new PUPPY!

He is 6.5 weeks old.
His mom is Platt hound, his dad is labrador/beagle.
He's so cute,
but he doesn't have a name yet.

Saving money this month...

I'd encourage anyone who reads this to think about this idea and maybe try out the tips. Any bit helps, right?

That was weird

The website that made "the family" has a ton of popups and junk... and then when it posted "the family", it left out Kitten. oh well. He already knows he's the red-headed stepchild (no offense to any actual red-headed stepchildren).

Family

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Adding something's better than nothing.

$25!

If anyone's interested...
Refer to RevolutionMoneyExchange.com

Sign up by this Thursday and get $25 -- just for signing up! (Then refer friends and get $10 per referral, up to $500.) It's like paypal, only they're new. Apparently they are trying to get more people to their website. Awesome.

Birthday fun!

I've got a ton of pictures to sort thru to post. For now, I'll just leave you with my favorite (so far).

Violet Hill

I just listened to the FREE early release track of Coldplay's latest album (due June '08!). And what can I say except -- I didn't realize how much I missed new Coldplay songs. Most of you know that I don't follow music very well, and I don't follow bands. Coldplay is the exception.
I don't really "do" music critiques. So I won't.
Go listen to it yourself: http://www.coldplay.com/index.html and click "song."
I love that they are letting it out early and free... they must know their diehards (am I a diehard?) will let everyone they know ALL ABOUT IT.

The poetry of parenthood...

Not really poetry, but somehow poetic:

Yesterday I made grilled cheese.
I burned both sides and didn't get to eat it until it was already cold.

Eating dirt to see if it tastes good...

I guess it does.

Easter pictures from Grandma

Getting around...

I've been bad. I've been missing. I've been busy.
Here's our little WALKER!

Eating at home.

We've actually been doing really good about eating at home and not eating junk... I just haven't updated my blog to tell you all about it :)

So I've got a good menu list made up and we've been doing pretty good about sticking to it. When we don't we usually are eating more leftovers than I thought we'd have, or skipping meals (bad, I know).

Lately we've been doing Poppy Seed Chicken (thanks to Aunt Donna), Pizza, Enchiladas, Quesadillas, Spaghetti, Pancakes, Lentil Ham Soup... and others that I can't think of.

Last night, I made Jesse pancakes since he's sick (he got bronchitis somehow... and so he's very tired). This recipe is based on Marilee's, written down and adjusted by Andrew.
Here's the magic Selin whole wheat pancake recipe:
Yield: Big! It's the WHOLE family recipe, I think... I cut it in thirds or two-thirds since eggs are hard to halve.
3 c. white flour
1 c. whole
3 large eggs
3 c. milk
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. banking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 c. oil
Directions: mix it all up and pour it on a hot skillet. That's all folks. I make it look sooo easy :)

Our favorite (and easiest) financial helper

Anyone interested in saving your money instead of spending it? Or getting a checking account that actually pays significant interest -- like 2.25% APY and no minimum balance instead of a certain large bank's 0% checking and 0.15% APY "savings" with fees if you don't keep a minimum balance. The way it works is easy-- it's an online bank. They still have ATMs -- isn't that mostly what you use your bank for anyway?

If you are interested I can send you an invitation to open an Orange Savings Account or Electric Orange. If you open an account with at least $250, ING will deposit a $25 bonus in your new account and will give me a $10 thank you bonus for the referral.

Your initial deposit $250+ You get I get Orange Savings Account $25 $10 Electric Orange $25 $10

Leave me a comment or email me and I'll answer any questions and hook you up.

Made From Scratch.

Upon recent inspiration, I am going to try to be a better blogger :)
Also "inspired"/stolen from another blogger, I'm going to try to make all our dinners from scratch for a week. Not including if we aren't home.
But that doesn't start yet, we still have leftovers from last week to finish off.
I've also been thinking/dreaming up projects to work on -- craft-wise. Goodness knows, I ought to have the spare time... not working and all. The time just seems to slip through my fingers so I'm going to try to schedule it in.
Eh... I have high hopes but I'm too much of a realist to get excited about them.

Anyone want to vote:
Make a purse/diaper bag/satchel thing similar to this only less slouchy:
Or starting a quilt
Or some miscellaneous crochet project
Or do memo-boards to sell on etsy like I did for xmas (like this):

(P.S. note to self: I need to find my postcard collection...)

Thoughtful Pose and Fancy Coat

Savannah's Controls Cats With Her Fingers

Genealogy

That Look a like meter is fun to play with... but it changes depending on which picture you use. Oh well. I found it on the website of a mom with a babe born same month as Savy, we both frequent a certain mothering forum to get info, advice, show pictures, talk about stuff most people don't want to hear about (diapers, fevers, unfounded worries, bragging, etc.). But anyway, it's from a website that deals with genealogy, so I think I'm gonna start doing that again. About every year or two, I start doing research at an obsessive rate for about a month or so. Then I drop it again. It's been about a year now, so I figure, hey, how about now? I probably be making a trip to the Historical Society in the next few weeks, so if anyone's interested in going to the History Museum, let me know, it'd be loads of fun! Hmmm, I wonder if they've added more state census years online since I've been there last... Wandering away now.

Baby Look-alike Meter

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