Did You Say "R"

My Dad turned 60 on Monday, and we wanted to throw him a nice party. So, we set out to plan some fun appetizers that we hadn't made before. Our friends, Trevor and Kim have made some GREAT things when we have been at their house, so for my portion of the eats, I decided to make a few of those. Trevor was nice enough to write the recipes down, and even fax them so I could get all of the ingredients in time. He is a great chef, and sort of took a few recipes and made up his own. It was so delicious that i just hoped I could even come close to what he had done.

I tried to make the Shrimp Spring Rolls, and was amazed at how well I could actually navigate the produce section of the grocery. Come to find out when I was done I put them in to boi-l, but the recipe actually said bRoil. Whoops!

McJackpot!

Today we decided to take the kids out for some "family fun" after school. We thought bowling and McDonald's was in order. We all bowled a 300 game....okay, not really, but BOY were we close.

After bowling, we headed to Micky Ds. There were some coupons in Sunday's paper, and thought we'd try them out. I actually have never taken coupons to MCD, but we decided to try it out. We weren't sure they would take 2 coupons in one order, so I had the buy one 6 piece chicken nuggets get one free. Mr. Magoo had the buy one quarter pounder get one free.

As we were walking into the store, two guys were walking out. One of them held the door for us and shouts "free hamburgers inside!" Mr. Magoo said "I wish!" and we went in. Next thing we know, the guy is coming back in and says "Hey Adam. (the guy behind the counter) You see these two little girls? Make sure that whatever ice cream they want today, they get! And if they want to make it, you make sure they get to do that too." So apparently that guy was the owner...

Then while we were sitting down waiting for the girls to finish their meal, I decided to check my email. Come to find out, there will be a recount in New Hampshire after all!

Anyway- what else could you ask for....
Free Quarter Pounder
Free 6 Piece Nugget
Free McFlurry (Oreo of course)
Free Hot Fudge Sundae
and a Recount!!!

McJackpot!

It's a bird, It's a plane....

NO- It's Dance Fever!














Monica (feeling the groove), Uncle Magoo 1 (doing his best Travolta) and me (belting out a great tune) getting down at Auntie and Uncle Magoo 2's "Indiana reception"

drinking + dancing = interesting pictures
(more party pictures to come)

New Years Eve

This year we were actually invited to a New Years Eve party! We were so excited to have somewhere to go! We were also glad that the kids had their friends to play with there too.

The Sky Is Falling

Each time Mr. Magoo leaves town for a few days something major happens. I'm not sure why this phenomenon happens, but believe me, I'd like him to just stay put! :)

This time the kids had just gone to bed and I was watching tv and I heard an awful noise. I, of course, jump to the conclusion that someone was in the house. As I headed for the kids bedroom, I realized that the giant picture above our fireplace had fallen, knocking off some of the mantle decorations. What was even more scary was when I realized that just an hour before we were all sitting in the place the picture fell playing, ironically, the game Sorry.

So after a quick call to Mr. Magoo I found out that it seems the drywall was a little damp. Again, not good! At this point we are waiting on the builder to come over and take a look. It is supposed to rain today, so I'm sure we will get a better idea as to if it was damp, or just my imagination. (I did check it 3 times, just to make sure that I wasn't making this all up!) Now that Mr. Magoo is back, I think the builder might just get a call from him too, and I'm sure a trip to the attic is in order for him. I will keep you up to date as to what we find. I'm just hoping that we don't have to replace the whole thing. (or that if we do, it isn't at our expense!)

A True Walmart Experience!

Today we made a family trek to Walmart. It is always an experience for me, as I tend to attract people that would like to tell me their life story, and it usually has something to do with jail time or how someone in their life is currently screwing things up for them. Interesting stuff, believe me. For some reason when I have the kids and Mr. Magoo as a buffer it doesn't happen. So I have learned to take them along on my trips to Walmart, so that I don't have a weird story to tell when I get home.

After our long shopping experience (of which the kids felt compelled to remind us every 3 minutes just how long it was), we were heading out the door to our car. As we walked outside I noticed a black cloud forming over a car in the lot. Then I saw the flames...to which I said something like "Oh man, is that our car?" (except that the word "man" came out sounding a lot like the word "*hi*") I quickly gave the keys to Mr. Magoo and told him that he needed to investigate , while I stayed with the kids. You know me, always a fan of the women and children hang out in the safe zone. Then came the fire truck. Boy are those things loud up close. On his way to the car, we realized that luckily it wasn't our car, but it was the one 4 cars down. YIKES~ that was close! The black smoke looked like it would be able to do some damage to cars around, so Mr. Magoo snuck in before the fire department could tell him to leave the area. He moved the car and we loaded our goods in at another location. Needless to say the kids had a lot of questions about why a car would suddenly catch fire!

Good ole' Walmart. Even when you go to extremes to NOT have a story, they find a way to give you one (at a rollback price too!)

Happy 2008!

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2008! We have been busy with organizing some things in the house. Today should be another fun organizing day. How exciting! At least when it is done, we won't have to do that again for a while.
Closets, playrooms, and cabinets....oh my! :)