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Birthdays

Well yesterday was my birthday. I had a great time spending it with my family. But it made me remember a great story about my dog Charlie. You know how they say chocolate can kill a dog, well not my  dog. A couple of years back, my husband went and bougth me a chocolate cake for my birthday. I love chocolate cake, it is the only kind I will eat. And when I have it, it is a great treat. Well we had my cake that night, and it was just sooooo good. There was more than half a cake left, we put it in the fridge for safe keeping or so we thought. The next day we went out for the day. After a long day the only thing I was looking forward to was a piece of my birthday cake. Well I was too late, Charlie had gotten into the fridge again and got my cake. That dog ate all of the cake that was left. All that was left was an empty box, not a crumb of cake to be found. I have to say with all the bad things this dog did, this was the only time, I called shelters to take him. My husband eventually talked me down off the wall and talked me out of taking the dog to a kill shelter. But I have to tell you for a small moment in time, Iwanted to kill the dog myself. You do not mess with my chocolate cake. If my husband had eaten all of my birthday cake, I would have been sending him off to a kill shelter. Needless to say Charlie stuck around for a few more years and died of natural causes, so please all you animal lovers out there,I did not kill my dog. But I know you chocolate lovers out there know what I am talking about, don't mess with our chocolate. 

Christmas Cookies

I have to give a shout out to Pillsbury Cookie Dough. Every year I make my own sugar cookies for Christmas. But yesterday in the supermarket my son says to me, mom can we buy this cookie dough and make Christmas cookies for my class. Well, not having time to make my own, I said sure lets give Pillsbury a try. Well let me tell you, we made them tonight and they are great. We used our own cookie cutters to make holiday cookies. It was the easiest thing I have ever done. Open the package, roll out the dough, cut into shapes and bake. My son and husband loved them so much I had to stop them so we had enough left to bring to school tomorrow.
Trust me, if you love to bake, but don't have the time, give these a try. You will not be disappointed.

Mom Guilt

Ok I got the mom guilt going. I have a 5 year old son and a 4 month old son. Last night my 5 year says to me, "Mom how come you don't play with me that much anymore". AHHHHHHHHH What is a mom to say. I feel so bad. I just told him that I now have to give some of my attention to his little brother, but I will try  to play with him more than I have in the past couple of weeks. So now I am trying my best to play when he asks.

Another Christmas movie I just love is Fred Claus with Vince Vaughn as Fred and Paul Giamatti as Santa Claus. This is such a funny movie, and at the same time very heartwarming. Fred is the older brother of Santa Claus. Fred becomes bitter from living in the shadow of his little brother, Nick, who becomes Santa Claus. I just love this movie, it really works. The supporting cast is great too. John Michael Higgins is great as Willie the head elf. He is in love with Santa's assistant, but she can't even remember his name. Kevin Spacey and Kathy Bates also play great roles. Check this one out, this gets 5 stars from me for a wonderful and funny Christmas movie.

Happiness

So I have heard that happy people are healthier, live better and have less stress. Hmmmm, could that be true, all you have to do is be happy, not think negative thoughts and you could feel better and have less stress. If that is all it takes, I have to give it a try. Not that I am not a happy person, but I do have my moments. My husband would tell you I have a lot of those moments, but this is not about him.
I thought I would start this morning. I woke up and thought wow it is going to be a great day filled with happy thoughts, until I realized I woke up almost 40 minutes late. But no that is not going to ruin my day of happy thoughts. I can make up the time. I just have to feed my screaming 4 month old, get breakfast made for my 5 year old, and get us all dressed and ready to be out the door in less than 2o minutes. Not a problem, still thinking my happy thoughts.
OK so my son was late for school. Not a big deal, still thinking those happy thoughts. Next is food shopping with my 4 month old, off we go to the super market. Get a cart, put my son and his car seat in the cart. Start food shopping. Half way through my little guy starts flipping out. Not a big deal all babies cry, still thinking happy thoughts. Finally finish shopping, get to the check out and realize I don't have my wallet and no money in my pocketbook. OK hold it together not that bad, keep thinking those happy thoughts.
Go home get money, go back to food shopping, all the time my 4 month is throwing a fit, now because we are late for a feeding. Not a big deal, still thinking those happy thoughts. Finally get home, get a call from my son's school, forgot to give him his lunch and he is flipping out. OK, get lunch and bring it to school. Not a problem, still thinking happy thoughts.
Finally get home, feed the baby, change the baby, baby pees all over me and the wall. Not a big deal, still trying hard to think happy thoughts.
My husband calls from work to see how my day is going and I tell him I am doing good, thinking my happy thoughts. He says that is good that your day is going well, because he is going to need to work late. OK, not a big deal, trying harder now to keep thinking those happy thoughts. My 5 year old comes home from school, crying because his buddy couldn't come over and play. My 4 month old decides he is going to join him in the screaming. Ah, but trying even harder to think happy thoughts. Now it is dinner time, husband is still at work, both kids are now screaming because they are hungry. Make dinner, burn dinner. Oh my where are those happy thoughts now. Finally get both boys there dinner. Get them in there p.j.s and ready for bed. Husband comes home. Boys go to bed, the day is finally over.
I have come to a scientific conclusion today, trying to be happy is way too stressful!!!

Have a Happy Day!!