Archive for December, 2008

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
I’ve spent some time off from blogging this past week or so. And an eventful week it was. The past week included:
my mother winding up in the hospital after losing two liters of blood (imagine a two-liter soda bottle…full of blood)
my parents not coming to California from Chicago to visit us for the holidays due [...]
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
I love this kind of information….Spout off some of these facts to friends and family over the holidays and they’z will think you is really smart in the brain.
If you can’t see this video click this link to view it.
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
A friend of mine forwarded me this link. It is too cute. You/your child fill out a few fields on Santa’s web page and then the Big Fella immediately responds with a letter that’s customized to what your child’s input. And the responses are pretty different from one another. My kids and I were totally [...]
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Well, my big-ass holiday party is O-V-E-R. I don’t know about anyone else who attended, but I had a great time. Any party that ends with people (i.e., ‘me’) dancing on the furniture is a fun night. The White Cosmo cocktail (thank you, those who voted) was a big hit. I liked it so much [...]
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
The votes are in and WHITE COSMO has won with 71% of the vote. Thanks to all of you who cast your ballot and helped me make this highly important decision. And, thanks to those who also suggested other drinks. I want to try the Ginger Bling and the Chocolate Martini with crushed chocolate-covered toffee [...]
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
I hereby convene the first annual meeting of the Christmas Cocktail Selection Committee of which you, my dear readers, are members. You will help me choose the signature cocktail I will be serving at the holiday gathering (of 100 people!!!) I am having at my home next weekend. Things to keep in mind when making [...]
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
This is exciting and a HMWW blog first – a guest blogger! Ladies, please welcome a guest post by Mia Hysteria from General Hysteria (www.generalhysteria.blogspot.com).
This is all part of the TwitterMoms “Blog Swap” I’m a part of today. And, I have a post on Mia’s site too about the “Reality of Motherhood”. Please check it out over [...]
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Finally, an organizational system for my life. I better order a couple pallets of these…
Knock Knock Crap File Folders. 6 for $10.50 at Paper Source.
Thank you Elaina from Fun Finds for Mom for bringing these to my attention. She knows me far too well.
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
Hope you had a great Thanskgiving and enjoyed the glorious, long, much-deserved and well-overdue, four-day weekend! Today is Cyber Monday - the biggest online shopping day of the year…because online shopping is so much better than working on your first day back after a long weekend. To aid you in your effort to avoid working today, I [...]
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