Getting ahead of myself...

Want a good Christmas gift recipe?

Here you go!

Here is the easiest fudge recipe ever:

3 cups of chips - whatever flavor you like
1 can sweetened condensed milk

heat on low until melted

take off heat and add 1 tsp vanilla - or mint extract if you want to make a mint fudge

pour into 8x8 pan that is covered with foil and greased (I use my spray) and cool in fridge for a good 2 hours before cutting

**for rocky road - I used semi-sweet chips and add a cup of walnuts and 2 cups of marshmallows, stirring well

I also have made this with peanut butter chips, mint chips...haven't tried white chocolate just due to personal preference but I'm sure that would be good, too. You can do any kind of combination of flavors you like. :-) I personally like using the dark chocolate chips.

I buy holiday tins and give it to all of my co-workers for Christmas every year - they love it.

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Please pray for the Croghan family. Korrine lost her battle with cancer (see previous post).

Another food question......and a request

Ok, so we make a return visit to Mia Famiglia tonight. They have good food plus we had a $50 for $25 coupon we had to use.

What do I do?

ORDER THE SAME THING!

Is this odd? Or do other people do it, too?

We had a different appetizer (smoked mozzarella wrapped in basil and lightly fried) and then I had a caprese salad and fungi (mushroom and ricotta filled ravioli). Just like last time. And it was super yummy. Again.

I do think I'll try something different next time. Really! (ok, I'll really try!)

Now to my request. I've been following a blog for quite a while now. Can't even remember how I found it, but that isn't really important. What is important is that a lovely 14 year old girl named Korrine is very sick with a rare form of cancer and it seems has taken a turn for the worse, so please pray for Korrine and her family.

click here to read Korrine's story.

Not famous....infamous!

Meet my former student that I've posted about before - the one who became a gang-banger and shot at a couple of cops. Nice, huh?

when talking about food.....

......."funky" and "good" just don't seem to go together. Am I right here?

I just don't know how Andrew Zimmern can eat what he does. I'll stick with tried and true instead of bizarre when it comes to my food!!!

Bedtime Hell is getting better!

So I had to become a hard-ass. Bedtime required it. Our routine is now a little different, and it has worked well for me. We are still watching a short show, but start earlier and then we get pjs on, go potty, and read a book downstairs. THEN we head upstairs and all we need to do is brush teeth, go potty again, and say prayers. After that it is goodnight ma'am and I'm outta there.

Of course when she doesn't like what I say she will wail, "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddy!" It is seriously pathetic. And tugs on the strings - for maybe 5 seconds. ugh.

She has been sleeping all night except for last night. It got really windy and she woke up and had to go potty and for good measure I turned on her radio. She went right back to sleep no problem.......me, not so much.

Still, bedtime has to come earlier but it is SO hard with everything going on. But we'll work on that!

Bedtime Hell!

It is amazing how a 4 year old can bring a grown woman to tears - in a matter of minutes - over betime. I am "supposed to" know about behavior. How do deal with inappropriate behavior. How to not have these power struggles day after day after day. But man, 4 year olds are *MUCH* harder than 8th graders. Every night is a struggle lately. Every night. When I put her to bed. When Daddy puts her to bed. Same thing.....crying/screaming when it is time to go up. Having to go potty "one more time" after she's already gone 2x and is tucked in and goodnights have been said.

Every time.

And you know what? I just have to be done. I can't play anymore.

I guess from now on we go to bed "cold turkey" - no show, no books, no nothing. Until she can do it. Consistently. I know she can. I wish I knew why she won't. We'll see if Dr. Z has any better ideas at our check-up tomorrow!

Oh Yah Baby!

Go Brewers Go!

Big win! Game 4 tomorrow at noon. Guess we won't be watching the Packers for the second straight week. This is unheard of!

Brrrrrrrrrrr!

It is chilly! The heat kicked in this morning for the first time. Was round freezing last night ~ had to cover my tomato and pepper plants. Should be a beautiful day today though: sunny and high 60s. I love fall but it is a little early to be soooo chilly!!!

GO BREWERS! They are down 0-2 and tonight is a must win at Miller Park!

And, if you are watching the Badger-Ohio State game tonight on tv don't be surprised when you don't see UW's Marching Band. They are suspended. Dumb kids! College football game at Camp Randall without the band = bummer!

Brewers down 0-1 in NLDS

So it was a rough day for us Brewer fans. Couldn't buy a hit today. Things got exciting in the 9th but the "whiffs" doomed us again. Better luck tomorrow. tomorrow we have CC so hopefully all will be right in the baseball world for us! GO BREWERS!

Tagged!

Ok, so I asked for it - I have to since I have low-traffic flow here (my life and thoughts are Boooooooooooring). Ha. Ok, some of that is totally by choice.
But on twopeas I saw a post asking who wanted to be tagged, so I said sure.

Here's the skinny - cut and pasted from wholarmor's blog (how the hell am I going to tag 6 people? This game of tag may end - FAST)

Here are the rules:
1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Write six random things about yourself.
3. Tag six people at the end of your post.
4. If you are tagged, JUST DO IT, and pass the tag

So.....6 random things about me. This will be exciting!

1. I am a diet coke fiend. Every so often I give it up. For a day or two, maybe a week....then I'm back.

2. I would love to go to bed every night by 9 PM. Ain't ever gonna happen, but I can wish.

3. I have not bought a music CD since I can't tell you. Seriously. It's been a good 3 years at least!

4. I've recently been really getting into Facebook. I was never part of the "old" facebook, so I don't really know how much the new one sucks.

5. I love to watch House Hunters.

6. I am a sports freak. I LOVE sports. Especially my hometown teams: Brewers, Packers, Bucks, Badgers.......I probably get more into sports than my hubby! I'd watch every NFL game - just because I really love football.

So.....now the tricky part. Who to tag. Can I just tag whoever reads this? Cuz I know it ain't many :-) But hopefully these people will see this at some point and play along!
1. Jody
2. Lisa
3. Lawanda
4. Fran
5.
6.

oh heck, I'm going to have to let some more people know I actually have a blog! :-)

I'm also going to come back to link some of what I wrote - I always forget how so have to check again. ugh.