I going to the mall (THE MALL!) on Christmas Eve. Why? Well, SOMEone aka Youngest got in trouble last night and was sent to her room for the night. She has now started with yelling at us and stomping when she's angry. Yeah - that doesn't fly with me at all. Ever. So, she stomped her angry butt down the hallway while crying. Loudly. A few minutes later, Husband was walking down the hallway when he hears a small voice call out "Daddy?"
He opens Youngest's door and sees her standing there - holding her glasses.. in two hands. In her anger, she manhandled her glasses off her face and she snapped the arm right off the frame.
Let me tell you, honestly, I was out of my mind furious. Husband was right there with me. I won't get into full details but suffice to say that it is all resolved and the girls and I will be driving to Lenscrafters sometime this morning. Oh frickin' joy. Yay memories!
So, let me take the time to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas... a Happy Chanukah.. a very happy holidays.
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December 17, 2008
At least I have a job
I've been getting a lot of calls to work in the office at some of the local schools.. and I've been taking as many as possible. I can certainly use the money - not that it pays great or anything - but it's definitely a foot in the door. I'd love to be able to snag a job within the district. But, like the title of this post says, at least I *have* a job.
In other news, I've been busy working on some "homemade" gifts for some family members. That's about all I can discuss about that..for now. I've been all over Facebook too. What fun! If you are on Facebook and want to friend me, just leave me a comment. I don't have my blog tied into Facebook because I know some "real life" people who don't know about KateSpot.
I'm just blathering.. so tired.. must. stay. awake.
:::yawn:::
Nahhhh. I'm off to bed. G'nite.
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December 16, 2008
LOVE this video
Crank the volume on this one!
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December 15, 2008
Hungry at the Holidays
I am honored to be asked to blog for this wonderful and most important cause. Food banks all across New Jersey are in deep trouble. They need your help and they need it NOW.
Our church runs a very successful food bank. We get lots of donations from the community, the county, Girl and Boy Scouts, and businesses. There has been such a strong demand for food - people have lost their jobs. They shouldn't have to go hungry... not in America. No way. JerseyBites has organized over 100 bloggers - mommy bloggers, political bloggers, foodie bloggers to help spread the word about this most important campaign.
My girls, ages 12 and 8, are very aware of the importance of giving back. We donate whatever we can, whenever we can. A lot of the times, they start pulling food out of my cabinets, asking if they can donate that particular item. How can I say no?
So, please, do what you can. ANY little bit will help. You CAN make a difference.
1. Make a monetary contribution: Visit http://www.njfoodbank.org/.
2. Donate food: Drop off a bag of food at your local food pantry.
3. Organize a food drive: We can help explain the logistics of starting a food drive. Just call 908-355-FOOD.
4. Help "Check Out Hunger:" Look for the "Check Out Hunger" coupons at your local supermarket and donate. No donation is too small!
Participating Bloggers for “We Can’t Let This Bank Fail” campaign
1) JerseyBites.com
2) RedBankGreen.com
3) Jersey Girl Cooks.
4) Simply Sable
5) John and Lisa are eating in South Jersey
6)Padma's Kitchen
7)Chefdruck
8) Life Lightly Salted
9) My Italian Grandmother
10) Cook Appeal
11) Crotchety Old Man Yells at Cars
12) Mommy Vents
13) This Full House
14) Paper Bridges
15) Motherhood Avenue
16) The Kamienski Chronicles
17) Down the Shore with Jen
18) Fits and Giggles
19) House Hubbies Home Cooking
20) Nourish Ourselves
21) Partybluprints.com
22) Tommyeats.com
23) Off the broiler
24) Mrs. Mo’s New Jersey Baby
25) IamNotaChef.com
26) SimplyBeer.com
27) HistoryGeek.com
28) Savy Source Newark
29) Momlogic New Jersey
30) SurvivingNJ.com/blog
31) SurvivingNJ.blogspot.com
32) JerseyGirlGuide.com
33) Best of Roxy
34) Citizen Mom.net
35) Lynetteradio.com
36) Jersey Beat
37) Pop Vulture Phil
38) JerseySmarts.com
39) LongBeachIslandSummers.com
40) WildwoodSummers.com
41) Mike Halfacres Blog
42) Somerset08873
43) Family, Friends and Food
44) KateSpot
45) NewJerseyMomsBlog.com
46) JCRigister.com
47) New Jersey Real Estate Report
48) Riverviewobserver.com
49) More Monmouth Musings
50) Man of Infirmity
51) Another Delco Guy in South Jersey
52) SweetNicks.com
53) Average Noone
54) Cleary’s Notebook
55) Welcome to my Planet
56) The Center of New Jersey Life
57) Sharon’s Food Blog
58) Morristown, Chatham, Summit, and Madison NJ Real Estate
59) Midtown Direct Real Estate News
60) New Jersey Real Estate
61) BlowUpRadio.com
62) LazlosDen.com
63) The Ridgewood Blog
64) Book a Week with Jen
65) Banannie
66) Cartoongoddess.com
67) Matawan Advocate
68) Take Back the Kitchen
69) The Joy of Toast
70) Route 55
71) Montclair Kids.com
72) SaveJersey
73) Stompbox
74) Joe the Blogger
75) Environmental Republican
76) Stacey Snacks
77) Subversive Garden
78) New Jersey Pathfinder
79) Cooking With Friends Blog
80) Triple Venti
81) Read All About It
82) Rich Lee on Media
83) Likelihood of Success
84) Cape Cuisine
85) The Business At Hand
86) NewJerseyTaxRevolution
87) Figmentations
88) MiddletownMike
89) Caviar and Codfish
90) A Day in the Life
91) Mack’s Journey Through Life
92) Alice’s Restaurant
93) Tiger Hawk
94)Politics Patrol, The Bob Ingle Blog
95) The Food Chain
96) Henson’s Hell
97) Cranbury Conservative
98) Baristanet
99) New Jersey: Politics Unusual
100) Jersey Shore Blog
101) Plainfield Today
102) Beacon Bulletin
103) Journal Square Jersey City 07306
104) Blogging Chris
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December 11, 2008
Hot and Cold
Ok - yesterday was 66 degrees in Ocean County, NJ while snowed in New Orleans. Today, it's 42 degrees in my town.
Hey Mother Nature - WTF?
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December 09, 2008
And many more..
Happy Blogiversary to me
Happy Blogiversary to me
Happy Blogiversary KateSpot!
Happy Blogiversary to me
Seven years baby... and still going.. well. some days.. just barely going!
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December 08, 2008
Every few days...
Well - so I blog every few days or so. Mom's procedure went smoothly and she's feeling fine. Thanks for the supportive emails and comments!
Not too much to report here. I've got to run Youngest's Girl Scout meeting today. We're making ornaments with styrofoam balls and sequins. Should be lots of fun - I hope. It will defintely keep them still!
Off for now - tata until later.
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December 04, 2008
Hospital Visit
Today Mom is having her portacath removed. Hopefully, it won't be a long procedure for her. She doesn't do too well when she goes under general anesthesia. So, I will be stationed at the day stay section of the local hospital, updating via Facebook.
In other strange and interesting news, I was looking back over my old archives and realized that I have been blogging since 12/9/01!! Holy crap - seven years!?! Gotta give a big shout-out of thanks to Erin aka Gigglechick who encouraged me to start blathering ...err.. blogging. Thanks babe!
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December 03, 2008
150 choices and still not quite right
I'm busy selecting songs for Youngest's Brownie troop to sing on Saturday at our town's annual holiday shop. We'll be on stage for about 30 minutes, singing traditional Christmas songs. Do you know just how hard it is to find a version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" that isn't weird? Every "artist" puts their own spin on the song but it's such a pain in the ASS for little kids to sing. There are 150 versions of "Santa Claus". Seriously. Go look on iTunes if you don't believe me.
December 3rd and I'm stressing over Christmas songs! GAH!
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