Today in San Antonio it was a sunny 75° so naturally the domestic goddess in me thought we should BBQ. Here I am preparing my last meal of 2009. Then JP grilled it. We call him the Fire God! Guess what we made?

Being the semi-domestic goddess that I am turning into I made cornish hens for dinner tonight. They turned out great! Then after dinner we sat down for a game of Yahtzee.  It was both Lily and my first time playing it. Lily got it as a gift from JP’s parent for Christmas. She was the first [...]

Daisy & Sparkle Kitty went to the grocery store with us today. They made new friends. Daisy told us about how much she loves Barbie. Come on Barbie let’s go party! They both wanted to ride on the horses. Yee Haw! Then when we got to the Jelly Belly aisle we were approached by the [...]

Both Lily and I had Build-A-Bear gift cards in our stockings on Christmas morning. Since today is fun day we headed to the Build-A-Bear at North Star Mall. These are our new best friends Daisy & Sparkle Kitty!

A couple weeks ago I was in Macys and I spotted the cutest ornaments. To my amazement I found ornaments with the names that I wanted on them. I bought John, Lily and Jennifer the same ornament because they were so cute. When John and Lily opened theirs on Christmas morning his was broken. Ironically [...]

I have struggled for a long time to cook rice.  I don’t have a good excuse .. it just does not like to cook for me. Today we are using our brand new rice cooker! After I took the picture I noticed this warning in the instruction booklet. Hmmm ..

 I’m an electronic gadget fanatic. I love them! I love all the things that my little electronic robots can do for me. I did watch a lot of Jetsons as a kid .. do you think its possible the technology of “Rosie” had an impact on me? There’s so much great technology out there. At the same [...]

Sundays are usually our lazy days.. really lazy days. I woke up around 10am but I didn’t want to get out of bed.   I look out the window at what appears to be a very nice day. I wonder if I could go outside and sit? I doubt it’s warm enough for a bikini, [...]

We went to Willie’s at lunch today for burgers and fried pickles.      We had our first fried pickle about a year ago! YUM!

Lily spotted a bug swimming/drowing in the pool today. Oh NO mom!  She decided to save it!

Merry Christmas everyone!      

This morning I discovered my new favorite thing to put on toast! YUMMY!

This is what we do for fun on Christmas Eve…     And …   Then   And nothing would be better than a good game of scrabble ……

My dear friend Shauna had twins a couple days ago. Shauna and I have been friends for over 10 years but I don’t think she realizes what she got herself into this time! Good Luck Hammer Family! The baby boy is Jaxx and the baby girl is Parker.

Last year I bought this shirt because I am pretty sure this is what I would say to Santa if he questioned my behavior! Take a look at my stocking hanging on the fireplace, it is from when I was a kid.  This is a picture of me and JP experimenting with the camera … [...]

Today is one of those days when I really appreciate the weather in SA. JP took a 1/2 day off work to go Christmas shopping (better late than never)! Since he beat us home he was responsible for dinner. It is 60°+ outside so bbq it is!

In the middle of the day I remembered that I needed to go pick up one last thing at the mall. I pulled up a map and decided which way to go when I left work. I was about 1/2 way there when I saw a traffic sign about an accident in that direction so [...]

We had the PERFECT day today! Rolled out of bed at noon, put on a bathing suit, and then sat at the pool and soaked up the sun! 3 hours later the tan lines are back! Ohh and the hottub once the trees blocked out our sunshine!

Me and Lily have always called them prizes instead of presents. I’m not sure exactly when it started but around here you get birthday prizes, easter prizes, christmas prizes .. etc. I told the girls this morning that I tried to get Santa to come last night but he was too busy so I had to [...]

Last night we watched the movie Elf. I love that movie. My favorite part is when he says “Look out the yellow ones don’t stop!” ha ha. For the first time in my life I bought a big tin full of popcorn. It comes with caramel, cheese and butter popcorn. Caramel is by far my [...]

Once the houses actually stayed together they started slaving away on the decorations. The finished houses! When they asked me why I didn’t decorate mine I told them that I think the Grinch lives there. But the real reason is because they needed a lot of assistance.

Lily, Adeline & Zoe are my little elves today.  Here are a few pictures of us starting to make gingerbread houses … I have a whole new respect for architecture after this experience! 

Seeing everything that is sitting on the counter…. how would you respond to that question?

We finally have presents under the tree! So far there are 3 for Lily and 2 for JP!

Tonight we had our last softball game of the season.  This season’s record was 5-2 … not quite good enough for playoffs (maybe next season?). Here are a few of my favorite Tuesday people!  Here is the full Nutz part of the team:   Jan Michael Vincent loves his pole, and does not want to leave the field. [...]

  Rosa Claus   You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I’m telling you why Rosa Claus is coming to town She’s making a list And checking it twice; Gonna find out who’s naughty and nice Rosa Claus is coming to town She sees you when you’re sleeping She knows when [...]

Today is a beautiful day in SA! A perfect 70°+ so we headed to SeaWorld. Our favorite rollercoaster is the Steel Eel …. we rode it 3 times in a row!   We found this huge penguin walking around.

Today was a good evening to go in the hottub. The only problem is that you have to plan ahead .. at least a few hours because we don’t always leave it on. Lily has no idea that its a hottub.. or that it gets warm. She looked out the window and noticed that it [...]

Look who we ran into at the grocery store today! H.E.B. is pretty much the only grocery store we can/do shop at here in San Antonio. When we go through the checkout line they always give Lily a H.E.Buddy Buck. She puts the buck in a crane game machine at the store and she gets [...]

Today we were out and about when we spotted this car.  I can’t help but wonder if they made it to there destination with all of their stuff?         Kinda reminds me of the Ikea commerical ….        Only in Texas!  

Hanukkah starts on the evening before the first day of Hanukkah .. this makes sense if you are Jewish. That evening is tonight so in dedication to my good Jewish friends Brandon & Vanessa here is a picture of their menorah. Per wikipedia here is the reason for the menorah .. “The festival is observed by [...]

As I have mentioned before I have been working on my domestic goddessness and cooking new things. Last week I seasoned some pork chops, put them in a bag and baked them in the oven. They turned out perfect! Today I am making almost the same thing only with chicken instead .. and this time I [...]

My sister Vanessa took the pictures of the day today. It snowed last night in Michigan. These are pictures of the super cute Isabel and Sofia playing outside! Evidently they do not have child labor laws in Whitmore Lake… Isabel & Sofia Looking at these pictures makes me realize that our 60° daytime temperature isn’t [...]

Ohh Little Debbie how I love your delicious cakes! Imagine my surprise as we walked thru the HEB today and JP told me he had never had a Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake .. OMG .. Seriously? Mmmmm .. eating these takes me back to the days of advent and all the delicious treats we [...]

I have a funny relationship with Christmas tree decorations. When we were growing up pretty much everything on our Christmas tree was edible. Give me some packs of gum, smarties, lifesavers, rubber bands, and ornamet hooks and I can make you some super cute edible ornaments. Or give me a whole lot of string, a box [...]

These are the palm trees in the backyard that I have been thinking about decorating. I am not sure if I am going to do it though. So many decisions. What color lights? How many lights? Do I only put the lights on the trunk? If I put lights on them will I want to [...]

We started putting up our Christmas decorations today. We have a lot to do .. Put up tree and trim the tree?   √   Put up the christmas lights outside?   √ Outside Lights What are we forgetting?

It is a bright, sunny day in San Antonio, TX… Currently 27 degrees outside, putting everyone in a Christmas sort of mood. The picture is the Riverwalk, click on it to hear a great example of a regional holiday song, enjoy!

I cant remember the last time Lily fell asleep in the car .. sure when its dark or late .. but not during the daytime! I still believe that nothing is better than a sleeping child! I took this picture today around 5pm. 

I play sand volleyball on Thursday nights. I mentioned in an earlier post that winter came to San Antonio for a couple days. It was MAYBE 45 degrees and the sand was wet. I have never played a sport as cold as the one I played tonight. San Antonio is forecasting snow tomorrow .. I [...]

Every once in awhile the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center bus comes to the parking lot at work. Today was my 4th time donating blood to them. I was told that once you do it 8 times it equals 1 Gallon and you get a gold heart pin! Im 1/2 way there! I am [...]

Check out this guy! I found him on a sign in a parking lot. He is just chillin’ on a cool and wet Texas day. Do you call them Stick Bugs or Walking Sticks?

I always look forward to Tuesdays because it is Game Day! Our regular season ended last week, this is what the league had to say about it… “In the Super Social league, the playoff picture was not nearly as fuzzy. Speaker City and Sons of Pitches both rested at home for the playoffs as they were [...]