Sisters, Sisters

Most times when I see my girls being cute together, I start singing the song "Sisters, Sisters" from White Christmas. Usually just: "Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters."

I got them to be adorable for pictures in their new Christmas dresses. It's really nice to have a MIL that is practically a seamstress. She is amazing! I usually (when I actually sew clothes) go to her for the hard parts. She usually finishes my project for me... It's nice! I feel bad, but they end up better than I would have done it.

She has started making Christmas and Easter dresses. I love it. I don't have to do all the work that I don't know how to do. Perhaps I should get her to teach me more...I guess that would involve actual sewing, from an actual pattern. I do like to sew, but not generally clothes.


And, in case you are unfamiliar with "Sisters, Sisters" here it is!

Funk

Don't worry, I'm only in a blogging funk, not a general funk. Christmas is still in my heart. I'm enjoying the joy and high the kids are still on.

I don't know why, but I just haven't had a lot to write about. I don't feel particularly clever. I don't know why. Maybe I'm just not clever. I think that must be it.

Add to it that I've been crocheting like crazy for Christmas/winter that I haven't had a lot of time to think.

We had a great Christmas and we are now trying to dig out from the storm that hit us yesterday. We definitely got a white Christmas...and then some!

Now, I'm in the mood to (it's scary: ) CLEAN! With all of the cooking, baking and playing that has been going on here, it's a big mess!

So, hopefully I can come up with something fun and exciting for you to read...until then, I'll be cleaning!!

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! Keep the spirit of the season in your hearts throughout this day and the whole year! It isn't easy to do, but it is so worth it. There are such hard times and if we can all keep Christ in our hearts, it is so much better!

12 Days

Total Cost of 12 days of Christmas in 2008

$86,609

Wow! That's a lot of cash!

Webelos Cookies

The Webelos made cookies at our house yesterday.


They were for pack meeting.

Needless to say, I'll be making cookies today! (At least they're my favorite kind.)

The crazy thing is that these boys had never baked cookies before. They are 10 years old. I can't cook anything without a helper and I love it! I think the great thing about it is that my kids love to be our "sous chefs" and they are learning while they do. They ask lots of questions and we teach them along the way. So many people are afraid to cook and don't know what to do. I never want my kids to be afraid, so they are working with us and learning how to do things. Maybe they'll only eat Ramen by choice...

I hope they are always helpful like this. Do any of you have experience with this? If you have expected and allowed your kids to help around the house, are they still willing (and wanting) to help when they are older?

Yellow Belt

I am so glad that we were able to switch karate schools. Indy is now learning American Kenpo Karate, instead of a type I've never heard of and couldn't find online. His teacher is awesome! He has learned more here than the other school and he was there for twice as long. He teaches more real-life skills and wants the kids to be prepared for things that could happen.

Indy just earned his real yellow belt! He is so excited and proud of what he can do. He is eager to practice and loves to go to class.

(It's also about half the price for twice the lessons!)

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!

This morning, CM said that he was ready and excited for snow. I had already let the dog out, so I had seen that it was snowing, so I told him to look outside.

It's supposed to snow. It's nice to have snow in December. We haven't gotten a lot of it, yet this year. It looks like winter, now!

Now, we just have to hope we'll get more for Christmas!

Tom's Diner

It is so funny what you learn when you do a little research into something.

This song is the song that I start to sing randomly. I have done it for ten or fifteen years. I don't know why, but this is the perpetually-stuck-in-my-head song! I guess it's just one of those songs!

It's called "Tom's Diner" and it was written by Suzanne Vega!

This is a video with the version of the song that I like the best, but it is only her singing with a static picture. (I usually only get the Da da da da part stuck in my head.)




And, I didn't know this song was by the same person! Where was I? Oh, yeah, I was nine! This song is so sad! I heard about it when I was single and had a bird I named Lucca. This one is called "Luka". Enjoy.



Wow! She's apparently the "Mother of the MP3"!! And here she is in Second Life. It's weird, but it's an interview with Suzanne. She explains how she's the mother of the MP3, even though she didn't invent it. At the end she sings the song in it's original form.



So, hopefully I didn't get it stuck in your head to.

I was told that if I did a "big finish" I could get the song out of me head. I haven't tried it yet, but I think to get a song out of my head that is there so much is going to take a huge finish!!

Waste or Not?

When I first moved from Florida to Utah, I tried to maintain relationships and keep track of my friends, but none of them wrote back when I wrote letters. More recently, I have gotten in contact with several old friends through email and blogs. Then, a couple of days ago, I joined Facebook and I've found several people I have wondered about for a long time. I have also wasted a ton of time and I hope I don't stay too addicted to it!

It doesn't really matter whether you move 2000 miles or 20, it is hard to keep up with friends. I am so grateful for the Internet, email, blogs and facebook! It has been so nice to reconnect with old friends!