Monthly Archives: December 2009

It’s New Years.. and I need a Cocktail Dress!

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The Man and I do the same thing every New Year’s eve… we go out early for dinner (usually on the Plaza) walk around shop a little, drink some Starbucks then bring Cheesecake Factory dessert home to eat with the kids.  A nice night.. not to eventful.  When I was growing up, I thought I would go to a BIG.. MONSTER.. New Years Eve Bashes.. you know the swanky kind that last all night.. and you spend the night in a posh hotel?  The Man is not that kind of “celebrator”.. he’s more of the “let’s grill some steaks and watch TV at home” kind of guy.  So this blog is really me dreaming that I need a cocktail dress for New Years Eve.

1. Black Silk Vintage Cocktail Dress.  This has a criss cross waist and super full skirt.  To see it go here. It’s being sold by Etsy seller Millstreetvintage.

2. Greta Garbo Black long slinky dress.  Wow.. I don’t know if I could walk in this.. but I would love to try.  Check it out here.  It is being sold by mnemosynedesigns.

3. Gucci Runway Evening Dress Brown Purple graduated color. See it here.  This fabulous dress is being sold on eBay by: 88caviar

4. Brown Duponi Silk Dress. This dress is hand made by Olivestyle on Etsy.  I thought I wanted it in red… but I fell in love with the brown.  Check it out here.

5. 1950’s Vintage Ceil Chapman Mocha silk Cocktail dress. Sold by Timeless Vintage Vixen  Check it out here.

Bonus Dress.. with a memory..

6.  Black One Shoulder Long Maxi Dress. This reminds me of something my mother wore at parties.  I think she had one that was a funny blue green color.  I remember thinking she looked so glamorous in it..  To see this one go here.  This is being sold by eBay Seller Honeydress.

Peace, Quiet and Towing Cars.. Chevrolet Suburban Style..

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This is what the TOP of my driveway looked like this morning.

This is what the bottom of my driveway looked like last night.

Gary Lezak (my favorite weather guy) said it would snow.. and we wouldn’t get “much accumulation”.. as it turns out we received about 2 more inches.  Since blogging yesterday about my UPS Driver.. The Man and P*trick  (pronounces P  Trick) also became stuck and could not make it up the driveway.  This morning #2 got up and used the Kabota (tractor) to get them out. Being the kind of girl I am.. I’m not really.. a morning person.  I wasn’t up.  I did get up pretty quickly when #2 came in the house to tell me that “#1 was stuck in the driveway.. in the Suburban.

I flew out  of the house without my camera.. (dummy) and pulled the Suburban out with my bare hands (just kidding).. I got in.. rocked it a little and drove the sucker out.  #1 informed me her father had slid into a ditch down the road.  We loaded up the car and went down to pull him out… (This is where I realized I forgot my camera.. and left #4 (my 6 year old) in charge of a sleeping #3 and #5)  I sent #1 back to the house where she woke up #3 (to take care of her younger siblings) and brought my camera down to me.

Here we have The Man’s car firmly lodged in the ditch.

Here is my Suburban.. I’m pointing out the Chevrolet emblem in

hopes GM will pay me a little advertising dollars or buy gift me a new

2010 Yukon Denali (white) with all the bells and whistles.. including

those little TV’s in the headrests. The man says I don’t need the TV’s..

But have you ever been to Chuck E Cheese on a Friday night?  That’s what it’s

like to ride in a car with my children.

Before we could get his car pulled out, our new neighbor down the road

makes an appearance (guy with the pink arrow over his head).  He’ll

be moving in to the house in January.  His truck doesn’t have 4-wheel drive..

I secretly wish him luck getting around on our roads..  Good news.. he

has kids my boys ages.. bad news.. he has kids my boys ages..

We pulled The Man’s car out of the ditch.. and he went on his way to work.

Who doesn’t love a picture of a good looking dog…

Have I ever introduced you to my dog?  If not..

This is Porky.. as in “the Pig”.  He loves long walks in the

snow, table scraps, cat food and freaking out of the

mail lady. (Bad Dog)

How sweet.  #1 and her dog..

Taken from my front door.. It looks so peaceful..until

you come inside.

UPS Delivers.. Sometimes we deliver to them..

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It snowed here in Kansas over Christmas eve.  For the first time (that I knew of) we had blizzard warnings.

This is what use to be my 2 lane road that has become 1 lane road..

because of snow drifts.

Neither one of these photos really show how much snow we received,

OR how bad the road is.. It was deep!

This is the entrance to my driveway.. that’s all ice.

This is a view from my driveway looking up the road.

Here’s a view of my driveway from the road.  It’s pretty steep and

a long way up.  Do you see the ice?

This is a UPS Truck sitting at the end of my driveway.

When it’s nasty out.. we meet our driver at the end of our driveway

and give him our boxes.

Just to once again embarrass myself…

See the little smudge there..( it’s in all the photos)… Once again

proving to The Man I need to “keep my fingers off the lens!”

Lame, Ugly, Gross = Secretly Delicious?

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I asked #2 what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday. Before I tell you his answer…  I should tell you.. that I dedicated one whole summer to learning how to make a good cake and the perfect butter cream frosting.  (this is one of the reasons I’m so chubby)  Did he pick my chocolate devils food with  coconut butter cream? or maybe the Reece’s dark chocolate cake with peanut butter butter cream frosting? or the yellow cake with Special Dark chocolate butter cream? NO..  He picked a box cake mix.. called “Funfetti”

I don’t have anything against Pillsbury.. I don’t have anything against boxed cake mixes.. They are convenient and delicious.. BUT if your mother offers you homemade why do you pick a box?

Here’s proof I’m a bad mother..  we didn’t have any candles.. except 2 and

well the kid is 14.

I did “mom it up” by making a 3 layer cake into a 6 layer cake. I

made Special Dark Chocolate butter cream frosting.. instead of using

store bought.  So at least I feel like I added a little love into the cake.

Isn’t it ugly?  Secretly it was pretty good.  Don’t tell anyone.