Our Own Plumber!

I'm sure by now you have all seen 'Joe the Plumber' on CNN or HNN in regards to his ?'s to Obama during the tour of his neighborhood.... Check out the 'plumbers crack' Miss Priss would be sporting had her diaper not been riding up so high!

And what did she find so interesting you are wondering? An ant in our breakfast room! Yes, an ant. I f you click to blow up the photo below you can even see it scurrying away from her on the tile to the left of her knee. Ewww! That was right before I took care of it for her!

I think Jason need to re-bomb our crawl space and make sure all spots are sealed up before he leaves for any more TDY's! I do not like dealing with any sorts of things that creep or crawl! But, apparently Caroline has no such issues so I can just call her in to help me if the need arises!!! xo

Caroline's Dandelion Dreams...

Yes, it's official~ I'm a klutz!

So, today at Bryce's soccer tourny I was walking across a huge field~ as big as a football field at that~ and I ,of course, stepped right in a big hole! I went down in a flash, tried to stand up and walk and collapsed again. Two fab Moms on the team heard me hollering their names (Jas was a long ways away with Miss Priss, who felt the need to traipse all over the place...freedom for her!). They came over to access the situation. Another Mom came over and her sweet hubby brought me ice. A worried Dad stopped over. Julie nabbed Jas who got the car and drove it over to pick me up. A very LONG trip to the urgicare center revealed no breaks or fractures but it's so swollen he couldn't tell for sure what was going on with the ligaments. I am in an air splint, ace bandage, crutches and can't put weight on it. Oh yea, we have a two story house. Ay yay yay! Leave it to me to pull a stunt like this! I told Bryce I couldn't let his thumb sprain the other week win, I had to one up him ;) I'll have Jason carry up the camera tomorrow so I can try to do some fun photo posts! Happy holiday tomorrow everyone! Fingers crossed that this passes quickly and a follow up on Tuesday reveals nothing major. XO

Who me? "Kreative"? My oh my!

Miss Sandy Toes over at 'A Shell In Your Pocket' surprised me BIG TIME with this award early on in the week. What a fun and very neat-o way to start my week off, right?!? Holy molly! Thank you so much girly! You are just way, way too kind to me!

The rules of the "Kreative" award are to~ jot down 6 interesting facts (not sure I'm interesting, but I shall give it a go!) about me and to pass this award to 6 bloggers. Buckle up, Here we go!

1. I have to wipe down my bathrooms every morning before I go anywhere. I just feel all undone if it's not done. Does that make any sense to anyone at all?!? My hubby thinks I'm bonkers. Please tell me I'm not alone doing this!

2. I grew up in England. I moved there when I was 5 and stayed there through graduating high school (other than 1 1/2 years my Dad was reassigned to Georgia). So, my fav chocolates and foods are British for the most part! Yummy!

3. Speaking of foods; I can eat an entire 4 pack of Cadburys Creme Eggs in one sitting. Yes, I'm truly addicted to them!

4. My hair color is natural. I highlighted it one time and my mother freaked out and paid the salon to take me back to my natural color years ago.

5. Jason and I were married twice. Once in the courthouse and once in the church. So, I get 2 anniversaries...lucky me!

6. My nickname growing up was 'Miss Priss'. I have passed the torch to Caroline, my 'Miss Priss' ;)

Here are 6 blogs I'm passing this neat little award on to for being 'Kreative' in your own way, and in no particular order... Drumroll please... ;)

1 ~ List at The Long Road To China. Her photography posting abilities along are so super duper creative! WOW is how I feel each time I see a post of hers!

2 ~ Amber over at The McIllece Spot. My dear, you have it going on in this department, Miss Kreative herself!!!

3 ~ Chris at Just A Girl. Amazing! Her mantle post and the glittery bones? Just two recent things that SCREAM 'Kreative'!!! Go see for yourself!

4~ Susie at Bienvenue. She stays super busy with craftiness and 'kreative-ness' (is that even a word?!?) I always love seeing her new ideas!

5~ A fellow best namer' ever...Leslie at Feathers In My Nest. The name alone makes you smile and think 'kreative', but peek at her blog...FILLED with 'kreative' I tell ya!!!

6~ Jodee at Follow The Leaders. Her 'Spend, Save, Give' jars and all of her other nifty ideas are GREAT and 'kreative'!

The Princess Of Punk Pumpkin Eater!

Hmm, I need a snack after being at my brother's soccer practice... What have we here?

Maybe they won't see me if I'm sly...

Pumpkin eater!

Funky Fall Fun!

I love our new fall blog, Jaimee! You did it AGAIN! Wow! Thanks for some funky fall fun girl!!!

Now, here's something fun and fallish... My Mom made the best praline topping for homemade apple pies! When she had to make a desert in a jiffy, this is a great cheater thing to do... ;)

Praline Apple Pie

1 Mrs. Smith Deep Dish Apple Pie, frozen (see, this is the cheater part of it!)
1/4 cup butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted (optional, of course!)

Remove plastic from frozen pie, cut slits in top, place on aluminum foil lined baking sheet and bake at 375 for 1 hour. Shield with aluminum foil for the next 20-30 mins of bake time to total the time at: 1 hour 20 ish minutes.
Cool for 1 hour.
Bring butter, brown sugar and whipping cream to a boil in a 2 qt saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in vanilla and powdered sugar until it's smooth (this might take you a bit!).
Pour praline mixture slowly over pie, spreading to cover.
Top with pecans if you'd like.

ENJOY!

Blake~ It's Your Special Day Buddy!

Happy Birthday to Blake~ Bryce's buddy and a special little guy in Miss Priss's eyes, too! Blake is such a good boy and so sweet to both of my kids, which means the world to both Jason and myself. Last month we wished Bryce's bestest buddy, Tierney, a blogger birthday wish and this is her big brother, Blake's day! (They have fun peeking in at the blog so we all thought this would be a fun way to surprise them on each of their days!) So Blake...may all of your special birthday wishes for the year ahead come true! We hope you had a fabulous day and that your evening is even better! Birthday love and hugs from the E's