A Typical Day

June 3, 2013

A Typical Day

You have seen the ever popular CherishingHopesanddreams.blogspot.com “Thirty Things” posts.  It became a Pinterest sensation about a year and a half ago.  I know a lot of blogs started up just because of that one blog. 

I have decided to tackle number 12 out of the 30 things list.  I don’t want to do the list in order.  What fun is that? Order/Disorder. It’s not hurting anyone.

So here it is: Describe a typical day in your current life. 

I have decided to describe a typical Monday for you.

5:15 am: My alarm goes off.  I hit snooze….for the next hour.

6:15 am: Out of bed. Pick out the kiddos clothing. Wake them up. Wake them up again. Get dressed. Take care of personal needs. Make sure kids take care of their personal needs. Pop a waffle or strudel in the toaster. Makes sure the kids eat. Pack lunches. Help Peyton find socks. Make sure kids have lunches and backpacks. Gather everything I need for the day. Say goodbye to the cat trying to escape outside. Lock the door. Go to the car.

7:00 am: Get in the car. Drive the kiddos to their summer day camp program.

7:30 am: Arrive at day camp. Check kids in. Tell Peyton not to break his glasses again. Hug and kiss the kids goodbye.

7:55 am: Park in the gravel pit they call a parking lot and walk to the State Building.

8:00 am: Work, work, work. Call people, interview people, investigate, enter verifications, try to figure out why people send me some of the stuff that they do. Hear stories. Try to figure out which stories are true.

12:45 pm: Lunch. Sit and relax. Eat. Read a magazine. Read a book.

1:30 pm: Back to work.

4:45 pm: Leave work. Walk to Gravel Pit.

4:55 pm: Arrive at Gravel Pit Parking lot. Drive to get the kiddos.

5:20 pm: Pick up kiddos at Papa’s. Watch kids play around for a little bit.

5:45 pm: Drive Home.

6:15 pm: Arrive at home. Take care of the animals. Eat Dinner. Watch Wheel of Fortune. Start some laundry. Maybe relax a few minutes in front of the iPad.

7:00 pm: Get ready for practice.

7:30 pm: Leave home for derby practice in Independence.

7:50 pm: Arrive at Practice. Get my gear on and get ready to skate.

8:00 pm: PRACTICE! Practice how you play. J

10:00 pm: Sweaty and tired. Take gear off. Head home from practice.

10:30 pm: Home…

11:00 pm: Take a shower, try to relax, play on the iPad.  Pretend to watch a movie. Fall asleep while pretending to watch a movie.

30 Day Blog Challenge

starts....now....yes!

State Bird -- Chicken?

‘Morgan, they want you at the guard’s desk….’

This rendered a puzzled look on my part and a ‘why?’

‘Just come, they found a chicken and want to know if you will take it home’

Now, I give the WTH look to them and go downstairs to the gaggle that had formed around the chicken.

The chicken is in a box.  When I open it, I find a frightened 5-6 week old Rhode Island Red.  She’s so calm and sweet.  How could someone just leave her in a parking lot downtown?

I said I would take her.  Highway Patrol agreed to keep her in their office until the end of the day. And they wanted eggs from my chickens at home.

Now, here comes the twist, the cook in the cafeteria comes running out of the kitchen exclaiming, ‘Really, you all found a chicken?’ I told her yes.  She’s like ‘is it a little brown hen?” Again, yes. She then states ‘I thought I ran her over this morning. I call my son to come get her.’  I said okay and went on my merry way upstairs.  I told my co-workers what went down.  Then, the questioning started; #1 the cook rides the bus #2 How did her chicken manage to get downtown? #3 was she going to try to serve it in the cafeteria?  Disturbing…..

A few hours later, the guard came up and told me she doesn’t want the chicken anymore.  Her excuse, “The cat chases it.”

So, I took the chicken home.  Besides being hungry and dehydrated, she is healthy.  I gave her time to eat and drink and hang out, and then I introduced her to the other younger chickens.  Now they are all hanging out happily in their brooder.

It's been a long time friends...let's start with a recipe...

This has been a favorite of mine to make lately, it's super easy and oh so yummy... It's the Ooey Gooey Buttercake...

Recipe:
Crust
1 box of cake mix..I have used numerous kinds and they have all turned out yummy
1 egg
1/2 cup (1stick) butter, melted

Filling:
1 8 oz pkg of cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
16 oz powered sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

And of you are in the mood, throw in some chocolate chips or blueberries

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine cake mix, egg and butter in a bowl. Mix very well.

Pat into the bottom of pan and set aside.

Beat cream cheese until smooth; add eggs and vanilla.

Dump in powdered sugar and beat very well.

Slowly pour in melted butter. Mix well.

Pour into pan.

Bake 40-50 minutes. You want the center to be a little gooey.

Warrior Dash Tips

This is my third year doing to Warrior Dash.  Just wanted to pass along some tips for you!

Here is the advice:

1.) Wear shoes you will not want to wear again. In fact they will get so muddy and there is a "donation pile" where many people leave their muddy post-race sneaks to go to Warrior Dash heaven.

2.) You will be started in a wave with hundreds of other people. When you get to an obstacle, you must commit to getting over/through it or risk being shoved aside or run over. If you need to catch your breath or strategize or watch how someone else gets over an obstacle.... stand back from the base of the obstacle. Once you are at the obstacle, commit and go!

3.) Many people (especially ladies or those with fancy costumes) hesitate at the first mud/water crossing and try to tiptoe, keep clean, and be somewhat prissy.... Mike says that by the end of the race everyone is covered with mud so you might as well dive right into the first one so you don't get shoved for slowing down the others behind you and besides, you will get a better time.

4.) If you know you will be going fairly slow, try to start late in your wave so you don't have so many people shoving past you.

5.) Watch Warrior Dash videos on You Tube. You will see how people get bottlenecked at the obstacles. They are also fun to watch how people traverse the obstacles.

6.) Enjoy the Beer and festivities afterwards! It's gonna be a blast.

The Hunger Games

All I want for Christmas....

well, a few things I want for Christmas....

Someone to pay for a hotel for me for a week in New Orleans and someone to watch my kids for the week.

Zum products

Poison Apple Earrings

Black Emily Necklace

That's all for now. Christmas is still a few months away though....