tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57044384458101551622024-03-13T08:10:38.744-07:00Boring family blog...enjoymaurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-45663922894698451852014-05-04T13:07:00.003-07:002014-05-04T13:07:51.327-07:00May Family Scripture Study Plan and a few other RamblingsIt's the 1st Sunday of a new month, so of course I'm doing the new month's scripture study plan. It's been a very busy month. We went on a trip to the mountains for spring break and it went much, much better than I thought it would! I didn't know my kids would be good little hikers because we have never attempted a serious hike up a mountain, but we went on a 2 mile hike that had some pretty steep ascents, and a creek we had to cross about 10 times and the kids handled it very well and we all had so much fun on the hike! Wesley just sat on top of Erick's shoulders the entire time (Erick doesn't use backpack carriers or even strollers and never has) and Erick wasn't even phased from carrying an almost 2 year old up and down a mountain for 2 miles...but then again, he is the Mary Poppins of men--practically perfect in every way. We also toured the Linville Caverns, went gem mining, went to Tweetsie Railroad, and lots more. Here are a few highlights:<br />
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Cora inside of the Linville Caverns</div>
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See how steep this hike became! Cash did great! He found some sticks that he thought made him look like a Reindeer so he was a Reindeer for the majority of the hike! </div>
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Here is a great little spot!</div>
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The waterfall!</div>
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This is pure kid fun!</div>
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This is a teepee at Tweetsie</div>
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I thought the kids did a great job of running away from an oncoming train!</div>
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I'm amazed at how many amazing stories come out of JUST the book of Genesis in the Old Testament! We spent about 16 weeks in Genesis and now it's time to move on, but I never realized how many beloved bible stories are from that amazing book! Now we move into Exodus and things really get going! Here is the May Family Study Plan: Once again, this is formulated using scriptures suggested by the Old Testament reading challenge from the January 2014 Friend magazine, and for the Friday of each week it is Primary Focus Day where I took ideas from the 2014 Sharing Time Outline. The memorization scripture for the month is also the Primary scripture of the month. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-81582161943621116362014-03-30T11:14:00.003-07:002014-03-30T11:14:31.279-07:00It's that time again!You know...time for a new post about family scripture study!!! This month has been pretty eventful, but not in ways that I would like it to be. In the last month, Wesley brought home the stomach flu from nursery and got me, Cora, and Bryant sick, then a week and a half later, he got it AGAIN, but luckily no one caught it that time, and then this week (yes, after going to church) he got the lovely hand, foot, and mouth virus, and he is still fighting that one, but seems to be recovering. Blah. We also had several more delays, early releases, and snow days over the month, but luckily they are not making us make them all up, or we would have totally lost spring break. Something nice that happened: Had a new nephew born this week to Greg and Heather. His name is Henry Hampton and he is very, very tired, as he slept the entire day I was around him. It was nice to get the chance to see him and the cousins and all of that. <br />
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Funny story time: The other day I was tired after Wesley cried for four straight hours in the middle of the night because he was in a lot of pain thanks to his virus. I was trying to lay down during "nap time" even though I was the only person interested in a nap. I hear the door bell ring and know it is just the ups man, so I ignore it. Then I hear Cash amble to the door, open it, and say "THAAAAAANNNNNKKK YYYYOU! Oh! These are diapers for my baby brother WESLEY!! Thanks! He needs these, and I do too sometimes at night! Thank you mister box man!" Then he closes the door and yells to me "Mom! The box man in the big brown truck brought diapers for Wesley!" It is so funny getting a peak into their little brains. I think it is hilarious that to Cash, the UPS man is the box man in the big brown truck. I love it. <br />
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Also, don't forget that General Conference is this week. For a long time, I have just listened to conference and then read over the talks when they come in the mail, but lately I have started taking notes again in church (for the first time in about 8 years or so). I have been amazed at how much more information I retain. I think it's because I'm synthesizing the information in two ways, by writing and listening. I'm excited for Conference, and am excited to dedicate this week of my life to preparing to receive revelation about where God thinks I need to be going with my life. Everyone should check it out (at least out of Mormon-curiosity) at lds.org on Sunday at noon eastern time. And don't worry mom, I will be watching all four sessions, as always. <br />
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One more final word: The idea of never leaving something unsaid has been pervading my thoughts lately. I think the best new-year's resolutions are the ones that we don't think up at the beginning of the year, but the feelings and thoughts that come to us, and seemingly pull at us until we address them. I feel a strong need to not let people pass through my life without telling them how much they mean to me. So I'm trying to find ways to let special people in my life know that they are important to me, that they have made impressions on me. I truly do think the most important word in the English language is "Remember" in so many ways (seriously, I could write a book on the meanings of this word in my life), and I want people to know that I do remember them, that they have left foot prints on my heart that will never be forgotten. How many people do we let drift through our lives that deserved our acknowledgement, that needed to know how much we appreciate them? Acknowledging the effect that people have had in my life has been in one word: liberating. It's hard to explain with words, lessons that our spirits learn, but, it truly is one of the coolest things I have ever done, and I am going to continue. <br />
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Now for what you are really here for: Also, beware, there is A LOT of reading this month, but it is all worth it, because these are the BIG stories of the old Testament we are getting into here! I am basing each month's reading off of the January Friend Old Testament reading challenge, and then on Fridays, I pull from the Primary Sharing Time outline to pick what we read. Enjoy!<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Article of Faith: 7 We believe in the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">a</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gift</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">b</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tongues</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">c</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">prophecy</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">d</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">revelation</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">e</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">visions</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">f</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">healing</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; 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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 4 (Primary Focus Day) sing Families can Be Together Forever CS 188, read D&C 138: 47-48 and Alma 37:35</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 7 Genesis 29: 1-2, 10-14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 15 Genesis 37: 3-10</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 16 Genesis 37: 11-14, 18-23</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 17 Genesis 37: 24-34</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 18 (Primary Focus Day) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #39362d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE FAMILY</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #39362d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 23 Genesis 41: 1, 8-12, 14</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 24 Genesis 41: 29-36, 39-40</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apr 25 (Primary Focus Day) “</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #39362d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Children are an heritage of the Lord” (</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/127.3?lang=eng#2" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #8aa7a8; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Psalm 127:3</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #39362d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.” Family Proclamation</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<br />maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-50929364465265611872014-03-02T10:46:00.002-08:002014-03-02T10:46:38.487-08:00March Family Scripture Study PlanHello! Hope everyone is having success with their family scripture study! I have kind of made my life a little more hectic lately by deciding to entirely re-do my house (I mean everything-ripping out floors, re-painting, remodeling bathrooms--it is all happening!!!). Honestly, I was 22 when we moved into our house, and while I still love my house and want to live here for a long time to come, my tastes have changed a lot over the last 8 years, and I am ready for my house to match what I like at this point in my life. So, we are going to be living life a little differently for a while, giving up time at the gym for painting, dodging around ladders, spending Saturdays laying new flooring, etc. <br />
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But I am in no way deterred from doing our family scripture study. Here is March's plan. I am using the Old Testament study challenge from January's Friend magazine and also pulling ideas from the Primary Sharing Time outline for Fridays. Here you go!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Memorization Scripture: John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">a</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/4?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thirst</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">b</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/4?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">springing up</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> into </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">c</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/4?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">everlasting life</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Article of Faith 6: We believe in the same </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">a</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">organization</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">b</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">prophets</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">c</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pastors</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">d</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">teachers</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">e</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng#" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">evangelists</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and so forth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 6 Genesis 17: 1-7</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 7 (Primary Focus Day) Remember the Atonement Luke 22: 39-44</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 10 Genesis 13: 1-13</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 12 Genesis 19: 15-17</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 13 Genesis 19: 24-29</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 14 (Primary Focus Day) Witnesses of Christ: Mary Magdalene John 20: 1-18</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 19 Genesis 22: 10-14</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 20 Genesis 22: 15-18</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mar 21 (Primary Focus Day) Witnesses of Christ: Thomas John 20: 19-29</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-34143541782045274992014-02-02T10:31:00.000-08:002014-02-02T10:31:06.352-08:00February Family Scripture Study PlanA couple of people asked me to keep posting our scripture study plan, so I am happy to do that--keeps me accountable! This month the memorization scripture is LONG. The primary outline shortens it, so if you don't want to memorize a super long scripture, you can do just the first sentence or just choose another scripture. <br />
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Man, do I love studying the scriptures as a family! I have seen such a change for good in the behavior of my older two children. They still get in trouble a lot, but slowly but surely our moments at home are less filled with fighting and competition and more filled with fun, laughter, and playing and sometimes a little kindness ha ha! With no further adieu:<br />
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maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-15895887206299217342013-12-29T19:15:00.000-08:002013-12-29T19:15:51.985-08:00A mere year and a half or so later...plus, I am sharing our January Family Scripture Study Plan if you want to use it too!!!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, it has been a long time. Oh well. This blog will always be here when I feel the need to express myself in more than a couple of sentences on facebook. 2013 was a fabulous year, and I'm hoping 2014 will be even better! We got through Erick starting a new business, Cash was the craziest 3 year old I have EVER had, Cora and Bryant are nearly half way through the school year, and so on and on. The real reason I decided to blog was because I want to share our scripture study plan for January. That is probably my best success of 2013--getting my act together in a lot of ways after having a baby, who is not so much a baby anymore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A big way I got things together was in really getting serious about family scripture study. I realized nighttime study was just never going to work for us. My kids go to bed at two different times, and everyone is crazy right before bed. CRAZY. After trying for years to make it work, it just clicked that it was NOT going to happen. So I realized we needed to do mornings. Simple as that. I started making all of the lunches the night before which shaves off 5 minutes of time and then set the alarm clock back another 15 minutes to give us enough time for 20 full minutes of study and discussion. The best part of all is that Cora and Bryant are still young enough to where they really don't care if we wake up earlier and they really have enjoyed the studies so far. I thought this might be something a lot of people would like to do a better job at, so that is why I am sharing our plan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was torn in two ways for this year/month. I also reserve the right to study any topic at any time I see fit! I think it is always a good idea to change things to fit your family's needs. Also, on a side note, Bryant, Cora, and I all started a "read the book of mormon in a year program" back in the beginning of November so we are doing daily reading of the BOM even though there is not a lot of BOM reading in this month's plan. The Friend magazine from January has an entire year's plan to read through the Old Testament which is awesome. I love all of those old stories and am so excited to go through the scriptures and read them all with my kids! But then I looked at the Primary 2014 Sharing Time Guide thingy and it is also awesome. It is all about teaching about Christ and Eternal Families and I wanted to do it all. So my plan incorporates them both together. Monday through Thursday is Old Testament Stories and Friday's are "Primary Focus Day" where you Focus on the Primary theme of the month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So how we do each study session is we begin with a prayer and then start with an Article of Faith. We work on a new one each month. This month is #4 for us. I also ask the kids to recite a couple of other ones to keep their memories fresh. Then, we do a "scripture of the month." It is a scripture we are working on memorizing. For Dec. we did Moroni 7:45. I do not know why, but it was SO hard to memorize. Anywho, this year, I think we are going to memorize the Primary scripture of the month each month. So we recite that. Then we read the assigned reading. The assigned reading is sometimes just one verse, and sometimes several. It just depends. I try to ask questions and discuss. This whole process usually takes 15-20 minutes. I can skip the Article of Faith and the "SOTM" if I have to (but that is really the kids' favorite part) if we are running late and cut it to 8-10 mins. </span><br />
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<br />maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-42820972132211570212012-09-10T10:58:00.000-07:002012-09-10T10:58:14.214-07:00Lately<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago Erick's parent's came to town and Wesley had his baby blessing. Here's all the cousins together from the Baker side, our kids and then the wonderful Rex and Alice. It's so nice when they come to play. Usually Rex is following Cora and Cash is following Rex. Alice is always eating something, and then Bryant is usually off complaining in a corner somewhere hoping we'll cave in and just let him watch a movie (seriously, he does this at every single family event and holiday).</div>
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While Erick's parents were here I thought we would do something special so we went to Old Salem. It was alright. Cash didn't like it much so we mostly hung outside with Wesley and the stroller while every one toured. Cash was kind of scared of all the old people dressed in period clothing. Either way, it's always fun to spend time as a family. Here's the family in front of an old something-or-other.<br />
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Cora has had her heart set on having Grandma Janette at her birthday for a LONG time. So it worked out nicely that Grandma was able to come for her friend-party this year! We did a "Fancy Nancy" party with manicures, bracelet making, facials, silly masks, fancy cup cakes, pizza and fancy princess drinks! This picture was taken right before everyone started to arrive. Cora was soooo excited! Aunt Andrea and Uncle Mike came to help out too which was great because it turns out that five year olds making bracelets need help! Mike did his job by holding Wesley the entire time. The party was a great success! <br />
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And since then school has started, which is fabulous. I have time to clean my house again, I've even started going to a gym and doing classes (seriously, I hate the huge mirror at the front though...I feel like a stick figure drawing with all of these amazing looking ladies!), and am happy that I am actually keeping up! I may only be using the 10lb kettle bell, but I'm keeping up till the end! Anyways, It's fun. I especially love the extra time I get with my two sweet, sweet little boys. I love being able to focus on what Cash wants to do each day. When the older kids are home, I have to cater more towards them and their friends, etc. but I love being able to tailor our days to Cash now that the older two are at school. On the other hand Miss Cora is still claiming that she doesn't like school, and I do miss her a lot... so we'll see if we decide to stay in past Christmas. Her teacher seems very nice but does not send home any home work, and I'm not sure about the level of teaching going on, so I'm having Cora do 3-5 reading lessons at home each week...because she WILL learn to read this year one way or another! I'm starting to wonder about math...I'm going to be keeping an eye on what completed work they send home. <br />
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I'm also hoping to start some little preschool activities for Cash soon...anyways, that's what's been up with me lately! <br />
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maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-78133590014527787652012-08-24T15:49:00.000-07:002012-08-24T15:49:00.315-07:00School Lunch!<br />
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Can I just tell you about something that excites me? First off, having a baby five days into summer vacation can hamper a lot of the normal things you may do in the summer, like being outside a lot, swimming, etc. I am just not down with taking a newborn in the sun for a few hours, so a lot of my summer has been inside. I also got tired of CONSTANTLY being asked "mom whats for dinner" "EWWW!!! Gross!" and "mom, whats for snack?" "when am I getting my snack?" repeat a million times. Sooooo, a month ago, I started doing a menu that included breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack for each day. It took a bit of time to do, but the effect was marvelous. I knew what I was making, and was so much more prepared than I had been before doing the menus just for dinners, and even better, the kids knew what I was making. Now, they just look at the menu to know what we're having instead of pestering me (and I didn't know half the time either!). I also instituted a rule that no one is allowed to criticize the meal made BEFORE trying it. A certain somebody was always grossed out every night by whatever I said we were having, and then would usually end up eating it just fine, so now, that is simply not allowed! You have to try it first! </div>
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Now, with school starting on monday, I decided to make a meal calendar for the entire month. Another big decision was to make the snack the SAME every day for a week instead of coming up with varied things--too complicated! So now, there is the same snack each day, and it changes each week. I do choose something that everyone will like, like a cereal/pretzel snack mix, popcorn, etc, so that no one is miserable all week! I have found this simple thing has also made my life slightly simpler. They know what to expect, and it calms things down a little around here! Also, I am sending Cora to Kindergarten, and she is a total foodie, so I know she will not be okay with a pbj every day, unlike Bryant who basically ate a turkey sandwich every single day happily last year. He is okay with variety as long as it's bland (seriously, the boy does not like a lot of flavor, I think he is what we in the psychology world call a "super taster") So, in making the menu, I've got some fun new ideas that I am excited to try, and most of them can be made in advance and stuck in the freezer. On Saturdays when I come home from shopping I've started making the foods like muffins/ pancakes and just freezing them for the rest of the week (very exciting weekends around here! But like I said, newborns do not equal lots of crazy activities! And I actually really like baking).</div>
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To simplify the lunches, they will eat the same lunch twice each week (so two lunches) and then buy lunch on Fridays. And, no, there is no treat in their lunch. I'm so mean. But they get so many treats shoved down their throats from parents (myself included) bringing in stuff for birthdays, etc. and we make a dessert once a week. I'm not worried about it and don't want to set a precedent. I do throw in the occasional treat, but kids typically just eat what you give them, and they can buy an ice cream with their lunch on Fridays. Last year I actually made Bryant take fruit every day for his snack, but this year, I'm doing different things...I'm trying to compromise (fruit will be their afternoon snack). Finally, I know I am weird that this stuff excites me, but it simply does. Sams club also excites me. I take joy in the simple things, I seriously do. These are the things that make up my life. I spend a lot of time making food, eating food, and cleaning up food! So I think it's a good thing I like it!</div>
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Anywho, for those who are curious, here is my Sept lunch menu:</div>
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style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>Saturday<span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span> = “Sunday" 1 <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=F2 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>1</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
<> 0 <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=F2+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>2</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>2</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->2<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .5in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: .5in; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .3in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G2+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->3<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A4+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->4<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> crackers/chz<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=B4+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->5<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> crackers/chz<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=C4+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->6<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> crackers/chz<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=D4+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->7<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> buy lunch<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=E4+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->8<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=F4+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->9<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .5in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: .5in; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Hard boiled egg<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Mini bagel sandwich<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple slices<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
Home made pop tart<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Cheese stick<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
grapes<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Hard boiled egg<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Mini bagel sandwich<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple slices<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
Crackers/chz snack<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .3in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G4+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->10<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> snack mix<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A6+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->11<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> snack mix<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=B6+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->12<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> snack mix<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=C6+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->13<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> snack mix<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=D6+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->14<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> buy lunch<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=E6+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->15<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=F6+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->16<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .5in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: .5in; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pin wheels<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Triscuits<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple slices<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pumpkin muffins<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Cheese stick<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
grapes<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pin wheels<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Triscuits<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple slices<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pumpkin muffins<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Cheese stick<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
grapes<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
Snack mix<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .3in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G6+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->17<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]-->pumpkin muf.<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A8+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->18<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> pumpkin muf<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=B8+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->19<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> pumpkin muf<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=C8+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->20<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> pumpkin muf<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=D8+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->21<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> buy lunch<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=E8+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->22<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=F8+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->23<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .5in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: .5in; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pickle roll ups<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple sauce<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Ww crackers<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pizza bites<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Grapes<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
yogurt<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pickle roll ups<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple sauce<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Ww crackers<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pizza bites<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Grapes<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
yogurt<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pumpkin muffin snack<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .3in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G8<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>23</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G8 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>23</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G8+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>24</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>24</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->24<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> crackers/chz<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A10<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>24</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A10 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>24</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A10+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>25</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>25</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->25<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> crackers/chz<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=B10<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>25</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=B10 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>25</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=B10+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>26</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>26</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->26<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> crackers/chz<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=C10<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>26</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=C10 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>26</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=C10+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>27</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>27</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->27<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> crackers/chz<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=D10<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>27</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=D10 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>27</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=D10+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>28</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>28</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->28<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> buy lunch<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=E10<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>28</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=E10 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>28</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=E10+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>29</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>29</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->29<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=F10<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>29</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=F10 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>29</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=F10+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>30</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>30</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->30<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .5in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: .5in; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Turkey sandwich<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Grapes<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple sauce<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pizza bites<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple slices<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
yogurt<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pbj sandwich<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Grapes<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple sauce<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
Pizza bites<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
Apple slices<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="CalendarText">
yogurt<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
Crackers/chz<o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .3in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-bottom: none; border-left: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G10<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>30</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G10 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>30</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=G10+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>30</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
"" <span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<!--[if supportFields]><span
style='mso-element:field-begin'></span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A12<span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>0</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span>
= 0,"" <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IF <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A12 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>30</span><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>< <span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>DocVariable MonthEnd9 \@ d <span
style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>30<span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>=A12+1 <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span>31<span
style='mso-element:field-end'></span> "" <span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span><![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:
field-end'></span><![endif]--><o:p></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; height: .3in; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background1; mso-border-top-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="MsoDate" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: .5in; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-yfti-irow: 12; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; height: .5in; mso-border-themecolor: background1; mso-border-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 93.9pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.2pt;" valign="top" width="126">
<div class="CalendarText">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: .5in; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-themeshade: 191; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background1; mso-border-left-themeshade: 191; mso-border-right-themecolor: background1; mso-border-right-themeshade: 191; mso-height-rule: exactly; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.1pt;" valign="top" width="125">
<div class="CalendarText">
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maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-62640711053776801032012-05-22T17:55:00.000-07:002012-05-22T17:55:20.486-07:00Here you go.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I thought I'd share a few pictures because, well, Emma asked me to, and there may be a few random people out there, that might want to know what I look like these days...so here I am at 33 weeks. Now I am 36.5 weeks. I probably weigh about 3-5 lbs more now, so I probably look about the same. Moving on...</div>
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Since I'm posting pictures, it was easy to go ahead and down load a few more. I have absolutely loved decorating my mantle this year. I don't know what it is, but I have just gotten so much joy from doing a little something fun with each season. I did this after Valentine's day, and love it so much, I will likely leave it up for a while-through the summer, as I may not feel up to changing it for a while when the baby comes! I like that it works for spring and summer. I am however, still planning on buying a patriotic wreath for the front door! Right now I have a really pretty/glittery sunflower hanging.<br />
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I like this picture because it does two things--shows off two of my goofy kids who LOVE to pose in any picture possible. And it shows their personalities--Cora is striking a pose, and Bryant is just happy to be in a picture, getting attention! And of course, the original reason I was trying to take a picture was to capture my Easter-egg center piece! I try to keep the mantle a little more dignified, but in the kitchen I like to do fun, silly decorations. The kids love it. I think they rearranged the egg ornaments a hundred times. On Easter day, I actually had an egg table cloth and Easter egg plates, and a big banner to make it even more fun! I know I am turning into one of "those" people. And it's funny, because I used to be so uptight, judgmental and snooty about how people celebrate holidays. Now that I have these children, I have just realized, I love to make them smile, I love to celebrate with them, and do silly things, and create memories. That's why I do it. I think that's what these little kids need. I am sure there are other kids given to other parents with other needs, but, I always do what I feel is good and right, and this is what feels good and right to me. And I know it could be exactly the opposite for another family, and that's just fine. And any time my kids ask me if "such and such" character (like the Easter Bunny) is real. I always just say "he's real, if you want him to be!" or "he's real to people that believe in him!" Or, I just say "what do you think?" They seem pretty happy with those answers. Any who...here's the super-cute picture:<br />
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Finally, I had to put one with Cash in here! Here he is on Easter, hunting down eggs in our family Easter-egg hunt. I was surprised at how well the little guy did! He found a lot of eggs. I also love this because he's just in his undies--this was just a week into being potty trained, and I have him in super loose undies so he can easily maneuver them. Every body thought they looked a little funny, but I do what I have to do! And he didn't have any accidents! He is such a sweetie pie!<br />
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"Wow, ANOTHER baby!!! You already have two!!!" "Actually, this will be number four, thank you, I have one at school." "oh my!"<br />
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"Oh, this little guy (Cash) isn't going to be the baby anymore! I bet he won't like that!" Huh, I guess we'll find out. <br />
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"Is it a boy or girl" "boy" "oh, he'll be a great big brother" "that's what I'm hoping for!!!"<br />
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"Oh, I love children, I hope you're enjoying it!" "Don't worry, I am" What do you say to that???<br />
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"Oh, is it a boy or girl?" "Boy" "Have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior?" "Um, yes, don't worry, we're good" Walk away quickly.<br />
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Also, I have been nesting like crazy. About a month ago I was blessed with an AMAZING amount of energy, and I worked as hard as I could every single day to organize, organize, and organize some more. I probably spent about one or two hundred dollars (who's counting!!!) on sterelite, rubbermaid and other various organization thingys from Target, but it is SO worth it. My closet is organized, actually ever single closet is organized. And it feels wonderful. Okay, the kids have put some loving touches/changes on a couple of the closets, but each closet is at least within five minutes of complete organization-ness. Good enough for me. I also purged all of Cora's clothes and gave all of her small ones away (kept a few mementos for future grand daughters of course), and went through every single baby boy up to 4t item I own, and sorted them. It took forever, but now, when the baby comes home, I will have everything I need in an extremely large rubbermaid ready to go! The best thing of all, is that I feel a huge weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. It feels good to know everything is in it's very own place. <br />
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Now, I feel free to do some other things like make some things and store them in the freezer for post-baby (including plenty of popsicles and treats!). During the last month or so I also had a great desire to take care of some big projects that involved Erick. We have had tile for three years that has been waiting to go into our downstairs bathroom. Cute ideas from pinterest finally pushed me into begging Erick to stop working on his trucks and give a little TLC to our bathroom and laundry area. Of course, when Erick is going to do something like tile, all of a sudden we need to completely redo everything including toilet, vanity, sink, paint, the works. That was fine with me. So he did; heaven bless that man. I now have an amazing bathroom, and laundry area that I really like. I really detested our old bathroom. <br />
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A couple of weeks later, I noticed that I suddenly hated our front land scaping. It had so many weeds and was so hard to maintain, I wanted to re-do it, but that's really hard when you can't bend over a lot, and you have no idea what you are doing, or what to do. I told Erick that I didn't know why, but all of a sudden all I could think about was how much I hated our landscaping, and if he would just help me plan a new plan, I would start working on it, and he could just help IF he wanted to. So we made a new plan, and I did start to work on it. And Erick, being Erick, saw me using the manual clippers, and then came over with some electric ones and trimmed all the bushes 1000 times faster than I could. I started raking away all of the weeds for a couple of days, and one night he came with his rake and did it all and I just wheeled away wheel barrel load after load. Finally he just told me not to worry and spent an entire Saturday laying weed barrier, mulch, and then some gorgeous decorative stone, topped off with a few accent planters with monkey grass. It looked so good, I wanted to cry. I really don't deserve him, but I certainly will keep him as long as I can!!! Which in my case, is eternity. Phew.<br />
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Finally, in all of my nesting, I decided that I didn't know how I would ever potty train Cash with a newborn, or any-size baby. I know people do it all of the time, I have never been one of those people, so I was scared. I decided to go ahead with it. Cash was right at 22 months old when I did the big "training day" and all I could think of was how crazy I was for trying it, but I knew it would work, and did my best to make it a positive experience. For anyone who wants to potty train...22 months is a little too young in my opinion. I think it would have been easier if he was 24-28 months (the sweet spot for training in my opinion), but I did not have the luxury of waiting if I wanted to do it before the baby. I did prepare like it was a marathon. I was ready, and I did it, and it was a long morning, but he figured it out and went on that potty. The next week, he felt the need to test me in every single situation possible--you mean I still have to use the potty when I'm in the play room? What about the kitchen? Oh goodness, but now, a month later, he uses the potty. And anyone that thinks that they can truly potty train a child in a day is kidding themselves. But I've found it's a good start, and it really takes about a month, a little less if you're lucky. It certainly has not made my life any easier though. I have to bend over all the time, and he now is insulted when I put on his diaper at night and does everything in his power to escape his lumbering, slow, mother. It is pretty exhausting. I just tell myself, we would have had to do it eventually either way, and now it's done (mostly). Besides, he is so proud of himself, and has earned tons of jungle animal figures, which he loves because he was afraid of going #2 for a while, so I used the animals as a motivator. <br />
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Okay, Erick came home a half hour ago. I should go talk to him. I hope you have enjoyed my little slice of blogging. maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-37155054549839957272012-02-27T17:20:00.003-08:002012-02-27T18:14:15.904-08:00The Joy of Eating.<span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">It's been a little while since I wrote, and Erick is changing something or another on his truck tonight, so I figured I'd give the internet world a slice of what I've been thinking lately. You want to know what I've been thinking? First of all, I have been thinking of about a million different things, and all of them all the time. But to get slightly more specific, I tend to think about FOOD. Yes, as a pregnant person, I have been reduced to the lowest common denominator. FOOD. I have almost no will power any more, and since I always struggle to gain weight in pregnancy, I pretty much have the green light to go for whatever I want!!! But seriously, I do feel pathetic about it. I like to think that I have self control, and that I can make wise choices, but last week, after an hour of swimming with Cora, I realized after we pulled out of the parking lot that I was so hungry, I was literally shaking. I didn't know if I could make it home ( especially not to the sad sight of something like a plain sandwich), and all of a sudden, I knew exactly what was going to happen. Cook Out. Hush puppies, grilled chicken, french fries, corn dogs, Coke float, I wanted it all, and you bet your bottom dollar I went right through that drive through and had about five puppies to tide me over till' we got home. Cash and Cora are loving my new-found obsession with food. Normally I actually never eat fast food, or do so very, very rarely. But these days, I've just got to have what I want right away, and I've got a pretty good excuse...it is the one thing I like about pregnancy. Food tastes good, and I get to eat what I want. </span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">After Cash was born, I felt so busy and overwhelmed that I literally only ate when I realized I was starving and could not continue folding the endless loads of laundry, or spending 45 minutes nursing, or cleaning up puke or whatever. I was soooo tired all the time, and did not enjoy food at all. Slowly, as I started to put my life back into balance, I began to enjoy my life again (along with food), and began making my own yogurt, bread, tortillas and all that good stuff. I truly felt like I was flourishing. I love to flourish by the way. That's how I feel when I am truly happy; like I am flourishing. So then I had to go and get pregnant again, and the flourishing thing has gone out the window, but now I am creeping out of the sick-pregnant lady stage/tired all the time to a lesser degree of flourishment, but flourishing all the same. I've actually been thinking a lot about the word of wisdom (our church's dietary guidelines) and trying to figure out exactly how I can live them to the fullest extent. I think it is a real journey, and different for each person. Sometimes I feel like some people have had extreme (or what I considered at the time to be extreme, but I actually feel like I understand now) views, and they try to force them on me, but as I've slowly pondered what I think I should do, I've decided to make some changes to my diet, and have actually had so much fun over the last couple of months trying some new things! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">First of all let me state: If I want cook out, I am getting cook out. If I want a burger, I will get one, but I am trying to consume less meat over all. I decided to limit our menu plan to one week night entree including meat per week about six weeks ago, and am proud to say, I have stuck to it (with a lot of help from pinterest!). I think it is actually a lot easier to cook without meat because it just takes less time and one less step. I am so shocked that after 28 years of being a regular meat eater, I have not missed it in our meals at all. That is not to say I only eat meat at one meal per week. Erick will sometimes bring home lunch that has meat, or we'll make a big meal with meat for our one night and it ends up making tons of leftovers that I eat for lunch for a few days, so it's definitely less meat, but meat still ends up in my diet more than one time a week most weeks. Either way, I am not sure if I want to eliminate it totally or not. I am comfortable with this, and will continue this way as long as I feel that way. The neatest thing has been trying new things and in new combinations. Just yesterday, I made my favorite curry and instead of chicken, I used cashews. It was DELICIOUS. I mean, I wanted to cry it was soooooo good. My kids gobbled it up too. Also, I have finally learned how to make pizza! I realized pizza is a super easy way to have a meatless meal ( and seriously, I don't really count the one and a half pieces of pepperoni that end up on my slice as being our "meat meal" of the week...I said I'm not strict!). I tried<a href="http://annies-eats.com/2008/08/15/perfect-pizza-crust/"> this</a> recipe for pizza crust and am now in love. My kids think I'm a rock star now that I can make tasty pizza. I hear things like "Mom! This is the best night Evarrrrrrr!" when I make pizza. So without further adieu, I am going to share my curry recipe, and then my pizza topping favorites, so maybe you can enjoy the bliss that is this deliciousness (if you are pregnant, you will probably enjoy this even more):</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Mango Cashew Curry</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1 can coconut milk</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1 (or two) mangoes</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">2 potatoes cooked and sliced (optional)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1 cup frozen green beans thawed (this is how we use all of our green beans we freeze from our garden)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1/2 cup to 1 cup chopped cashews</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1-2 tsp red curry paste or other curry paste of your choice</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1 tsp salt</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">coconut</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Your favorite rice </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">First, get the rice going. If you are lucky like me, your rice cooker has a steam basket, so I peel and chop my potatoes and put them in the basket, and when the rice is done, my potatoes are as well</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Next, peel your mango and cut all the fruit off the big pit/seed thing. Pour coconut milk into blender and then add your mango. Puree this. I like mine chunky so I can get nice chunks of mango, but if you don't like a lot of texture, puree until smooth. Pour the puree into a pan, then simply add green beans, cut up, cooked potatoes, and cashews, and salt. IF YOU HAVE KIDS, go ahead and dish theirs up before you add the curry unless they just love curry. The curry is pretty spicy and mine won't eat it, but they love the sauce without it. Okay, now add your curry. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Serve over your favorite rice (I choose jasmine for this dish) and then top with coconut and if you have a second mango you can slice it up and add to the top for added flavor. I am unfortunately allergic to fresh mango and don't do this, but can eat it when cooked! Store any leftovers separate from the rice (if you combine them the rice will kind of soak it up...it's gross, just trust me), and it is honestly better the next day!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Next: </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Pizza awesomeness~</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">These are the three pizza combos I did after following <a href="http://annies-eats.com/2008/08/15/perfect-pizza-crust/">this</a> recipe pretty much exactly for the crust. Just a tip to people that don't love making their own bread, the dough is ready when it has JUST reached the point of when you touch it, it doesn't stick to your finger, but bounces back. It should not be super sticky! So as soon as you get to that point, you are done! Don't add any more flour! Okay, her recipe says it makes two pizzas, well the only stone at target was pretty small, so I make three pizzas. Here is what I did tonight:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1: Plain jane pepperoni</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">-pizza sauce</div><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">-</span>mozzarella<span style="font-size: 100%;"> cheese</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">-pepperoni</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">cook for 10 minutes on my stone that has been waiting for me in a 500 degree oven. Perfect.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">2: Garden veggie</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">-about two TBL basil pesto-spread thin layer over dough</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">-then top with mozzarella cheese</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">-I cut up a tomato, about four mushrooms, and a small zuccini, tossed them in a bowl with a little olive oil and salt and poured it over the cheese.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">same baking instructions as above.</div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >3: Baked potato pizza </span></div><div><span >-When I was a teenager we would sometimes order pizza from a gourmet pizza place and this was my favorite. It is now out of business, but I never forgot it, and tonight, I finally recreated it! It was delicious!!!!</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >-alfredo sauce-I have had a jar of this stuff in my pantry for who knows how long because I think it tastes gross on pasta, but would be just the right thing for this pizza. I was right. You could use home made if you really want to be a super star though. Spread liberally over pizza dough.</span></div><div><span >-sliced cooked potato. I just boiled a small pot of water and cooked three small potatoes, for <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>15 minutes, then halved them, then sliced them. I put a layer on over the alfredo sauce. How many you use will be a matter of taste. I put a lot, but definitely left space in between each one.</span></div><div><span >-cheddar cheese: Apply liberally over the potatoes!</span></div><div><span >-bacon!!! I buy precooked bacon from sams club (not bacos! But actual precooked, crumbled bacon). Sprinkle liberally over cheese. If you have to, you can cook some bacon, chop it, and sprinkle that--do what you have to do!</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >Now, bake on the 500 degree stone for 10 minutes and you're good to go! Serve with sour cream for dipping! I LOVED all three of these pizzas-especially the potato one. The only problem I ran into was getting the pizza from my preperation area to the actual scalding hot stone. The recipe I used suggested using corn meal, but that did not go so well for me. I tried plenty of flour and a big spatula to get it to slide and that worked okay, but was still a little scary, so anyone with any tips, please share! And, if I were a real blogger I would have taken pictures. But I am not, so just use your imagination, and I'll try and remember for next time!</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div>maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-55666109390285799602011-12-14T19:10:00.000-08:002011-12-14T19:50:22.151-08:00INITIATE RANT HERE:Don't ask me why, but I am so ticked tonight. It is for a very silly reason, but it doesn't change the way I feel. Here goes: Bryant (SIX YEARS OLD) is NOT allowed on my computer for any reason whatsoever EVER. Even though every now and again, I do allow him a small bit of time to somewhat relieve his addictive self and play computer, but it is very rare. I can't be mean all the time right? But I constantly catch him oh, just "checking the time" "checking the weather" "checking the school lunch calendar" "changing the pandora station" and my favorite, playing music on the media player. Even though, every single day, I tell him that even just "checking" things is not allowed because somehow these things wind up messing up my computer or changing settings that I have no idea how to change. <div><br /></div><div>And today was no exception. I heard signing time music streaming through the computer, which he is not allowed to do which he did anyways, which should not even require the internet, and yet somehow when I sit down to check my stuff after putting the kids down to bed, I open up google chrome to a completely blank home page where all of my favorite tabs should be. Big deal right? Well, it should not be a big deal. Except that it is. I LIKE my favorite tabs. It annoys me that they are now gone, and I have absolutely no idea how to bring them back. It is frustrating. And I know that I am not really THAT frustrated about this, that this is only a small problem that is just symptomatic of a much larger problem, but it is literally making me feel crazy tonight.</div><div><br /></div><div>So what are the real problems here that are really bothering me? Well, there's at least ten of them to be honest. For starters, as a person that inherently does not like change, I have really learned to roll with the punches over the last several years. You don't really have a choice when you decide to have lots of kids...if you want to be happy, you learn to deal with change, and be optimistic and all that. You learn to be patient and to wait for good things to happen, and they do. But somewhere, inside, I like to just have a couple of things that I don't have to change. For example...I like Sam's club. I am not a big Costco fan. I don't care that everybody and their cat LOVES costco, I just like sams. I don't have to change that. I can shop at Sams club forever and never have to change. I think that's AWESOME. I feel the same way about my little google chrome tabs. I really liked that they were my favorites. I know this is so silly as I am typing it, but it still doesn't change that I am so bummed about Bryant somehow deleting everything. I am even chuckling to myself as I am writing this ridiculous post, but it is still the truth. I bet some of you think I need real problems. I actually pride myself in being able to deal quite well with the real problems in life, but I think part of that is because I hold onto these tiny little bits of myself that I feel like I can just leave the same, and when someone messes with them, especially when I am pregnant and had to miss book club, I get ticked off. </div><div><br /></div><div>In my current situation, I am literally almost never alone. In fact, a lot of the day features someone climbing on me. Any time I sit down, that is a signal for someone to ask me for something. Most of the times when I make dinner there is at least one comment about how gross it is. You have to be pretty tough to make it in this world. I still also have sooooo many aspirations for other factions in my life, but right now, this is the path I have chosen, and this is what I want to be doing. But gal-darn-it I WANT MY @*#&$^& tabs where I %#!*@ left them! </div><div>Also, there is currently a crippling fear floating around my brain that having this 4th baby will be too hard, and that my summer is going to be miserable and depressing. I think that kind of puts a damper on things too. I love to flourish and create, and live life to my interpretation of it's fullest potential. I can't do that right now because I am pregnant, and I'm okay with that. This pregnancy I am actually doing pretty fabulously mentally-speaking, and I have a really good feeling about the remainder of my nine months, even though I generally do not enjoy being pregnant. But when the baby is born, I just really don't know what to expect, except that I'll be super tired, and I absolutely hate being tired. I guess in the end I just fear the unknown. </div><div><br /></div><div>As I'm typing this (I'm totally analyzing myself), I'm realizing that I'm simply coming from a place of fear. I also hate fear. I know we're on this earth to face challenges, to suffer, but also more than anything to experience joy. When I was trying to decide if I should have another baby, I realized that my pregnancy though hard, painful, and uncomfortable, could be a joyful experience, and this new attitude which I did not have with my previous pregnancies has led me to be able to be a happy pregnant person. When I realized that pregnancy did not have to be super-horrible and that I could be happy, the decision was pretty easy, and we are having #4. And for some reason, that simple realization on my part has set a very positive tone for this time around which I can also see reverberating through the rest of my family and especially my spouse! So, I guess it is about time, I decide to be a happy new, tired mom, and realize that maybe it will be possible for me to be happy when the new baby comes. I'll tell you when I get there. </div><div><br /></div><div>PS. Did you like my little self-exploration there? </div>maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-14482288526635557002011-11-27T16:30:00.000-08:002011-11-27T17:09:13.513-08:00Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8t9dKOtD7uGWM7Pdgkmh3Ipu1DoSPHm6QQvn9f0Xq6GSTFhc9mpzbRarCJCuXBADJ0qASTzLehp3T-nQabWSMKj-NW5B_e_S6RVGE2eaZP_g_p4Uh_dPfbKjz0q8wLtd7W7vae-mA2jJ/s1600/DSC_3385+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8t9dKOtD7uGWM7Pdgkmh3Ipu1DoSPHm6QQvn9f0Xq6GSTFhc9mpzbRarCJCuXBADJ0qASTzLehp3T-nQabWSMKj-NW5B_e_S6RVGE2eaZP_g_p4Uh_dPfbKjz0q8wLtd7W7vae-mA2jJ/s400/DSC_3385+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679846285022812466" /></a><br />I just wanted to do a quick facebook status update, but then I realized I had too much to say, so I came back to my trusty blog. It's about time for a new post anyway. So we had a great Thanksgiving with Greg, his wife Heather, Rex and new baby Alice, along with my mom and dad. Unfortunately, I felt like a bum because I was not feeling well, and teetered between being so tired I wanted to take a three hour nap, and feeling nauseated, so I don't think I was a very good guest. I'm hoping to make up for my Thanksgiving performance with a hosting a very lovely Christmas. We'll see how that goes. So here's the rundown of cute/random stuff going on 'round here:<div><br /></div><div>Me-if you don't already know, yes I am expecting our 4th child. If you want to know...when you are pregnant with your fourth, at least 20 people will ask you if it was an accident. Maybe more. No, it was not an accident. We have our reasons. And any person that thinks that the more children you have, the less attention they get has obviously never been a part of a big family, or their big family was lame. Last night Erick and I were discussing that Cash is literally ALWAYS playing with someone. He gets attention literally all day. If he's not helping Daddy outside, he's helping mom cook in the kitchen, and if he's not helping mom, he's wrestling Cora (which is their favorite thing to do), or throwing a ball with Bryant. There is 24/7 interaction going on around here! So I'm not worried about having enough time for this next little one, I'm more worried about making it through the next 6 months without dying of hating being pregnant, or being buried under a huge pile of laundry. </div><div><br /></div><div>-Erick-amazing as always. Anecdote time: Erick forgot to tell me we were having the missionaries for dinner and I found out in Sacrament meeting when Bryant looked at the program and saw that it was our night. Erick also planned all of his home teaching for tonight, and said it would be fine. I took the lazy person's way out and threw some potatoes in the oven, made a blue cheese wedge salad (seriously, they are my FAVORITE thing right now), and thanked heavens that I had a random box of jello no-bake cheescake, and quickly made that too. While we're all setting the table, setting out toppings for the potatoes and such, and straightening up the house Erick decides that he would like to make something for his four familes (three inactive). So he proceeds to whip out some pretzel rods, almond bark, and sprinkles and make the loveliest chocolate-dipped pretzel rods, then wraps them very artistically in parchment paper and Christmas ribbon all in about TEN minutes. The missionaries come, eat, and then he's off with his pretzels. I wish I were as good of a visiting teacher as he is a home teacher!</div><div><br /></div><div>-Bryant- Is SO EXCITED about Christmas! We decorated the inside of the house the day after Thanksgiving, and I surprised Bryant and Cora with their own little pre-decorated Christmas trees (they are only about 8" tall or so) that I bought last year the day after Christmas on clearance. The trees may be small, but they did the trick, Bryant and Cora were soooo excited to have a tree of their very own. We also let them each have a strand of lights for their room, and Bryant also snagged a strand of garland and strung that along with the lights around his bed. He also has his own countdown to Christmas sign where he can write how many days are left till Christmas each day. Erick caught him trying to tack a nail to his door so he could hang a "welcome" sign, but we had to draw the line somewhere. And tomorrow, Bryant is taking his little tree to school to show it off. I asked him if his teacher is okay with stuff, and he said "maybe...probably...sometimes." We'll see. Also, Bryant has been making his own lunch, which has been wonderful. It's nice to not have to worry about that anymore!</div><div><br /></div><div>-Cora-Has enjoyed cooking in her kitchen for me lately. I will sit on the couch while she makes various things like grape smoothies, omelets, pizzas, and cake, and all I have to do is pretend to eat it, and she's happy. She likes to keep a well-stocked kitchen supplied with cups, bowls, and several utensils she borrows from my kitchen. She talks just about every minute she is awake and often makes herself laugh. Most times, I can't even get a word in edge-wise, all I have time to do is nod my head. I think it's so funny that she likes me to sit, and watch, and she's happy. If I accidentally wander away, because I think she's playing just fine without me, she'll come get me. It's nice to know the small part you play in someone's life is an important one. Right now she is really developing her own style, opinions, and personality, and a lot of times she is pretty independent, and mostly is off in adventureland using her amazing imagination. So I like it when she wants me around. </div><div><br /></div><div>-Cash-HAH, what can you say about Cash? He is simply the apple of everyone's eye around here. The last few days he has decided that he really likes kissing me. And about every five minutes (literally!) he will stop whatever he is doing, climb up into my lap, and plant a big one, right on the lips. I've tried to give him my cheek, but he will persist until I give him a big kiss on the lips! He is the first one to be so into kissing. It's pretty funny, cute, but sometimes a little gross. His obsession with "doggies" is ever-growing. He saw a dog on TV and just ran up to it barking, and wouldn't stop until the dog was off the screen. He loves all of the neighborhood dogs, and any time he hears a bark he says "DOGGY!" and proceeds to bark. We now call the neighbor's dog Cash's dog, because he goes outside so much to peek through the fence at him (and heaven knows the neighbors never pay any attention at all to the poor thing). My friend gave me some fleece material covered in adorable puppies, and I don't think Cash is going to let me hem the edges because he hasn't put it down since we got it today. He's sleeping with it right now. I'd say the chances of us eventually ending up with a dog are rising...rising! Even though I would never consider getting one until our youngest is in kindergarten, we'll see if the obsession continues!</div><div><br /></div><div>-So there is my little status update. Hope you enjoyed it.</div><div><br /></div>maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-52718304575918671082011-08-08T17:38:00.000-07:002011-08-08T18:11:39.549-07:00Cashinator<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyS197vHsC_wtbbm8034Zze9i1HTBZwe-yfldBsFicFcNkk2LAA2LuLlvv-0rjO1Ymj-CzWcFU7_UE8lXTVBsDuSNEwEBf6UWihW88p3ipV__xCD5nOx5DNtgiwJ2QuqOxFPaoVj35vxZ/s1600/031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyS197vHsC_wtbbm8034Zze9i1HTBZwe-yfldBsFicFcNkk2LAA2LuLlvv-0rjO1Ymj-CzWcFU7_UE8lXTVBsDuSNEwEBf6UWihW88p3ipV__xCD5nOx5DNtgiwJ2QuqOxFPaoVj35vxZ/s400/031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638650284617227394" /></a>Why do I want to write about this little guy? I don't know. I just feel like it I guess. He's just changing soooo fast. My world is so different today than it was even a month ago. He was little Mr. cuddly for a whole year, and now....well, if he wrote me a letter, it would go a little like this.<div>
<br /></div><div>Mom,</div><div>I just want you to know that I think you're great. I do. But, there's going to be a few changes from here-on out. You know how you like to hold and cuddle me? Well, now that I can walk WITH PROFICIENCY, that is no longer necessary. I no longer need any help with ANYTHING...EVER. Even though I am not even 15 months old yet, I would now prefer to walk in the grocery store instead of ride in the cart. At home, I will climb and descend the stairs at will. I will feed myself, PERIOD. When you futilely try to change my diaper, I will scream my head off and try with every ounce of my twenty pounds (which is actually quite strong if I do say so myself) to wriggle out of your control, and if I can, I will throw my dirty diaper at your face. I will also try to smack you in the face and laugh at it. Even though you are no longer allowed to assist me with anything anymore I would still like you to linger around in my presence enjoying all of the fancy things I have learned how to do. If you so much as attempt to sit down at the computer, open a book, talk on the phone, or walk into another room for any purpose, I will scream at you and come cry and try to climb in your lap until you come back and sit on the floor (definitely not allowed on the couch) and watch me do whatever it is I was doing. I want to make sure you see all of the adorable faces I make and hear my adorable laugh (one of my more redeeming qualities). </div><div>
<br /></div><div>The only exceptions to these rules are if I am REALLY tired and am at church, you are then allowed to stand and rock me (sitting is not allowed in this type of situation), and if I am sick. If and when I am sick, I will cut you a break and allow you to change my diaper and rock me as much as possible, as I do not have the strength to do anything else. That is all.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Love, Cash</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Ummmmm, that would be it! I'm hoping this might be a phase, but I have been through it all before. This "phase" lasted until Bryant was 3 and a half, gosh, maybe even four. I remember wistfully looking at the mom's in Target who's young children would simply walk next to them as they walked down an aisle. I had to ban Bryant from Wal mart for nearly a year. I wasn't even able to enter a library with him until he was 3, and we left in a tantrum. I don't want to have to do all that again, but I may. The funny thing is, is that Cash and Bryant have such different personalities, but somehow, they are both fiercely independent, and for some reason, they seem to be acting quite similarly (if you compare them at the same age). Luckily, along with the wiggles, and desire to be completely independent before the age of two, they have plenty of wonderful things that I love (like being adorable charmers), and honestly, I do love a good sense of independence, and I know it is a wonderful quality to have as an adult, it just sometimes make for a difficult road for the parent! </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Even now, Bryant is a very demanding child, and will test me to my very limit, but he is SOOOO endearing. In his heart he is the very biggest momma's boy, and that is what keeps me wrapped around his little finger. It's almost like we have an understanding. He breaks some rule, I'll give him a consequence, and we always part as friends. He never gets mad at me for imparting a punishment, which is nice, because he does tend to break a lot of rules, and therefore gets a lot of consequences, so the fact that he doesn't think of me as a "mean mom" is nice. He just is usually willing to take the punishment. That's why I'm always tweaking my consequences and rewards to see what will motivate him...anyway, back to Cash. I'm not that certain of his being a mamma's boy yet, but luckily, he is very loving and so happy to be a part of our family, he is just trying to be an individual and figure out what he wants to do. So for now, I will continue trying to accommodate this tiny one-year old with a larger than life personality.</div><div>
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<br /></div>maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-42079049814050367972011-06-12T18:02:00.000-07:002011-06-12T18:12:11.679-07:00Running a business....So I know everyone knows I'm doing a window cleaning business with Travis my future brother in law. It's going just dandy. But here's the thing. Travis leaves in a mere three weeks, or maybe it's even two weeks, either way, it's soon. I have been really going back and forth over whether I should keep it going, or just close up shop when he leaves and gets married. Erick some how has convinced me that I should just keep it going, and that it's "good for me" to run a business. I'll admit, most of the time I don't mind it. Most of the time it hasn't been a big deal. The time I put into it kind of comes in spurts. Like having to go set up the bank account or go make it legal at the court house. It hasn't made me any less of a mother to my kids, in fact, if I become profitable, it could allow us a few more luxuries like more lessons/sports, etc. But I guess what it comes down to is that every one (or at least everyone I know) has some degree of free time to do with what they please. Some people watch TV, some people blog, some people, crochet, some people play on facebook, some people read, and some people apparently run window cleaning businesses. I actually enjoy all of the above.<div><br /></div><div>Either way, Erick told me a few tips and today I find myself with a sales team of three eager young men, who are ready to sell for me, and I've already made a power point presentation and planned our first sales meeting. All of this I did after all the kids were in bed, and we're still going to the water park tomorrow. The next couple of weeks will be very telling. Here's hoping I can maintain the balance, and somehow turn this thing into a way to provide some young men in our area who really need work, and also benefit my self and my family. Fun hobby huh?</div>maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-37375775876818702472011-05-29T14:57:00.000-07:002011-05-29T15:31:21.660-07:00What I do when I'm in a hurry!I've had fun having Emma and her fiance, Travis stay with us while Travis rotates between working as a sub on Erick's crew and washing windows. I've tried to make easy meals that can feed all seven of us and feed us cheap! I've also tried to make meals that Emma and Travis will be able to make easily after they are married. Emma said I should write them down for her, so I thought it would be a good blog post. So here are some of my favorite EASY meals to make. I do enjoy cooking all types of food, some of my favorites are more involved, but these are some easy ones! And when I say easy, I mean easy. I don't mean the recipe that says it's a 30 minute recipe and then it takes an hour. I mean these things are seriously easy and cheap to make. And can get you out of trouble if it's 5:30 and you haven't come close to starting dinner! Also, there is one thing I will NOT do any more. I rarely ever use short cuts like "cream of whatever" soup. I probably use less than four cans of that kind of stuff a year. I stopped using it when Cora was diagnosed with her soy allergy, and now I almost never use them. There are a few recipes that I feel like taste really great using those, but they are the exception. I also think they generally are just not very good for us, and that you can make fast, delicious meals using stuff that isn't so....canned. Most of the recipes started out as something more complicated and I simplified them into something easy to make. So here you go:<div><br /></div><div>Veggie Stir Fry:</div><div>1 onion</div><div>1-2 Green Peppers</div><div>1 8 oz container mushrooms</div><div>water</div><div>italian dressing</div><div><br /></div><div>Basically, you just cut the onion and bell pepper into strips and if the mushrooms are not already sliced, you slice them. You can then add a little seasoning salt over the top of the veggies, and then I just stir fry them in the water and then pour a little of the italian dressing over top for flavor and stir fry them until they are crisp and seared on the edges. I serve it over hot rice and it's delicious!</div><div><br /></div><div>Kitchen Sink potatoes:</div><div>Any kind of potatoes (enough to feed your family or fit on a 10x15 cookie sheet)</div><div>Any leftover cheeses you have ( a lot of times if I have just a little of a lot of different cheeses left, I just use all of them)</div><div>butter (you decide how much)</div><div>salt</div><div>garlic powder</div><div>italian seasoning</div><div><br /></div><div>Peel them or not, your choice. Then either slice them with a food processor or by hand, just get them thin. Spray your cookie sheet with pam. Preheat oven to 400. Put potatoes in a bowl and mix in your desired amount of melted butter (you can also try olive oil. I have, but I just like the butter better). Sprinkle in some seasoning salt, or plain salt, olive oil, and italian seasoning and mix it up until all of the potatoes are covered. I have found that when you smell a faint aroma of garlic you know that it is seasoned the proper amount. Then you spread the potatoes in a single layer (or as close as you can get) on your cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Take out and stir, then sprinkle your various cheeses (our favorites are feta, cheddar, and Parmesan) over the top. Bake until the potatoes are thoroughly cooked. I usually serve these with other veggies or a salad.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Road Kill</div><div>hamburger patties</div><div>mushrooms</div><div>onions</div><div>cheese</div><div>hot cooked rice</div><div><br /></div><div>This was served at the restaurant I used to waitress at. You cook the hamburger. You sautee the onions and mushrooms. Place patty on a bed of rice then top with mushrooms, onions and cheese. Melt the cheese over top with a microwave if it doesn't melt on it's own. It's actually pretty tasty.</div><div><br /></div><div>Beans and Rice</div><div>Black Beans</div><div>Rice</div><div>Can of tomatoes (or fresh)</div><div>garlic</div><div>cumin</div><div>chicken broth paste</div><div><br /></div><div>For this recipe I put my rice in the rice cooker and then I add a little garlic (minced or powder), cumin and some bulion cubes or the bulion paste (the paste actually does not really dissolve very well for some reason, so if you use it you have to stir it half way through). When the rice is finished I like to add a little lemon juice and if you have any orange or apricot jam or marmelade I like to add a couple of tablespoons of that as well along with some chopped cilantro.</div><div><br /></div><div>For the beans you need enough cooked black beans to serve your family. For ours it's about three or four cups. You add a can of tomatoes or two cups chopped up fresh. I add cumin, garlic, and some broth paste. warm it up, simmer it, and it'll be done before the rice! Top with cilantro. I like to serve this meal with salad. </div><div><br /></div><div>Rosemary Chicken</div><div>Enough pieces of chicken for your family</div><div>enough potatoes for your family (I like to cut them in the shape of french fries)</div><div>Olive oil</div><div>garlic</div><div>rosemary</div><div>salt</div><div><br /></div><div>You peel your potatoes or not and then cut them into chunks and then put them in a large bowl with your chicken. Pour olive oil over top. It's probably around three or four tablespoons. Add garlic, some dried rosemary and salt. To tell if you've added the right amount you should be able to smell your spices (just a hint, not overwhelming). Then spread on a cookie sheet and bake in your oven at 400 for 20 minutes or until done. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That's all for now!</div>maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-1461413686775012702011-05-21T12:31:00.000-07:002011-05-21T12:55:28.775-07:00Well, I blew it!I did not meet my goal of posting every day for 30 days. I have a sneaking suscpision that my sister was able to only because she does not currently have three kids, a house to take care of, guests (which sometimes includes herself), a baby who decided to start waking up at midnight every night for a bottle because his ear infection has likely not healed, and a new business to worry about (which I have actually stopped worrying about as of yesterday). <br /><br />Any who, we had a good week. My house kind of looks like a tornado of coupons has passed through it, because it's been triples week at Harris Teeter, so I've been cutting coupons, searching for coupons, and shopping every day because I can save so much money and get so much stuff so it's actually worth my time. On a normal week I only spend about an hour working on coupon stuff, but this week it's probably been about an hour or a little more per day, but I'm able to buy things our family needs for next to nothing soI put the time in to reap the benefits. And I do multi task like crazy. Last night Erick worked on setting up some new office equipment while I searched online for coupons stuff and we talked and had an enjoyable time, so the time spent on it is not always time that is spent exclusively on finding/cutting coupons.<br />Today I came home with:<br />-2 packages of hot dogs<br />-2 frozen pizzas<br />-6 individual frozen entrees (Erick likes to have things that are immediately available and that require no imagination for lunch or he just goes and buys fast food, so I always load up when possible)<br />-1 non frozen entree<br />-3 packages of rice<br />-2 bottles salad dressing<br />-2 boxes ritz crackerfuls<br />-3 seasoning sat<br />-2 packages turkey bacon<br /><br />All for $4.00.<br />Pretty good. I only did buy 23 items though because they limit you to 20 tripled coupons, and I've already gotten all the good deals that did not require coupons on previous days this week, but I still feel like it was worth my time because we will use every single thing I bought! Anyways, sometimes it's fun to brag a little I guess. I will be glad when the sale is over though because I'm kinda tired of coupons!maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-34223301339389883322011-05-17T16:39:00.000-07:002011-05-17T17:08:21.260-07:00The Little Match GirlThe Little Match Girl is a book that one usually relates to winter and Christmas time. But Bryant was reading it on Sunday and it made me want to write something about it. This book was written long ago by Hans Christian Anderson and we have a lovely copy with beautiful artwork. I am not "in to" art, but I love this book and all of the artwork in it. Most people probably think of it as a sad a depressing book. Try to read it out loud without crying (impossible--just ask Emma). Alas, I love this book. I'll tell you why. In the book, a young girl who lives in poverty tries to sell matches to help with the family income. No one is buying and she cannot go home because she will be beaten for not selling them. She becomes so cold that she goes into a corner and strikes a match. She then has grand dreams of food, warmth, and the one person who has ever been kind to her, her late grandmother. Eventually, she strikes all of the matches because she does not want her vision of her grandmother to fade, and her grandmother comes and takes her to heaven leaving her frozen, tiny body behind.<br /><br />This was published in 1845, and I think it is such a sensitive, loving, real look at poverty. I like it because it says that there is hope. There is so much poverty. Not as much in the US, but all around the world people die all the time because of poor living conditions, sickness, disease, malnutrition, and many reasons. How can we comprehend the meaning of it all? How is this possible? How is it fair? How do we make sense of it? What gives these little lives meaning? I think the story answers these questions by saying that even though this sweet little child only knew cruelty, cold, and misery, she would be saved and taken to heaven in the end, and encircled in the arms of love. I believe this as well. There is another life to heal these pour little ones that have to suffer while here on earth.<br /><br />Another thing that is of interest in the book is that people only pay attention to her after she is dead. They discover her body and act like it shouldn't have happened, but surely these are the same people that passed her by when she was selling the matches without a second thought. I think their neglect is a reflection of how we do neglect suffering and pretend that it isn't happening until we can't ignore it and then tsk-tsk the fact that happened. It is a caution to us to watch for those in need, and take them seriously.<br /><br />I've never tried to shield my children from the fact that death, poverty and suffering are a part of life. They comprehend it at a very basic level. When Bryant finished reading the book he was surprised that the little girl died, and he didn't say anything else about it. Cora also likes the book, and I've explained a simple version of what I've written here to her. I also let them watch the news with me (which I only watch on occasion) and they ask questions, and we just tell them that there are lots of good and bad things that happen. There are wars, tornadoes and everything in between. Life just happens, but we teach them that they can choose how they react to what happens to them, and that they need to have a relationship with God so that they can make good decisions and be guided as to what they need to do. And that most importantly, they don't need to fear. Good or bad, they seem to be compassionate and accepting of all kinds of people. It will be interesting to see how the future unfolds.maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-85433160953230934722011-05-16T18:16:00.001-07:002011-05-16T18:31:58.491-07:00Busy DayBusy day here, and it's not over yet. I need to pay attention to my house a little more before I go to bed. I've been giddy with excitement about starting my new business today (and very happy to have about 10 people want their windows cleaned without having to knock any doors! I just hope a few more Greensboro folks come around, either way, It's amazing.) and I've kind of just been doing the bare minimum. But life is still full court press no matter what. In a show of support Erick brought me home a very nice new office chair. He said a manager can't manage without a fancy chair. Considering I'd been sitting on a $20 kitchen chair from Ikea for the last year, I'm in heaven in this very nice, cushy, chair. Some fun things from my day:<br /><br />Bryant telling Cora "I hate you" and then Cora saying "well, I love you!"<br /><br />Cora, Bryant, and Cash playing for hours in the huge box my chair came in.<br /><br />Cash eating tomatoes like it's the most delicious thing anyone has ever had ever. And then eating pinapple and about going in a comatose state from joy. <br /><br />Cash playing outside by himself (meaning, I didn't have to assist him with anything, I was out there) for over an hour.<br /><br />Me enjoying weeding the garden for that same hour and enjoying the amazing weather.<br /><br />Cora saying that spinach is delicious and proceeding to go back for seconds and thirds.<br /><br />Bryant eating rice and cheese for the ten millionth time and being completely satisfied with that. <br /><br />Each kid taking turns spinning themselves silly in the new chair.<br /><br />Cora and Bryant soaking each other with the hose for the hundreth time even though every time we tell them they are NEVER allowed to use the hose. And without fail, they do it almost every day when the weather is nice. I guess I need to be meaner about that. <br /><br />Cora left two lovely muddy footprints on the carpet before she remembered to take her shoes off.<br /><br />Bryant telling me he had to check the "forest" for tomorrow when he really meant "forecast" <br /><br />Erick taking time to go have a pillow talk with Bryant right before bed.<br /><br />Cash standing not holding onto anything and being very proud of himself.<br /><br />Cash, Cora, and myself all taking a simultaneous nap.<br /><br />After the other kids went to bed, Cora kept hiding in the chair box and saying "Mom, there's a package for you!" and giggling about it.<br /><br />Cora telling me that she needs to "wearn something" so that meant she needed to watch Signing Time. Which I am kind of sick of.<br /><br />Me not caring anymore about ending sentences with prepositions. <br /><br />I could go on, I guess it was a good day.maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-55827106285052475272011-05-15T16:44:00.000-07:002011-05-15T16:59:34.997-07:00Pictures!<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately, I seem to have the worst camera in the world and cannot wait to replace it, because along with just generally being a piece of trash, it also has broken and will no longer allow me to transfer pictures onto my computer. So now I have to go to a photo store and transfer my pictures from the memory card (which my computer won't do) onto a CD and then bring the CD home and then load it onto my computer. So that definitely accounts for my lack of showing pictures here! Anyways, I finally bit the bullet and downloaded a lot of pictures onto a CD and then loaded them onto here, so here are a few glimpses of the last few months:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVIjPqG9mu_qdnRvFPu1pEC5BaUj_rQuV8kobuuOhNHSFLjJCGeXK-XG_sK33zkCaua4aA1E6cGCXRQO3M2JDwTsNPeMVk0mUY0XFivUHYaN-bENPHH0vkpv0Aq3Oqr2kQ7dAsHatIwhJ/s1600/DH000027.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></a>Cora!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVIjPqG9mu_qdnRvFPu1pEC5BaUj_rQuV8kobuuOhNHSFLjJCGeXK-XG_sK33zkCaua4aA1E6cGCXRQO3M2JDwTsNPeMVk0mUY0XFivUHYaN-bENPHH0vkpv0Aq3Oqr2kQ7dAsHatIwhJ/s1600/DH000027.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVIjPqG9mu_qdnRvFPu1pEC5BaUj_rQuV8kobuuOhNHSFLjJCGeXK-XG_sK33zkCaua4aA1E6cGCXRQO3M2JDwTsNPeMVk0mUY0XFivUHYaN-bENPHH0vkpv0Aq3Oqr2kQ7dAsHatIwhJ/s400/DH000027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607094835276317042" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bryant right before his 6th birthday party-and we went all out for it with a "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" theme<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitarzHX35FK1LK7ZwwWpIrWX1L1HHeELLtmrsLXcPGnF4dgTKQiJslRwN2l30WFtji2dulsGJsaWW8KQtVz1cDNHxEkhNqKGeaTR9uSGMfVC9NTubeUl4_ZLnhBMTBD1YOt1Q6ByCk1WdX/s1600/DH000029.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitarzHX35FK1LK7ZwwWpIrWX1L1HHeELLtmrsLXcPGnF4dgTKQiJslRwN2l30WFtji2dulsGJsaWW8KQtVz1cDNHxEkhNqKGeaTR9uSGMfVC9NTubeUl4_ZLnhBMTBD1YOt1Q6ByCk1WdX/s400/DH000029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607094836701888850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Cash, with his mouth covered in some sort of food, but still looking very adorable. <br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrpxc9ZsIY2-KFOs3WSz9msAMFYJr-uQgoiWAIUaw9eV-8j7OqW-KY4BuWLVvDzGRHdlMOENa0wMv_9-eqN2pbFbkqLqaVdTBFjGZ4h_tlkrTS5nAvQ0KAGvTgM6SuJAjCT9wY7gaSqMs/s1600/DH000007.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrpxc9ZsIY2-KFOs3WSz9msAMFYJr-uQgoiWAIUaw9eV-8j7OqW-KY4BuWLVvDzGRHdlMOENa0wMv_9-eqN2pbFbkqLqaVdTBFjGZ4h_tlkrTS5nAvQ0KAGvTgM6SuJAjCT9wY7gaSqMs/s400/DH000007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607094824653439746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" cupcakes I made that looked so real that some of the kids were afraid to eat them! <br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRicPoTDpiAX0axqpRT0Ep3NhgO6Dr60p6Koo7YyrAGPR-LoU6FAGAR0hNYchJVjb70nwBtXDsQSxszyNW4mSBLiw6srIJyGSbnXm6nHh91owt9jDoFwIKi-CXQzZJgDi84TEkwHzr6Ar/s1600/meatball+cupcakes2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRicPoTDpiAX0axqpRT0Ep3NhgO6Dr60p6Koo7YyrAGPR-LoU6FAGAR0hNYchJVjb70nwBtXDsQSxszyNW4mSBLiw6srIJyGSbnXm6nHh91owt9jDoFwIKi-CXQzZJgDi84TEkwHzr6Ar/s400/meatball+cupcakes2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607094820717110818" border="0" /></a><br />Wasn't that fun?maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-73431372506799170702011-05-13T16:41:00.001-07:002011-05-13T16:55:30.621-07:00New beginnings...With each new day comes something new. I don't know how many people might know this, but I am kind of entrepreneurial. I ran my own business doing permits for new home construction for three years starting when Bryant was four months old (the recession ended that though!). It was a lot of fun, and Erick and I have thought of lots of different little ideas here and there, and a lot of them had a lot of promise, buuuuut, the timing is never right. <br /><br />Enter Travis, Emma's fiance. With the dull economy and his very short stay in NC, the job hunting wasn't going so well; my entrepreneurial senses started to tingle. Erick and I talked and talked, and decided now might be a good time to start a little business. It didn't take too long for me to realize that the majority of the work of running the business would fall to me by virtue of the fact that Erick is a GM for a company that requires a lot of time. So, I have claimed this business as my new baby (not really), and Erick will have lots of input and share in all of the decisions, but I will be the backbone. We talked to Travis and Emma about it and they agreed to our ideas. I just finished the task of making a new email address and ordering 500 flyers. Next comes buying all the supplies and doing a little training, etc. It always feels kind of like you're jumping into the deep end of the pool, but it's also a little exciting. Hopefully this business will be a success, and by success I don't mean making me super rich, I just mean making me feel like the time I put into it is worthwhile. <br /><br />So what is this new business? Just give me another few days, and I'll tell you ALL about it! Heck, hopefully you'll want to use it!maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-46988499095953895092011-05-12T06:43:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:27:24.465-07:00Marriage Advice for a sister who is about to be wedded (and anyone else who dares upon this post, but hey, I warned ya!).My little sister Emma is getting married. So of course I need to give her tons of advice as to how she should live her life, and about every little thing she should do. What a great idea for a post! So here goes, Emma, though you left my house a mere 20 minutes ago, this post is dedicated to you and anyone else that happens to read this. Here is my advice for making a successful marriage, and if there is one thing I have, I'll be honest, it is a successful marriage. It's not something I regularly talk about or mention ("by the way...did you know how awesome my marriage is?"), because it's not something that comes into regular convo very often, but by golly, I'm trying to post something everyday so as I dive to the recesses of my mind to dig up topics, this is one that was bound to be touched upon.<br /><br />What makes a successful marriage? Well, for starters, Erick and I were married about 7 and a half years ago, and we loved each other then and still do now, but more. In psychology it's well known that couples experience a lack in happiness during their years of active parenting, but we just think that's dumb. Our lives have only been enriched and fulfilled by having children. But, back to the marriage part. Why have Erick and I been able to increase in happiness and love over the years? Well, I could type page after page of specific traits and advice and on and on and on, but there is really only one thing you need....and no, it's not awesome friends, sisters, parents or anyone else to ask for advice (ha ha, yes, I can taste the irony).<br /><br />Any two people that are humbly living the gospel are going to be just fine. If you are living the gospel to its fullest extent, and have a real relationship with God, you'll have the companionship of the Holy Ghost, and you will receive promptings, guidance, and all of the advice you could ever need. You'll learn lessons intended for you in everything that you do. You'll know when you need to say you're sorry, you'll know when you've gone too far. You'll know when you're partner just needs a night out, and you'll know when they need a night in. Over time you'll learn what makes them feel special and you'll be happy because they are happy. Yes, studying the scriptures and prayer will be you're greatest friends because they help make you sensitive to the promptings that lead you to serve your family and spouse, and the patience you need to do so. <br /><br />I think reflecting upon the Savior and his teachings throughout the day helps keep me calm and ready to handle the challenges that do inherently come with the joys of motherhood and being a wife. And there will be many, many challenges. The cool thing is; we were meant to have challenges. If you remember back to Mosiah 3:19 and scan down a little it says that we should become like a child: "submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him..." That strikes me as an amazing concept "...the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him..." To me that says that we QUALIFY for the challenges we receive (note: by disobediance, selfishness, etc. you can of course inflict trials upon yourself, and you will, but I'm not talking about that.) and that the Lord thinks we are READY for our challenges. That says to me that we can always be made STRONGER through our challenges, and this is the truth. So certainly don't ask for trials, because they'll come, but don't feel sorry for yourself, and don't complain about them either, because if you handle them with grace, humbleness and the other things the scripture talks about, you'll be blessed and made stronger.<br /><br />Okay, now, I will indulge you in just a handful of specific things Erick and I have done that I think really have helped our marriage succeed.<br /><br />1. We never say no. Whatever the other person wants, no matter what it is, we always say yes. I want a new dress? Sure. Erick wants a ANOTHER truck? You bet! What the heck, right? Erick might have had to wait for five years, and we have a rule that we pay in cash, but yes, he got his THIRD truck two week ago. I made my SIXTH trip to Harris Teeter in one week, but it's what I felt like I needed to do (and it's not that often that I do that), and Erick doesn't question it. We just let eachother do our thing and don't judge. We trust each other to want and buy things that we need and not go crazy and it's worked.<br /><br />2. We don't make fun of one another/joke about one another/humiliate one another EVER.<br /><br />3. We don't tell each other what to do unless we feel specifically prompted to do so. Seriously, who likes to be told what to do? Um, nobody. Don't do it. I've found that Erick in particular does not like to be told what to do, and God is pretty good at teaching him a hard lesson when necessary. I leave it between them. And, Erick thank goodness leaves it to me and my relationship with God when I need correction. There have been a few RARE occasions when one of us or the other has had to straighten the other out, but it has only been after sincere thought and prayer into the matter, and especially out of LOVE. If your spouse is struggling they need your unconditional love and your listening ear, and your patience.<br /><br />4. Keep it in the triangle. If you and your spouse have an argument keep it between you, your spouse, and God. Sometimes it might feel really good to vent to a friend, or parent, but they are not there when you kiss and make up, and might have lingering resentment towards your spouse when you don't. There may be times when you do need external advice or help, but those times that you need to go outside of your marriage for help will not be very often. We've asked our parents for advice sometimes before making big financial decisions or things like that, but not when we're in the middle of a big argument!<br /><br />In conclusion...boy Maurine, you sure think you're so perfect don't you? Sounds like it anyway. Well, I've been on both sides of this advice. There have been times when I've followed it and been blessed beyond measure and other times when I haven't and have suffered consequences, but it doesn't change the fact that these little tidbits will get you through the thick and thin.<br /><br />Also, you may be thinking, what the heck are you talking about? Who the heck is Mosiah and what is the "gospel"? If you are thinking this and want to know what I'm talking about and about my church, just ask/message/email/whatever, and I'll be happy to answer your questions.maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-51727761643748931152011-05-11T09:40:00.000-07:002011-05-11T10:33:31.258-07:00One Time...So I found a website that has writing prompts for bloggers since I am still experiencing a little bit of writer's block, but I hated all of the prompts and came up with one of my own. This is called "One Time..." This is a list of things I have done (or not done) one time (and only once). Enjoy.<br /><br />One Time<br />-I sprained my ankle<br />-I was awake for 36 hours straight<br />-In highschool I had a math teacher miss eight weeks of school for maternity leave who then came back and promptly gave us a test and I wrote on the first page how I felt I had learned nothing in the class and if I failed it was all her fault. Very nice right? I did fail the test.<br />-I came in first place in the two mile race in a track meet.<br />-I won a hula-hoop contest (in the third grade). <br />-I went on four dates in one weekend<br />-I fainted 3 times in one night<br />-I wrecked two cars in two days<br />-My brothers convinced me to watch an R rated movie by telling me it was pg 13<br />-My husband and brother tried to get me to play paintball when I was seven months pregnant<br />-Cora told me Erick was going to shoot a bunny and make "bunny chicken" followed by a "yummmmmm"<br />-I puked on a plane<br /><br />-yeah, pretty boring I know. There are actually a few pretty darn good ones, but honestly, they're a little on the private side/ don't know what people would think/ so I'll just keep them to myself! Anyone who wants to be a little braver, go ahead and try!maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-47242942374949899002011-05-10T10:18:00.000-07:002011-05-10T10:44:16.673-07:00The Power StruggleEvery day Bryant's job is to empty the dishwasher. I have attempted to have him do other things, but it's kind of the only job he's good at doing, so that's his job for now. He's shown some promise in the table-clearing department, and with a little improvement maybe we could add that to his chore repertoire, but for now, he empties the dishwasher and has since last summer. He generally accepts this and does not usually complain a lot when the time comes to empty it.<br /><br />Most nights I have to tell him that it has to be done before dinner and when it gets pretty close to dinner time he'll go ahead and empty it. On Mondays when the kids skype with their grandma, he knows it has to be emptied before he talks to her, and this has been a rule for many months. Yesterday for some reason he just refused to do it. I reminded him that he would not get to skype with his grandma and he still didn't do it. He was in desperate need of a hair cut and I had previously arranged with Erick to take him to get one after work, so Erick took him for the hair cut, and then went ahead and took him to McDonalds before coming home so I couldn't use dinner time to get him to do it. We then had family home evening and we actually had a lesson about gardening and helped the children identify what is a weed and what is a plant, and we all picked weeds which Bryant enjoyed and had no problem with. But as soon as I mentioned the dishwasher Bryant collapsed to the ground and said he was too tired and felt sick. I then told him he could not go to bed until it was done. Well, to some kids would be pretty excited about staying up for any reason, but not Bryant. On school nights he likes to go to bed on time by 8:00pm at the latest because he's always up by 6:00 (not that he has to be mind you), and he's genuinely tired. He said that he HAD to go to bed and that he was so tired, and on and on, but I stood my ground. By 8:15 he still wasn't emptying the dishwasher so I then told him that if he did not empty it by 8:30 then I would not allow him to go to school the next day until it was emptied. He was very upset by this, and started yelling and getting upset (I by the way, did not yell or become upset at all, at this point it was just a chess game, I knew I could get him to do it, I just had to figure out how). Then, he poked Cora in the arm with a pencil and I told him he would just have to do it in the morning and sent him to bed. <br /><br />Later that night, Erick started emptying the dishwasher so we could clean the kitchen and go to bed. I told him not to, and explained that Bryant was going to in the morning. We cleaned up the rest of the kitchen and went to bed. I really want Bryant to know that we were serious about him completing his family responsibilities, and that he wasn't going to go to bed and have his chores magically done for him. So we went to bed and this morning at 6:00am Bryant got up on his OWN, went down stairs and emptied the dishwasher without any prompting from us. I was proud of the little guy. I'm also glad that he fully expected that dishwasher to be waiting for him and that he knew I was serious about not sending him to school.<br /><br /> The thing I want our children to feel is that they are NEEDED. I think one of the reasons Bryant does not complain much about doing his chore is that I have shown him on other days when he didn't do it, that I then have to do his chores for him, and that it makes more work for me to do. But if he does it, he's helping his mother and family, and I think he likes to know that he is really doing something to help, not just doing something that I could do better and faster. There are days when I let him off the hook and will do it for him, and days when he has been sick and I let him out of it, but yesterday was not one of those days. He needed to fulfill his responsibility for our family and I'm glad I made him do it!maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-571724824700208502011-05-09T06:29:00.000-07:002011-05-09T06:51:18.948-07:00An update about myself:Well, today the creative juices are running very low, so I thought I would share some information about myself for my daily post. I hope this dry spell doesn't last for long because I really want to post every day for thirty days anyways, here you go:<br /><br />Things I'm excited about (I think I'm stealing this concept from another blog, I just can't remember who's, so sorry):<br />-this is really nerdy, but one of my favorite things each month is my trip to Sam's Club. I don't know why, but I just LOVE buying things in bulk. I don't know, but I can't deny that I get giddy every time I go. I actually still haven't come down from the high of buying a pack of 400 generic claritin for only $12 last month. Erick teases me about it, but then again, yesterday he was going on and on about installing some inconsequential thingy on his landcruiser and I told him we're all really just the same. We all get excited about dumb little things, they just aren't necessarily the same dumb little things.<br /><br />-I am excited about every single tiny thing Cash does. I am not kidding you, every movement of his body is the most adorable thing I have ever seen. You might think that each kid you have becomes less exciting, but we have found that with Cash we know how fleeting his little babyhood is, so every time he laughs with that two-toothed grin or crawls with his very authoritative crawl, or even when he cries that baby cry, Erick and I just look at each other and say how unbelievably adorable it is, and we talk about it all the time. I guess the only thing I'm looking forward to about Cash growing up is not changing his diapers. Other than that, I'm going to miss everything.<br /><br />-I am excited about doing Cora's first real friend birthday party. For some reason four years old seems like the right age to do a birthday party that doesn't just involve family. They really understand what's going on and they are EXCITED, and that's putting it mildly. Cora talks about her birthday every single day, and it is still two months away. She has already planned it from the decor to the food. The food is of top priority because Cora is a total foodie, and she has let me know that it will include pizza, muffins, hot dogs, cake, pie, ice cream, and that's just the beginning. It will be a princess/spiderman theme so that boys and girls can both feel included. Don't ask me how I can pull that one off, but there's plenty of time to lower her expectations, or maybe I'll just go crazy and do it all. She also regularly threatens to not share her birthday cake if someone is not pleasing her. I can't tell you how many times I have had to reassure Bryant that yes, he will get some of Cora's birthday cake no matter what she says.<br /><br />-I am excited about not going shopping for the next two weeks. My fridge, pantry, and freezer are so stocked that I cannot go shopping. It would be wrong. I am not letting myself look at any couponing websites AT ALL for two weeks (okay, I do have to go to Walgreens once because I will have some register rewards expire next week, but that's it I swear!). I am sitting here on a Monday morning, when usually I would be out shopping at two or three stores, and it feels so relaxing. I like it. I might take a break more often. Also, after I had to spend $60 on medicine for Cash taking a week off will help my budget even out a little.<br /><br />-I am excited about stake conference. We have an AWESOME new stake president and I am so excited for the Saturday night session. I love going and hearing all of the speakers and then going out with everyone to dinner afterwards. I didn't get to last time because Cash was so little and likely sick, but I've already got the babysitter lined up and it's gonna be a great night for spiritual learning and catching up with friends!<br /><br />-this list could go on, but I have to go be a mom.maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704438445810155162.post-48471576901951353792011-05-08T07:31:00.001-07:002011-05-08T07:40:24.596-07:00Quick Mother's Day PostHi there, and Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mom's! I just wanted to maintain my goal of writing a post every day for thirty days, so today I am going to share the following:<br /><br />Bryant is at his Grandma and Grandpa's for the weekend but will be back in the late afternoon; he gave me a letter and a gift (which I will wait to open when he gets home), but he wanted me to read the letter and this is what it said:<br /><br />Dear Mom,<br /> Thank you for my zhu zhu pets. I love you. You are the best mom ever. You're special to me. You are nice. You are sweet. Thank you for my food.<br /><br />Love, Bryant.<br /><br />He told me that he did a practice letter and then wrote this one with his very best handwriting, and I'm impressed that he even used the correct grammer for "you're". I'm also telling myself that Bryant wrote this letter from his heart with no help from his teacher...and knowing his teacher he probably did. It pretty much melted my heart and makes me so happy. He also gave me a beautiful picture of flowers that he made with construction paper. These will be treasured items.<br /><br />Then, Cora asked me if it was really Mother's day. I told her yes it was. She then asked me if I was really REALLY sure it was Mother's day, and I said that it was. She then said "Okay" in her perkiest little voice, and ran upstairs and returned with a home made card that apparently Uncle Travis and Aunt Emma helped her make yesterday while I was at the funeral. It said "you're the best mom ever" and then "Cash gots the pink eye and mom is at the funeral." I asked Erick where that came from and he said that Travis asked Cora what she wanted to say and that was a direct quote. And it's true, Cash has the pink eye and mom was at the funeral. It's interesting to get a little peek into a little girl's mind! It was pretty funny. Anyways, hopefully everyone will be extra nice to their moms today! I've already got a beef stew in the crockpot and rolls are defrosting for a nice mother's day dinner for my mom.maurinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251066612897102204noreply@blogger.com1