4 kids and only 1 me
What to do when you’re out numbered 4 to 1?? Sugar cookies! SO fun! It’s like edible playdoh for kids and because their hands have been all over the dough it’s not at all tempting to eat!
Finished product! Too fun!
A day at the fair
Bought Q a wristband but he wouldn’t go on any rides…both kiddos had fun though! Gotta love summertime!
Minivan or SUV?
Paying of the Honda today!! WOOT WOOT! And against Jason’s wishes I’m pondering the idea of getting a new car…well, I’m actually thinking about maybe an suv (highlander or pilot) or a minivan…hmmm… Any thoughts? Also thinking about the color…what’s hot right now? Most of my friends who read this (all 5 of you 
are about my age and have kids so I’m thinking we would be in the same “buyers group” What would be your ideal vehicle??
Did you really just say that????
Nolan has been saying the most hillarious things today, and in light of the absolute chaos in the house I was happy to have a few one liners to laugh about! These are the two conversations that truly brightened up my night!
Me: “Nolan, who do you like better Santa or the Easter Bunny?”1
Nolan: “San…East…ummmm…the Red Robin bird!”
Me: ??????
Nolan: “Mom, why do you take all the fuzz off your legs?”
Me: Well girls don’t usually have hair on their legs. Sometimes girls who are kind of hippy do and mommy’s not really a hippy…maybe a little bit hippy but not enough to still have hair on my legs.”
Nolan: (Looking extremely confused) No, you’re not hippity! You don’t hippity hop like an Easter bunny!”
And then he gave me a, duh mom, look that was too die for!
Haha! Got to love those little moments!
This was my Thursday…
Here are the mucho importanto things we did today.
1. Officially under my lifetime WW goal again!! Yay! It’s free again…always good, and I took off 10lbs in a little under a month…on to the next 10!
2. Bible study. Working specifically on worrying and stress…I COULD NOT HAVE PICKED A BETTER TOPIC!!
3. Went through the 15-limit express lane at the grocery store with 17 items…so sue me ;p
4. Started blipping…check it out! blip.fm. It’s like twitter for music! Super cool
Low Point Recipes :)
I’m on another health kick (go figure) and have been really excited about getting more creative with my cooking. I have been searching the web for some fun and different recipes and alternative ingredients to make more traditional dishes with a twist. These are some that I found today that perked my interest and thought I’d post them so that I can reference them easily and share them
Mix coke and ketchup together in a large pan. Add onions and peppers. Bring to a boil and add the chicken breasts. Simmer covered for about an hour. Remove the chicken and cook the sauce with the lid off until it thickens. Serve with rice.
4 points per chicken breast
Oatmeal Cookies “2″
Easy Pumpkin Cookies Weight Watchers Almond Biscotti Pumpkin Cookies
1 box spice cake mix
1 can pure pumpkin — (15 oz.)
Mix together and drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for around 10 minutes or until firm. Allow to cool. Makes 48 cookies. These are so soft and good. Notes: 1 point each
*you can use a white cake mix and add 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice*
2 cups all-purpose flour — plus 2 tablespoons
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup granulated sugar
2 whole eggs — at room temperature
2 egg whites — at room temperature
1 tablespoon almond extract — plus 1 teaspoon
1/4 cup toasted almonds — chopped
Preheat oven to 325 oF. Line a baking sheets with parchment paper, or spray with nonstick cooking spray. In medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In large bowl, with electric mixer on high speed, combine sugar, eggs, egg whites and almond extract until well blended, 1 minute.
Blend in half of the flour mixture with spatula, then beat with mixer on low speed for several seconds. Add remaining flour mixture and continue beating until smooth, about 5 seconds. Add almonds, and beat just to combine. Divide dough into 2 pieces, smoothing each into a 12 x 2 ” strip on the baking sheet. Bake until firm and light gold,15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool 2 minutes on baking sheet.
Leave oven on. Slide loaves onto cutting board. With serrated knife, cut loaves diagonally into 1/2-3/4 inch thick slices. Discard ends.((I eat them)) Place slices, cut sides down, back on baking sheet (they can touch). Bake for 7 minutes, and then turn them over and do the other side for 7 minutes. Let cool completely on wire rack. Store in airtight container at room temperature for up to several days.
Points per biscotti: 1
1 cup flour — all-purpose
1 cup flour — whole-grain wheat
3/4 cup light brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves — ground
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
15 ounces pumpkin — canned
1 egg
1/4 cup maple syrup
Preheat oven to 325*. Grease large baking sheet with non stick cooking spray; set aside. Stir flours, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and ginger in large mixing bowl until well combined. Add pumpkin, egg and syrup in a small bowl and mix together well. Add to flour mixture and beat until well combined, but do not over mix. Scoop 2 tablespoons dough onto baking sheet. Flatten with moist spatula or fork. Continue with the rest of the dough. Bake 15 minutes or until browned.
Per cookie 81.4 calories, .3 g fat, 1.4 g fiber
Points per cookie = 1
1 box low-fat fudge brownie mix — (15.1 oz)
2 1/2 cups unprocessed wheat bran
1 cup orange juice — calcium & vitamin C enriched
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat 2 baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray. In medium bowl combine brownie mix, bran and orange juice. Drop by 2 tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake 12 minutes (centers will be soft). With metal spatula remove to wire rack. Cool. Store in covered container.
POINTS: 1.5 per cookie
PER SERVING: 91 Calories, 1 g Fat, 3 g Fiber
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup applesauce
3 tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine
1 large egg
1 teaspoon maple extract
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1 cup raisins
2 3/4 cups rolled oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Butter-flavored cooking spray
In a medium mixing bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Stir well to combine. Add next 5 ingredients. Stir well until the mixture is creamy and is mixed well. Fold raisins into sugar mixture. Set aside. In a separate mixing bowl, combine rolled oats, flour, baking soda and baking powder. Stir ingredients well. Pour sugar mixture into the oat mixture and still until mixed well.
For best results, refrigerate cookie dough for at least an hour before rolling it ou. t Roll cookie dough into small 1-inch balls and place on an insulated baking sheet sprayed with pam leaving 2 inches between each ball. Bake at 350* for 12 minutes and remove from oven.
Yeild 36 cookies
My calculations are 1 1/4 points per cookie
* For crisp cookies, flatten dough balls with the back of a spoon or spatula.
* For chewy cookies, leave the cookies mounded in the middle.
Sick days, and indecision…
After starting my blog on blogspot I think I’ve decided to switch over to WordPress. I spent awhile trying to create a post of the boys latest sports activities but putting the pics up was a bitch…this site seems easier?? I’m sure I was just doing something wrong but never the less, I’m switching.
Wed morning was one of the worst mornings ever…and I can’t even claim that I was out drinking on Tuesday 
I woke up SUPER dizzy and puking (lovely image, I’m sure). Needless to say, I haven’t felt like the best mom because I couldn’t get up off the couch and Jason worked all day and had school all night. The kids definately got the shaft. Today I am feeling quite a bit better but still not 100%. Feeling guilty about the lack of fun things we’ve done in the last two days we came up with a fun, moms-sick-friendly activity…We made our own puzzles! It was awesome. The kids were occupied for quite awhile and I still felt like I had given them something fun to do…
Coloring their pictures
Ta-da! Better than a Van Gogh
I was a little smarter with Q's. Bigger peices and numbers on the back make it way easier to put together
One of our puzzles! I swear, this was the most fun thing they got to do all day
And that is what we’ve been up too the past two days…way too exciting, I know.
Now that I’ve come up with a URL…
Agh! Here I am…never thought I’d do the whole online blogging thing but…after reading over some friend’s blogs I started thinking about how cool it would be to have a record of the random daily occurances that I would normally forget about before the end of the week.
I had a hard time deciding on the URL but was sitting here at midnight watching tv and randomly (pun intended 
randomhawsities jumped into my head. I thought it was completely perfect, which might just be because it’s late and I’m feeling loopy so I jumped the gun. Being totally honest here, I had an overwhelming sense of needing to “claim” the url before someone else did (because I’m sure millions of others want my last name mixed with the word randomocity)! Anyways — Haha! The address might not stick, but for now at least it’s getting me started.
I’m super excited about this blog because I have been wanting to start one for awhile but didn’t want to put it on myspace because it’s not personal enough. I guess I’m only comfortable with people closest to me or complete strangers reading my personal thoughts…there are too many acquaintances on myspace…
Blah…Over.
