Today, I just need more cowbell!
I love SNL and I want to share cowbell with you too.
I love SNL and I want to share cowbell with you too.
Jan 26, 2008
Jan 19, 2008
Pink Swirlies
Its funny how the littlest things can thrill a child.
Making breakfast at 6am is such a chore for me for two reasons. First, Its 6am for crying out loud! "Ack, where is my coffee and zip it will ya!".. Secondly, it is a chore unto itself to get kids to eat.
So anyway, last week I thought I would get creative with an old mainstay, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I got my rolling pin out and rolled flat two pieces of bread. On these I spread a layer of crunchy peanut butter and rolled them up like a taquito. Then I took a bit of jelly and a bit of butter and whipped it up in small bowl to make "pink" dip. (If you have girls then you KNOW pink is always a hit). Tylea loved them so much that she named them.
Now, this is important to consider.. kids only name things they love. I don't recall kid names for schoolbooks and chores and I don't recall fond names of doctors or dentist. Kids name puppies and cars and games and food. Needless to say I knew I had hit a home run when she dubbed my PB&J creation. . . "Pink Swirlies"
There is, however, one downside... Now every meal she jumps up and down and says "MOM!!! Make Pink Swirlies!"
Chalk one up for Mom!
Proverbs 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it."
Making breakfast at 6am is such a chore for me for two reasons. First, Its 6am for crying out loud! "Ack, where is my coffee and zip it will ya!".. Secondly, it is a chore unto itself to get kids to eat.
So anyway, last week I thought I would get creative with an old mainstay, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I got my rolling pin out and rolled flat two pieces of bread. On these I spread a layer of crunchy peanut butter and rolled them up like a taquito. Then I took a bit of jelly and a bit of butter and whipped it up in small bowl to make "pink" dip. (If you have girls then you KNOW pink is always a hit). Tylea loved them so much that she named them.
Now, this is important to consider.. kids only name things they love. I don't recall kid names for schoolbooks and chores and I don't recall fond names of doctors or dentist. Kids name puppies and cars and games and food. Needless to say I knew I had hit a home run when she dubbed my PB&J creation. . . "Pink Swirlies"
There is, however, one downside... Now every meal she jumps up and down and says "MOM!!! Make Pink Swirlies!"
Chalk one up for Mom!
Proverbs 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it."
Jan 14, 2008
Wasted Viewing
Tonight, while watching a show about Big Cats on Animal Planet, I saw an advertisement that informed me that there is now a Golf Channel. This got me to thinking, "hmmm, golf, 24/7". Is there really that much about golf that I want to know? Do I need a channel dedicated only to golf? Am I paying for this among the dizzying volley of channels on the menu?
It seems there is a channel for just about all interests: The Soap channel; GOD TV; Spike TV for Men; Lifetime for Women; Noggin for the kids; BET if you're black; Court TV if you're a lawyer; QVC if you're a shopper; Nick at Nite if you're an insomniac and the list goes on. Are you an old movie buff.. then there is the AMC movie channel or TV Land for old TV. There are channels for Cooking; walking your dog; talking Klingon; taking a safari; planning your financial portfolio; wearing make-up; learning to decorate and selling your home.
But seriously folks.. GOLF TV?
As I turn off the TV and open up the Laptop I ponder what channel would best suit me and my wasted viewing preferences.. and I decide I waste most of my TV viewing time while watching all of the channels as I surf the remote and complain about having to pay for my 100 plus channels and there is not a blamed thing on!
It seems there is a channel for just about all interests: The Soap channel; GOD TV; Spike TV for Men; Lifetime for Women; Noggin for the kids; BET if you're black; Court TV if you're a lawyer; QVC if you're a shopper; Nick at Nite if you're an insomniac and the list goes on. Are you an old movie buff.. then there is the AMC movie channel or TV Land for old TV. There are channels for Cooking; walking your dog; talking Klingon; taking a safari; planning your financial portfolio; wearing make-up; learning to decorate and selling your home.
But seriously folks.. GOLF TV?
As I turn off the TV and open up the Laptop I ponder what channel would best suit me and my wasted viewing preferences.. and I decide I waste most of my TV viewing time while watching all of the channels as I surf the remote and complain about having to pay for my 100 plus channels and there is not a blamed thing on!
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