Arrgh teen update

This is an update on the chore list for the teenagers post....well... so far so good.. sort of... number one reason for doing this was so that my house would be clean and I wouldn't have to treat them like little kids and tell them what to do and then be mad when they don't do it. Responsibility for self.. that is where I would like them to go. I had one kid who picked a chore off the list and then... since they didn't know how to do it they just thought about it what it might mean and then marked off on it. Mind you when we set this all up we went over each of the chores and what they were. Second child.. still wants to ask me every day..what they should do. Every person in this house is old enough to figure it out without a list... and with a list they really shouldnt need to be told. Third kid is doing a lot more than they used to.. but it is the kid who didn't need to do more. This list needs a little tweaking as I knew it would...we will have a sit down at dinner tomorrow and we can all talk about it and see what we will change.

My Wish

Heard this song again today and it doesnt matter how many times I hear it.. I cry. I printed out the words and sent them to each of my kids along with a note after hearing it the first time. It nails my wish for my children and those that I love in every word.

youtube of it

Rascall Flatts "My Wish"

Cookies and Friends

Last night I made my first batch of christmas cookies. Old fashioned sour cream sugar cookies with almond. I did them in red, green and white sprinkles. They are so pretty and taste so good. They are almost gone now. I "Shared" them around the forum thread last night while we were visting and making sales. Be sure to check into the forum thread for the specials. Different hours have different specials :)

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Buttons and Pears

Just got an email from Buttons and Pears letting me know I won their giveaway of a beautiful Set of Sunflowers photograph. I am so excited as I have a huge collection of sunflowers that these will fit perfectly into. They are planning another giveaway so be sure to check out her blog regularly.

Thank you :)

Road Trip to Oregon

After thanksgiving dinner we decided to take a road trip the next morning. We needed to head south to hit a woodworking store that we Love Rockler ... so since we were already headed that way we decided to keep going. We ended up staying the night in Tigard. Had dinner at Red Robin and then went to the mall and walked around for a bit... we bought a fun new game Blokus 3-D to take back to the hotel and play. We always get a new game on road trips. In the morning we headed out to Rockler again. There was a coupon that was only good for Saturday so we found a local store in Oregon. Then we went OMSI Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Ended up being free to get in since we already are memeber of our local Science Center We spent about 5 hours wandering around and doing all the stuff and we didn't even make a dent in the things to do.. so many hands on things. The best thing we did was take a submarine tour. We got to go on the sub that is in the water. It was so much fun and so cool. After that we got some lunch then headed to another woodworking store WoodCraft This store is Geat. We didnt get to stay very long since they were closing already but we will be going back. They were huge and had some of everything even had some things we have not been able to find in other stores. We spent some time driving around Portland.. we call it sightseeing.. things is.. with all the bridges and the one way streets and the rivers... we sort of end up getting lost.. which is great because we find lots of cool places. We always leave wanting to go back. Next trip there we plan on riding the tram and going back to the woodworking store and I am sure that OMSI will be visited several more times. We also heard that there is the Biggest Christmas Light show west of the Mississippi that you can drive through.. hoping to see that soon too :) Always so many things to see and do :)