Mmmmmm....food...

My mom's new husband thinks my kids and I are food obsessed. I tell you what, you try to live out here in the rural county of Livingston and not want for a better place to eat at. We were visiting them over Easter break and apparently, as we drove around we would acknowledge restaurants and stores we had seen advertising for but had never seen or visited in person. Sonic, Whataburger, In and Out Burger, AJ's Grocery, ah....the list goes on and on. They have access to anything their hearts desire. Back at our home, we have the usual, bland and boring Wendy's, BK and Mickey Ds. B-O-R-I-N-G!

Bloggeriffic

Hello, my name is Patti and I'm a blogaholic....I have spent the last couple weeks reading blog after blog after blog. Blogs from all parts of the world and some parts of the universe. I tend to like the cooking, penny pinching, coupon clipping, frugal living, book reading, latte drinking type of blogs but have ventured off onto the unknown. Have you ever clicked on the next blog tab located on the top of this page? Go ahead, give it a go, it's quite the looksie.

Road Trip

The dog was looking a bit worried today. I think he senses we are leaving on vacay in a week and when we leave it's hell week for him in this house alone. Last year, we hired the neighbor boy to come in, feed and water and then play with him in the yard. He wanted no part of that. He hid in his cage and barked incessantly until the boy left. His parents tried to come and calm him down to no avail. Today, I suggested to DH that he take the dog with him on his business trip. It's looking like DH and his little dog are going away together on business. People will be talking about this big man traveling with his little dog but the dog will be so much happier.

Yes, Chef!

He's going to be a chef, he just doesn't know it yet. Last night, he made those delicious 7 layer cookie bars. PERFECTION in every bite. He is building quite the repertoire with his cooking. He'll be a chef or at the very least very popular with hungry roomates.

Sweet Tea

McDonald's now has sweet tea on the menu in Michigan! Do you know how hard it is to find real sweet tea up here? You can order iced tea just about everywhere but it comes unsweetened and adding your own sweetener at the table is not the same. To make real sweet tea you need to sweeten the tea when it's hot so the sugar dissolves. I just wish the ice was crushed and not the cubes but hey, one step at a time.

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote some one who is. - Mary Pettibone Poole

Some of my favorite book or movie quotes:

"Fiction-a true story of what never happened."

"No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed."

"We all have our reasons for loving things the way we do..."

"Get the stink knocked off ya."

"Boy, she had a face on her like a bucket of worms."

"Fortune smiles at some and laughs at others."

"Life, it makes sense when viewed backwards. Too bad we have to live it forward."

"I didn't go thru 3rd grade for nothing, worse 9 years of my life."

"If there's a God, he plays favorites and I'm not one of them."

"Enough binky and pigtails for the day."

"I've got trophies to win, I've got medals to claim, I've got titles to keep, And miles to go before I sleep."

"How do I know where I'm going until I know where I came from?"

"Who you set out to be is not always who you become."

"I think diamonds posess magical qualities."

A Mother's Influence

There is little I like more than a good, old fashioned, romantic "chick flick". And I think it's rubbing off on my DS15. Last night, he wrote his very first song. To the tune of "House of the Rising Sun", he sang, "There is a girl named Katie, they call her RoseBud...." It is chock full of puppy love and humor, dare I say this Katie is one very lucky girl? Maybe I can upload him singing it. It's adorable.