5 fun things!

why hello there!

what's up buttercups?

well, it is 21' here in the land of cleve town and snowing buckets.

we have had such a mild winter thus far that apparently mother nature

has felt the need to bless us with

6 inches of the white goodness....

i am working at the hospital and thought i could squeeze in a quick post. seeing how my

days/nights run together and i can never seem to find the time during the week.

princess # 2 and i drove up to see princess # 3 last night. we stopped on the way to

pick her up to get some sugar cookies and cuppies. (mama was too busy to bake them... :O(

but are you ready? for 6 teeny sugar cookies and 4 cupcakes....

THIRTY DOLLARS!

say whaaa??

yes, my friends 30 bones.

i was like ok.....these better taste magically delicious. princess # 2 and i shared a sugar cookie

and i have to say they were good. just ok good.

i guess i am partial to my recipe....but i still love trying others.

anyway, princess # 3 thought P#2, could not make it up....but because we are tricky....

we decided to surprise her. ah ha. mischievious minds...

so when we were pulling in, P#2, climbed into the trunk through the back seat (yes, i have a super secret

door that opens to the trunk....lol.....) kidding. i drive a nissan altima....its not super secret...

so i called P# 3 and said, I"M HERE, come on down....and oh, btw, your little treats are in the trunk, so

go ahead and grab them. i will pop the trunk....

so, i pop the trunk....and up pops PRINCESS # 2, screaming, surprise....I"M HERE!!!

princess # 3 almost died. like if you could have seen it....it was freaking hysterical...

and i may or may not have almost peed my pants.

it's the priceless moments that you wish you could box up and on a bad day, replay all over.....

we laughed so hard we were all crying.

we had a delightful dinner and did some shopping and then princess # 3 had to make princess # 2, some CD's so i crashed in the dorm...on the top bunk. this mama is getting old. i mean it was after 10pm.

i took a little cat nap and then we made the drive home....

sweet little nuggets. i love those peanuts...

oh and i should mention that while we were dining, the fire department shows up....lights, full gear and just

casually stroll thru the restaurant....our server was like ok, do you ladies need

anything else.....and i was like, well, no....all is well, but is the restaurant on fire???

he said, well, no not really....just some towels in the kitchen caught on fire...

yep. just some little towels...alrighty. insert another fresh cut fry into my mouth and forget that

i asked.....and just saw a fireman, walking in front of me, with his gear and flashlight....

so what fun stuff have you planned for vday?

i am not a big fan. never have. probably never will. but i still like to make special

treats for the kiddos and usually take some to work.

here are few sweet things i found while surfing the internet, i mean, working....lol...

free printables from mooo.com!

yes, free stuff...i love free stuff...

and just look at these:

credit: etsy!

so adorable, yet not difficult to make....or you can buy them if money is no object...

they are 39.00 / dozen.....ouch. kind of makes my 4 cuppies and 6 lil cookies sound CHEAP!

how bout this for your favorite lovie:

a simple i love you. the end.

credit: etsy!

ok, this one just cracks me up. and the funny thing...i almost bought it.

for all our man lovers....you know how they sometimes

have like 'chafing' issues...

down 'there'...lol...

(i never said that i would hold back anything on this blog. just sayin)...

credit: etsy!

the good news is that all of the natural products on this site, are sooo reasonable. i dig

natural and nothing excites me more than CHEAP.

well.....maybe a few things....might. maybe.

and the last fun thing that caught my eye:

we could not forget our furry friends on v-day...after all, they make heart pitter patter...

i had purchased a collar and leash for kolby from this etsy shop. i LOVE it.

the shop owner was so easy to deal with and the collar and leash were

so well designed...mr. k's collar is lime green and blue argyle...cuz he's metro like that...

and i think we will order miss keeley a matching one like this:

credit: etsy!

i hope you all have a super sweet valentine's day and i hope you spend it doing what

you love or with whom you love!

xoxo

t

494. my warm house.

493. blueberry crumble coffee.

492. ability to work out.

491. my sister.

490. my soft sherpa blankie, especially on days like today.

yippy skippy! funday sunday....again

oh, hello there!

greetings from cleve town!

it is another funday sunday!

superbowl plans anyone?

i have one lil party scheduled and i have made some yummy cuppies and sub sammies....

but it will be low key, as this chick does have two jobs to attend to bright and early

monday morning!

guess what?

i am getting a new nugget.

this time a lil chocolate MINI doodle.

to keep K-man company...yeesh. yeah, i feel that

as i have to be entertained 24-7, so does my freakishly energetic white fur ball.....

so this little sweet " KEELEY JOY" will be joining our happy home in about a week:



(this is not her, but looks just like her!) this is one of her siblings

from a previous litter.

anywhosies, keeley only weighs 2.4 lbs as of last week and she can not

go to her furever home until she is 3.0 lbs....so we may not be

able to get her on valentines day....

we are anxiously awaiting! i am a little nervous to do the puppy training

thingy again....and lets not forget, mr. k is still really a puppy himself....
he is only 9 months young.....

so wish me luck.

keeley is a labradoodle, F1 and kobly is an F1 goldendoodle...so

basically same type of pup.

they are incredibly smart, energetic and loving creatures!

alrighty, i am off to enjoy my funday sunday....

i also wanted to share a list of 500 things that make me smile.....starting with sunshiney today!

(and yes, 500 is quite random....just wanted to because why??? well, cuz its MY blog and i can share

anything my little heart wants!!!!!)

love and hugs,

t

xoxo

500. wet sloppy kisses from my love nugget ball of fur.

499. sweet emails during the day from princess # 2 while she is at her new job.

498. a text from princess # 3, just saying 'ello MUM'....(melts me)

499. a phone call every morning from princess # 1, driving home from her night shift at the hospital

495. the smell of chocolate chip cupcakes baking



hi there!

hello blends

(blog friends) 

happy funday sunday.

i cant believe the week is starting AGAIN.

where does the time go? 

no. seriously. 

where the heck

does

it go?

i had a sad weekend. 

one of my very close friends, lost her dear, 'sassy' sweet beautiful 

mother to cancer.

ugh.

yes. 

another cancer victim

it broke my heart to see my friend and her family so sad 

and see such a gorgeous lady

give her life to 

this horrible illness. 

yeesh.

she was only 57 years young.

which brings me to another topic. 

i read a super uber dee duber blog 

called 

lil blue boo

the sweet creator of this blog is a sweet gal named ashley, who most recently was 

diagnosed with a form of cancer.

anyway, in addition to being diagnosed with cancer, ashley also 

lost her father very unexpectedly this past year as well.

heartbreaking.

ashley has an amazing blog and has been sharing her 

trials and tribulations  with the cancer. 

she even shares the video of her shaving her head. 

(do not watch if you are pms'ing or extremely hormonal, or unless you have buckets of kleenex near by)

if you get a second, please pop over and just read this girls journey. 

when you are having a bad day it really puts your life 

in perspective.

anywhosies, ashley made some 

choose joy 

bracelets that she sells on her site. 

if you head over

here

you can read all about why she chooses joy 

and if you want you can help her cause. 

i just ordered my set of 20! 

10 adult size and 

10 lil nugget size!

i just wanted to help ashleys cause and be reminded when i am 

wearing my lil purple bracelet:

k, thats all i have for you tonight....i am off to do what you ask????

why, write another paper! 

dont forget to choose joy!

xo

smiley sunday!

a wee while back i used to post more regularly.

then this crazy thing called life, took a dive for the ground

and i stopped.

but i missed blogging.

its not that i dont want to.

i just dont have a lot of free time.

between going to school, and working two jobs, one being full time, i honestly

just do not have much ME time.

happy me time.

my weekends are often filled with running errands, working and just doing all the

usual things that everyone does. you know, like,

laundry,

dishes,

floors,

organizing,

paying bills,

grocery shopping....(i actually love this one)....

but before you know it, my weekend is over

and it's back to

the dreaded work environment.

but anywho,

a while back, i started smiley sunday. it was

just simple things that make me smile

and with that, i try to embrace what little time is left of the weekend.

a girl in the work kitchen the other day, said, something like, oh, it's almost friday....

i was like, uhhh yayyy! hooorayy. yippeee skippeee!

and then she said 'isnt it awful how we just wish our life away'....'instead of just embracing today'....

hmmm. well there's a thought.

embrace.

today.

so my little bloggies, i want you to stop what you are doing...

well, dont stop reading this....

but when you are done....

think about it....

be HApPy for TOday.

EMBRACE what is going on in your life right now.......

the sad thing is that we never know if this is our last day here.....so why live it wishing for

tomorrow, or the weekend, or whatever....

and just be happy at the present!

so to make you smile, here's a few lovelies that made me smile today....

(while i am supposed to be working.....i was doing a little web surfing...hehe)....

hahahahaha. sorry for such a small pic.....

croc waterproof boots. my beating heart.

and the best part: 20 bones. out the door...free shipping too! happy dance!

i bought a pair of wellies, (black ones with different color polka dots...and i {{{LOVE}}} them.

living in cleveland....you need them....

and then taking the white nugget outside to go potty....well, need i say more....?? lol...

ok, on to our next contestant:

credit: closet cooking

um, seriously....does this not look fabulous?

reuben dip....

ohh emm gee.

i am running to the store to get the ingreds for this dip. not even kidding.

(it doesnt matter i have already been to 3 grocery stores in 2 days) :O)

credit: very jane!

if you do not know what very jane is, let me explain....they send daily emails with amazing deals

for handmade cuteness.

i have bought hand stamped necklaces, pins, pillow covers, the list is long...

i bought 3 sets of these to go with the 3 princess' valentine pressies!

and my last little lovely, is another v-day gift for the crazy princess' of mine:

credit: west elm

arent these mugs oh so cute?! i am imagining the girls guzzling down their hot bevvies drinking

from this heart mug!

and the best ?

6 dollar hollar AND

FREE FLIPPING SHIPPING!

k, thats it my dear blends....i am off to enjoy some mediterranean fare with

princess # 2.

embrace the moment and

enjoy the rest of your sweet arse weekend!

love and hugs,

t

fabulous brownies

hi y'all.....

(yep. i still wish i had that sweet southern belle accent!)

i am FUUUHHHRRREEEZING. not even kidding.

i am sitting in my office at work right now...and my fingers literally feel like they are

going to fall off.

i am queen of procrastination. i guess i should have added this to my list of resolutions!

i have a paper i have to write for school and i just do not want to do it.

and yes.

it

is

due

in about 8 hrs. 11:59 EMT. which would be one AM. here.

ahhhh...why do i do this to myself....hmmm. i guess because i am literally so busy

working two jobs and have no time to do anything.

fully legitimate. doesnt make me feel any better about not having it done.

i do not want to do it.

anywho,

i am going to share this recipe for these delightfully delicious diet sabotaging (spellling?)

BROWNIES....

you need to run to the store and get the goods to make these.

they are gooey. chocolatey.

melt in your mouth maddening.

do i have your attention YET?!

i found them over

here~@ my baking addiction!

i had a work pot luck luncheon, which i should admit right now, the truth.

i {{{LOVE}}} pot lucks.

it's cuz i am seriously food obsessed.

i had this conversation with princess # 2. she said the same thing. i think this was her

direct quote

"like, i just love food....it makes me so happy".

god i love that kid.

and the fact that yes, she is young a size two and can still eat like a pig says nothing.

like, i love food too. yet, i am no longer a size two and probably will not be. ever.

so what were we talking about?

oh yeah....

heavenly brownies.

i doubled the recipe.

i will also show you where i did a couple different things.

and honestly. they were easy peasy. you will never want to eat store box brownies again.

ever.

pinky. promise.

and the best part........

i had ALL of the ingredients in my pantry. :o)

bonus points for that fo sho.

so here ya go homies....and let me know if you try. the only complaint i had

from someone at the evil potluck, was that,

they were too rich.....wahhhhhh???

too rich? are you freaking kidding me?

they ARE BROWNIES PEEPS.

arent they supposed to be?

best brownies ever

preheat oven to 325'
prepare a 9x13 pan. i lined with stick free foil......so you can just lift and cut them at the end!

2 sticks plus 4 tablespoons butter. ( i used 1/2 butter, 1/2 margarine)

1 cup chocolate chips. I used 1/2 dark and 1/2 semi sweet.
1/2 cup cocoa powder

2 and 1/2 cups pure white sugar. yep. thats right.

1 1/3 cups flour

4 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
3 large eggs

mix dry ingredients together in large bowl. set aside.
melt over low heat the butter. add in the chocolate chips stirring to melt. my baking addiction recommends double boiler but i am lazy and just heated on low and worked perfecto.
when chips and butter have melted stir in sugar and vanilla. add eggs one at a time. stirring between each one.
pour chocolate mixture into bowl of dry ingredients and mix until blended.
pour into prepared pan and bake. i think i ended up baking mine for about 32 minutes. my baking addiction states DO NOT OVERBAKE. you want your toothpick to be moist and wet crumbs! so true.

i love gooey madness. seriously. i was in heaven. will you think poorly of me, if i devulge that yes, i brought the leftovers home from the pot luck and by sunday had consumed about 6 brownies? not kidding. i feel the butter stuck to my glutes as i type this. help. i have issues!

source: my baking addiction

bake up kiddos. i promise you wont regret.

xo



snowy saturday!

yes, it's saturday.

and

yes. it's snowing.

poo.

no, it's not snowing poo. it's just snowing!

i feel that we have been really blessed this winter because up until this point,

we really havent had a lot of the white stuff.

everytime i have to dust my car off, i pout. i mutter under my breath that i am moving

someplace warm and sunny. year round. period.

and yet, another year literally FLIES by and lo and behold, here i am AGAIN,

pouting when i have to pull out the boots, gloves, hats and or scarves. usually all of the above.

on a good note, i have a lot of new coats to dress warm.

i bought a pair of wellies that have been a savior when taking out the

white fur ball.

i received a beautiful pair of UGGS from the sweet princesses.

so i guess bottom line, if you have to put up with the icky, yucky, messy snow.

dress like a fashionista at least!

sooo a little late, but

happy new year!

care to share any of your new year resolutions?

i dont make a lot. i just feel that typically they are gone by the wayside in about 2.7 days anyway, so

why bother???

however, this year was just a tad different. i did make a few.

they are not really different then everyone elses, but i have resolved to keeping them.

save more money.

pay off some type of bill, or attempt to each paycheck.

maintain my healthy living standards, which means working out, eating healthy, enjoying my

treats here and there, (because after all my motto still stands: everything is good in moderation)....

and be thankful for WHAT i have in my LIFE at this very second.

i think  that is the key to obtaining more in life.

that about sums the extent of those resolutions!

everything else in my life is great right now. (remember, thankful..... :O)

princess # 3 made the deans list her first semester at school. sooo proud of that peanut.

princess # 2 just started a wonderful new job as a sales/marketing assistant. way to go pretty girl!

and princess # 1 continues to bust her arse working as a medical ICU RN....keep it up lil cupcake!

i honestly could not be more proud of them! xo

and of course my empty nester puppy, kolbydoodlebug......

he continues to MELT my stinkin heart. that boy is a handful.

he is a never ending supply of kisses and smiles to brighten me up even on the worst days.

he is now being called the monster of destruction, because he has graduated from

his crate at night to sleeping in my room. however, he starts out on the floor next to me, and i swear, once he

knows i am sleeping (cuz he is smart like that)....

he gets up and starts his path of destruction. it is typically his stuffed animals that he rips the guts (aka:stuffing)

and the squeakers out of EVERY single one....

and then he will 'sneak' back up to bed, this time, in my bed without me hearing a thing.

it's so freaking funny. i swear he's like a serial killer who sneaks out at night and then sneaks

back home after he has done his damage. oye vay.

however, he could probably destroy anything......(within reason....) and he would still melt me with those

big big big brown eyes. hes a heart breaker indeedy!

k, i am off to visit princess # 3 at college. woooo hooooo. no, i will not get all

wild and crazy. i know how to behave....yeesh...

xoxo

stay warm if you are anywear near winter and if not then, well you stink! :O)

t

monday funday!

hellllooo dear lovies!

it is monday and we are back at those lovely little things we call JOBS....at least

those of us who do the nine to fiver thingy.

i am doing the 6:30, 7ish to like 8ish thingy. yikes.

yep. my fun part time second job has

started.

it is a seasonal job that i love.

and why you ask?

cuz.

just cuz.

lol. nope. seriously. i am a health and wellness nurse at one of our local hospitals.

i literally get to teach clients how to improve their lives.

and

i.

love.

 it.

i love that i am helping people lower their cholesterol, get skinny and improve their outlook on life.

and the best part about it????

i

get

PAID.

yep.

any whosiedoodles. what is going on with everyone?

are you ready for the funnest day of the year?

aka.

uh....you dont know???

yes.

please tell me you are thinking it....

uh, der....

BLACK FREAKIN FRIDAY!

hollar.

it is by far my fav day of the year. not even kidding.

we get up at the A$$ crack of dawn and find lots of fun things to buy.

our biggest deals last year, were 150.00 boots from JCPENNEY for

30 buckaroosies each.

yes. i bought 7 pairs.

no. i dont have a problem.

a couple were for me and the others for the princesses.

that's what i get for having girls.

so what are ya thankful for this holiday?

i am thankful that i have a job.

wait, i have TWO.

(very thankful)...

i am thankful that i have 3 amazing daughters who NEVER EVER cease to amazing me.

not only are they adorable, but they are kind and loving and fun.

AND beautiful.....

(proud mama, here)

i am thankful that my sister from Cali is here for the holiday AND will be back for christmas.

i am thankful for my sweet mama who always tries to feed me no matter what time of

the day or night i am over.....

and i am thankful for my lil fluffy nugget who is by far the best friend a girl

could EVER have.

that boy melts my heart.

he is a handful.

but he melts me.

here are a few little FREE printables i found on

pinterest

credit:

here

i want to wish you all a happy and yummy turkey day....

i also want to know

who will be joining me for the mad shopping craze on FRIDAY?

xo