Happy New Year! I just want to say that to all my friends and family and I hope 2008 sends great things your way. We had a great New Year's and we were lazy. The boys and their friends were here and we cooked all the things your supposed to like cabbage and black-eyed peas, made cookies and turkey and sausage gumbo. Brent makes the best gumbo and it was really delicious. I attempted... and completely by myself made my first lemon pie. I'd never made one before because I actually thought they were too hard and it would taste horrible, but I guess I felt like I had the patience and the boys were busy watching a movie and it was really a breeze. But the best thing is ... it tasted lovely. It was satisfying and even Ian and Brent, who do not care for lemon in the least, actually had a piece and liked it. I don't like meringue so I just skipped all that nonsense, but it was just as good with some good ole Cool Whip. I was so proud of my little pie I almost took a picture of it ... but I didn't. We started eating it as soon as it was cold and had a chance to set. YUMMY!
BBRR... it's actually cold outside. It's only been in the 40's today and Brent and the boys have been working outside in it. It was a beautiful day and we took down everything, got it all back in it's place and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. I don't think the house has been this clean in a while with the holidays and school it just never seems to all get done. I actually used Liam's little four foot Christmas tree that was in his room as a Mardi Gras tree this year. We put beads all over it and then I bought some purple, green and gold ornaments and it turned out really cute. This is the first Mardi Gras tree I've ever had, although when we go to Louisiana for Mardi Gras they are all over the place. I put my big wreath out on the front door and it really seems to brighten it up after taking down the Christmas decorations. I want to put the tree out on the front porch but with all the rugrat Cloverdale trash that wonders into our neighborhood, I'd be downright pissed if they messed with it. Plus, it's too cute to share with the world ... I think I'll enjoy it in my little corner I've set aside for it this year. I need some purple lights for it so I might try Target tomorrow and see if I can scrounge some up ... although green should be pretty easy to find. Maybe I'll head out there later. I've been cleaning out and cleaning up and vacuuming and dusting and rearranging and cleaning out the cushions on couches all day... it's hard to settle down now. I feel like I could go for another 12 hours. I guess my ADD's kickin' in again and I'm ready to get it all done so we can enjoy tomorrow. The boys want to go to see I Am Legend so I guess we'll take them tomorrow afternoon. Starting to organize and plan for a spring garage sale. I have sooo much crap I don't even know where to start. I have baby bags, buggies, car seats, pak-n-plays, playpens, jumpies, snugglies, exersaucers and a dining room table and chairs that I have got to get rid of. It's all just taking up space right now and I told Brent if I haven't used an appliance in a year, that's going to. So I guess I can say goodbye to the cappucino maker, breadmaker, tea maker, sno cone maker, icee maker, popcorn popper, and two crock-pots I don't use anymore without feeling guilty. Although the extra crock-pots do come in handy when we have stuff going on at school. If I forget it or leave it I don't freak out like I would if I left my good one. I love my programmable crock-pot, although I've only actually used it maybe 5 or 6 times, I wouldn't trade it for the world. Can't wait for the Mardi Gras parades to start so we can take the boys. We had a great time last year and we also took them to the parades in Port Arthur, which were actually pretty good and they got a lot of beads (which we still have). I think we're going to some of the bigger ones in Huoma, Thibodeaux and Lafayette this year. I just hope they fall on weekends when we don't have anything going on sportswise so we can get them all in during one trip. I'd love to take them to the Endymion parade this year in New Orleans. But that just depends. I'll have to make an exception if Brad is going to be there. We found Brad and Angelina's house there when we stayed with my sister this summer. Once again the only word I can think of at this moment is YUMMY! Well, I guess that sums up my day... YUMMY to my lemon pie and Brad. MMMMM good! Off to get some of those great nutritious meals at Taco Bell the kids are screaming for...oh, who cares, they don't have school tomorrow... I'll just feed 'em a couple of extra vitamins! LOL Ciao!
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