MEGA MULTIFAMILY YARD SALE
Current mood: exhausted

HAVING a HUGE multi Family YARD Sale next weekend. OH MY! am at the what have i gotten myself INTO?? stage...LOL!! LOTS OF GOOD STUFF --NO JUNK!!!! check out yard sale pictures for samples of items for sale

MANY MANY BOOKS includiing Large HARDBACKS, Paperbacks, COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS
LOTS OF GOOD CLOTHES-- INCLUDING PROM DRESSES and TEENAGE GIRL CLOTHES
COLLECTORS CAMERA IN ORIGINAL CASE
CEILING FANS WITH LIGHTS (they work just have no room for them)
1982 MERCEDES Diesal 4door (for repair or parts $4000 FIRM)
Storage Trailer (ASKING $850 OR Best offer OR Trade for SMALL open trailer)
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES (all working)
PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN DVD PLAYER

IF INTERESTED CHECK OUT SOME SAMPLE PICTURES OF ITEMS FOR SALE AT MYSPACE:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=228855576

ABSOLUTELY ------NO EARLY BIRDS!!!
SALE IS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY NOVEMBER14-16
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234

Life in the Weirdling Way...........

My "Baby" just called me from school. Just called to ask if i needed anything from the store on her way home.... not so weird you say? oh, but!! she has only had her driver's license for about a week..... so VERY weird to me...

i am happy for her and yes it is more convienient when she drives herself.... BUT!!... this is my baby we are talking about (see kid rolling her eyes at me just about now LOL!) and i am finding the transition harder than i expected...

Many people i talk to tell me how wonderful it will be with both girls independent.. but i dont see it as yet. i am one of those moms that, as far as i am concerned, they could live at home forever and i would be perfectly happy!

i dread my upcoming empty nest. silly i suppose. we raised them to be strong independent young women, and now that they are, it's making me sad in some ways.
go figure

Grubbing through the garage and back/side yards this weekend - getting ready for our Multi Family Yard Sale --- lord do we have a lot of STUFF!! here i thought we had gotten rid of SOOOO much when we moved last year! oh my.... obviously not... did i mention i HATE SPIDERS!! at least the ones NOT inside a glass cage!!

I am SO psyched!!!!

I just finished two entire batches of made from scratch BAGELS!!
Yummy!
(one Batch with garlic olive oil and one plain.


THey were super easy-- used my bread machine for the kneading (my hands arent up to it!!) and first rise.
even found the recipe where you broil before you boil but not so sure its worth the extra work as my broiler is a bit 'so-so'

they are GOOOOOOOD!!
made homemade noodes as well,
not so great.

flavor good but the OLD ronco pasta maker makes more noise than noodles so after the 2nd flopped batch -- out it went!!! El Garbago~!!

i only paid about $5 years ago so am not in the dumps over IT. just about the fact i LIKE homemade noodles but need machine help to make them and now have no machine.


Found what i WANT for noodlemaking BUT its going to be awhile before i can spend $140 on it :(
its the KitchenAid pasta roller set. sigh....... i do like the 'good stuff' dont i!!

october 18
I have just tried my FIRST EVER Successful loaf of homemade sourdough bread-- sigh......of bliss...................
its not perfect mind you, a bit dense and more moist than it ought to be - but considering....
I discovered this WONDERFUL website called Breadtopia

http://www.breadtopia.com/2008/09/16/its-bread-baking-season/

Truly an awesome site teaching breadmaking from scratch INCLUDING making your OWN sourdough starter!! (i used the pineapple juice recipe) and making NO KNEAD Bread!! It is a time consuming (sort of ) recipe, but very very easy one. - I say sort of, because while each step Only takes a few minutes,
there are hours of waiting between steps! so PLANNING is a must!!!

but OH my is it worth it!!

ANY ONE can do this. Eric's videos are awesome (eric is the breadtopia guy) and REALLY help - have fun and TRY THIS!!

Mechanical Olympics-Synchronized Swimming

a good friends daughter having fun and spoofing synchronized swimming

am soooooo much happier today -- GOT PICTURES YEA!!!
my babies are still far away but its not quite so lonesome when i have new pictures= w has TEETH and the biggest grin!! LOVING HIM!!
and S got a hair cut it and its lovely BUT it makes her Look OLDER :( am not sure as "mom" i can dig that), ahhhh well

still, i HAVE PICTURES :) :) :)

missing my babies
its in the wee hours right now and am having empty nest pains... big time
all my 'babies' are somewhere far from home. and am missing them badly.

my first baby is a mama now, her baby is 8months all ready -- my goodness how the time flies. he was only 6 weeks old when they moved to wisconsin. she "seems' to love it there. but i must admit i worry- other family says she hardly goes out -- dont know if its a good thing or not. but then again that time with a new baby is priceless. she's an amazing young woman and i profoundly hope she is happy....... she has so much potential - i hope someday she may go back to school too. she has so much ability that is just waiting to be used.

my youngest 'baby' is visiting her sister for the summer-- that was really hard to let her do. i know, i know,she's 16 and a 'big' girl but still my baby (tho she rolls her eyes at me when i say it LOL!) somehow they never stop being one's baby do they? she's another amazing young woman (how on earth did i rate 2 incredible kids?!!) she drives herself hard, and i worry about her too... i guess worrying is part of my job as mom. i profoundly hope we find a way for her to go to a university that is good enough for her skills/needs - she will go far in any field she wants to go into.

my grand babies - my grandson- i dont have the words for how incredible that is. holding him after he was born was so profound- so much like when i held his mother and his auntie. love just wells out of my soul and i want to surround him with its protection and warmth

my grand daughter- she's not really mine tho i did sweep her into the MY catagorie- shes baby w's cousin - tif's little girl and since tif is to be my dd1's new sister when she and T marry - doesnt that make her my grandbaby too!?!?! she is a delight (and a handful at 2!! LOL!) very loving and huggable- she and her mommy drove to wi day before yesterday to live there too.... so you can see why i am a bit blue....

we are amazingly lucky arent we?? but a bit lonesome just now......
but dd2 will be home in 12 days so i just have to survive in the meantime -- but lordy, the house is way to quiet!!!!

got new PICTURES of my munchkin!!!!

this one is my fav- he is growing so fast and has a new tooth!!

Gramy's baby boy looks so awesome! am not in the LEAST bit biased!! but ya gotta admit he does have an awesome budda belly!!!

Gramy's blue bear snowbunny.. tho he doesnt look too impressed with that COLD stuff! LOL!

Check out the Canadian Geese in the foreground... this is the lighthouse in Kenosha.
they have been getting OOODLES of snow (another 20in says my kid)brrr. but very pretty ==better than here. its in the 80's again =- its already threatening summer :(