Wardrobe Wednesday

At the beginning of the school year, Mae discovered skinny jeans and now pretty much refuses to wear any other type of jeans. She also informed me that one can't wear just plain old shoes with skinny jeans. No, one must get a pair of boots. Boots with a heel. I can't believe I have to learn about what's in from an 8 year old. An 8 year old who only allowed me to take this picture if I promised to only get the boots in the shot and nothing else.

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BINGO Win!

I mentioned in yesterday's post that Grandma Dee and I were going out to play BINGO last night. Well, guess who won $180?

Sunday Scavenger Hunt (On Monday, But I Swear It's OK)

I've been following Ramblings And Photo's weekly Scavenger Hunt for a few weeks now and every week I have had good intentions to participate, but then I go through the photos I took for the week and realize that I can't use any of them. If I took any at all! Well, not this week. I actually wrote down the 5 items for this week's hunt and made a point to participate this week even if I finally dug out the camera today and got to the list. So anyhow, here goes!

1. In My Home

That's Grandma Dee standing in my kitchen! She was actually peeling potatoes that are boiling on the stove (right now!) so we can make lefse tomorrow. We're so happy to have her here with us for the next 2 weeks, and perfect timing right in the middle of prime Holiday baking time.

2. It's Beginning To Look A Little Lot Like

Winter! There was a lot more snow in Minnesota over the weekend, which made driving there on Friday night a little scary, but we came home to only a dusting of the white stuff. Don't let the lack of snow fool you, it's still cold out!

3. Sweet Treat

While we were in Minnesota over the weekend, the girls, Grandma Dee and my mom when to a gingerbread house making party and this was the house that came home with us.

4. Time

...To play Bingo! Grandma and I are going out tonight to play Bingo. Wish us luck! (This photo is an oldie but I thought it would work.)

5. Everyday

He grows! Flash is already up to 25 pounds with no sign of slowing anytime soon. More appropriate would be one of our shoes in his mouth. He likes to steal one from the back door every time he comes in the house and chews on it until we take it away.

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Thursday Goodness- Letters To Santa

My friend Wild Child (I can call her a friend since I actually met her in real life over the summer) is doing this thing on Thursdays over at her blog called Thursday Goodness and she's trying to get more bloggers to join in and share the good things in life once a week. Anybody with me for next week?

This week I'm sharing the letters to Santa Mae and Binny wrote tonight at the kitchen counter while I was making dinner.

Wardrobe Wednesday

I knew Binny needed a new winter coat but not until we experienced a major zipper explosion last week did I actually go out and buy her a new one. The lightweight jacket she had been wearing all Fall wasn't going to be warm enough with snow flurries floating around in the cold air.

As I was helping her get ready for school on a particularly chilly morning, I went through the closet to find something that would work until I could go shopping, and pulled out two coats. She tried on the first one which was too small but would work for a day. She put it on and as I tried to zip it up, the zipper broke apart in all directions leaving poor Binny stuck in her coat with no way of getting out or even re-zipping if she would happen to un-zip it. On to coat #2 which was also a bit small and also had a zipper issue from last year (that I forgot about), but it was all we had.

Poor Binny had to have her teacher pull the thing off over her head when she got to school which in turn prompted the teacher to send me an email letting me know that Binny's coat was too little and broken. (Like I didn't know)

Good thing I had a shopping trip with a friend planned for the very same day.
The zipper on the new coat looks heavy duty so hopefully we won't have any more coat drama for the winter. Unless, you count the three days of whining from Mae when I didn't buy a brand new coat for her. It's about time Binny got something new though. Mae generally gets all of the new clothes because she's older and most of it can be passed down to Binny anyway. Just look at the rest of Binny's outfit for proof. Those pants were Mae's and the boots too.

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RTT: Hot Grapefruit And A Mystery House Guest

It's been so incredibly long since I've done the Random Tuesday thing. Good thing it's one of those things you really never forget. Kind of like how you can remember your phone number from childhood (Back when there was one phone number for an entire house full of people and the phone had a cord on it.) but often forget your current phone number. Wait, perhaps that's just me. 222-8896. ???-???? Anyhow, Random Tuesday Thoughts it is! Go visit Keely for the whole RTT line-up.

*For those of you paying attention, November was NaBloPoMo which plainly means National Blog Posting Month. I had pledged to post something (anything!) to my blog each day in the month of November, but as you can tell by the post count under the month of November in my sidebar, that didn't happen. FAIL. To be fair though, November was one hell of a sucky month. So much going on, and even when I did have time to post, I wasn't feeling it and usually ended up fooling around on Facebook instead of coming here to post such gems as:

I awoke to an asshole on a 4 wheeler tearing around the yard and his girlfriend peeking in the living room windows, making faces at Binny and Mae. No intruder, just Uncle B doing what Uncle B does best.

I should really be editing photos and cleaning my house, instead I'm off to buy a snow plow blade from some guy off of craigslist. The shit I do for family...

Binny requested an orange for snack, then spit it out claiming it was "too bony."

*Thanksgiving was fine. Not bad, not great, but fine. I cleaned, I cooked, I ate, I cleaned some more and everyone else pretty much just ate. Actually, the Gardener was quite helpful but still the majority of the work was mine. Not that I mind entirely. You do remember what Thanksgiving at my in-law's is like, right?

*I'm enjoying my first Hot Grapefruit of the season. Yumm! Hot grapefruit is basically just warmed grapefruit juice, but I always squeeze a fresh grapefruit for this special drink. I also add about a tablespoon of sugar to my warm cup of pulpy goodness to offset the tartness.

*After finishing up the heating project we were working on upstairs, we decided to finally finish off the last bedroom in the house for the Gardener and I. We spent the last 2 days clearing out the room (our current storage area) and painting the previously bare walls. Not a drop of paint has ever touched those walls in the 100 years this house has been standing, so we were extra careful to tape up all of the woodwork making sure not to slop it up full of paint splatter. Today, I will finish by removing all of the tape and giving all of the woodwork a good cleaning and hang some blinds in the windows. Then to move the contents of our bedroom up there. Oh boy. All in preparation for a very special house guest who will be arriving on Sunday and staying with us for 2 weeks. Any ideas who our guest will be? Here's a hint: I've been checking around to get the dates and times for all of the local BINGO games for something fun to do while he/she is here.

* Our puppy Flash is growing like a weed! Or maybe he's growing like a flash... or in a flash. We had him to the vet on Friday and he weighed in at a whopping 23 pounds at 12 weeks old. That means he has gained 13 pounds in only 4 weeks. I don't think he's even eaten that much food in the 4 weeks he's been here! A healthy rambunctious pup with an insatiable chewing habit. He seems to have a thing for socks and underwear. Doesn't matter if they are clean or dirty, he'll pull them right out of the laundry basket and shred them before we even notice he's left our sight. Little shit.

That's about it for me today now that my Hot Grapefruit is gone, but I'm seriously considering making another cup because it was THAT good.

My Mom Is A Farmer

Mae's sentence writing practice.