Archive for the ‘fun’ Category
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!
Raise your hand if you used and loved the Commodore 64!
Apple has now approved an officially licensed Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone. How funny is that?
The Commodore 64 was my very first computer, so it naturally holds a special place in my heart. I remember typing in long programs just to see a balloon float across the screen … and we would get *so* upset when the darned thing wouldn’t work (more than likely because of a missing semicolon or something!). We had the “paddles” ~ Sea Wolf was one of my favorite games. I remember having to type in “,8,1″ in order to get the floppy disk drive to work (or was it the cassette drive?). I played with that thing for hours on end. At first, we attached the computer to our TV in the living room, I believe. The Commodore 64 was such a *wonderful* way for me to learn about computers when I was growing up.
Speaking of PCs … I’ve always thought that this WordPress theme was neat, but I wouldn’t be brave enough to actually use it! :) Here are a bunch of Apple-themed WP themes in case you’re interested.
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!”
Autumn is definitely in the air here in upstate New York. Mornings and evenings are chilly ~ and I always know that when I wake up to heavy fog, fall can’t be far behind. It’s absolutely gorgeous. Autumn where we live is so incredibly beautiful, although I hate that winter follows close behind. :( I can’t wait for my favorite honeycrisp apples, though! (Did you know that they are patented? How interesting!) When September 1st rolled around, I was in disbelief. This year has gone by so fast! My birthday will be here before I know it. (I’m turning 29 … again.)
Anyway, I thought that I would share an autumn recipe find with you: Cheesy Squash Casserole. It’s from Food TV’s website, courtesy of “Uncle Bubba” ~ and we all know that any recipe associated with Paula Deen is probably a winner! :) We usually get lots of squash this time of year through our weekly CSA share. I can see this dish with potatoes added, too. Hey ~ anything covered with cheese is a hit in my book! :)
What is your favorite dish to fix during the autumn season? I’m thinking about doing an “Autumn in New York” blog giveaway here very soon, featuring a bunch of yummy fall goodies from our area for one lucky reader. Stay tuned!
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.
I haven’t been taking very many photos lately, and that’s extremely odd for me. The biggest reason is probably because I haven’t been feeling very well this past week. Plus, our weather has been quite rainy. And sometimes I just kind of lose my photography motivation or something. But … now that our weather has turned beautiful and I’m beginning to feel better (thank goodness!), I can’t wait to get out there and start shooting again. Memorial Day weekend always puts me into a good mood, too, because I love summer. Hmm … maybe I should purchase some new memory cards in order to hold all of these photos that I’m going to take! :) All of you photographers out there … do you ever lose your “mojo”? And how do you get it back? What things are you looking forward to photographing this summer?
I’m only 33 years old. That’s definitely not the age when we’ll start checking into Medicare supplements, LOL! :) But seriously, I felt like an old lady after finishing our town’s 5K walk on Friday night. It’s a great community activity where everyone meets at our town hall, then does the 5K “loop” ~ walking, running, biking, pushing kids in the stroller, whatever you like. It’s a great way to meet new neighbors, get some fresh air, and get MOVING! I think that the rest of the world must walk a *lot* faster than I do, though, because I had trouble keeping up with the girls ahead of me. I felt like I was sprinting! But, I did finish … I was determined … it’s just that I prefer to walk at a slower pace. But my heart rate definitely got up, and sometime I’d like to wear a pedometer to see how many steps the 5K walk is. I’m proud of myself for getting out there. And I plan to do it every Friday night if my bones allow it! hehe :)
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?
