sick day sleepyheads

This was a tricky webcam shot.  Woke up from my nap on the couch with my 2 favorite sleepyheads: Colby and Morgan, and just had to catch these 2 still in action. well, sort of, snooze action that is.. Poor Colby got sick at school yesterday, I brought him home and now we're nursing him back to health.  meow!

Snow day four: hiiii-YAAAAHHHH!!!

Another day stuck in the house while the snow melts outside.  Time to bake some cookies. Not just any cookies, but NINJA-BREAD COOKIES!!!!  Glove up, sistah!!!!

Step one: prepare your insides. tighten your abs.  work on your form.  kick! punch! chop!  slap on the pan and bake your heart out!!!

next...cool and decorate.

Sam and Colby are my fearless ninja-decorators.

Ferocious Morgan licks up the leftover frosting.

wow, these guys look mad. guess they got up on the wrong side of the cookie sheet. ha!

hey, whatcha lookin at, you want a piece of me? ummm, don't answer that, you're already drooling. i'm nervous.

Here's my class of ninja-warrior Body Combat participants. Missed that class this week, so i will take the class vicariously by eating these bad boys & girls!!  HIYAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

KICK! PUNCH! As hard as you can! You can't fight me, I'm the Ninja-bread man!!!!

mmmm, the proof is in the pudding!  (or the cookie, that is..)

..and yes, i have now been wearing these same stinky pajamas for over 42 hours straight.

Stink-o-rama, Baby!!!!!!

Snow day #3

Getting stir crazy here...and yes i am still in my jammies at 4pm and am perfectly fine with that, thank you.. and now i present to you, another silly cat video. Click & enjoy. (A bit lame actually, even the cats are tired of this snow business...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX2nfPIXoWA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Snow day jan. 2014

just dumping some photos from our day in the snow...

the view at the bottom of our hill... (moving backwards in the sequence of my wild, fast ride..)

whew!  almost landed in the half-frozen lake! 

oh wow, my ride's not over yet...will i be able to stop in time???

over the curb and woo-hoo!! down another hill to the lake!!

hmm, nice scenery, will this ride ever end?

hold on tight!!! steer!!!

weeeeee!!! here i go!!!!

me & sam (she's too cool to ride with mom anymore..)

wipe-out!!!!

and the race is on!!!

this is how we meet the neighbors at the bottom of our hill.

me & colby, sledding buddies.

i'm the caboose, extra weight on the end makes us really fly!!!

view from the top!  

i'm ready to take this on.

sam & the kids next door (BFFs)

well of course i brought my coffee out here with me..don't leave home w/o it..

colby & new friend shaun

sam & next door neighbor sisters sara beth & shelby

colby, seth, shaun

sam's first snow angel of 2014

planning stages

A week ago today, i got the crazy idea in my head that we should take a trip to Puerto Rico.  Our kids' school has a 3-week break coming up,  I've always wanted to introduce them to something slightly less American, i've always wanted to learn to surf, I've been earning some money to pay for this, so what the heck.  Today we made the final reservations.  We leave next month.  I. am. so. EXCITED!!!!

More stuff to come, as I research and romance the idea of living on this gorgeous tropical island for a whole 9 days in february.  enjoy living it vicariously before, for real during, and then in my memories afterwards.  of course there will be a few adjustments, a bit of culture shock, especially for the kids who have never left the country and not used to some of the minor inconveniences we might experience there.  I've been told it's a slightly modernized version of the Dominican Republic, which I'm quite familiar with after having lived there, in a small village off the beaten paths of tourism, for 3 years.

  

   

My kids might not appreciate the cultural "differences" of having the power and water cut off unexpectedly throughout the week or even several times daily, the joy of taking a "suicide shower" in those contraptions where the barely lukewarm water comes trickling out of an open electric socket, promising quick and hair-raising death to anyone who dares touch the spout while showering, plus the natural phenomena of greeting little friendly creatures such as gigantic spiders and roaches in one's abode on a daily basis.  then there's the minor detail of everyone there speaking spanish and me being the only one in our family who can manage to ask where the bathrooms are in a strange country.  oh yes, i am excited!!!!!!!

by the way, in the above map, the letter "A" marks where our vacation rental is located, in the small surfing town of Rincon, on peninsula on the northwest end.  Supposed to be awesome waves out there, was the site of some world championship surf competitions awhile back.  did i mention i am SOOOOO stoked for this? totally awesome dude, i mean, this is going to be like, tubular... (sorry, just practicing my 80's-style surfer lingo here...)  really just hoping i can take some good lessons and actually stand up on a board.  that would make me smile. for awhile.



 view off the terrace of our vacation rental...where i hope to sit and blog at night...




so if you see me with a blank look on my face, like i'm really not with you in the next few weeks....trust me, i'm not...i'm already on island time... pura vida!!!  ;-)

impulse buys

i cannot be trusted in the grocery store seasonal sale aisle...

...all these great discounted movies!  

(don't judge me, i haven't had time to watch them yet BUT...)

Sounds like a great night of chick flicks:

 first elf, (can't not love will ferrell)..

..then a girl who gets saved by surfing....

..then a boy who gets saved by fighting..

..pass the popcorn please!!!!

just my everyday life.

Ronda Rousey 2014 Highlight (and i thought my sister & i had some good fights!!!)