Pinning!

I have pinned so much crap the last couple of weeks.  Crap I probably will never try but I pin anyway!  I have 313 total pins.  I decided to look and see what of those pins I have actually attempted.

Recipes:
I have tried this Sausage Stuffed Shells and they are awesome.  Actually I want to make them again.

Serena made this Lazy Cake Cookie and it was awesome.  We changed it a bit by getting a fudge cake and white chocolate chips.  We want to try it with the vanilla cake and chocolate chips and also fudge cake with caramel chips or fudge with peanut butter chips.  So we have plans to make this many times!

These are awesome too.  All you need is Oreos, marshmallows and butter.  We made it with regular oreos and used the mint oreos.  Both were awesome.

Crafts:
We made these ornaments last Christmas and serena loved to do it.  They are cheap and easy.  My kind of craft.

We also made these plates.  The instructions from the pin I used disappeared so here is one of the plates we did and the instructions.

Take a dollar store ceramic plate and use a sharpie to design your plate.  bake it in the oven on a pizza pan at 350 for 10 min.

So of my 313 pins, I have done 5 projects! woohoo.  I  think I need to stop pinning and start actually trying some of these.  A few of them I can't wait to try for my brother's wedding.  And a few of them are just quotes, or lists, etc.  Stuff that really is not executable.  

So all you pinners out there.  What have you actually tried and succeeded at?   

random thoughts

I hate being off this long.  I am bored.  I hate using cal days for this.  And it bothers me that despite knowing this was warranted, It was not a frivolous break from work....1 ER visit, 2 doc visits, 2 vicodin prescriptions, 1 lortab prescription and an antibiotic, 2 incisions, 2 cysts, 1 CT scan, 1 ultrasound, 2 IVs,  and nearly 14 days later....out of all of that what bothers me the most is what people think about me and what people think about me missing this much time from work and how much it has affected my coworkers.  That is what bothers me.  What kind of person does that make me? I know i shouldn't be so concerned what they think.  I didn't plan this.  I have no control over this and I am not sure what else I could have done to prevent it.  But in the end, I hate that I know this has been a burden on them.
Before anyone comments, I shouldn't care let me explain.  We work for a big firm in a regional office.  Due to budget constraints, we are down to four secretaries and an office manager to support our attorneys.  We are busy when all four of us are there.  We are slammed when one person is out a day at a time.  So when someone misses over two weeks (unplanned) I know unfortunately it hits the entire office...hard.

Dream Job....

The more I help with my brother's wedding the more I realize that I love planning weddings.  almost to the point of it being a fault.  Someday, maybe in my next life, I am going to be a wedding planner.  Of course it is so much more fun now.  With pinterest and lots of DIY ideas.  Now if only I had the time and money to be a wedding planner....it would be my dream job!

I brought this up before talking about the wrong profession and liking to be creative.  The two go hand in hand.  Darn bills, and benefits....

If money were no object, what is your dream job?

imaginary friends....

Did you have one?

I don't recall having one.  I have not heard any stories about me having one.  I know my younger brother had one.  His name was Mike. This was following a car issue and my parents dealt a lot with a local auto body place and the owner's name was Mike.  Hence mike the imaginary friend....

X lately has an imaginary friend.  His friend's name is Mickey which we have yet to determine is THE mickey mouse or if he's saying Nikki/Nicky because he can't say that name and he has one, almost two, aunt Nicky/Nikkis.  Ryan's brother married a Nicky and my brother is getting married to a Nikki. 

"Mickey" goes everywhere with us.  I keep forgetting to find out from teachers and daycare staff if "mickey" is around during the day.  I know "mickey" leaves with us in the morning.  And X walks around the house holding "mickeys" hand and he gets him ready and talks about leaving with him.  It gets kind of creepy at times.  I have gotten in trouble for sitting on "mickey" and interrupting "mickey" and X is so serious when he talks about "Mickey" 

So how long does this imaginary friend stage last? 

Friends

I love my friends.  I have been with the same group of friends since 1998.  I have my parents to thank for that.  I was not making much money at my current job and my dad told me I had to get another job or park the car.  I didn't want to work at Hardees but dad made me apply and I got it.  Low and behold I actually loved that job.  We had a great group of people there.  They were fun and actually the first group of friends I hung out with on a regular basis.  We have stayed friends all these years.  Been in each others weddings, heck some even dated and married each other.  We all have kids the same age and try to get them together once a month.  I love my friends. 

We lost one 5 years ago and since 2009 the guys from the group who were on a dart team with Jason, have put together a dart tournament in his memory and every year donating the money to a worthy cause (American Heart Association, Relay for Life, Humane Society, and Hannah's Playground --I think I am missing one but don't recall what it was).  Every year the tournament seems to get better.  The guys do a terrific job in honor of Jason.  Every year its neat to see the other people who come to support the cause in memory of Jason.  So many of their classmates are there.  It's really neat to see how many people come together to remember such a great friend. 

The future

Do you ever wonder what your kid is going to be when they grow up?  Right now if you ask X he would tell you "santa."  Little does he know we are all "santa" at some point (if you have kids) and its not as glamoruous as you expect as a child.  You don't get magical reindeer, you don't have elves making the toys or wrapping the presents.  It's all you.  But seriously I wonder what his choice job will be.  Once he figures out superheroes and santa are just imaginary.  He is pretty argumentative (attorney) but he is also very kind and caring when someone is hurt (doctor), but he is also very into tools and watching people do real work (okay not calling attorneys or doctors not real work but you know what I mean.  a blue collar, get dirty, sweat a little work).  He also declared fire fighters are cool.   Actually if you would ask him today what do you want to do when you get big?  he will likely answer....Soccer. 

S on the other hand is our artsy child.  she loves anything artsy.  Too bad there is not much money in that field.  She definitely is not a sporty child.  She wants to be but let's face it...it's just not there.  Serena loves to write, and draw, and play her clarinet.  She likes to sing and dance.  Who knows where she will land. 

What do we want them to be when they grow up?  Happy!  whatever profession that may be or wherever that may be (S has declared she is going to college in Chicago).  Good luck dad and connie. 

Curiosity?

Who actually reads my ramblings?  I know a few people are (without me having to even promote it on FB with a link).  Yes I know my blog is not that one of goal oriented blogs (recipes, crafts, etc.)...it's just random.  Which is fine.  I am random and its random thoughts I have.  Instead of posting my every thought, gripe, annoyances, etc. on facebook, I blog.  I am not out to get a bunch of views.  Some days it's just an outlet for my frustration or amusement.  I am just curious who actually reads it.  If its random people, or if its people who actually know me.