My 1st Order!

Wow!

I cannot believe it

Hours after my middle's birthday

I get a Phone message

from the school Secretary

and she wants to place an order for get this

MY COOKIES

Not just any cookie

My Shortbread cookies

I must admit they do rock

I even plan on sending my SSS some

but I was shocked!!

Then came the part where she asked me how much they were

I was like wa?

ummmm,..hummmmm

So I did my maple leaf in burnt orange

deep red

and brown

@ 2.50 a piece

plus I threw in a couple on the house

;)

Holy crap I walked away with 15 bucks!

Plus get this

She asks me to be discreet

cause one of the teacher's daughters bakes for business

and she didn't wanna hurt any one's feelings!!

So I did respect her wishes

As I entered  I slipped a bag o treats behind her desk

and went on to the kindergarten room

for my Friday volunteer stuff

While I am stuffing folders n' stuff

My daughter's teacher

asks me if  she could hire me to make cookies for her daughter's sweet 13

I was like Yes, of course!

With all this interest I have been floating names for my cookies

I think I have the perfect name

but I am not telling yet!

Celebrate!

This past Tuesday was a reason to celebrate

my middle daughter turned 6!

and even though Build a Bear drives me up a mad wall

that is where her friend party will be on Sunday

Her Theme Was BARBIE

and She got Barbied' out!

Complete with a homemade cake!

The best part was how the AWETASTIC School

Invites a family member in to the classroom to celebrate their special day

They bring in the child's Favorite Book and get to sit in the "Teacher" Chair

and then read it to the entire class

After that you are encouraged to bring a treat to share

Like the note said from the teacher

"Treats are fun, if there is enough for everyone"

OMG!!!

Too Much fun

They sang happy birthday in sign language

and in harmonious tune

I brought in cupcakes

cookie cupcakes that is

(They ask you not bring in cupcakes, because of the mess)

So That is what I did

I am looking forward to my darling's party this Sunday!

Sunday,..Sunday

Sundays in my city could be interesting

I could snap a shot of

the ghetto thug kids playing on the roofs of cars

or the freaky neighbor dude who has a wife beater tan

maybe I could manage a quick clip of the next door bother

who decided to put up a makeshift Bright white gutter on a sage green faceshua

but I won't

even though the thought makes you salivate

Instead I will whisper sweet nothings in your ear about how I am a SSS

and I have shopped baby oh yeah

or how we have fall cleaned and created bags of stuff for the less fortunate

hmmmmmmm,...

but I don't wanna give away any secrets,..

not yet anyway

So I will leave you with this image

Where did Thanksgiving go?

Have you seen

the "before black Friday sales"

Are they Kidding? no really?

I mean I know the economy is in the tank

and financial desperation have plagued our land

but isn't this all sorts of backwards in stuff?

I am a vintage girl

I love my children

I am a stay at home mom

I have given up every desire to own glitter

to provide quality education to my kiddos

I prepare meals on a budget

and shop with coupons

I only buy it if I have the money and it is on sale

I give of my gifts and talents which are purely homemade

I enjoy making handmade cards and costumes

and above all

I make our small rental, home

So when everyone whom owns 3 cars a dog and 2.5 children

are planning on dropping a grand at

"before black Friday sales"

I am simply shopping sales for a Thanksgiving meal

and treats to take to school

and I am in awe

looking at the tv like a cod fish

doing a double take

and really questioning if I heard right

Sadly it is true

Commercialized craziness at it's finest

Yet I find myself wanting to walk 70 years into the past

to a place where health and joy were rare in fashion

Who cares about the "big toy" that all the kids have to have

just give me hugs and cider

Someone tell my weeping heart

where Thanksgiving went.

Da Mouse and Everything Else

Running out of their room

my daughters are terrified

they saw what looked like a mouse tail

go under their door

OMG

I had to hold back vomit in my mouth

I was like are you serious?

how could that even be possible

I mean I sweep at least 3 times a day,..

there is nuttin left on my floors, counters or in my sink

GAG, URP, BURP

I think I am  going to be sick

Then they decide that they will watch a movie in the living room

and then screams I guess the efing creature was now taunting them

it was now under the entertainment center

So I go to the garage and get the butterfly net and whack it under there

and that furry plague slides across the kitchen floor

after I whacked it's lil ass it disappeared into a wall

OH the HORROR

I belted out a scream from the 5th dimension

OMG!!!

They were scared to death

so my king accommodated

4 lil bodies and 2 big ones

until 3am

is when I could not take being kicked in the face

crotch and rib any longer

and I carried them to their bed

3 traps were set

and this morn no furnasty's were caught, boo!

In my alternate world

I hand made

hand rolled

hand mixed

and hand packaged up

some of the most tasty treats

for my youngests' school

teacher conferences yesterday

Both kiddo's rocked it

even though the 5yr old was so anticipatory that she didn't even eat dinner

she need not worry <3

I was thanked for my goodies

and my well mannered child

and

myself the hub and the wee dude

set off to the next school for the next conference

There we were

as the teacher apologized to us

she was like I have nothing to say other than she is wonderful!

Woot, woot

Then she was like

Gosh I have heard about the treats you brought over to the other building

they have been raving

the art teacher asked me if you owned a bakery

WOW, That made my heart happy

2 awesome conferences

and thankful treats

( on a side note, I made a 3 tier cake for teacher appreciation week at the public school,..I spent a lot of time on it,..and would you guess not even a mention, not even a thank you,.. I will never forget that one.)

So now to work on spelling words

decorate a paper turkey

and reassemble my house after I took it all apart and disinfected it yesterday after the appearance of ratatouille

Onward~

This Is A Must Read

Sometimes I get frustrated at life

and life keeps kicking dust up in my face

but then the rest of the times I realize how truly blessed I am

and I am solely blessed because of my children

After school today my eldest child

who is 8

Poured out her Halloween candy and started shifting through

looking over each piece with care

and making 2 piles

One for her and one for the poor

I had No say in this

her heart lead her

and I was not going to squelch it

two younger sisters followed suit

making smaller piles

She exclaimed with such joy

that by giving away some of her favorite candy

it will make someone whom is less fortune happy

and then as she bagged it up

and prepared it for a monthly can food drive at her school

she said something to me

that when I lay down

and take my last breath

I will hold close to my heart

"Mommy, next year when I apply for a scholarship

I can tell them how I donated half of my Halloween candy!"

Thinking about this

makes warm tears run across my face

The extent of what she knows is little

but for her heart to be so big and pure

I am in awe over her

For the scholarship

is what made the ability for her to attend this school

the only way we could have afforded it

and she plans on making sure she can go next year

all the while doing works for the Lord,..

and I am in awe

Harmony Happens

Amidst it all

Harmony happens

After trick or treating last night

my 8 yr old says to me,..

I think after you go through the candy

we should give half to the poor,...

WHO does that?!?!

MY daughter

where as my 5 yr old is like the poor does not need my candy

then we had a come to Jesus talk mind you

On another thought,

have you seen sister wives?

I love it,..sue me

but umm

where can I sign up for brother husbands?

Ummm, maybe I do not want that

that would be a whole hell of a lot of dirty socks and underwear,...