THAT is a serving?

I was excited when shopping for my favorite meal of the day, to find this promise:

You're kidding!

So....In efforts to have a healthy lifestyle, I have pretty much done away with all “sugar cereals”. I eat ones with the “heart healthy” label, for the most part. However, it wasn’t until just recently that I realized I wasn’t doing myself that much good by them. Observe:

This is an average bowl for me. And sometimes then comes a little more, depending on how much milk is left over.

This, is a serving:

1 Cup

Again, this is about what I eat:

And this is a serving:

3/4 Cup
I guess I was a little off when eyeballing it- I’ve actually had about 2-3 servings every morning! So much for a healthy lifestyle and moderate diet. Don’t worry though, now that I realized what’s been going on, I won’t be making that mistake anymore! Perhaps my next move would be to buy smaller bowls?!

Valentines and stuff

This is what I meant by a "broken key". Have you ever tried to play the piano under these circumstances? It sucks. Oh well...

We went to my sister in laws for our annual super bowl party. It was great fun, I even supplied some "birthday cake cookies" but we all know what happened in the game so moving on...

I created a cupboard for Brody to destroy. It was advice I got in a book I my pediatrician gave me. I still haven't decided if it's a good thing to let him explore, or if it's just giving him the OK to break into more things. Eh.

B has this funny way of crawling. Cracks me up! He only does it when he doesn't have pants on so maybe his legs are cold? (there is no sound to this clip)

And finally, Valentine's day was a lot of fun. It's always fun to see what Tony will come up with. This year, a couple of my favorites was waking up to this:

A giant card and my favorite valentines candy (the "tarts"). He carved a message with an exacto knife into the back of these conversation hearts. He later said, "you don't even know how long that took me"! When I told him he could've just written on them he said he wanted me to be able to eat them. Aww. What a sweet gesture :p

A couple days before Valentines I received this incredibly beautiful bouquet of 2 dozen roses in the mail!

Tony had to work all day but he came home and gave me this.

Since it was Brody and I all day to ourselves, I told Tony I would head out to the mall sometime to get out. So I went outside to find this:

Aww. So I decided, since Tony was going to be driving around working he at least needed a little valentines day pick-me-up.

So I created this:

I've always wanted to do that, and it was a lot of fun! That is, until someone got greedy and changed it to "I love you sarah!" That was sweet of Sarah's man but c'mon buy your own cups for 4bucks! Cheap-o. I was a little miffed my sign was destroyed- it didn't even make it through the day! Whateva.

So in case I haven't mentioned it before, you must know, I am a genius. Like all girls, I wanted a box of chocolates for Valentines day, but I told Tony not to worry about it and we'd buy some the next day (or in this case the next Monday) when they were on major sale. I'm not one to buy into the holiday gimmicks. And boxes of chocolates, for 20bucks, I'm sure- are gimmicks. So, for all the fools who spent too much on candy, I got this little beauty for $2 at Walgreen's! What can I say, I'm awesome.

Moda Jelly Roll

If you are into quilting (anne) and anyone else who might like to win go to this blog today and enter her giveaway! It's for a Moda Jelly Roll. Since I posted this, I got 5 extra entries. Cross your fingers for me- I want this for my sister.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday, you old lady you! (jk.. but you are getting there:) You are the worlds greatest mom! Not only are you a bomb mom, you are my best friend! You really need to live closer- or maybe we'll come to you. Like I was telling you earlier, Brody took a few steps today, for your birthday. So here is a video for you! Warning: he crashes at the end. ):

My Love/Hate relationships

Valentines day is a special day for some, hated by others. So in light of the recent holiday, I have several love/hate relationships, I've been noticing as of late, that I felt like sharing. Seemed appropriate.

My first love/hate relationship: target.

Who doesn’t love the patented buttered popcorn aroma as you enter this upper-class-wally world, of sorts. It’s a great store, who can argue. HOWEVER, it can be too great. I walk in with the intention of buying just batteries (or something) and I walk out fifty bucks later wondering what happened. I can’t help it. So I avoid Target whenever possible because I know what it does to me.

Bank of America. Oh BOA, you are everywhere. I love being on the other end of the country and still being able to access my money through an ATM without a fee. However, you’ve stolen money from me (I have evidence). And although you being everywhere is a convenience to me, I think it has gone to your head. You don’t care about the little people- and I am one of the little people. I’d like to take my business elsewhere on occasion, but you wouldn’t notice. Or miss me. So I won’t go through the trouble.

Stupid Laptop. You’ve been a thorn in my side since the day I bought you. That could be my fault since you were dropped. But a month ago, you crapped out on me. Lucky for you, I had a very generous friend donate his time to repair you. So you’re not being sold for parts just yet. P.S. I love you.

Hairspray= bad for the environment and nastys up my wedding ring. But you keep my hair in place and that’s really what matters in life.

Chocolate= keeps me comforted all year round. Maybe it's just the extra fat it supplies me. So that's no bueno. How dare you taste so irresistible.

Money= the root of all evil, so I hear. I couldn’t live without you. I would starve.

Internet= a great place to mingle with friends, get recipes, or diagnose myself. But there are creepies on there. And plenty of things the world could definitely live without. So although I love you, I hate you too.

A broken key and a wasted egg.

Such as been my life lately! I can't complain too bad, I'm still having fun. I am alive, at least, mom and dad.
So as soon as my piano craps out on me, both cars needed help, and my computer crashes. That was the cherry on top. I didn't realize till last night that I've been a bit of a wreck until I cracked an egg into the garbage. Who does that? I guess it was kinda like cracking it into the bowl, except... not.