This morning has been a slow one...I am out of work right now, waiting for more to come in so I decided I would do a random blog post. Actually, I am waiting for our friend Mele to bring over some Hula outfits for a luau that she needs help sewing. Apparently having a sewing machine and knowing how to turn it on qualifies you as a seamstress as far as she is concerned!! So, I will be helping her sew about 15 skirts before she heads up to girl's camp...I have the easy job though, she still has to write her talk that she's giving there tonight...I'll stick to the manual labor if no one minds!!
The same kids are also performing at our Ward Luau this Saturday...so I will get to see the handywork in action!! I signed up to bring a dessert and I am debating on whether to make a Cream Cake or Fudgy Mint Brownies...any opinions?? The Cream Cake is a yellow moist cake cut in half (top and bottom) with a creamy sugary middle...the Fudgy mint brownies are a brownie layer with a cream chesses mint layer with a thin chocolate layer. Which one should I make??
Let's see, what other randomness can I share....Karyl is running around the house singing into her "singing guy" (a microphone echo toy from a Kid's Meal that we found when moving stuff around) and 75% of the time I can understand the song, the other 25% she is just making up stuff to sing about.
I love my new office!! Sadly, it sent Freddie to the warmest room in the house, but we usually cool off the house before bed and only put him in a onesie to sleep, so I think he'll be fine. My new office is not only attached to our room but it is super light and bright...while I am not a huge fan of sunlight, I love it in this circumstance!!
I am also LOVING the block wall outside in front of our porch...we are going to have the nicest house on the block when we're done...I can't wait!!
OOH!! I forgot to tell all of you about the new to us baby monitor that I scored yesterday. I have learned that used is the best way to get kid stuff and I called our local (well, closest to us anyway) Children's Orchard and asked if they had any baby monitors...they did...and it was a video one!! We don't really need the video, we've always just had a sound one for Karyl, but for even the cheap ones like Karyl has you can expect to pay at least $50 and your reception won't be that great for that cheap....hers works fine, but the reception isn't very good. Anyways, this video one was less than $50!!!! So I headed out as fast as I could to the store and got it!! We set it up and tried it last night and let me tell you, I think the video ones are kind of over-the-top, but they are definitely neat!! we are only using the hand held sound receiver in our room with Karyl's, but we left the video monitor in the office and all we have to do is hit the power button to see what he's doing. For what we paid, definitely a fun toy!!
UPDATE: Well, there is still no jobs at work...and I finished all of Mele's skirts. For as fast as they were done they don't look half bad...and it made me want to sew more now that I've gotten some good practice!! Maybe I'll need to make a blanket in the near future...
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I vote chocolate caramel brownies. They are known as crack brownies in our ward. You can't have just one.
I have to say, when we lived there...our ward Luau's were THE BEST! They really knew how to throw a great one! Underground roasted pig and all!
Score! on the monitor. Way cool. I totally agree that second hand is the way to go for most kid items, especially toys. Almost all of our fisher price little people were bought at Children's Orchard.
Hmm...now I have another option to consider...I'll have to pull out a recipe for those and see what they entail...=)
I have that primary song stuck in my head now that I read the title to your post!
I would go for the mint brownies - those things are delicious. Well anything with a brownie really is!
I was looking at those video monitors online and debating about it. We have one already that I think I will use though - our little place is so small that no matter what room I am in I am sure I will hear the baby! Good times!
I will say that I have always felt that the video baby monitors were a neat thing, they were totally unecessary (and a waste of money quite frankly) and I still think they aren't necessary...the only reason I got this one was because it was cheaper than some of the cheapest regular ones.
If you have the extra money, these monitors are super cool and solve the problem of having to open the door to check on a little one and risk waking them up, but we survived for 2-1/2 years without one and would have been fine with another sound only one...they are definitely fun though, I can watch him sleep and wiggle around now in nightvision =)
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