say it with me: or-gan-i-za-tion

is it too early to know my

new year's resolution?

because i have my pegged.

it's called organization.

some people are born with it.

ronnie, for one, has to have things in order.

you've seen my closets.

i am obviously not worried about it.

but it drives him crazy.

i've never understood his concern with MY closet,

but i guess its time i jump on his bandwagon.

i take up four closets in this house

and think its because nothing has a place,

so i just throw it anywhere.

i even told ronnie he could buy me closet organizers

for a christmas gift.

(i should get some sort of gold star for that)

so hopefully this winter,

when we can't play outside,

i will be reorganizing all my clothes.

or maybe i'll make ronnie do it,

while i watch.



name that movie

we're having an open house at work

and they asked us to come up with some

sort of game to play for customer to win prizes.

i thought "name that christmas movie quote" would be fun.

wanna see if you're any good?

It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.

Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.

Santa, how come your clothes are so baggy?
Because Santa is...watching his saturated fats!
How come you don’t have a beard?
Because I shaved.  Now, do you want this doll or not?!? Go back to sleep!

Only I didn't say fudge.

I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words,

the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!

Why is the carpet all wet, Todd?

I don’t know, Maarrgo.

You stink. You smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like Santa."

Merry Christmas, you filthy animal.

If you're really Santa Claus, you can get it for me.

And if you can't, you're only a nice man with a white beard like mother says.

Seeing isn’t believing. Believing is seeing.

Aunt Clara had, for years, labored under the delusion

that I was not only perpetually four years old, but also a girl.

Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat?

Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?

just a little fun for the holidays!

the middle is the best part

on saturday we went to ronnie's sister's

to hang out with her family since we hadn't

seen them in awhile.

i made cookies to take to them.

chocolate chip cookies stuffed with rolos.

yes, they are as good as they sound.

i won't bore you with the chocolate chip cookie recipe details,

since i'm sure everyone has one,

but just remember to

freeze your bag of rolos for an hour.

make your normal cookie batter,

roll them into balls with a frozen rolos in the middle.

then throw them back in the freezer for 20 mins

and bake at 350 for 13 mins.

so so so good.

and i think you could just buy

a tub of chocolate chip cookie dough

and have these done in literally 20 mins.

my kind of cookie.

oh and next time, i might try peanut butter cookie dough.

brilliant, right?

ps- i stole these pictures off the internet.
those are not my man hands featured in picture #1.
just to clarify...

the ups and downs of today

i made crockpot chicken today

and it was a fail.

chicken, carrots, potatoes, onion, a packet of chicken gravy.

how could that not be good?

but it wasn't.

the chicken was dry.

i thought about throwing it away.

ronnie didn't even try to act like it was good.

not cool.

but on the upside,

i did get to rock out my new dress

thanks to the new blog i follow

that i mentioned here.

she had it on and my friend at work and i decided to buy it.

plus it gives me a great excuse to bust out my

new birthday shoes too.

sa-weet.

what else...

i find myself wishing for the weekends.

work is not fun,

 but christmas plans are.

we have shopping day

cookie day

4 family dinners

and ugly christmas sweater party.

i'm looking forward to it all,

so work really gets in the way.

speaking of work,

i'm looking for a new venture.

again.

well maybe.

i might stay where i'm at,

but in a new position.

so basically,

its all up in the air.

but i wouldn't mind some positive thoughts

being sent my way.

and while you're at it,

throw ronnie in there too.

his B I G test is this saturday.

the one he has to pass

to be done with school.

i would really love it if he passes.

cross your fingers

and wish us luck.

12 days of christmas

has anyone heard this song on the radio?

and since its only 23 days until christmas,
i thought i could share.

it's my favorite.

so funny.

and the guys are so good.

reminds me of the warblers on glee.

now i really want to see them in concert.

they're coming to kc soon.

who's coming with me?

because i know ronnie's not interested.

jingle bells, batman smells

my friends keep me motivated.

i mean, if all the mothers i know are out there

crafting away like mad women,

then i can to.

so i decided that i was finally going to make my

jingle bell wreath. 

my current christmas wreath was purchased from

wal-mart 5 years ago when ronzo and i

still lived in the townhouse.

back then my house was decorated in

left over college pieces, along with my mom's hand-me-downs.

it was not cute.

this wreath is not cute.

imagine plastic greenery

with gold accents.

plastic, as in rubbery.

so since i had to run to hobby lobby to buy

new white taper candles for my dining room table,

i thought i would pick up everything else i needed

for my new wreath.

then i picked up three boxes of jingle bells and

decided to go on the hunt for foam wreaths.

i walked and walked

sounding like a million santa claus's heading down the aisle with me.

nope, sorry folks, its just me and my boxes of bells.

i gave up, shoved everything on a shelf and left.

merry freaking christmas,

i need a cart.

leftovers

do you have lots of turkey

and side dishes left at your house?

normally my mom's idea for getting rid of

all the leftover turkey is to make turkey tetrazzini

which, don't get me wrong, is delicious.

but i am a pot pie girl,

so when i saw this on the food network,

i had to share.

first, get out your muffin tins

and preheat your oven to 375.

cut fillo dough in squares for each muffin cup.

fill with turkey, gravy, green beans, corn, potatoes

and dressing.

top with another square of fillo dough
and brush with butter.
sprinkle with paprika if desired.

back for 20 to 30 mins.

wah la... since everything is already cooked and your gravy is made this is literally

the easiest and fastest turkey pot pie ever made.