I have a dream too.

Sorry for the late posting. I was in the ER (A&E) with my friend this morning so I slept really late.

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr day! One of my favorite things while I was in school was an assignment for Martin Luther King, Jr day. The assignment was, "Write an 'I have a dream' speech describing your dream for 1) yourself 2) your community 3) your country and 4) the world." Our dream needed to have at least five items since Martin Luther King. Jr listed five dreams in his famous speech. 

I enjoyed it so much that occasionally I do that instead of "write your goals for the future". In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr, here are my dreams.

My Dream for the World

I have a dream where we live in a world without countries. Where we live in a world that is one nation. A dream where our world is one family, one community, one people who aspires to reach a common goal for the good of the whole planet.

I have a dream where we do not base our laws on religions. A dream where laws are based on the basic human rights, not based on the deity of any one belief system.

I have a dream where people may worship the deity of their choosing without fear of persecution or death. Where a person may say "I am an Atheist" without being ostracized. A world where your religion was based on your closeness and your own personal relationship with the God or Gods you believe in, or lack thereof, without being excluded from your community happenings. A dream where your religion does not brand you. 

I have a dream where no one starves. Where food is plentiful and nutrition is as much a part of the healthcare system as medicine.

I have a dream where no one desires illegal drugs. A dream where no one relies on the addictive euphoria of a temporary high to feel good. A dream where people are addicted to positive feelings of random acts of kindness. A dream where coffee and tea are the only stimulant anyone will ever desire.

My Dream for My Country

I have a dream where my government has limited rights and  stops taking away our rights and stops treating us like second class citizens. (Cheers to you Mr. King!)

I have a dream where the people of this nation may love and be loved by any person they so choose, without persecution. A love that can be affirmed through marriage without hatred and bigotry following.

I have a dream where hate crimes do not exist. Where you are friends with a person because of their character, and NOT their race, sexual orientation, religion, body size, or any other non-important item, is irrelevant. 

My Dream for My Community

I have a dream where my city neighbors are not angry with one another. Where peace and understanding rule. A dream where the bickering and bantering ceases, as it does nothing to help come to a peaceful solution.

I have a dream where the law enforcement officers are respectful and treated with respect and as a valuable asset to our community. A dream where the unjust and corrupt dealings of the law enforcement officials just does not exist. A dream where when you call the police for help, they actually show up instead of calling and telling you they refuse to help. A dream where they show up and actually do something, instead of drawing on biases from rumors. A dream where when you want to file a report, they do not refuse. A dream where if I need the police, I am comforted in the idea that they will respond, do their job, and treat our citizens with respect.

I have a dream where the medical staff in our community do not judge a person unfairly when they come into the Emergency Room. A dream where the doctors don't refuse care upon the biased idea that the person must be a drug addict simply because of rumors. A dream where they treat the patient with respect and dignity. A dream where my community is not afraid to go to the Emergency Room when they really do need care. A dream where my community will feel safe going to this hospital rather than risking a 90+ mile or 500+ mile drive (that was me!) to another hospital to find medical care. A dream where the medical community is respected and respectable, not a butt of every joke. A dream where the new hospital here will be admired because the quality care will outshine the new building.

My Dream for My Self

I have a dream where my blogging earns enough income to cover my bills with enough left over to put 20% in savings and donate %15 back into my community wherever it is needed.

I have a dream where I am debt free. A dream where I am living in my own home without the fear of homelessness looming over me every month.

I have a dream where my family is closer (geographically) and my friends are all like family.

I have a dream where I wake up one day and am allergy free. A dream (or delusion?) that I go out into the sun for an entire day and enjoy the sunshine, the heat, and the outdoors completely un-medicated and without the fear that I will get too hot and gasp for air. A dream where I can enjoy the daytime as much as the nighttime.

I have a dream where I can work again, outside my home, in a job that I can do and do well, to not only make myself feel useful and needed/wanted, but to also make myself feel like I am more a part of my community. A dream where I am actually able to help people again and make a difference.

Yes, I too have a dream. So why not dream big!?

Last Post of 2013

So that I can enjoy the New Year holiday with my family, plan my blog for the next year, and have a little time off; this will be the last post of the year. 

I'll see you back here on January 2, 2014 for the start of a great new year!

I hope all of you have a safe and wonderful New Year Celebration! See you next year!

Merry Christmas from The Baker's Acres

Merry Christmas to Everyone 

from The Baker's Acres!

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Christmas this year. I have really enjoyed blogging this year and I am excited to continue blogging into next year and many years to come! 

Thank you to all my readers for keeping this blog going. It means the world to me and has made my year! Enjoy your day off with family and friends. 

To all the nurses, doctors, CNAs, police, and military who have to work today: Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the service you provide to everyone. You are what makes the world go round.

May your day be merry and filled with love and light.

From everyone at The Baker's Acres.

5 Just Wrong Christmas Songs

Have you ever actually listened to the lyrics of some of these Christmas songs? They are weird, creepy, and depressing. No, really! Here are some to show you what I mean! I keep hearing these Christmas songs every year... only, this year I actually started thinking about what they were saying. I'll never look at them the same way again!

Just Wrong Christmas Song #1: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

At first this sounds like such a nice Christmas song. Let's look at the lyrics!

We wish you a Merry Christmas (X3)
Glad tidings to you and all of your kin
Glad tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year

See, now this sounds nice. Singing about wishing you and everyone you are related to, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. That's so NICE! Then the next verse starts.

We want some figgy pudding 
We want some figgy pudding 
We want some figgy pudding
So bring it right here.

I'm not sure what "figgy pudding" is but, why would someone start singing a verse that demands that the person you are singing to, bring you some figgy pudding. That's a little odd... and rude. Why not sing "We love your whiskey bottle, so bring it right here!" Actually, I like that verse better. I am singing my version this year. And then the next verse hits...

We won't go until we get some 
We won't go until we get some 
We won't go until we get some 
So bring it out here!

This is about the time you should quietly shut and dead bolt your door... and call the police... and maybe get a restraining order. Was it normal, during the era when the song was written, for a group of people to go to someone's house, knock on their door, wish them well and then demand food and refuse to leave until they get it? 

WHY would anyone write a song demanding pudding? I imagine a snotty, self-righteous, entitled brat wrote this song. Just guessing there.

Just Wrong Christmas Song #2: Christmas Dinner by Paul Stookey

I heard this song last week and I have too many questions to even know where to start. Let's just go to the lyrics.

And it came to pass on a Christmas evening
While all the doors were shuttered tight
Outside standing, lonely boy-child
Cold and shivering in the night
On the street, every window
Save but one, was gleaming bright
And to this window walked the boy-child
Peeking in saw, candle light

Wait, what? Why is there a boy-child wandering the streets, by himself, obviously under-dressed, during the night? And then he goes and starts peering into windows because of the light? Where are his parents?  

Through other windows he had looked at turkeys
Ducks and geese, cherry pies
But through this window saw a grey-haired lady
Table bare and tears in her eyes

So, this isn't the first window he peered through? How many windows has this peeping Tom looked through? Is this a habit of his?

Into his coat reached the boy-child
Knowing well there was little there
He took from his pocket,
His own Christmas dinner
A bit of cheese, some bread to share
His outstretched hands
Held the food and they trembled
As the door, it opened wide
Said he, Would you share with me Christmas dinner
Gently said she, Come inside

WOAH! WAIT! STOP! What? 

1) I don't care how hungry you are. Would you really eat lint-covered cheese and crusty bread from the pocket of the kid that was just peering through your window? 

2) This kid obviously knows nothing about stranger danger. You don't just go into random strangers houses because they don't have turkey, ducks, geese, or cherry pie. Have you never heard of crazy people? Just because it's Christmas doesn't mean she isn't going to kill you or do something crazy, like lock you in a basement for the next 20 years.

The grey-haired lady brought forth to the table
Glasses two and her last drop of wine
Said she, Here's a toast to everyone's Christmas
And especially, yours and mine

Nice. So now the crazy lady is serving wine to a minor. How's the bread? Assuming it didn't crawl off your plate.

And it came to pass on that Christmas evening
While all the doors were shuttered tight
That in that town, the happiest Christmas
Was shared by candle light

Oh that's just priceless. Get drunk with a kid (who wanders in off the street) with an open flame nearby. Yea, I can't see that going horribly wrong.

Just Wrong Christmas Songs #3 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

Underneath the mistletoe last night

She didn't see me creep

Down the stairs to have a peep

She thought that I was tucked up

In my bedroom, fast asleep

This is how kids end up in therapy. Seriously. There are two scenarios and neither of them are good.

1) The kid just caught Mommy cheating on Daddy with Santa Clause, of all people! And of course, now he must decide... does he tell on Mommy and Santa and risk getting a huge lump of coal? Or does he keep it quiet and live the rest of his life with the guilt of knowing he witnessed his mom commit adultery?

2) The kid realizes that Mom is really making out with Dad. But then he is going to wonder why in the heck dad is wearing a Santa suit.

Then I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus

Underneath his beard so snowy white

Oh, what a laugh it would have been

If Daddy had only seen

Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night 

Never mind. #2 is out of the question. And why would it have been so funny for Daddy to walk in and witness his wife smooching another man? And mommy tickled Santa under his beard? EW! EW! EW! 

And the kid just stands there watching the whole thing! What is wrong with this kid?

Just Wrong Christmas Song #4 Jingle Bells

Everyone knows the first part of this song. So I am not printing that part. I'll wait while you sing it... Ready? GO!

Now that you have that out of your system, here is the rest of the song.

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side,
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot.

Now that sounds downright Christmas-y! Reckless driving a one-horse open sleigh right into a snow bank with your girlfriend at your side. We should make that scene into Christmas cards!

A day or two ago,
The Story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh
He laughed as there I sprawling lie
But he quickly drove away

What kind of message is that to send out on Christmas? If you see someone slip and fall on the ice, just laugh at them and drive away. It'll be just fine because you are driving a one-horse open sleigh!

Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song
Just get a bob-tailed bay
Two forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! You'll take the lead.

And now he encourages people to do the same thing he just did. Get into a one-horse open sleigh and drive like a bat out of hell! 

What a second? What kind of horse has 240 as his speed? The sleigh would fly apart at those speeds. Sure, you'd take the lead... on the front page of the paper for the gruesomest Christmas crash ever!

Just Wrong Christmas Song #5 Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Even as a kid, this song scared the crap out of me! Especially after I learned about stranger danger. Have you ever actually listened to the lyrics of this song? Oh sure, it sounds all fine and innocent until... Well just listen to the lyrics.

You better watch out 
You better not cry 
You better not pout 
I'm telling you why 
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list, 
Checking it twice; 
Gonna find out who's naughty or nice. Santa Claus is coming to town 

Uh, so I can't have an emotional breakdown? Ever? Or just when Santa is coming to town? I can't pout? Not at all? So if I pout, or cry, am I going to be naughty? What if I stub my toe, or hit my head on the cupboard, or cut my thumb with a knife? Does that count as okay to cry? Or am I going on the naughty list?

He sees you when you're sleeping 
He knows when you're awake 
He knows if you've been bad or good 
So be good for goodness sake 

There are laws against this. It's called stalking. I knew a guy that would tell me when I was home and when I wasn't; when I went shopping and when I went to work. A restraining order put a stop to that. 

Are the toys worth it? I mean, really think about it. How bad do you want that GI Joe or Barbie? Bad enough to be stalked by a crazy man who lives by himself and a million elves he works to death in sweat shop? No. I don't. Thanks. I'll just buy my own toys this year.

With little tin horns and little toy drums
Rooty toot toots and rummy tum tums

Santa Claus is coming to town  

Santa's a busy man he has no time to play
He's got millions of stockings to fill on Christmas day

First, this is why I am buying my own toys this year. I don't want tin horns or drums. And he better not give them to my kids! That would be a punishment to me, which I probably deserve for all I got away with as a child. But really, Santa? Your going to give my kid a DRUM?

And the last part is what freaked me out so much. Santa "has no time to play"... When my mom said "I have no time to play!" It was usually said in that "mom voice" and was followed by corner time or a good old-fashioned butt beating.  

This may explain why I got sticks and coal in my stocking that one year... Hmmmm.

3 Easy Ways to Remember Your Deceased Loved Ones this Holiday

If you lost a loved one, the holidays can be a pretty difficult time to go through. There are ways to incorporate them into your holidays and keep their memory alive.

When my first son died, the first Christmas just wasn't as cheerful and nothing really seemed festive. I wanted to celebrate with my son but he wasn't there. Instead, I created traditions for him on the holidays, and Christmas, that make me feel like he isn't forgotten.

Here are some of the things I do to help celebrating without him become more bearable. 

Letters in a Stocking

photo by Jim, the Photographer on Flickr

Hang their stocking anyway! Only this stocking will have a different stuffer. Write a letter to them. It doesn't matter what you write. 

You can spend the entire letter sobbing and telling them how much you miss them. You can tell them about your holiday, the Christmas tree, what you got for presents, what you ate. Write to them like you are going to mail the letter to them. Write a poem to them. Anyone who wants to write to them can join in.

Leave it in there. When the holiday is over and you pack away the stockings, pack their stocking too, letter and all. The next year, do the same thing. You will soon have a stocking diary you can read each year to see the progress you have made in the grieving process. 

Or you can do as my friend did. Each year when she unpacks the decorations. Once she is done decking the halls, she reads the letter from last year and then burns it. She says it is quite cleansing to her soul.

Special Yearly Ornaments

photo by Ben McLeod on Flickr

Buy a special ornament to commemorate each year or just one very special one for them. You can hand-make their ornaments if you like. I usually make a butterfly or a bow to add to our tree since they are symbols of my son, to me. 

Play Santa to Someone in their Honor

From Two Chums website

I never had the chance to buy my son a present for Christmas while he was alive. One year, as I stood staring at an Angel Tree, I noticed a tag for a five year old little boy. He wanted trucks and action figures. My heart melted. 

That year Brandon would have been five and suddenly, I had a great idea! I bought a 5 year old little boy a box of hot wheel cars and an action figure.

Now, whenever I have extra money around the holidays, I either go to the Angel Tree, donate to the nursing home in the area, or find a family who needs a real life Santa (although those years are rare. But SO much fun!) 

I never told the family it was me which makes it more fun. Each family member received a gift (kids get TWO!), then there was a family gift (a movie or a game), and finally, a box of food. Usually enough for a nice breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 

I have only had the chance to play real life Santa for a family a couple of times but, if that doesn't put you in a good mood, nothing will! It is the best feeling EVER! 

But buying a present for a needy child is still wonderful if you can't afford to play Santa to a whole family. Pick one of the Angels on the tree that just calls to you. Or you can look for one that is the same age as your loved one, or gender, or maybe someone who wants something that reminds you of your loved one.

And it wouldn't hurt to buy two presents for the Angel Tree either. That would be a wonderful stocking letter to read the next year!

Here's hoping everyone has a Happy Holidays this year.

What are you making this holiday season?

This last Friday, I posted a question to my readers... "What are you making this holiday season? Or what would you make if you could?" While no one commented on the blog post, I did get five replies through emails and conversations around town.

Here are the results!

7 Quick Crochet Craft Ideas for Holiday Gifts

The holidays are getting closer and you still need a gift for people on your list. Why not crochet something for them? Here is my list of quick things to crochet for holiday gifts.

Quick Crochet Craft #1: Angel Ornament

This cute Angel ornament pattern would be a cute gift for someone. Add a loop at the top or just thread a wire or string to make it ready to hang on a tree.

Quick Crochet Craft #2: Can Cozy

If you have a friend that loves soda (or beer), you could crochet them a cozy to hold their can and keep their hands warm. You can find the pattern here.

Quick Crochet Craft #3: Chain Link Necklace

I love this look! This creative crochet chain link necklace can be made in a lot of colors and would look great to wear!

Quick crochet Craft #4: Sundance Slouch Hat

© Carrie Piper

These hats are pretty stylish right now. I know a lot of teens love the look. The pattern is available as a download through ravelry. 

Quick Crochet Craft #5: Hermione the Unicorn

© 2011 Dawn Toussaint

Look at this! Isn't this just the cutest thing you've ever seen! This pattern is a ravelry download also! Okay, this may not be as quick as the other projects, but how could I pass this up? It's freaking adorable!

Quick Crochet Craft #6: 90 Minute Scarf

from the blog "Craft Disasters and Other Atrocities"

Here is a scarf that only takes 90 minutes to make. Pick two coordinating colors and you'll have a scarf in no time... er, 90 minutes.

Quick Crochet Craft #7: 30 minute hat

from the blog "Craft Disasters and Other Atrocities"

Here is the hat that was designed to go along with the 90 minute scarf. In 2 hours, you can make a hat/ scarf set for a gift!

5 Frugal Homemade Gift Ideas for the Holidays

With Yule and Christmas coming up and having very little money to buy gifts for my family, this year I am opting to be frugal and make gifts instead. I have been searching around for ideas and found these creative frugal gifts to share with you.

Frugal Gift Idea #1: Rose made from plastic spoons

Photo Credit: Cut out + Keep

This is so beautiful  and looks like a lot of fun to make. It's a rose pendant made from plastic spoons. You'll need 17 plastic spoons, scissors, needle-nose pliers, a candle, and these directions to make this. 

Frugal Gift Idea #2: Gifts in a Jar

Photo Source: Bargain Blessings

These are adorable! You can see the idea behind these here along with many other wonderful gift in a jar ideas. 

The options for gifts in a jar aren't limited to food items either! You can make snow globes, oatmeal cookie bath soak and peppermint bath salts, child and adult journal in a jar (journal prompts) just to name a few. 

I am thinking of creating a first-aid kit in a jar and a sewing kit in a jar. I'll post pictures when I get the made.

Frugal Gift Idea #3: Paper Mache Pens

Photo Source: Paper Crafts for Children

Okay, these are meant for kids to make, but I am totally going to make some of these! They are so cute. The directions are here.

Frugal Gift Idea #4: A Heat Pack for the Neck

These can be easy to make with cute toe socks filled with rice and then sewn or tied shut. OR, you can go here and make this totally cool looking neck heat pack.

Photo Source: Ever Never Again

Frugal Gift Idea #5 Decorate A Cup

Photo Source Unknown. Email me if you know.

This is pretty cool. Take a sharpie and draw a picture on a cup (or plate), then bake the plate for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. There were so many cute pictures to choose from that I decided to just give you a link to a pinterest page to give you some ideas. 

Just an extra tip: This blogger says they are hand-wash only.

And if you love playing with sharpies, you can also make a dishtowel design with sharpies too.

10 Things I am Thankful for

Happy Thanksgiving to all my USA friends and family! For this Thanksgiving, here is a list of 10 things I am Thankful for.

1. Chocolate and Coffee. Does that count as two? Well it could, but I love Chocolate in my coffee. That is the BEST!
2. Family and friends. I am always thankful for having such a great family and close friends (that feel like family).
3. Good food! My mom taught me to cook some great recipes, like fried pickles! My mother-in-law introduced me to the wonderful world of southern cooking. Sara made me love french foods and makes a GREAT chocolate mousse. My youngest son makes the FLUFFIEST eggs EVER! My oldest son can create some amazing dishes. Nikky made me the BEST gluten-free apple pie. Actually, it was the best apple pie, period. My sister is always finding delicious, nutritious things for me to try. If there is one saying that is true, the best way to my heart is through my stomach.
4. Warm clothes. Especially great in the cold northern winters we have up here in Montana. I love my snow bibs!
5. Comments on my blogs. I know this may sound silly to some people, but I really am thankful for the comments people leave on my blog. It makes my day brighter and lets me know what you all are thinking.
6. Living in a small town. While it has it's few downsides, I really love living in a small town. It has more upsides than anything. I feel like I am living in a close-knit community of friends. I love that! And I am thankful that I found a place to call home.
7. My ex. Oh stop gasping like that! While we didn't work out as partners, he has truly been a great support through some really tough times. He has gone above and beyond many times to help me out when he didn't really have to. I am extremely grateful and thankful for that.
8. The Internet. It keeps me connected to my family and friends in other states, gives me a place to try to earn money and create a career for myself. I am thankful that I have that chance!
9. My apartment balcony. I am very thankful for that. There are two trees that block the direct sunlight in the summertime so I don't have to cover my windows with emergency blankets to block out the heat and sunshine. I am SO thankful that I can enjoy the sun in my apartment.
10. Last, but not least, my children. I am so thankful to be blessed with wonderful children. They are such a joy to be near. They are so smart and funny. They make my whole life seem worthwhile. And I am thankful for them every day. Even when they set the stove on fire. I am just thankful they didn't burn the house to the ground. Their hugs! Oh I am so thankful for those!

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

What are you doing for Thanksgiving?

With all our food allergies, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving like we did in years past. I stopped liking Thanksgiving as much years ago, but I do enjoy eating and having family over.

This year we plan on having friends over and a few family members. But it's different now. 

We have a few rules:

1. ABSOLUTELY NO TURKEY! (I am anaphylaxis allergic to it)
2. NO peanuts either. (Same thing)
3. I cook. I am the only one that cooks. Period. 
4. Share the chocolate or get hurt.
5. We eat buffet style and hang out in the living room.
6. You are required to play games! We have xbox, minecraft, and board games. We can also play cards, charades, or whatever you'd like too!
7. Bring your own drinks! We will have some, and we'll share, but bring your own.
8. Don't bring eggnog. That is torture for us.

We will be having

• BBQ chicken
• Macaroni and cheese, mom style!
• Vegetables, steamed, lots of them!
• Biscuits, gluten-free
• Something for dessert
• Probably sweet potatoes, candied
• Cookies
• Chocolate covered pecans

SO, what are you guys doing for Thanksgiving? What's your menu plan? Who's coming over? Do tell!

It's getting closer!

Today my friend and I are going to Spokane to pick up my husband while the kiddos stay and play with friends and have an impromptu hang out session. He'll be here for 10 days for the holiday season.

It got me to thinking about the holidays and I have noticed that a lot of people are wishing "Merry Christmas" before it even hits now. I was just curious as to why. That would be like wishing everyone a Happy Birthday weeks before their actual birthday. Now, someone told me it's because it's "the season" for wishing "Merry Christmas". I don't think so! Christmas happens on an actual day. It's not a month long celebration like Ramadan or something like that. It's a DAY. 


So, I wish Happy Holidays instead... but I get called the Grinch for not saying "Merry Christmas". You know what, people, not everyone celebrates Christmas. On Christmas day I wish people a "Merry Christmas". 

Just because people have their pagan tree up (and what does that have to do with Jesus' birth?) the day after Thanksgiving doesn't make the month of December Christmas. It's December 25th. Yet, I get called all sorts of names because I say Happy Holidays. They say I am taking the "Christ" out of Christmas. So let me clear a few things up:

1. I'm not a Christian. The only reason we celebrate Christmas is because my husband is a Christian.
2. I am not taking "Christ" out of Christmas. The media did that for you. So stop blaming me.
3. What the hell does a tree, stockings, elves and a fat man have to do with your prophet being born?
4. Christmas is on December 25th, not the entire month of December. So when I say Happy Holidays, I am including all my friends that have holidays this month, Christian included. How is that being Grinchy?
5. Saying Merry Christmas excludes all my Jewish, Muslim, Pagan and Wiccan friends. Wouldn't it be nice to wish everyone joy instead of one small group?

I am so sick and tired of being called names just because I say Happy Holidays. I am about to tell everyone to go stuff it up their chimney, pour a stiff glass of eggnog and lock myself away until New Year.

Bah Humbug!
Dotchi Latham

I already hate Xmas musak!

     I had to buy earplugs to shop the other day. One more minute of some horrible rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas sung by a woman who sounds like she has the worst sinus infection in the history of man and I swear to you that I would have snapped and killed somebody with the next can of organic foodstuffs within reach. Of all the times of the year to go shopping, I really hate this month the most.
Most of the year I can go shopping without having a complete nervous breakdown. This time of year I can not. Not only am I having to deal with people but I am having to deal with louder than usual music that sucks worse than kiddy songs. Who thinks up this crap? Why do I care what you got on the 12 days of Christmas anyway? Who cares if someone caught mommy kissing the figment of your imagination? BAH HUMBUG! I hate this music.
Although, I do very much enjoy listening to Weird Al’s “Christmas at Ground Zero”… now there is a song to learn and sing all through the season :) I will be there with you to sing along… in case you haven’t heard it, here is a link to it. Christmas at Ground Zero on Youtube.
Okay, I feel better now. I’ll update more after my road trip back home.
Dotchi Latham

Happy Easter

To all my Christian friends, Happy Easter!

Today we are going to color eggs, make deviled eggs, cook a ham, make some squash. I am thinking about what else to make. I decided to make bacon because it needs cooking before it goes bad. But other than that, I am still brain storming.

I hope all of you enjoy your Easter Holy day.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

I hope everyone had a lovely Yule and/or Christmas or that you are enjoying the holiday you celebrate. I have a few friends who don't celebrate any... so I hope you are having fun with your days off.

I have a bunch of lovely gifts and a cute Rosemary tree instead of a Christmas tree. Now, I am going to concentrate on getting rid of things I don't really need. I want to declutter my van, car, boat and the storage units so I can start a lovely new year without the clutter or at least a LOT less.

I am also excited because I received a lovely scanner/ printer/ copier for Yule and I am going to type letters, start keeping in touch better and sending out pictures to everyone! Tia, Sandy and Grandpa... I haven't forgotten you... Kelda, yours is ready to print and send. Linda... You get a copy of the blog BUT I am going to send you pictures. Dad, I am sending you some pictures too! I am so excited! I am going to be little Ms Organized this year instead of little misorganized... LOL

My new year resolution... oh, wait, I am jumping ahead of myself. Sorry Heeheehee. You'll have to come back and see what that is later... but one thing.. I am going to start posting on here more often! I found that blogger has a save button so I don't have to lose my drafts before I post. That'll be nice! I haven't had a chance to post pictures anymore and the cellphone doesn't send them anymore... POO! So I will have to manually add them.

Enjoy your holidays! And enjoy your eggnog... either alcoholic (mine) or non-alcoholic. Dairy or soy. Enjoy! And drink a cup for me. (allergic to soy... lactose intolerant.) I'll just drink Bushmill's.

Happy Mother's Day!

This is to all the mother's out there. Happy Mother's Day! For my Mom who I out through so much crap (sorry, mom). This is for step moms who raise children that aren't theirs. This is to Kara, a mother of one boy raising 6 children. You deserve breakfast in bed on a golden platter. This is for all the mothers who ever buried a child. This is for the mother's who still carry their child inside them. This is for the new mom's who still call and ask a million new mom questions. This is for the moms who ever sat up at night watching holding sick children. This is to the mom's who are there for their disabled children, who spend hours each day caring for them. This is for the mother's of difficult children who test your patience and nerves. And here is to my mother-in-law for raising the best man in the world. This is for every mother everywhere

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY