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Meredith wanted to bring her stuffed turtle “Shelly” for her first show-and-tell at preschool today. And whoever brings show-and-tell also provides a snack for the class. So, I thought that little turtles made from wheat bread, whipped cream cheese, cucumbers, and raisins for the head/arms/legs would make a cute snack! They kind of look like turtles, right? :)
Lucas and Meredith’s preschool has a Yankee Candle school fundraiser every year, and I just love it. Who doesn’t enjoy Yankee Candles? You can’t beat them ~ I have yet to find a candle that’s as fragrant. I just went through the catalog to see what candles we might want to purchase for our own home. The Sparkling Cinnamon smells so good! I also like Home for the Holidays and Eggnog (one of my favorite holiday beverages). Hard to believe that we’re thinking about Christmas goodies already, but Christmas is only about three months away!
If you’re interested in making a purchase to help out Luke and Meri’s preschool, check out YankeeFundraising.com. Send me an e-mail or leave a blog comment to let me know what you’d like to order, and I’ll get it taken care of for you. (You can mail me a check, send PayPal, or whatever’s easiest). Every dollar that’s raised goes DIRECTLY to Luke and Meri’s preschool class to benefit THEM, which I think is awesome. It’ll help buy new toys, supplies, decorations, activities, etc. as well as help cover daily classroom expenses. And when your order comes in, I’ll get it to you ASAP.
Thanks for your consideration!
Caught your attention with that blog entry title, huh? :) Well, don’t get too excited … I’m talking about felt as in the material ~ as in knitting a felted purse.
Now, originally I thought that felt was just something purchased at the craft store ~ three pieces for $1, or something cheap like that. I thought that felt was a fabric made by a machine, not something you could create yourself. Many years ago, I accidentally placed a wool sweater into the washing machine, with hot water ~ and it came out all felt-looking. Oops. But then, a few years ago, I saw my friend Carol’s beautiful felted bowl. And felted bag. And I thought, “How the heck would you knit something like that? I don’t see any stitches!”
Can you believe that I’ve never been camping? Lots of people look at me funny when I tell them that. However, we want to take the kids camping sometime this summer. When Jeff and I got married, we registered for sleeping bags and a tent. And for Christmas last year, we bought a family tent with lots of room. The kids have cute “Lightning McQueen” and Disney Princesses sleeping bags. Not sure where we’ll camp, but I’m excited to experience it for the first time along with the kids. Jeff loves the idea of rv camping, actually. He has a dream of buying an RV and touring America with it, once he’s retired and the kids are grown. I don’t know what I think about that. Living in an RV? I just think about Lucy and Ricky in “The Long, Long Trailer” (or whatever that movie was called!). Could be fun, though, perhaps.
Check out this neat snowman that Lucas created while I was in my moms’ group meeting yesterday! Really cute! And what a perfect photo for a day like today … the snow has been coming down ever since we woke up, and we’re supposed to have six to 10 inches by tonight. I sure hope that Jeff gets to and from work safely. Boy, it’s pretty coming down right now. I’m looking forward to staying inside all day and hanging out with the kids. Lucas said that tonight, he wants to build a fire in the backyard, lay down in the snow, and look at the stars! Wow, that sounds so awesome. It might be a little chilly, though! LOL! :) I’m thinking about taking the kids outside to play in the snow for a while today, but it’s only 16 degrees at the moment. That is just way too cold. I asked Luke last night before bed if he wanted me to make some hot cocoa today, and he shouted, “YES!” What can I say … our kids love chocolate! :) (They’re definitely mine …)
I think that it would be so much fun to host an Oscars party here at our house. We’ve never done something like that before. Problem is, even though we do the DVDs by mail thing, we aren’t able to get to movie theaters much at all anymore because of having two small children. (I think that Cars is the only movie I’ve seen in a while, LOL!) So, we end up not seeing a lot of the movies that are nominated! But I think that deciding which foods to serve would be the best part. It’s cute how people take the names of Oscar-nominated movies and turn them into party foods. If you’re looking for some fabulous Oscar party ideas, make sure to check out Celebrations.com. They’ve got everything there that you can possibly imagine ~ award statue invitations, how to create a champagne tower (I would definitely do one of those ~ champagne is one of my very favorite beverages!), recipes, movie trivia games, ideas for great party favors, and more. We are big into trivia here at our house, so we’d probably create a fun movie trivia game. It would be awesome to take lots of pictures ~ maybe the guests could recreate a scene from an Oscar-nominated film and we could snap photos of that! I don’t think that we would make it a “formal affair,” though ~ no making the guests wear ball gowns and tuxedos, LOL! :) I also think that it would be fun to “rate” everyone’s outfits ~ kind of like a fashion show/critique! Are you planning to do an Oscars-themed party this year?
I took this picture of her yesterday when we had just gotten back from CVS and were still sitting in the car. I love how the sunlight/reflection off the snow was illuminating her face.
Working out is a challenge with two little ones in tow. I attempted to do 15 minutes of step aerobics this morning ~ just 15 minutes ~ but the kids thought that I was dancing! So, they joined in. It was cute, but they kept running around my step platform and jumping up and down onto it. I accidentally knocked them both over twice ~ oops!
Haven’t found a step aerobics DVD yet, but a friend suggested that I could add a few to our Netflix queue and try them out before I buy one. Such a great idea. I’m going to search for some today. Also, I saw a lot of YouTube step videos, but most of them are only a few minutes long and not an entire workout. Or they’re just videos showing you how to do one particular step movement. Oh well. I just played some of our MP3s on my computer (the “Electric Slide,” LOL!) and created my own routine this morning. I need some structure, though.
Really need to make myself a good workout mix! (Tune suggestions are welcome!) By the way, if you’ve made a new year’s resolution to lose some weight, you can check out some Hydroxycut reviews here.
I’m attempting to knit a tank top/sweater for Meredith to wear this spring and summer. And last night, I realized just how big this project really is. It’s going to take forever. With my luck, I won’t get it done until next spring ~ and then she’ll be too big to wear it! LOL! :) Anyway, I’m not using any particular pattern. I have a finished project image in my head, and I’m trying to create that. Dangerous, maybe? I don’t know. But I figure that I can work on other knitting projects on different needles and pick this project up from time to time when I’m in the mood. I think that she’s going to look awesome in this color. It’s called “Soft Mint,” but it’s really turquoise. And I found two gorgeous buttons to incorporate at the top, where the straps will meet the torso part. They’re turquoise and sparkly! Anyway, we’ll see how this project goes. I may be completely in over my head. But at least I got to practice the rib stitch for the very first time ~ bad photo, but I think that it looks so pretty!
Our friend Jeannie came over to visit yesterday afternoon, and we had such a great time with her. She’s a student at Marist College (currently studying psychology and also on the tennis team) and recently got back from spending a semester in Greece. We loved hearing about her travels and experiences, and the kids had an absolute blast with her. Lucas drew her a map (so that she would know how to get back to her house!) and kept showing her our map of New York City. (He’s really into maps lately, if you couldn’t tell!) Every time I see Lucas and Jeannie together, I think about how she was the very first person to hold him right after he was born (besides us, of course!). It’s so cool that Jeannie got to see the old and modern Olympics stadiums in Athens when she was there. She also brought me a Greek olive oil soap, which I can’t wait to use! I think that she was really surprised at how much Meredith in particular has grown. It’s fantastic that she has gotten to travel so much.
So … I’ve been thinking about doing something different with my blog, but I’m not sure yet. Not too long ago, I came across a French word that I thought would make a perfect blog title: “lisible.” In French, it means “legible” or “readable.” The “lis” part sounds like my name, too. :) I hadn’t intended to change the name of my blog, but that word just kind of jumped out at me. Unfortunately, that domain isn’t available. :( Next, I thought about “lisanne.net,” but that too has been taken. So has “lvj.net” and even “summerset.net.” And understandably, “jensenfamily.net” and variations thereof have already been claimed. I’ve been “Bathtub Junkie” for so long ~ almost eight years ~ that maybe I just shouldn’t mess with it? I guess that I’m just feeling like doing something new, though. Any ideas? I thought about going over to WordPress.com and giving up my own domain just to save some money, but blogging is something that I enjoy so much. My domain is up for renewal at the end of February, so I guess that I have some time to think about it.
