Today I learned:
1) That my son is on an awesome football team!!
Today was the start of the fall 2008 football season I am sure in probably every city in the United States. My son's team had an awesome first game. They won 30-6. This is his first season playing tackle football. He is in 6th grade and though this is not his first time playing football it is his first time playing tackle football. He has played flag football for the past 5 years. So of course I was a little nervous, but being that he is one of the biggest boys on the team I know I should have not worried so much, but anything can get a football player hurt, so I was on pins and needles through the whole game. Plus they played at 3:00 in the afternoon when it was almost 100 degrees. But they fared well and won! Congratulations Titans!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Learned Something New 9/5/08
Today I learned:
1) That Tori Spelling is NOT on the new remake of 90210 on the CW.
Okay, I have to admit that I have been a little out of it when it comes to watching some of the new shows that have come on TV in the past week. I am in love with Tori Spelling's show on Oxygen Tori & Dean Home Sweet Hollywood and have followed it all season, but I have neglected to follow-up on what is going on with the progress of her return to 90210. The last I heard in the tabloids she was going to do it. Today I was watching the 2-hour premiere of the show that I missed on Tuesday night and was wondering where she was. Well now I find out from one of my friends Kathy today that she is NOT going to be on the 90210 remake because of something to do with $$$$. I was SOOOO disappointed to hear this. This was the main reason I was even going to tune into the show at all. She has had a total comeback in her career and I have so enjoyed seeing her make success in her life and career. Well, I for one am a VERY unhappy fan that wishes and hopes that maybe something will change and that she will eventually be included on the show. It just seems weird because it was her Dad's show, you know? Maybe her mom had something to do with this???? JMHO....
1) That Tori Spelling is NOT on the new remake of 90210 on the CW.
Okay, I have to admit that I have been a little out of it when it comes to watching some of the new shows that have come on TV in the past week. I am in love with Tori Spelling's show on Oxygen Tori & Dean Home Sweet Hollywood and have followed it all season, but I have neglected to follow-up on what is going on with the progress of her return to 90210. The last I heard in the tabloids she was going to do it. Today I was watching the 2-hour premiere of the show that I missed on Tuesday night and was wondering where she was. Well now I find out from one of my friends Kathy today that she is NOT going to be on the 90210 remake because of something to do with $$$$. I was SOOOO disappointed to hear this. This was the main reason I was even going to tune into the show at all. She has had a total comeback in her career and I have so enjoyed seeing her make success in her life and career. Well, I for one am a VERY unhappy fan that wishes and hopes that maybe something will change and that she will eventually be included on the show. It just seems weird because it was her Dad's show, you know? Maybe her mom had something to do with this???? JMHO....
Friday, September 5, 2008
Learned Something New 9/4/08
Today I learned:
1) A new recipe from Kraft Foods called Banana Cream Cheesecake.
I received the recipe in the Kraft Magazine that is mailed out quarterly. It was delicious and so simple to make! I made it for some of the volunteer workers that were helping me with the PTA fundraiser kick-off at the school. Everyone said it tasted great. It was the first time I had made it. Here is the recipe if you want to try it (and did I mention it is really easy to make?)
Prep Time:15 min Total Time:5 hr 5 min Makes:24 servings, 1 piece each
1 pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix, divided
4 eggs, divided
3 Tbsp. oil
2/3 cup packed brown sugar, divided
2 bananas, sliced
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1-1/2 cups milk
1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
HEAT oven to 300ºF. Reserve 1 cup dry cake mix. Mix remaining cake mix with 1 egg, oil and 1/3 cup sugar with mixer. (Mixture will be crumbly.) Press onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of greased 13x9-inch baking pan; top with bananas.
BEAT cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer. Add reserved cake mix, remaining eggs and lemon juice; beat 1 min. Blend in milk. (Batter will be very thin.) Pour into crust.
BAKE 45 to 50 to min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with COOL WHIP. Refrigerate leftovers.
Enjoy!
1) A new recipe from Kraft Foods called Banana Cream Cheesecake.
I received the recipe in the Kraft Magazine that is mailed out quarterly. It was delicious and so simple to make! I made it for some of the volunteer workers that were helping me with the PTA fundraiser kick-off at the school. Everyone said it tasted great. It was the first time I had made it. Here is the recipe if you want to try it (and did I mention it is really easy to make?)
Prep Time:15 min Total Time:5 hr 5 min Makes:24 servings, 1 piece each
1 pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix, divided
4 eggs, divided
3 Tbsp. oil
2/3 cup packed brown sugar, divided
2 bananas, sliced
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1-1/2 cups milk
1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
HEAT oven to 300ºF. Reserve 1 cup dry cake mix. Mix remaining cake mix with 1 egg, oil and 1/3 cup sugar with mixer. (Mixture will be crumbly.) Press onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of greased 13x9-inch baking pan; top with bananas.
BEAT cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer. Add reserved cake mix, remaining eggs and lemon juice; beat 1 min. Blend in milk. (Batter will be very thin.) Pour into crust.
BAKE 45 to 50 to min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with COOL WHIP. Refrigerate leftovers.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Learned Something New 9/3/08
Today I learned:
1) How to put together a fundraising packet in the most efficient way.
This Friday our school will kick-off it's fall fundraiser. We are selling Entertainment Books (you know, the books with all the coupons in them) and since this is our PTA's first attempt at this particular fundraiser, I have been working closely with the company in trying to get this organized and off the ground. Well, they sent us an army of workers today who were very fast and efficient and I learned a lot from them. Though I had put together fundraiser packets in my previous years as fundraising chair, this one went fast and it was the little things like 2 labels (one for the book and one for the envelope so we know who's book are who's) and organizing them by teacher/grade that although obvious, made it go by faster and will make it easier for us to distribute the packets to all the students on Friday.
1) How to put together a fundraising packet in the most efficient way.
This Friday our school will kick-off it's fall fundraiser. We are selling Entertainment Books (you know, the books with all the coupons in them) and since this is our PTA's first attempt at this particular fundraiser, I have been working closely with the company in trying to get this organized and off the ground. Well, they sent us an army of workers today who were very fast and efficient and I learned a lot from them. Though I had put together fundraiser packets in my previous years as fundraising chair, this one went fast and it was the little things like 2 labels (one for the book and one for the envelope so we know who's book are who's) and organizing them by teacher/grade that although obvious, made it go by faster and will make it easier for us to distribute the packets to all the students on Friday.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Learned Something New 9/2/08
Today I learned that:
1) Nothing ever happens on Wednesdays
It's true....Nothing ever happens on Wednesdays. I took a look at my calendar for the next two months and with all the football practices, cheer practices, scrimmages, games, bowling league games, softball practices, gymnastics, boy scouts, girl scouts, concessions, camps, PTA meetings and school events I have nothing scheduled on a Wednesday. And of course that is the one night that there is nothing that I like to watch on TV either. Is it a sign or something? I wonder why that is? Maybe people try to cram everything in at the beginning and end of the week and then there is Wednesday. Maybe one day I will figure out why.
1) Nothing ever happens on Wednesdays
It's true....Nothing ever happens on Wednesdays. I took a look at my calendar for the next two months and with all the football practices, cheer practices, scrimmages, games, bowling league games, softball practices, gymnastics, boy scouts, girl scouts, concessions, camps, PTA meetings and school events I have nothing scheduled on a Wednesday. And of course that is the one night that there is nothing that I like to watch on TV either. Is it a sign or something? I wonder why that is? Maybe people try to cram everything in at the beginning and end of the week and then there is Wednesday. Maybe one day I will figure out why.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Learned Something New 9/1/08
Today I learned that:
1) Wasps do not belong in my house!
Me and the kids are locked up in my office because get this -- there is a WASP flying around loose in our house! I just want to die because you know that means I need to kill it. The kids are sitting by the doors looking out into the living room keeping watch for it to land. I have gone out twice to try and swat it, but it comes and flies towards me so I run like bloody heck out of there. I hung two fly strip traps, but no bites so far and I just made a liter bottle trap that I found the instructions for online, but still nothing. We might be in here all night if I don't kill it soon! I can't have the kids sleeping with a wasp flying around. And I have Texas brisket in the oven waiting for me to finish it and I am too scared to go to the kitchen and open the oven! UGH! How that stupid thing got in here I will never know!!!!
Oh my god, the kids are the worst! I thought there was a rabid animal or something in the house when they started screaming. And of course my son locked himself in the bathroom at first and shoved a towel under the door so it couldn't "crawl" in. I was like --it's not a snake!!!!!!! I am trying to put out a bowl of sugar and water which my sister says will attract it, but then that means I need to leave the office and go into the kitchen and I have no freaking idea where this thing is now. A little while ago it landed on the stair wood banister so I went out there and started spraying it with my Raid and of course wouldn't you know the dang narm Raid spray didn't reach it!!! UGH!!! So I got Raid all over the carpet and the stupid wasp flew away. The only bug spray I have is for ants and roaches, I hope that works on it. Wish me luck. I am going to run to the kitchen with my fly swatter and my raid in hand. I feel like I am in Iraq or something looking around corners to see if the thing is coming towards me and then running like heck to get into the kitchen!
Ding dong the WASP is dead the wicked WASP, the wicked WASP, ding dong the wicked WASP is Deeeeeaaaaaaaadddddddddddddd! I feel like a fool......remember when I said I sprayed it with the Raid and the spray didn't reach, well I guess it did reach because we haven't seen it for a couple of hours even after I put out the sugar water and plate of sugar, so I go out to the combat fields to check things out and I don't see it anywhere, well I look on the floor below the stairs and there it lay!!! Dead from the Raid! We could have come out of hiding 2 hours ago!!! So I sprayed it with hairspray, just to make sure, you never know those wasps, could be a trap! And then I picked it up with the flyswatter (or shall I say waspswatter for today) and flushed that thing down the toilet -- I flushed twice just to make sure!!!!! Ding dong the WASP is dead the wicked WASP, the wicked WASP, ding dong the wicked WASP is Deeeeeaaaaaaaadddddddddddddd!
1) Wasps do not belong in my house!
Me and the kids are locked up in my office because get this -- there is a WASP flying around loose in our house! I just want to die because you know that means I need to kill it. The kids are sitting by the doors looking out into the living room keeping watch for it to land. I have gone out twice to try and swat it, but it comes and flies towards me so I run like bloody heck out of there. I hung two fly strip traps, but no bites so far and I just made a liter bottle trap that I found the instructions for online, but still nothing. We might be in here all night if I don't kill it soon! I can't have the kids sleeping with a wasp flying around. And I have Texas brisket in the oven waiting for me to finish it and I am too scared to go to the kitchen and open the oven! UGH! How that stupid thing got in here I will never know!!!!
Oh my god, the kids are the worst! I thought there was a rabid animal or something in the house when they started screaming. And of course my son locked himself in the bathroom at first and shoved a towel under the door so it couldn't "crawl" in. I was like --it's not a snake!!!!!!! I am trying to put out a bowl of sugar and water which my sister says will attract it, but then that means I need to leave the office and go into the kitchen and I have no freaking idea where this thing is now. A little while ago it landed on the stair wood banister so I went out there and started spraying it with my Raid and of course wouldn't you know the dang narm Raid spray didn't reach it!!! UGH!!! So I got Raid all over the carpet and the stupid wasp flew away. The only bug spray I have is for ants and roaches, I hope that works on it. Wish me luck. I am going to run to the kitchen with my fly swatter and my raid in hand. I feel like I am in Iraq or something looking around corners to see if the thing is coming towards me and then running like heck to get into the kitchen!
Ding dong the WASP is dead the wicked WASP, the wicked WASP, ding dong the wicked WASP is Deeeeeaaaaaaaadddddddddddddd! I feel like a fool......remember when I said I sprayed it with the Raid and the spray didn't reach, well I guess it did reach because we haven't seen it for a couple of hours even after I put out the sugar water and plate of sugar, so I go out to the combat fields to check things out and I don't see it anywhere, well I look on the floor below the stairs and there it lay!!! Dead from the Raid! We could have come out of hiding 2 hours ago!!! So I sprayed it with hairspray, just to make sure, you never know those wasps, could be a trap! And then I picked it up with the flyswatter (or shall I say waspswatter for today) and flushed that thing down the toilet -- I flushed twice just to make sure!!!!! Ding dong the WASP is dead the wicked WASP, the wicked WASP, ding dong the wicked WASP is Deeeeeaaaaaaaadddddddddddddd!
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