Posted by: maloneokie on: February 8, 2010
I finally got motivated to cook this weekend. I made meatballs and real mashed potatoes. I made an oatmeal cake and a raspberry cobbler. They were all yummy – the oatmeal cake is wonderful. Hopefully this will keep up. Less sweets and more solid – naa, life is short!!
Posted by: maloneokie on: February 4, 2010
I watched another movie last night (hubby is working late all this week and not much else to do).
Watched “DeJa’ Vu” with Denzel Washington. It is a thriller and it held me until the very last scene. Four stars.
Posted by: maloneokie on: February 2, 2010
1 box of spice cake mix
1 can of pumpkin
1 cup of water
Mix with hand mixer. Bake at 350 oven for about 20 minutes. Make 24 uber moist muffins.
Enjoy!!
Posted by: maloneokie on: February 1, 2010
Here in these parts (Music City USA) we don’t get much snow even though they have more snow days than I can count. They usually call things off in “anticipation” of snow which never amounts to anything at all.
The snow started falling Friday around 9am while I was at work. It is month end close so I had to keep going. They closed the building around 10am and I finally left around noon. I watched my boss have a horrible wreck but he was okay but his beloved jeep not so much. Not much of a birthday present for him that day.
More snow and then sleet arrived. Hubby was giddy because he loves snow. Anna likes the snow but not the ice! We spent Saturday sledding with the neighbors. It was fun. I made lots of hot chocolate. We did clean the house and finish up the laudry (otherwise known as Mt. Washmore).
Sunday no church because we still could not get out of the neighborhood due to all the ice (note from above about sledding all day!). More rest and relaxation which was so much fun. We never left the cul de sac all weekend.
Back to the grind today. The roads are still slick but getting better. This is hubby’s weekend to work so he will probably have to stay late some too.
We have watched the following movies: Breached – this is a so very good true story/thriller about a CIA spy. Must watch. 4 Christmases – it was good. I gave it 4 stars as it was better than so so.
I am going to see Jim Brickman in concert in a few weeks and really looking forward to that. Starting to get excited about going to New Orleans in March too.
Posted by: maloneokie on: January 25, 2010
Sorry I have been slow about giving you movie reviews. Here they are from last week.
Paper Clips – Wonderful wonderful. A must watch for the whole family. It is a documentary (stop rolling your eyes!) but it is not boring and it is a wonderful lesson to be learned by all of us. I could gush on for hours about this one. I gave it 5 stars.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – It was good. Not entirely a chick flick. I gave it 3 starts. Cute take on “A Christmas Carol”.
Blind Side- Extremely good. Another wonderful family movie. It reminds us that therer are still decent people out in the world. It reminds us of how children are the innocent victims of adults poor choices. And it reminds us that not all poor inter-city kids are thugs. I gave it 5 stars.
I can’t belive that hubby and I actually went on a movie date! It has been at least a year since we last did that. It was a good time had by all. We had a good weekend.
Posted by: maloneokie on: January 20, 2010
I booked the trip to New Orleans. You guys know how I hate to be away from home but I just sat down and made the reservations. We will be there for hubby’s birthday so I need to think of some place special for that. Any ideas are appreciated.
Excitement! Weeee!!!
Posted by: maloneokie on: January 19, 2010
Hubby has decided against going to Bounderies counseling. Why does that frustrate me? I put my name on the line by asking Mike to take him, I am trying to establish bounderies with his ex wife, his kids and his mom and now I am back to standing alone. He says it is about the money but that is bunk. He hasn’t opened his book, not even cracked the spine! He doesn’t want to put forth the effort, he doesn’t want things to change. I don’t want to hear a single gripe about his mother, I don’t want to hear a peep about his ex wife or kids because there is not a price you can put on sanity.
Right now I am at a loss for words. I am angry, hurt, frustrated but I don’t want to nag him about it because that won’t accomplish anything.
Posted by: maloneokie on: January 14, 2010
So it looks like hubby and I are going to take a few days off soon since I have a round trip ticket that is about to expire. We have decided to go to New Orleans. I have been but it has been pre-Katrina and he has never been.
Any ideas, suggestions? I know we will do the French Quarter touristy things and the D-Day Museum is a must for me. But any hotel, places to eat ideas?
Posted by: maloneokie on: January 11, 2010
I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth! Just trying to get back into the swing of “normal” life (HA!).
Hubby went with the church 11 and 12th graders this past weekend snow skiing. He didn’t get much sleep and it was cold. Anna and I stayed home and didn’t leave for anything. I watched “The Departed”. It was good but as most good mob movies are, very graphic and rough language. Gave it a 3. Then I watched “Valentino: Fall of an empire”. It was a documentary about Valentino. I enjoyed it. I gave it 4 stars.
I made a mexican stew from Tasty Kitchen. It was very good and filling. Cheap to make also!! Guess I need to get back into the cooking swing again.
The step kids are coming this weekend and as always, I am not ready mentally. I have not had any good alone time with hubby and I would like to have peace and quiet for a while longer!
Posted by: maloneokie on: January 4, 2010
I survived the 8 long days with the step kids in the house. Geez for being almost 17 and 14 they can’t even get a drink out of the fridge. So I was a maid a cook and a door mat for the last week. Glad to have my house back to MY HOUSE!
Do me a favor and visit my sister’s blog. It is http://michiell.wordpress.com She is new to the blogging world and she is a good writer. I am sure she will be finding all my grammar errors so I look forward to that! Hee Hee.
I guess I am ready for the new year.
I went to see “Up in the Air” at the movie theater. It was very good. I am giving it a 4 out of 5 stars. I might keep it on my Netflix queue and watch it again when it rolls around.
Not much else to report on. Just ready to get back into the routine of life. Hubby starts is bounderies counseling tomorrow.
