The lost art of kitchen appliances--and other things

This is a silly thing to write about, but as you noticed if you kept reading I'm going to anyway. I inherited this awesome egg beater a few weeks ago. No plugs, cords or motors to burn out and stop working. Total kitchen appliance awesomeness! There should be a campaign to make more kitchen gadgets like this. I also inherited these nice dishes. They have a long history, coming from Japan a long time ago.
Another thing I am excited about------ SPRING! And possibility of playing outside, a lot. Hopefully soon without coats.

Sometimes you need to go for a walk with a waffle

It was one of those days when everything seems to come at you at once. Dinner, dishes, hungry kids. The natives where getting restless. So I asked if anyone wanted to go for a walk. I also asked if anyone wanted a snack while we were on our walk. I asked what we should have for a snack. The answer was, " A waffle!" We had a nice walk to the end of our street carrying waffles with peanut butter on top.

Random Wednesday Thoughts Part II

Some random pictures.
Some random quotes:
"I'm glad we buy salsa and have mints. That's why I like my family."
"Soup should sweat, then it wouldn't be so hot."
"Everyone in the world likes eggs...except Santa Claus."

Locking yourself out in the middle of winter- not a very good idea

Today I was very thankful for a lot of things.
*Very nice neighbors who didn't mind entertaining, feeding and visiting for most of the day.
* A warm house to be in
*Huggies diapers because it takes a lot for them to leak.
This morning three of us went down the street to visit some neighbors. I, thinking I didn't need a key because I would go in through the garage, locked the door and left my keys inside. The door in the garage is usually open. Not today. I did have some toy keys. Those don't work to open the door. My nice neighbors visited with us, helped me try to get in our house, feed us lunch and snacks, brought out toys and watched movies with us. It was quite a nice day actually. My kids were well behaved despite the situation and I got to know my neighbors better, I also realized you can't do laundry, dishes or pick up toys if you can't get in your house. I'm also thankful for a husband who came home early to let us back inside.

Somethings got to give if you want to eat your lunch

Someone in our household who shall remain nameless came home a few days ago and shared this experience. This individual put their lunch in the microwave at work and left to take care of a few things and forgot about the lunch until driving home from work. A call was made to a co- worker still at work to see if the forgotten lunch was still in the microwave and "could they please put it back in the fridge for later consuption?" Signs that you have to much to think about.

Random Wednesday Thoughts

Sometimes things are so busy it seems there is not time to do much of anything. Usually when there is time. I'm too tired to catch up on things. I count my blessings though and try to look for the small and simple things. Yesterday my husband came home from work in the afternoon- and made dinner! For which I was very grateful. Dinner was also delicious. More so because someone else made it. We have a warm home. We have good food and clothes. We have three good kids. I have a family who loves and cares for me. Sometimes those things are good to remember.

Random quote for the week: "I want to play with the balls because I'm feeling spiky!"

Twenty or Two Thousand?

This is my burning question for today. Is it twenty-ten or two thousand-ten? Not that it really matters. I hope you all out there had a nice New Year celebration and a fun, happy Christmas. We had both. Having small children to celebrate with makes celebrations fun. Everything is exciting. It also makes things interesting. I often wonder what makes the wheels turn inside their little heads. The following quote from a three year old may illustrate this point. Said while walking down the aisle at Lowes: "You get the brains over there and then we'll pack up our stuff." It was then repeated when I did nothing but keep walking. Luckily it was forgotten by the time we made it to the next aisle. I was relived I didn't have to pack up the brains.