December 2010 Tweets To Remember...

1st, 12:03am - Well, hello December!!!

1st, 8:34pm - Taking down the Fall decor wasn't nearly as depressing as I thought it'd be, just means that in a few days I get to bust out Christmas! 

3rd, 9:34am - Yeah, it's kind of a big deal! http://twitpic.com/3ci8w3

4th, 8:43am - Look out world, he's 5! Happy birthday, Preston! http://twitpic.com/3cu0ab

5th, 10:44am - Attended the early service at GFC (Michael got to go to church!), now headed East for a fun Christmas surprise!

5th, 1:01pm - Found the right one for us! http://twitpic.com/3d8yze

6th, 1:21pm - This weekend felt like a vacation & today is going so well! I could get used to this (and hopefully I will!).

7th, 11:08am - Oh my goodness, Callen was up pretty much all nite and would cry if I laid him down or laid/sat down WITH him. #GonnaNeedLotsOfCoffeeToday

9th, 8:44pm - Happy birthday to me! My mom got me a Kindle! #SpoiledMuch http://twitpic.com/3ei03r

10th, 12:22am - Thirty, huh? Bring it. 

12th, 11:26pm - is having a diaper bag dilemma. Yes, I know... my life is difficult, huh?

13th, 10:31am - Cookie for breakfast? Yum! http://twitpic.com/3fm44g

14th, 4:21pm - Dear @Sunchips, your compostable bag makes it completely impossible to sneak a snack while my baby is sleeping on me. Now he wants one!

15th, 9:27am - Alrite, I've had breakfast, I've had coffee, Callen is playing in his cage (I mean pack'n'play)... commence Christmas present wrapping!

15th, 11:15am - Um, I suck at wrapping presents. And at rapping too, for that matter. Oh well, if the box is covered, that counts, right?

16th, 11:11am - I don't have glitter, popsicle sticks OR pipe cleaners in the house! What kind of mother-of-a-five-year-old am I?!?!

16th, 1:58pm - Dear UPS Man, if I attack you when I see you, it's nothing personal...you just have the Xmas cards I'm eager to get sent right back out!

16th, 4:33pm - Drat you, school bus, for sounding the like the UPS truck! I got all ready for attack! For nothing.

16th, 6:02pm - Um... the UPS man must read my tweets, 'cause he drove right past my house... quickly. NOOOOOO!!!

17th, 11:39am - Preston built a fort & is trying to lure Callen inside, he made a trail of Puffs leading into the fort... it's almost working.

19th, 11:14pm - Gearing up for all kinds of It's-Officially-Winter and more Christmas fun this week! #ImAHomeschoolMomAndCanTeachWhatIWant

20th, 8:41am - Preston woke up with fever, Callen was up 3 times with toof pains... it's gonna be a day, I can tell.

20th, 5:00pm - High fever = trip to CareNow for Preston. I get really anxious 'cuz we've done the febrile seizure thing before, prayers please!

21st, 11:21am - Why do they even MAKE medicine that tastes that bad? Poor Preston (and poor ME for having to force him to take it!). Ughhhh. 

21st, 2:14pm - Dear First Day of Winter... Really? You're going to make me turn my A/C on? REALLY?!?! 

21st, 4:56pm - Doing snowman sheets & crafts in 85-degree-weather on the 1st day of Winter is rather disheartening. Sorry, Frosty, we drew u as a puddle.

22nd, 1:47pm - is the world's worst mother/wife when it comes to sickness. I'm sorry, family.

23rd, 11:45am - Watching Jeopardy! with my family on Christmas Eve Eve Morning, love it. Now if only it wasn't just 'cause they were sick... 

23rd, 10:39pm - Made it to Interlochen... Just before its about to shut down. http://twitpic.com/3iygv5

24th, 3:06pm - is thankful for a mother she can call up with silly cooking/baking questions. Yay, mom to the rescue!

24th. 6:35pm - Enjoyed a yummy Tex-Mex Christmas Eve dinner with my folks & fam, heading to GFC for service. Merry Christmas Eve, y'all!


25th, 11:58am - Happy 1st Christmas, baby! http://twitpic.com/3jrdno

25th, 7:38pm - has had a lovely Christmas... thank you to all my family - you guys are the best! Thanks to Jesus, for being born! =) Merry Christmas! 


26th, 8:22pm - Callen got all kinds of new, fun toys but all he's interested in are the cords, plugs and crumbs on the floor - he's into EVERYTHING!

27th, 7:43pm - Watching Despicable Me & letting my tummy rest from dinner so I can have hot cocoa & pie! Mmm, Mom's chocolate-pecan pie!

28th, 11:58am - is wondering what the Lord is up to. Either way, 2011 is looking 1000x better than 2010 so far! Excited for possibilities! 

29th, 3:36pm - We just spent the last hour or so singing along to old school Relient K & John Reuben. Now Preston has "Do Not" stuck in his head, LOL!

30th, 9:54am - Praying for His will, 'cause He knows best - I certainly have no idea what I'm doing!

30th, 11:10am - I see two teeny slivers of top teeth poking through Callen's gums. FINALLY something to show for all these weeks of suffering!!!

30th, 4:47pm - On a walk with Batman! #fb http://twitpic.com/3lbxpf

30th, 11:01pm - Ummmm.... we switched channels in time to see the ball drop...but there was no ball drop on the tv. WHAT?!?!?! 


My 20 most tweeted words from December 2009 to December 2010:

Happy New Year, ya'll!  It's 1-1-11... isn't that crazy?!?!  Praying for an amazing year, I think we all deserve it after surviving 2010!  Thank you, Lord, for another go 'round!

On This Day in Christian History by Robert J. Morgan

The full title is On This Day in Christian History: 365 Amazing and Inspiring Stories About Saints, Martyrs, and Heroes, which pretty much gives you all you need to know about what this work entails.  This book offers a year's worth of daily readings about various historical times, ranging nearly 2,000 years, including inspirational tales of believers standing strong and overcoming, heart-wrenching stories of the abuse Christians have been through while fighting for their beliefs, humorous anecdotes of current Christian history and interesting narratives of Christ followers, some well known, some simply unheard of.  

Each day's reading holds a new reason to be thankful to those who have gone before us and helped us be able to live out our faith as we do.  After each story, there is also a relevant scripture listed to help solidify the message.  This book is full of interesting history you most likely never learned in school, or church for that matter.  And for those that don't consider themselves history buffs, the readings are very short, easy to digest and offer a great way to look deeper into your faith and why you believe the way you do.  On This Day in Christian History would make a neat way to invest a little time in God's Word and church history in 2011!

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Not Crying Over Spilled Milk...

Our milk wasn't spilled... it was frozen.  Since I got the new freezer, I've been buying a couple of gallons of milk at a time (Aldi 99cents!) and freezing the ones I'm not using.  That way I'll have milk at all times, and not have a need to run to the store for more should we suddenly run out.  I read the tips and trick on how to freeze milk in the jug, but it's not really working out.  The jugs break even when I leave plenty of room for expansion, or it takes FOREVER to defrost a rock-solid frozen jug of milk.  A few days ago I pulled a frozen jug out of the freezer and put it in the fridge to thaw because we were coming down to the last bit in the jug we were using.  Well, last nite it was still frozen pretty solid when I needed it.  I picked it up out of the fridge and noticed that some of it had thawed, and the plastic had split... so the thawed milk had seeped out.  I wanted to try to save the milk and move into a different container to thaw, but that ended up being a lot more trouble that I thought.  Michael took over and well...it was more trouble than he thought too...

Getting the rock of milk out of the jug was difficult

Getting the rock of milk into the new container was difficult

Well, close enough - it's still milk, right?

I think I'm gonna call it quits on the freezing milk thing.  I just hope Aldi keeps selling it for 99cents!

Pumpkin Pie Poptarts Have Been Found!

Ok, so at some point in October I heard that there were Pumpkin Pie Poptarts on the market.  I'm sure if you read any of my Fall posts, you know how much I love me some pumpkin!  And we, of course, love Poptarts around here as well.  I went in search of these sure-to-be-amazing treats... and to my disappointment, they were no where to be found!  Every time I entered a store that carried Poptarts, I would check to see if they had them.  I did this all through October, November and December... I searched all over DFW, all different kinds of stores, all the various sections they could possibly be in.  Once Christmas came, I pretty much gave up hope of ever finding them.  

But, this evening...we went to Cici's for dinner, then went next door to Kroger to pick up a few things (and to walk off our pizza a little).  I wasn't even planning to check the Poptart section... likes I said, I pretty much gave up.  But we were walking down that aisle and I happen to glance over, and lo and behold, there sat one lone box of Pumpkin Pie Poptarts.  I think I shrieked, 'cause I startled Michael and the kids.  I raced over and snatched the box.  Is it real?  Are you serious?  I FOUND THEM!!!!!  Preston was excited too, because he had been on the mad Pumpkin Pie Poptart quest with me all this time and he been disappointed we couldn't find them as well.  The bottom of the box was taped shut, but I figured the packages inside were probably fine since it was back out on the shelf.  Plus, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to the try them even if some were missing or whatever.

So here it is... my beautiful box of Pumpkin Pie Poptarts:

And here they are, perfectly toasted:

Let me tell you, they DO taste like Pumpkin Pie.  They are delicious!  I wouldn't pay the $12 on Amazon or even the $6 plus shipping from the Poptarts website... but $2.99... most definitely.  Yum!!!  My quest is now complete... the Great Pumpkin Pie Poptart Search of 2010 is over.  Victory!!!