Cookie Dough

I just LOVE cookie dough. I think it's even better than the cookies themselves. haha Can you tell what I'm doing right now?

There's just something about age 28.

When I turned 28, it was like my body immediately started to give up on me. It started with pain in one of my shoulders, and then spread to the other one. Now at age 29, I'm feeling it even more, except that the pain has spread to my knees and hips. Twenty-eight was the magic number for Allen too. Sometimes we both feel like a couple of old people with all of our aches and pains.

Today I am especially feeling it. My little mini-stepper finally decided to give out on me 45 minutes into my workout yesterday. This has been my main source of exercise lately. Though I knew it wouldn't last forever at $30, I was sad to see it go. I loved that thing. Since it was a nice day today (= sunny & not too cold), I decided to take the boys out for a 5 1/2 mile "stroll". I must say that some of those wimpy little hills don't seem so wimpy when you're pushing 65 lbs up them. I was huffing and puffing up some of those hills, and I must have looked so silly. My joints are definitely feeling it, though. If this keeps up I may end up in a wheel chair by the time I'm 35. ;)

I should have kept my mouth shut.

When we moved here I commented that there were only two callings I wouldn't want--Gospel Doctorine Instructor and Cub Scouts. Gospel Doctorine because I think it would be an intimidating calling, and Cub Scouts because I know NOTHING about it.

So, I wasn't too surprised when last week I was called as the Den Leader for Cub Scouts. Today I got a big bag of books & manuals. As I was looking through the material, I became completely overwhelmed. It was like going to China without knowing Chinese. All I know about Cub Scouts is that you get a yellow shirt! I'm sure I will enjoy the calling once I figure out what I'm doing. In fact, I'm kind of excited about it, underneath the overwhelmed feelings.

Sometimes...

Sometimes I like to make up recipes. Then I realize they aren't really MY recipes. haha.

A couple weeks ago I was trying to decide what to make for dinner. I took some cream of chicken soup, added some garlic salt & cheddar cheese, mixed it with rice, layed some chicken breast on top, and finished it off with more cheddar cheese. It was really good. Even Allen said it was a keeper. Then about a week later I saw a commercial on TV for Cheesy Chicken & Rice Casserole by Campbell's. Darn it! Now I can't take credit for that one. Oh well, I'll still keep in in the dinner rotation.

Elmo's World In My Living Room

Today as Allen and I were cleaning up after lunch, we heard Mooch man in the other room singing, "La la la la, la la la la. Elmo's World." Little did we know, he was coloring ALL over the walls with a pink crayon. As Mooch and I cleaned it up, I had to explain to him that just because Elmo colors on his walls, doesn't mean we can color on ours. lol Thank goodness for washable crayons!

Naps

I just thought I'd write an update on one of my previous posts about naptime. Shortly after TW was born, Moochy went through a phase where he wouldn't take naps. I'm happy to say that this phase only lasted a couple weeks. Now he is back to taking his nap, but he has to get it before 1 p.m., or he won't go to bed before 10 p.m. I'm so happy to have this time back to relax, workout, or just take a nap myself.

I figured out the hard way...

I should have been smart enough to know this, but I just wasn't thinking. The other night after the ham had been in the oven for a while, I realized I didn't add water like I usually do. So, I took it out of the oven, turned on the water, and put the glass pan (with the ham in it) under the running water. Not a very bright idea I figured out, as the pan shattered between my fingers. Luckily, no one was hurt, but I was pretty sad over losing the ham and my best pan.